Balloon
lo_balloon is a VORP resource for RedM that adds pilotable hot-air balloons for rent. Players head to an NPC renter, pay in cash, board, and fly over the map — alone or with passengers.
Overview
The resource sets up several rental points across the map. At each point, an NPC offers a hot-air balloon for a cash price. Once rented, the balloon appears at a dedicated spawn location, ready to fly.
Piloting uses the base-game hotairballoon01 models: ascend and descend by chain, move around, sprint, lock altitude, and an optional orbit camera toggled by a key. Everything is translated and configurable through config.lua.
Features
- Full piloting — Forward/backward, left/right, ascend (chain), slow down, lock/unlock altitude and sprint. Adjustable base and sprint speeds, pilot animation and synced chain rope.
- Optional orbit camera — A distant camera toggled by a key (not forced): the player keeps the game's default camera and switches whenever they want.
- Passengers — Up to 3 passengers per balloon. Key-based boarding within a boarding range, with configurable placement offsets.
- Rental points — Each point defines an NPC (model + coords), a balloon spawn point, a price and an interaction radius. Locations are fully customizable and extendable.
- Admin staff command — A command (
balloonby default) reserved for staff lets you spawn a balloon for free. It can be disabled. - Multilingual — Included translations:
en,fr,pt_br,de,ru.
Compatibility & dependencies
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Platform | RedM (game 'rdr3') |
| Framework | VORP |
| Dependency | vorp_core |
| Database | None |
| Configuration | config.lua |
NOTE
lo_balloon requires no database and no NUI build. All configuration is done in config.lua.
Next steps
- Installation — Add the resource and the start order.
- Configuration — Languages, piloting, passengers and rental points.