[0.12.10] Sript doesn't actually put character in vehcle.

[Adil]

If you set the 'vehicle" field of a train to character, the character will disappear and will stop colliding, but in any other respect it'll still be considered staying there.
If the char was enemy, you'll be able to shoot at that empty space for damage.
If you force it out of train by script, it'll appear near to where it was loaded into train.
If character had active equipment, it'd act as if the character is still staying there.

[posila]

Could you please post here exact commands you are using in the script to set vehicle field? As far as I know the field is read only and can't be written to.

[Adil]

The help method report "passenger" field of vehicle to be [RW]

Commands used were like this: (train was built earlier)

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/c surf=game.get_surface(1); player=game.player; 
/c pos=game.player.position; 
/c ents=surf.find_entities_filtered{area={{pos.x-1,pos.y-1},{pos.x+1,pos.y+1}},type='locomotive',force=game.forces.enemy}
/c surf.create_entity{name='player',position=player.position,force=game.forces.enemy}
/c ents[1].passenger=p

Then target marker would still point the former position of enemy character. And it'll still be there in any respect except for collision and drawing. The game only updates character position when it's controlled by player.

It would be nice to actually have this ability.

[Rseding91]

Thanks for the report. This is now fixed for 0.12.11.