ExtendedVehicle

A Farming Simulator 25 mod that provides extended vehicle functionality, focusing on advanced lighting and sound controls, particularly useful for emergency services and utility vehicles.

Features

• Beacon Light Groups: Group multiple beacon lights and control them via dedicated input bindings. Supports both toggle and button modes.
• Sound Groups: Manage multiple sound effects (e.g., sirens, air horns) with easy switching and toggling.
• Pre-defined Actions: Includes several default action bindings for common tasks like Rear Warning Systems (RWS), Stop flashes, and Sirens.
• Crossplay compatible: As we all now consoles do not support scripts, you can use the default cover and foldable for consoles and this script for PC. See details below.

Usage

ModDesc

To use this mod, add the following to your modDesc.xml:

• Add a dependency to FS25_extendedVehicle

Example ModDesc

<dependencies>
    <dependency>FS25_extendedVehicle</dependency>
</dependencies>

XML Configuration

To use this specialization in your vehicle, add the extendedVehicle specialization to your vehicleType and configure the <extendedVehicle> section in your vehicle XML.

Example Configuration

<extendedVehicle disableCover="false" disableFoldable="false">
    <beaconLightGroups>
        <!-- name: identifier for the group -->
        <!-- toggleInputButton: the action name to trigger this group -->
        <beaconLightGroup name="HWS" toggleInputButton="VD_EV_TOGGLE_RWS">
            <!-- optional animation to play when the group is triggered -->
            <animation name="HWS_Button" speedScale="1.0" />
            <!-- beaconLight: BeacnLight definition is the same as in the vanilla vehicle XML -->
            <beaconLight realLight="0>1|5|0|2|1">
                <staticLight node="0>1|5|0|2|0" intensity="100" multiBlink="true"
                    multiBlinkParameters="10 5 40 10" />
            </beaconLight>
            <beaconLight>
                <staticLight node="0>1|4|0|1|1|1" intensity="100" multiBlink="true"
                    multiBlinkParameters="10 5 40 10" />
            </beaconLight>
        </beaconLightGroup>

        <beaconLightGroup name="STOP" toggleInputButton="VD_EV_TOGGLE_STOPFLASH">
            <beaconLight>
                <staticLight node="0>1|4|5|0" intensity="100" multiBlink="true"
                    multiBlinkParameters="7 5 40 100" />
            </beaconLight>
            <beaconLight>
                <staticLight node="0>1|4|5|2" intensity="100" multiBlink="true"
                    multiBlinkParameters="7 5 40 -100" />
            </beaconLight>
        </beaconLightGroup>
    </beaconLightGroups>

    <soundGroupConfigurations>
        <!-- name: optional identifier for the configuration -->
        <soundGroupConfiguration name="$l10n_configuration_EU">
            <!-- optional object change, similar to design configs -->
            <objectChange node="node" visibilityActive="true" visibilityInactive="false" />
            <!-- toggleInputButton: switches the sound on/off -->
            <!-- switchInputButton: cycles through sounds within the group -->
            <!-- playExtendedSoundAnimationOnToggle: If true, both animations will be played when the group is toggled, defaults to true 
            if false, the animation of extendedSound is not played on toggle, only when switching -->
            <soundGroup name="SIREN" toggleInputButton="VD_EV_TOGGLE_SIREN"
                switchInputButton="VD_EV_SWITCH_SIREN"
                playExtendedSoundAnimationOnToggle="true">
                <!-- optional animation to play when the group is triggered -->
                <animation name="Siren_Button" speedScale="1.0" />
                <extendedSound>
                    <!-- optional animation to play for each sound -->
                    <animation name="Siren_Button" speedScale="1.0" />
                    <!-- sound: sound definition is the same as in the vanilla vehicle XML -->
                    <sound file="sounds/e_horn.ogg" pitchScale="1" volumeScale="2.5"
                        indoorVolume="0.035" outdoorVolume="0.1" range="30" innerRange="1"
                        pitchMin="0.8" pitchMax="1.5"
                        indoorLowpassGain="1" outdoorLowpassGain="1"
                        indoorLowpassCutoffFrequencyGain="5000.0"
                        indoorLowpassCutoffFrequencyResonance="2.0"
                        outdoorLowpassCutoffFrequencyGain="5000.0"
                        outdoorLowpassCutoffFrequencyResonance="2.0" />
                </extendedSound>
                <extendedSound>
                    <!-- optional animation to play for each sound -->
                    <animation name="Siren_Button" speedScale="1.0" />
                    <sound file="sounds/pressluft.ogg" pitchScale="1.0"
                        volumeScale="14"
                        indoorVolume="0.035" outdoorVolume="1" range="75" innerRange="1"
                        pitchMin="0.8" pitchMax="1.5"
                        indoorLowpassGain="1" outdoorLowpassGain="1"
                        indoorLowpassCutoffFrequencyGain="5000.0"
                        indoorLowpassCutoffFrequencyResonance="2.0"
                        outdoorLowpassCutoffFrequencyGain="5000.0"
                        outdoorLowpassCutoffFrequencyResonance="2.0" />
                </extendedSound>
            </soundGroup>
            <soundGroup name="Bullhorn" toggleInputButton="VD_EV_AIR_HORN" inputMode="BUTTON">
                <extendedSound>
                    <sound file="sounds/bullhorn.ogg" pitchScale="1" volumeScale="2.5"
                           indoorVolume="0.035" outdoorVolume="0.1" range="30" innerRange="1"
                           pitchMin="0.8" pitchMax="1.5"
                           indoorLowpassGain="1" outdoorLowpassGain="1"
                           indoorLowpassCutoffFrequencyGain="5000.0"
                           indoorLowpassCutoffFrequencyResonance="2.0"
                           outdoorLowpassCutoffFrequencyGain="5000.0"
                           outdoorLowpassCutoffFrequencyResonance="2.0" />
                </extendedSound>
            </soundGroup>
        </soundGroupConfiguration>
    </soundGroupConfigurations>
</extendedVehicle>

Attributes

Extended Vehicle

• disableCover: (Boolean) If true, it removes <cover> from the vehicle XML. Defaults to false.
• disableFoldable: (Boolean) If true, it removes <foldable> from the vehicle XML. Defaults to false.

Beacon Light Groups

• name: (String) Name of the group.
• inputMode: (String) SWITCH (default) or BUTTON.
• toggleInputButton: (String) The action binding to toggle/trigger the group.

Sound Groups

• soundGroupConfiguration: Container for a set of sound groups (allows vehicle configurations).
• soundGroup: Sound group.
• name: (String) Name of the group.
• inputMode: (String) SWITCH (default) or BUTTON.
• toggleInputButton: (String) The action binding to toggle/trigger the sound.
• switchInputButton: (String) Optional. The action binding to switch between multiple sounds in the group.

Default Keybindings

Action	Keybinding	Description
VD_EV_TOGGLE_RWS	LCtrl + Numpad 1	Toggle Rear Warning System
VD_EV_TOGGLE_STOPFLASH	LCtrl + Numpad 2	Toggle Stop Flash
VD_EV_TOGGLE_SIREN	LAlt + Numpad 1	Toggle Siren
VD_EV_SWITCH_SIREN	LAlt + Numpad 2	Switch Siren Tone
VD_EV_AIR_HORN	LAlt + Numpad 3	Air Horn / Bullhorn

Crossplay Compatibility

As we all now consoles do not support scripts due to that most emergency vehicles released on consoles use the cover specialization for Sirens and foldable for the rear warning system.

To prevent two different versions of a mod, we have added two attributes to the <extendedVehicle> tag: disableCover and disableFoldable. These attributes allow you to disable the cover and foldable features for PC, while keeping them enabled for Consoles. This ensures that the mod works seamlessly across both platforms and can use the extended Features on PC.

Limitations

• Only works for RWS using VD_EV_TOGGLE_RWS as input action.
• The visibility state of the RWS animation node must be set to visible in the i3d.

Credits

• Author: VertexDezign
• Development Assistant: Junie (JetBrains AI)

Idea / Inspiration

• EmergencyPack by Creative Mesh