need help with setting up mount vehicles on keypress

#1 Wasn't there a resource that does this ? Think it was for TGEA but it's probably a good place to start:

www.torquepowered.com/community/resources/view/11831

#2 thanks Richard, had issues with that one, but there is a link to a more promising option

#3 The old FPS scripts did have that functionality... if you still have a copy of the early pre-release betas. Some of the 'helper' functions are still around and if I recall correctly you really only need a keybind to call a raycast check and do "something" if it hits a vehicle (or other things), other than that it's a simple easy change to prevent the onCollision type mounting once you have your raycast working.

#4 nope, still no luck, the raycast sees nothing, not even sure its working, no echo returns, nothing, and I still just mount on collision.

dunno what I'm doing wrong.

I believe this to be the correct function:

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Vehicle mounting from a keypress
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function serverCmdMountVehicle(%client)
{
   %player = %client.player;
   if(!isObject(%player) || %player.getState() $= "Dead" || !$Game::Running)
      return;

   // TODO:  Can (will probably) add seat switching right here.

   %range = 20;
   %mask = $TypeMasks::VehicleObjectType;
   %searchResult = %player.doRaycast(%range, %mask);

   if (%searchResult && %player.mountVehicle)
   {
      %vehicle = firstWord(%searchResult);
      if (!%vehicle.mountable)
      {
         messageClient(%client, 'MsgMountFailed', 'c2Vehicle is not useable.');
         return;
      }

      %vel = vectorDot(%vel, vectorNormalize(%vehicle.getVelocity()));
      if (%vel <= %vehicle.getDataBlock().maxMountSpeed)
      {
         messageClient(%client, 'MsgMountSuccess', 'c2Entering %1.', %vehicle.getDataBlock().nameTag);
         %player.mountVehicles(false);
         %vehicle.getDataBlock().mountPlayer(%vehicle, %player);
         return;
      }
      else
      {
         messageClient(%client, 'MsgMountFailed', 'c2Cannot enter a moving vehicle.');
         return;
      }
   }
   else
   {
      messageClient(%client, 'MsgMountFailed', 'c2No vehicle in range.');
      return;
   }
}

#5
I also tried this for the raycast:

//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Use Button - will popup menus on objects - for mounting vehicles, accessing 
// gui interfaces, etc...
// Casts a Ray and determines what object it is and what menu to push. 
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

function serverCmdUseButton(%client, %arg)
{
   // scope the player
   %player = %client.getControlObject();
   
   // key is being pressed	
   if(%arg)
   {   
      if(!%client)   
      {      
   	   return;
      } 
   
      if(%player.isMounted == 1)   
      {      
   	   return;
      }
      
      // RAY_CASTING
	   
	   //echo("%client: " @ %client);
	   //echo("%arg: " @ %arg);
	   //echo("%player: " @ %player);
	      
	   // muzVec is the vector coming from the gun's "muzzle"
      %muzVec = %player.getMuzzleVector(%slot);

      // muzNVec = normalized muzVec
      %muzNVec = VectorNormalize(%muzVec);

      // range of ray
      %range = 50;

      // scale muzNVec to the range the beam can reach
      %muzScaled = VectorScale(%muzNVec, %range);

      // muzPoint = the actual point of the gun's "muzzle"
      %muzPoint = %player.getMuzzlePoint(%slot);

      // rangeEnd = muzzle point + length of beam
      %rangeEnd = VectorAdd(%muzPoint, %muzScaled);
	
      %searchMasks = $TypeMasks::StaticObjectType |               
                     $TypeMasks::StaticShapeObjectType |
                     $TypeMasks::CorpseObjectType |
                     $TypeMasks::ItemObjectType |
                     $TypeMasks::VehicleBlockerObjectType |
                     $TypeMasks::VehicleObjectType |
                     $TypeMasks::WaterObjectType;

      
      // search for objects within the beam's range that fit the masks above
      %scanTarg = ContainerRayCast(%muzPoint, %rangeEnd, %searchMasks, %obj);

      if(%scanTarg)
      {
         %serverID = getWord(%scanTarg,0);
         		
		   // echo("%scanTarg.getClassname(): " @  %scanTarg.getClassname());
	
         switch$(%scanTarg.getClassname())
         {		
	case StaticShape:
	echo("Player is targeting  a StaticShape - Server ID = " @ %serverID);
	// Do stuff
                 		      
            case Player:
            echo("Player is targeting another player - Server ID = " @ %serverID);            
            // Do stuff

            case WheeledVehicle:
            
                   %serverID.mountObject(%player, 0);
                   %player.isMounted = 1;
			
            case FlyingVehicle:
            //echo("Player is targeting a vehicle - Server ID = " @ %serverID);
            // Do stuff

            case HoverVehicle:
            //echo("Player is targeting a vehicle - Server ID = " @ %serverID);
            // Do stuff

            case InteriorInstance:
            //echo("Player is targeting a building - Server ID = " @ %serverID);
            // Do stuff

            case TerrainBlock:
            //echo("Player is targeting the ground - Server ID = " @ %serverID);
            // Do stuff

            default:
            // Do stuff
         }
      }
   }
   
   // key is being released
   else
   {
	// Do Stuff
   }	 		
}

what am I missing here?

#6 Possibly a silly question, but did you delete prefs when you added the new keybind?

#7 Is this simply not an issue of calling the actual mount function on a keypress instead of OnCollision?

If you do a check for mountable vehicles within say... 2 or 3 units of the player position then mount.

#8 Bloodknight for the win!!!

perfect man, works a treat now ;o)