mods-discussion

[drowsy leaf]

can you spawn any other car

well then that sounds that it might have replaced a vanilla car

somehow

[latent ivy]

it replaced a mod car

[drowsy leaf]

you should verify your files in steam and remove all your mods

but take this as a lesson to never use those websites since for all i know you could have jsut downloaded a virus

[barren magnet]

you deleted your root vehicles folder?

[latent ivy]

yehs

[drowsy leaf]

so you deleted all vanilla cars

god are you stupid or something

[latent ivy]

they work

[drowsy leaf]

then what did you delete

[latent ivy]

only configs of them

[drowsy leaf]

dude you havent removed anything

you removed 0.32/vehicles

[latent ivy]

i dont know shit about it

[drowsy leaf]

which is just for configs

where did you place the mod .zip

[latent ivy]

in repo folder

[drowsy leaf]

have you removed that .zip

[latent ivy]

yehs

[drowsy leaf]

anyway just do this

should fix it

[latent ivy]

Thanks!

[finite abyss]

It may be from a forbidden website but that van looks good

[barren magnet]

its not

[drowsy leaf]

no

[latent ivy]

opels are always good

[finite abyss]

Yeh ik it aint good but it looks alright

[drowsy leaf]

it literally doesnt have wheels
the light textures look like ass
the rear licence plate was floating

[finite abyss]

well other than that

[cyan drum]

no it looks awful lol

[drowsy leaf]

and it probably is a scout meshslap which is also ilegal since the scout is a paid mod

[latent ivy]

FIXED

[finite abyss]

Oh right..

U guys reccomend any other good forum mods

I have e36 and f10

[dry needle]

How to add dummies in Capsule bus ??

[cinder lake]

anyone know where i can get the police ford explorer mod

[fervent olive]

hey am I missing anything

[silent blaze]

how can i grab ignition status in lua?

[frigid lance]

we need map like this in beamng as a mod or not😍 🙏

[mild bay]

why is my camera like this?

[celest sundial]

mods based on the D series are broken at the moment

something to do with the mirrors iirc

[frigid lance]

idk

[hearty obsidian]

broken mod

[mild bay]

it's not i fixed it by resetting my camera

[tired coyote]

electrics.values.ignitionLevel

0 is off, 1 is accessories, 2 is on, 3 is starting

[olive nest]

Hey guys I’m making my first mod on BeamNG. Any Suggestions?

[dense jungle]

Start with a part mod, not a full car

[latent ivy]

i love the model T, it would be awesome if somebody made a mod for one, possibly a non "ford" version to fit in with the game. the big advantage in having a well done T is exploring potential in its offroad bahavior, they were desighned for unpaved roads. its very much a good opposite end of the spectrum for being so extremely widespread and ideal as your primitive (but good looking) car

someone is making a prewar semi truck, something like a ford model AA (for later models), but that just isnt what the model T is and what it would capture

[latent ivy]

i just had another idea, a stanely steamer. i dont think theres any steam cars really, so maybe someone wants to jump on that

i for one would go wild if i could mod but id be starting from scratch, outside of physical modelling skills

[barren magnet]

not to be an ass, but suggestions like these are very unlikely to ever be acted upon unless specifically asked for

[latent ivy]

im kind of just sparking conversation and i dont know if anyone has been thinking of this and has the ability

its definetly a more unique thing to aim for instead of more cars from later eras that have plenty of mods already

it feels like more of a stretch to make cars that are very similar to whats already in the game default

[olive nest]

I did start with one
It was for the Crown Victoria mod but I didn’t release it
I also made the Saudi License Plate mod

[barren magnet]

those are not the progression to a full car

keep making small things, rework something for vanilla vehicles to learn jbeaming more

do something unique that still fits your style

[serene thistle]

is anyone taking requests for mods?

[bronze shard]

nobody really does. some will hear out suggestions occasionally, but anything you are likely to request is either something they will never do or would have been on their list anyway

[dark breach]

Hey is there any newer nascar mods coming out by chance

[celest sundial]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/gen-7-nascar-stock-car.97776/ there's this one

it's not out quite yet but it should be soon

[orchid tendon]

I really really really want a steam car as well, maybe something like a Doble instead of a Stanley? apparently Dobles were a lot better because they use a steam generator instead of a boiler

[cobalt bobcat]

is there any mod that allows you to remove all the body panels

[maiden night]

Watching that Kid hoon that old Merc was inspiring!

[serene thistle]

doubt that anyone has a 2003 mazda protege/323 on their list

still i thought maybe someone would be up for a challange

[serene thistle]

i mean i wasnt begging i was just asking if anyone is up for a challange

[serene thistle]

.

[barren magnet]

people don’t make mods by request

it takes far too long to do properly

asking people to make mods is frowned upon

even if it’s for a “challenge”

youre just asking someone to make a mod

[serene thistle]

fair enough

[latent ivy]

i said stanely steamer because its more of a common car, its the most basic idea of a steam car

[drowsy leaf]

Not even hear lol we see them and ignore them

Since most modders have their own assortment of hundreds of mod ideas which are also better suited to their liking and modding abilities

[drowsy leaf]

You can't simulate Steam engines in beamng

You'd literally have to program the Steam engine logic and adapt it to work with beamngs Powertrain and fuel system

[latent ivy]

there was somebody who made an acceptable steam locomotive mod awhile back

[austere ether]

so a days work is what your saying /j

[drowsy leaf]

That was probably just a very low revving gas engine

I highly doubt anyone has coded a steam engine since that sort of complex Lua is very hard

[latent ivy]

yeah but it was convincing, they simulated the firing up

its not crazy accurate but there wasnt anything glaringly wrong about it

[fathom chasm]

We need one of these in game

The trailer not the cars

[drowsy leaf]

We also need one of the stop suggesting stuff thank you

We were literally talking about not suggesting stuff right now

[fathom chasm]

the first thing i say in this server and someone complains

[drowsy leaf]

Wouldn't have if you've read the #mods-faq or the conversation above about not suggesting stuff

[fathom chasm]

Thats alot of words

[drowsy leaf]

So?

[fathom chasm]

too bad im not reading them

[drowsy leaf]

Well the important part is : no modder takes suggestions so it's pointless to suggest stuff

[fathom chasm]

than the devs

[drowsy leaf]

If you really want it go mod it yourself

[fathom chasm]

i mean the car trailers we have arn'et the best

[drowsy leaf]

Even less, they have a game to develop

[fathom chasm]

i don't know how

[drowsy leaf]

Learn

[fathom chasm]

That takes years

[fathom chasm]

The should make it in the game

[drowsy leaf]

They have other priorities

And you aren't even suggesting it in the right channel

That would be #game-feedback

[fathom chasm]

fine but next time don't get so heated

[drowsy leaf]

I'm not heated I'm just explaining

Well I mean it's 40c outside so I'm hot

[fathom chasm]

what about F?

im american

i don't understand

[drowsy leaf]

Quite hot

I think it's like

[fathom chasm]

cool

[drowsy leaf]

100 something Freedom values

[fathom chasm]

Thats average for the state im in

[drowsy leaf]

Where I live it's like 75

In summer probably 80

104 freedom heat btw

[fathom chasm]

that is quite hot depending on the country

[drowsy leaf]

Just googled it

[drowsy leaf]

The kingdom of Spain 🇪🇸

[fathom chasm]

Ahh

[drowsy leaf]

In winter it's colder in the north

[fathom chasm]

that is more south so it is probably gonna be hotter

[fathom chasm]

understandable

[drowsy leaf]

It's like 7 celsiuis

Which is 7 over freezing point

So idk estimate

[fathom chasm]

44.6

not bad

[drowsy leaf]

Anyways back to trailers

They'll probably add a single car one

[fathom chasm]

most likely

[drowsy leaf]

Like the regular one that most people use

And maybe add those stacked ones for dealerships

[fathom chasm]

I think that the current one has more potential

[drowsy leaf]

I mean there's no vanilla car trailer

[fathom chasm]

If they made it like the lift door system with 2 decks it could be a great sucsess

[fathom chasm]

The semi one

[drowsy leaf]

Yeah but that's a goods trailer

Vehicle ones are a bit bigger I think

[fathom chasm]

yeah, that's why i think they should add that car trailer

but maybe i might learn how to make one

Have you done modding?

if so is it hard to learn

[latent ivy]

i feel like this is a pessimistic outlook because if enough people want something, someone is bound to agree and be able to do it once the idea is brought to light

[barren magnet]

but thats not the case

[drowsy leaf]

No that's the outlook of most modders

[latent ivy]

something like an auto trailer also doesnt seem like an out-of-left-field suggestion, it might as well just push someone one way or another on what they should do next for a trailers addon

[barren magnet]

people do what they want to

not what people in the server suggest

[drowsy leaf]

I have a brain and I can suggest myself ideas that I like more than whatever is suggested here

[barren magnet]

again, it takes forever to make mods

its not an easy task

[drowsy leaf]

And from what ive seen from other fellow modders we share the same thought

[latent ivy]

what if youre on the fence? im betting right now theres someone that is probably gonna add that anyway to a trailer expansion mod

[barren magnet]

why spend a ton of time on something that isnt even something you’re wanting to make

but because someone in discord suggested it?

[fathom chasm]

what if i pay one to do that?

[barren magnet]

do you have thousands of dollars?

[fathom chasm]

For a trailer mod?

[barren magnet]

yes

commissions are not cheap, and nobody does them

[drowsy leaf]

Like I said it takes a long time to make a mod

[fathom chasm]

What is the average time?

[barren magnet]

especially if you want it to actually be functional

[drowsy leaf]

You'd be paying a coder, modeler and texturer to work for a month or 2 for a trailer

[barren magnet]

the ccf remaster took almost two and a half years

with 7 or 8 people helping

[drowsy leaf]

So no less than 6k

[fathom chasm]

ccf?

[latent ivy]

wouldnt it reuse the regular trailer chassis

[fathom chasm]

Ehh no

[barren magnet]

one of the most downloaded beamng mods

[latent ivy]

al it even would be is like adding a floor and a plate for cars to drive up on

[drowsy leaf]

Not how it works

[latent ivy]

you can adapt it to work that way

[drowsy leaf]

If someone does it's because they want to, your opinion matters nothing

[fathom chasm]

No it would need to have a way to work the lift

[drowsy leaf]

Dude I would know

[latent ivy]

its not even something i want

[fathom chasm]

They did but its outdated

[latent ivy]

does it work?

[fathom chasm]

It did

After the remodel its dosn't

[cold pewter]

this would be really really difficult to properly make

[fathom chasm]

Yes i know it would be

[latent ivy]

that matters nothing. the very fact of making a suggestion and it being accepted is because someone wants to do it. its not like normally suggestions just happen no matter what

[cold pewter]

anything jbeam is just painful and something this complex is no different

[fathom chasm]

I wish the one that existed worked

[drowsy leaf]

Oh also talking about suggestions, I have my own private server with some modders and people in that I trust and if I wanted suggestions I would ask there since I trust their opinions more than some random s

[fathom chasm]

thats fair

[drowsy leaf]

Dude it's not the way it works. If you suggest something, no one will do it. Like that's it

There's no ifs or buts

Specially if the modder hasn't even asked for suggestions

[cold pewter]

hey chat here’s a cool car im gonna try making 🙏

[fathom chasm]

NOOO

PLEASE

[drowsy leaf]

I have asked for suggestions in my trusted friend group but I would never take a suggestion from here

[fathom chasm]

I CAN SMELL THE GREASY HAIR VEGANS

[strange kettle]

why are the badges high-poly meshes 😭

[fathom chasm]

Would download tho

[cold pewter]

making them would not be worth it really

[drowsy leaf]

@barren magnet I'll kill you if you suggest more weird looking key cars

[cold pewter]

but again they were like 10x higher at first, but they would just lose too much detail and this and that

[drowsy leaf]

Flat texture

[latent ivy]

a suggestion is not a demand. its literally just putting an idea on the table for someone willing to pick up on if they so choose. its not like some unknown force makes every suggestion not even a possibility for anyone to consider

[strange kettle]

not a kei car but
Golba Violcar S 🙏

[cold pewter]

lexus

[strange kettle]

-1 downloads would be profitable

[fathom chasm]

real

[strange kettle]

it’d have like 1 config 😭

[drowsy leaf]

But no modder takes suggestions so it's fucking pointless to suggest stuff

[latent ivy]

but you dont need to be taking suggestions? someone may be browsing and just stumble upon an idea they like

[drowsy leaf]

No one does that trust me

[cold pewter]

except the fact that no one takes suggestions here so pretty much suggesting is useless but again there’s the tiny tiny chance someone will but really no one will 😭

[drowsy leaf]

Most modders have their own bunch of ideas themselves

[fathom chasm]

also is the camper not a mod?

[latent ivy]

the way it works for me is most the time i dont know what to do myself amongst a selection of ideas (or a possible new one) so someone elses imput is like a godsend to push me one way or another

[drowsy leaf]

Well here it's not like that

[latent ivy]

i do railroad modelling so thats what this is in relation to

[barren magnet]

erm ackshually its kei 🤓

[drowsy leaf]

Specially when if I need suggestions I can just ask on a server with modders that know what's possible and not possible instead of a server with 100000 people

[fathom chasm]

Do you think a trailer like that would be cool for car hauling?

[latent ivy]

but thats you

[drowsy leaf]

No what I'm saying applies to all the modders I know

[latent ivy]

aright then

[drowsy leaf]

Suggestions here go unheard

I mean just look at the forums ideas and suggestions section

[cold pewter]

o waow hi rob

[fathom chasm]

But do you think a trailer like the one i suggested would be cool?

[drowsy leaf]

And if you need suggestions there's already 800 pages of car suggestions already https://www.beamng.com/threads/vehicle-suggestions-see-first-post.79/page-818#post-1744577

[drowsy leaf]

No

[fathom chasm]

Why?

[drowsy leaf]

Moving parts are difficult to code

[fathom chasm]

i mean coool to use

not making it

[drowsy leaf]

You have to code all the logic in the lift which is very hard

So like angles of rotation, how much it moves, how it activates................

It's very complicated trust me

[latent ivy]

okay, i would really like to know this stuff because i live in a complete different world of tech

[fathom chasm]

Would it be like the rollback system in a way?

[latent ivy]

how is it complicated? because that doesnt seem it

[drowsy leaf]

What system?

[fathom chasm]

The rollback tow trucks

[latent ivy]

i dont do much coding at all so i find it difficult to understand but i also wanna evaluate if its worth my time trying to make my own mod

[drowsy leaf]

Well you know how beamng uses beams and nodes? There's some special beams called hydros that you have to program to make stuff like that, but you also have to make sure it's supported and that it doesn't cause issues with other collidable parts.....

Then you'd also have to code what Input triggers the hydro and bind a key bind....

[latent ivy]

and thats not straight foward?

[barren magnet]

hello oma

[drowsy leaf]

I personally wouldn't do it myself and I have like 3 years of modding experience

[drowsy leaf]

Quite the opposite

[latent ivy]

jesus we live in 2024 and you cant do something like that simply

[drowsy leaf]

It's basically like that bridge building game but in 3 dimensions and with many more values and stuff to take care of

[strange kettle]

dude

[strange kettle]

what kinda response is that

[latent ivy]

im not talking about the person im talking about the program

[strange kettle]

i know but like idk

[latent ivy]

"you" in place of anyone that wants to do it

[drowsy leaf]

There's no program for that you manually code every beam and node

There's a reason why I say modding is hard

Then you have to also factor you need to make a 3d model and textures

[fathom chasm]

Yo do you think a trailer like this would be cool to use ?

[latent ivy]

do you have to program each node to move in unicen

like thats what it sounds like

[fathom chasm]

but i see why people don't build stuff like that

[drowsy leaf]

No it's literally just code

There's a visual studio extension to be able to visualize the structure but it's quite literally just code

[strange kettle]

idk

[fathom chasm]

Dould you just you the goods trailer, add a second floor, and make the door a lift system

[strange kettle]

i guess?

[drowsy leaf]

No.

[fathom chasm]

Well someone did that exact thing

[drowsy leaf]

It's way more fucking complex than that

[latent ivy]

so what is literaly just code

[strange kettle]

jbeam

[fathom chasm]

But it doesn't work with the trailer model

[drowsy leaf]

The structures of any vehicle

[barren magnet]

and that trailer mod sucked, it was very poorly made

[fathom chasm]

Have you used it

[latent ivy]

what makes it difficult do you have to like manually do every single thing?

[barren magnet]

it was the toy hauler from like 3 or 4 years ago

[drowsy leaf]

For a bunch of stuff yes

[fathom chasm]

no not that

[latent ivy]

god

[drowsy leaf]

You can get away with adapting them from other cars but for very weird shapes you have to just manually do it

[barren magnet]

beam modding is not easy in the slightest

anybody that tells you otherwise is setting you up for failure

[latent ivy]

well then i aint doing a mod
i dont wanna just sift through a bunch of shit code to do something of the basicest level

[fathom chasm]

also its not a toy hauler

[drowsy leaf]

Depending on what you want to do you need to code more or less

[fathom chasm]

A toy hauler is a camper that has a ramp to hold ATV's and what not

[latent ivy]

if its really like this why do people wanna pile on stuff that is similar to what we already got

instead of like a prewar

[barren magnet]

it was a full 53’ trailer

[drowsy leaf]

Prewars are just harder by design

[fathom chasm]

Yes

[barren magnet]

idk the exact name of the mod

but its old

[latent ivy]

the effort seems so high to have like some specific modern car that is slightly different than a default vehicle

[barren magnet]

and it was poorly made, and constantly had issues

[fathom chasm]

it was a T-series pack

[barren magnet]

if it was apart of gtg, then yes it was shit

[drowsy leaf]

Since there wasn't any sort of standard suspension engine or drivetrain stuff in prewar cars they are very hard to code, also doesn't help that there's like no information about most prewar vehicles since they are nearing a century old

[drowsy leaf]

It's an inverse bell curve

Since you also have to code the screens and assist systems in modern cars and that's insanely difficult

There's a reason why there's a lot of 70-1990s stuff

[latent ivy]

a model T should still be pretty readily available

[strange kettle]

No I feel like that wouldn’t be easy to make at all

[barren magnet]

also if you want to make suspension from scratch, you literally need to either have an engineering degree or very indepth knowledge on how the suspension system youre wanting to make

[drowsy leaf]

Also doesn't help that most pre war can fans are either very old or dead

[strange kettle]

Especially since you don’t have anything to base it on so you’d have to do it from complete scratch

[drowsy leaf]

Most modders are young and like 90s and 2000s cars

Me included

[drowsy leaf]

That too

[latent ivy]

fucking hate modern cars and im 15

[drowsy leaf]

You quite literally need to be some sort of engineer to make suspensions

[drowsy leaf]

Define modern car

[strange kettle]

90s-00s is not modern 😭

[latent ivy]

90-2000s

[fathom chasm]

i personally like the new 24 darkhourse

[barren magnet]

yeah thats not modern lol

[latent ivy]

i think the last car that i can actually like alot would be 80s

[drowsy leaf]

That's 30 years old

Most countries already consider most 90s cars classics

[latent ivy]

yeah i consider that modern because what we have today is literally shit slop

[drowsy leaf]

For me modern is 2005 onwards

[fathom chasm]

not all

[latent ivy]

where i live alot of houses are from the damn colonial era and then i just see this alien spaceship fly by

[drowsy leaf]

Nah not all modern cars are bad

[fathom chasm]

real

[latent ivy]

jeeps are okay

most are disgusting

[drowsy leaf]

No they are fucking not

Jeeps completely suck nowadays

[fathom chasm]

never speak again

[latent ivy]

but the traditional jeeps even modern models i can still get behind looks wise

[drowsy leaf]

They are either 80s platforms that are very badly modernized and suck at anything but offloading or rebodied fiats

[latent ivy]

not like i preferr them over a cj2a though

[latent ivy]

i will raise you 1 there is an increase in history buffs and fans of prewar cars now amongst young people

i know a fair ammount

[drowsy leaf]

1996 Toyota Corolla 1.6 is peak car and you can't convince me otherwise

[drowsy leaf]

Yeah but still not enough

[barren magnet]

1999-2001 toyota camry 3.0 is real peak

[fathom chasm]

I like the 2004 Mack 1

[barren magnet]

mack 1

[drowsy leaf]

No it has to be a 4 cyl

[strange kettle]

I remember an old corolla ad with a theme song

[latent ivy]

i will say this in that i would drive it because it doesnt look horrible but i dont see what makes it so amazing either

[barren magnet]

awww they already removed outside emotes

[strange kettle]

but that was like 80s

[fathom chasm]

Mach 1*

[drowsy leaf]

A car doesn't need to be amazing

[latent ivy]

well it just feels like alot of other cars of that era

but thats hyprocritical of course

[drowsy leaf]

It's the pinnacle of engineering
Never breaks and has ac and is comfortable and cheap and there's so many that spares are easy to come by

90s and 2000s Toyota/honda is quite literally peak car

[latent ivy]

alright then ill get one fair but its not gonna be my favorite car by no means

workhorse car

not something outside of todays normal reach like a stanely steamer

[drowsy leaf]

Yeah well not my fav car either but it's one of the best workhorses in existence

Also goes for old American trucks but I'm European and now those are classics and not cheap

[latent ivy]

my top car is the model T

because i like generic and customiseable

theres alot of wacky things that were easily done to model Ts turning them into anything

[drowsy leaf]

Best car is 1997 Toyota Celica gtfour (facelift) with optional front and rear lip, gtfour body colored wing and gtfour side skirts

2.0 liter turbo 240ps

[latent ivy]

even fire trucks lol, and they look good while doing that

[drowsy leaf]

I don't like model ts at all

[barren magnet]

best actual practical fun car is 2003-2008 toyota matrix xrs

with the 2zz-ge and c60 6MT

[drowsy leaf]

What about Volvo 850r estate

[barren magnet]

5cyl unreliable

[drowsy leaf]

Or v70r

[drowsy leaf]

What no those are reliable

[barren magnet]

2ZZ will eat 300k miles easy

[drowsy leaf]

So does a t5

[barren magnet]

t5s stateside constantly have waterpump and emissions issues

[latent ivy]

then no wonder we dont get along

[drowsy leaf]

And if we are gonna talk about mile heroes you must being in the d series and 7a/4a engines

[latent ivy]

what is it specifically you dont like the most

[drowsy leaf]

Idk

Shitty ass engine

Inline 8 or nothing

For a prewar

[barren magnet]

my car suggestions when he asks for ideas

[latent ivy]

i dont veiw the engine as like the thing that defines it

the thing i care more about is like the suspension

they can handle dumping into like a 4ft ditch

[barren magnet]

engines are incredibly important to the function and feel of a vehicle

[latent ivy]

and get out of it

[barren magnet]

if an otherwise good car has a bad engine

[latent ivy]

yeah but the engine doesnt hinder it either

[barren magnet]

it is a bad car

[drowsy leaf]

I'm sorry I don't like deformed looking key cars from the 70s

[strange kettle]

rommb what did you send him

i wanna know now

[latent ivy]

can a bad car survive driving down a whats practically 90 degree angle cliff

[barren magnet]

1962 mazda carol 360, toyota sports 800, uhhhhh

[latent ivy]

id have to find the film again but

[drowsy leaf]

Mazda carol worst

[barren magnet]

some other stuff idk

[barren magnet]

incorrect

[drowsy leaf]

Toyota sports is deformed 3000gt

[barren magnet]

i mean that’s like not a metric to judge a vehicle on

[latent ivy]

and many have called model Ts the most fun car they ever drove

[barren magnet]

i have driven much more enjoyable vehicles than a model t

and i have gotten the chance to drive a model t

its not an experience i enjoyed

[latent ivy]

youre not the right type of person for it then i suppose

[barren magnet]

i much prefer econoboxes that i can throw into corners with reckless abandon

which is what i currently drive and am going to purchase another of soon

[latent ivy]

cant drive nicely on a dirt road though

[barren magnet]

it absolutely can

[latent ivy]

wasnt desighned for it

if its some sports car atleast

not specifically what you said

[barren magnet]

ive lived in rural iowa and minnesota for my entire life, and have driven thousands of miles on gravel and dirt

in my economy shitboxes

and have had zero issues, and they handle it perfectly fine

[latent ivy]

can you send a pic of what it looks like

[barren magnet]

of what

[latent ivy]

economy shitbox

all youre arguments just dont apply to the model T to be honest because its like comparing a horse and buggy to a muscle car

[barren magnet]

this is an economy shitbox, does the exact same functions of a model t. gets me from one location to another

has the bare amenities

[latent ivy]

i enjoy the model T for its daintyness yet fit for purpose of the time

the super springy suspension its fun

and i preferr the appearance

[barren magnet]

my last economy shitbox

that also doubled as a mobile toolbox

[latent ivy]

sick of just whats a car you see all the time. mundaine feeling to me

okay for doing what its meant to do but its not unique for todays age

[barren magnet]

it doesnt need to be

[latent ivy]

of course thats what one would say about the model T in its day but the model T just feels more special

[barren magnet]

the model t was a car

[barren magnet]

this is a car

in form and function, they are identical

[latent ivy]

the model T lived in a time of unpaved roads though

and a time when you needed a snowmobile ski fitting for your model T

[barren magnet]

and these cars also exist in a time of driving unpaved roads

the times have changed, but the function has not

[latent ivy]

alright

[drowsy leaf]

Dude that's the literal car that created mass production

A model t is as boring as a tesla

[latent ivy]

the model T has a soul

[drowsy leaf]

No

It has as much as a soul as a model 3

[barren magnet]

it was designed specifically not to

it was a mass produced transportation device

[drowsy leaf]

Well no actually it has less than a model 3

You can get a model 3 in white blue and red

[barren magnet]

soul would be the coach built boutique supercharged inline 8s

of the early 20s

where each was hand crafted

[latent ivy]

there are also a ton of model Ts that were heavily modified for a specific purpose like farmwork or postal service in the winter

that adds soul

[barren magnet]

no, as theyre meant to be utilitarian

they are a tool

tools do not have souls, they have a purpose

[drowsy leaf]

So a Opel corsa van delivery has a soul?

[barren magnet]

and how is that different from a modern day snowrunner

they complete the same job

the only difference is now we have standardized parts

[latent ivy]

thats not true most of these used the same attatchment part kit

standardised

i like the look of the model T miles more

i still enjoy some newer stuff but

[drowsy leaf]

I'm sorry to say but a pt cruiser looks better

[latent ivy]

like this would be something else i actually do think is cool for a newer snowmobile

[barren magnet]

i like that

that has nugget energy

[drowsy leaf]

Nugget

I like it

[latent ivy]

oh my fucking god

theyre digsusting

[drowsy leaf]

And is more usable

So thereforce it's better

I'd own a pt cruiser over a model t

[latent ivy]

what makes it more useable because its just a different context

what you may say is like a limitation its really more a thing because they were meant to be beaten to hell

like i just enjoy the idea of them being primitive yet utilitarian for the time

i just cant find the example im looking for but a model T can surprise you in what it can handle offroad wise

its cool

[barren magnet]

but in a day and age of paved roads and maintained gravel, that function is not something necessary

and can harm driving experience

[latent ivy]

and thats completely irrelevant to why the model T is appreciable :/

not saying its an amazing thing for going around today in

[barren magnet]

i appreciate vehicles that are enjoyable to drive

[latent ivy]

and its not like people dont enjoy driving model Ts

plenty do

[barren magnet]

and if that’s compromised by a lack of technology or design, then i don’t enjoy it

[latent ivy]

that adds to it to me

its what i think is special

its just a different breed im a steam train guy my interest can go earlier than the model Ts even existed

[fair olive]

Is there any place besides beamng and the beamng website that’s safe to get mods from?

[fathom thorn]

No other places are guaranteed safe

[fair olive]

Ok, do you know if anyone has make a huracan mod because I can’t find any

[drowsy leaf]

That turbo model awfully reminds me of a Acmp model

[gaunt wyvern]

What does his look like? I’m still experimenting to find a turbo I like

[gaunt wyvern]

This is another version

[drowsy leaf]

Acmp is a discord server with 3d models

[drowsy leaf]

What's that text

[gaunt wyvern]

Ooooof

[drowsy leaf]

Did you make those models?

[gaunt wyvern]

Experiment 😂 it was supposed to be bulging slightly from the Material but mistakes were made

[gaunt wyvern]

The one that spins I got for free and the other one was already in game

[drowsy leaf]

Are you sure that you are allowed to reupload that (if you are planning to release it)

The model you got for free

[gaunt wyvern]

Yes, as long as in gone verdict

[gaunt wyvern]

Give credit *

[drowsy leaf]

Great! I do love me someone that actually reads permissions and CC stuff on models

I assume you are using turbospin value to make the turbo spin right

[gaunt wyvern]

It’s really not difficult 😂 people just are not the brightest

[gaunt wyvern]

I used rpmspin

[drowsy leaf]

You can use that value

[gaunt wyvern]

Really?!?!

[drowsy leaf]

Yesh

[gaunt wyvern]

Hmmm I’m assuming you make mods too

[drowsy leaf]

If you open the console and send dump("electrics") it dumps all values you can use on a prop

[drowsy leaf]

#1172543840654213150 #1249916028482228244

[gaunt wyvern]

Broooo can we lab? I love what you’ve done! I was just looking at that celestia

[gaunt wyvern]

You made all these?

[drowsy leaf]

No sorry I do all my stuff by myself

[gaunt wyvern]

Nah not like collaborate but more so bounce ideas and help

[drowsy leaf]

Kind of yes
Some models s friend bought for me so I could make him some stuff and that bike carb I just fixed and textured

[gaunt wyvern]

I’m working on an intake manifold rn!

[drowsy leaf]

All other stuff i did make

[gaunt wyvern]

How did you do that intake manifold?

@drowsy leaf

[drowsy leaf]

This one?

[gaunt wyvern]

Yess

[drowsy leaf]

Well I mean I just started with a rectangle, modified it to the shape it needed to be, arrayed a circle, connected it to the bottom

[gaunt wyvern]

Ahhh gotcha

How did you get the weld marks on

[drowsy leaf]

It's complicated

[gaunt wyvern]

This is what I’m going for

[silent blaze]

the problem is when i do that it will output null

o.display1 = electrics.values.ignitionLevel like thats what ive set it to

[fervent olive]

Hey yall why are my houses invisible???

[silent blaze]

actually

ok that works, whats the value so i can grab p r n d s all that?

since i only see gear itself

[frank cove]

Are the custom or base game assets?

[fervent olive]

I reloaded the game and it fixed it

but now I have another problem

when I delete trees and save then reload the map all the trees and brushes I deleted come right back

[frank cove]

The directory is likely messed up. You’ll have to change the reference folder by editing the text with a program such as Notepad++

[fervent olive]

what would I change it to?

[frank cove]

It’ll currently be referring to a base game map. Change the base maps name to your maps name

[fervent olive]

what files would i change? sorry im not very experienced

[frank cove]

The forest.json file

And no worries apologies for going too fast

[fervent olive]

fresh.forest?

[frank cove]

That may also be why it’s not working. I have only ever seen the forest be called main.forestbrushes

So it’s possible that if you are editing the fresh.forest that it isn’t able to read it when reloading

[fervent olive]

ok

should I make a main.forestbrushes file or change one of mine?

[frank cove]

There already is one thankfully so if you delete the others it shouldn’t cause any problems (make a backup just in case)

[fervent olive]

also the "theForest" file in the game is not in the "vegetation" category

[fervent olive]

so it was probably saving to one of the other files instead of the normal forest.brushes?

[frank cove]

Yes

[fervent olive]

do these look right?

i removed the files and the trees still came back

I think the trees just dont delete in the first place there is a outline

[frank cove]

Do the trees delete when you are in the map or no?

[fervent olive]

when I drive around I dont hit anything

my car doesnt run into anything and the outlines dont show up after I start driving

should I try to remove the other forest files from the levels - my map folder?

[frank cove]

Wdym by outlines?

[fervent olive]

that red line in the select tool, makes it look like there are trees there

[frank cove]

It’s just funky with some objects even ones that aren’t trees. If you aren’t hitting anything then don’t worry about it

[fervent olive]

I currently only have the "main.forestbrushes" in my unpacked folder

and the trees still come back

do I need the "main.forestbrushes4" or "fresh.forest" at all?

[frank cove]

Delete the file in your unpacked folder and leave the one in the 0.32 folder

That should hopefully solve your issue

[fervent olive]

this is all I have in my 0.32 levels folder

[frank cove]

That looks correct

[fervent olive]

i removed the "main.forestbrushes" from my unpacked folder and they still came back

is there a way to just delete the whole forest and start over again?

[frank cove]

If you remove them now my assumption is that they will stay removed

And to my knowledge no but it’s been a WHILE since I last tried to make a forest item from scratch

[fervent olive]

I deleted all the trees from my 0.32 and from my unpacked and they are still there

every tree file has a "4" at the end

[frank cove]

They are referencing another maps forest file then. So you need to change what it references. I think it’s in the main/items.levels.json file but I’m not 100% sure

[young lily]

hello, i tried to make the configs but idk it wont work, idk where i need to put the zip file and not sure of my work lol

[fervent olive]

ive really just given up at this point, i put the forest files like all the trees and all the forest json files in a backup, loaded the game and there are no trees. I put the trees back into their folder and they dont reappear and I cant add trees with the forest tool

[young lily]

and then, what do i zip, and where i put it?

[fervent olive]

now it just shows this

[frank cove]

You should be able to add meshes to the brush

[fervent olive]

how do I do this?

[frank cove]

https://documentation.beamng.com/world_editor/tools/forest_editor/

This should have it. Won’t load on my phone though

Otherwise my suggestion is to just mess around and find out

[surreal canopy]

I noticed that the ccf actually came with simplified traffic models

does anyone know of any other mods which have simplified traffic specs?

[cyan drum]

vertex

[barren magnet]

scout as well

[surreal canopy]

cheers, thank you

[cerulean nacelle]

So i added a diff to a mod car and the diff shows up in the parts list in game but it doesnt actually send power to the wheels. Just free spins and i cant remember why transaxles or transmissions n stuff do that

[celest sundial]

does anyone know if there's a celica supra mod on the forums or patreon? I found one on modland but idk if it's leaked and I'd rather not download from modland

[cerulean nacelle]

Modlands perfectly safe allways lol jk

[celest sundial]

so true

[cerulean nacelle]

Honestly might just have to get the one from modland through maybe a vm

And def run antivirus stuff on it

Its the only place i found a pre 2011 ford fusion

Crap site and wish it was better but yeah it seems to have some more of the quirky mods id be interested in

[celest sundial]

yeah

[cerulean nacelle]

Actually the car here is from modland

I was trying to make a adjustable front diff

[cyan drum]

closest you have is https://discord.com/channels/710082165253079061/1172543840654213150

[celest sundial]

that is not a celica supra zawg 😭

[cyan drum]

"closest"

[celest sundial]

I'll just make some shit with the kljp parts that looks similar-ish

[fervent olive]

I find it hilarious that it’s easier to make and map out ai traffic than add a new spawnpoint

[cerulean nacelle]

You can make a spawnpoint?

[quick summit]

Could anyone help me with making a custom skin for the GT3 Mod Scintilla?

[tacit wyvern]

some of u guys are messed up lmfao
poor kid was trying to make his first mod and mentioned that it may or may not be paid
https://www.beamng.com/threads/1990-ford-explorer.99097/

[bronze shard]

...did you miss the part where op was going to complete the project in like 1 day, for a total time spent of like 2 days? while some people took it too far, the whole thing read either as a troll post or like a 10 year old wrote it. "1990 fondue expodite"

[cerulean nacelle]

Then after someone nicely explained that using ford stuff for money was illegal he said "leave me alone"

[torpid topaz]

so the car is a low poly recreation of the ford explorer which they didnt even use the original name... or that screenshot is a overly complex jbeam...

... aka i dont think ford gonna sue them over a low poly ford even if they made 10 mill out off it? i mean ig they might try to, but its not that stright forward?

well the only funi is bro expect ppl to pay for a low poly ford which might also gonna be a meshslap

idk man it mightaswell be a shtshow so leave it be

[barren magnet]

i almost guarantee that it's a shitpost

[bronze shard]

did anyone ever actually check dougs comment section for them asking? would almost certainly tell you either way, seems like a wasted effort for a troll to go that far lmao

[barren magnet]

yeah its not there

[torpid topaz]

i can imagine a world where the comment was deleted due to it contain contact information cause this child isn’t smart

[radiant olive]

so yeah ill buy it for you two if i end up getting lunch money, i literally spent my last $8 donating to a broke streamer so ill buy it for you two

[torpid topaz]

i have no need for a low poly ford explorer💀

[radiant olive]

didnt say that

im continuing the convo from the avior thread.

[lilac badger]

lets

[torpid topaz]

context isn’t contexting

[lilac badger]

wait until we see the price alright? dont want you wasting more money on stuff

[radiant olive]

idc the price im still buying it

[lilac badger]

for you

[radiant olive]

ill buy it for me last, a common thing about me is i put myself last.

Im the type to starve just so my friend can eat.

[quick summit]

anybody pleas

[torpid topaz]

oh god u come from here💀 #1135257690512298116 message

[torpid topaz]

u check the tutorial for making a skin for a vanilla vehicle, but check if the mod have the uv for their parts, if not just use the vanilla one and make up some dirty test livery

[lilac badger]

damn

lets just wait man

if i can afford it
ill buy it

[torpid topaz]

if it works perfectly then it works perfectly then u can proceed, if it kind of match but the edges are kind of off then u might need some guess work for the uv or export it off the mods models

or it looks like random nonsense or a solid color then u can’t

[fair olive]

has anyone released a TRX mod because i cant find one and was wondering if anyone knew of one?

[raw quest]

Anyone know of a safe ford explorer mod bc I can’t find one for the life of me?😚😔

[fair olive]

not an explorer but theres a toyota 4runner and a chevy tahor on the beamng website

[raw quest]

I have both already I’m specifically looking for an explorer that won’t make my pc cripple itself

[fair olive]

yea idk if ther is one, lemme look rq

[raw quest]

Jusr the one on modland from what I’ve seen and it’s probably got a virus💀🙏

[fair olive]

nah i cant find any good one that are guaranteed safe

[raw quest]

It’s a true shame😔

[fair olive]

is modland safe?

i heard it not but idk why?

[raw quest]

https://tenor.com/view/allen-haff-allen-lee-haff-auction-hunters-just-a-ah-fan-just-clowning-around-gif-26635554

[raw quest]

It’s a third party website just full of stolen mods, horrific quality ones and viruses💀

[fair olive]

ohhh

that sucks bc o there is like the best cars

do you know if theres a safe TRX mod?

[raw quest]

Idk of any safe trx mods sorry bro😔

[fair olive]

damn

[raw quest]

I have scoured the internet for more than 24 hours looking at mods it’s genuinely a problem💀🙏

[fair olive]

i want one soooo bad bc i alrady have challengers

i also want to find koenigseggs

no luck tho

[raw quest]

Rip

If I find one at all I’ll tell you

[fair olive]

thanks man, how long u got on beam

like how many hours

[raw quest]

Like 300 but I bought it in March

[fair olive]

i had it for 4 days and i got 30.3

[raw quest]

Bought it the day I built my pc I’ve wanted the game since like 2016

[fair olive]

ive wanted it since like 2018 so were same

[raw quest]

I’ve developed a small addiction though😔

[fair olive]

of mods

[raw quest]

Yes😭

[fair olive]

yea

had it for 4 days already got 30 mods

[raw quest]

Tbh any amount of mods is fine for the game or just vanilla is fun too

[fair olive]

real

[raw quest]

I just scour the forums looking for cool stuff💀🙏

[fair olive]

my most recent mod is the mk4 supra and its fun on utah if you kep it stock and just make it loud

canyon drive vibes yk

[raw quest]

Ong

The textures are cooked but I like the Tennessee map a lot it’s fun to just drive up and down the highway for hours

[fair olive]

what u use to drive

[raw quest]

And American road

[raw quest]

Wym

[fair olive]

like controller, wheel, keyboard?

[raw quest]

Wheel but when I don’t feel like getting it out I just use my kb

[fair olive]

same

[raw quest]

I’m too poor for a proper wheel setup💀🙏

[fair olive]

i have me wheel out and i just keep it out for a week and when i stop using it i put it away

[fair olive]

PREACH BROTHER PREACH

[raw quest]

Mine just sits under my desk💀

[fair olive]

mine sits behind my monitor bc my desk is built it and its in a corner

[raw quest]

Based

[fair olive]

hold up ima show u a build i made

its my dream car

[raw quest]

Hard

[fair olive]

strait piped, fully upgraded, dodge demon with liberty walk widebody flares

interior needs an update and the steering is not great but besides that its a great mod

[raw quest]

I’ve got a scat with sum rims and suspension it’s pretty fun

[fair olive]

alr ima hop off ttyl, ill lyk if i see any cool mods and ill DM them to you

[raw quest]

Aight peace bro

[fair olive]

ill dm you rn so i dont lose your name

[drowsy leaf]

Well considering that a mod that hosted there caused Disney's hack, no

[tired coyote]

Remember, the FFI declaration says that display1 is an array of 16 char values, basically a string

Iirc what you need to do is actually ffi.copy(o.display1, tostring(electrics.values.ignitionLevel), 1)

[silent blaze]

Yea

I just used the float clutch

Any idea how i can get the trans mode like p r n d ds,s, m all that

[tired coyote]

electrics.values.gear

[torn glacier]

Is there a knockout tournament mod for drag racing in single player ? Like the one in Car Mechanic Sim. I've got all this nice drag cars to race with

[fervent olive]

I’ve had the game for a year and a half and I have 261 mods

Thanks @frank cove

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @frank cove (current: #107 - 19)

[fervent olive]

Forgot to thank you for your help yesterday

[wicked trellis]

legitimately surprised no one made a jeepney mod for those kei truck yet

[haughty bane]

how do i get the forward vector of a wheel?

local wheelForwardVec = {
x = v.data.nodes[frontLeftWheel.node2].pos.x - v.data.nodes[frontLeftWheel.node1].pos.x,
y = v.data.nodes[frontLeftWheel.node2].pos.y - v.data.nodes[frontLeftWheel.node1].pos.y
}

is this dumb?

[rancid kite]

ngl im really tempted to learn beamng modding so we can have more plane mods

[raw quest]

Jesus Christ☠️

[silent blaze]

thanks

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @tired coyote (current: #57 - 35)

[serene thistle]

does anyone know a video on how i can meshslap a model to a vehicle?

[short moth]

Anyone know why i cant install a apocalypse map?

[sharp warren]

yo

someone please fin the RK indestructable long block

i cant find it anywhere

[serene thistle]

https://www.beamng.com/resources/indestructible-engine-blocks.3062/

this one?

might work idk, you gotta test it

[pallid lynx]

E

[warped bone]

when is the rs6 and rs7 mod going to be released

[vivid ember]

O

[warped bone]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/audi-rs6-rs7-c8-4k-2020.90753/

[barren magnet]

when its done

[warped bone]

so there is no time grame?

or estimation

[barren magnet]

no

modders don't give time frames or estimations

it will come out when it's ready

[spare dirge]

yall think i got a virus from downloading 75 mods from 3rd party websites?

i virustotaled all of em but i aint even trust that anymore

none had a virus

[drowsy leaf]

depends on what you downloaded lol

i also doubt any virus software picks up the recent beamng powershell exploit since it like got known like a week ago

[spare dirge]

i deleted all of them just in case and kept the repo ones

[drowsy leaf]

i would not touch 3rd party websites ever

[spare dirge]

lol

[serene thistle]

does anyone know a video on how i can meshslap a model to a vehicle?

[rancid kite]

might make a mini cooper mod for beamng perhaps

[barren magnet]

have you made any mods for beam before ?

[rancid kite]

nope! 😀 (lmfao)

[barren magnet]

i don’t recommend taking on a full car tbh

do you have any experience with modeling?

[rancid kite]

#3d-modelling ya

[barren magnet]

id recommend doing something small like a parts pack for the BX or D series, that way you can get an idea of how jbeaming stuff is and getting things ingame

[steel surge]

Hey Im New To The Server and i just want to know how to make cars super fast with certain tunings because the fastest one i have made was a 298 drag scintilla

[rancid kite]

alr alr, will do! i do kinda wanna make a glider roof accessory (like the mattress but neat

[teal fox]

yo does anyone know how to help me i just started and everytime i join a map it puts me underground and i cant spawn anything

[rancid kite]

i might just model the cooper as a concept and then put it on the back burner until i figure out how jbeam works

[steel surge]

im also having a issue where when i select it so mod cars can spawn as traffic it doesn't work and spawns regular cars

[dense jungle]

Which site?

Either way, I hope thats a lesson learned

[spare dirge]

i mean, idk if i had a virus

i deleted just in case

[thin musk]

anyone know how to assign a modded license plate as default license plate of an map? ive asked this a lot around discords but never got an answer

[hearty lava]

Yo guys we need new buses mod 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[cyan drum]

make it yourself, learn or cope

[fathom thorn]

We already have multiple bus mods too

[hearty lava]

I was begging, by that i was asking if any new mods were in production

[hearty lava]

I know i have all of them lol

[keen skiff]

someone said car couldn't look scary

[hearty obsidian]

they were right

[neon magnet]

LMAOOO

[jolly ledge]

is the mod approval stopping cuz the beamng powershell exp?

[haughty flare]

how can i get muplteplayer

and mods

i just started

[strange kettle]

i think yes

[strange kettle]

You can get mods through the in-game mod repository or through beamng.com/forums

And as for multiplayer, you need to download a mod (like BeamMP for example, find a download tutorial for that)

[barren glade]

how do i cut up? i have a highway map and i add traffic but its patchy, stops after a bit and they just drive down the middle line not in either lane

[frank cove]

Sounds like it might be a map issue. What map is it?

[sharp turret]

i removed it. I said "do if you want" in it anyways.

[gaunt wyvern]

You’ll have to zoom in on the picture but I’ve got e85 working thru the ecu And it has an actual performance boost of 30%. What do you guys think?

[craggy salmon]

guys

how do i fix the over torque issue on cycjos capsule bus?

[torpid umbra]

Id say go into the engine Jbeam an put like 1 or 2 zeros for engine block durability

[wanton thicket]

where can I dowload beamng mods

car mods

website or ingame?

nvm

[torpid umbra]

Anywhere besides modland

[wanton thicket]

could you give me some links?

[torpid umbra]

I'm not home

[wanton thicket]

ah

do you by chance remember?

[torpid umbra]

The official forums

For BeamNG

In game repo is good

[wanton thicket]

yeah but ive seen videos on tt where there was like bmw's

and so on

[torpid umbra]

Them are likely leaked or stolen/imported mods

Not recommended

[wanton thicket]

ah

[tropic hill]

what is best webside to get mods from

[fading gust]

https://www.beamng.com/resources/

[dense jungle]

#mods-faq

[wanton thicket]

thanks

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @dense jungle (current: #102 - 20)

[young lily]

hello, i need some help with skins plz
my friend is doing some skins in Assetto, and we wanna make one for beam, but we dont know the technoiques..., do you think this work?

[bronze shard]

im not sure i follow that at all tbh. the forums have a guide for skin making somewhere, the gist is that you draw on a template using image editing software. you could technically bake something in blender or substance i guess, but simply assigning new materials in blender wont work as that just isnt how it works for beam

[young lily]

ok i see, ima search that guide then

[narrow sage]

does anyone have a good bmw m4 mod

dm me if u do

[crude quail]

this paid mod is absolutely insane

[steel surge]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-surprised-gasp-what-cat-shock-gif-635629308990545194

[latent ivy]

ikk i gotta buy this one

[quick crow]

The files should be inside the folder named covet i think, so: mods/unpacked/Rezo_Covet/vehicles/covet
I dont remember if it changed to "covet" from "hatch" but i think so. It is should be the name, which the game uses for the covet.

[young lily]

yeah we fixed it with a friend, i need to make sure i put all the mods files i used in the car folder but now its good ig, thank you🙏🏻

[crude quail]

best 5 dollars spent

the cab even jiggles a bit when you slam the door

😭 🙏

[rancid kite]

imight make my first beamng mod a simple mesh slap just to get into the swing of things i think

like its gonna be absolutely horrific but yk what thats ok

[cyan drum]

no, don't begin modding with meshslapping
make small parts like bodykits instead

[rancid kite]

alrr

[latent ivy]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1181753163548737576/1267673167942389790/contentblock-d.png?ex=66a9a423&is=66a852a3&hm=2a6b3a653744d340aca862c9391900b306fab68f0bd3cba05befa29893008c3f& anyone has a mod of this car? hyundai elantra n 2024?

[cyan drum]

nope

[latent ivy]

man oki cuz this car sound amazing with the burbles and pops bruh

check the sound of this car bro

[gaunt wyvern]

The Holy Trinity

[golden stratus]

whats the best website to get mods from

also downloaded a few mods and all of them except forklift and bank van arent showing up in the vehicles section

[solid rapids]

forklift_fixed_modland 😐
just get mods from the official repo and youll have no such issues

[obtuse radish]

Oh my god, this worked. Thank you so much!

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @toxic cedar (current: #54 - 36)

[fathom thorn]

Beamng.com

Everywhere else is bad
There is no guarantee of safety, you will get a bad mod, and any good mods are just stolen/reuploaded

[latent ivy]

Western police moment

[fathom thorn]

?

[latent ivy]

We gonna have a Cedric mod very soon 🤑

[fathom thorn]

Is it close to being finished?

[latent ivy]

And I am excited, now I can recreate scenes from this https://youtu.be/gSZnOk2oiGI?si=qLEdHJg4C-b_aRk8

[latent ivy]

Tbh idk

Btw since y'all model, do y'all have a tutorial about modeling in blender?

I want to try and make a car and bring it to life on beamng

[golden stratus]

doesnt have what im looking for

[quick summit]

is there a more modern go kart mod out there?

[latent ivy]

can I export a scene/saved level as collada?
will that grab all the meshes in the scene?

[split vale]

(WIP) Tubular chassis for a stance mod Ive been working on, Things that are done already are (Raised front and rear suspensions, Fully custom frame, Battery Relocation & Fuel Cell) theres a lot more that Im going to do.

[drowsy leaf]

google is your friend

[drowsy leaf]

would not reccomend
it takes much more than youd imagine

[latent ivy]

How about making skins

[drowsy leaf]

uh sure thats simpler

idk if theres any good tutorials but you could look for one

[lilac trail]

yooo! So I just reinstalled the game after quite a while of not playing. I wanna ask if anyone knows of some good tuning mods. Configs are fine, but I wanna be able to customise the cars as much as possible, so I can configure some cars for different purposes

I know I had some, last time I played, but they seem to be outdated. Idk their names, as I simply forgot

[latent ivy]

is there a way to save a group of cars as a prefab or together in a level

and load it later

nvm lol saved level

[fresh dock]

are there any actually good v8 sound mods

or a car mod with a good v8 sound

cuz i can not stand the gavril v8 sound anymore

[latent ivy]

yeahh and when you shift i think right? the cab is suspensioned on that but its sooo cool

[crude quail]

beamng repository. modland mods are often meshlaps or laced with viruses

you'd be surprised what you can find on the beamng forums, which is found on google or other browser

[crude quail]

just to give you an example, I found this audi on the beamng forums. it has working doors, isn't a meshslap, and is very high quality with working gauges.

the best place to get good mods is the forums.

If you need ideas, there are many videos on youtube that showcase different mods. I reccommend "Mods of the Week" by BeamBot

https://www.beamng.com/threads/2019-toyota-4runner-update-08-07-2024-update.86301/
here's a nice toyota 4runner. I don't know if the doors work (I have an older version) but it has one of the best modelling and crash physics I can think of

@golden stratus

[dense wagon]

anybody know fo any good ktruck mods?

[celest sundial]

the hirochi talent is really good

[dense wagon]

thx

[barren magnet]

hirochi talent, ibishu kevin and ibishu shima are the only real kei trucks, and shima is just a reworked pigeon, so it’s actually closer to like the early 80s kei regulations in size

shima is a little jank but fun

kevin is also a little jank and does stoppies often

talent is the most customization rich one

[dense wagon]

thanks

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @barren magnet (current: #73 - 27)

[cold pewter]

waow amazing beramng mod

[strange kettle]

No texture
No material
Yes Prius

[vale viper]

Anyone know a the plugin or the mod that boost your car?

[vernal hull]

what coding languages does beam use?

[cobalt fern]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1196449242764541972/1267946274062205039/image.png?ex=66aaa27d&is=66a950fd&hm=fe0e50c9ad97b9da8dd03275f813173e0e6e9e5aa894034741404b2ad7ed40af&
A car port from Carmageddon is kinda a neat way to boil down a vanilla car to it's very base simple components but even then wow I forget how complex the system really is

The example car v2 doesn't use pressure wheels and main engine, would certainly be more than happy to share the new base if I ever figure this out lol

it's a whole 'what can i remove without knocking the Jenga tower over'

[cold pewter]

so basically it uses like whatever system simple traffic cars use?

[cobalt fern]

wait, maybe i can just start with that instead and save myself insane headache

[cobalt fern]

The traffic cars, are they are just considered a parts configuration and I trim whatever is not included in that pc

[cold pewter]

the drivable simple traffic cars are really similar built to automation cars

if thats what you're aiming

[cold pewter]

you would need to enable this and then you can find them in the vehicle selector

[cobalt fern]

i found the files for it in content, thanks 🙂 taking a look at it right now

[flat isle]

is there any good quad/atv mods?

[cobalt fern]

the closest i see is that unimog that comes with beamg, or rock crawlers - i haven't seen any proper ATVs

[kindred moth]

i figured out that adding new wheels to a car isnt as easy as dropping the JBEAM file into the respective car files
how should i go about getting the mesh to the car file i want it in?

[cobalt fern]

ha, what great timing - i'm doing this right now! so, i go to content to find common.zip, and you want to find a matching pair of wheels and tires under their respective directories (ie 5 lug civetta bolide wheels and the tires jbeam that matches it)
then, you want to copy those to your project vehicle and rename any references to the original civetta parts, and don't forget to change out slot type in both the wheels & tires, and the parts like the hub that the new wheels are supposed to fit onto

{
"centerlug_wheel_01a_19x8_F": {
  "slotType":"Whatever that slot type was"
  }
}

turns into

{
"stella_hub_R_5": {
  "slotType" : "stella_hub_R",
  "wheel information": "wow so cool"
}

after you do that you can modify the flexbody entries to match the name of your wheel and tire meshes

[kindred moth]

thank you! i had figured out where to put things, but the way im getting my wheels is tiresome, i have to export the automation car with the wheels i want, and then isolate them in blender

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @cobalt fern (current: #446 - 3)

[wild relic]

hoodpipe for the 3 cylinder pigeon, it’s like my first blender mod, gonna remake it tomorrow since it’s very buggy when I’m trying to update the mesh

don’t know what it’s about

[kindred moth]

and theeeeeeeeen change the flexbodies and naming for them and then put them in the right files and then make sure they work

[cobalt fern]

it was pretty confusing to figure out exactly where the wheels are, the vanilla cars are really spread out

[kindred moth]

i just looked at a wheel mod and am using its file structure for it, thanks though!

[cobalt fern]

exactly!

{
"STELLA_TIRE_F": {
    "information":{
        "authors":"BeamNG",
        "name":"Electric Blue Bloodstone Front Racing Tires",
        "value":250,
    },
    "slotType" : "STELLA_TIRE_F",
    "flexbodies": [
        ["mesh", "[group]:", "nonFlexMaterials"],
        ["STELLA_WHEEL",  ["wheel_FR","tire_FR"], [], {"pos":{"x":-0.52, "y":0.0, "z":0.0}, "rot":{"x":0, "y":0, "z":180}, "scale":{"x":1.13, "y":1, "z":1}}],
        ["STELLA_WHEEL",  ["wheel_FL","tire_FL"], [], {"pos":{"x": 0.52, "y":0.0, "z":0.0}, "rot":{"x":0, "y":0, "z":0},   "scale":{"x":1.13, "y":1, "z":1}}],
    ],
    "variables": [
        ["name", "type", "unit", "category", "default", "min", "max", "title", "description"],
        ["$tirepressure_F", "range", "psi", "Wheels", 27, 0, 50, "Tire Pressure", "Relative to atmospheric pressure", {"subCategory":"Front"}],
    ],
    "pressureWheels": [
      [omitted the rest of the code]

    "flexbodies": [
         ["mesh", "[group]:", "nonFlexMaterials"],
         ["wheel_centerlug_01a", ["wheel_FR","wheelhub_FR"], [], {"pos":{"x":-0.475, "y":-0.0, "z":0.0}, "rot":{"x":0, "y":0, "z":180}, "scale":{"x":0.97, "y":0.98, "z":0.98}}],
         ["wheel_centerlug_01a", ["wheel_FL","wheelhub_FL"], [], {"pos":{"x": 0.475, "y":-0.0, "z":0.0}, "rot":{"x":0, "y":0, "z":0},   "scale":{"x":0.97, "y":0.98, "z":0.98}}],
    ],

original

[kindred moth]

hardest part will be the back and forth process of isolating the wheel meshes from the automation export DAE files

but i guess this is how i learn to mod this game

[cobalt fern]

you can mash everything into a single dae that looks horrible in blender but is completely usable, the flexbody section tells the game what parts to use from that model

[kindred moth]

yeah ive poked around some automation .dae files in blender, and its all in one clump

[cobalt fern]

you could do a wheel in a separate dae and replace all for any reference to the original flexbody mesh name

[kindred moth]

thats what ill end up doing for the final product

[cobalt fern]

once you dont have to export from automation anymore you can remove the old wheels for good

[kindred moth]

but each wheel has its own colors and colormaps

[cobalt fern]

material properties?

[kindred moth]

its just the process you showed me but 5X over and over again

[kindred moth]

yea, each is different

visually anyways

[cold pewter]

woo shelf

[kindred moth]

what even is this anyways

old arcade game?

[cobalt fern]

https://youtu.be/Ya7fVnPd58k?si=s9e5fHStsqxZ7Lcf&t=123 an old DOS racing game called Carmageddon 😄

[celest sundial]

that makes me wanna figure out how to take models from motorstorm

[cobalt fern]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RopQFL9dlMk ninja ripper can probably help you - whats probably far easier than figuring out how the model data structure is set up is using ripper to make a 3d capture and then you trim off all the stuff you dont want

[celest sundial]

oh wow thanks

I'll have to try that

[kindred moth]

whoopee!

not as hard as i thought, just some back and forth

[cobalt fern]

😁 yeah its not too bad its just tedious work

[kindred moth]

reminds me of the mariokart maps project

[cobalt fern]

that sounds really neat but the physics arent arcadey enough for those kinds of tracks to be exciting

i might exaggerate the powertrain and grip characteristics to try to mimic the cars original handling, really not sure what i'll do i just thought its neat to throw carmageddon stuff into my game while im learning how to do various jbeam things

good way to ease back into my NMX Corsair project too

[quick plover]

ps2 looking car

[cobalt fern]

ps2 actually was way more detailed but it definitely looks OLD

[kindred moth]

ooooooookay what did i forget

[celest sundial]

normals?

[cobalt fern]

what does your material definition look like? do you have a baseColorMap

[celest sundial]

we really stressing my i5 with blender rpcs3 and beamng open 🗣️

[cobalt fern]

  "STELLA_WHEEL": {
    "name": "STELLA_WHEEL",
    "mapTo": "STELLA_WHEEL",
    "class": "material",
    "Stages": [
      {
        "baseColorMap": "/vehicles/STELLA/TEXTURE/SCWHEEL.png",
        "baseColorFactor": [
          0.850000024,
          0.850000024,
          0.850000024,
          1
        ],
        "metallicFactor": 0,
        "roughnessFactor":0.7,
      },
      {},
      {},
      {}
    ],
    "alphaRef": 84,
    "alphaTest": true,
    "dynamicCubemap": true,
    "materialTag0": "beamng",
    "materialTag1": "vehicle",
    "translucentBlendOp": "None",
    "translucentZWrite": true,
    "version": 1.5
  },```

this is my wheel material file its probably missing a bunch for anything remotely realistic

[cobalt fern]

computer puttin in that WORK

[kindred moth]

i dont know where the stuff is that specifically talks to the tires and wheels

[kindred moth]

good question

[celest sundial]

yeah maybe I should close one

[kindred moth]

thats what the standard, stock wheel jbeam looks like

[celest sundial]

oh the wheels

I thought you were talking about the invisible part on the car

this part

[kindred moth]

i need to figure out how the stock ones apply the colors and texture to itself

and replicate that for the post-export wheels

but i have no idea where that is

heres where it pulls the mesh from (i have that figured out)

[cobalt fern]

d266a_tyre_f2 is the name of the one generated by automation?

[kindred moth]

yes