[Doctor Internet]

Running Lights

Start with setting up your table. It's like your EMV table from before.

Code:

local PI = {}

PI.Meta
It's the exact same as the meta for emergency lights.

Here's an example for the Crown Victoria's tail light.

Code:

tail_light = { -- Set the name of the light.
    AngleOffset = 90, -- The anglular offset.
    W = 8.5, -- Size of the sprite.
    H = 9,
    Sprite = "sprites/emv/crownvic_tail", -- The material.
    Scale = 1, -- The glow multiplier.
    WMult = 1, -- Not a clue.
},

PI.Positions
Again, the same as emergency lighting. Set the positions of your lights.

An example, for the Crown Victoria's tail light.

Code:

[1] = {Vector(-31.8,-111.15,41.1), Angle(0,-20,-10), "tail_light"},

Breaking this down.

Code:

[lightIndex :: Integer] = {Position :: Vector, Rotation :: Angle, Light Meta :: String}

PI.States
This is the equivalent of the combination of EMV.Sections, EMV.Patterns and EMV.Sequences.

There are 6 states. Headlights, Breaks, Blink_Left, Blink_Right, Reverse and Running.
Headlights are not working, so I don't bother filling them in.
Inside the brackets you fill in the lights and colours, similar to EMV.Sections.

The blinkers toggle on and off, with a pattern similar to 1,1,1,0,0,0.
Hazards are created by toggling both left and right blinkers.

Here's an example from the Crown Victoria's lights.

Code:

PI.States = {
    ["Headlights"] = {}, -- Doesn't work. Leave them.
    ["Brakes"] = {{1, DR}, {2, DR}, {3, DR}, {4, DR}, {5, DR}}, -- Rear Lights, Breaking.
    ["Blink_Left"] = {{1, DR}, {3, DR}, {14, A}, {16, SW}}, -- Left Blinkers
    ["Blink_Right"] = {{2, DR}, {4, DR}, {15, A}, {17, SW}}, -- Right Blickers
    ["Reverse"] = {{10, SW}, {11, SW}}, -- Reverse Lights
    ["Running"] = {
        {1, DR, .25}, {2, DR, .25}, {3, DR, .25}, {4, DR, .25}, {12, DR, .25}, {13, DR, .25},
        {6, SW}, {7, SW}, {8, A, .8}, {9, A, .8} -- General Running Lights.
        -- For the tail lights, I set them to be a quarter of the brightness of the "real" break lights.
    },
}

Finally
Fill all those in, then stick this at the end of your code.
Depending on what you're doing, you'll generally do the first, and sometimes the second.

Code:

if Photon then
    Photon:OverwriteIndex("2011 Ford Crown Vic Police", PI)
    Photon.VehicleLibrary["sgm_2011fcvpho"] = PI
end

If you're doing multiple vehicles with the same base model, you can set the Vehicle Library.
An example from my Crown Victoria, inside the vehicle list.

Code:

    IsEMV = true,
    EMV = EMV,
    HasPhoton = true,
    Photon = "sgm_2011fcvpho"

However, if you're only doing one vehicle, you can also set it in the same file.
An example from my Merc Sprinter.

Code:

    IsEMV = true,
    EMV = EMV,
    HasPhoton = true,
    Photon = PI
    
    ...
    
    if Photon then Photon:OverwriteIndex( name, PI ) end

Both methods work, so there is no "best practice". Do what's best for you.

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@Nebula. Sorry I posted it anyway. You posted about 20 seconds before I did.
@Noble smells. :3

[Nebula]

@Doctor Internet Oh, many Thanks. I did not got the running lights to work (but I only tried 5 minutes because time reasons) and this explain quite some more stuff, so.. thank you

(Do you also know how to add liveries?)

[Doctor Internet]

Liveries

For some reason, the livery code is messed up. It works, but is messed up.

Firstly, you'll need to set your spawning skin.
An example from my Sprinter.

Code:

EMV.Skin = "emvu_skins/merc_sprinter_lwb/livery_police_speed"

In this case, materials/emvu_skins/merc_sprinter_lwb/livery_police_speed is a vmt, vtf pair, so it loads the material as a skin.
You could also set the skin to one of the default skins like so.

Code:

EMV.Skin = 1

Next, liveries.
For some reason, it was decided that you need categories, but they don't show up in the menu.

An example from the Sprinter.

Code:

EMV.Liveries = {
    ["Police"] = {
        ["Speed Enforcement"] = "emvu_skins/merc_sprinter_lwb/livery_police_speed",
        ["Prison Transport"] = "emvu_skins/merc_sprinter_lwb/livery_prison",
        ["SWAT"] = "emvu_skins/merc_sprinter_lwb/livery_swat",
    },
    ["EC:FD"] = {
        ["EMS"] = "emvu_skins/merc_sprinter_lwb/livery_ems",
    },
    ["Penis"] = {
        ["FUMUKU"] = "emvu_skins/merc_sprinter_lwb/dem_hummers_tho",
        ["Lionscrest"] = "emvu_skins/merc_sprinter_lwb/obey_and_survive",
    },
}

In this case, the liveries shown would be:

• Speed Enforcement
  
• Prison Transport
  
• SWAT
  
• EMS
  
• FUMUKU
  
• Lionscrest
  

[Nebula]

@Doctor Internet

I just noticed that i dont know what to enter there, so.. What does Photon wants to have there ?

Code:
if Photon then
Photon:OverwriteIndex("2011 Ford Crown Vic Police", PI)
Photon.VehicleLibrary["sgm_2011fcvpho"] = PI
end