Turn radio on from outside

FiveM Resource Development Discussion
1

Hello,

I’m trying to activate the radio of a car from outside, after turning on the car (from outside, again), similarly to what you can do in GTA 5 Online.

This is part of the script I am using:

SetVehicleRadioEnabled(vehicle, true)
SetVehRadioStation(vehicle, "RADIO_02_POP")
SetVehicleRadioLoud(vehicle, true)

Yet the radio does not start until I go in the vehicle.

Could someone help me solve this issue so that the radio starts without me having to hop into the car?

Thanks a lot

2

I think you need to GetEntityCoords and play the sound in a distance

3

Maybe try requesting control over the entity (vehicle) beforehand? Not sure, if that could be the problem.

4

I tried this and it doesn’t seem to change anything sadly. By the way I suppose that the control over the entity already works because I’m the last person to get out of the car, as well as because I can open the doors, trunk, etc… from outside

5

No problem with GetEntityCoords but does FiveM have a way to play sound in a distance? Or would I need another script for that?

6

After some testing, I found out that the radio can’t be enabled when a ped isn’t in the vehicle. A workaround which turned out to suffice was to spawn a ped inside the vehicle, then turn the radio on, and finally delete the entity. I am not sure if there’s a better way of doing it, but this definitely works:

RegisterCommand(
    'radio',
    function()
        local nearestVehicle = GetNearestVehicle()
        if nearestVehicle then
            EnableVehicleRadio(nearestVehicle, "RADIO_02_POP") -- Change the radio station to whichever you want to (https://pastebin.com/Kj9t38KF)
        end
    end
)

function RequestControlOfEntity(entity, limit)
    limit = limit or 20
    local counter = 0
    if not NetworkHasControlOfEntity(entity) then
        NetworkRequestControlOfEntity(entity)
        Citizen.Wait(50)
        while not NetworkHasControlOfEntity(entity) and counter >= limit do
            counter = counter + 1
            Citizen.Wait(50)
        end
    end
end

function GetNearestVehicle() -- Gets any nearest vehicle in the radius of 1.5 units
    local playerPed = PlayerPedId()
    local playerCoords = GetEntityCoords(playerPed)

    local pointB = GetEntityForwardVector(playerPed) * 0.001 + playerCoords

    local shapeTest = StartShapeTestCapsule(playerCoords.x, playerCoords.y, playerCoords.z, pointB.x, pointB.y, pointB.z, 1.5, 10, playerPed, 7)
    local _, hit, _, _, entity = GetShapeTestResult(shapeTest)

    return (hit == 1 and IsEntityAVehicle(entity)) and entity or false
end

function EnableVehicleRadio(vehicle, radioStation)
    if vehicle then
        local model = GetHashKey("a_m_y_acult_01")

        RequestModel(model) -- Load the ped to be spawned in the vehicle
        while not HasModelLoaded(model) do
            Citizen.Wait(50)
        end

        local ped = CreatePedInsideVehicle(vehicle, 0, model, -1, true, true) -- Spawn the ped
        SetEntityAlpha(ped, 0.0) -- Make the ped invisible
        SetModelAsNoLongerNeeded(model) -- Release the model from memory

        RequestControlOfEntity(vehicle) -- Request control over the vehicle (to be able to turn on the engine)

        SetVehicleEngineOn(vehicle, true, false, false) -- Start the engine and wait until it's started
        while not GetIsVehicleEngineRunning(vehicle) do
            Citizen.Wait(10)
        end

        SetVehRadioStation(vehicle, radioStation) -- Set the radio station
        SetVehicleRadioLoud(vehicle, true)
        SetVehicleRadioEnabled(vehicle, true) -- Turn the radio on
        DeleteEntity(ped) -- Remove the ped, we don't need it anymore
    end
end

Keep in mind that the radio also doesn’t seem to enable when the engine is shut off, so you have to start it before enabling the radio. Killing the engine also turns the radio off.

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7

I’ll test this code out and tell you if it works! Thanks a lot for giving attention to my issue I greatly appreciate it.

EDIT: Works like a charm!