When my callout starts it spawns a swift heli and warps the pilot inside, but for some reason if you're not in close proximity to the helicopter when it spawns, it turns invisible, and so does the Ped inside.

If you stop the callout the Ped suddenly becomes visible, sitting in mid-air, and you can run into the invisible helicopter. 
At a total loss here, so any ideas would be welcome.

            Chopper = new Vehicle("SWIFT", Helipad, 100.9656f);
            Chopper.IsPersistent = true;
            Chopper.PrimaryColor = Color.Black;
            Chopper.SecondaryColor = Color.Black;
            Rage.Native.NativeFunction.Natives.SET_VEHICLE_LIVERY(Chopper, 0);            
            Chopper.IsVisible = true;

 

That also happened to me, I'm not in my computer right now but I think I used the native SET_ENTITY_LOAD_COLLISION_FLAG.

NativeFunction.CallByName<uint>("SET_ENTITY_LOAD_COLLISION_FLAG", myVehicle, true);

3 hours ago, alexguirre said:

That also happened to me, I'm not in my computer right now but I think I used the native SET_ENTITY_LOAD_COLLISION_FLAG.

NativeFunction.CallByName<uint>("SET_ENTITY_LOAD_COLLISION_FLAG", myVehicle, true);

Looks like that didn't do much to help.., the pilot is visible now and you can run into the vehicle but its still transparent.

Also tried NativeFunction.Natives.REQUEST_MODEL(Chopper.GetHashCode()); , no go

And now the pilot doesn't even spawn when you're not close enough..really strange

Edited May 30, 20169 yr by khorio

I wonder if it has to do with your in game drawing distance.. What is your in game graphic setting for it?

43 minutes ago, ainesophaur said:

I wonder if it has to do with your in game drawing distance.. What is your in game graphic setting for it?

Maxed out. It's in one of my callouts and other people are having the same problem.

Either the livery need to be set to -1 or 1 or if that doesn't work, are you looking for a heli to join a pursuit or jut sit there? What do you want the heli to do?

Sadly it has nothing to do with the livery,

It sits there waiting for you to get in and then it flies you to where you need to go.

The only other thing I could think of that's causing this is the colors, is there a secondary color normally? If yes then I have no idea. Maybe @Albo1125 can help you when he's not busy.

it's the same without changing the livery or the colors, even a different model has the same issues

Are there any tasks you can assign to the ped like the drive around task? The invisible thing is hard for me to wrap my head around, but in the code you posted I don't see anything going on in terms of what the helicopter should do. I'd imagine the game wouldn't just let it fall out of the sky when it's spawned.

I'd try to just create a blip for the destination and check how far the player is.. Only once they're close enough should you spawn the helicopter

I tried that too...the way it should work is this onbeforecallout spawns 2 peds and a chopper, oncalloutaccepted warps the pilot in seat -1, and when I arrive both me and the other ped get in, but the chopper isn't there (and it should be because of if(!chopper.exists())

When l stand near the spawn point and trigger the call out all is fine. I tried only spawning it in when the players distance <= 150f, still the same.

So in short, it shouldn't do anything before the player arrives

Edited June 1, 20169 yr by khorio

Try wrapping it in its own Gamefiber. I've had some real weird stuff go on when spawning peds/vehicles just as part of OnBeforeCallout where things just wouldn't even try and work till you got right up on them, I guess it has something to do with how GTA manages peds/vehicles in memory.

On 6/1/2016 at 3:40 AM, Darkmyre said:

Try wrapping it in its own Gamefiber. I've had some real weird stuff go on when spawning peds/vehicles just as part of OnBeforeCallout where things just wouldn't even try and work till you got right up on them, I guess it has something to do with how GTA manages peds/vehicles in memory.

I hoped that would work, just tried it, still the same :/

Only the one ped spawns, the pilot and helicopter are nowhere to be seen.

Edit: Looks like it did help a bit, doing a bit more testing now, it hasn't spawned 2 times and the pilot died (for some odd reason) 1 time.

Yup, seems like that did the trick :) Thanks a million @Darkmyre :)

 

Still the same issue, at a total loss now

Edited June 2, 20169 yr by khorio

So I've narrowed it down to this: The Chopper (or any vehicle for that matter) will not spawn for some strange reason.

When i get the callout, and go to the location it's not there. if i end the call and start it again (from wherever on the map) it WILL spawn. It's like it won't spawn because the location is not in memory or something, i don't have this problem in any of my other calls and really don't know why this is happening. The 1st time it won't spawn, all the other times it will.

ATM you create a new veh in OnCalloutAccepted(), right? You might try to spawn a vehicle when player is closer than x units to the spawn point. This shouldn't influence the performance at all (/much) and should solve your issue.

Edited June 2, 20169 yr by LtFlash

4 minutes ago, LtFlash said:

ATM you create a new veh in OnCalloutAccepted(), right? You might try to spawn a vehicle when player is closer than x units to the spawn point. This shouldn't influence the performance at all (/much) and should solve your issue.

I did try that..it's the same thing, i really don't get it, tried it OnBefore, OnAccepted, even if(Game.LocalPlayer.Character.Position < 300f), all the same.

Logically speaking it doesn't make any sense and it looks like a coding issue somewhere but i can't seem to find it

Edited June 2, 20169 yr by khorio

Maybe try attaching a blip to it, if you're not getting exceptions when accessing its properties it seems like it exists, but maybe it's flying off or something?

6 minutes ago, Darkmyre said:

Maybe try attaching a blip to it, if you're not getting exceptions when accessing its properties it seems like it exists, but maybe it's flying off or something?

Well that's the problem, it isn't spawning anymore, i do get exceptions now. It just will not spawn for some reason. (if i put it in a gamefiber). if i dont put it in a gamefiber i dont get exceptions but it isnt there.

case EState.SpawnChop:
                            if (Vector3.Distance(Game.LocalPlayer.Character.Position, Helipad) <= 250f)
                            {
                                GameFiber.StartNew(delegate
                                {
                                    Chopper = new Vehicle("WASHINGTON", Helipad, 100.9656f);
                                    Chopper.IsPersistent = true;
                                    Chopper.PrimaryColor = Color.Black;
                                    Chopper.SecondaryColor = Color.Black;
                                    NativeFunction.Natives.SET_VEHICLE_LIVERY(Chopper, 0);
                                    NativeFunction.Natives.SET_VEHICLE_FULLBEAM(Chopper, true);
                                    Chopper.AttachBlip();
                                });                               

                                Agent = new Ped("s_m_m_highsec_02", Chopper.FrontPosition, 0f);
                                Pilot = new Ped("s_m_y_pilot_01", Agent.GetOffsetPositionRight(2f), 0f);

                                Pilot.IsPersistent = true;
                                Pilot.BlockPermanentEvents = true;
                                Agent.IsPersistent = true;
                                Agent.BlockPermanentEvents = true;

 

The WASHINGTON and SWIFT are trying to spawn on the exact same point? Would that be interrupting them because they're both trying to spawn right at that exact spot? "Helipad, 100.9656f"

 

Just now, ToastinYou said:

The WASHINGTON and SWIFT are trying to spawn on the exact same point? Would that be interrupting them because they're both trying to spawn right at that exact spot? "Helipad, 100.9656f"

 

No, i changed the vehicle to see if that was the problem, but it wasn't.

It seems like it is finally fixed now, spawning it when the player is within 150m and NOT using a gamefiber, for some reason this blocked it from spawning aswell.