🎈 Poggy's Balloon — The Hot Air Balloon System RedM Deserved [VORP]

SirPoggyTTV · December 21, 2025, 6:33pm

Poggy’s Balloon — The Hot Air Balloon System RedM Deserves

NPC-Piloted Taxi Service

Set a waypoint anywhere on the map. Walk up to one of eight balloon stations scattered across the frontier. Talk to the operator. Climb aboard. Press B when you’re ready.

Then sit back and watch the world drift by beneath you.

Your AI pilot handles everything — smooth ascents, cruising altitude, terrain avoidance around mountains, and a gentle descent right to your destination. You’re not wrestling with controls. You’re a passenger. You’re enjoying the view. You’re immersed.

Terrain Avoidance Preview

In-Flight Controls

Key	Action
Q	Request early stop (land at current position)
R	Change destination (reroute to new waypoint)
A	“Step on it!” (toggle speed boost — 26 m/s → 42 m/s)
C	Change seat (cycle through seats 0-3)
F	Disembark safely

Balloon Rental System

Sometimes you don’t want a chauffeur. You want the stick.

The rental system lets players grab a balloon for a full hour and take it anywhere. Timer warnings keep them informed. The balloon is theirs until time runs out.

Same stations. Same operators. Different experience.

Animations That Actually Work

This was the part that bothered us most about existing balloon scripts. Passengers T-posing. Captains frozen in place. It broke the illusion.

For Captains: A realistic burner-pull animation with visible rope. You’re not just pressing buttons — you’re flying this thing.

For Passengers: Proper sitting animations in designated basket positions. Up to four players can ride together without anyone clipping through the floor or launching themselves into the stratosphere.

For AI Pilots: Idle burner animations during taxi flights. They look like they’re doing their job because, visually, they are.

An invisible safety floor prevents ragdolling inside the basket. Server-side synchronization means everyone sees the same thing. No desync. No weirdness.

Intuitive Flight Controls

https://youtu.be/PczB2GiYVwY

Camera-relative movement makes flying intuitive. You push forward, the balloon goes forward relative to where you’re looking.

Control	Action
W/S	Move forward/backward
A/D	Move left/right
Space	Ascend
F	Boost (increase speed)
R	Brake (slow down)
Space	Toggle altitude lock

Altitude lock lets you hold a steady height for horizontal navigation. Boost and brake give you fine speed control when you need it. The prompt system keeps new players informed without cluttering the screen for veterans.

Eight Locations Across the Map

Location	Rental Available
Strawberry
Rhodes
Valentine
Annesburg
Saint Denis
Blackwater
Armadillo
Tumbleweed

Multi-Language Support

English
French
Spanish
German

Adding more languages takes minutes in a single config file.

Fully Configurable

Config.BalloonTaxi = {
    Enabled = true,
    Price = 3,                    -- Cost for taxi ride
    CruisingAltitude = 80.0,      -- Flight altitude in meters
    TravelSpeed = 26.0,           -- Normal speed (m/s)
    TravelSpeedFast = 38.0,       -- "Step on it" speed (m/s)
    -- ... more settings
}

Config.BalloonRental = {
    Enabled = true,
    Price = 50,                   -- Rental cost
    RentalDuration = 3600000,     -- 1 hour in milliseconds
    WarningTime = 300000,         -- 5 minute warning
}

What’s Included

NPC-piloted taxi service with intelligent pathfinding
Player-controlled rental system with timer warnings
Complete captain and passenger animation systems
Four-player basket capacity with synced positions
Eight pre-configured balloon stations
Four languages with easy expansion
VORP menu and economy integration
Terrain avoidance and smooth flight physics
Full documentation and debug tools

Installation

Extract the poggy-balloon folder into your server’s resources directory
Add ensure poggy-balloon to your server.cfg (after VORP dependencies)
Configure settings in config.lua
Set your preferred language in translations.lua
Restart your server

Debug Commands

Command	Description
`/balloon_debug_main [level\|toggle\|status]`	Main module debug
`/balloon_debug_anim [level\|toggle]`	Animation module debug
`/balloon_debug_ctrl [level\|toggle]`	Controls module debug
`/balloon_server_status`	View balloon occupancy (admin)
`/balloon_debug_ride`	Show current taxi ride state

Debug levels: 0 (OFF) → 4 (DEBUG), default 3 (INFO)

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