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This article gives a basic overview of the relationship between the entityDef, vehicleDef and script used to define the vehicle.<includeonly>

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There are three major parts to a vehicle's configuration:
* [[Vehicle_Scripting:_Basic_Overview#Vehicle_Definition|The Vehicle Definition]]
* [[Vehicle_Scripting:_Basic_Overview#Script|The Script]]
* [[Vehicle_Scripting:_Basic_Overview#Entity_Definition|The Entity Definition]]

=== Vehicle Definition ===

The [[Vehicle_Scripting:_Vehicle_Definition|vehicle definition]] is generally stored in a .vscript file in the base/vehicles directory. This defines much of the configuration of the vehicle:

* Physical characteristics
** Size
** Shape
** Wheels & suspension
** Boosters
** etc..
* Player positions
** Positioning
** Associated weapons
** Camera views
* Inverse Kinematics (IK)

=== Script ===

This C++/Java like script controls the behaviour of the vehicle in various situations, and is generally stored in the base/script/vehicles directory. These can be used to add complex scripted behaviours to the vehicle, for example the MCP. There is a base vehicle script that the other vehicles derive from. The base script contains most of the behaviour needed, for example creating the damage effects. The vehicle-specific scripts do things like configuring weapon selection.

=== Entity Definition ===

This definition links all the definitions together into one name that can be spawned in the game. entityDefs for vehicles generally live in base/def/vehicles.

These are just some of the many things that are configured in a vehicle's entity definition:
* Vehicle definition
* Script
* Control style & context
* Health
* Visual model
* Sounds
* Effects

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