[HELP] Assigning attributes to ambient/scenario spawning peds by model

FiveM Resource Development Discussion
1

Hello,

I am trying to make all ambient/scenario pedestrians that spawn have certain attributes. I have spent quite a few days on this task and have come up with nothing. It is entirely possible I am overlooking something or just have not strung the right words together in my searches. I should mention that I am a novice when it comes to development so please bear with me.

So, the gist is to have a function that contains the attributes that I would like to assign to the ped. So, say I wanted to make the hillbillies spawn with extra health and unable to be headshot.

First, I would create the model list, much like you would for a model blacklist script:

crazyhillbilly = {
	" a_m_m_hillbilly_01"
	"a_m_m_hillbilly_02"
}

Then create the function containing the ped attributes changes:

local function makecrazy(ped)
	SetEntityHealth(ped, 200)
	SetPedSuffersCriticalHits(ped, false)
end

Here is the part that I can’t figure out, to apply these changes to the ambient/scenario spawns as well as scripted spawns. Basically tying the attributes to the model itself.

I have messed with ‘entityCreating’ and ‘populationPedCreating’ events, but have seem to come up empty, so there is obviously something I am doing wrong.

As I mentioned before I am a complete noob to this so any help and explanations are greatly appreciated!

2

Bumping so it gains some traction!

4

Did you ever make any progress on this?

5

Try iterating over all the spawned peds using IllidanS4 entity iterator and then checking if they are a certain ped model. Also, make sure to keep track of which peds you have already supped up.

I didnt try this code out, just wrote it here so I dont know how or if it will work but it should push you in the right direction!

local entityEnumerator = {
  __gc = function(enum)
    if enum.destructor and enum.handle then
      enum.destructor(enum.handle)
    end
    enum.destructor = nil
    enum.handle = nil
  end
}

local function EnumerateEntities(initFunc, moveFunc, disposeFunc)
  return coroutine.wrap(function()
    local iter, id = initFunc()
    if not id or id == 0 then
      disposeFunc(iter)
      return
    end
    
    local enum = {handle = iter, destructor = disposeFunc}
    setmetatable(enum, entityEnumerator)
    
    local next = true
    repeat
      coroutine.yield(id)
      next, id = moveFunc(iter)
    until not next
    
    enum.destructor, enum.handle = nil, nil
    disposeFunc(iter)
  end)
end

function EnumerateObjects()
  return EnumerateEntities(FindFirstObject, FindNextObject, EndFindObject)
end

local superPedModels = [
	" a_m_m_hillbilly_01"
]

iterateSpawnedPeds = function()
	for ped in EnumeratePeds() do
		-- check if the ped is not a player
		if not IsPedAPlayer(ped) then
			for i=1, #superPedModels do
				if superPedModels[i] == GetEntityModel(ped) then
					-- make sure to keep track of peds you supped up so you dont do it twice
					SetEntityHealth(ped, 200)
					SetPedSuffersCriticalHits(ped, false)
				end
			end
		end
	end
end