modding-general

[lean mountain]

Yo so me and my friend made a car on automation but swapped the body round so its basically the automation running gear with custom body and we was wondering if anyone could give us a hand with doing skin files for it

[golden urchin]

open the body collada in blender and make materials for parts

[remote heart]

how do i make skins

[lean mountain]

Done that already

[remote heart]

what did i do wrong? my skin wont pop up

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/vaztxsf1fqs5z/No_PREP_SKIN

update:

[shut pollen]

gimp files do not work in beam, you need .png or .dds. have you looked at the skin docs at all? the skin docs are pretty good compared to the rest of the docs lmao

[opal sky]

Does anyone know how to make a mesh colorable other than the single color in the json?

Like a way to make this use the ingame color selector instead of the base color factor?

[shut pollen]

check out the skin docs, colourable part specifically. covers exactly what you need

[opal sky]

May I ask what the skin doc is?

[shut pollen]

beamng documentation, skin section. the docs often fall short, but the skin part is well covered

https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/materials/vehicle/skinsystem/skintutorial/ . there might be something different under the material section, but you should be able to work this to what you need

[opal sky]

not sure what to do with import failed

Directory is correct

I fix, now its just blue

[shut pollen]

guessing you want the colour palette map, not base colour. bit distracted rn lmao

[opal sky]

I got it

[halcyon mist]

has anyone had issues with blender models looking like this when imported?

don't really understand what causes it

[river shard]

Your normals are messed up

Just recalculate them

[halcyon mist]

sorry, what do you mean by that?

just started doing this a couple of days ago

[river shard]

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+recalculate+normals+in+blender

Simple Google search

[halcyon mist]

thanks that definitely had some effect but it's still an issue

[shut pollen]

unfortunately that isnt a magic "fix it" button, it just helps. you will have to play with the other normal recalc settings and maybe flip some faces manually. turn on the view that shows normal side in red/blue and try the different recalc options until one is mostly good, flip the rest manually

[halcyon mist]

ok thanks yeah if i go underneath i can see the missing faces

ill have a look for this view

THANK YOU

they are just upside down

[shut pollen]

there is a lazy fix where you just set the material to double sided, but using that for everything will eventually bite you. best to just do it the right way now, especially for such a simple mesh

[river shard]

Just try flip the normals in the broken faces

[lean mountain]

Ive only just started modding so I don't know what a skin doc is sorry what is it if you don't kind me asking

[shut pollen]

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

really funny seeing the sudden interest in skinning, had about the exact same convo with 5-6 different guys in various servers across the last few days lmao

[lean mountain]

Do they work for automation cars?

[lean mountain]

😂

[shut pollen]

you can make it work, shouldnt be too hard having seen you post pics in blender of the car

[lean mountain]

Cheers ill let you know how it goes! 👍

[shut pollen]

no worries, happy modding

[pine horizon]

Where can i get a .json file from?

[shut pollen]

you just make one, like a .txt. if you really need to grab something for skins, materials or whatever just pinch one from any vanilla car

[pine horizon]

Okay hope it works ingame knowing my luck probably wont lol

[shut pollen]

what did you need it for?

[pine horizon]

The ministox

[pine horizon]

think 2 of my mates posted up about it looking for help

[lean mountain]

A ministox is this btw

[shut pollen]

yeah, just grab a skin.materials.json from the covet or something, have a look in it. you could probably write your own entirely blind via the docs, but not really worth doing

[pine horizon]

what does the actual skin need to be dds?

[shut pollen]

you can make a .png and grab the "cooked" .dds file from the cache or wherever it gets put or just make a .dds (bc7 preferred i think? pinned somewhere) to start with

[pine horizon]

Okay

Is this correct?

[lean mountain]

My special ed brain could not process a word you said 😭

[shut pollen]

missing a closing } at the end i think. change any instances of "covet" to your vehicle name. you have a really cumbersome vehicle name, should pick a shorter one that is easier to type and read

[pine horizon]

if i change it im afraid il like make it not work

thats what automation put it

[shut pollen]

beam only likes .dds files. you can hand it a .png and it will convert it for you. you could alternatively use that specific .dds format to start with and it will be ok

[lean mountain]

Ohhhhh

[shut pollen]

just change any and all instance of it, np++ has a mass replacer for text in files and that is what i would use to change it. vsc probably has something similar

[pine horizon]

@shut pollen It shows in the selector but nothing on car

[shut pollen]

have you created your skin .dds files and referenced them inside of your materials file?

[pine horizon]

Honestly have no clue

[shut pollen]

"basecolormap" needs to point to the .dds version of the gimp file you guys had, when you posted the pic it was still pointing to the covet one

[pine horizon]

i dont use gimp i use ps

[shut pollen]

whatever format the skin file is anyway, one of you posted a pic containing a gimp file at some point. just needs to be a .png or .dds

[lean mountain]

@pine horizon

[pine horizon]

im very confused

[shut pollen]

yeah it is a bit hard to follow when you have 3 guys working on the same thing lmao. you could also just create a dummy .dds full of scribbles to use as the basecolormap, just to prove it works if you cant find the file for the skin you already made

[pine horizon]

🥴 im lost

ima try change the vehicles name

[shut pollen]

yeah it is an insanely long name. just pick an acronym or group name and then a short vehicle name "groupname_car"

[pine horizon]

ima call it msx short for ministox

[lean mountain]

There's 2 guys on it I'm just here for emotional support and decision making lol 🤣

[pine horizon]

so do i just rename the file after vehicles folder and it wont break it?

[pine horizon]

1*

[shut pollen]

any instance of the really long name should be changed. msx is a bit short but should be ok, can always mass rename later

[lean mountain]

Is it gonna be CMP x ACSO msx? @pine horizon

[pine horizon]

guessin thats all needs renamed

[shut pollen]

you will need to change the internal file names (inside the materials file etc) too. do you only have notepad or do you have notepad++?

[pine horizon]

I Use Notepad ++

[shut pollen]

ctrl+f, switch to the replace tab, first box is where the old name goes and second box is the new short name, replace all

[pine horizon]

all is renamed now

[shut pollen]

might want to post a screen of the materials file again to make sure all is ok, then dig up the skin file you guys made

[shut pollen]

looks mostly ok, change covet to msx. you will want to name your skin .dds something like msx183.color and change what you have under basecolormap to that

[pine horizon]

Im sorry could you explain that again

the thing about changing the .color?

[shut pollen]

the name.color file is the design for your skin. the game uses that to colour in your design on the car

[pine horizon]

so do i put .color at the end of my skinname?

[shut pollen]

no, on the .dds file you make. it would be named skinname.color.dds and all "basecolormap"s will reference this instead of msx_main_b_color.png

[pine horizon]

like that?

[shut pollen]

yep, now reference that under all of your basecolormap sections

[lean mountain]

Manz young Sheldon stylll

[shut pollen]

bazonger

[pine horizon]

idk i think i did it

[lean mountain]

Sounds like me when I see Chris mums tits

[shut pollen]

msx183.color.dds, not just .color

[pine horizon]

okay then is it all good

[shut pollen]

top one says just .color

[pine horizon]

ye i made it . dds now

[shut pollen]

load it up in game, will probably look funky as you are missing the normals, ao, etc but should be coloured

[pine horizon]

okay

still nothing mate

[shut pollen]

did you clear the cache?

[pine horizon]

il do that now

again nothing

[shut pollen]

will have to post a pic of the .dds, i dont think you added the closing } to the skin .json either

[shut pollen]

a pic the .dds itself, just to check it actually has something drawn on it. you defo forgot the closing bracket (important)

[pine horizon]

what bracket do i put

its went transparent?

[shut pollen]

just "}" minus the quotes at the end below everything. assuming it has been done right this will connect with the top "{" and highlight the top "{" red when the bottom "}" is selected

[pine horizon]

what line does it go

[shut pollen]

40

[pine horizon]

Kay done

[pine horizon]

is the dds okay dunno why its transparent

[shut pollen]

shouldnt be transparent, should be solid. probably has an opacity modifier or something on that layer, idk photoshop very well

[pine horizon]

i willput another skin under the same name in

[shut pollen]

check which opening bracket shows red when you click the line 40 closing

[pine horizon]

idk

it was the one above 40

[shut pollen]

no, an actual bracket will light up red. one of the top ones

[lean mountain]

Calm g

[wicked ocean]

This is made a lot easier using the jbeam plugin for vs code

[shut pollen]

real, but np++ is fine

[wicked ocean]

that will point directly at any errors without the need for this kind of troubleshooting

[pine horizon]

both are red im not sure what to look out for lol

[shut pollen]

i thought that was the old file, what happened to the new one with short names?

[pine horizon]

oh crap yeah

where does the bracket go here

[lean mountain]

Dinlo

[shut pollen]

line 33. in the "old" file you fixed, you can see that the very top bracket is lit up red when the bottom one was selected. it needs to be the same in the new file

[shut pollen]

line 33 will probably need to be "}," and line 34 will probably have to be just "}"

[shut pollen]

looks fine at a glance. the red highlights matching pairs, single brackets will make trouble

[pine horizon]

Okay

ima test it again

still no

😦

[shut pollen]

something funky is going on, toss the old files somewhere (keep for backup) in case they are conflicting

[pine horizon]

they were deleted

im confused as hell

i really want it to work

[shut pollen]

that works just fine. what is the actual name of the .dds for the skin?

[pine horizon]

the name of the dds itsself is msx183.color

[shut pollen]

post the skin .jbeam again

[shut pollen]

wrong globalskin i think

[pine horizon]

Whats should be there

[shut pollen]

msx183

[pine horizon]

and that would make the skin showup?

[shut pollen]

it was looking for files under "a" when it should have been looking for skin files under "b" to put it simply

[pine horizon]

hm okay

[lean mountain]

I'm having a cheeky tug I'll be back in a second Chris

[pine horizon]

yeah nope

[shut pollen]

does changing the color palette do anything with the skin selected or not selected? i would have assumed it would default to white and not blue

[pine horizon]

it chnages with the skin on and off

[lean mountain]

It's default is red isn't kt

[pine horizon]

no

[lean mountain]

Ohh

[pine horizon]

any other ideas?

[shut pollen]

i would probably have to think on it for a bit. it could be a lot of things, but i have been looking at it for too long and i need fresh eyes lmao

[pine horizon]

do you want me to send the mod you might be able to source the issue faster

[lean mountain]

That's the best bet tbh since we don't have a clue

[pine horizon]

yeah im useless

[lean mountain]

Cause your irish

Sorry northern irish

[shut pollen]

could probably take a look, sure. might be a bit before i get back to you though. would like to finish one or two of my own skins tonight before heading to bed

[pine horizon]

All good bro i lsend it over now

[lean mountain]

Does that mean we can work on the shale version? 🤔👀

[pine horizon]

no

[lean mountain]

Fuck

[gleaming scroll]

an ur a fenian

https://tenor.com/view/thetroubles-ira-uvf-war-gif-21854911

[lean mountain]

You know it

[pine horizon]

https://tenor.com/view/breathemanually-gif-16388342377153975588

[lean mountain]

Blink manually

Lick your lips

[lean mountain]

.

[dry cargo]

guys how do i put images on an object in beam

for a map

[warm sphinx]

Decal editor is probably the best way

You can place any image on any object so long as you set it up correctly

[dry cargo]

im very new tbh

[warm sphinx]

https://documentation.beamng.com/world_editor/edit_modes/decal_editor/

Documentation is your best friend

[hazy gale]

hello I was wondering if you can put different cars configs in one vehicle folder to make it easyer to find them ingame?

[plucky blaze]

wait how do u tilt the plate placement

i forgor

[kindred cloak]

when are you gonna realease these

[ebon nimbus]

hmm i trying to move the engine more backwards but the engine wont more no more nodeoffset 2.2

nvm i didnt move it enough to take effect

[calm kernel]

can anyone help me with making strobes, i can't find any good tutorials/help online

[tepid sable]

Hi, the animation on the headlights of the car is not adapted and the headlights are tilted, do you know how to make them straight ?

[lean mountain]

We're not releasing I don't think since it's a league only mod

[tepid sable]

ok good

[calm kernel]

why it look sad

[jovial mica]

probably traumatic childhood

[rocky breach]

3 polygon childhood

Interesting choice for Beam

[tacit halo]

why are you putting a ps1 era styled car in a phisics simulator in which cars have full interiors, engine bays and underbody + detailed suspensions

[tepid sable]

I know there's not much point in having a PS1 style in Beamng.drive, but it didn't take me long to do and it adds diversity to the beamng mods.

[thorny rune]

clearly you've never heard of the Kerr

[tepid sable]

I also made a nicer Testarossa.

[thorny rune]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/kerr.10296/

[dark finch]

hey guys ive just exported from blender back into beamng and its made all the body panels disappear?

any help?

[tepid sable]

Is the name of the body panels in blender the same as in the .jbeam files ?

[dark finch]

yeah i managed to fix it now tho

idk why i had to delete the dae file then re export it

[odd gulch]

what do you say?

its being a body kit and i will do kits (dm me for ideas pls)

[calm kernel]

how can i make hydralic suspension go higher? like where in the hydralic.jbeam file is that?

[unkempt sleet]

not sure if there is a longbound beam preventing it from going farther, but the first thing i would change is the outlimit of the hydro

[calm kernel]

thats the thing, there is none

[unkempt sleet]

there is non what

[calm kernel]

no outlimit

its for the bluebuck

[unkempt sleet]

can you take a screenshot of the jbeam rq?

or better yet send it here

[unkempt sleet]

oh thats fun

[calm kernel]

ignore the rear, im testing something with a mod

[unkempt sleet]

ok, so what you need to focus on is travel, thats what determines how far it can go

try to increase the longbound value (currently it is at 2.5)

[calm kernel]

doesn't do any

[unkempt sleet]

i have never messed with anything like this, but perhaps increasing the max value in hydraulicdata might help?

[calm kernel]

that might be it

haha, it works

[calm kernel]

ty

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @unkempt sleet (current: #627 - 2)

[dark finch]

hey guys got an issue with the rear wing the jbeam works and seperates from the car but the mesh doesnt come off?

any ideas on how to fix it?

[rocky breach]

Is the node group that the mesh is assigned to correct?

[dark finch]

yup

[rocky breach]

Strange. Could you show the flexbodies section in the jbeam of the spoiler?

[dark finch]

FOUND THE ISSUE

i changed it and didnt save it properly so one of the groups was still wrong further down

[rocky breach]

Oh okie then

[dark finch]

thanks for making me check

[dark finch]

wait nvm it still borked

[rocky breach]

:(

[dark finch]

theres the file

[rocky breach]

yeah as I said

the group in the flexbody is "pickup_bed" while it should be "pickup_spoiler"

[dark finch]

now its invisible

hmmm

[dark finch]

cchanging it made it invisible

wait im dumb

i fixed it

[dark finch]

which value do i need to change to stop the roof from folding when the nodes are attached

its a targa roof btw

[twilit python]

Is anyone able to help me add textures to this? I made the model myself and when I exported it to a .DAE it sent all of my textures I used to a JPEG file. I don't know how to package the JPEG's to work in the game.

[hardy zinc]

https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/materials/vehicle/typicalmaterials/
this should be able to help you, if it doesnt then maybe convert your material to a .dds format

[twilit python]

Thanks.

[indigo heath]

can someone help me with blender a moment i cant explain it and its annoying because it took 30 minutes for me to get this far

[tacit halo]

have you watched a tutorial

since i dont know what you are doing but thats for sure not the right way

[waxen frigate]

anyone know how to put a unibody car on a frame?

[indigo heath]

yes ive been watching a tutorial

but this where i got in the tutorial and this isnt the exact same vehicle the tutorial is showing but he is able to uh i guess move the nodes to the curvetur

[ebon nimbus]

can someone help me with this

[tacit halo]

uh i dont know what you mean by moving the nodes to the curvature

[ebon nimbus]

i try to put etk digital dash to bx but its only half working

[tacit halo]

you are missing the lua for the screen in the middle and the needles

[ebon nimbus]

so i need to grab the lua from common file?

[tacit halo]

yeah

[ebon nimbus]

this one?

place in here?

[minor moth]

so for some reason my body is the thing emmiting the engine sounds, and not the jet engine

i dont have it attached and if i pull it away and pull the throttle its the body emmiting the sound

so basically what i wanna know, is there a way for me to set the sound emmision node or object for those specific sounds

[ebon nimbus]

eh

already included the lua but still no needles

[indigo heath]

see thats the problem i cant explain it

use see my refrence photo?

[tacit halo]

yea those are 2 different things

you also need the needles mesh and code

[tacit halo]

yes i see that

[indigo heath]

you see how its kinda oval like

[ebon nimbus]

ah

[tacit halo]

yes

[indigo heath]

im trying to get these to follow the curve around the body of the body

[ebon nimbus]

i managed to make it work

but there is a small problem

what is the right side thing

[tacit halo]

the navigator screen from the etk

[ebon nimbus]

ah

[ebon nimbus]

sweet it works now

but i cant fill the hole for left and right

[gleaming void]

is there anyway to make a skin with only main.materials?

[thorny rune]

load the BX dash to blender along with the cluster and stretch the sides of the cluster to fit the dash

shouldn't matter if it's stretched cause it's a flat black texture

just the edges tho nothing else

[ebon nimbus]

well it does

i already modded the original cluster to fit this

the texture for the bx cluster is still showing so i remove the rear parts and reconnect the vertices

[thorny rune]

ah okay then, that was just off the top of my head

If i were home i'd be able to help abit more

[ebon nimbus]

ah

[ebon nimbus]

its ok

new problem, im doing both rhd and lhd version

now the rhd version dosent change the gauge skin

[warm nymph]

i want to make a mod for engine swaps but dont know how to model it, put it in the game files, make sure the mesh shows up and have it appear in game with the cars i want. cant find any good tutorials on yt.

[green wolf]

is there any way to allow decals in the vehicle decal editor to have the same material settings as the designated paint slot?

[green wolf]

i don't mind if i have to do it manually after exporting

[opal sky]

So my headlights are not appearing

[calm kernel]

Did you check materials?

[opal sky]

I have no materials set for it yet

[calm kernel]

Also it could have to do with the group

Did you export it as .dae again?

[opal sky]

Yes

[calm kernel]

Cntrl r?

[opal sky]

Yep

Its prolly something to do with the JBeam, not sure though.

[calm kernel]

Did you apply rotation and all those things?

[opal sky]

Yeah

[proud sierra]

anyone know where i can find the d-series models?

[opal sky]

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

[proud sierra]

i uh, dont have beamng atm, my hardrive broke

uh, could you get it for me? lol i just need the body front clip and interior

[opal sky]

So right now this is my JBeam, but the mesh still does not show up, the names in the JBeam and Blender are exactly the same, I applied rotation and location, everything, but I still can't see it

[inner heart]

does the snowplow_mount node group exist?

[gentle fox]

Try looking at the console output, what are the warnings / errors?

[dark finch]

hey guys just starting up my game today after working on my mod yestrday and im getting a BeamNG.drive 0.32.5.0 0x00000001 error everytime i try to spawn the d series in now?
the mod is adding stuff to the d series so im wondering if thats whats causing the issue?

[drowsy vault]

question to the people who know about beamng lua , is there a way i could make it so that abs can be turned off and on with a trigger

[inner heart]

found wheels.toggleABSBehavior()
so try this ig

    "events":[
        ["id", "title", "desc"],
        ["myTrigger", "str", "str", {"onUp":"wheels.toggleABSBehavior()"}],
    ],

[drowsy vault]

alr ill try it later thx

[tepid coral]

Hello, I'm trying to override resets and respawns. I found where I can overrid how the player does the action "reset_physics" by attaching my own function to extensions.freeroam_freeroam.onResetGameplay but I cannot find where to do the same to override vehicle recovery. On the gameplay.json that recovery action has the following onDown attribute:
"obj:queueGameEngineLua('extensions.hook(\"trackVehReset\")') recovery.startRecovering()"
So I take it that each object in the world handles its own recoveries and not the BE? If so, how can I override that method so that it first passes trough on of mine to check if it should be able to recover or not?

EDIT: nvm about this, finally figured it out. Just need to create an action group with:
extensions.core_input_actionFilter.createActionTemplate({<list of actions to disable, for example, from gameplay.json>})

[warm forge]

Hello i am really passionate about making a map about my home town but i just cant figure out how to import all the textures to a grid map so i cant start working on it. If anybody can help me with that id be thankful

[opal sky]

I have no errors relating it

[opal sky]

Yes

[south trellis]

Anyine knows why every time I reload my vehicle it rotates 90°? I doesn't give any errors on the console and the refnodes are correctly aligned

[haughty mango]

elaborate on that

what deos rotate 90 mean, vertical or horizontal?

[south trellis]

on the Z axis

[haughty mango]

so it spawns normally THEN rotates?

[south trellis]

Every time I ctrl+r it rotates 90° on the Z axis

It spawns already rotated

[haughty mango]

spawn it then press "insert"

like the INS key

[south trellis]

Lol I don't have the insert key

[haughty mango]

what about home key?

[south trellis]

yeè

[haughty mango]

this is why u shouldnt but 60% keyboads

[south trellis]

it doesn't do that with this

[south trellis]

it's a 75%

[haughty mango]

TKL on top 🗣️

[haughty mango]

have you tried restarting ur game? ussually the first thing u should do

[south trellis]

yes, same thing

[haughty mango]

ok u got a pic?

or screen recording of the spawning of the vehicle

[south trellis]

yes, I am restarting the game, just in case

[haughty mango]

yeah i have no clue sorry

@calm kernel prolly knows but he a lazy sigma 😭

[calm kernel]

huh

lemme see

[haughty mango]

oh my the skibidi lord has come

[south trellis]

I never thought I would have came across this language

My brain is not braining

[haughty mango]

we js homies das why + we a bit freaky 👅

[south trellis]

Do you need something special?

It's not my first mod so that's why it is so confusing

[calm kernel]

check the reff nodes

[south trellis]

They are good

[calm kernel]

hmm

[south trellis]

wait i'll send the jbeam

[calm kernel]

i've had that before with something i tried and i gave up

[south trellis]

        "refNodes" : [
            ["ref:", "back:", "left:", "up:"],
            ["fr0", "fr1", "fr0l", "fr0u"],
        ],

        "nodes":[
            ["id", "posX", "posY", "posZ"],
            {"group": "frame"}
            {"selfCollision": true},
            {"nodeWeight": 1.5},
            {"nodeMaterial":"|NM_METAL"},
            //centrali
            ["fr0", 0, 0, 0.0464],
            ["fr1", 0.2726, 0, 0.0464],
            ["fr2", -0.2408, 0.0000, 0.0464],
            ["fr0u", 0, 0, 0.1924],
            ["fr1u", 0.2726, 0, 0.2003],
            ["fr2u", -0.2408, 0, 0.115],
            //destra
            ["fr0r", -0.0000, 0.1754, 0.0464],
            ["fr1r", 0.2726, 0.0864, 0.0464],
            ["fr2r", -0.2309, 0.1339, 0.0464],
            ["fr0rr", 0.0837, 0.1723, 0.1539],
            ["fr1rr", 0.244, 0.1728, 0.0464],
            ["fr1ur", 0.2726, 0.0864, 0.2003],
            ["fr1urr", 0.2471, 0.1723, 0.2003],
            ["fr2ur", -0.2185, 0.112, 0.0877],
            //sinistra
            ["fr0l", -0.0000, -0.1754, 0.0464],
            ["fr1l", 0.2726, -0.0864, 0.0464],
            ["fr2l", -0.2309, -0.1339, 0.0464],
            ["fr0ll", 0.0837, -0.1723, 0.1539],
            ["fr1ll", 0.244, -0.1728, 0.0464],
            ["fr1ul", 0.2726, -0.0864, 0.2003],
            ["fr1ull", 0.2471, -0.1723, 0.2003],
            ["fr2ul", -0.2185, -0.112, 0.0877],
        ],

Seems good to me

[haughty mango]

well let inspector fino hav a look 🥸

[south trellis]

we'll let him cook

[calm kernel]

try switching the left reff node with a right one (idk what going wrong)

[calm kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/standle-peachfvn-gif-19425080

[haughty mango]

takin 5 mins...

[calm kernel]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-idk-man-shrug-gif-13000707

[haughty mango]

https://tenor.com/view/lie-lie-detector-cap-you-are-lying-stop-lying-gif-12198388917433403789

[south trellis]

changed the rotation axis lol

[unique zealot]

might want to fix
["fr2ul", -0.2185, -0.112, 0.0877],
],
and
["fr0", "fr1", "fr0l", "fr0u"],
],

[south trellis]

wdym?

[unique zealot]

the commas at the end

because they're the last nodes, it might cause issues

[rocky breach]

For jbeam this shouldn’t be an issue usually

But maybe checking if that works could do

[south trellis]

I'll check as soon as I'm back home

[marsh charm]

How can I import lets say a 3d google map into beamng to trace with roads, etc.

i wanna make a map out of my city

[lean mountain]

Yo anyone know how to add custom skins onto automation cars? But it hasnt got normal automation body it's been swapped with a custom model

[smoky matrix]

it will be sh1t quality

[marble nebula]

hello, im new to editing mods. I enjoy a mod that has so much potential, but the creator didnt do much and just made one XL cargo. I was just out of curiosity tried to use the box trailer to make 2 XL cargos to be inside the car. sadly the 2nd XL cargo is a bit too big to fit in the car. However I tried the D series 1XL plus 4x large cargo and they fit, the position is not correct and im trying to make it fit. but im struggling to find a way to select all cargo and lower a notch from the original position to the new position. Any guidance?

[karmic kiln]

"Allign with mesh" option in world editor just stopped working

[marsh charm]

did you try to comprehend what i said

im not using the 3d google map image as the map, im using it to trace

[smoky matrix]

oh i understand now

they are some plugins for referance

mb bro

[marsh charm]

sorry

[keen plover]

a

[shut pollen]

apply transforms?

[haughty mango]

or check refnodes

[keen plover]

ye ye i got it working

[brisk loom]

is that
mutsubishi corola?

[glossy hornet]

where are the C++ bindings this is talking about? I want to try something but I need some performance for that

[winter ginkgo]

Hey

Can someome help me

i want to make animated manual gearboxnfor my car but how i can do it

[tranquil crane]

can someone help what wrong with line 10 because i get syntax error

[shut pollen]

i dont think you need line 10? presumably that is the closing bracket meant for slots that you dont have

[tranquil crane]

okay can you explain me, im so confused

[shut pollen]

line 10 is a closing bracket with no opening to make a pair. it looks like it would be positioned to close the slots section, which you dont have (you only have slot types, normally above the slots)

[haughty mango]

shouldnt be an issue as it matches my working jbeams (its prolly what was said above)

[tranquil crane]

anyone know why the custom fuel didnt work (i used it for custom fuel tank for covet) i didnt give me any error

i put "steam" on energy type but it still didnt work
"mainTank": {
"energyType":"steam",
"fuelCapacity": 98,
"startingFuelCapacity": "$fuel",
"fuel": {"[engineGroup]:":["fuel"]},
"breakTriggerBeam": "fuelTank",

the car turnoff

[signal shell]

have u changed what fuel the engine takes?

[tranquil crane]

//fuel system
"energyStorage": ["mainTank","fueltank_R", "fueltank_L"],
"requiredEnergyType":"steam",
i already changed

[signal shell]

im not sure if the fuel type is Ste by default to only accept gasoline diesel and electric or smth?

[tranquil crane]

wait there is "fueltank_R", "fueltank_L" but i only use single tank hmm

[signal shell]

yea that wont work then you need teh same Structrue from the T sereies engine as an example

[tranquil crane]

i did finally found covet fuel jbeam

huh still did not work😭

This seem to be the lua issue like the game didnt know there was my lua file because the game didnt give me any error

[wicked ocean]

I've got an AC Convert map downloaded off the forum (rt_dubai) that lags something rotten whenever tires lose traction; I've tried a few suggestions I've seen like reducing the decal scale (I think, was a long time ago) to zero, and setting prebuildcollisiondata to true, but I am still seeing some nasty frame drop when locking up the brakes or breaking traction under power and its incredibly difficult to put down smooth runs whilst thats happening

any suggestions on what else to look at would be welcome

[tender crown]

I'm trying to port an assetto corsa map into beamng, but i'm having some trouble with textures, anyway someone can help me?

[topaz cairn]

I need some Lua help. So I have multiple functions in my file, my question is: can I use the same local variable name for different commands in different functions within the file?

[keen shadow]

Anyone know what .dae the tailights for the Rockbasher are in?

They aren't in rockbouncer.dae so IDK where they are

[quick axle]

common folder

[keen shadow]

where in common tho

[warm sphinx]

Common and then offroad parts. Look around a bit is my recommendation

[keen shadow]

these are the only offroad folders

[warm sphinx]

Well are they in there?

I thought they were

[pine horizon]

How would i go about making the Covet jbeam stronger?

[pine horizon]

?

[quasi ruin]

what is the issue you are having? i dont know too much, but i found a great video showing how to port from AC to Beam

[keen shadow]

I checked offroad_acc and it had hopper and Gavril parts and I don’t think it would be in the other folders

[keen shadow]

Wdym?

You could add more beams or increase strength

[dry cargo]

lights - generic offroad lights maybe

[rancid wedge]

I think I once saw them in common/lights or something

[tender crown]

The road texture in blender is upside down, so the road is 100% black without any texture. I think the map has a low res scan of the area and a high res scan of the track itself, but for some reason the high res scan is flipped...

[keen shadow]

I think I looked in there and just saw the generic halogens that you can put on the gavrils

[pine horizon]

No clue how to do that mate

[marble nebula]

does anyone have any knoledge on why my cargo is slightly off the vehicle in game, but if i use blender the cargo is in the correct way.

[keen shadow]

would kinda be a tedious process of duplicating all the Covet parts and changing their beam strength to be stonger in the .jbeam files

[keen shadow]

probably the node and beam structure pushing it away or the hitboxes being off

you can toggle triangle visibility with [ctrl] + [shift] + [t] (i think)

[upbeat blaze]

where should i go to ask blender questions ?

does it have a discord ?

any recomendations

[shut pollen]

the "blender community" discord is pretty big, might have answers there. second best would probably be somewhere like poly haven

[upbeat blaze]

thanks im really useless when it comes to discord stuff lol

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[marble nebula]

ill give a go, thank you

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[marble nebula]

right so i managed to see the triangles and they are in the correct position. but the boxes where they are supposed to be, are not

[keen shadow]

send a screenshot?

nvm i got your dm

[last viper]

I’ve been working on adding more detailed animations for automation vehicles using the built-in exporter. I have made functional automatic shifter, manual shifter (h-pattern) and the auto portion of the DCT transmission, all working from the exporter alone. However, I have been trying to get sequential and the gear indicator working without much luck. I have attempted to base my prop animations on the Sunburst’s SQ shifter and the gear indicator. From what I can see, the Sunburst uses a function called sequentialLeverYfor the shifter and disp_N, disp_1, disp_2, etc., for the gear indicator.

Are these prop functions only available from within the transmission object or could they be called from the main.jbeam that the automation cars use for props? If they can, are they referenced differently?

[pine horizon]

Anyone able to help please!! trying to put a skin on my mod and this random stuff is always on the car

[dry cargo]

map it right

[pine horizon]

it is

its on covet files

[dry cargo]

...

map the body

[tranquil cobalt]

hi, guys. so, i'm trying to make a mod that will basically keep any damage done to a vehicle in career mode, so that when you end the game or put the vehicle back in the garage, you can still take the car back out and drive it with the previously applied damage. the issue is, i have literally zero modding experience aside from dragging and dropping files and editing already existing text files. im using chatgpt for instructions and it's confusing me pretty badly, so i was wondering if anyone might be able ot help me kinda decipher what's being said, or even has any idea on how to make a mod like this and would be able to help me? i do also plan to publish the mod if it goes well, and i will give you literally all the credit, cause as i said, i have no idea what im doing 😂

if it's any help, i'm pretty sure what it's having me do is create an lua script. so far i have some code and a persistentdamage.lua file i've created with the code given to me by chatgpt.

[pine horizon]

Its fully uv mapped already @dry cargo

[ancient copper]

is there a new ui data stream to use for nitrous? streams.n2oInfo.tankRatio no longer works

trying to update an old mod of mine

[tranquil cobalt]

okay, i have not the slightest clue what i am doing, so if anybody would like the prompts i used to see if they could make this mod themselves, let me know. i would love to see this made, i just have no idea how to do it

[summer vault]

yeah, pretty safe to say that trying to make something like that with chatgpt isnt going to get you anywhere
and if there was someone who knew how to make that, trying to get chatgpt to give you something usable would be as much work as just making it yourself

[meager sable]

can someone help me ive got a model and put it on the covet done all the files(i think there right) and it doesnt show up at all ingame can someone help me

[keen shadow]

Is it mapped the same way as the texture?

[keen shadow]

Might have to go under covet folder instead of astra

[keen shadow]

Take a look at the default nitrous ui

[meager sable]

what you mean?

[keen shadow]

If they are parts for the covet then they have to go in the covet folder

mod_name\vehicles\covet

[meager sable]

ive renamed everythign to astra in files

[keen shadow]

You duplicated all the covet parts?

[meager sable]

i made a new folder copied all jbeam and renamed it and got the dae and renamed and swapped the body

[keen shadow]

Did you rename every instance in the files?

[meager sable]

whay you mean?

[gusty vine]

Hey guys, I'm really struggling with texturing my engine, I can't seem to even get it to work in game, I would appreciate some help 🙂 I'm using the example from the Documentation which is the Vivace but I'm changing all that out with my own.

[gusty vine]

Update: I've fixed the structer but it still won't work

[tribal gust]

Does anyone know the command line argument to change physics steps. It's mentioned in the documentation but not actually given.

[lethal geode]

I need help with my mod

[inner heart]

mesh material not mapped to 4age

Material needs to be 4age

[lethal geode]

So i have my engine and my engine has options to change the camshaft, heads, intake, and fuel rail and i want them all to add power but when I jbeamn them to add power and I equip all of them only 1 adds power but they all individually are supposed to add power together

[inner heart]

u can only have 1 torqueModMult

if u want to ask how rk engine mod does it, they use a modified engine lua that can handle multiple torqueModMultX where X is just to make them unique name

[gusty vine]

It is

[inner heart]

odd

[gusty vine]

Yeah tell me about it

The game can't even see the main.materials

Doesn't show up in the material editor

[inner heart]

what if u shove it in bx folder

[gusty vine]

Interesting

[gusty vine]

Still doesn't work

[lethal geode]

Ohhh that makes sense

What about with “torquemodintake” ?

[inner heart]

only 1 of it aswell

same for exhaust

[inner heart]

i assume you refresh with ctrl r?

[gusty vine]

Yeah

[inner heart]

i will say, that u are still mixing / and \

maybe the \v is causing formatting error cause \ are used to escape some characters to do special things

but idk json enough

[gusty vine]

Thanks for all your help, I'm gonna take a break and re try with a fresh mind

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[lethal geode]

Who made Rk engine mod

[inner heart]

idk

[lethal geode]

Ah thanks for your help tho about the other things

[keen plover]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1232947010311819295/1280449910420013148/image.png?ex=66d81f68&is=66d6cde8&hm=c4b0cc9cba7d8c153d0c620c5bc5b3104ff6b43a15f7bb3e029e8645f7833687& any way to fix?

[summer vault]

what are we even looking at and whats wrong

[tepid tartan]

Solidify ur mesh

[drowsy vault]

does anyone know why this might be happening , basically when i fully brake it like doesnt brake at all

it happens at random times mostly when going straight

[ember wagon]

Can all parts go into one jbeam file?

[tepid tartan]

Yes

But it'd do you better to sort things into multiple jbeams over trying to find 1 part in a sea of 40 to 50 parts

[ember wagon]

True but ctrl+f can help.

[calm kernel]

quick question, how do i make a new car name? i already made a new mod and stuff, copied the car i wanted it to be based on but now i just have two bx series in my vehicle selection

[drowsy vault]

you edit the info.json

or rename the folder inside of vehicles folder to anything you want

[grizzled dragon]

Cuz Kenemation mod

Delete it and won't happen

[drowsy vault]

no ive been reworking it for like 2 months (for myself i wont post it dont worry)

including the brakes

[pine horizon]

er how do you mean

[shut pollen]

the materials you have are designed to be mapped to the covet. your uvmap does not match the covet one. make your own materials or just use simple dummy materials for now

[rancid wedge]

so when the attachment beams on my exterior roll cage break, some of the meshes just disappear. The flexbodies also don't have anything extra in the jbeam, how do I prevent this?

[subtle badger]

does anyone have a UV map for the Carbonworks F4?

[tacit halo]

there isnt one included by default like all vanilla vehicles?

[subtle badger]

i dont think so

i dont know how to check tho

[tacit halo]

by uh

looking at the mod folder

[keen shadow]

If you’re in Blender and you go to the UV editor and load the texture does it line up with the panels?

[dull carbon]

Is there any way to tie textures or even sparks to brake thermals? I have a group that is modding that would love glowing and sparking brake pads

brake rotors? idk the technical term

[shut pollen]

already been done. think it uses html textures hooked up to lua that reads the temp, havent looked under the hood myself

[pine horizon]

yes it works with a skin i made

just ingame from when i spawn it it does this thing

[keen shadow]

I guess make sure it references the right texture in game (use the material editor in the world editor)

[indigo maple]

could someone explain how how add the needle?

[pine horizon]

iev tried

[coarse halo]

Recently I was thinking about making a prefacelift Bruckell Bastion mod. Would I need any programming knowledge to do that. I just need to make new front end, backend, interior and maybe wheels.

[keen shadow]

Hmm

Idk then

[twilit python]

So, I had a friend model me this trailer, I loaded it into Blender. I had it in the game and it's very grabby. It grabs the wheels of the vehicles. This is intended to be a static object on the map not a vehicle.
I need help making a custom collision mesh. I couldn't make any sense of it watching a million Youtube videos.
If somebody is willing to take some time and help me, I'd greatly appreciate it.

I can credit you in the description of my map when it's done if you wish.

[lethal geode]

I suggest taking it from a existing vehicle

[lethal geode]

Anyone know how to modified engine jbeam that can handle multiple torqueModMultX where X is any number

[ember wagon]

is there anywhere a document which shows what units values of jbeam numbers are in? For example lockspring and lockdamp of the clutch and clutchstiffness

[lapis tide]

Is there a guide for making engine swaps?

Like swapping a different engine into the pessima

[lethal geode]

What are you trying to engine swap

[lapis tide]

Pigeon engine into pessima

[lethal geode]

Go into the pigeon file and copy the engine j beamn

Paste it to your desktop and open it with notepad ++

[lapis tide]

Yeah

[unique zealot]

You would want to change the dash which would mean replacing the screen, other than that its tinkering the jbeam and just modelling new parts

The best way for the dash too, would be to take one from another vehicle

[keen plover]

how i turn the 2nd pic to like the first pic, im dying rn trying to do this

[tacit halo]

very simple
you dont

texturing a chassis is quite difficult if you dont have substance painter or have any knowhow

you better just stick to using plain colors in multiple materials

[keen plover]

o? not understanding after spending 6 hrs doin this

[keen plover]

so just exporting UV will do? not with all the materials? 2nd in game is color changeable in material editor but the shell isnt also

[tacit halo]

no

you dont need uvs

you just need to create materials

[wise wren]

hi how can i install a mod?

[warm sphinx]

Click download on the repo or official forums. Should be already put into the correct folder and if it’s not the correct folder is BeamNg.drive/current version/mods

[flat hedge]

Hey i'm trying to make my first ever mod but when i try to spawn my car in it just flies away. What is causing that isuue?

[heavy swift]

Check the console.

[flat hedge]

There 's a lot of red

[lapis tide]

How can I make a custom engine swap? Im trying to make a pessima with a pigeon engine

[heavy swift]

You made a mistake somewhere in your jbeam. Send a picture of the first line of red that you see.

It will guide you to where the error occurred. Also, please use visual Studio Code for lua and for jbeam, with the beamng extension. Will make your life a lot easier.

[haughty mango]

or just use notepad++ 👍

[distant pendant]

or visual studio

[heavy swift]

Missing data, so your jbeam is invalid. what did you make exactly?

[flat hedge]

I followed beamng modding tutorial

[flat hedge]

I think i found what's wrong

How could i get rid off Kit_car?

[flat hedge]

OMG it work yessssssss

I just needed to remove the json files yipee!

ty @heavy swift 😉

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[heavy swift]

You could also write it with pen and paper, then scan it in. If you value your time, you wont use Notepad++

[heavy swift]

No, Thank you, you solved it yourself. Good job. Sometimes the error is very trivial.

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[flat hedge]

so I have another issue. It says that the ref nodes are missing even tho i already put them

[hybrid dune]

Do you have any existing knowledge of blender?

[twilit python]

Not at all.

[hybrid dune]

ok can you send me the model ill create a basic collision for it and send it back. it should take no time at all

[twilit python]

Sure! That would be great. I've got a few models by the way.

I'll DM you.

[minor moth]

why custom

the game calculates it automatically just set its mesh to be like a lowpolyass convex hull you can make yourself in 3 seconds

or even a very lowpoly lod mesh will do for collision

[hybrid dune]

thats what im planning on doing

and then he can import it and ill give it a texture so he can make it transparent

[twilit python]

It's super super grabby. The tires constantly get stuck.

It's meant to be static and part of the map. Just a model that's fixed in place.

[dry cargo]

Hello guyss, im making my own siren mod but i have an issue

whenever i toggle on and off the sirens, the sound fades out and its very annoying. How can i disable that fading?

[dry cargo]

I couldn't find any source for this. I only found something like this in old documentation but I think it's related to engines https://wiki.beamng.com/Sound.html#soundConfig

[proud sierra]

Can someone help me add a ocean to east coast?

[magic grotto]

does anyone know how to add engines into other vehicles coding wise

[warm sphinx]

To make a collision mesh just copy the DAE and decimate it (found by searching in the little wrench) to 0.25. Make sure you apply the decimation 🙂

Colmesh is the collison the others are for LOD models
(This model was for a static Piccolina I made)

[magic grotto]

trying to add chevys ls1 into the d series

[twilit python]

Thanks!

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[warm sphinx]

Is the default engine not already an LS1?

Or is it a different LS?

[magic grotto]

no trying to add one with differnt cam options

and better sound

trying to get that nostalgic chevy chop

[warm sphinx]

Gotcha. You can probably follow similar steps to adding an automation engine to a car but just supplement with your own material. Not 100% sure

But there are a few tutorials on adding Automation engines to vanilla cars

[magic grotto]

well i have the jbeam code for it

just trying to figure out where to add it

and its an engine from a mod

is there a way to walk me through it

well dang

[warm sphinx]

Just look up tutorials online

It should be relatively easy

[magic grotto]

those ones reqire bender and the other is looking for the dds file

https://youtu.be/rtCAgj2JMj4?si=iI4iwAGsbKKPbFGM

which is just the texture files i already found the texture im triyn to find where the engine code goes in the pickup

which im looking for engine_pickup

[warm sphinx]

Ohh its in common

I see your problem now

[magic grotto]

i am in common but again i cant find it

What I’m running into

[warm sphinx]

Those would be the pickup engines

[magic grotto]

so where would i add the ls1 or do i have to make my own file for it

[warm sphinx]

You have to copy the file and make your own folder

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

[magic grotto]

so copy the jbeam and the textures from the transam

[warm sphinx]

I can't walk you through the whole process. I suggest a tutorial or documentation

I unfortunately just don't have time rn

[magic grotto]

ok do you know anyone else who might know

[mental estuary]

I need help, I'm trying to make a scenario, and when I follow this tutorial: https://www.beamng.com/threads/introduction-to-scenarios-creation.14700/ it comes up an LUA error when I load it, and when I press F11, it crashes the game, and when I copy a scenario from another map, it won't let me load the world editor. What is going wrong? I need a new and up-to-date tutorial, and when I look up how to make a BeamNG scenario, it comes up videos about how to use the Script AI editor, which is completely unrelated! BTW it is a race scenario I'm trying to make

[dry cargo]

please??

[mental estuary]

I can't seem to find any information online about making scenarios apart from that tutorial which does not work, as in the latest version of the game, you can't enter the world editor from the scenario!

[mental estuary]

I'll have to try it on an older version of the game to get some practice, once you tell me how to do it

[signal shell]

Does anybody know the fodler name in which the carrer mode is saved?

[dry cargo]

managed to find a solution. normally stopSFX function lua/vehicle/electrics.lua makes audio fade out, so i modified the file to use cutSFX function but is there a way to modify the game file with a mod?

[warm forge]

hello people i wanted to ask how do i make roads like this on my map

since my roads are elevated from the ground and puncture tires

[warm sphinx]

Use terrain paint instead of the mesh roads

[warm forge]

thankyou i will go and experiment now

the road is still dirt any tips?

[distant pendant]

you need to make it tarmac via the terrain paint

[warm forge]

so i need to import it here correct?

[distant pendant]

yes.

[heavy swift]

Wait you changed the electrics.lua file? Thats illegal, and the police has been dispatched. But for real though, you can't upload a mod to the repo with any of the default game files overwritten.

I'd suggest a different solution. You say the sound fades out?

[keen latch]

hi someone can create Citroen Xsara ?

[rocky breach]

#mods-faq

[normal horizon]

how can i open a jbeam in visual studio

[rancid wedge]

does anybody know where these taillights might be in the files? there are 2 types of round taillights, and only the other one is in the stambecco's .dae . The square ones are in common/lights, but these round ones are nowhere to be seen..

or what other vehicles might use them. that might also lead me to the right direction

[normal horizon]

@rancid wedgewhere are the car's jbeam files

[rancid wedge]

all vehicle files are in \steamapps\common\BeamNG.drive\content\vehicles\ [vehicle name]

in there are all the jbeam files for each vehicle, with some that are shared being in common

[normal horizon]

Thanks

Thanks @rancid wedge

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[rancid wedge]

but I never used visual studio, I guess just the regular, open the program and press open on the top left and select the file

[normal horizon]

what do you use

[rancid wedge]

regular windows editor

I look at numbers and have the game running and switch between to check if positioning is right

sometimes I also use the blender jbeam add-on, but I don't think it can create new nodes, only move

[inner heart]

you should get visual studio code

it’s free

[rancid wedge]

well

windows editor is also free

[rancid wedge]

but does it show fancy text colors for the jbeam code?

[inner heart]

you meant syntax highlighting

yes it have that

[normal horizon]

wait you use notepad?

[inner heart]

likely

[jade lagoon]

So i need a little help with adding collisions aka making the road drivable ive been importing a map from ac to beam and ive tried everything have the raod have collisions but nothing works if someone could help i would appricate it

[shell mesa]

It’s in the common folder. Inside the lights folder, there is a file called “lights.dae” which has those types of halogen lights. Hope this helps 👍

[rancid wedge]

oh they are, thanks for the help!

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[topaz cairn]

I have a question. How do I make my Lua code wait before executing other parts of the code? I want to spawn multiple vehicles, but I'm afraid the game may crash 🙂

[dry cargo]

how create a meshslap?

i never created a mod

and i have nearly no experience

[mental estuary]

plz help

[lapis tide]

How can I edit the engine placment with this method?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtCAgj2JMj4

[lapis tide]

Because I end up with it like this

[sick bridge]

I want to start making mods for BeamNG but I find blender and allat way too complicated, anyone who can explain how it works or if someone can link a ut vid or sum?

[shut pollen]

nodemove it, have a look at that function on the documentation site

[lapis tide]

Can I get a link please

[shut pollen]

https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/vehicle/sections/slots/#nodeMove

[dry cargo]

yeah the sound fades out but i couldn't find any other resources for fixing it

looks like its been a problem to other modders too

[drowsy patio]

hello, im making a livery and i just realised i'm too dumb to mod this game so when i put the livery on the car the stickerbomb decal is on the car but the paint of the car just becomes black, and i want to make the livery to be paintable in game, i don't know how to search this on google or how can i fix that so im asking for help here
(im making the livery in paint.net)

[sick bridge]

Did you save the livery?

[drowsy patio]

yes

[sick bridge]

Hmm

[drowsy patio]

i tried painting the background but it was just worse

everything was red

i mean its transparent

[sick bridge]

Ive only made one livery and it worked so ask someone else lol

[drowsy patio]

😭

[shut pollen]

this link covers skin related stuff https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/materials/vehicle/skinsystem/skintutorial/. you probably need to have the background white rather than transparent, also will need the colorpalette to go with your basecolormap

[drowsy patio]

thank you, i'll try my best

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @shut pollen (current: #135 - 17)

[dry cargo]

you have to model them

[dry cargo]

idk

i am just saying but ye

[river shard]

they usually are made custom

[drowsy patio]

i did everything as the tutorial says and it's still not colorable

i watched so many videos and read so many forums but still nothing 😦

[shut pollen]

post some pics of how your files are set up and what the skins look like

[drowsy patio]

okay

i tried coloring the uv white but the car went white too

would it work if i put the uv in as a screen?

so like the stickerbomb is there but the car is black

instead of red

[shut pollen]

the .dds with the stickerbomb imagery has to have a white background, not transparent. copy the stickerbomb outline into the red image and cut it out so that the red image has a transparent hole in the shape of the stickerbomb

[drowsy patio]

oh

okay

and now i just have to save it right?

[shut pollen]

yep

[drowsy patio]

okay i saved it, then made the background of the dds white and now the car is white too (i dont know if thats the problem, but i save it as bc1 srgb dx+ 10)

[shut pollen]

is the car now colourable? also dont think that bc1 is the correct format, could be bc7 or something. it is pinned somewhere, the texture cooker will also make the right format from a .png

[drowsy patio]

it's still white

im doing something wrong 100%

[shut pollen]

would be a bad palette then (red image). might not be getting loaded, what does your .json have inside?

[drowsy patio]

{
"covet.skin.hugy" : {
"name" : "covet.skin.hugy",
"mapTo" : "covet.skin.hugy",
"class" : "Material",
"persistentId" : "2c1716b6-6515-4920-a39c-202ee48ec78c",
"Stages": [
{
"ambientOcclusionMap": "/vehicles/covet/covet_main_ao.data.png",
"baseColorMap": "/vehicles/covet/covet_main_b.color.png",
"metallicMap": "/vehicles/covet/covet_main_m.data.png",
"metallicFactor": 1,
"roughnessFactor": 1,
"normalMap": "vehicles/covet/covet_n.dds",
"roughnessMap": "/vehicles/covet/covet_main_r.data.png",
"useAnisotropic": true
},
{
"ambientOcclusionMap": "/vehicles/covet/covet_main_ao.data.png",
"useAnisotropic": true,
"diffuseMapUseUV": 1,
"clearCoatFactor": 1,
"clearCoatRoughnessFactor":0.05,
"metallicFactor": 0.7,
"clearCoatMap": "/vehicles/covet/covet_main_cc.data.png",
"normalMap": "/vehicles/covet/covet_main_nm.normal.png",
"opacityMap": "/vehicles/covet/covet_main_alt_c.data.png",
"baseColorMap": "vehicles/covet/hugy/covet_skin_hugy.png",
},
{},
{}
],
"activeLayers": 2,
"dynamicCubemap": true,
"materialTag0": "beamng",
"materialTag1": "vehicle",
"version": 1.5
},
}

oh

i wanted to write it in that thing

[shut pollen]

yeah you are missing the thing that loads the palette. docs i sent earlier will have the exact line for you to use, should be along the lines of "colorPaletteMap" or something

[drowsy patio]

okay i fixed the code but still nothing

its just white still

it says something like to set the uv1 layer to the colorpalette and the basecolor stuff

[shut pollen]

you will have to play with it for a bit, ngl should just steal the code from a vanilla covet skin that is colourable with non colourable sections then rename and correct the paths

[drowsy patio]

i'll try it then, thanks for your time tho

[shut pollen]

no worries, you are like 95% done. just gotta get it over the finish line

[drowsy patio]

i've got a last idea, is there a way to copy a color preset from beamng to paint.net?

so i can color the uv to the color of the car so it's basically done

didnt go as planned, how surprising

[ember wagon]

how can i install a custom horn?

[normal bay]

i doubt anyone here know but how can i access these files on the thumbnails (the actual textures are lost but the thumbnails would be useful even if theyre low res

[ember wagon]

I wanted to add train horn lol

[minor moth]

theyre in the temp directory im 99% sure

or if an object has them in their material if you expor collada it should export them too, or you can just select the image in the UV editor and click save as angel~6

[normal bay]

no thats the thing theyre already gone

[normal bay]

and where would bleder temp be?

[minor moth]

open the autosave

[minor moth]

iirc folder back when you open autosaves folder

the images could also be in the autosaves packed into the blend if you packed them anytime

[normal bay]

hmm cant find em thats for sure. See the thing is, i was packing the mod and lost everything (i dont think theres a way to get it all back anymore since my dumbass packed through beamng and something went very wrong)

and because of that i dont even have the images in blender as textures anymore, but i do still see them on the thumbnails

[normal bay]

im starting to loose hope cause ive been asking around about this for a while now

[minor moth]

did you seriously not make a backup

sadge

[normal bay]

i couldnt make backups all the time. i mean i have files backed up but sadly not recent enough. I know its my fault but everyone saying why didnt u make one doesnt help me get the mod back on its feet

[minor moth]

how much progress have you lost?

[normal bay]

quite a lot, mainly in textures but also w skins, lights props etc

[minor moth]

are the previews there evenm after belnder restart?

[normal bay]

yes

so thats why im thinking they gotta be somewhere

even if theyre lower res i can use them as refrence well

[minor moth]

theyre not the actual images

theyre just batch generated thumbs stored as data, the size they are is like 64x64

[normal bay]

thats fine i still wanna use them as refrence if thats possible

[minor moth]

i have 0 clue where theyre stored but i presume blend file

[normal bay]

and u know what can open blend files? if theres any way?

i mean to access whats in there

not open it w blender

[minor moth]

append in blender is the only way ik

[lapis tide]

Why do I end up with two 1300CC engines with this Jbeam?

[calm kernel]

Change the name, 5th line

[manic beacon]

I have these dayton wheel mods from a mod but im trying to make them acessible on a bluebuck which they are already not. How would I got about doing this?

[ruby owl]

anyone know why the horizon is like this? second pic is looking from the opposite direction as the first

[lapis tide]

No the issue is that the engine is in the menu twice

[mental estuary]

Why is nobody helping? I'm getting frustrated!

[lapis tide]

Have you tried this? https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/gamemodes/missions/missioncreation/

[mental estuary]

I looked, but I'm trying to create a scenario, not a mission.

[mental estuary]

I tried to create a scenario on an old version of the game, and it worked fine, so it is a problem with the latest version of the game

[cedar salmon]

how would i make an ad? Like the on the Taxi Carrier or on the side of the bus?

[lapis tide]

In what JBeam are the pessima transmissions stored

[sterile junco]

can someone help me uv unwrap? i forgot

[sterile junco]

pessima_transaxle.jbeam

[tame stratus]

Does anyone know what this program is and where to download it?

[lethal geode]

anyone know how where the torqueModMult is in the Engine LUA

[inner heart]

this is node beam editor, and you should consider the https://github.com/BeamNG/Blender-JBeam-Editor instead

[inner heart]

?

[lethal geode]

can i copy and paste is to make more ?

i wanna make is so i can add a cam in a engine and it adds power with upgraded block

[tame stratus]

is there a way to move single nodes with blender move tool?

[inner heart]

u hit "tab" to go in edit mode, while selecting what object u want to edit, then you can select single node to move, and hit "tab" to get out off edit mode

[inner heart]

do u know lua

[lethal geode]

not rlly

[inner heart]

because its a bit more then blind copy and paste, but its also not asking you to advanced programming this

[lethal geode]

so if i were trying to add more torqueMod ports how would i go about it

[inner heart]

i thinking about 2 things, do i go safe and lead u the dumb way that will get the job done but isnt clean

or a potentionally better way thats more complicated, but is much easier to deal with once its made

nah i shove u the code for the second one

[lethal geode]

yes

Dm me its super late for me and im going to bed rn

[inner heart]

add this chunk of code for ur copy of combustion engine lua file, between line 1875 and 1877

  -- NEW CODE ADDED HERE
  local torqueModMultCounts = 10
  local rawTorqueMultCurves = {}
  for torqueModMultIdx = 1, torqueModMultCounts, 1 do
    local jbeamKeyName = "torqueModMult_"..torqueModMultIdx
    if jbeamData[jbeamKeyName] then
      local multTorqueTable = tableFromHeaderTable(jbeamData[jbeamKeyName])
      local rawTorqueMultPoints = {}
      for _, v in pairs(multTorqueTable) do
        maxAvailableRPM = max(maxAvailableRPM, v.rpm)
        table.insert(rawTorqueMultPoints, {v.rpm, v.torque})
      end
      rawTorqueMultCurves[torqueModMultIdx] = createCurve(rawTorqueMultPoints)
    end
  end

  for torqueModMultIdx = 1, torqueModMultCounts, 1 do
    local curRawTorqueMultCurve = rawTorqueMultCurves[torqueModMultIdx]
    if curRawTorqueMultCurve then
      for i = 0, maxAvailableRPM, 1 do
        local baseMult = rawTorqueMultCurve[i] or 1
        local additionalMult = curRawTorqueMultCurve[i] or 1
        rawTorqueMultCurve[i] = baseMult * additionalMult
      end
    end
  end
  torqueModMultCounts = nil
  rawTorqueMultCurves = nil
  -- NEW CODE ENDED HERE

the torqueModMultCounts controls how many unique mult curve it will handle, so a value of 7 will do all curves fromtorqueModMult_1 up to torqueModMult_7
u can change the generated name by changing the hardcoded string for jbeamKeyName (the _ in torqueModMult_ is not required)

u then add smth like this in the jbeam, just like the normal torqueModMult curves, but again with different name

"torqueModMult_1":[
  ["rpm", "torque"],
  [0,    2],
  [7000, 2],
],

[calm kernel]

Do you have a dupelicate?

[calm peak]

guys, hello! How can i allow the object to go under ground partially. Whenever i pull the arrow down, it doesn`t move at all

[limpid marsh]

How can i change the visual speed of water? It looks too fast and i wanna make it slower

[mental estuary]

Turn off terrain snapping

[lilac zenith]

Guys anybody knows how can I import .bin files into blender? I want to import 2005 Most Wanted game's cars for priv mod learning.

[plucky blaze]

u need a old blender version

that supported .bin files or a addon for current blender

[lethal geode]

You the man

[lapis tide]

I did, ended up fixing it and now it's back to normal

[calm kernel]

well at least its fixed

Shrug

[crystal cipher]

Does anyone have a base D-Series model for me to make my roo-bar with?

[haughty mango]

game files?

sum where here

[crystal cipher]

I don't know the game files well enough to successfully navigate them

[crystal cipher]

Oh, that's useful, thank you

[haughty mango]

yup no worries

[crystal cipher]

Thanks @haughty mango

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @haughty mango (current: #641 - 2)

[crystal cipher]

I've been looking and I cannot find a 3d model in the files

I'm going to ask Hilux, he might know

[olive crescent]

currently trying to make a map but dont know exactly where to start i hope to get some help from people who know something bout map making

[lyric crypt]

hi guys need a help, how i post my mod to forum?

[haughty mango]

really not that hard. the .dae is the 3d model

[crystal cipher]

That's why it didn't show in VSC

I was seeing what all of the file types were and that one said it couldn't show

So it isn't allowing me to open it in blender now

I'm using blender 3.6

[haughty mango]

open blender then import, but before COPY the file elsewhere

so u dont edit the car in the zip

[lyric crypt]

[crystal cipher]

The pickup.dea has all the parts, I just need the chassis and body, is there anyway to get that without deleting the stuff I don't need?

[haughty mango]

no, just delete the others

and keep whatever u want

remember COPY the file into another folder and edit only THAT COPIED version

[crystal cipher]

Yeah, I have

[olive crescent]

i upgraded the terain by accdent is there any other way to go back?

there is no textures

materials

[warm sphinx]

Don't think so. Usually pops up with a warning saying it isn't for me

[deep hedge]

Goodevening everyone 🙂

greetings from denmark

[drowsy vault]

how could i make a lockable center differential

i swear it was ingame already but i cant find it

[crystal cipher]

There is on the T-Series

[ebon oasis]

How come the colours on my skin appear to be a lot brighter in-game, compared to the actual image in an editor?

[ebon oasis]

Alright, it seems using the Material editor to revert the material to V1, and then V1.5, worked somehow? 🤷‍♂️

Never mind, that apparently messed up a bunch of things in the process

[calm peak]

thank you so much

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @mental estuary (current: #507 - 3)

[deep hedge]

Anyone in here got good experience on adding triggers on cars, so you can open and close doors , trunk and engine room on a car ?
i got a really nice mercedes model that i would love some help on getting doors and so to work
Anyone up for that ?
I got the car. but need the trickers / doors to be working correct

[mental estuary]

No problem!

[mental estuary]

I tired to make a time trial mission, and I'm having trouble. That tutorial is no help

I need help to make a time trial mission

[lapis tide]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[fallow urchin]

How do I fix the license plates from showing up as virtual beamng plate to going back to other plates I cleaned my cache but haven't done the texture cache clean yet because I'm affraid it will ruin my map im working on

[inner heart]

turn off “skip generating license plate” or smth in the settings

[fallow urchin]

@inner heart Honestly now that yoy mention that I came across that setting idk if I clicked it by mistake but il check that out forsure that you very much!

[livid hemlock]

Can someone help me to set up the nodes for the Radiatortubes. I have no clue which node i should connect with each other

Radiator it self deforms good enough but radpipes are crazy

[minor moth]

V1 is prepbr and it has low saturation, use v1.5 with your color map being a BC7 sRGB DX11+

BC7 is a DDS format fyi

[minor moth]

what groups is it mapped to in flexbodies

since it has to be both engine and the radiator

[livid hemlock]

do you mean breakgroups? If so they are in the screenshot, just radhose

[minor moth]

for example

the radhose has to be engine group and rad group in the ["group"]

[livid hemlock]

SO it shouldnt be lansdale engine, instead it should be lasndale frame or some?

[minor moth]

this should be correct

hm thats strange

[livid hemlock]

Maybe should you know that there is no engine in the front. In the back is the scintilla V10 and in the front is nothing, just the subframe of the scintilla

[minor moth]

make the radhose attach to the frame then

[livid hemlock]

Ok ok thanks

[ebon oasis]

Ah, I was saving it in BC3 Linear DXT5, changing it to BC7 sRGB worked, thanks 👍

Much better now 😁

[ebon oasis]

And is the Autobello badge here meant to be paintable? I think I might have broken it when I was messing around with the materials last night

[drowsy vault]

the png has to be like whatever.color.png not whatever.png

for it to have correct colors in v1.5

[ebon oasis]

Yep, I already have it called that

[quaint gull]

That looks nice

[ebon oasis]

Cheers

[dry cargo]

Hello, how do I make license plates?

[onyx garden]

https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/vehicle/tutorials/license-plate-tutorial/

on the topic of making License Plates, I have something I wanna ask

So if I have 4 different License Plates, do I just copy this code a few times each of which points to a different png?

sorry if this is way too dumb of a question

[neat schooner]

Hey guys, Im having some issues with editing a map then saving and trying online.. can someone help me please!!?

I removed some of the decals from this drift course and then saved but when I try online it gets back the same .-.

[onyx garden]

what do you mean by online? beammp?

[neat schooner]

yep! it is supposed to be like that

I unziped the original file then edited and saved and ziped back again

but it didnt worked, I dont know what im doing wrong actually haha

[onyx garden]

I may be very wrong but I think that the files for your map need to be on the server, client side usually has nothing

[neat schooner]

I did that, I deleted the old file from the server and added this new one but it didnt worked

[onyx garden]

hmm, well I'm not sure, sorry.

[neat schooner]

I dont know if I should call a different name..

[onyx garden]

that could be it, unless you deleted the old unmodified one

[neat schooner]

I have a backup just in case, im gonna try that

[onyx garden]

also what happens if I change the //US values to the same ones as //EU ?

[neat schooner]

somehow level editor is not saving all the files? this is the one I tried saving and exporting

the original has like 3.7gb

[tender bison]

Sup chat. I made a replica in automation, what's the easiest way to send it to my friend?

[tepid tartan]

export the car to beamng and then grab the zip from your mods folder and give to ur friend

[crisp geode]

Did you removed it from your beammp luncher aswell

[neat schooner]

I think I made a mistake because it is the first time im trying to do this, do I need to unpack the map then edit it and save then zip it ?

I was editing the map without unpacking it

[crisp geode]

Have you removed the old version from the beammp luncher couse I read that you did replaced the one on the server,

[crisp geode]

That could be it but idk im not into modding maps

[warm sphinx]

Did you repack your changes into it?

They will be saved under the version folder and then levels

[neat schooner]

do I need to import the files from Levels to inside the map folder before repacking it ? because I clicked save on Level editor then I just repacked

my friend tried to see the changes made but it didnt showed to him, just me

[warm sphinx]

Yes

[neat schooner]

so the steps are Unpack map >> edit >> save it >> go to Level folder and replace saved files inside the original unpacked map folder >> repack it ?

[warm sphinx]

Yes that is correct

You can even leave it packed

Then just drag and drop the new stuff in there, then restart your game

[neat schooner]

Got it!

thx man!

[warm sphinx]

No worries! Best of luck 🙂

[warm thunder]

is there a tutorial to start modding? or can someone tell me how to meshslap? i swear ong that i won't sell it for money i just want to create a car from my favorite game as a joke to my friends

Or someone just make me a rocket league meshslap for free

[onyx garden]

can I get help with this?

[dreamy dock]

car to make im TOTALY new to thia

[drifting meadow]

Can anyone help or have some sort of guide on how to get image as textures in blender to show up in beam?

[tacit halo]

?

but what are you asking?

you have to be 13 years old to be here

@icy crane @native verge

[icy crane]

woop

[distant pendant]

even meshlapping is a bit of work for someone who doesn't know how to mod.

I really suggest just starting making addon parts and move from ther.

[tacit halo]

wait how the fuck did he make his account at like age 4??????????

[icy crane]

oh god wtf

[tacit halo]

and also has nitro?? must be their brothers/sisters account

[icy crane]

welp off went lil bro lol

[tacit halo]

also reported to discord so bigbro will also get acc banned 💀

[distant pendant]

Good news, The s10 body is it's own complete mod now, I've gotten all body mesh showing and working approtiately with proper jbeams, (modified from the d series jbeams)

Now I am figuring out adding interior and then will work on frame/ drivetrain.

Still trying to figure out a uv for skins

moving the hinges to fit the s10 wasn't as bad as i thought.

[distant pendant]

cdea is just cached files to help load in the dea

the dea is the one you are after

[tender bison]

I've tried, the file is too large and god knows I'm not paying for Nitro.

[tepid tartan]

Just use Google drive?

Or like any other file sharing site

[distant pendant]

the dea

[thorny rune]

https://tenor.com/view/arresting-new-amsterdam-detaining-cuffing-restraining-gif-20873661

ok whatever

idk if its embedding for y'all but certainly not for me

[fickle raptor]

reporting people is scummy despite the rules

[tacit halo]

And you think it's a good idea to let a 10 year old roam the hellhole discord is ? It's also against the discord TOS to not report then so uh yeah

[fickle raptor]

yeah but subjecting somebody to deal with the support team is against any good person's morals

we all know dealing with discord is a pain in the ass

[tacit halo]

Uh yeah but we ain't sure it even is big brothers account