# Map::board\_vehicle: passenger (\<null\>) is already there

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/map-board-vehicle-passenger-null-is-already-there/2908>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [September 2, 2013, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/map-board-vehicle-passenger-null-is-already-there/2908 "2013-09-02T09:16:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Globu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Globu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Globu)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/map-board-vehicle-passenger-null-is-already-there/2908/1 "2013-09-02T09:16:18Z")

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Hi all, new here.

I’m getting this error on my guy’s RV, and can’t access the vehicle controls. A search on the subforum didn’t find this error, so I’m imagining it’s a bug. So, yeah, reporting. Is there a way I can edit the save file to fix it?

EDIT: Forgot to note the problem started when I found a wolf dead in my driver’s seat. I’m imagining he was trying to steal it and my companion got him before he could get it into gear?

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**Author:** ![StopSignal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/stopsignal/32/1923_2.png) [@StopSignal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/StopSignal)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 9:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/map-board-vehicle-passenger-null-is-already-there/2908/2 "2013-09-02T09:45:20Z")

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Happened to me once. Needed to siphon de gasoline, there was no way i could control the car.

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**Author:** ![Globu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Globu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Globu)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/map-board-vehicle-passenger-null-is-already-there/2908/3 "2013-09-02T09:52:44Z")

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Figured out how to fix it. I hope it doesn’t screw anything else up.

Go into your maps.txt file. Find your vehicle – helps I suppose if you gave it a unique name.

Then look for lines below your vehicle’s name that have numbers other than 0 in the second-to-last and third-to-last places on the end, like this:

1 0 -1 300 0 0 0 1 2 0

That 1 2 (bolded above) seems to be the problem (in another instance it was 1 1). Changing those numbers to 0 0 on each line defining a tile in my vehicle cleared up the error. I fixed about 8 or 9 of these, and my vehicle works fine again – controls are accessible again.

So, to be clear, the line above should look like this after the appropriate change:

1 0 -1 300 0 0 0 0 0 0

Glad, too, because this is a heavily tricked-out RV with tons of stuff in 7 trunks… it would have been sooo tedious to tear it down and rebuild another.

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**Author:** ![Globu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Globu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Globu)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/map-board-vehicle-passenger-null-is-already-there/2908/4 "2013-09-04T08:26:15Z")

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Started a new game, and it has happened again as I started my RV From Hell for the first time in that game.

The driver’s seat was clear, though, so I tried driving. Every movement I get 8 or so messages like this:

DEBUG: empty passenger part 1 pcoord=62, 60 u=61,60

They vary between part 1 and part 4 at changing coordinates.

EDIT: This time, the value was 1 1 instead of 1 2, and changing that to 0 0 in each affected vehicle tile fixed it.

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 9:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/map-board-vehicle-passenger-null-is-already-there/2908/5 "2013-09-04T09:45:55Z")

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This should be fixed in the latest dev version. If you’ve already upgraded to that and this problem still isn’t fixed then we have a problem. 😛

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**Author:** ![Globu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Globu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Globu)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/map-board-vehicle-passenger-null-is-already-there/2908/6 "2013-09-04T11:38:53Z")

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Nope, I hadn’t upgraded yet, so disregard then! I tried, but it crashed – probably due to the savefile control characters thing? Guess it’s time to roll a new dude!

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**Author:** ![Profitablius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e68b1a/32.png) [@Profitablius](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Profitablius)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/map-board-vehicle-passenger-null-is-already-there/2908/7 "2013-09-24T19:50:18Z")

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Hi there.  
Playing Cata DDA since 0.2, first time I encounter this bug.  
Playing with stable Version of 0.8, "Romero"  
Mapfile shows following

Thunder  
5 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
54 0 0 100 0 0 0 1 3 1  
{“bday”:0,“invlet”:110,“typeid”:“goggles\_welding”}  
0  
24 0 0 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0  
12 0 -1 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
57 0 -1 200 0 0 0 0 0 0  
24 0 -1 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0  
12 0 1 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
25 0 -2 200 1 0 0 0 0 0  
25 0 2 200 1 0 0 0 0 0  
55 0 -1 250 0 0 0 0 0 0  
4 1 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
28 1 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0  
4 1 -1 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
28 1 -1 50 0 0 0 0 0 0  
69 1 -1 20 0 0 0 0 0 0  
4 1 1 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
28 1 1 50 0 0 0 0 0 0  
69 1 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 0  
5 1 -2 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
5 1 2 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
4 2 -1 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
13 2 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
4 2 1 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
33 2 -2 400 0 0 20 0 0 0  
33 2 2 400 0 0 20 0 0 0  
4 -1 -1 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
28 -1 -1 50 0 0 0 0 0 0  
4 -1 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
28 -1 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0  
4 -1 1 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
28 -1 1 50 0 0 0 0 0 0  
20 -1 -2 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0  
48 -1 -2 150 2370 0 0 0 0 0  
19 -1 2 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0  
48 -1 2 150 440 0 0 0 0 0  
5 -2 -1 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
53 -2 -1 300 0 0 0 0 0 0  
5 -2 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
53 -2 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 0  
5 -2 1 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
53 -2 1 300 0 0 0 0 0 0  
16 -2 -2 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0  
16 -2 2 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0  
4 -3 -1 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
53 -3 -1 300 0 0 0 0 0 0  
4 -3 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
53 -3 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 0  
4 -3 1 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
53 -3 1 300 0 0 0 0 0 0  
33 -3 -2 400 0 0 20 0 0 0  
33 -3 2 400 0 0 20 0 0 0  
45 1 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 0  
49 1 0 300 100000 0 0 0 0 0  
49 1 1 300 100000 0 0 0 0 0  
49 1 -1 300 100000 0 0 0 0 0  
49 0 -1 300 100000 0 0 0 0 0  
49 0 0 300 100000 0 0 0 0 0  
49 0 1 300 100000 0 0 0 0 0  
58 -2 -2 20 0 0 0 0 0 0  
58 -2 2 20 0 0 0 0 0 0  
58 -1 2 20 0 0 0 0 0 0  
58 -1 -2 20 0 0 0 0 0 0  
60 1 -2 20 0 0 0 0 0 0  
0

After changing the mentioned numbers to 0 0 it works fine,  
but I still thought I should report it because it seems this bug still occurs.