Prepare Vehicle (Flowgraph Node)

Overview

• Node Name: Prepare Vehicle
• Category: once_instant
• File: extensions/flowgraph/nodes/mission/prepareVehicle.lua
• Color: Mission blue (0.13, 0.3, 0.64, 0.75)

Automatically sets vehicle electrics and values appropriate for the gameplay environment. Runs once instantly.

Pin Schema

Input Pins

Output Pins

None.

Internals

• Delegates to self.mgr.modules.mission:prepareVehicle(id).
• Falls back to be:getPlayerVehicleID(0) if no vehId is provided.

How It Works

1. Resolves the target vehicle ID from the input pin or the current player vehicle.
2. Calls the mission module's prepareVehicle method, which configures electrics (lights, ignition, etc.) and other vehicle values for mission gameplay.

Lua Code Example

-- Place after vehicle spawn in a mission flowgraph:
-- spawnVehicle → prepareVehicle (vehId from spawn output)
-- Or without vehId to prepare the current player vehicle:
-- missionStart → prepareVehicle

Key Dependencies

• self.mgr.modules.mission - prepareVehicle() method
• be:getPlayerVehicleID(0) - fallback player vehicle ID

Additional Methods

C:workOnce()

Called once when the node is triggered (flow-once execution).

See Also

• ARunForLife (Flowgraph Node) - Related reference
• Update Display Drag Race (Flowgraph Node) - Related reference
• Clear Lights Drag Race (Flowgraph Node) - Related reference
• FlowGraph Guide - Guide