SWR Water Monitor

A truck-mounted water monitor your crew can aim, throttle and leave flowing. Set it up on any fire truck in a minute.

SWR Water Monitor puts a working deck-gun style water monitor on your fire apparatus. Firefighters aim it with an on-screen joystick from the passenger seat or standing next to the truck. They set the flow, then walk away while it keeps flowing on the fire. The stream follows a real arc and puts out fires where it lands. Every player sees the same aim and flow. Admins mount it on any truck, addon trucks included, with an in-game placement tool.

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Who it's for

• Roleplay servers with fire departments and fire apparatus
• Servers running addon fire trucks that want a working master stream or deck gun
• Any framework, or none

A monitor that actually moves

• Custom 3-part model (base, swivel, barrel) with its own textures. It turns and raises on the truck instead of being a static prop.
• 270° side to side (±135°) and -30° to +80° elevation. Limits can be set per truck.
• Motor-driven movement, not instant snapping: 30°/s turn and 20°/s elevation by default, both configurable.

Water that does the job

• The jet comes out of the nozzle tip and follows the barrel as it aims.
• Adjustable flow, 0 to 100%. More flow means a longer reach and a bigger stream, about 70 m at full flow and 30° elevation on flat ground.
• The stream is traced as a real arc. GTA fires where it lands are put out, and the impact spray shows where it hits.
• Optional water push at the impact that shoves peds and loose objects.
• Leave it flowing. Aim, flow and on/off state live on the truck, so it keeps running with nobody in the cab.

The controller

• On-screen joystick and arrow buttons. Drag the stick for fine, proportional aim, or hold an arrow for full speed.
• Live gauges for turn and elevation, showing the truck's allowed range.
• Flow slider, water on/off and a center button. Keyboard shortcuts too (WASD or arrows, Space, +/-, C).
• Passenger seat: a "Press E" prompt shows for the first few seconds after sitting down, and /watermonitor opens it any time after.
• On foot: /monitorcontroller within 3 m of the truck.

Synced for everyone

Every nearby player sees the same aim, flow and water. Changes are checked by the server, so only someone in a control seat or right next to the truck can operate it.

Built for admins

• /positionnozzle placement tool: a see-through monitor appears on the truck. Move and rotate it into place, press Enter, and a ready-to-paste config line is printed to F8.
• Detects the truck's spawn name automatically, including addon trucks (read from your resources' vehicles.meta), and picks a mount bone. Step through nearby bones to mount on a ladder or other moving part.
• Ace-restricted, so only staff can use the placement tool.
• One-line config entry per truck. Control seats, limits, speeds, flow, reach, effects and commands are all configurable.

For developers

• Client exports to aim, set flow and switch water from other scripts.
• A waterImpact event fires where the stream lands, so fire scripts that track their own fires can hook in.

Easy install

1. Drop cfx-swr-water-monitor into resources and add ensure cfx-swr-water-monitor.
2. Give staff the placement tool: add_ace group.admin command.positionnozzle allow
3. In game, get in a fire truck, run /positionnozzle, place the monitor, press Enter, and paste the printed line into config.lua.

No trucks are configured out of the box. You place it on your own trucks with /positionnozzle.

Technical details

What's included

• The resource, ready to drop into resources/ and ensure
• Streamed models: the 3-part monitor and the one-piece placement preview. Textures are built in, so there's nothing else to stream.
• Documentation: README in the download and the full guide at swrentertainment.com/docs

SWR Water Monitor v1.0.0 by SWR Entertainment. Questions? Join us on Discord.