Driving Your Starland Vehicle

General Information

Starland vehicles use three different methods for driver control:

• Starland Driver HUD (Version 21 for Generation 2 vehicles and version 3 for older vehicles).
• Car Menu.
• Gestures.

Quick Start

Our vehicles have a lot of features that might not be directly visible but we know many of you want to just get in and drive. The basics are pretty much the same as most cars.  WASD or arrows for direction and PGUp and PGDown to shift. If you use our HUD, all the important features will be right at the tip of your mouse. So here is the quick start method for the learn as  you go drivers:

1. Wear the Starland Driver HUD by adding from inventory.
2. Rez your car. Wait until the boot sequence of the car completes. This might take up to 10 seconds depending on lag conditions.
3. Sit in the drivers seat. Wait for the HUD to connect. Usually 1-2 seconds.
4. Press the Start button. Its the power symbol on the bottom center of the HUD.
5. Hit PgUp to shift to first gear.
6. Start driving!

TIP FOR MOUSELOOK DRIVERS: When driving in mouselook, if you need to access the HUD, or any of the dash controls, hold down the alt key.  This temporarily allows you to move and click the mouse to access normal parts of the interface. If the car is moving, be sure cruise control is engaged otherwise the car will slow to a stop.

Starland HUD

The Starland Driver HUD is included with all Generation 2 Starland vehicles. The same HUD may be used across all cars that have been sold or upgraded to Generation 2. For Generation 1 cars, please use the HUD that came with the car.

The HUD retrieves information from the car for it’s settings, so the same instance of the HUD can be used for any compatible vehicle.

The HUD is also transferable to allow guest drivers to benefit from the HUD.

Using the HUD

Car owners will find the HUD in their delivery folder. The HUD is transferrable so an owner may pass it on to guest drivers. If you are driving the car as a guest, you may get a HUD by sitting on the car and clicking on the top of the car (or the drivers mirror if in mouselook mode). Select Options – SDG HUD 21. Once received wear it as a HUD.

To connect the HUD if you are already seated, select the car menu again and select Addons – Resync.

Settings Menu

Settings menu is accessed from the gear shaped button on the HUD. This menu changes some characteristics on how the HUD operates. There are three settings:

• Text Chat: When checked, commands sent from car to HUD are echoed to the driver in chat.
• KPH: If checked, speedometer and odometer will reflect kilometers. If unchecked, they will show MPH.
• Transparency: Sets the transparency of the background of the HUD.

Customizable Settings

Starland vehicles have many customization options. While we strive to create the most optimized vehicles for your needs, we understand that there are many different tastes and requirements for our customers. For this reason, all Starland vehicles are modifiable (except for most scripts). Our scripting engine also includes a customizable configuration script so that you can adjust many of the settings for function and operation to suit your own driving needs.

While we understand that making these changes in a script rather than a notecard can be a bit intimidating. However we found through experience that the loading of a notecard takes considerably longer than that of a script. The configuration script is heavily commented and with a little patience, making the mostly simple changes should be a breeze!

Your car will have one of two configuration scripts depending on the release time:

• Starland Engine Configuration for REC (earlier GEN2 models)
• REC Basic Vehicle Script Engine Config (later released GEN2 models and all GEN1 models).

The content of the scripts are basically the same, however, the layout and order is different between the two. This list is based on GEN2 options. Many of these will not exist on older GEN1 cars which are slowly being upgraded to GEN2.

The table below lists the most frequently changed values, including those customized by Starland. Please refer to script comments for less frequently changed items.