engineOn

1.9

LALocalGEGlobal

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Description

Description:

Activates and deactivates the engine of a vehicle. This command has to be executed where vehicle is local. NOTE: Executed on a remote vehicle this command may turn the engine on but then it will get turned off by itself after a short while.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

vehicle engineOn state

Parameters:

vehicle: Object

state: Boolean - true to turn the engine on, false to turn it off

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

if (!isEngineOn _jeep) then {_jeep engineOn true};

Example 2:

if (local vehicle player) then { vehicle player engineOn true; } else { hint "Get in the driver seat, soldier!"; };

Additional Information

See also:

isEngineOn

Notes

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Notes

Posted on August 25, 2014 - 22:27 (EST)

Benargee

To switch engine off can also use setFuel and fuel: private "_gas"; _gas = fuel heli; heli setFuel 0; sleep 0.01; heli setFuel _gas; Also sets helicopter fuel back to original quantity. Works on every other vehicle.