Select Garage Spots (Flowgraph Node)

Overview

• Node Name: Select Garage Spots
• Category: once_p_duration
• File: extensions/flowgraph/nodes/mission/selectGarageSpots.lua
• Icon: Scene icon
• Color: Scene color
• Author: BeamNG

Selects randomized start and end parking spots for a Garage-to-Garage mission. Supports zone filtering, distance constraints, and duplicate prevention.

Pin Schema

Input Pins

Output Pins

Internals

• self.usedStartingSpotNames - array of previously used start spot names; resets when all spots exhausted.
• self.spots / self.names - cached parking spot data from sitesData.
• self.state - 1 = selecting, 2 = done (flow continues, impulse cleared).

findEndSpotForStartingSpot(startSpot)

Shuffles all parking spots, iterates to find one within [minDist, maxDist] direct distance from the start. Falls back to the closest candidate if none fits exactly.

How It Works

1. When flow is active and state is 1:
   • Loads parking spots from sitesData.
   • If isLocal, filters starting candidates to only those whose highest-priority zone matches zone.
   • Removes previously used starting spots; resets the used list when exhausted.
   • Shuffles available starts, picks the first.
   • Finds a suitable end spot via findEndSpotForStartingSpot.
   • Sorts zones by priority and outputs spot + location names.
2. State 2: keeps flow active, clears the loaded impulse.

Lua Code Example

-- Garage-to-Garage with local zone filtering:
-- selectGarageSpots (isLocal=true, zone="Downtown", minDist=200, maxDist=2000)
--   .startSpot → navigation origin
--   .endSpot → navigation destination

Key Dependencies

• sitesData.parkingSpots.byName - parking spot database
• tableKeys, tableValuesAsLookupDict - BeamNG table utilities

Additional Methods

C:_executionStarted()

Called when graph execution starts. Used for initialization/reset.

C:init()

Initializes the node, setting up pins and default properties.

C:resetData()

Node method.

C:work()

Main work function called each frame/tick when the node is active.

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