Garage System
Where players park their vehicles, take them out again and collect towed ones from the depot.
What it is
Players park their own vehicles at a garage and take them out again later. Vehicles that were towed or lost end up at a depot, where the owner pays a small fee to get them back.
How it works
There are four kinds of garage:
| Kind | Who can use it |
|---|---|
| Public garage | Everyone. Each player only sees their own vehicles. |
| House garage | The house owner and anyone with a key to the house. See Property System. |
| Job garage | Only the jobs listed in the config (for example police or ambulance). |
| Depot | Everyone. Lists your towed vehicles with the release fee. |
There are car garages, boathouses and aircraft hangars, and three depots: Hayes Autos (cars), Airport Impound Hangar (aircraft) and Boat Impound Pier (boats). Garages show on the map with a parking icon.
Park
Drive onto the garage marker and press E while sitting in the vehicle. Only vehicles you own can be parked, and only the same car that was taken out under that plate: a different car wearing your plate is refused. Fuel, engine and body damage are saved.
Take it out
Stand on the marker on foot and press E. The showroom opens: the camera glides to the parking bay and shows the vehicle you pick. Pick a vehicle with ← → or by clicking it; the tabs filter All, Stored and Out. The camera is locked to a fixed height and distance; drag the mouse or hold A / D to turn around the car. Press Enter (or Take out) and you are put in the driver seat.
Find a vehicle that is out
If a vehicle is already out in the world, the menu shows Out and offers Track on GPS, which puts a waypoint on your map.
Collect from the depot
A vehicle that was destroyed, despawned or impounded goes to the depot. Go to the depot for that kind of vehicle, press E, pick it and pay $400. Cash is used first, then the bank. A vehicle marked Seized cannot be collected; only the police can release it.
A vehicle can only be taken out of the garage where it was parked; the menu shows where it is. On a server restart, vehicles that were left out go back to their garage, except ones the police impounded.
Keys & commands
| Key / command | What it does | Who |
|---|---|---|
| E on a garage marker | Park (in a vehicle) or open the menu (on foot) | Everyone |
| ← → | Pick a vehicle in the menu | Everyone |
| A D or mouse drag | Turn the camera around the vehicle | Everyone |
| Enter | Take out / pay and take out / track on GPS | Everyone |
| Esc / Backspace | Close the menu | Everyone |
/impound | Next to an empty vehicle: sends it to the depot after a 10 second bar | On-duty police only |
Customise in game
There is no in-game garage creator. New garages are added in the config by your team.
Config options
File: [scripts]/[garage]/mvx_garages/config.lua
| Option | What it changes | Example |
|---|---|---|
Config.DepotPrice | Fee to get a vehicle back from the depot | 400 |
Config.SharedGarages | true lets players take a vehicle out of any garage | false |
Config.ClassSystem | true stops boats going into car garages and so on | false |
Config.AutoRespawn | Put vehicles that were out back in their garage on restart | true |
Config.Warp | Put the player in the driver seat on take-out | true |
Config.Impounding.AllowedJobs | Jobs that may use /impound | { 'police' } |
Config.Impounding.Duration | How long /impound takes (milliseconds) | 10000 |
Config.Preview.Enabled | The showroom camera on or off | true |
Config.Preview.LockZoom / LockPitch | Keep the camera at a fixed distance and height | true |
Config.Preview.OrbitSpeed | How fast the camera slowly circles the car (0 = off) | 6.0 |
Config.DistanceUnit | Miles or kilometres in the menu | 'mi' |
Config.HouseGarages.Enabled | House garages on or off | true |
Config.Garages | The list of garages: name, marker, parking bays, map icon, type, allowed jobs |
Admin Quick Test
Setup
- Find your server id (it is shown on the scoreboard). Give yourself an owned car:
/givecar <your id> sultan. Expected: "Vehicle ... has been parked in ...'s garage". A car made with/caris not owned and cannot be parked. - Give yourself money for the depot:
/giveaccountmoney me money 1000.
Take out and park
- Teleport to the Legion Square garage:
/tp 215.45 -809.80 30.73(or admin tablet HOME → World → Teleport with 215.45, -809.80, 30.73). - Stand on the marker on foot and press E. Expected: the showroom opens, the camera glides to a parking bay and shows the Sultan.
- Drag the mouse or hold A / D. Expected: the camera turns around the car; the mouse wheel does not zoom and the camera height stays the same.
- Press Enter. Expected: "Bringing it round", then you sit in the Sultan in the bay.
- Drive back onto the marker and press E. Expected: "Vehicle Stored" and the car disappears.
- Take the car out again and drive a little away. Get out, walk back and open the menu on foot. Expected: the Sultan shows as Out with Track on GPS; pressing it puts a waypoint on the car.
Impound and depot
/setjob me police 0. Stand within 5 m of the empty car and type/impound. Expected: a 10 second bar, then "Vehicle impounded" and the car is gone.- Teleport to the Hayes Autos depot:
/tp 483.75 -1312.29 29.21. Press E. Expected: the Sultan is listed with a $400 fee. - Pay and take it out. Expected: $400 less cash and the car appears at 493.28, -1329.28, 29.03 with you inside.
Boats and aircraft use their own depots: Boat Impound Pier at -858.04, -1470.69, 1.63 and Airport Impound Hangar at -1299.52, -3407.56, 13.93.
The end
- Park the car in any garage and clean up with
/setjob me unemployed 0. Result: the car is stored and you paid $400 once.
If it doesn't work
Parking is refused: the car is not yours, or it is not the car that was taken out under that plate. /impound is refused: you are not on the police job, someone sits in the car, or you are more than 5 m away. The car is not in the menu: it was parked in another garage (garages are not shared), or it came from /car instead of /givecar.