Pick a vehicle and choose what it spawns with: every wheel, door, the battery, spark plug and radiator, each with its own chance. Make every car ready to drive in one click, or strip them down to bare shells, add a jerry can to the cargo, and download the entries for cfgspawnabletypes.xml, merged into your file or Bohemia's vanilla one.
The vehicles and their parts come from Bohemia's vanilla events.xml and cfgspawnabletypes.xml for the map you pick.
Colours share the same parts list; each colour keeps its own coloured doors, hood and trunk.
| Part | Chance |
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Percent: 100 always spawns the part, 0 never. Fuel, coolant and oil are not set by this file.
Extra cargo
| Item | Chance % | |
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Without your own file, the download is Bohemia's vanilla file with these vehicles changed. If your server's file has other changes, open it above first so they are kept.
Where vehicle parts come from
When a car spawns, DayZ looks it up in cfgspawnabletypes.xml in the root of the mission folder. Its entry lists the parts as <attachments> groups, one per wheel, door or engine part, each with a chance. Bohemia's files give wheels 80%, the spare 40%, the battery, radiator and spark plug 60% and doors 30%, which is why most cars need work before they drive.
- Ready to drive sets every part to 100%.
- Wheels and engine parts only puts every wheel, the battery, radiator, spark or glow plug and the headlights at 100% and leaves the doors, hood and trunk as they were.
- Bare shell sets every part to 0%, so players have to find them all.
- Extra cargo adds
<cargo>groups with items that spawn inside the vehicle.
How many vehicles spawn is set in events.xml: use the events.xml Editor. For any other item, the cfgspawnabletypes Generator builds entries from scratch, and the guide DayZ cfgspawnabletypes.xml explains the format.
Change the vehicles on a Nitrado server
- Open the file browser in the Nitrado web interface and go to your mission folder:
dayzxb_missions/dayzOffline.chernaruspluson Xbox,dayzps_missions/…on PlayStation. Livonia usesdayzOffline.enoch, SakhaldayzOffline.sakhaland NasdaradayzOffline.nasdara. - Download
cfgspawnabletypes.xml, keep an untouched copy and open it here. - Set the parts for each vehicle and download the merged file.
- Upload it over the old file and restart the server. Vehicles already on the map keep their parts until they respawn.
On Xbox and PlayStation servers running Law's KillFeed, the dashboard's Server Files page opens, checks and uploads this file for you and keeps the last 15 versions of every file.
Questions
How do I make cars spawn ready to drive?
Load the vanilla vehicles, tick "All vehicles", click "Ready to drive" and download cfgspawnabletypes.xml. Every wheel, door and engine part then spawns on the car. Upload the file and restart the server.
Does this fill the fuel tank?
No. cfgspawnabletypes.xml only sets the parts and items a vehicle spawns with. Fuel, coolant and oil are not in this file.
How do I get more cars on the map?
That is set in events.xml: raise nominal on the vehicle events with the events.xml Editor. Vehicles also need free positions in cfgeventspawns.xml.
What does a part's chance mean?
How likely that part is on the vehicle when it spawns: 100% always, 0% never. Vanilla gives most wheels 80% and doors 30%.
Can I give vehicles extra items?
Yes. Under Extra cargo, add items such as a jerry can or a tire repair kit, each with its own chance. They spawn in the vehicle's cargo.
Is my file uploaded anywhere?
No. The builder runs in your browser and your file never leaves your device. The vanilla button loads Bohemia's files straight from their public GitHub repository.
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