V Released [BETA] Szabo's Persistance Mod - Scripthook (LUA)

[Anach]

Nice!

[†Tyranick†™]

Good job GTAGeek keep it up , nice to see you updating it for us .

[aklp4]

Excellent job! Would it be possible to add an option to make the damage persistent too? I would like to add some sort of realism to my modded GTA V! Thanks in advance!

[GTAGeek123]

akp4,

 

I'm not quite sure if there is currently a way to make the damage persistent. I looked at the nativeDB and found the below values that seem to have something to do with the deformation (damage), but they do not line up so I can't tell what for sure what is being gotten and what is being set.

 

 

GET_VEHICLE_DEFORMATION_AT_POS(Any p0, Any p1, Any p2, Any p3) <-Gets the (or some of) the deformation values).
GET_VEHICLE_DEFORMATION_GET_TREE(Any p0, float p1) <- Not exactly sure what is being pulled here.
SET_VEHICLE_DEFORMATION_FIXED(Vehicle vehicle) <--Repairs just vehicle health, but not deformation (I think).
SET_VEHICLE_DAMAGE(Any p0, float p1, float p2, float p3, float p4, float p5, BOOL p6) <-Not sure what values are being pulled here or from where, but it could some of the values from GET_VEHICLE_DEFORMATION_AT_POS, but I don't know for sure.

 

Perhaps someone who is very good at scripting could figure it out, but as I'm very much a beginner it is somewhat beyond me (at least for now).

Edited May 23, 2015 by GTAGeek123

[reddevilthp]

Good News!!!!!!

 

I have updated Szabo's 0.0.1.7B version and neons, plate types, vehicles extras (for example the Coquette Classic hood types), and plate numbers/text (read below for custom plate instructions) all now work. Note: You will need GTA LUA plugin version 10 (SDK) for this version to work correctly.

 

 

All credit to Szabo for making such a useful mod!

 

Link to updated LUA file:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7fdnjr7de8itkep/szabopersist.lua?dl=0

 

This works perfectly. Cant thank you enough! Wish Szabo was still around to continue working on this. Do you have any plans of continuing to maintain this mod or maybe fork it giving credit to Szabo?

 

And a few questions regarding the ctrl+r reload in your post - when you say vehicle extras what attributes do you mean exactly? Also if i forget to ctrl+r but i turn off the game (after re-saving the car) and launch it later, will the extras return to the way i had them or will the values change?

 

Thanks once again!

[BreakLux]

Since GTAGeeks update persistance works fine, but I can no longer save cars. It just simply doesn't react to the keypresses. Disabling/Enabling works fine, just not saving and reloading... I've tried different keys too. Save location is the same as on the previous version, which worked fine...

[Anach]

Since GTAGeeks update persistance works fine, but I can no longer save cars. It just simply doesn't react to the keypresses. Disabling/Enabling works fine, just not saving and reloading... I've tried different keys too. Save location is the same as on the previous version, which worked fine...

Its probably a conflict between mods using similar or unlisted keybinds. I had the same problem with the default keys. I changed the save car key to numpadMultiply, as it wouldnt work on a few others I tried.

[reddevilthp]

 

Since GTAGeeks update persistance works fine, but I can no longer save cars. It just simply doesn't react to the keypresses. Disabling/Enabling works fine, just not saving and reloading... I've tried different keys too. Save location is the same as on the previous version, which worked fine...

Its probably a conflict between mods using similar or unlisted keybinds. I had the same problem with the default keys. I changed the save car key to numpadMultiply, as it wouldnt work on a few others I tried.

 

 

Yup. For me the save button was conflicting with Native trainer. moved it multiply and worked again. How about switch around the disable/enable button with saving and see if it works just as a test. if it does then u know its the buttons conflicting. If not, then you just might have found a bug.

[GTAGeek123]

 

Good News!!!!!!

 

I have updated Szabo's 0.0.1.7B version and neons, plate types, vehicles extras (for example the Coquette Classic hood types), and plate numbers/text (read below for custom plate instructions) all now work. Note: You will need GTA LUA plugin version 10 (SDK) for this version to work correctly.

 

 

All credit to Szabo for making such a useful mod!

 

Link to updated LUA file:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7fdnjr7de8itkep/szabopersist.lua?dl=0

 

This works perfectly. Cant thank you enough! Wish Szabo was still around to continue working on this. Do you have any plans of continuing to maintain this mod or maybe fork it giving credit to Szabo?

 

And a few questions regarding the ctrl+r reload in your post - when you say vehicle extras what attributes do you mean exactly? Also if i forget to ctrl+r but i turn off the game (after re-saving the car) and launch it later, will the extras return to the way i had them or will the values change?

 

Thanks once again!

 

 

 

reddevilthp,

Vehicle extras are extra components that some vehicles have. For example the Coquette Classic has a roof version and a roofless version. The current version of this mod will save which version you have (note:if you use the current version of the enhanced native trainer (version 15 and up) you can select which extras you want enabled (if the vehicle has extras)). Note: The extras at first will not look like they saved as when you press the reload key defined in the mod they will still randomly change back. However, if you reload the LUA plugin (using lctrl + r) the extras will stop randomly changing until the vehicle is unsaved and re-saved. Note: Do not reload the LUA plugin near any saved plane, boat, or bike.

 

As far any plans on continuing and maintaining this mod I'm not quite sure how much more there is left to be done. I might look into getting the dirt (dirt shouldn't be to hard to do), damage (may have to wait until the Native DB is updated further), and some of the Plane's colors (Bersa colors for example still change) to save, but beyond that I'm not sure what else is needed for this mod. Also, the duplication issue may be impossible fix as I'm not quite sure if there is a way to get the cars to unsave and delete and then respawn if the LUA plugin is restarted (if anyone any ideas on this could be done I open to suggestions).

 

Since GTAGeeks update persistance works fine, but I can no longer save cars. It just simply doesn't react to the keypresses. Disabling/Enabling works fine, just not saving and reloading... I've tried different keys too. Save location is the same as on the previous version, which worked fine...

 

BreakLux,

 

There are two things to try.

 

1. Make sure you are using LUA plugin version 10 (SDK). You will need to SDK version so you can reload it (note: the normal version 10 be able to be reloaded also, but I do not know for sure as I do not use it).

 

2. Open the file where your current cars are saved and blank it out (back it up first!!) and then save it. Then try saving a new car. If it works you should be able to copy your old saved cars list (from your backed-up file) and paste them below your newly saved car and they should show up. Note: I did not have to do this with my car list, but sometimes the mod can crash if it does not see a value for a field, and by saving a new car you are giving at least one value for every save field.

 

Let me know if the issue is still occurring after trying these steps.

Edited May 25, 2015 by GTAGeek123

[LeonEma]

yes, but, still prefer szabo's version...

 

first of all cos don't like pink neons under the car

and second cos with plate bug when i save the car and save the game while in car i get another same car at next launch just with default plate

is a good car multiplier

 

but good try however

[ShidaPenns]

As far any plans on continuing and maintaining this mod I'm not quite sure how much more there is left to be done. I might look into getting the dirt (dirt shouldn't be to hard to do), damage (may have to wait until the Native DB is updated further), and some of the Plane's colors (Bersa colors for example still change) to save, but beyond that I'm not sure what else is needed for this mod. Also, the duplication issue may be impossible fix as I'm not quite sure if there is a way to get the cars to unsave and delete and then respawn if the LUA plugin is restarted (if anyone any ideas on this could be done I open to suggestions).

 

Would it be possible for you to add the feature of being able to see all saved cars on the map in the pause menu (where the lag of loading the locations of all the cars doesn't matter so much)?

[BreakLux]

Updating to the SDK version solved the problem for me.

[GTAGeek123]

LeonEma,

 

Refer to #6 on the very important stuff list in regards to the pink neon lights and how to fix them.

 

"6. For some strange reason any car (or at least some of my cars did) saved before this update will have purple neons. In order to make them go away you will need to take the car to LS customs and set the neon layout to none and then resave it at your desired location."

 

Also, are you saying that if you save the game while in a saved car that you will get a duplicate car when you reopen your game? If so, this happening due to the same reason boats, planes, and bikes get duplicated (which there is no current fix for). This also means the issue would happen in Szabo's version (but you would get default plates on both cars).

 

 

yes, but, still prefer szabo's version...

 

first of all cos don't like pink neons under the car

and second cos with plate bug when i save the car and save the game while in car i get another same car at next launch just with default plate

is a good car multiplier

 

but good try however

 

ShidaPenns,

 

I'll look into it, but I'm not quite sure if it's possible to keep the blips and not the cars in the game's active memory.

 

 

As far any plans on continuing and maintaining this mod I'm not quite sure how much more there is left to be done. I might look into getting the dirt (dirt shouldn't be to hard to do), damage (may have to wait until the Native DB is updated further), and some of the Plane's colors (Bersa colors for example still change) to save, but beyond that I'm not sure what else is needed for this mod. Also, the duplication issue may be impossible fix as I'm not quite sure if there is a way to get the cars to unsave and delete and then respawn if the LUA plugin is restarted (if anyone any ideas on this could be done I open to suggestions).

 

Would it be possible for you to add the feature of being able to see all saved cars on the map in the pause menu (where the lag of loading the locations of all the cars doesn't matter so much)?

 

 

Glad to hear it!

Updating to the SDK version solved the problem for me.

[LeonEma]

 

LeonEma,

 

Refer to #6 on the very important stuff list in regards to the pink neon lights and how to fix them.

 

"6. For some strange reason any car (or at least some of my cars did) saved before this update will have purple neons. In order to make them go away you will need to take the car to LS customs and set the neon layout to none and then resave it at your desired location."

 

Also, are you saying that if you save the game while in a saved car that you will get a duplicate car when you reopen your game? If so, this happening due to the same reason boats, planes, and bikes get duplicated (which there is no current fix for). This also means the issue would happen in Szabo's version (but you would get default plates on both cars).

 

 

yes, but, still prefer szabo's version...

 

first of all cos don't like pink neons under the car

and second cos with plate bug when i save the car and save the game while in car i get another same car at next launch just with default plate

is a good car multiplier

 

but good try however

yes, get duplicate car when reopen the game, i guess because simply change the my plate to the default plate...

but is not so big problem for me, i learnt how to use it at my advantage

 

for now using szabo's version yet... but waiting for updates

[GTAGeek123]

LeonEma,

 

After further testing I was able to verify that the duplication issue you experienced has nothing to do with the license plate, but rather it is basically the same duplication mentioned in #4 of the very important list (my last post on page 8). There is no current fix and it will occur with Szabo's version as well (except both vehicles will have default plates). The best way to avoid this issue is to not save your game while in a saved vehicle.

[ShidaPenns]

 

 

As far any plans on continuing and maintaining this mod I'm not quite sure how much more there is left to be done. I might look into getting the dirt (dirt shouldn't be to hard to do), damage (may have to wait until the Native DB is updated further), and some of the Plane's colors (Bersa colors for example still change) to save, but beyond that I'm not sure what else is needed for this mod. Also, the duplication issue may be impossible fix as I'm not quite sure if there is a way to get the cars to unsave and delete and then respawn if the LUA plugin is restarted (if anyone any ideas on this could be done I open to suggestions).

 

Would it be possible for you to add the feature of being able to see all saved cars on the map in the pause menu (where the lag of loading the locations of all the cars doesn't matter so much)?

 

 

ShidaPenns,

 

I'll look into it, but I'm not quite sure if it's possible to keep the blips and not the cars in the game's active memory.

 

The idea is to load the cars when entering the pause menu, then unload them when closing it (it'll slow down the pause menu loading, but not in-game). I don't know if that's possible but Szabo did talk earlier in the thread about implementing it at some point.

[Heconios]

Hi Guys,

This mod is really really awesome, however when I reload the game all cars are gone again...

Heres my savepath:

local savepath = "C:/Users/Simon/Documents/Rockstar Games/GTA V/SzaboPersistance/"

I double checked in that directory, but the mod doesnt even create a file there.

I really need help with this, all I do in gta is drive around all the time so I NEED this mod

 

[GTAGeek123]

Heconis,

 

Try using the below save path. Also, make sure the SzaboPersistance folder that you want the save file to populate in exists. This should allow you create the save file on an area of the hard drive with no write permissions.

 

local savepath = "C:/SzaboPersistance/"

[Matt_STS]

@GTAGeek123 Thanks for updating Szabo's mod! whatever happened to him? i hope he's OK...
Your version of the persistance mod works fine for me on the non SDK version, no problems at all...
Do you plan on updating the Car Shop mod too? i doesn't work well on the latest Lua version..

[CeasarGuy]

I agree, the newest version needs fixing. The menu is constantly flashing and is unusable (controls don't work). If you'd fix it, it'd be awesome.

 

But I still want the constantly-visible car blips on the map, because I lost my car ;_;

[GTAGeek123]

ShidaPenns,

 

I tried getting the blips to only appear on the pause menu. However, it seems that the pause menu won't allow any blips to be added once it is opened (which would make sense when you think about it). Note: I'm currently looking into some other possible ways to achieve the desired result.

 

 

Edit: I have a kind of working fix for the full map view now. Version coming out very soon!

 

 

MSTS,

 

I've downloaded the Car Shop mod, but haven't gotten around to using it (or installing it), but once I do start using it (not sure when that will be) I will see about fixing any bugs I fine (unless they are too complicated).

 

I do have to ask though why use the car shop mod when you can just use a car spawner?

 

BTW:

Thanks for letting me know the normal version worked.

 

 

Ceasar,

 

Which version of the LUA plugin are you using? Make sure you are using version 10.

Edited May 27, 2015 by GTAGeek123

[reddevilthp]

GtaGeek,

Any chance of touching up Szabo's auto theft mod? It just needs an On/Off button so that the large text doesnt flash up every few minutes OR convert the large text into a small notification-style help text. it also a little rebalance to make the payout lesser. I can modify the payout myself i think so thats not a problem. But i have no idea how to fix the text.

[GTAGeek123]

reddevilthp,

 

I have downloaded the auto theft mod, but I have not yet installed it yet (same with the Car Shop mod), but once I do start using it (not sure when that will be, hopefully soon) I will see about fixing any bugs I find (unless they are too complicated).

 

GtaGeek,

Any chance of touching up Szabo's auto theft mod? It just needs an On/Off button so that the large text doesnt flash up every few minutes OR convert the large text into a small notification-style help text. it also a little rebalance to make the payout lesser. I can modify the payout myself i think so thats not a problem. But i have no idea how to fix the text.

 

 

 

Link to version with full (kind of) map view of blips.

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nrwgn5c8acedvwd/Szabo%20Persist%20%28Updated%29.zip?dl=0

 

 

(Important!) New Full Map View Instructions:

Press and hold your mapkey (which you can define in the script where the other keys are defined). By default it is 'p' (p for persistence if you are wondering). You will see that all your vehicles will load in the mini-map. If your game gets very laggy you can release the mapkey at any time and the default spawn distance (70) will instantly return and only nearby vehicles will show up again.

In order to see all the blips on the full map press the pause key (Esc by default) while holding down the mapkey. Once the pause menu is opened you can let go of the mapkey. You will see all of the blips on the map. If you then exit the pause menu all of the blips (except nearby ones) will go away (unless you are still holding down the mapkey). This is done intentionally in order to prevent the game from lagging and/or crashing.

Note: Use with caution as you are loading all of your saved vehicles at the same time when pressing the mapkey (no way around this) and you could crash your game.

Also, there is currently no gamepad option for the mapkey as I do not use a gamepad and do not know which key would be good to use. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.

 

Note: I have also included a read-me with these instructions and the 'Very Important List' for reference.

 

One More Note: Do not reload the LUA plugin (lctrl + r) while holding down the mapkey as it could result in unwanted duplicate vehicles.

 

 

Changelog (for reference):

 

Update 1:

 

Added ability to save Neons, Plate Types, Plate text, and vehicle extras.

 

Update 2:

 

(Kind of) Full map blip view.

[headscript]

 

One More Note: Do not reload the LUA plugin (lctrl + r) while holding down the mapkey as it could result in unwanted duplicate vehicles.

 

 

 

Goodjob, just a advice u can fix this by unloading/destroying anything u spawned in the unload function

[Matt_STS]

I do have to ask though why use the car shop mod when you can just use a car spawner?

​IMO, It adds Something more to spend money on, and i can buy a bigger variety of cars than those sold on the websites without feel like i'm "cheating" the game

Edited May 27, 2015 by MSTS

[†Tyranick†™]

 

I do have to ask though why use the car shop mod when you can just use a car spawner?

​IMO, It adds Something more to spend money on, and i can buy a bigger variety of cars than those sold on the websites without feel like i'm "cheating" the game

 

 

Yep I feel the same too. It would be amazing if the future of modding allowed the webpages to be moddable so we could add pretty much any car to be bought, or even better, add dealerships around los santos and blaine county where you buy specific "types" of vehicles such as offroad and trucks in the "desert" and sports and super cars in the central city, and all sorts, would be amazing. Better yet, it would be even nicer when modding develops, for "bought cars" to never vanish unless you scrap them your self by blowing them up or perhaps a mod to take them to a junkyard to be recycled for a part of the money back, to allow any car, bought or otherwise, to become your "personal vehicle" like in GTA online, to set any vehicle as a personal vehicle so it's always either at your house, home or wherever you left it. And finally, to be able to have any car that is your personal vehicle OR saved in any of your garages to be delivered to you via a mechanic, agian, like in GTA:O which I think would be amazing.

 

Too many times have i been out and about and really need one of my custom vehicles or one of my armored vehicles delivered or air lifed in, rather than spawning it. I too, don't want to ever feel like i'm "cheating" the game either, hence why I've not used nor will I ever, any money mods, only mods that odd other means to "earn" money naturally.

 

Modding is still in it's infancy atm so all of the above would probably be impossible to do in an "immersive" way for now, but wow, vanishing cars is the worst lol, hence why this mod is extremely well required as a base.

[Szabo]

Hello there guys, sorry I've been offline for a while, I didn't give up on modding though .

 

All my mods are working with the Lua plugin v9, which I believe is the "Normal" version you can download on the official page. It would be good to update though.

 

 

if anybody wants the szabopersist save file and if that is ok with Szabo ill be more than happy to share and upload it. I spent a fair share of time getting all those cars upgrade to the max and situated in those spots but there are still plenty that need tinkering and perhaps categorizing for a more realistic look. I did make most of these before the bulletproof/smoke tire saves kicked in so there that as well, Giving Michael and Trevor some vehicles to boot wouldn't be a bad idea either. It would be nice to perhaps get to community going on a "ultimate garage" save file if you will.

 

Thanks again Szabo!

Thank you for the video. Much appreciated.

 

You really need to add a check for duplicate cars. Every one I save ends up getting another entry a few fractions of a meter over...

 

Also, I still want a way to disable the blips. I added this feature myself but it would be nice to make it official.

I'm going to add disabling blips to the to-do list. I have no idea about duplicated cars though, the mod does check if a car is going to be spawned on top of (or near) another one. I suspects it's some kind of conflict with other mod (perhaps native trainer and lua v8 sdk?).

 

hey, this may help you use code to find the correct folder path to save stuff in lua...

 

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20821226/lua-my-documents-path-and-file-creation-date

The problem with using the full user name are the non-ascii characters. The next versions will use a simpler path by default (atm i'm using c:\gtav_mods)

 

I thik szabos has quit the project/modding altogether. His image has change back to the default outline and he hasn't been active for over a week now :\, man what I shame, this had such huge potential. I hope someone is willing to pick it up and update it.

Sorry, I just don't have the time to support this mod better.

 

Good News!!!!!!

 

I have updated Szabo's 0.0.1.7B version and neons, plate types, vehicles extras (for example the Coquette Classic hood types), and plate numbers/text (read below for custom plate instructions) all now work. Note: You will need GTA LUA plugin version 10 (SDK) for this version to work correctly.

 

VERY IMPORTANT STUFF!!!!!!:

 

Link to updated LUA file:

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7fdnjr7de8itkep/szabopersist.lua?dl=0

Hi there. Thank you! . Are you using the new stuff introduced in Lua plugin v10? I was thinking about sticking with v9 for a while but perhaps I should port all my mods over to v10. The problem with v10 is that it has some regressions, for example, in CONTROLS.ENABLE_CONTROL_ACTION(2,0,true), the p2 is correctly a bool in v9, but in v10 it's now an int, so it's a regressions that in the future surely will be changed again and then the mod will break again. It's a time-bomb and need constant support. I'm going to talk to headscript to release some 'stable' v10 versions along with the rolling-release though.

 

Also, would you mind if I merge your changes in the github? Don't you have a github account so you can fork my code?

 

akp4,

 

I'm not quite sure if there is currently a way to make the damage persistent. I looked at the nativeDB and found the below values that seem to have something to do with the deformation (damage), but they do not line up so I can't tell what for sure what is being gotten and what is being set.

 

 

GET_VEHICLE_DEFORMATION_AT_POS(Any p0, Any p1, Any p2, Any p3) <-Gets the (or some of) the deformation values).
GET_VEHICLE_DEFORMATION_GET_TREE(Any p0, float p1) <- Not exactly sure what is being pulled here.
SET_VEHICLE_DEFORMATION_FIXED(Vehicle vehicle) <--Repairs just vehicle health, but not deformation (I think).
SET_VEHICLE_DAMAGE(Any p0, float p1, float p2, float p3, float p4, float p5, BOOL p6) <-Not sure what values are being pulled here or from where, but it could some of the values from GET_VEHICLE_DEFORMATION_AT_POS, but I don't know for sure.

 

Perhaps someone who is very good at scripting could figure it out, but as I'm very much a beginner it is somewhat beyond me (at least for now).

You'd need to get all vertex data and save it, it's going to take too much disk space and it's going to be very intensive on the resources. The decals are another problem also (scratches, etc.) I don't see a function to create them.

 

Heconis,

 

Try using the below save path. Also, make sure the SzaboPersistance folder that you want the save file to populate in exists. This should allow you create the save file on an area of the hard drive with no write permissions.

 

local savepath = "C:/SzaboPersistance/"

Exactly. We need a simpler save path for the future versions to prevent problems (see above in this post)

 

I agree, the newest version needs fixing. The menu is constantly flashing and is unusable (controls don't work). If you'd fix it, it'd be awesome.

 

But I still want the constantly-visible car blips on the map, because I lost my car ;_;

GtaGeek,

Any chance of touching up Szabo's auto theft mod? It just needs an On/Off button so that the large text doesnt flash up every few minutes OR convert the large text into a small notification-style help text. it also a little rebalance to make the payout lesser. I can modify the payout myself i think so thats not a problem. But i have no idea how to fix the text.

I'm going to update all my mods to v10 soon. I just need to have a work with headscript first because I can't support the lua plugin rolling release (no time unfortunately).

 

----

 

Thank you guys.

[reddevilthp]

reddevilthp,

 

I have downloaded the auto theft mod, but I have not yet installed it yet (same with the Car Shop mod), but once I do start using it (not sure when that will be, hopefully soon) I will see about fixing any bugs I find (unless they are too complicated).

 

GtaGeek,

 

Any chance of touching up Szabo's auto theft mod? It just needs an On/Off button so that the large text doesnt flash up every few minutes OR convert the large text into a small notification-style help text. it also a little rebalance to make the payout lesser. I can modify the payout myself i think so thats not a problem. But i have no idea how to fix the text.

 

 

Thanks for the reply. I managed to turn the text into a notification so problems solved! Cant see anything else wrong with it as long as i stay in v9 of LUA Plugin

 

 

 

Hello there guys, sorry I've been offline for a while, I didn't give up on modding though .

 

 

great to see ur still here! ur mods have changed the entire way i play this game.

Edited May 28, 2015 by reddevilthp

[carcols.dat]

-snip-

 

You really need to add a check for duplicate cars. Every one I save ends up getting another entry a few fractions of a meter over...

 

Also, I still want a way to disable the blips. I added this feature myself but it would be nice to make it official.

I'm going to add disabling blips to the to-do list. I have no idea about duplicated cars though, the mod does check if a car is going to be spawned on top of (or near) another one. I suspects it's some kind of conflict with other mod (perhaps native trainer and lua v8 sdk?).

 

-snip-

I wasn't using any other mods when this happened.

[reddevilthp]

Duplicate post deleted

Edited May 29, 2015 by reddevilthp