mods-discussion

[thick niche]

1. no tutorials you find for beamng modding will show anyone making mods on solidworks for assigning materials, uving, etc.
2. why pay for something when there is a completely free use that everyone uses.

[late cargo]

you should do an in-depth dive in their messages from the last hour or so 👀

[scenic field]

If i get solidworks anyways then why not use it for another thing i will probably anyways do

If the tutorials use blender then fine

[thick niche]

why would you buy solidworks

[scenic field]

Cuz i started doing 3d printing and im most used to solidworks

[thick niche]

so you have solidworks or buying solid works

your not making sense

[scenic field]

I mean solidworks student is only 100 euros a year

That includes certificates. If I remember

[dawn tiger]

ahh yea but solid works is not good for beam because its cad and will make way to many faces and verts

[scenic field]

I see

[late cargo]

onshape is free, and there's a setting for using solidworks controls

[scenic field]

I see. Maybe ill get solidworks thru school tho

[thick niche]

you can get blender for free

[late cargo]

and theres even plugins that try to turn it into a CAD program

[scenic field]

And allso my dad allready agreed to the solidworks thing so if i decide to get it hes fine with it. For beam ill try blender then

[dawn tiger]

https://www.cadsketcher.com

[scenic field]

But ill keep the free stuff in thr back of my mind

Maybe it becomes useful if someone asks

[late cargo]

yes, that

[scenic field]

I can get it for free. What does it change? I dont wanna be a dick but what does ot change?

[scenic field]

Looks decent

[late cargo]

the fact that literally any guide will do it in blender

[scenic field]

Beam stuff? Yeah.

[thick niche]

im done with this dude he don't listen

wants to make it over complicated.

[dawn tiger]

And the fact that cad models are just not good really for anything but 3d printing no games really will use cad models they are to complex

[thick niche]

cad = for use of engineering and designing

[scenic field]

Overall tho like if i decide to do beamng modding ill use blender but my 3d printing stuff i woud still use solidworks as long as i have the chance

[scenic field]

Are cad models allso solidworks?

[late cargo]

tru, a lot of different factors make me think they're breaking a certain, very specific part of Discord TOS

[scenic field]

Sorry if i ask dumb shit

[dawn tiger]

Yea solid works is cad

[thick niche]

its not that your asking dumb stuff.
its that you ask for information and then disregard it.

[scenic field]

So when i do 3d then cad is better?

Compared to like blender

[thick niche]

use blender for beamng and general game implementation.

thats all you need to know.

[late cargo]

CAD:
Computer
Aided
Design

[dawn tiger]

For 3d printing solid works is probably the best then for any game use blender

[scenic field]

Will keep it in mind

[dawn tiger]

Or Maya or 3ds max but they cost and kinda suck imo

[thick niche]

3ds is a pain in the ass to learn the ui

[dawn tiger]

I swear I have had it for 2 years and have used it once lol

[scenic field]

Allso i mainly do 3d so solidworks is for that (this is my first independent 3d project my 2nd overall project)

[thick niche]

i use to use it for taking data information from surveying drones and making lanscapes

[scenic field]

So from what i understand.
Beamng stuff= blender
3d= solidworks

[dawn tiger]

Yea I'm just a low level modder lol I wouldn't know where to even start with that stuff lol

[dawn tiger]

Any game blender but ues

[thick niche]

then again blender supports stl.

[scenic field]

Stl?

[thick niche]

stl is most common file extension for 3d printing

[scenic field]

I see

[lyric crescent]

The rear electric motors on my car do not have a motor mount in the .jbeam and when I up the power in the motors they twist there self until they explode how do I fix this?

[thick niche]

allows high poly models to be exported into small data forms generally 3-5kb up to 5-10mb

[scenic field]

Well i got solidworks learned and played out from the 4 times ive used it i woud prefer to use that but i will try the blender 3d stuff if i get it

I know solidworks better then some students that have been there for months. Its weird

Anyways ima go to sleep

Gn yall

[lyric crescent]

?

I’m editing a electric car mod

[wise moat]

What mod do I use to get real cars without getting a virus

[drowsy leaf]

blender = hobbyist or dont care particularly about measurments
3dsmax = profesional 3d modeler
solidworks / CAD = engineer

this is oversimplified tho, theres pro game devs that use blender and hobbysts that use 3dsmax

[verbal kelp]

Search for the vehicle/brand you want on google, followed by site:beamng.com
Or go to #1102973298222051358, you can probably find some real cars there

[wise moat]

Ok

[lyric crescent]

Help please🙏

[boreal brook]

Does the Bolide not get a skin_uvs.png file?

[lyric crescent]

Can someone help me instead of ignoring me?

[boreal brook]

add beams?

people probably aren't ignoring you just don't know how to help

[lyric crescent]

It’s literally twisting its self to death idk if that will help😭

[boreal brook]

its applying torque to the motor no?

[jagged heath]

how hard do you think it would be to make whip sticks in beam?

[boreal brook]

so if you stabilize the motors to the chassis they wont spin

[jagged heath]

they look sick and i think it would be awesome to have them on beam vehicles

[boreal brook]

look at the d series long range antennas

copy the jbeam and edit it
shouldn't be too hard if you have a little experience

[cyan drum]

or just make the aurata's poles glow lol

[boreal brook]

oh yea true

[jagged heath]

i think the aurata flags would be better for sure cuz it has the flag on it already too

[boreal brook]

and the right location and jbeam

so its just materials

[jagged heath]

well i was gonna put them on the rockbasher too

[boreal brook]

ah

then a bit of editing

you might be able to use nodeOffset tho

ngl all the skin UVs (except Bolide because I can't find it) in one folder looks really cool

@lyric crescent you figuring it out?

[lyric crescent]

oh

[lyric crescent]

sorry for not responding let me read all of this real quick

[lyric crescent]

how could i do that? that seems a little advanced im just editing things

[boreal brook]

are you editing the jbeam?

[lyric crescent]

yeah but like only the torque and stuff

Heres the .jbeam

[boreal brook]

https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/vehicle/sections/beams/

jbeam wont really help me unless i have the vehicle

[lyric crescent]

should i upload it?

[boreal brook]

nah

[lyric crescent]

K

[boreal brook]

i mean im not even sure if its the problem

[lyric crescent]

idk how i would make it attach to the chassis

[boreal brook]

but in theory if you add more beams between the motor and chassis or at least stregnthen existing ones then it should work

[lyric crescent]

i might have to look it up

[lyric crescent]

hm

[boreal brook]

ctrl n ingame

[radiant fossil]

how do i start modding if i already have a 3d model

[lyric crescent]

oh

[boreal brook]

shows the nodes, find one for the chassis and make a beam between the node and a node on the motor (repeat a few times)

[boreal brook]

https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/vehicle/tutorials/basic_car_tutorial/

[radiant fossil]

is ther a thing about importing models

[cyan drum]

no

[lyric crescent]

so that didnt work but its twisting its self smacking the ground and exploding

thats why it explodes

if it didnt hit the ground i think it would be good

[radiant fossil]

is there a tutorial fo rit

[cyan drum]

no

[radiant fossil]

boy'

how i do it

[cyan drum]

idk

[radiant fossil]

is there a tutorial for making the car lights

[boreal brook]

@radiant fossil my advice is to start small and work your way to a full vehicle mod

[cyan drum]

and avoid the meshslap phase

[boreal brook]

start with the model and jbeam and then add lights, interactable things, etc

[radiant fossil]

how can i add them if theres like no information about how to do it anywhere

[cyan drum]

learn blender

[boreal brook]

read the docs watch yt

[cyan drum]

then do this

[radiant fossil]

unlik any other game theres lik 0 info about modding skul

[jagged heath]

I cant get the new poles to show up in the vehicle config

[boreal brook]

https://tenor.com/view/what-you-mean-gif-22180955

https://documentation.beamng.com/modding

[jagged heath]

wait i figured out why

im stupid i forgot to put utv folder in a vehicles folder :/

[lyric crescent]

I semi fixed it by removing the nodes that receive the torque didn’t fully fix it but it works

[quick plover]

does anyone know how to make beamng maps?

[lyric crescent]

nvm still broken ash

[jagged heath]

so i see the bounding boxes for the light source and it lights up the reflections on vehicles but it doesnt light up the ground

no matter what i do

[heady nexus]

I don't even know where to find that stuff

looked all over and i cant finnd it

[tall robin]

Anyone have an M240 mod?

[boreal brook]

It’s where all the default vehicles are

BeamNG.drive\content\vehicles

[boreal brook]

Is the ground perfectly reflective?

[boreal brook]

Just look it up?
https://www.beamng.com/resources/2022-bmw-m240i.18874/

Also at first I thought you meant the machine gun

[boreal brook]

Take a video?

[lyric crescent]

Okay 1 sec

[boreal brook]

I mean I think the motors just need more beams to reinforce

[lyric crescent]

what exactly would i do to add more beams idk anything about beams nor hardcore modding

[boreal brook]

I mean it’s not really hardcore

[lyric crescent]

explain please?

[boreal brook]

Does your part have a beams section?

[lyric crescent]

Yeah i think 1 sec

[boreal brook]

like

“beams”: [
…
]```

[lyric crescent]

if i do one thing wrong i think something will break

[boreal brook]

Ye

[jagged heath]

I found it out

I had the angle of the light set too wide and it made it just not make light

[boreal brook]

So it’s making beams from the node called rdiffr to the other nodes

[lyric crescent]

do i change it to something else?

[boreal brook]

No

[lyric crescent]

Ok

[boreal brook]

Did you try ctrl n?

To see the nodes

[lyric crescent]

oh 1 sec

my screenshot isnt working

[boreal brook]

Hmm

Print screen?

[lyric crescent]

when ctrl is held down it wont work

[boreal brook]

Did you do ctrl + n tho?

[lyric crescent]

oh

[boreal brook]

I only see the nodes from holding ctrl

[lyric crescent]

thats a whole diffrent thing mb

[boreal brook]

Also ctrl + b might be useful at the same time

[lyric crescent]

i pressed that nothing happened is it my key bindings?

ctrl b worked

[boreal brook]

The green dots here are from you holding ctrl

[lyric crescent]

ik ctrl n wont show anything tho

[boreal brook]

Weird

Check keybindings

[lyric crescent]

Whats it called in keybindings?

[boreal brook]

Idk

Look up node visibility

[boreal brook]

🤔

Closer

It should show up as a lot of pink text

[lyric crescent]

hm

only pink ones down here and barely up here

[boreal brook]

Options -> ui -> debug maybe?

[lyric crescent]

i think its mounted to the suspension

[jagged heath]

I got the lights working now to make the poles glow

they are colorable too

[lyric crescent]

dont really see a ui option

[boreal brook]

Try other

Sorry not at my pc rn so I can’t look

[lyric crescent]

Ok

[jagged heath]

this is so sick

[lyric crescent]

wdym by other?

nothing in ui apps

[lyric crescent]

OH

mb

[boreal brook]

Or gameplay

[lyric crescent]

dont really see a debug option

[lyric crescent]

nope

[boreal brook]

Check graphics

[lyric crescent]

i think this mod just dosent have what your looking for

the motor is in the dif witch i never seen before

[boreal brook]

It’s a BeamNG thing not the mod

[lyric crescent]

Okay

[boreal brook]

It’s not in graphics?

[lyric crescent]

theres a debug menu

[boreal brook]

Yes

[lyric crescent]

only thing that is a car option it wireframe

[boreal brook]

Screenshot the options?

[boreal brook]

Visualization

[boreal brook]

Oh

Fml

[lyric crescent]

?

[boreal brook]

I thought I saw it somewhere

[lyric crescent]

oh

[boreal brook]

How did you get these to show up?

[lyric crescent]

i think its attached to the suspension

node visualization

[boreal brook]

I think it’s attached to the subframe but I could be wrong

[boreal brook]

There should be a bunch of different ones

[lyric crescent]

i didnt know this had a subframe

[lyric crescent]

its an electric car mod + its a lll old so its a little weird to work with

[boreal brook]

Node visualization is not something with the mod

It’s a BeamNG debug tool to see the nodes

[lyric crescent]

in the front its normal

[boreal brook]

Jesus

[lyric crescent]

if u look in this it says rear motor mounts but editing this didnt help so idk

[boreal brook]

All I’m asking is that you press ctrl + n until you see pink text

[boreal brook]

Meshlap?

[lyric crescent]

100% isnt a meshlap

[boreal brook]

Fair enough

Based on tograc tho

Doesn’t matter

You turned on triangles but you can’t cycle through the node views? 😭

[lyric crescent]

thats the easy thing in my mind

but i pressed ctrl n a couple more times and there isnt any more pink

[boreal brook]

If you go all the way until it says off and then one more time

[boreal brook]

None of them have pink text?

[lyric crescent]

not a lot of pink

what does pink even mean

[boreal brook]

One of the views should have pink text that tells the name of the nodes

[lyric crescent]

oh

[boreal brook]

Idk what else to say

[lyric crescent]

ik what u talking abt let me restart rq

[boreal brook]

Lmfao

30 minutes later and we finally figured it out

[lyric crescent]

hold on

are you sure its supposed to show up with node visulisation it only does that with ctrl B

[boreal brook]

Send a screenshot

[lyric crescent]

hold on

the more i ctrl b the more that show up

[boreal brook]

That’s the beams

[boreal brook]

The text is supposed to be replacing these dots

[lyric crescent]

1 sec

[boreal brook]

Idk I gotta get to bed

[lyric crescent]

same lmao

[boreal brook]

Closer but still no

[lyric crescent]

hm

imma try and do this tmr, why do u even need that info doe?

[boreal brook]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/710083442834145280/1284797620161613896/image.png?ex=672d2747&is=672bd5c7&hm=23b504d6d4803c745c367f7fe58e0f2e644e5707bcec0ba1296977c11ed41021&

Does that help?

[boreal brook]

To see what nodes to connect the motor to

[thorn vault]

how do i use the Tokyo's Shuto Expressway - Metropolitan Expressway mod i downloaded it but cant figure out how to turn it on ?

[jagged heath]

did you put it in your mods folder (not repo or any other folder)

@thorn vault

[thorn vault]

yeah there in mods folder

[mystic crag]

Hello! Is there a way to create a menu mod to replace the normal menu?
If rhere's a way to run beamng with parameters via cmd then itd be possible but im unsure if thats possible

[quick pagoda]

i get that the ui is slow but i wouldnt say its "so bad id rather use cmd" 💀

[thick niche]

if your pc can't run the regular ui, then your pc can't run beamng

[quick pagoda]

@mystic crag what are your pc specs?

[boreal brook]

Don’t think so

[wise moat]

Is mod land a scam?

[ocean mauve]

I wouldn't say it's a scam, but there are a lot of low quality and/or stolen mods on it, and some people claim a lot of viruses too (though I'm not sure if it's actually that bad)

[wise moat]

I’m installing an antivirus

Would that help

[dawn tiger]

Modland is stolen mods don't use it

[wise moat]

Do you use anything?

[dawn tiger]

I use the repo and the forums because all the other websites are just stolen mods re-uploaded

[wise moat]

I got my first pc on Sunday so I’m still new to everything

[ocean mauve]

https://www.beamng.com/resources/
https://www.beamng.com/categories/mods.23/

[dawn tiger]

Oh yea I wouldn't trust Modland at all you probably won't get a virus but you will be using stolen work if your looking for real cars most are paid but there are a lot for free on the forums it just takes a while to find them

[wise moat]

How do i install the mods

[lyric crescent]

oh makes sense

[dense jungle]

#mods-faq

[ocean mauve]

https://documentation.beamng.com/tutorials/mods/installing-mods/

[lyric crescent]

what do i change in this?

//--E MOTOR MOUNTING--

      //motor soft mount
      {"optional":true},
      {"deformLimitExpansion":""},
      {"beamType":"|BOUNDED", "longBoundRange":0.02, "shortBoundRange":0.02},
      {"beamSpring":1101000,"beamDamp":1000},
      {"beamLimitSpring":5001000,"beamLimitDamp":200},
      {"beamDeform":40000,"beamStrength":90000},
      {"breakGroup":"enginemount_r_a"},
      {"dampCutoffHz":500},
      {"boundZone":0.01},
      ["rem5r", "rx3rr"],
      ["rem5r", "rx5r"],
      ["rem5r", "rx3l"],
      ["rem5r", "rx6"],
      {"breakGroup":"enginemount_r_b"},
      ["rem5l", "rx3ll"],
      ["rem5l", "rx5l"],
      ["rem5l", "rx3r"],
      ["rem5l", "rx6"],

[wise moat]

I did everything on there but nothings working for some reason

[boreal brook]

In theory replace ”beamStrength”:900 with ”beamStrength”:”FLT_MAX”

See if that helps

[lyric crescent]

just removes the suspension as a option

bruh those settings dont do shi 😭

bruh no matter what i do these are always weak and bend to much

[raven spade]

Anyone know if it will be hard for me to texture this to like a different color? Im trying to learn and i want to make this black

like chrome black

[boreal brook]

Well blender materials don’t do anything in game

[raven spade]

act

im so dumb 💀

[lyric crescent]

Screw all of this, What would be the easiest way to start a mod without needing to make all those files (i mostly dont want to have to create .jbeams from the ground up) ?

[thick niche]

lol

[ocean mauve]

You want to make a mod without... the things required to make a mod?

However, creating them from the ground up can be prevented. Just start off small, with some new skins or body parts for existing vanilla cars. You will be able to mostly - or sometimes completely - copy the vanilla .jbeams, with the exception of renaming them to prevent conflicts

[thick niche]

most of my jbeams are edited versions of vanilla parts

[lyric crescent]

no not about that im talking about making engine .jbeams i dont wanna write all dat stuff i barely know what a freakin node is

[thick niche]

so your making a engine mod?

[lyric crescent]

Oh Okay

[lyric crescent]

Btw is there a V12 that sounds like a F1 V12 ingame? or would i need to create one?

[drowsy leaf]

you base it on an existing engine jbeam, but you still have to edit it

[lyric crescent]

makes sense lol

[gray bear]

hi im new here

[thick niche]

hi "im new here"

[raven spade]

Is it possible to make a specific part paintable?

within the game?

[mystic crag]

Dont see how that would change 🤔

But 1050ti 16gbram

[mystic crag]

I mean, if the source code of the menu is available somewhere it should be possible, it is done vidh html after all

[boreal brook]

Yes but you only have the three color slots

You could make a version that’s black chrome as a part but you need to make a new material for it

Maybe copy paste the chrome material and change the base color?

[boreal brook]

Maybe

[raven spade]

Is that gonna be like really hard

[raven spade]

so like make another material and copy paste chrome and change

[boreal brook]

Do you have a chrome material?

Not in blender

[raven spade]

not in blender?

i have a chrome material thats on the grill already

[raven spade]

and i can use the chrome thats already on the grill in blender

but

[boreal brook]

Again, BeamNG doesn’t do anything with materials in blender except the name

[raven spade]

Ik you said this but what you told me dosent make sensse

cause how do i do that if im not in blender

[boreal brook]

https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/materials/vehicle/

[boreal brook]

I’ll try to explain this the best I can

• In blender you assign the materials (you need to make sure the name will be the same as the material you make for BeamNG)
• Outside of blender, you make a materials.json file that has the information for BeamNG to render its materials

[raven spade]

ok, im jus not gonna worry abt it im reading what you sent me and i cant understand it so wtv

also would it be material examples or skin system? cant really

i dont really know tbh

[boreal brook]

not skins

[raven spade]

so material

[boreal brook]

Yes

[raven spade]

So its possible for me to make an item on the vehicle colorable thats not colorable?

what it seems like by reading this

[boreal brook]

A bit like this

{
    “materialName”: {
        …
    }
}

[boreal brook]

Do you want it to be colorable with the color selector in game?

[raven spade]

Yes

if possible

[boreal brook]

I’ve personally never done that

[raven spade]

oh

[boreal brook]

Just because I’ve never needed to

[raven spade]

have you done it not ingame like with material files or sum

[boreal brook]

If you look at the material files for default vehicles that might give you an idea

[raven spade]

ok

[boreal brook]

In a text editor and an image editor (gimp, photoshop, etc)

[raven spade]

oh

okay

[summer kiln]

there a mod out there that simply allows for changing the engine sound samples on a car? i dont wanna have to use agenty's car values mod any time i want to do this

[boreal brook]

You can make a mod that does that

[summer kiln]

is it simple for someone with zero coding experience?

@boreal brook

[dusk gust]

where can i find a sunburst taxi livery?

[dusk gust]

do you want to change the sound samples to like,a custom one or do you just want to change the sound of an engine from existing in-game sounds?

[summer kiln]

kinda both? i just wanna have the option to select an engine and exhaust sample

if modded sound samples can be included somehow that's a huge bonus

[dusk gust]

well,i think there is a mod that lets you put a custom engine and customize the engine and exhaust note

[summer kiln]

agenty's car values mod

i already have it but i want the engine sound stuff on it's own

you're forced to engine swap if you want the engine sounds and i don't always want to change the engine's values

[dusk gust]

i dont have his mod,actually!
but you do still need to swap the engine on it,so it wont help you

[summer kiln]

sadge

[dusk gust]

Is there a taxi livery for the sunburst anywhere??

[boreal brook]

You shouldn’t need too much

Depends if you just want to replace engine sounds altogether or make custom sounds an engine option

[summer kiln]

i want to add it as a universal option (aka, license plate design slot)

[boreal brook]

There’s also the additional modification slot?

[summer kiln]

the additional mod slot is not available on a lot of modded cars

[boreal brook]

But yea that requires a bit of code but not really anything fancy or difficult

[boreal brook]

Interesting

[summer kiln]

every mod car i have installed right now doesn't have one, some are from the repo and others from the forums

[boreal brook]

Weird

Anyway it doesn’t really matter

[summer kiln]

mhm

i was hoping someone'd already done it, that's about as much as I can hope for. I genuinely don't know where to start with any part of making a mod for this game and frankly i just wanna drive the cars the way i want

[boreal brook]

Fair enough

@lyric crescent you can find the setting here

@summer kiln do you have the sound files already?

ive never done this so im figuring it out as i go

[summer kiln]

is it possible to just check all engines and add unique engine/exhaust sounds to the list?

[boreal brook]

wydm

you can "tune" the vanilla sounds or use your own

ive never used custom sounds only "tuned" the vanilla ones

[summer kiln]

i was thinking having both base game and modded engine sounds, compiled on the fly based on what mods you have installed

[boreal brook]

should work

[summer kiln]

that's the ideal

[boreal brook]

except you can't "compile on the fly"

you could add support for said mods and say "requires x mod"

[summer kiln]

mmh, dangit

[boreal brook]

the only way to dynamically add the sounds is to add them to the mod with the sounds or make sound "packs" that you enable / disable with the mod

[summer kiln]

i see

[boreal brook]

this is pretty much all you'd need

and you can add paramaters to "tune" the sound

@summer kiln ⬆️

[summer kiln]

ahh, a lot of manual work

[boreal brook]

ye

there might be ways to automate it tho

all the parameters are optional tho

[summer kiln]

yeah

[boreal brook]

and you could assign them all variables and adjust them in the tuning menu

here you go if you want it tho

{
    "custom_engine_sounds": {
        "information": {
            "authors": "Your name here",
            "name": "Custom Engine Sounds",
            "value": 10 /*can be whatever*/
        },
        "slotType": "licenseplate_design_2_1"
        "slots": [
            ["type", "default", "description"],
            ["sounds", "", "Custom Sound"]
        ]
    },

    "example_sound": {
        "information": {
            "authors": "Your name here",
            "name": "Example Sound",
            "value": 10 /*can be whatever*/
        },
        "slotType": "sounds",
        "soundConfig": {
            "sampleName": "example_blend"
            /*found at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\BeamNG.drive\content\art_sound.zip\art\sound\blends on windows*/
        }
    },
}

[summer kiln]

i'll take a look later, i'm currently not doing stuff in beamng

[boreal brook]

default blends (engine sounds) can be found here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\BeamNG.drive\content\art_sound.zip\art\sound\blends

you just need the name without the file extension in the sampleName

[boreal brook]

if you need any help you can lmk :)

[lyric crescent]

Let me go do that rq

[lyric crescent]

thanks for not losing your shit yet

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @boreal brook (current: #483 - 4)

[mental glen]

i am begging someone please make a usa flag skin for maxies crown vic, and if your skilled maybe make a flag to stick on da back?

something along these lines

https://www.canva.com/design/DAGO3ZJWs9A/csV5MlFlgfM4_y7vdeWazg/edit?utm_content=DAGO3ZJWs9A&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton]

[boreal brook]

Ok now turn on beam visualization

It also helps to strip the car so there’s less nodes (remove all non needed parts)

It looks like you have rear body (rb) and rear frame (rf) nodes so maybe add beams between some of those and the motor

[lyric crescent]

how exactly

[boreal brook]

In this area add more of the list elements at the bottom

Ex [“rem4l”, “f4r”] maybe

l and r in the node name mean left and right

So if you make duplicate beams and switch the r and l around then it makes it even stronger

[lyric crescent]

ok

do i need to change the number

[boreal brook]

The number is just a node designation

[lyric crescent]

so i need to change it to 5

[boreal brook]

Not necessarily

[lyric crescent]

what does f4r mean?

i know what the other one means

[boreal brook]

We’re trying to reinforce no?

[lyric crescent]

its still popping out via acceleration

[boreal brook]

F4r is one of the body nodes

[lyric crescent]

i added more nodes

[lyric crescent]

Oh Okay

[boreal brook]

But not completely breaking right?

[lyric crescent]

i didnt try the plaid motor 1 sec

[boreal brook]

I was only assuming because I don’t have the mod

[lyric crescent]

when i add those it breaks the suspension option and removes it

[boreal brook]

🤔

[boreal brook]

Are you sure you only changed the motor power for this?

[lyric crescent]

i did this

      //--E MOTOR MOUNTING--

      //motor soft mount
      {"optional":true},
      {"deformLimitExpansion":""},
      {"beamType":"|BOUNDED", "longBoundRange":0.02, "shortBoundRange":0.02},
      {"beamSpring":1101000,"beamDamp":1000},
      {"beamLimitSpring":5001000,"beamLimitDamp":200},
      {"beamDeform":40000,"beamStrength":90000},
      {"breakGroup":"enginemount_r_a"},
      {"dampCutoffHz":500},
      {"boundZone":0.01},
      ["rem5r", "rx3rr"],
      ["rem5r", "rx5r"],
      ["rem5r", "rx3l"],
      ["rem5r", "rx6"],
      [“rem5r”, “f4r”]
      {"breakGroup":"enginemount_r_b"},
      ["rem5l", "rx3ll"],
      ["rem5l", "rx5l"],
      ["rem5l", "rx3r"],
      ["rem5l", "rx6"],
      [“rem5l”, “f4r”]

[boreal brook]

Ok

Make sure to add commas after the closing ]

[lyric crescent]

Oh

still broke the option idk what is going on

[boreal brook]

Also did this happen in the normal mod?

[boreal brook]

Aight then remove the beam(s) that you added

[lyric crescent]

yeah but the power wasnt up to high so it worked normally

[boreal brook]

Ah

[lyric crescent]

its orginaly at like 310 or smt like that and when i put it up to 710 or 510 it breaks

[maiden blade]

any 5.3 ls models to swap into everything and anything?

[latent ivy]

does anyone have a good r35 mod with drag customisation

[bronze cloud]

Does anyone have a good mod for this Chevy Blazer 2023?
Who make it?

[dusk gust]

there isnt any to my knowledge

you can MAYBE find one obscure,poor quality one in modland or something but i wouldnt trust those

also id guarantee that would have a cherrier tograc jbeam

[bronze cloud]

I prefer to find high-quality mods - I would very much like to know where I can find really high-quality mods and do you know who can make one for me

I couldn't find it either

[surreal fractal]

@fervent karma just one question, when you finish the e36 compact are you going to do more body stles

cuz i have a body style suggeestion

[dense jungle]

Then it probably doesn’t exist

[bronze cloud]

The question is who builds them? Surely there is a way to build

[pallid tundra]

Can someone give me some mods I should get on the official webside? Like cars and others? I’m new so I don’t have any yet.

[bronze cloud]

I'm also new and looking for example I've been looking for a 2023 Chevy Blazer but no one knows how

[polar ice]

how to change place where the fire comes out of the car when exhaust is not installed?

[summer kiln]

You'll have to model, jbeam and code that yourself if you don't want to pay for a commission

[dawn tiger]

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

[thick niche]

You can just browse the forums and website this isnt really ment for show me mods

[dawn tiger]

i have a question then where are we supposed to do that then because we cant mention beam in off topic and there's no channel to do so?

In the pinned comments it says nothing about asking for mods #mods-discussion message genuinely just asking

[thick niche]

Well i mean its just dumb to come in here and ask show me mods when they are the forum, people just being lazy

[dawn tiger]

i mean the forums kinda suck especially for a new player

[thick niche]

Not really any average person that has a pc knows how forums work

And then the game has built in mod downloader

They just being lazy and dont wanna look

[dense jungle]

#mods-faq message

Also the message above

Also kinda outdated but this pinned message exists too

[dawn tiger]

Doesn't tell you how to use the forums have you tried searching the forums it sucks maybe help a new player instead of just calling them lazy for no reason its just rude and uncalled for i mean damn dude just wants help whats the point in responding to him if your not helping i get theres pinned messages. Messages about mods and where to get them so why cant he ask if he wants maybe he wants good mods other people use not just a random list its just rude to not help the guy. Its modding discussion not hey leave the chat cause your asking for good mods. Not trynna start a fight but its just rude in my opinion to call someone lazy and say just because they have a pc knows how the forums work because honestly the forum is stupid to use.

[dawn tiger]

also i dint see that message so thank you for that

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @dense jungle (current: #98 - 27)

[ocean mauve]

Use google. Search for site:beamng.com, and then whatever you are looking for. It works way better than the forums search function

[dawn tiger]

Here bro try this>>>> #mods-discussion message

[dawn tiger]

thank you for the actual decent suggestion instead of calling someone lazy

[thick niche]

okay from now on ima just tag you with the 20x messages a day people spam in here asking for 2020+ real life car mods and or the best mods beamng has.

[dawn tiger]

Ok, but he wasn't your just being a jerk for no reason. I'm in here all day i see all the messages i try to help people its called being a decent person. try it sometime instead of being a dick

[thick niche]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/list-of-good-mods.91906/

3rd top searched topic when googling "best beamng mod list"

@pallid tundra
also https://www.youtube.com/@BeamDriver/videos he does regular videos on good mods

[dense jungle]

I would say to be fair, but the forum’s search function is bad, using google and site:beamng.com is the best

[thick niche]

tbh i dont think it is, it's just a matter of how you search.

[dusk gust]

any modern japanese hatchbacks out there?

[dawn tiger]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/subaru-brz-toyota-gt86-scion-frs-hotfix.66176/ https://ko-fi.com/s/ead6bf8c89 https://ko-fi.com/s/fd290fa6d2 last 2 are paid

[bronze cloud]

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUjOUeYozMDwAHpXFsATOhKeGbc-SV273&si=Zjg5pGeGGAmWVbbR

[dusk gust]

eh..
the GT86,as much as i love it is more or so coupe-styled,im looking for more of a general hatchback shape,something like this for example

i dont really have any cash to cave in on paid mods either by the way

[bronze cloud]

I https://youtu.be/xO1E_hgqtO4?si=rK9ZRCjlr0uJIyR3

[dawn tiger]

oh yea true my best bet would be to use youtube and search for videos a lot of people do mod showcases or try to use the forum to look for a specific car

[dusk gust]

LOL

I GOT WARNED FOR POSTING A MODLAND LINK

i was litterally saying i found the exact same car i wanted but it was from modland and added a thunder strike gift next to it

[dense jungle]

they are banned for a reason but its better to post a screenshot of what you found

[dusk gust]

this thing,

[thick niche]

when window textures arent done right

[dusk gust]

eh the picnic has that in its automatic variant photos too,it doesnt bug me much

[dawn tiger]

just make sure its not stolen

[dusk gust]

i mean,it most likely is

[thick niche]

if they wanna download from there thats on them, just dont come here asking for help about it.

[dusk gust]

i came here to ask help if theres any,prefererably lore friendly modern japanese hatcbacks out there

..not this,

[thick niche]

im replying to the fact that your posting modland mods

[thick niche]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/90-96-toyota-sera-exy-10-2024-08-07-hotfix-update.99721/

not so modern

https://www.beamng.com/resources/modern-pur-pack-speedster.32189/

you can try the pur pack for the etk which changes a few of them

https://www.beamng.com/resources/hirochi-sunburst-5-door-hatchback.2498/

sunburst hatchback mod

[dusk gust]

i uh,kinda have all of these-
im talking about MODERN modern,early to late 2020s kinda modern

[thick niche]

yeah i'm looking for ya

are you willing to purchase mods?

[dusk gust]

oh,thank you
im searching for one atm too-

[thick niche]

cause i can link ya to alot of decent ones

they are just paid.

[dusk gust]

i mean,depends
if its pretty high quality like the picnic for example(which,i bought) i can

[dusk gust]

out of curiosity i decided to give this a try,

so uh,these lights are suppossed to be white

braking also illuminates the signals aswell

[dawn tiger]

cant help with modland mods man sorry cause its probably stolen and we cant talk about stolen content

[dusk gust]

yeah,most likely

im not really asking for help,just showing how poor it is 💀

the thing's jbeam is just a slightly adjusted vivace by the way

[dawn tiger]

ohhhh yea most modland ones are

[dusk gust]

the front end is a little more flattened,

and the rest is the same

[golden raven]

Zvezdan modding goes hard

[cyan drum]

xnme mods are horrible

[dusk gust]

mm

[dawn tiger]

oh lol i dint know i dont use many paid mods there just some of the newer cars i could find lol

[dense jungle]

when it comes to paid mods, they'll generally have a thread in #1102973298222051358 or the forums, usually both

[thick niche]

its probably a reuploaded kenemation (which means who cares) mostly stolen assets anyway

i'll have some progress this weekend, cleared my saturday completely so no interuptions

[bronze cloud]

Mod for this car?

[cyan drum]

nope

[jovial sigil]

Can someone help, I cant get the skin to work

[unborn zealot]

trailer for my upcoming mod: https://youtu.be/2IsmIQZGUuQ

[atomic rock]

how can i make my own custom cars?

[dawn tiger]

https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/vehicle/tutorials/basic_car_tutorial/

[atomic rock]

thx

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @dawn tiger (current: #90 - 29)

[drowsy leaf]

i have just the right car for you
the 2020 cherrier vivace

[dusk gust]

dont like its styling.
you really fucking think i havent thought of that?

[drowsy leaf]

its a joke 💀

[dusk gust]

yeah sorry m8
took a while to realise

im a little sleep drunk atm so uh,naturally a bit dense

[drowsy leaf]

then you should try using the vivace, it might even look good now!

[dusk gust]

get out

[drowsy leaf]

no sorry its cold outside

[dusk gust]

exactly

[boreal brook]

Covet x Vivace

[thick niche]

i've actually got a really sick vivace drift build comp status lol

[drowsy leaf]

but isnt that like FWD ?

[thick niche]

all cars can be converted rwd via transfer cases

[drowsy leaf]

oh

idk it doesnt feel right to me

[thick niche]

it takes some tuning

but we also have proper rwd setup for them aswell. with our engines

[drowsy leaf]

there was this, but was created by JZX which was banned for alting multiple times and stealing models, its very likely that part of this thing is stolen

[boreal brook]

https://tenor.com/view/steve-carell-sad-the-office-crying-inside-yikes-gif-9278328

Looks like the Gavril scout made by Ibishu

And in a hatchback config instead of van

[thorny knot]

idrk what this channel is about but will somebody help me find a mod that I cant scrape off my mind?

[boreal brook]

I mean did Google not work?

[thorny knot]

if you're talking about me then no sadly. I've googled it but it just came up with the some unrelated stuff

it's like a towing service mod

livery

something

[dawn tiger]

what are you looking for

[thorny knot]

it's a towing livery thing mod

it has like multiple mods that are need/required but it isn't sodas truck service mod

[dawn tiger]

one sec

[thorny knot]

because I had a lot of awesome mods on my beamng but I had to reset my PC cuz my storage overloaded

sad

[dawn tiger]

this one

[thorny knot]

it isn't the Fictional trucking skin sadly

[dawn tiger]

dang do you remember about how old it was

[thorny knot]

Not at all

[dawn tiger]

this one maybe?

[thorny knot]

it contained the link for the MD Series

[dawn tiger]

well the md just came out like a month ago so was it before that

[thorny knot]

yeah

[dawn tiger]

was it this

[thorny knot]

ye

thats the one that is required for it

[dawn tiger]

thats for the gavril durham mod

[thorny knot]

ima see if I can find it rq

cuz I am checking their website

I FOUND IT

7359bluemojihappy

I searched the link through keywords

[dawn tiger]

good lol cause i was about out of ideas lol

[thorny knot]

real

btw are there any other good service mods?

just getting curious at this point

thonking

[thorny knot]

ohh

[dawn tiger]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/repo-tow-track.100090/

[thorny knot]

looks fun to mess around with

[raven spade]

Yo so question. I have a vehicle mod that dosent have a hitch slot. It’s a mod under the gavril pickup truck. Anyone know if it would be hard to make it where it can have a hitch? Thanks in advance

[boreal brook]

Custom frame then?

[mystic crag]

Hello! Is there a way to create a menu mod to replace the normal menu?
If rhere's a way to run beamng with parameters via cmd then itd be possible but im unsure if thats possible

[coral zealot]

im curious, i just want to mess around and attempt to create a meshslap project mod for fun and because im bored, how can i do that?

[boreal brook]

Copy body jbeam from a vanilla car and set the flexbody(s) to the new model and bam, crappy meshslap

[whole bay]

has anyone fixed ar162B's double deck dryvan trailer yet?

[raven spade]

is that what I'd have too do?

[thick niche]

you could take the jbeam ffrom the d series for the hitch and change the slot type to match that of the mod vehicle and then you'd have to change the reference nodes that attach it.

[thorny knot]

@velvet aspen

[velvet aspen]

Sup?

[thorny knot]

why did you message me for free BeamNG vehicle modding?

[velvet aspen]

I do not do that for free

[bronze cloud]

https://youtu.be/TSch3JoCJX0?si=LTS8R97-I_nyu37P

this guy do a great job with the AI
Like H.S.P Digital

[quick pagoda]

anyone knows what mod this covet body is from

nvm i think its Ibishu Covet 3

[austere lagoon]

any good mods? i just bought the game last night

[bronze cloud]

https://youtube.com/@simulatoradventures?si=XbRWnnMQiEQN6tAp

this guy in the channel have a nice mod

https://youtube.com/@kprogaming1?si=3M0cSSnd24UrJIhw

also

Also

https://youtube.com/@beamdriver?si=He0NPLjzYZ_uLexn

[graceful harness]

Does anyone here know where I can find interior muffling info

Like the stuff that changes where the sound is muffled, and how much it muffles

[ocean mauve]

https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/vehicle/sections/sounds/#advanced-example

Just add one of these sections to your .jbeam

Top one for the main frame/interior/whatever, and then the bottom one (can be - or +) for doors and such that would obviously change the amount of muffling

"Usually set to around 0.28 in the car’s body, then further increased by the “$+cabinFilterCoef” modifier used on each part that encloses the cabin, until it reaches around 1 with all of them combined."

[graceful harness]

Cabin filter

[crisp sequoia]

Anyone know a Subaru BRZ mod?

[austere lagoon]

thanks man

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @bronze cloud (current: #1141 - 1)

[graceful harness]

Very useful btw thx

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @ocean mauve (current: #3 - 248)

[minor roost]

anyone know any mods to make it so police dont chase you with a mod police car?

[cyan drum]

what

[boreal brook]

No

[raven spade]

so that would be hard? is what your sayin lol

sounds hard

[thick niche]

its not to bad i'd say intermediate

[raven spade]

How does Jbeam work and all

I've never messed with Jbeam or anything

[cyan drum]

might want to read documentation

[raven spade]

Beamdocuments?

[cyan drum]

https://documentation.beamng.com/

[raven spade]

thanks

would it be modding?

or hardware

[ocean mauve]

Modding

[raven spade]

Part/slot system right?

[ocean mauve]

The entire Introduction to JBeam section

[raven spade]

okay

[ocean mauve]

And once you are familiar with that, the JBeam file sections

[raven spade]

oka

[ocean mauve]

Or well, you don't need to read this entire thing, but good to have for when you have started modding. It's a lot more in depth about specific parts of jbeams

[raven spade]

yea understood

JBeam syntax?

[ocean mauve]

What about it?

[raven spade]

should i read through that too?

[ocean mauve]

Oh yeah when I said 'section' I meant the entire drop down menu

[raven spade]

okay

alr so i read all this

[raven spade]

Do you know how i find the base game gavril truck

pickup truck Like where it is in files

[ocean mauve]

...\steamapps\common\BeamNG.drive\content\vehicles\pickup.zip

[raven spade]

ty

[thick niche]

you can also find various pickup parts in the commons folder aswell which houses alot of universal parts

\steamapps\common\BeamNG.drive\content\vehicles\common.zip\vehicles\common

[raven spade]

yea, I need the J beam thing i think

[ocean mauve]

You're gonna need to be a bit more precise than that, all parts have their own jbeam, spread out through a lot of .jbeam files per car

Aka a lot of J Beam things

[raven spade]

wait

so like i cant really do this

[ocean mauve]

What are you even trying to do

[raven spade]

So i have a vehicle mod thats under the gavril truck, And it dosen't have a hitch option so i wanna give it a hitch option

someone said if i copy the J beam it would work but

[ocean mauve]

Find the vanilla frame jbeam, it'll have a hitch slot. Copy that slot and add it to your mod frame

This will help https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/vehicle/intro_jbeam/partslotsystem/

[raven spade]

yea I read that and im reading it again to be sure

[ocean mauve]

Yeah that

[raven spade]

just copy and paste it over to my mod frame slot section?

[ocean mauve]

Yup

You might have to change the nodeOffset a bit to fit the length of the modded frame

(If its lenth is even different at all)

[raven spade]

which section is it considered

[raven spade]

I dont think it is tbh

Ill see

it goes under misc right

[ocean mauve]

Doesn't matter, the // things are just comments to organise it

It doesn't actually affect anything

[raven spade]

so it has one already...

It jus dosent pop up in game

[ocean mauve]

Just add the pickup one too

[raven spade]

on the vehicle customization selecter

[ocean mauve]

Since the other one aint working

[raven spade]

okay

that look good?

[ocean mauve]

Yup

[raven spade]

now i can just close this?

and hop ingame make sure it saved tho correct?

[ocean mauve]

Save it and then close yes

[raven spade]

So its working, but with where its placed its behind the back bumper

[thick niche]

so

in this

along the tow hitch slot

[raven spade]

Should i leave game while doing this? btw

[thick niche]

that is your x axis, y axis, and z axis parameteres to offset the nodes that position the tow hitch.
and no you can do it while it lives

[ocean mauve]

No you can stay ingame

[raven spade]

okay

[ocean mauve]

Just press Ctrl+R after saving a change

That will reload all jbeams

[thick niche]

if you want to rmove it toward the rear you need to adjust the Y axis in which way you want. either - / +

[raven spade]

So i can make it go down? too

[thick niche]

indeed

just make sure to save and then hit cntrl r ingame to reload the scripts

[ocean mauve]

Change Z for that

[raven spade]

okay

would i do negative numbers for it to go down?

[thick niche]

i believe so.

[ocean mauve]

Yes

[raven spade]

okay

Do i need to save the notepad for it to actually change or just go ingame and click ctrl f

[thick niche]

save first

[raven spade]

ctrl R srry

[thick niche]

its also good to save backups to

so save in note pad

[raven spade]

saved it

[thick niche]

then go ingame and cntrl r

[raven spade]

uh

it removed the vehicle mod or something

[thick niche]

send picture of the slot

in notepad.

[raven spade]

did i lower it too much or something?

[thick niche]

so does the vehicel still spawn but not the tow hitch?

[raven spade]

no

it put me in base gavril

and my mod frame isnt there anymore

did i lower too much or something

[thick niche]

no that wouldn't cause it not to spawn, im thinking atm.
@ocean mauve why would have have two tow hitchs
?

[ocean mauve]

One is the old one from the mod. Broken, can be ignored or even deleted

[raven spade]

the one on the mod dosent work

[ocean mauve]

The frame not showing up is most likely caused by a typo (extra : or } or whatever) somewhere in the .jbeam, but the code in the screenshot he sent seems fine

[raven spade]

now my game crashed

[ocean mauve]

Welcome to BeamNG modding

[raven spade]

i should've just left it where it was tbh

[ocean mauve]

Just ctrl+Z a few times in notepad and see if its back

You might have accidentally put an extra letter or symbol somewhere that broke the jbeam

[raven spade]

idk

i put minus for negative num

[ocean mauve]

That should be fine

Mind sending me the file as it right now?

[raven spade]

wich file

[ocean mauve]

It'll make checking for errors a bit easier

[ocean mauve]

Just whatever jbeam you are editing right now

The mod frame

[raven spade]

waitt

the mods back

hitch selection is there

[ocean mauve]

🤷

Magic

[raven spade]

its not lowered tho

should i try to lower the hitch?

or

[ocean mauve]

Yup just try again

[raven spade]

now the tow hitch isnt appearing

did i lower too much lol

[ocean mauve]

Well -3 is a lot

I'd try steps of -0.1, then -0.2, etc. etc. until you're roughly happy with the position

[raven spade]

yea

still dissapeared fr

[ocean mauve]

Can you send me the .jbeam as it is right now?

[raven spade]

like

with the hitch or

[ocean mauve]

Yes, the mod frame .jbeam

That you are editing

[raven spade]

yea

broke it again

[ocean mauve]

Looked at the file, no errors so that's fine now

[ocean mauve]

Not sure whats causing this

Anyway I have to go unfortunately

[raven spade]

ok

i returned it to 0

and it fixed it...

[thick niche]

excellent

your tow hitch is coming up?

[raven spade]

yeah

its just not down, i'd have to use a drop hitch

[thick niche]

so when writing in those numbers

[raven spade]

yep

but when i first started it i used just 3 without minus and it worked

so its like it dosen't like the minus

[thick niche]

maybe because your writing it like -3 try like - 3.01

but again 3.0 is a big move

[raven spade]

should i have the space

between - and 3

[raven spade]

yea

[thick niche]

normally it would be wrote -0.000 no space

[raven spade]

gave it base again

[thick niche]

so in your jbeam

delete the other tow slot that wasn't working

it may be conflicting somehow

[raven spade]

like that

[thick niche]

yes

you also have nothing written in Z

[raven spade]

I took it out

[thick niche]

nothing doesn't = 0 in this style of format

[raven spade]

i had -3.01

[thick niche]

you have to define 0

[raven spade]

yea

[thick niche]

i would suggest try -0.30 and see if that moves and keeps it spawnable

[raven spade]

still broke

I think it litterally just cant do it

[glossy prawn]

Do y'all know any mods that bring back the legacy versions of vehicles? I already got the T-series, D-series and covet

[raven spade]

Imma just do 0

and deal with it ig

[summer kiln]

200bx has a legacy mod, several actually

[glossy prawn]

Alright, thanks

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @summer kiln (current: #326 - 7)

[glossy prawn]

Any other legacy vehicles would be appreciated

[raven spade]

alr well thanks for helping, It only works at 0

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @thick niche (current: #87 - 30)

[raven spade]

whatever tho im fine wit that. better than not having a hitch

[thick niche]

the jbx mod works once you install legacy bx its a nice addition

[glossy prawn]

I'll stick to the vanilla legacy vehicles for now

https://www.beamng.com/resources/legacy-vehicle-pack.10861/

I just found this and it solved all of my problems

[rugged galleon]

i just got the DFA pack and it does not work.

[lilac patio]

Hey guys, I need someone with a lot of knowledge in JBeam and experience in creating or modifying truck mods! DM me, I'm willing to pay!

[crisp sequoia]

Hello guys i need recommendations on the best map mods, like i want to get more maps and idk which ones are good can anyone tell me some

[dawn tiger]

river highway

[crisp sequoia]

okay thanks, is there any very good detailed car mod

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @dawn tiger (current: #81 - 32)

[dawn tiger]

herochi ccf

[crisp sequoia]

thanks

[dry quarry]

My god jbeaming is annoying

Theres always something

[dawn tiger]

very much so

[dry quarry]

My rear wheels just fall off aswell

Front bumper shakimg, body parts of body deforming

Apperantly i forgot the flexbody of the rear wheels hub

how do I fix this?

[dawn tiger]

check the grouping in your jbeam

[dry quarry]

what do you use for jbeams? Blender seems fine ish for now but it leaves a lot of dead links etc

[dawn tiger]

i use vs coder with the jbeam pugin and you can see your jbeam in the inspector window so if you add nodes or beams it shows immedietly

[dry quarry]

ahh, but how do you know it alligns properly with the 3d model then

[dawn tiger]

the vs code plugin can import the 3d mesh but i also just use blender

[dry quarry]

I cant find anything about how to import

via connecting with the game or something?

[dawn tiger]

well it was working mine seems to not be working now too

[dry quarry]

oh lol

[dawn tiger]

the extension shows it working

[dawn tiger]

got it go to the 3 dots click editor settings and find and turn it on

[dry quarry]

isnt that for vanilla vehicles?

[dawn tiger]

worked for me

[dry quarry]

Yea it instantly worked

Thanks

[nimble valley]

what is that?

jbeam editor is released?

[dawn tiger]

yea has been for a while its in the extenstions tab for vs code its just experimental

[ivory lily]

Im so excited by the dacia sandero MO platform pack

[dry quarry]

I think putting the nodes in with blender and connecting/refining them via vs is the best way

[dawn tiger]

I agree too

[coral zealot]

Same here

[dry quarry]

Btw can I have 2 separate parts in the same node group? For like the front bumper and grille

[dawn tiger]

I use the same node group for most of my stuff so I think so

i doubt it

[keen sapphire]

Im trying to get drag tires

but what folder do I put them in, the vehicle one? @dawn tiger

[dawn tiger]

what mod are you using?

[keen sapphire]

2fast

drag racing wheel and tire pack

[dawn tiger]

you should put them in the mod folder then in here

[keen sapphire]

do I put my vehicles there too?

[dawn tiger]

if there mods you downloaded then yes sir

[keen sapphire]

so, is that why 85% of the cars I put in the vehicles folder are broken?

[dawn tiger]

most likely yes definitly dont put anything there always use the mods folder

[keen sapphire]

....

im cooked

[dawn tiger]

did you put them in the main game folder?

[keen sapphire]

had them here

just moved them though

[dawn tiger]

yea clear your cache too probably wouldnt hurt

[keen sapphire]

how do I do that?

[dawn tiger]

on the launcher click support tools and click clear cache then deep clean

[keen sapphire]

gimme a sec

what do I click to go to support tool?

[dawn tiger]

close the game and go to the folder you were in before you moved your mods then click beam ng

[keen sapphire]

ok im there

[dawn tiger]

open the beam ng application then it should saysupport tools

[keen sapphire]

double left click?

[dawn tiger]

yea

[keen sapphire]

any drag car mods you recommend?

also thank you for the help

thanks @dawn tiger

[lyric cedar]

Gave +1 Reputation to @dawn tiger (current: #79 - 34)

[dawn tiger]

your welcome and any from the 2fast site are good then you would have to search for more i dont really use to many drag cars

[keen sapphire]

all good

thanks @dawn tiger

[cyan drum]

no 2fast sucks

[keen sapphire]

bruh

than where?

[cyan drum]

official site

[keen sapphire]

i dont know how to move around it

im a lil slow

[dawn tiger]

you can use 2fast lol if you like them

[woeful fable]

Anyone know of a good 58 Fury mod? I got one but the interior isn't animated

[humble nacelle]

anyone know a good f1 mod (realistic crash physics)?

or an f1 car thats like the carbonworks f4

[cyan drum]

nope, no such thing

[humble nacelle]

dang

why?

[cyan drum]

because it hasn't been made?

[humble nacelle]

oh

suprising, considering theres an f4 car lol

[cyan drum]

a f4 is nowhere near as complex as an f1

[humble nacelle]

true

[cyan drum]

they're completely different other than the rough shape

[celest sundial]

yeah I've heard it'd be difficult to make a jbeam that's light enough and stiff enough that's actual stable

[wraith lion]

hey guys im prolly gonna sound like an idiot but can someone send me an invite or 2 to some modding servers? tryna get mods for my car 🙏

[ripe slate]

also john wick

[vivid tulip]

has there been a remake of Beam Regenerator for the current version?

[bronze cloud]

Look at this guys

https://youtu.be/FTjZIBV3Ep8?si=mjpgca0eVSonw8jg

[swift harness]

@symptomaticaazo9 I bet those ads might contain little fake viruses in them.. I'd advise you prefer to the official beam site and forums to download mods, not those.

[split vale]

I honestly want to know the idea behind that, Like who genuinely believes someone is texting them on a Mod land site or any site for that matter 🤣

Thats legit 2010 style scamming right there

[narrow cobalt]

It's 2024, use an adblock.

[random knot]

if i put straight plane (no road detail like bumps etc.) and change Ground Type to ASPHALT, will BeamNG notice that this is road and will enhance force feedback via "faking" road details? (i have no wheel now unfortunately so cant check)

[narrow cobalt]

3rd party repos are invaluable for when inevitability mods get removes from the official repo for one reason or another

[graceful harness]

I’m pretty sure that’s how materials work

asphalt is the material that causes the bumps not because it’s road, but yea I think so bc that’s what I would expect from parking lots , etc (asphalt that isn’t road)

[random knot]

thanks @graceful harness

[crisp sequoia]

Is there any more raw engines mods? like there a few ingame but i want more, is there like v16s or v24

[upper pumice]

guys i looked up "turboSizeCoef" but cannot find anything, how does this affect the turbo in the engine ?

[woeful marsh]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/special-stage-route-11-replica.101468/#post-1780462

[ocean mauve]

More/less turbo lag maybe? It's in neither the old nor new documentation, so just a guess 🤷

[compact pond]

i needs some car mods please

[upper pumice]

i could ask support if they have a clue

[tired coyote]

its a coeffecient for flutter/bov sounds

[latent ivy]

how do you make the HULL or "vehicle body" pressurized but with a slow equalizing leak

its already a thing for tires. how do I access and figure that sort of thing out. how do we make submarines and boats more often because pressure differences exist everywhere as a force. you go fast enough the windshield can litterally cave in. air is a fluid so how do we fix this

[drowsy leaf]

can you not read the big "DO_NOT_INSTALL_MODS_HERE.txt" file

[keen sapphire]

i followed the videos on youtube

[drowsy leaf]

ok so if a youtube video tells you to delete system32 to delete a virus youd do that

[keen sapphire]

duhhhh.........

😂

[drowsy leaf]

are you serious

[keen sapphire]

no

🤣

[drowsy leaf]

well then why did you install mods where there was a message by the developers to NOT install them there

[latent ivy]

yeah dont install them outside of the repository itself or the forum on beams official site

now with that said and over with HOW do we make sub mods. i wanna roam around and spot the vehicles in the flood escape crater while others are still outrunning it lol

how does jbeam RENDER or understand PRESSURE

[tired coyote]

poorly lmfao

[latent ivy]

can anybody answer that for me?

[latent ivy]

I need details because i wanna help make things more fun

[tired coyote]

i tried doing a submarine (the los angeles class on the forums)

its terrible at least for large vehicles

[latent ivy]

does it have A CRUSH DEPTH