# 3.4 Garages

Garages in ARL allow players to store their owned vehicles and later retrieve them.
They are prefab-driven and work out of the box with the included Garage NPC prefabs.

# Prefabs

Garage prefabs can be found in: ArmaReforgerLife/Prefabs/Garage/

# Recommended workflow

Inherit a prefab from Prefabs/Garage/ into your addon.
Place the inherited garage prefab in your world/subscene.
Add a VehicleSpawner as a child:
ArmaReforgerLife/Prefabs/MP/Spawning/ARL_VehicleSpawner.et
Save and test.

ARL_MapMarkerComponent is already added when inheriting from the standard prefab.

# Behavior

Tip

Vehicle data is not stored on the garage itself.
Instead, every player has an ARL_PlayerGarageComponent which keeps track of their stored vehicles.
This means garages act only as interaction points for storing/retrieving, while the actual list of vehicles belongs to the player.

Players can store nearby owned vehicles at the garage NPC.
Stored vehicles are linked to the player and can later be retrieved at the same garage.
Vehicles spawn at the VehicleSpawner child of the garage prefab.
Occupants are automatically ejected when a vehicle is stored.

# Troubleshooting

Vehicle not found → Ensure the garage prefab is placed with enough space around it.
Vehicle not spawning → Check if a VehicleSpawner child is added.
UI not opening → Make sure you are using the inherited prefab which includes the user actions.