# How is vehicle data per vehicle saved

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-is-vehicle-data-per-vehicle-saved/16467>\
**Category:** The Toolbox\
**Created:** [September 3, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-is-vehicle-data-per-vehicle-saved/16467 "2018-09-03T17:11:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Androwski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Androwski](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Androwski)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-is-vehicle-data-per-vehicle-saved/16467/1 "2018-09-03T17:11:01Z")

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EDIT: Forget about this thread. I came to a wrong conclusion.

How and where is vehicle data saved?  
I try to find a solution for a bug which removed a modified vehicle.  
I found out that “remembered” vehicles are listed in the file save\your map name here\o.0.0  
in this format:  
,“tracked\_vehicles”:[{“id”:1,“name”:“Mobile Meth Lab”,“x”:68,“y”:48},

The missing vehicle is not in that list any more. It was kicked out of it´s ID position by a vehicle which also has the name “Humvee.” The kicking vehicle was marked for tracking much later but has a position in the middle of the tracking list. I noticed that by comparing the coordinates from the tracking list with the ingame map.

To retrieve my “custom Humve RV” I have the hope to find it´s configuration tilewise stored somewhere in the save files.

EDIT: Nevermind. I came to a wrong conclusion. I could solve the issue.

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**Author:** ![latogato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9bd4f/32.png) [@latogato](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/latogato)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-is-vehicle-data-per-vehicle-saved/16467/2 "2018-09-03T17:43:34Z")

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I uploaded a fixed save for you in your original topic.

I searched for the string “Humvee” in the \*.map files and in the results i searched for curtains, because i saw in your history you built curtains into your vehicle. That way i found your humvee in the 55.110.0.map file.

With debug option “Check game state” i got your overmap location 67,71,0

I cut out the humvee data from the 55.110.0.map file and inserted into the 67.71.0 file. I had no idea where will be the exact location of the car, but it was just few steps away from your character.

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**Author:** ![Androwski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Androwski](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Androwski)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-is-vehicle-data-per-vehicle-saved/16467/3 "2018-09-03T17:46:06Z")

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The vehicle “warped” away from the position of the save. I guess because vehicle position is related to map position.

This happened because I killed the game on character death via CRTL+ALT+DEL.  
The vehicle was more south where it was parked, when I killed the game. It was not at the position of the last save. It was so to say in the future of the save.

EDIT: I tried alot for 3 days to retrieve the vehicle somehow. I made alternative characters on the same map. I made new characters on a new map to have only few results when searching for cars with Notepad++ in the files. To have it easier to understand the code and how vehicles are tracked. Tried teleporting before the bug message occures and used Notepad ++ to search all files in the savegame folder for “Humvee”. That way i found save\mapname\o.0.0. Where marked vehicle data is stored. With that list I looked every vehicle up and found that bugger finally.

Damn, I´m happy now. 😁

\*I´m really thankful on the other hand for your help.

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**Author:** ![Androwski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Androwski](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Androwski)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-is-vehicle-data-per-vehicle-saved/16467/4 "2018-09-03T17:58:28Z")

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Can you tell in which files you found “Humvee” and “curtains”? As this is what I want to look into.

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**Author:** ![latogato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9bd4f/32.png) [@latogato](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/latogato)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-is-vehicle-data-per-vehicle-saved/16467/5 "2018-09-03T18:21:20Z")

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> [@Androwski](#):
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> Can you tell in which files you found “Humvee” and “curtains”? As this is what I want to look into.

In the save there are map files (here was under the \save\Carter Lake\maps), every map file contains everything about the corresponding overmap tile.

I found “Humvee” in this files:  
\<cdda dir\>\save\Carter Lake\maps\0.0.0\21.23.0.map  
\<cdda dir\>\save\Carter Lake\maps\0.0.0\46.24.0.map  
\<cdda dir\>\save\Carter Lake\maps\0.0.0\55.110.0.map  
\<cdda dir\>\save\Carter Lake\maps\0.0.0\75.36.0.map

In your .sav file (\<cdda dir\>\save\Carter Lake\maps\0.0.0#Sm9obiBIYXJkd29vZA==.sav) i found the “You open the Humvee’s curtain.” message. So i searched for the “curtains” in that files first but found nothing, so i searched simply for “curtain”. There was only one hit (the vehicle curtains game id is v\_curtain):  
\<cdda dir\>\save\Carter Lake\maps\0.0.0\55.110.0.map

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**Author:** ![nerosshadow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/nerosshadow/32/5827_2.png) [@nerosshadow](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/nerosshadow)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2019, 1:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-is-vehicle-data-per-vehicle-saved/16467/6 "2019-06-16T01:57:12Z")

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If I may please, thank you.  
Been trying to figure this out for 3 hours. Was about to give up until i found this.