Configure Vehicle Settings

Customize vehicle spawning, fuel consumption, damage, and condition settings on your Project Zomboid server.

Vehicles are an important part of Project Zomboid survival. You can customize how many spawn, their condition, fuel levels, and damage behavior.

Vehicle Settings

Edit Zomboid/Server/[servername]_SandboxVars.lua:

Setting	Default	Range	Description
`EnableVehicles`	true	true/false	Enable or disable vehicles entirely
`CarSpawnRate`	3	1–5	Spawn frequency (1=Very Rare, 5=Abundant)
`ChanceHasGas`	3	1–5	Chance a vehicle has fuel
`InitialGas`	3	1–5	How much fuel vehicles start with
`CarGeneralCondition`	3	1–5	Average condition (1=Terrible, 5=Pristine)
`CarDamageOnImpact`	3	1–5	Damage from collisions
`CarGasConsumption`	1.0	0.0–10.0	Fuel consumption multiplier

CarSpawnRate = 1,
ChanceHasGas = 1,
InitialGas = 1,
CarGeneralCondition = 1,
CarGasConsumption = 2.0,

Very few vehicles, barely any fuel, poor condition. Finding a working car is a major achievement.

CarSpawnRate = 5,
ChanceHasGas = 4,
InitialGas = 4,
CarGeneralCondition = 4,
CarGasConsumption = 0.5,

Lots of vehicles in good condition with fuel. Easy to get around.

EnableVehicles = false,

Disables vehicles entirely. Players must travel on foot.

As an admin, you can spawn vehicles for players:

/addvehicle "PlayerName" "Base.VanSeats"

Common vehicle types:

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