How can i control a vehicle without the character sitting in the vehicles seat?

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#1

i want the character to automatically control a vehicle when spawned without the character touching the vehicle

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#3

You can simply have a script controlling the vehicle by changing the VehicleSeat’s Properties (Throttle and Steer)

Setting the Throttle property to 1 would make your vehicle go fowards. And setting it to -1 would make your vehicle reverse. And setting it to 0 would just stop your vehicle

And for steering, setting the Steer property to 1, would turn your vehicle right. And setting it to -1 would turn your vehicle left. And setting it to 0 would stop your vehicle turning.

Heres an example:

VehicleSeat = Vehicle.VehicleSeat

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")  -- Allows the script to detect which key we are pressing, which are: U, H, J, K

function Throttle(Value) -- 1 = forward, 0 = stop, -1 = reverse
	VehicleSeat.Throttle = Value
end

function Steer(Value) -- 1 = right, 0 = middle, -1 = left
	VehicleSeat.Steer = Value
end


UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(inputObject)
    if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.U then -- Pressing U will make the car go forwards
		Throttle(1)
    end
	if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.J then -- Pressing J will make the car go backwards
		Throttle(-1)
    end

	if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.H then -- Pressing H will steer the left
		Steer(-1)
    end
	if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.K then -- Pressing K will steer the car right
		Steer(1)
    end
end)

UIS.InputEnded:Connect(function(inputObject)
	if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.U then -- Releasing U will make the car stop
		Throttle(0)
	end
	if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.J then -- Releasing J will make the car stop
		Throttle(0)
	end
	
	if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.H then -- Releasing H will make the car go straight
		Steer(0)
	end
	if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.K then -- Releasing K will make the car go straight
		Steer(0)
	end
end)

Hope this helps!

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