Creating a new car XML

In this recipe, we will show you how to build a new script for CryENGINE 3 to recognize your car model as a vehicle entity. For this recipe, you must have some basic knowledge in XML formatting.

Getting ready

Open DefaultVehicle.xml in the XML editor of your choice (Notepad, Notepad++, UltraEdit, and so on). This XML will be used as the basic template to construct our new vehicle XML.

Note

DefaultVehicle.xml is found at the following location: MyGameFolder\Scripts\Entities\Vehicles\Implementations\Xml.

Open the MyVehicle.max scene made from the previous recipe to use as a reference for the parts section within this recipe.

How to do it...

Basic Properties:

1. First, we will need to rename the filename to what the vehicle's name would be.

2. Delete filename = Objects/Default.cgf.

3. Rename name = DefaultVehicle to name = MyVehicle.

4. Add actionMap = landvehicle to the end of the cell.

5. Save the file as MyVehicle.XML.

6. Your first line should now look like the following:

   Note

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