Vehicle spawning in 2.0

[stormeus]

In 2.0, the VC:MP server physically caps the maximum number of cars at 180. For this reason, I'd like to keep the number of cars down as much as possible. The current script revision has 97 state cars mapped with 36 different vehicle types. With a stable server cap of 48 players and assuming that if we ever reach that many players, 30 of which own two cars, that leaves 60 non-state car slots for a total of 157 cars.

While this is ideal, you may have seen in the previous 2.0 beta that cars purchased by players are kept spawned forever. This leaves extremely little room for player growth and would force use to revert to the 1.9 method of purchasing cars from the state, which limits vehicle choice.

For this reason, I'm implementing the following system:

• State cars take precedence over any other vehicles.
• Player-owned cars are spawned when the player purchases the car of their choice. If they aren't spawned already, they also spawn when a player joins the server.
• If a player who owns a car joins the server and there are too many cars spawned, the cars of the least-recently logged in player will be despawned as in SA:MP.
• The player's cars are spawned once the oldest cars are despawned.
• Repeat process infinitely.

This idea is set to be added in 2.0, but I figured I would post this here to see how everyone felt about the possibility that your favorite cars won't be guaranteed to spawn where you want/need them to. (Besides, more reason to buy your own car!)

[SugarD]

Sounds good to me. Judging by your math, it shouldn't be an issue regardless since reaching the maximum player cap would still prevent the maximum vehicle limit from being reached.

[Davron]

Sanchez yet ?

[JDC]

Let's assume there is someone inside a player-owned vehicle, which belongs to the least recently-joined player currently on the server, when:

- The vehicle owner leaves the server
- Another player with a car joins the server, thus pushing the queue of dynamic cars forward, theoretically causing the oldest player-owned car to despawn

What happens then?

[stormeus]

- Another player with a car joins the server, thus pushing the queue of dynamic cars forward, theoretically causing the oldest player-owned car to despawn

The script would check for this condition, go on to the next oldest car, and despawn that vehicle.

Sanchez yet ?

Can be added

[Marcell]

man I don't care how it will work, I just want to buy 10 black ranchers for my talon mercs

[Klaus]

man I don't care how it will work, I just want to buy 10 black ranchers for my talon mercs

10 vehicles a player is absurd.

[Marcell]

10 vehicles a player is absurd.

not enough tea in your organism to think straight bro???
5 players x 2 vehicles each

[Klaus]

not enough tea in your organism to think straight bro???
5 players x 2 vehicles each

Lol. Own 2 Ranchers or denied from Talon.

[stormeus]

Vehicles are still going to be capped at 2 per player. Otherwise, 7 players with 10 cars (which probably will happen) would end up causing the server to crash.

[~Legend~]

Sounds cool, mate.

2's good in that you can have 1 land vehicle then a choice of air/sea for the second. 3 would give you all the possibilities... if only. :P
Or of course, any combination that takes your fancy is just fine.

[Kessu]

Sounds cool, mate.

2's good in that you can have 1 land vehicle then a choice of air/sea for the second. 3 would give you all the possibilities... if only. :P
Or of course, any combination that takes your fancy is just fine.

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3. PCJ

[Morphine]

1. PCJ
2. PCJ
3. PCJ

NO

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[ZeRoX2]

NO

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Post Merge: July 19, 2012, 09:53:52 pmKoenigsegg Agera R ^^ <3

Post Merge: July 19, 2012, 09:54:47 pmOn topic now: Great idea this, but why not making it EXATCLY like in SA-MP. That if you enter someone elses car, it won't let you. And they'll be cars for PULBIC use, like in SA-MP.

[stormeus]

Great idea this, but why not making it EXATCLY like in SA-MP. That if you enter someone elses car, it won't let you. And they'll be cars for PULBIC use, like in SA-MP.

Some player-owned cars on SA:MP are unlocked, provided that the owner does not lock them. Using SA:MP's system would be more chaotic since player cars would despawn as soon as the owner leaves, and spawn as soon as the owner joins.