mods-discussion

[slate mauve]

because the extension doesnt exist

[slate mauve]

what do i do when i got the extension?

[buoyant root]

im trying to make a good looking road in the woods and idk how to make the edges look good

its my first time making a map

[drowsy leaf]

i dont particularly remember how its done, but i think its got to do with some layering/transparency on top of the road, take a look at a vanilla map to check i guess

[frank cove]

The base color/texture should be from the terrain itself. And then you can add “road edge” decals to either side

[stoic plume]

yes officer its stock

[dapper ledge]

is downloading beamng mods from discord safe?

[hollow gale]

Depends

[dapper ledge]

alr

[slate mauve]

use official beamng website for mods, modland mods suck.

[verbal remnant]

i think i know why your stuff wont show up if you still have that problem

[slate mauve]

i still have the problem yes

[verbal remnant]

so the order of the folders is supposed to be mods -> unpacked -> (your mod name) -> vehicles -> (your vehicle name, in this case the folder should be called "citybus") -> (your jbeam stuff)

[slate mauve]

that is the current order

[verbal remnant]

oh

[verbal remnant]

did you copy-paste something in the JBeam?

[slate mauve]

why?

[verbal remnant]

i copy-pasted a engine once and i had the closing bracket right before the next part and all the next parts were ignored because i "closed" the code early

[slate mauve]

which one is the closing one?

[verbal remnant]

basically at the very very start you should have { and at the very very end you should have }

{

blah jbeam

}

and it should not have any space in between the bracket and the leftmost side. so not like this

 {

[slate mauve]

i have adjusted some things

but most of the stuff is stock wentward engine code

still not showing

[verbal remnant]

did you do Ctrl L and then Ctrl R in BeamNG? Ctrl L loads any new detected mods, Ctrl R refreshes the game for any changes in the code

[slate mauve]

still not there

i did get some error codes this time

[verbal remnant]

how many lines of code do you have in JBeam

in the engine file

for example my V8 file has around 600 lines of JBeam. From what i understand is you're missing a bracket on line 415

[slate mauve]

whoops bad screenie

[hollow gale]

you need it to end with
},
}

[hollow gale]

yeah, remove that last ","

[verbal remnant]

oh yeah remove the comma on 415

awit holup

[hollow gale]

last last last comma

[verbal remnant]

i might be wrong bouth that

[hollow gale]

yeah like that

[verbal remnant]

yes

[slate mauve]

like so?

[verbal remnant]

yep

[slate mauve]

ill try

[verbal remnant]

remember to Ctrl R every time you save changes

[slate mauve]

it still doesnt show i did ctrl r and ctrl l

there are also other errors not regarding my mod

[verbal remnant]

could you send a screenshot?

of errors

[slate mauve]

there are more but its difficult to screenshot

this is all

[little pond]

Does anybody know a mod for a super radiator for the covet?

[verbal remnant]

im not really sure, i guess i could test it myself and try to fix it if you trust me with your jbeam files lol

[slate mauve]

idk, i dont have the best experience with other ppl on the internet

[verbal remnant]

oh alr, thats completely fair

[slate mauve]

i can pass you the code

and you can send me the finished working code

[verbal remnant]

yeah thats what i was thinking

[slate mauve]

btw i changed some ,'s bc another engine mod had it like that

and that one works

[verbal remnant]

oh alr, ill check the commas, honeslty that might be the problem

syntax is an absolute nightmare

[slate mauve]

would be weird since i used the wentward engines code as a base

[graceful mantle]

anyone know what to edit in an automation mod's jbeam to be able to use beamng wheels?

[abstract mango]

https://tenor.com/view/daniel-larson-berryville-gif-2359586292331882849

[graceful mantle]

ive been spotted

[frigid palm]

@cerulean silo Problems have arisen using the career mod

All I did was buy a tseries in unmodded career, turn on the mod, then sell it to 10x my return

Without your mod on, no error

[rugged fox]

anybody know ford f250/f150 mods

[latent ivy]

im cooking something rn

[cold pewter]

added the seven other missing coils

[latent ivy]

hint

[rustic viper]

Yo who tryna test out my mod

👀

[pulsar drift]

anyone knows if there is a mazda 2 mod the one from 2006

[quick summit]

What is it?

[dense tangle]

noone

[opaque falcon]

anyone know where is the normi aero dynamic stuff at?

i wanna find the gtrx splitter and wing

[celest sundial]

Iirc you have to just get it from the files of a vehicle that has them like the sbr4

[feral sail]

I hate to say it, but forum mod approvals are actually halted.

See?

And now it's been another week. I have now come to the conclusion that there will be no more mod approvals until 0.33.

I am SO BEYOND disappointed. At this point, I'm starting to wonder if approvals will ever come back. At all.

[barren magnet]

bro clean your screen

[feral sail]

I know it's due, I just never got around to doing it.

[barren magnet]

also you are looking at the repo, not the forums

i can still make a forums post right now and post a mod

they are likely trying to rework stuff to make approvals and repo function better in the long term

oma literally just uploaded their civic ferio this week

[feral sail]

Well, CRAP. That's probably gonna take several months. Maybe even a year.

[barren magnet]

highly unlikely that they’d let it take longer than till .33 comes out

which that’s running late but they’ve explained that instead of a major content update, they are focusing on longevity and backend systems that will make the game better in the long run

updates are typically on a 3-4 month cycle

and we’re on month 4

[feral sail]

Maybe so, but like I said, I have come to the conclusion that there will be no more approvals for 0.32.

[barren magnet]

again, forums still exist

if people want they can upload to the forums and bypass the repo

at the cost of exposure to the mod

and when it comes back, they can just get it on the repo

[feral sail]

Is that even allowed?

[barren magnet]

yes?

why wouldnt it be?

its already been pretty figured out that it’s not due to security concerns, otherwise they wouldve shut the forum mods down too

theyre probably fixing the dumpster fire that is the backend of the repo

[feral sail]

Wait, so 0.33 won't be a content update? Not even improvements to maps?

[barren magnet]

there probably still will be, theyve teased the final additions to the t series update that weren’t done for .31, but its not going to be a huge new content update like the bx update

but there were talks on the forums about why .33 is running late

and theyre focusing on game systems rather than major content

[feral sail]

Did they even add anything to the T-Series in 0.32?

[barren magnet]

they added more trailer stuff that was planned for .31 but didnt have time for

[feral sail]

I see, so it's like, 3 straight updates involving improvements to the T-Series.

[barren magnet]

not necessarily

[fathom thorn]

More like part 1, 2 and 3

[barren magnet]

the t series stuff isnt the main event

[feral sail]

well, yeah, that's what I mean.

[barren magnet]

.32 was more fixes to wcusa and career

that included trailer stuff

.33 is going to be a systems update with probably the last of the t series stuff

[feral sail]

yeah, and probably the last content update of 2024, cuz it will probably be January by the time they're ready with 0.34, whatever it ends up having.

[barren magnet]

likely yeah

but id rather foundations get strengthened than getting more stuff

longevity over content imo

[feral sail]

How do you even access career, though?

[barren magnet]

in the main menu

you click the button

[feral sail]

Nope. It doesn't let me.

Still says "COMING SOON"

[barren magnet]

yes

click it

it will give you a prompt that says “this is a work in progress, everything is subject to change” or something along those lines

[feral sail]

I see now.

[feral sail]

BTW do you have either of these issues on ECUSA?

Opaque Black Windows, Low LOD of traffic lights from distance.

[barren magnet]

pictures 2 and 3 just look like your LOD distance is low

are you on low or normal settings

and do you have dynamic reflections enabled

[feral sail]

I’m on ULTRA, WITH Dynamic Reflections AND Detailed Mirrors enabled, and it still happens. I’m not the only one, either. angel.lov reported the same LOD detail issue.

[barren magnet]

i never play ecusa, i’ll boot it up later and see

[feral sail]

I’m wondering if both of these are known issues.

[barren magnet]

maybe its like the lod/terrain issues that wcusa was having

does it do it in safemode

[feral sail]

Yep.

Can’t see through the windows of the buildings, even in safe mode. I also have to get very close to one of the traffic lights before I’m able to see whether or not it’s red.

[quaint hazel]

I wish someone made a Honda CR-Z Mod, It's my favorite Honda (I swear i'm not those 5 year old kids asking for mods)

Idk if this is the right channel to ask lol

[distant hare]

you can alsways ask but nobody is going to do a good beam mod just because somenone asked.. its a whole lot of work an can easily take muliple months to complete

[drowsy leaf]

basically they are trying to get rid of whats left of the original Torque3D engine since its extremly outdated to then have a game engine of their own, meaning adding graphical, simulation content will be easier in the future, and also probably will bring some optimizations due to removing usless stuff
and i think 0.33 has the rest of the T series update

[drowsy leaf]

#mods-faq message "Do not beg others to create mods for you. Teach yourself and ask for help when necessary "

aka you do it or cope

[distant hare]

yea basically

[quaint hazel]

Oh ok

[pallid herald]

or go on some russian website

jk

[runic axle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1262348449332858972/1275115431648165978/2024-08-19_11-31-44.mp4?ex=66c4b749&is=66c365c9&hm=fc3e431a12ba73fbf047faaa29494888b2c10a34ab3c7d781bc2e7bfb2002729&

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1262348449332858972/1275106122751283222/2024-08-19_10-55-38.mp4?ex=66c4ae9d&is=66c35d1d&hm=1ff5626121003b6422d4f09a8c86c097b3ddab9c21bcfe3503c4594620ff6798&

[static moat]

someone has to do a lorefriendly supersportscar with this design

[drowsy leaf]

no

[static moat]

why not

that looks sick af

[cyan drum]

do it yourself

[drowsy leaf]

no one has the time to do some random 10 year olds brick rigs car

[static moat]

i just posted it here because maybe i could inspire some, i don't actually "beg", i just found it cool and thought y'all would too. and it's not someones 10yo, it's from my adult friend who designed this himself

[cyan drum]

seems like people still ignore the "modders have their own projects" part

[drowsy leaf]

exactly

[static moat]

i do NOT want to talk someone into making this for me because pleasssse, i just posted it

[drowsy leaf]

dont post it then

no one is going to use it for inspiration trust me

[static moat]

oh god, i didn't say "fuck y'all" nor insulted anyone, i just shared this, why do you have to be such a prick

[cyan drum]

I never insulted you

[drowsy leaf]

yeah we are just telling you the truth

[cyan drum]

please stop taking things too personal

[quick pollen]

Wtf he never insulted lmfao

[static moat]

did i say he insulted me??

[quick pollen]

Why do you speak about insult then

[cyan drum]

you implied so by saying this

[static moat]

because y'all act like i did

don't be such asses

[drowsy leaf]

we arent being asses mate

[cyan drum]

we aren't assholes lol

[quick pollen]

They are just speaking truth but you can’t take it

[cyan drum]

you very well should've expected an answer like this

[drowsy leaf]

we are quite literally telling you that no one wants your suggestions

[cyan drum]

given how much times people post stuff like this

[drowsy leaf]

which is what we tell every other person that suggests stuff

[static moat]

• i shared
• y'all said "we don't want"
  ok cool, didn't knwo that 3 ppl now can talk for hundreds

[quick pollen]

Just don’t expect any positive answer from any modders here

[static moat]

awful vibe in here

[cyan drum]

consider leaving the server if you don't like it

[drowsy leaf]

well seeing that all modders ive met have never taken suggestions, and that ive never seen a suggestion mod made before uh yes i am talking for hundreds of people

[static moat]

why should i leave the server if this chat here is not nice, i simply mute it lol

[boreal pagoda]

hey, any one remember this mod Audi RS6/RS7 C8 4K 2020?

[cyan drum]

well then mute it and move on.

[drowsy leaf]

please do, you are the one bringing down the vibe

[drowsy leaf]

mod got broken, author is fixing it eventually

[boreal pagoda]

thancks

thanks @drowsy leaf

[drowsy leaf]

np

[ashen flame]

Bro is being over reactive

[frank cove]

*unsolicited suggestions

I have seen many (including myself) ask for suggestions about lore, configs they should add or other small things.

But in general unless someone asks for suggestions they probably don’t want any

[drowsy leaf]

yeah i ment that

[static moat]

just to make it clear, I completely understand that nobody makes a mod that they don't want to do, and that's why no "requests" are allowed/welcome, absolutely. But if someone comes along with the idea "I want to make a sports car", but it depends on the design, it could possibly bring something. That was my idea. nothing more. Why are you on me like hyenas?

[ashen flame]

we ain’t being hyenas

It’s you. You’re overreacting

Put yourself together

[static moat]

yes because it's always me, i forgor

[cyan drum]

then that person would:

• design it on their own
• ask someone who does proper designs

[ashen flame]

stop playing victim.

Plenty of ppl do it, and they learn not to

[static moat]

oh god ok, sorry, ideas bad, help/posts bad, me stupid and evil, i go

[ashen flame]

this man’s gonna give someone a migraine

[cyan drum]

or a laugh

[ashen flame]

or both

[drowsy leaf]

in this case yes

its totally you

we are just explaining things the way they areç

if they hurt your feelings well then cope

[static moat]

dude i didn't meant anything in a bad way here, i simply shared a design, jesus fucking christ babies here

[ashen flame]

you’re the baby here

[cyan drum]

you're the only one here throwing a hissyfit lol

[ashen flame]

bitching about sth u very easily could’ve apologised for and moved on

This isn’t the first time I’ve witnessed your shit

[ashen flame]

womp womp

[drowsy leaf]

but you are the one crying

[frank cove]

I think “suggestion” like posts are fine if they are framed in the correct light. Something like

“This is a cool car I made it brick rigs. Something similar could be neat for BeamNg I think”

That way you are upfront about your involvement and not trying to pressure anyone else

[drowsy leaf]

we told you that no one takes unsolicited suggestions and that it was pointless to post about it, and the way you worded it it seemed more like a suggestion rather than anything else

[frank cove]

Just a simple “this would be cool” is fine for a channel about discussing modding imo.

But asking people to make it because you want it is a big no no to allot of people

Comes off as EXTREMELY entitled

[drowsy leaf]

but since you cant accept that you are wrong you are throwing a tantrum

[frank cove]

100% agreed Lichi. Verbiage is very important

[ashen flame]

all i see is

“wahhh im mad for no reason apart from because I got sold no”

but tbh im just very blunt

[drowsy leaf]

wtf verbiage
that i had never heard

it sounds almost wrong tbh

[barren magnet]

its a real word

english moment

[ashen flame]

https://tenor.com/view/epic-spongebob-epic-spongebob-speedrun-any-percent-geile-klöten-when-imposter-is-delicious-gif-19750086

[stuck dagger]

Guys! How can i tweak design for beamng! I did experiment with AI. But i have something interesting to show.

[frank cove]

It might be 😅😂

[drowsy leaf]

AI isnt a good idea since it doesnt have to follow the laws of reality

so it can create designs that cant be recreated

best thing is to open Paintnet or any other software with layering and drawing on top of a base image to change the design

[quick pollen]

Paint dot net

[frank cove]

I specifically used the US interpretation of the word interesting. Seems like a more negative word in other forms of English basically indicating unnecessary fluff

[frank cove]

Anyways random off topic grammar tangent over 😂

[frank cove]

Looks very 60s Alfa I like it

[drowsy leaf]

yea its supposed to be a lore friendly alfa

[frank cove]

Looks good

Would Alfa be a new thing or part of Autobello?

(Or even Civetta?)

[barren magnet]

civetta could use some older sports cars

[drowsy leaf]

idk i never planned more than that design

[barren magnet]

autobello is getting a little saturated

[frank cove]

Ferrari 250 GTO would be sick

[drowsy leaf]

seing it has an i4 i wouldnt call it a civetta

[barren magnet]

whos to say civetta has to be strictly ferrari/lamborghini

[frank cove]

Biggest issue with creating a 60s Civetta is the lack of any V12 base to work from

Imo at least

[drowsy leaf]

modeling phase didnt go very well since i severely underestimated the difficulties of modeling a car with basically no sharp edges

it was REALLY hard

next time ill use a photoscan as reference

[frank cove]

I’m terrified of the modeling for my 60s racing mod lmao.

So many compound curves in old race cars

[drowsy leaf]

racing cars of that era are a tad simpler

[frank cove]

Yeah. At minimum less interior bits and chrome bits to deal with

[drowsy leaf]

doors
trunk
complex trim
interior is just seat and gauges
most are just a windshield, no roof

[frank cove]

I mean more like GT40 style classic race cars. So they’ll still have doors and front/rear clamshells too

At least for what I’m making

[brazen nymph]

best MOUNTAIN ROADS mod?

[bold kindle]

can whe have update on what is happening with the mods approuvale when is going to be back what they are working on ?

[kindred moth]

what defines where an exhaust starts muffling, because ive got an exhaust that when youre sitting at the front of the car, its unmuffled. But when you go to the back of the car where the visual mesh for the exhaust is, its muffled though as if im on the other end of the car to the exhaust

[latent ivy]

what is it

[plain swallow]

It's within exhaust jbeam. Exhaust is defined as "line" of beams coming out of engine exhaust node(s) with exit where you define it. Looks like this exhaust "physically" ends not on a muffler tip, but somewhere to the front of the car (?)

[kindred moth]

not sure why its doing that but thanks, ill look into it

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @plain swallow (current: #214 - 9)

[plain swallow]

Look for "isExhaust" in engine jbeam and dig forward from that point.

[karmic crag]

how do i mod automation files?

[kindred moth]

export it unpacked, or unpack it post-export

then go nuts

[karmic crag]

u are fully useful support

[karmic crag]

just realised he said unzip and enjoy in an formal matter

[lime ether]

Any way to add custom decals to the editor

[karmic crag]

good save

[ruby owl]

are there any 2010 formula 1 models for the game that isnt FR10?

[fading gust]

so here's the thing with automation exports. they don't actually have any engine sound samples, it's only exhaust. If you notice in the engine jbeam, there's only "soundConfigExhaust" and not "soundConfig"

[quaint hazel]

Is it ok if a random modder gets a random meshlap car from ModLand and remakes everything and makes JBeam from scratch? And uploads it to the Forums?

[feral sail]

What map is this on? Looks cool.

[barren magnet]

unless you get explicit permission from the original creator to do so, no

[snow lotus]

does anyone have an updated version of the gravil semi wheels mod? it doesn’t work anymore but i really want to use it for a build im making

[brittle oracle]

does anyone have a working 2024 ford raptor mod for free? I need working because i don not have a good view of the one i downloaded.

[quick plover]

If I draw someone a car of my own would you make it into a beam mod?

[real pebble]

some light covers i made tonight

[merry birch]

You'd need to check where the engine/intake nodes are all placed

As well as which nodes are set to be the exhaust

[quick summit]

beammp question, If i make a custom track/street circuit in the world editor (f11) 1, can other players see this/how can I make them see it. 2, Is there a way I can load it up

[uncut brook]

they look really cool, are they for download anywhere? i could use them on my dfa truck

[drowsy leaf]

those random modland mods are so shit that youd be better off just making everything from 0

[runic axle]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/caney-ridge-usa.90291/

prob the closest map that im familer with in terms of irl location

[plain swallow]

How good and how complicated you want to draw it and the final release to be? 🙂

[strange kettle]

How much would you pay is the question

[quaint hazel]

True, I've seen the interior and it's bad

But it's already bad

[drowsy leaf]

whats your budget

[feral sail]

It's not available for free apparently. Both versions are on Patreon and thus both are paid.

[runic axle]

theres a free version on the pateron

[formal jackal]

was up until 3am finally putting aside my meshlap speedruns to focus on the details on this. This is the first time I have successfully edited a jbeam and only had a few issues

[quick plover]

$0 I’m broke as shit

[drowsy leaf]

then you get nothing

[quick plover]

Well then can someone show me how to put blender files into other mods?

[rancid quartz]

hello jordan, when you release that audi, I can't wait @rough arch

[barren magnet]

its not that simple but look up the documentation and read

[barren magnet]

itll release when it’s done

[wicked karma]

anyone currently around that can speak/understand english? if so any chance i could get some help via screen share on where i'd find how to fix the direction of mirror reflections on a car and or make sure its just one reflective panel for the mirror instead of 4-5 broken ones..? trying to fix a 99_04 mustang mod- theres other mods that use the same model door/ windshield mirrors with correctly working reflections if an asset/3d model swap is needed but im yet to open the can of worms that is 3d model editing.

[quaint hazel]

Are Spadie's mods bad?

[winter siren]

Is it possible to freeze objects in beamng? So on collusions they don’t move

[dense tangle]

if you have it as an asset yes

or make all nodes noncollidable

[winter siren]

How to do that? I have Logs placed and i want to make scenarios with it but don’t want the Logs to Move is it possible ?

[plush crystal]

whats the best website to download mods from

[drowsy leaf]

beamng.com

[plush crystal]

what about modland

adn real cars

[dense tangle]

shit virus land

[plush crystal]

then where do i get real cars mods

[dense tangle]

99% of the time shit meshslaps that never work

[dense tangle]

you dont?

[plush crystal]

its not fun with out it

i have like 50 mods from modland

should i delete them?

[dense tangle]

prolly yes but still you mightve gotten a free virus

[plush crystal]

i did scan the files couple times nothing came up

so its fine?

[dense tangle]

ig so

[plush crystal]

i always choose the most downloaded mods so its more likely to be safe

[strong hare]

can anoyone help me? i have a vehicle mod but i want to change the 5.7 out of the bastion into it but i dont know how

can anyone change out the files for me?

[plush crystal]

wdym

[hollow gale]

you mean change the name?

[strong hare]

no i want to add the whole engine to a mod i have

so i can drive with that engine

[hollow gale]

copy the engine .jbeam, remove all the other engines you don't want it to be based on, rename the engine and first piece of text and rename jbeam

[strong hare]

yeah that's the thing i don't know how to mod or do anything like that. I found an old tutorial but it seems like its outdated since it didn't work

[hollow gale]

do you already have a folder for your mod?

[strong hare]

are you asking me if i have the mod downloaded?

[hollow gale]

wait so you want to add something to an already existing mod right?

[dense tangle]

1. go to steamapps > common > beamng > content > vehicles > insert car name here> vehicles > insert car name here > name_engine.jbeam

[strong hare]

yeah

[dense tangle]

openm that jbeam in any text editor, now go to your mod tab, find the mod and unpack then click open in explorer, find its engine jbeam and open that

the "slot_type" of the mods engine is what you need to copy and paste to the engine jbeam youre taking from the bastion

then save the edited bastion jbeam in the same directory beamng took you into after you pressed "open in explorer"

you need blender for this part which you can get here - https://www.blender.org/
go to the bastion directory where you took its engine jbeam from, and find its .DAE file, copy tohat to your desktop

then after installking blender open that bastion.DAE file by doing file > import > collada (legacy) in blender and navigating to the desktop, and selecting that file

now you can find the engine and all its smol bits you want and select them, then press CTRL+i and then X

this should delete everuthing apar the engine bits you selected

[drowsy leaf]

blender fish blender fish blender fish

[hollow gale]

we love blender fish

[dense tangle]

now press A and then go file > export > collada (legacy) and save it in the path your mod is in (again where the game took you after it opened the file explorer window)

and name the file like bastion_engine ig so it doesnt conflict in any way

[dense tangle]

🐟

[dense tangle]

if you spawn the mod it should appear as an option but it might be orange

[strong hare]

alr ima try this

[dense tangle]

actually it shouldnt

its common textures so it should just appear

[strong hare]

ok

[strong hare]

So i copy and paste the mods slot_type into the bastions engine slot_type?

so just from one slot type to another basically

[dense tangle]

yes

[strong hare]

what do i remove?

what am i supposed to select to remove

[real pebble]

no and they probably wont be im still working on them

[strong hare]

@dense tangle am i supposed to select everything except the block?

[quaint hazel]

Still waiting for an answer..

[strong hare]

@dense tangle it didnt work and i have no idea why

[quaint hazel]

Oh wait, wrong channel

[dense tangle]

yes

sorry i was busy

[void pilot]

Hello, could someone make such a mod for BeamNG.drive for me?

[dense jungle]

the forums

[dense jungle]

#mods-faq

[dense tangle]

is that bastion?

if it is select all then export to the location of the mod

[abstract mango]

yeah it'll be 8000€

[strong hare]

yeah

[strong hare]

i didnt do that i only deleted small parts around the engine but would that cause the engine not to show up?

[idle leaf]

so is the repo about to explode when they sort this disney nonsense out?

[strange kettle]

Probably yes

[drowsy leaf]

Do it yourself

#mods-faq

[frigid palm]

@cerulean silo

Last thing about your mod I promise. I just had my insurance almost double because you have it showing an increase of 0.65% but it’s actually increasing by 65%

[idle coral]

someone should make these there called kmc nemesis's

[cyan drum]

#mods-discussion message

[cunning stag]

any australian cars anywhere besides on modland ?

[cerulean silo]

Interesting, I'll have to take a look at that

[frigid palm]

Pls do.
The crash was meh and the cost was only $200
So insurance shouldn’t have shot up 65% and pushed me past a 2.6x on my payment

[indigo pebble]

anyone might know why when i change to my mod i made (chair) it changes the frame time to 50ms from 9ms fps goes from 120-20 (i5 13600k,rtx3060 12gb

the performance graph shows lua being mainly the problem i changed to the chair half way through the graph (its quite obvious)

[silver temple]

modding engines, tried to change the node weight in engine file. Everything is fine with 11 (default) or above, but when the weight lowered, it seems to... not fit in the engine room?

10 would result in impact damage, 9 or below would cause the game froze paused for "instability detected", and once un-paused the engine and other components would be broken in a millisecond

[solid rapids]

its just the jbeam becoming unstable when the weight is lowered, engines and engine mounts are very rigid so they need a fair bit of weight in them

[opaque falcon]

I'm thinking getting scintilla front and rear subframe on barstow

Maybe the transaxle too

[rough iris]

Maybe you can keep the engine in the front and have the transaxle in the back! But don't carry over the scintilla's engine too because then you just have a square scintilla

[bronze shard]

post a more detailed explanation in #modding-general

[opaque falcon]

yea thats what im plan for

[void pilot]

but I can't!!!

people, you don't understand that I can't make mods, that's why I'm asking you, I can even pay

[bronze shard]

just gotta save up big bucks or learn for yourself. nobody is going to make something worth having while also in a reasonable timeframe as a free request

[dense tangle]

4k minimum for a relatively basic mod

like thats what people would ask, and 4k is still scraping low

[strange kettle]

Then learn ig 🤷‍♂️

[opaque falcon]

4k? Usd?

[dense tangle]

yes

basic i mean like part scratch jbeam, fully fleshed configs and model etc

[opaque falcon]

Whaaat

That's crazy

But I understand why it's that expensive

Making mods need alot of skills and patience

[fossil mason]

and time. think about it, theres like 100s of hours put into these mods. so 4k usd is pretty worth it if you consider hourly wages and all that

[opaque falcon]

yea

[barren magnet]

and thats on the cheap end

[opaque falcon]

Woo

I was wondering how much will it takes to make a custom frame for moonhawk

[barren magnet]

thats super vague

[waxen lichen]

7500 minimum

[opaque falcon]

Wow

[opaque falcon]

For moonhawk to bastion suspension

[barren magnet]

yeah making that drive properly and not be shit would probably take about a week

[opaque falcon]

Yea

It's hard to fit a unibody stuff to body on frame

[waxen lichen]

Add another week to adapt the meshes

[barren magnet]

yeah

[waxen lichen]

6500 last price

[opaque falcon]

nah man, im not even have that kind of money lol

[opaque falcon]

second try making v10

[opaque falcon]

this is massive

[quick crow]

Just fiy, you can add modifications like this a lot easier by making a small "Additional Modifications"-mod or even as a Plugin for my "General ModSlot Generator"-mod, then you dont have to change stuff for every single engine itself.

[hushed talon]

Wondering if anyone has interest in drag racing mods for the d-series?

(disregard the messed up textures/faces lol)

[drowsy leaf]

there doesnt need to be any interest if you like doing it

[hushed talon]

fully adjustable 4link w/wishbone, lightweight frame, etc.. not sure what else I want to add but if anyone has ideas i'd love to hear it

[hushed talon]

tru lol it is a lot of fun I just like making stuff people are excited about

[inland flint]

Any information when the repo will start working?

[bronze shard]

nopers

[pine aspen]

has anyone made a ford ranger?

[celest sundial]

I forget the name but there's a paid mod of a first gen ranger 4x4

has some offroady parts

[pine aspen]

im looking for a third gen but i cant seem to find any where coud i find it ?

[celest sundial]

I'm not sure if there are any 3rd gens apart from maybe some shitty meshslaps unfortunately

I've been looking for a 2nd gen one and haven't found any

[cursive peak]

does anyone have good pickup truck mods?

[edgy salmon]

Hey guys. Hope this is the right channel to post this (let me know if not).
Looking to hire a freelance map builder for a gaming channel. The more ridiculous, the better!
If you're keen, feel free to hmu with some of your designs!

[coarse quail]

To add Custom Images as car decals
In windows explorer make sure you go to view and enable show file extensions
Add the image you want must be .png and create a blank .text document and change it to a .jason file, to the path below you may have to create the sub folders after 0.32 folder

C:\Users*UserName*\AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.32\art\dynamicDecals\textures

Make sure the files are named logo_Name.png and logo_Name.jason The game will not read the files If they don't have logo_ in the name I tried

make sure in the .jason file it looks like the code below if you use \ instead of / the game will not read it even though windows uses \ for its pathing so make sure your using / and Enjoy your custom decal images.

{"version":1,"vehicle":"","path":"C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/BeamNG.drive/0.32/art/dynamicDecals/textures/logo_Name.png","tags":{},"type":0}

In BeamNG Drive, choose "garage" and then "Decals", create new, add layer and choose decal. Now you can see your custom decal Under Logo tab.

If you add more images with the game running back out to Garage and go back into decals every time you add a new image You don't need to restart the game.

Here is a tutorial I written up as I figured out how to add custom images and it was hard to find a straight forward tutorial on how to do so.

Hope this helps people out

[balmy cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/gx470-grill-paint-before-and-after-gif-21533873

[coarse quail]

?

[thorn pollen]

Working on a map project, but was wondering if there is any kind of Low Poly version of the D-series for use in maps kicking about? I'm pretty sure i've seen versions of some of the cars made into static low poly versions for map use just as decoration in the background but no idea where they are from

[bronze shard]

there should be a thread somewhere on the proper forums and one somewhere in #1102973298222051358 i think. search for "prop" maybe?

[thorn pollen]

Found it, thanks @bronze shard

Bot makes me ping you 😂

[opaque falcon]

Ohyea, anyone know how to make engine have the chopping noise?

[cobalt oak]

Turbo for the v8888 gruhhhh

Or front tube frame jawn 😩

[opaque falcon]

i feel like im building a viper acr

high torque v10, big wing, american, lightweight(maybe)

[bronze shard]

rust for weight reduction

[opaque falcon]

shame i cant get it to chopping like cammed viper

[quick crow]

You can adjust the idle rougness to make it chop a bit, but its not really the same. Otherwise you could just change the idle sound

[opaque falcon]

Ah, i want to make mine like JAVI's

Bigger cam bigger chop

But I haven't figured it out

[quick crow]

You can look at their jbeam and see if the idleroughness or the idle sound are different. If you make a cam part that changes how it behaves you can make that a slot of the engine and change those parameters in there

[opaque falcon]

Yea, I'm learning which part I should use to make my stuff works

[quick crow]

You can also make parts modify the idle roughness for example multiplying by 0.7 or something like that and that way you can make engines more diverse then if a part just sets the values to something fixed

[quick crow]

How do you mean that?

[opaque falcon]

I'm compare the codes between javi's and original beams code

Check which things do which

[opaque falcon]

yeah, i figured it out

sweet

[ivory oar]

why is it desaturated?

[dense tangle]

is it a png

or DDS

save it as BC7 sRGB DX11+

[ivory oar]

It breaks the plate

it doesn't break it, the texture just doesn't show up

[dense tangle]

DDS?

did you change the prefix in the material file from PNG to DDS

well its lowercase

[ivory oar]

yes

[dense tangle]

change the name of it

change it to oklahoma_default_d.dds

and put it into that path

[ivory oar]

why?

[dense tangle]

since that can lead to thre common name of plates

which irc is exactly this

[vernal cargo]

and i need a good tutorial. should i ? ✅ for yes ❌ for no, should i make a map?

[ivory oar]

what's irc?

[dense tangle]

iirc*

[ivory oar]

what's that?

[dense tangle]

if i recall correctly

just change all default to like oklahoma ig

[ivory oar]

on everyting?

[dense tangle]

ye

[ivory oar]

do i need to restart the game?

[dense tangle]

ctrl+r

[dire jay]

[ivory oar]

real

but it's not working

?

[barren magnet]

is it actually a dds? or did you just rename a png to dds?

[ivory oar]

i resaved it

[mellow urchin]

imagine a mod for a starlight roof

an individual mod

this is what im talking about btw

[mellow lichen]

why does this happen?

[bronze shard]

texture cooker got stuck. ctrl+r to help it along

[stoic sluice]

I have also Pentium dualcore 1.7GhZ

[drowsy leaf]

get better compùter

[stoic sluice]

For me it is not lagging that much, it has good ram 4GB

[drowsy leaf]

4gb

dude that has been not enough for like 10 years

[stoic sluice]

Can you post whole pc photo, i think we have the same

Me too

[drowsy leaf]

whats that pic

at some point you will just need a better computer, it makes no sense to support 10 year old laptops that barely run the game

specially when beamng is a resource intensive phisics simulator

[stoic sluice]

We dont have the same pc , i have acer from 2016

No

I have a little diffrent keyboard and the usb spot position

[stoic sluice]

I have also older pc with intel celeron M one-core 1.5GHz and 2GB RAM, windows Xp

[drowsy leaf]

yeah you have a computer that barely meets the minimum requirements for windows

[stoic sluice]

I have 3 USB 1HDMI and also some vga

[drowsy leaf]

wait until you hear about one i have
pentium 1 133mhz
16MB ram
no gpu
4GB hdd
windows 98

[stoic sluice]

Do you set lowest graphics

[stoic sluice]

Too many MHZ

[drowsy leaf]

you can just get 0.23 from steam

[stoic sluice]

How i get on WCUSA 16fps

[drowsy leaf]

or
stop updating your game

[drowsy leaf]

yeah one of the best pentium I's

[stoic sluice]

Can i send here beamng 0.5.3

[drowsy leaf]

no thats piracy

you mean minecraft?

[stoic sluice]

No, its on official forum , for owners of steam game

[drowsy leaf]

beamng 1.17 doesnt exist

[drowsy leaf]

where

[stoic sluice]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/copies-of-old-versions.93447/

[drowsy leaf]

thats piracy

[stoic sluice]

So how is that allowed?

And if i own original game its not

[drowsy leaf]

apparetly any build before 2015 they dont care about

[drowsy leaf]

theres people that can acess the forums which dont own the game

[stoic sluice]

Also they sayd to me that "versions before 0.14 are allowed and they are not taken as piracy

[drowsy leaf]

proof?

[stoic sluice]

Yes , i got warning for saying that i have 0.5.3

[drowsy leaf]

so then they are NOT allowed?

[stoic sluice]

They told yes they are

If you own original game

[ivory oar]

can someone help me still?

[slate mauve]

i know someone that pirated (because he didnt have enough money), but i told him to buy the game especially since he was having issues.

[slate mauve]

i can

[ivory oar]

ok

[slate mauve]

please describe your issue

[slate mauve]

did you edit the image before implementing it?

[ivory oar]

hm?

[slate mauve]

maybe something went wrong there

[ivory oar]

ive made over 100 plates and it does it for every one

[slate mauve]

did you take a look at the original beamng plates to see whats different?

maybe the devs use a different method

i dont know if i can help a lot since i dont have a lot of experience with textures etc.

[ivory oar]

idk where they are

[slate mauve]

ill take a look

[ivory oar]

whats the file path

[slate mauve]

its in common.zip, which is located in the vehicles folder

in common.zip there is a folder named licenseplates, that is the one you need

did you find it?

[slate mauve]

"disk"\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\BeamNG.drive\content\vehicles

[ivory oar]

yep

[slate mauve]

there you'll find the common.zip folder, from there open the licenseplates folder and i think the rest is self explanatory.

maybe you need something like main.materials.json (located in licenseplates/default)

[ivory oar]

I don't see a difference

[slate mauve]

you do have a similar json for the plates?

[ivory oar]

yes

[slate mauve]

have you tried changing values?

[ivory oar]

huh

[slate mauve]

these

maybe putting the color values to 1 will fix the desaturation

[ivory oar]

i dont see it

[slate mauve]

you are missing something like line 16 on the first one

[ivory oar]

uhh

[brazen mason]

anyone know if a semi trailer 5th wheel mod that replaces the ring hitch with a ball hitch exists? i wanna tow semi trailers using my 240hp pickup truck but need the 5th wheel trailer to do it, but the base game one cant hook to a ball hitch

[dim sedge]

does anyone one have the best mods ever n if so dm me

[cyan drum]

there are no best mods ever

[mellow lichen]

thanks you very much

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @bronze shard (current: #164 - 13)

[mellow lichen]

Could someone tell me how to return the rear wheels to this car? I've wanted to drive it but I can't and I can't put rear wheels on it from the car's settings.

[fathom thorn]

Someone posted a link to a fix in the beam forums thread for KLJP

[late badger]

does someone have a BMW mod like any bmw

[latent ivy]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/bmw-e36-revamp-1-6.84153/

[rustic viper]

my bad i been busy it's a racing scenario

https://www.beamng.com/threads/scintilla-gt3-nurburgring-nordschleife-ai-race.98781/

[latent ivy]

🍔

[rustic viper]

burger

[latent ivy]

🍔

[rustic viper]

borger

[latent ivy]

🍔

[rustic viper]

berger

[slow lagoon]

is it possoble to make automation car into a repository mod and not automation mod?

[fossil mason]

its an automation mod for a reason; its made in automation

[slow lagoon]

so i cant make it a repository mod if i wanted?

[fossil mason]

not really

[slow lagoon]

ight ty 🫡

[zenith cloud]

Yeah if you make it proper like the original vertex

[drowsy leaf]

unless you spend hundreds of hours completly remaking it into a vanilla like car like the vertex, yes

but inn0cent said that it was more work than outright doing it from 0

[slow lagoon]

so i can but its really really hard?

[drowsy leaf]

at that point its just easier to learn blender and model it yourself

[slow lagoon]

ight ty

[drowsy leaf]

the pre rework vertex was still a bunch of automation stuff, but the pre remaster keeps like barely anything if any at all

[latent grove]

Anybody knows a mod that make vanilla electric vehicles more interactable or immersive? Like a working touchscreen or a sort of parking cam from behind the vehicle?

[barren magnet]

touch screens are incredibly complicated to make and rear cameras cant be done well

[dry ocean]

anyone know of any mods that make the ingame engines sound a lot more real? like chop at idle and rpm bouncing?

theres a drag mazda on 2fastracing that has what im looking for but im leaning more twords v8 or v10 type

[dawn tiger]

Classic engine expansion pack

[dawn tiger]

https://www.beamng.com/resources/classic-engine-expansion-pack.29161/

[opaque falcon]

yes, very good mod

the model quality is real nice

[dawn tiger]

I know I've been porting all of JAVIs engines to my modded vehicles now for personal use because of how detailed they are it just makes even the worst car mods so much better.

[opaque falcon]

ya

ive been using his stuff to make mine better

but only for personal use

[drowsy leaf]

thats missing half an engine

[pastel grove]

i fixed it

only need to fix the materials now

[pastel grove]

what color should the headers be?

[drowsy leaf]

metal

steel or titanium

[pastel grove]

ok

[urban surge]

Best channels to watch in YouTube for modding tutorials

I really need to make a jaguar xjs

[drowsy leaf]

theres no tutorials for making full car mods
they are way too complicated and take too much time to make for someone to document that whole process
its also not reccomended to make a car mod as a first mod because of what i just said

[urban surge]

That is incredibly unfortunate

[drowsy leaf]

you will just have to learn by yourself if you really want to

[latent ivy]

that is insane

[latent ivy]

AU FALCONNNNNNNNN

[pastel grove]

in a good way or a bad way

[latent ivy]

the good Australian redneck way

[pastel grove]

🔥

[latent ivy]

messaged u lol

[pastel grove]

i saw it

[thorny cypress]

What software do you need to make beamng maps?

[latent ivy]

🍔

[storm hinge]

i m trying to add new glass panels to the newest car updated BX and it for some reason replaced the glass that came with the car when i renamed it only have that now and the lightweighted variants any idea how i can fix this?

nvm Fixed now 🙂

[frank cove]

WinRaR (or any zipped file reader) and that’s basically it. Blender can be helpful but not needed

Everything else can be done in game or isn’t a necessity to make a map

[thorny cypress]

ah winrar, the inf free trial

[frank cove]

Yes 👀😂

[cobalt fern]

7zip

[brazen mason]

anyone know if a semi trailer 5th wheel mod that replaces the ring hitch with a ball hitch exists? i wanna tow semi trailers using my 240hp pickup truck but need the 5th wheel trailer to do it, but the base game one cant hook to a ball hitch

[frank cove]

Oh I forgot one. Notepad++ for file editing (can also use things like visual studio code. Whatever you prefer)

[opaque falcon]

Easy, copy a ball hitch file, and change it to ring hitch

I think I already have that file, if you want I can give you

Might need a little bit of adjustments because mine was for bolide

[brazen mason]

No i want to change ring hitch to ball hitch, not ball to ring

[opaque falcon]

ah

[hallow scroll]

Is there a mod/tool that will smooth under road meshes for you? (in the map editor)
Like an autosmoother? Or mass smooth road mesh?

[dusk gust]

can someone reccomend me a good quality older french vechicle mod?(something like a megane 1 for example)

[fervent crag]

Cherrier Picnic perhaps? Mix of MK1 Clio and Peugeot 107 I think.
There's also the Peugeot 205 mod on the forums.

[dusk gust]

hm,i was looking for something more like a sedan but this is seems pretty nice aswell

oh wow,the crash body is really good

the crash body isnt usually something that i care about TOO much but i gotta give credit where its due,this is really good

interior is extremely detailed aswell,

[dusk gust]

thanks mate,ill definitely play around with this!

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @fervent crag (current: #12 - 102)

[opaque falcon]

Based on toyota 1gz fe

Na and turbo have different engine sound

[quasi blaze]

Could someone please help me find a mod for a 1997-8 Nissan Stagea

[haughty bane]

where the hell does moza pithouse get the values for RPM lights from? they work even after deleting outgauge.lua. how is that possible?

[barren magnet]

doesnt exist yet

[drowsy leaf]

idk but theres a easy fix for that

tape

[hot locust]

guys i uninstalled all my mods so that i could get just the working ones (multiple were breaking the game, idk which), and im looking for the mod that contains these "semi-slick 'zanto'" tires, does anyone know what mod theyre from? i cant find it

only good screenshot i have of the wheels sorry

actually i got this one too

(looking for the tires, not the wheels)

[tacit tapir]

Any reccomended beamng maps?

[drowsy leaf]

https://www.beamng.com/resources/ibishu-plus.14523/update?update=49146

the first mod that popped up when searching semi slics in google

[hot locust]

life saver

thanks, the semislicks just look better than race tires on a street car u feel me

[drowsy leaf]

i dont like semi slics

i always use the sport2r tires if available

or the custom ones from dtroxes wheelpack

[hot locust]

these ones look good tho

and the thing is, i use them more for their grip

cuz race tires just dont look as good on street cars as those

[drowsy leaf]

idk when a street car has slicks for me its no longer much of a street car

even semi slicks

part of the fun imo is the lack of grip

[dense shadow]

there are many wheelpacks with their own tires

[hot locust]

yeah well i used these tires from ibishu plus on most of my configs so i wanted them back

[dense shadow]

i use brd pack it has the best options imo 🤷‍♂️

[hot locust]

but yeah i got it now

[dense shadow]

oh alright

[hot locust]

ill check it out, thanks

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @dense shadow (current: #938 - 1)

[hot locust]

i mean for a 530hp wagon the grip comes in handy

even the semislicks arent enough sometimes

still likes to slide, just more controllable

[drowsy leaf]

cmon 503 and needs semislics

i was expecting 700

[hot locust]

doesnt need, but i prefer driving with them

i prefer grip over drift

[dense shadow]

stretched tires 😈 >

[dense shadow]

excuse my garbage image quality 😭

[hot locust]

tbh for a 400hp CCF the semislicks are handy too

cant even clutch dump without dying without them

[drowsy leaf]

smallest amount of power of all time

[hot locust]

(im not a good driver either )

[dense shadow]

umm so i tried a thing 😭

yeah not very good with props

[hot locust]

whats that an M4A1?

[dense shadow]

perchance

[drowsy leaf]

no its an ak47

50 cal ak47 to be exact

[hot locust]

you mean ak50?

[dense shadow]

hmm very intriguing

um i did another thing with the covet 😭

[hot locust]

whoa what the

my driver camera is sideways

[dense shadow]

💀

[hot locust]

(enhanced driver cam to be precise)

normal driver cam is fine

aand its back to normal

[dense shadow]

i did a thing with the bx asw 😭

another bx fo ru

[hot locust]

reminds me of a soarer

street racer pessima

[dense shadow]

cool

[hot locust]

around 470hp and 500nm

[dense shadow]

whever i tried to make a sumwhat balances street car it goes to 800hp 😭

[hot locust]

turbo 2.0 i4 (no srtec 😭 ) running 21psi boost

revs to 8k

and 50/50 awd

[dense shadow]

wow 50/50 awd, that is gonna be some launch

me whenevr i make a "street" build

[hot locust]

but most importantly, pop up headlights

man i love kljp

[dense shadow]

it works with the new bx?

cuz i disabled it after 200bx update 😭

[hot locust]

it works, but not with the new bx

[dense shadow]

oh u using legacy model

[hot locust]

nah not rly

i only use kljp for covets and pessimas

i mean i have the legacy model i dont drive it tho

[dense shadow]

bx strobes 😝 🗣️

[dense shadow]

ahh ok got u

[hot locust]

pessima with pop ups my beloved

cant wait for the altair to drop

[dense shadow]

💯

[hot locust]

winky™️

[dense shadow]

this kit better fr 😤

[hot locust]

nuh uh

200BX❎
300BX✅

[dense shadow]

u win this round 😤 (i have no other bx pics)

[dense shadow]

fr legends skibidi car 😩

[hot locust]

i have a piccolina that flips when u clutch dump it

RK's engines + adjustable tire grip

[dense shadow]

wat up lemme show u my bx swagger (my game takes a while i got 100 mods active)

[hot locust]

same

[dense shadow]

beam crashed

[hot locust]

i got a centaurus W16 K-series

that thing has 3700hp on the default config

(yeah i increased it even more)

nitrous + 10x the grip

[dense shadow]

am i sigma 😭

[hot locust]

maybe

do i have a V12 I-series?

yes

but since the I series update, id doesnt like RKs engines

exhaust rips itself off, and takes the steering with it

[dense shadow]

swagger

i have more js gotta find all these mods

[hot locust]

man i love wagons

[dense shadow]

5 min super skibidi build

uras gt for u 😘

[wheat plume]

No texture Hyundai badge?

[prime flume]

I need to add

Still WIP

Thé model had by défault but I accidently delete it so I Will remake

[wheat plume]

Ok

[feral pawn]

any guesses what this is 😏

very early WIP

[cyan drum]

race rx7

[drowsy leaf]

4 rotor rx7
But that jbeam doesnt seem to fit it at all

[feral pawn]

thats the chassis jbeam

[drowsy leaf]

OH MY GO

dude thats absurdly dense

[feral pawn]

just like my brain apparently

[drowsy leaf]

have you ever looked at a jbeam

look at any vanilla car

[feral pawn]

ill be honest, no i havent 🤣

[drowsy leaf]

then if you have no reference

why are you doing that

[feral pawn]

simple answer, i got bored of waiting for anyone to make robs rx7 in beamng so im winging it 😭

[drowsy leaf]

yeah well thats not gonna work

you have more nodes in that than an entire car with every single part

[feral pawn]

thats actually really useful to know, ill work on another later once ive finished the chassis

[drowsy leaf]

what do you mean worked on another

[drowsy leaf]

1st of oll this structure doesnt even line up with the tubing for the race car

[drowsy leaf]

2nd of all this is just not gonna work
and if it did it would basically make your game a slideshow

[feral pawn]

?

[drowsy leaf]

oh you are just missing like the entire mesh ok

[feral pawn]

yeah im working on a lower poly mesh for the chassis

[drowsy leaf]

also you need to name the nodes differently otherwise they will overlap and have an aneurism

[drowsy leaf]

this is still not gonna work

[feral pawn]

yeah ill make a simpler jbeam for the body

[nocturne spire]

ass build d lux dont go well on this

[inner oasis]

so i wanted to ask you modders smt.

is it possible to make an volumetric smoke and fire systema for vehicles in game, like i know there is a volumetric clouds mod for the game, so i was thinking if people could use the same system to make smoke and fire comming out of the exhaust more realistic, like big streams of fire or a heavy ammount of black smoke from diesels

[dawn tiger]

Does anyone know how to adjust the amount of exhaust smoke other than the particles modifier in the engine jbeam

Like somewhere in the lua

[hollow gale]

Lua > common > particles.json

iirc

[dense shadow]

okay? i like it

[blissful berry]

anyone got like a good helicopter mod 🙏 the bell 407 isn't really the best tbh

[fossil mason]

Well if there aren't any others it is the best

[blissful berry]

wasnt there an ultralight one

[dense shadow]

aint this a car game 💀

but making a flyable mod would be hella confusing ngl

[blissful berry]

i cant afford a flight sim 😭

[long scarab]

Play DCS with a controller. Get the Huey and you're set.

Also nobody would happen to know of good emergency vehicles that could be used with the gen 7 mod, perhaps?

[cold girder]

Is there any faster ui mod guys?

[tame rune]

It has been a month without new mods on the repository, what are they doing bruh

[dense shadow]

there are sum custom ui mods being developed but thats all private for now

[cold girder]

aww man 😦

even tho i have a 3060 it still lags out so muuchh

[dense shadow]

also repo isn tur only source for mods

i get stable fps with my laptop 3060

[cold girder]

stable fps but the main menu and ui in the game lags so much

the game is stable sometimes the beamp is lagging but its normal

[dense shadow]

perchance

[cold girder]

:/

[tame rune]

gpu isnt everything

[cold girder]

i think this is very very enough

i can play ultra cyperpunk 60fps

[dense shadow]

he is right beam also needs a powerfull cpu however urs seems real good so that isnt a bottleneck

well i3 ehh u should be fine

if ur on 16g ram and its 3200hz then thats ur bottleneck

if its faster like 4500hz then ur chilling and its a game bug

[cold girder]

hmm r:(

[dense shadow]

speed?

ussually js search up the ram u have "(company name) (ram size) speed" or sum like that

[solar quail]

someone has a ferrari mod ?

[barren magnet]

no

because ferrari takes them down

and they're all just scintilla meshslaps

you could buy the civetta mondello, which is a lore friendly 360

[tame rune]

Meh

i got a 3600/2060/32gb but will upgrade to 5700x

i use lossless scaling

the old ui is very cpu intensive i think

[icy inlet]

Anyone can help me get more tire smoke?

Mods don't work and I even tried to edit the game files

[cold girder]

my old gpu was gt560 or something like that i dont even know the cpu lmao this is my biggest pc i ever got but still its not good for beamng lol rip

[tame rune]

fr

beam is weird sometimes

when changing settings on vulkan it can randomly just eat all of your ram instantly and become impossible to fix

at least, personally

[cold girder]

yeaah

is vulkan better for ui and performance or normal one?

[tame rune]

Idk people say it depends on your pc

Vulkan has vr support 🤷

[vital sandal]

anyone know how to use modded maps in my beammp server?

[latent ivy]

does anyone know of a 200bx bodykit that has a hood scoop

[feral pawn]

😏

[drowsy leaf]

full pc specs?
how many mods do you have

[feral pawn]

im pretty sure someone said this wouldnt work, well its doing donuts

[dense shadow]

for referance my laptop 3060 ryzon 7 6800h 16g ~4000hz ram runs beam smoothly well over 90 fps with around 90 mods active

i dont think he has any bottlenecks

[drowsy leaf]

i have a 5500xt and a 7 5800x 16G 3200 and i also have no stuttering

[drowsy leaf]

show jbeam

[polar swift]

i may be stupid

[dense shadow]

that seems more than enough for beam

it might be his game or sum with his system 🤷‍♂️

[drowsy leaf]

yeah exactly

[prime jay]

Anyone know a good 7.3 Powerstroke Diesel Engine mod or a car mod with that engine?

[dense tangle]

ui lags generally from mods yea

[tidal anchor]

does anyone know who to fix this the car wont drive and the hood, doors, and trunk are always open

[drowsy leaf]

broken mod, too broken to fix it seems

where did you get the mod from?

and https://www.beamng.com/resources/1998-gavril-grand-marshal-facelift.20033/ use this for a lore replacement of the crown vic

[tidal anchor]

beamng web site

[drowsy leaf]

link

https://www.beamng.com/threads/98-11-ford-crown-victoria-v2-8-22-05-2024.84582/ if its this it should work, its probably some other crappy mod you got causing it to break

[rich lake]

So if I were to create a vehicle and have it closely match the real thing would it help if I had a reference (a.k.a a real that I could use to help with the creation, Let's say I owned the car I was modding, would that help?)

Thinking of the following:

1. 2017 Chrysler Pacifica (LX, Touring, Touring-L, Touring-L Plus, and Limited trim levels)
2. 2012 Audi A6 (2.0T premium, 2.0T premium plus, 3.0T premium, 3.0T premium plus, 3.0T prestige)
3. 2017 Nissan Versa (S, SV, SL, S plus trim levels)

I've always wanted that feeling of accomplishment after finishing a mod. I'd release it for free (subject to change depending on how good it is lmfao) but yeah. It's gonna be hard but I'm willing to learn how to jbeam, and the file structure. That I can just study by looking inside other mods and getting specific programs. The issue I thought of however is getting the model. The authors I know made the cars are Spadie, with the Pacifica (but his gimmick is airbags in all of his mods, and the actual quality is dogcrap) and the A6 by I believe ringt0n and merveozbey, as I looked on Modland and a reupload made by merveozbey has pictures with the ringt0n signature license plate letters lol. The 2017 Versa Sunny was made by NZZ mods. I could buy it and use it as a reference (not gonna use ANY assets from these creators without their permission, to put it out there!!) but yeah. All of these cars have a decently close meaning to me for different reasons so I would hope to be able to create them. What's neat is I can also study the engine sounds irl and TRY to use the engine simulation software to be able to emulate those. The engines in the cars include:

The Pacifica:

LX: 3.6 L V6
Touring: 3.6 L V6
Touring-L: 3.6 L V6
Touring-L Plus: 3.6 L V6
Limited: 3.6 L V6

I believe the transmissions are the same (nine-speed) and only the Limited has AWD (others have FWD iirc)

The Versa:

S: 1.6-liter four-cylinder CVT FWD
SV: 1.6 L 4-cylinder CVT FWD
SL: 1.6 L 4-cylinder CVT FWD
S plus: 1.6 L 4-cylinder CVT FWD

The Audi:

2.0T premium FWD CVT: Turbo'd 2.0l I4
2.0T prem. plus FWD CVT: Turbo'd 2.0l I4
3.0T premium AWD 8spd auto: supercharged 3.0L V6
3.0T prem. plus AWD 8spd auto: supercharged 3.0L V6
3.0T prestige AWD 8spd auto: supercharged 3.0L V6

I have blender, I can get Notepad++ but just not sure how to learn to Jbeam and to do the other stuff. I saw that there were no accurate tutorials. Is it trial and error?

And if I were to get a model, what are good places to get one?

[frank cove]

Start with making parts. Make some bumpers and or engine swaps for vanilla cars

That would be my recommendation

From there you can assess your abilities and difficulty of making a full on car

[rich lake]

see i dont even know how to do that.

first idea that came was "hellcat swap a bastion"

or do it to a D-series and name it the DRX

(instead of TRX)

[frank cove]

Yeah definitely learn that first. There’s plenty of good documentation and YouTube tutorials on the matter

[rich lake]

is one from 2019 good?

[crystal sage]

hey so i am kinda new to graphical modding and all i know so far is what i have seent on a few youtube videos

im trying to make the lighting better

but mainly i like driving at night

and my main issue with that is not being able to see ai tailights until they are really close

and my headlights being to dim

i watched a youtube video and downloaded a shader

[rich lake]

so is this with a mod of yours

[crystal sage]

in the day it looks a lot better

[rich lake]

that your having this issue?l

[crystal sage]

i dont know

[rich lake]

so is this a support thing or a modding thing

[crystal sage]

support

on a mod and on the graphics settings

[rich lake]

so whats the mod

one of yours? or one you downloaded

[crystal sage]

am i in the wrong server

2 mods i downloaded

[crystal sage]

this one

[rich lake]

i can try and help

i dont see how reshade could fix it

what are your graphics settings?

[crystal sage]

and ck graphics settings mod

these are my in game settings

these are my settings on the mods im using

[rich lake]

replicate and record the issue your having

[rich lake]

preferably record it in the highest quality your able to

[crystal sage]

mostly what i was looking for was just the render distance of ai taillights being to low

and my own headlights i found a fix for but only on some cars

this is night with my brights on

[rich lake]

good lord

[crystal sage]

on cars where i can put the modded led or halogen bulbs in it works normal

but on just this mustang i cant see at all

[rich lake]

ok well you know what im gonna reccomend?

[crystal sage]

huh

[rich lake]

honestly

id say clear cache (deep clean)

then verify integrity of game files (not on steam, do it in the support tools section of the launcher)

but i dont know why you posted the issue here when the vehicle affected isnt a mod

[crystal sage]

does clearing cache remove my mods or any of my custom configs?

[rich lake]

nope

[rich lake]

thats clean installing, but that is a WHOLE different road that i doubt you need to do

[crystal sage]

oh well i thought the lighting was something that could be solvied via the mod or graphical settings

[rich lake]

which car are you using when it has that issue

[rich lake]

🤦‍♂️

why didnt you say it was a mod car

gotta be more specific next time

it may just be the mod man

[crystal sage]

well

[rich lake]

if it happens on vanilla cars then thats a different issue

[crystal sage]

even with other cars like my s6 where i have the led bulbs in

it still looks like this