Lusch Motors Taxi readme
Thank you for buying the Lusch Motors Taxi. Read this readme to find out everything about your new vehicle.
Log
Log
- v1.0 - Juli 27th 2023
First release
General instructions
Basics
HUD
The Lusch Motors Taxi comes with the GEMC UniHUD. Touch the vehicle to bring up the menu and click the 'get HUD' button to receive it. Read more about the UniHUD.
Menu
Touch the Taxi to bring up the menu. Go to Vehicle tab to change the vehicle settings:
- Fuel: The Taxi is electric. You can recharge it using the included Bus charger or by using a Volta charger (included with Volta vehicles).
- You can turn fuel consumption on and off: go to the menu --> Vehicle --> Fuel System
- Start up procedure: Click the start/stop button on the middle console to turn the vehicle on. Alternatively you can press the key icon on the UniHUD
- Gears: the Taxi comes with an automatic gearbox. To change the gears, use the E/C or PageUp/PageDown buttons. You can switch between: Park, Reverse, Neutral and Drive.
- Access can be set to owner, group and everybody: menu --> access
- Passengers: there's place for 5 passengers in the Taxi:
- Folding seats: first fold the seat down, then right click on the bottom area and select 'drive'
- Bench seat: sit on left or right rear door to sit left/right | sit on bench seat to be placed in the middle
HUD
The Lusch Motors Taxi comes with the GEMC UniHUD. Touch the vehicle to bring up the menu and click the 'get HUD' button to receive it. Read more about the UniHUD.
Menu
Touch the Taxi to bring up the menu. Go to Vehicle tab to change the vehicle settings:
- Connect HUD: to (re)connect to the UniHUD, use this feature
- Diag data: shows vehicle data in chat
- Bad roads fix: use this setting when you can't drive certain mesh roads
- Set name: change the vehicle's name
- Handbrake: turn the handbrake on/off
- Fuel system: turn the fuel system on or off
- SpeedLimit+/SpeedLimit-: increase or decrease the cruise control speed
- Turn ratio: change the turn radius, useful for urban sims with many 90 degree turns
- Auto shut off: turn this off to leave the engine running when exiting the vehicle
Interior vehicle controls
Many of the vehicles' functions can be controlled from the interior buttons (and from the UniHUD as well). Find out which buttons are functional and what they control. We encourage you to drive in mouselook mode for a more immersive driving experience.
A
(driver side, depending on LHD/RHD version)
(driver side, depending on LHD/RHD version)
- Window rocker switches
- Lock/unlock all doors
B
- Wiper stock: touch to turn the front windscreenwipers on/off
- Blinker stock: touch once to turn left blinker on, touch and hold to turn right blinker on. Touch again to turn off (this can be controlled through the UniHUD as well)
- Horn: touch the steeringwheel to sound the horn
C
- Use the icons to control the lighting on the vehicle
D
- See 'Taxi Meter' section below
E
- Hazard light switch
- Optional AUX buttons
- Start/Stop engine button
Taxi meter
To operate the taximeter you have to turn it on first (button on its side or taxi on/off button on the unihud).
Then you can press TAXI button on the hud to switch to "hired". Press the button again to finish the ride, or use taximeter buttons. Fare can be changed via "customize..." menu
Then you can press TAXI button on the hud to switch to "hired". Press the button again to finish the ride, or use taximeter buttons. Fare can be changed via "customize..." menu
Customization
The Taxi is fully modifiable (except the scripts). A lot of customizations can be done through the menu to minimize the risk of breaking things. Touch the vehicle to bring up the menu and select Customize.
- Body textures (colors/themes)
The Taxi comes with a number of premade plain body colors and liveries.
- Grille: change the front grille style
- Taxi sign: show/hide the exterior roof taxi sign
- Interior
Select any of the provided seat fabrics, show/hide the taxi meter, switch between metric or imperial dash gauges
- Wheels
Change the wheel style or apply a custom color using RGB code (only for the steel wheel style)
- Custom body livery (texture)
You can apply your own, unique body texture. Find the templates here.
- Decals
The Taxi comes with one decal spot: on the side doors. Apply or remove the decal here.
This vehicles uses NTBI's Global License Plate System (GLPS).
- Fare setting: set the low/high/start tariff of the taxi meter
- Body textures (colors/themes)
The Taxi comes with a number of premade plain body colors and liveries.
- Plain colors
- Liveries
- Grille: change the front grille style
- Taxi sign: show/hide the exterior roof taxi sign
- Interior
Select any of the provided seat fabrics, show/hide the taxi meter, switch between metric or imperial dash gauges
- Wheels
Change the wheel style or apply a custom color using RGB code (only for the steel wheel style)
- Custom body livery (texture)
You can apply your own, unique body texture. Find the templates here.
- Decals
The Taxi comes with one decal spot: on the side doors. Apply or remove the decal here.
- The door decal has a 2:1 ratio (WxH)
This vehicles uses NTBI's Global License Plate System (GLPS).
- Size: switch between European or US sized plates: go to the menu --> Customize --> Plates --> EU/US size
- Text/letters: you can set your own text and/or letters on the plate: go to the menu --> Customize --> Plates --> CustomPlate. Type the text/letters you want on your plate. There's a limit of 7 characters
- Text/letters color: change the color of the custom text/letters: go to the menu --> Customize --> Plates --> Plates color. Choose any of the present colors or add your own.
- Background picture: Apply your own licenseplate texture: go to the menu --> Customize --> Plates --> Image EU / Image US. Use the texture's UUID.Details
- Advanced editing: see the link to GLPS for advanced editing and a list of pre-made templates
- Fare setting: set the low/high/start tariff of the taxi meter
Editing
We've tried to make this vehicle as bullet-proof as possible, but given it's modifable nature, there might be certain cases in which it will fail to perform properly after being modified unprofessionally. Such cases are eligible for receiving customer support at our discretion.
IMPORTANT:
Please turn "EDIT MODE" on before any modifying that isn't reflected in vehicle's "Customize..." menu.
EDIT MODE can be turned on and off in the main menu (just click the vehicle).
Global Mod Link System (GMLS)
The Taxi has NTBI's GMLS system built in. This makes attaching addons easy. Read more about GMLS and how to use it here.
The GMLS CarID = Lusch Motors Taxi RHD / Lusch Motors Taxi LHD
Additional prims
Additional prims can be attached to vehicle's doors. They can have any rotation, position, and size. You can attach any number of prims(within sane limits).
To use, add:
Custom wheels
You can replace the wheels with custom ones, as long as they are 1 prim each and regardless of their rotation, and without having to change any numbers.
How to:
1 - Set your car straight.
2 - Enable "Edit mode" via vehicle menu.
3 - Unlink current wheels and link yours.
4 - Set correct descriptions on your wheels (WHEEL_FL, WHEEL_FR, WHEEL_RL, WHEEL_RR)
5 - Turn off "Edit mode". It's done.
GTFO cargo
The Taxi is pre-equipped with GTFO system. Set the description of your cargo prims to "CARGO" to make them show or disappear when loading/unloading.
IMPORTANT:
Please turn "EDIT MODE" on before any modifying that isn't reflected in vehicle's "Customize..." menu.
EDIT MODE can be turned on and off in the main menu (just click the vehicle).
Global Mod Link System (GMLS)
The Taxi has NTBI's GMLS system built in. This makes attaching addons easy. Read more about GMLS and how to use it here.
The GMLS CarID = Lusch Motors Taxi RHD / Lusch Motors Taxi LHD
Additional prims
Additional prims can be attached to vehicle's doors. They can have any rotation, position, and size. You can attach any number of prims(within sane limits).
To use, add:
- ADDON_DOOR_FL
- ADDON_DOOR_FR
- ADDON_DOOR_RL
- ADDON_DOOR_RR
Custom wheels
You can replace the wheels with custom ones, as long as they are 1 prim each and regardless of their rotation, and without having to change any numbers.
How to:
1 - Set your car straight.
2 - Enable "Edit mode" via vehicle menu.
3 - Unlink current wheels and link yours.
4 - Set correct descriptions on your wheels (WHEEL_FL, WHEEL_FR, WHEEL_RL, WHEEL_RR)
5 - Turn off "Edit mode". It's done.
GTFO cargo
The Taxi is pre-equipped with GTFO system. Set the description of your cargo prims to "CARGO" to make them show or disappear when loading/unloading.
Credits
Modeling and textures: Owen Lusch
Scripting, sounds and animations: Beckhan Ra for GEMC
Testing: GEMC Testers group
Modeling and textures: Owen Lusch
Scripting, sounds and animations: Beckhan Ra for GEMC
Testing: GEMC Testers group