Getting setAiMode(nameOfCar, 'manual') to work

Does any one know any way of getting setAiMode(nameOfCar, 'manual') to work I have all waypoints set up but it never attempts to follow the route. however if I set the mode to flee that works just fine! please help

here is my code

local M = {}

local running = true
local scenario = nil
local speed = 0

local helper = require('scenario/scenariohelper')

local function reset()
running = false
end

local function fail(reason)
scenarios.finish({failed = reason})
reset()
end

local function success(speed)
local result = {msg = 'Well done, your speed: '..string.format("%0.2f", speed * 3.6)..'km/h'}
scenarios.finish(result)
reset()
end

local function onRaceStart()
reset()

helper.init()
helper.setAiMode('aiCar1', 'manual')
helper.setAiRoute('aiCar1', {"ai_wp_1", "ai_wp_2", "ai_wp_3", "ai_wp_4", "ai_wp_5", "ai_wp_6", "ai_wp_7", "ai_wp_8", "ai_wp_9"})
helper.trackVehicle('aiCar1', 'aiCar')
helper.trackVehicle('scenario_player0', 'playerCar')

running = true
end

local function onRaceTick(raceTickTime)
if not running then
return
end

helper.update(raceTickTime)

local aiCarData = map.objects.aiCar
local playerCarData = map.objects.playerCar

if not aiCarData or not playerCarData then
return
end

if aiCarData.damage > 0 and speed == 0 then
speed = playerCarData.vel:length()
end

if aiCarData.damage >= 5000 then
success(speed)
end

if scenario.timer > 18 then
fail("You lost!")
end
end

local function onScenarioChange(sc)
scenario = sc
end

M.onRaceStart = onRaceStart
M.onRaceTick = onRaceTick
M.onScenarioChange = onScenarioChange

return M

 

Thanks for the reply. Yea, the names all match up. I've tried so many things to get this going. But it never wants to follow the waypoints. Ill post my prefab code up here later so it can be compared. I can't do it now as not at home. Thanks in advance and to Nadeox1 for the reply

 

Yea, I've poured a fair few hours into this en-devour now and no luck. any chance you (or any one else who wants to) could take look for me? I've attached the scenario to this and it needs extracting and putting into my rally ridge level "documents/beamng/mods/levels/rallyridge" If I get this sorted I'll have a massive scenario update for my map. so I'm keen to work it out. Thanks in advance

 

Ok, I got it working just using the path nodes I already had laid down for my mesh roads. Still not sure why I couldn't get the AI to follow my custom set of markers.