✅ Verified in-game — deeper pass — re-confirmed the health>0 gate, single Event.ObjectHibernation, and tFlash/sTexture/nSize prototype globals; corrected the Notes (no local OnDeactivate) and added inheritance-chain cross-links

Tank

Module: tank.lua

Overview

The Tank module represents a tank vehicle in the game. It inherits from VehicleBlippable to add radar blip functionality and manage the tank’s health upon activation.

Inheritance

• Inherits from: VehicleBlippable (→ OrientedBlippable → Blippable → Inheritable)
• Imports: none

Instance pattern

This is a per-instance object module (keyed by uGuid), but tank.lua itself defines no Create — oPrototype:Create(uGuid, uRuntimeOwner) in Start (line 23) resolves through the inherited chain VehicleBlippable → OrientedBlippable → Blippable → Inheritable, none of which override Create after Inheritable, so it bottoms out at Inheritable.Create: the standard setmetatable/tInstance[uGuid] factory described on Resident Modules. Module-level fields (shared across all tank instances via prototype fallback, not set per-instance in this file):

• tFlash: the flash color of the radar blip — {255, 255, 255}.
• sTexture: the radar blip icon texture — "temp_radar_icon_tank".
• nSize: the radar blip size — 5.

Functions

OnActivate(uGuid, uRuntimeOwner, iArg)

Called when the tank instance is activated. It sets up an event to call Start once the object leaves hibernation.

Start(uGuid, uRuntimeOwner, iArg)

Creates a new per-instance table for the tank using the module’s prototype. Logs “Tank Start” and checks if the tank’s health is greater than zero before proceeding with initialization.

Events

• Listens for Event.ObjectHibernation to call Start when the object leaves hibernation.

Notes for modders

• OnActivate is the only lifecycle callback defined here — there is no local OnDeactivate; any teardown comes from the inherited VehicleBlippable chain.
• Customize radar blip properties by setting tFlash, sTexture ("temp_radar_icon_tank"), and nSize — shared prototype-level globals, so changing one recolors/re-icons every tank instance.
• The tank’s blip/instance is only created if Object.GetHealth(uGuid) is a positive number at the moment Start runs (after it wakes from hibernation) — a dead-on-spawn tank never gets an instance. Watch for the "Tank Start" Debug.Printf line in logs to confirm Start fired.