Cars

Cars are the bread and butter of Keep Driving, and what the player will be in for the majority of the run. All cars made are designed to always support 1 passenger and 1 driver seat out of the box.

You may define some images by creating a cars.kdr file.

The following properties that exist:

Key Type Required Default Explanation
car_dev_name String Yes N/A Internal name of car
car_title String Yes N/A Name of the car to show to the player
car_year String Yes N/A The year the car was made in
car_desc String Yes N/A The description of the car to show to the player
car_slot_disabled Number,Number No N/A What inventory slots are disabled.
car_color String No spr_player_car_volvo240_body_white The starting sprite colour for the car.
car_main_sprite String No spr_player_car_volvo240_body_white The main car sprite to use.
car_bg String No spr_player_car_volvo240_background The background sprite to use for the car (the insides while driving).
car_windows String No spr_player_car_volvo240_windows_1 The sprite to use for back of the car.
car_front_window String No spr_player_car_volvo240_front_window The sprite to use for front of the car.
car_wheel String No spr_player_car_volvo240_wheel_normal The wheel to use for the car.
car_inv_background String No spr_ui_inventory_volvo_bg_2 The sprite to use for the inventory menu.
car_rvm_bg String No spr_rear_mirror_bg The sprite to use for the car mirror.
car_player_seat_sprite String No spr_driver_inventory The sprite to use for the player car seat while in inventory view.
car_player_seat_sprite_x number No 172 The xoffset of the player car seat sprite.
car_player_seat_sprite_y Number No 22 The yoffset of the player car seat sprite.
car_wheel_front_x Number No 122 The x offset of the car wheel front.
car_wheel_front_y Number No 55 The y offset of the car wheel front.
car_wheel_back_x Number No 41 The x offset of the car wheel back.
car_wheel_back_y Number No 55 They offset of the car wheel back.
car_windows_x Number No 0 The x offset of the car window.
car_windows_y Number No 0 The y offset of the car window.
car_inv_base_w Number No 9 The base width of the car inventory.
car_inv_base_h Number No 9 The base height of the car inventory.
car_base_carhealth Number No 16 The cars starting health.
car_base_gas_max Number No 13 The cars starting gas.
car_base_social Number No 1 The cars starting social.
car_driver_offset_x Number No 0 The cell x offset for the driver seat.
car_driver_offset_y Number No 0 The cell y offset for the driver seat.
car_backseat_offset_x Number No 22
car_backseat_offset_y Number No 0
car_base_speed Number No 1 The cars starting speed.
car_accel_tag String No sfx_v_accel The tag to use for the car accel.
car_deaccel_tag String No sfx_v_deaccel The tag to use for the car deaccel.
car_start_tag String No sfx_v_start
car_stop_tag String No sfx_v_stop
car_engine_idle_loop String No SFX_Player_Car_Volvo_Engine_Idle_Loop_01 The audio sound for the car idle loop.
car_engine_drive_loop String No SFX_Player_Car_Volvo_Engine_Driving_Loop_01 The audio sound for the car driving loop.
car_rev_sound String No SFX_Player_Car_Volvo_Engine_Rev_Loop_01 The audio sound for the car rev sound.
car_seat Object No N/A Describes what this car seat is.
car_seat_count_override Number No 0 Overrides how many seats there are.

In addition, car_seat has the following:

Key Type Explanation
seat_slot Number The slot position of the seat currently being modified. 0 by default is the driver seat.
removable Number Whether the seat can be removed or not.
x Number X position of the seat on the grid.
y Number Y position of the seat on the grid.
passenger Number Determines if the seat is available to passengers or not.
social Number
sprite String The sprite name to use for the car seat.
adj Number How many seats are adjacent to this car seat.
seat_adj Number,Number,Number

Example format:

{
	car_dev_name: "tab_420"
	car_title: "Broken"
	car_base_speed: 0.01
	car_bg: "spr_player_car_volvo240_background"
	car_color: "spr_player_car_volvo240_body_white"
	car_main_sprite: "spr_player_car_volvo240_body_white"
	car_wheel: "spr_player_car_volvo240_wheel_none"
	
	car_slot_disabled: 0,0
	car_slot_disabled: 1,0
	car_slot_disabled: 2,0
	car_slot_disabled: 3,0
	car_slot_disabled: 0,8
	car_slot_disabled: 1,8
	car_slot_disabled: 2,8
	car_slot_disabled: 3,8
	
	car_player_seat_sprite: "spr_driver_inventory"
	car_player_seat_sprite_x: 172
	car_player_seat_sprite_y: 22
	
	car_inv_x: 0
	car_inv_y: 0
	car_bg_x: 0
	
	car_seat: {
		seat_slot: 1
		x: 9
		y: 6
		passengar: -1
		social: 1
		removable: 0
		sprite: "spr_inventory_seat_64x48_bottom_"
		adj: 1
		seat_adj: 0,0,0
	}
}