Vehicle Setup

Type: Action
Category: VEHICLE

Initializes the Range Game Engine vehicle constraint and registers the four wheels with their suspension and friction parameters. Runs only on the first frame (hasattr guard).

Properties

Property	Default	Description
Front Left	—	Front-left wheel object
Front Right	—	Front-right wheel object
Rear Left	—	Rear-left wheel object
Rear Right	—	Rear-right wheel object
Wheel Radius	`0.35`	Wheel radius in units
Susp. Length	`0.4`	Suspension travel length
Stiffness	`50.0`	Suspension stiffness
Damping	`10.0`	Suspension damping
Compression	`4.0`	Suspension compression
Tyre Friction	`4.0`	Tyre friction coefficient
Roll Influence	`0.05`	Roll influence (0 = no rollover, 1 = maximum)

Sockets

Socket	Direction	Type
In	Input	Exec
Out	Output	Exec

Generated code

if not hasattr(self, '_veh_ready'):
    _veh_scene = Range.logic.getCurrentScene()
    self._vehicle = Range.constraints.createVehicle(self.own.getPhysicsId())
    if 'wheel_fl' in _veh_scene.objects:
        _w = _veh_scene.objects['wheel_fl']
        _side = -1.0 if _w.localPosition.x <= 0 else 1.0
        self._vehicle.addWheel(_w, _w.localPosition,
            mathutils.Vector((0, 0, -1)),
            mathutils.Vector((_side, 0, 0)),
            0.4, 0.35, True)
    # ... (remaining wheels)
    for _wi in range(self._vehicle.getNumWheels()):
        self._vehicle.setTyreFriction(_wi, 4.0)
        self._vehicle.setSuspensionStiffness(_wi, 50.0)
        self._vehicle.setSuspensionDamping(_wi, 10.0)
        self._vehicle.setSuspensionCompression(_wi, 4.0)
        self._vehicle.setRollInfluence(_wi, 0.05)
    self._veh_ready = True

Typical usage

[On Update]
    → [Vehicle Setup: FL=wheel_fl, FR=wheel_fr, RL=wheel_rl, RR=wheel_rr
           Wheel Radius=0.35, Tyre Friction=4.5, Stiffness=60]
    → [Vehicle Throttle: ...]
    → [Vehicle Steering: ...]

Notes

The component's object must have Vehicle physics type in Range Game Engine.
Wheels are registered based on local position — those with localPosition.x ≤ 0 are treated as left side.
Low Roll Influence (0.05) prevents easy flipping; increasing it gives more realistic physics.