Introduction

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.czautoz.co.uk/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

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The Six Helicopters

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Core Features at a Glance

• CarScript-based flight model — built on DayZ’s native CarScript base class (for native mod compatibility and native persistence), with force/kinematic physics and restored smooth 1.28-style handling so the helicopter moves, banks, and turns smoothly through the world; every nearby player sees and hears it whether or not a pilot is seated (on-screen visual body-frame smoothing on the 1.29 engine is still being refined)
• Physics-based flight — each helicopter has unique mass, drag, and control feel
• Autohover — press X to lock into a stable hover; holds altitude, heading, and position
• Co-pilot control priority — only one cockpit seat holds flight control at a time; press T to hand control to the other seat, and it passes automatically if the holder leaves or dies
• Full controller support — fly entirely on a gamepad (cyclic on the left stick, collective on the triggers, yaw on the shoulder buttons); every binding is rebindable
• In-game admin panel — open with F10 to manage the whole fleet: teleport, repair, refuel, reset, delete, repair all, delete empty, reload configs live, plus a map view and role-based permissions
• 6 independent damage zones — Body, Engine, Chassis, Fuel, Main Rotor, Tail Rotor; each toggleable per server
• Wreck fire — destroyed helicopters catch fire and burn for a configurable time, with a fire-damage area that hurts players standing too close (suppressed underwater)
• Autorotation — engine-off rotor inertia glide allows a controlled emergency landing; tilt the cyclic to glide and steer the descent
• Cabin Mode — pilot or co-pilot can leave their cockpit seat via Move to Cabin and walk freely inside the cabin (UH-1H, Blackhawk). The AW101 Merlin uses Seat Exit Free Walk — all seats exit into the enclosed fuselage natively. Walk-on linking also available on UH-1H, Blackhawk, and MH-6
• Battery system — HelicopterBattery required before engine start; charges while running, drains on lights
• Repair system — HelicopterRepairKit repairs all damage zones (engine off, grounded)
• Fuel & refuelling — refuel from a jerry can, or pump-refuel directly at a working map fuel station (vanilla, Enoch, or Simple Gas Pump) with no jerry can needed
• Cargo — base storage built in, plus up to 10 extra 1,000-slot modules per helicopter
• HUD — airspeed (knots), altitude AGL, health bar, Autohover status, and a control indicator (green when you hold flight control, red when you do not)
• Fuel warning — audio beeps at configurable threshold, increasing frequency as fuel drops
• Activity logging — player events logged with display name and Steam GUID
• Config backup on update — a mod version update regenerates all configs from defaults and automatically backs up your previous configs first (to $profile:\CZAutoz_Heli\Backups\), so you can re-apply your settings

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Mod Compatibility

• DayZ Expansion — registered as Expansion vehicles; respected by safe zones, routed through Expansion damage/explosion, and persisted via ModStorage
• MuchCarKey — lock/unlock, assign keys, show owner name, and optionally require the key to start the engine
• TraderPlus CarLock — password lock/unlock with an on-screen menu, attach/detach, lockpicking, and lock sounds
• VPP Admin Tools — the /refuel chat command fully repairs, refuels, and maxes every damage zone
• RaG Core — enter/exit, door, deletion, and weapon-hit events written to RaG’s vehicle activity log
• Community Online Tools (COT) — appear in the vehicle manager, spawn with the correct doors, and included in bulk delete
• Push — the vanilla push action works on a grounded helicopter, scaled per variant

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Config Files

$profile:\CZAutoz_Heli\