modding-general

[tacit halo]

We just said that since I doubt a 6 year old can make a discord account and have nitro, but it could also be a shared acc which I think also goes against the rules (since a child still partially operates the account)

[crystal cipher]

Does the J-Beam addon for blender 4.2 also work with blender 3.6?

Id rather not have to download a new version of blender because I use 3.6 for DCS modding

[tacit halo]

try it

id imagine not

also you might be able to get an old enough version but i think the jbeam editor released originally when we were on 3.8

[distant pendant]

blender jbeam editor doesnt work on 3.6

and even the 4.2 addon is janky, takes about 20x times for it to export correctly lol

[crystal cipher]

Great, I'll have to do it another way then

[tacit halo]

download blender 4.2 and 3.6

[crystal cipher]

...

[tacit halo]

yeah well

it wouldnt override the old one since if you arent using steam blender you can have 2 installs at the same time

[crystal cipher]

Right, how different are the 2?

[tacit halo]

not a lot

[crystal cipher]

I'll have a look

[tacit halo]

main changes are that autosmooth is a modifier now, the addons menu is a tad different and some other stuff has moved place but thats really the most noteworthy stuff

[crystal cipher]

You've been working on a project for a while

[tacit halo]

yes

[rotund bison]

Is official map creation guide fully outdated? I need to copy east coast as another level.

[minor moth]

some addons could break since there was a change to some python variables after 3.6

unless yk its been updated to 4.x

[maiden scaffold]

True
They will ban you and it's a gamble if you'll ever talk to a human or see your account again
Usually it's a bot response, then If you ever want a follow up, they'll just repeatedly close the ticket as resolved instead of actually responding

[sullen canyon]

How do I get skins to work correctly in Substance?

[strong epoch]

I've never done any modding before (only skins) and I'm trying to add taxi signs to other vehicles such as the sunburst, pessimas, cherrier etc. for my first mod pack. I also need to know how to resize and rotate the sign. Does anyone know how I can do this?

[quick axle]

add in position and rotation arguments into the flexbody, best option for finding the values is by placing it in blender then copying those values

[stuck edge]

does anyone know what plate font this uses?

[summer vault]

scaling the textures to 200% on the y axis should work
as substance doesnt support anything other than square textures afaik

nvm thats for exports
it should stretch the 2:1 texture in import

you have the moonhawk mesh exported with the wrong uv layer

substance painter also doesnt support more than 1 uv layer

so you need to remove the 1st layer when you export the mesh for use in substance if you want the skin to map to it correctly

[worn comet]

Hey I need some help, Im trying to add 2 Tandem Axle's to 1 frame on the T-Series but they wont work, anyone know to help fix it?

[karmic sequoia]

every time i go to spawn the mtlfiretruck it dosent spawn does anyone have a fix?

[silver nebula]

Is there a map file for me to change the compass direction? Need it altered for my map I'm making.

[tacit halo]

skins use the 2nd UV map so you need to select that one as the main one

[grand hemlock]

Can someone assist me with an engine swap mod?

[raven summit]

Not sure if this falls under modding but how could I add these road markings onto the road?

[warm sphinx]

Decal editor 🙂

[raven summit]

Where could I find that?

[warm sphinx]

Its on the tool box on the top. Little circle with a slash on one side

[raven summit]

Silly me, thanks.

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @warm sphinx (current: #94 - 25)

[raven summit]

😄

[warm sphinx]

No worries mate best of luck 🙂

[tacit slate]

can someone tell me where to get the templates for the cars?

like for the liveries?

[earnest sand]

It should be in the ZIP file for the vehicle of your choice, once you get into the folder with the name of the car. For some of the older vehicles, the file naming convention for it is "[vehicle name]_skin_UVs" although with the newer vehicles the filename of the template may vary slightly.

[south trellis]

does anyone know why my UI widget doesn't show any of the the elements I specified?

angular.module('beamng.apps')
.directive('singleMotorTorque', [function () {
  return {
    template:
        `<div style="height:100%; font-family:Consolas,Monaco,Lucida Console,Liberation Mono; background-color: rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.9)"">
          <div style="display:flex;">
            <div style="width:5%;background-color:rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.9); margin-left:15px; margin-top:10px;transform: rotate(180deg)">
              <div style="height:100%;width:100%;background-color:#00008B;" id="FL"></div>
            </div>
            <div style="width:5%;background-color:rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.9); margin-left:10px; margin-top:10px;transform: rotate(180deg)">
              <div style="height:100%;width:100%;background-color:#FF0000;" id="FR"></div>
            </div>
            <div style="width:5%;background-color:rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.9); margin-left:10px; margin-top:10px;transform: rotate(180deg)">
              <label caption="RL"/>
              <div style="height:100%;width:100%;background-color:#00FF00;" id="RL"></div>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>`,
    replace: true,
    restrict: 'EA',
    link: function (scope, element, attrs) {
      scope.$on('streamsUpdate', function (event, streams) {
          //document.getElementById("gas").style.height = throttleVal + "%";
      })

      scope.$on('app:resized', function (event, data) {
        canvas.width = data.width - 130
        canvas.height = data.height - 20
      })

    }
  }
}])

[south trellis]

this is the app.js

The only things that work are the ones in the app.json file

[tacit slate]

thanks this helps a lot!

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @earnest sand (current: #61 - 37)

[south trellis]

I get and error in the console that says "app not found : singleMotorTorque" what does it mean?

I even made it following the tutorial but still doesn't show even the simple button example

my mod folder structure is userfolder/mods/unpacked/wheel_torque_ui/ui/modules/apps/wheel_torque_ui

I now have the basic example as follows:
app.js

angular.module('beamng.apps')
.directive('wheelTorqueUi', ['StreamsManager', function (StreamsManager) {
  return {
    template:  '<button ng-click="hello()">Click Me</button>',
    replace: true,
    restrict: 'EA',
    link: function (scope, element, attrs) {
      scope.hello = function () {
        print("ciao")
      };
    }
  };
}])

app.json

{
  "name": "Single motor torque",
  "author": "Pippo",
  "version": "0.1",
  "description": "Mostra ripartizione della coppia tra i motori di un veicolo",
  "directive": "wheelTorqueUi",
  "domElement": "<wheel-torque-ui></wheel-torque-ui>",
  "css": {
    "left": "0px",
    "height": "250px",
    "top": "0px",
    "width": "250px"
  },
  "types": [
    "ui.apps.categories.vehicle_info"
  ],
  "preserveAspectRatio": true
}

The app is visible from the menu and the json properties actually work

[hollow dagger]

I'm sure this has been asked many times before, are there any Tachnometer templates?

Or at least guides/tutorials on editing, I have basic knolwedge of Angular JS and great HTML and CSS knowledge.

[crystal quest]

is there a way to bind lua script to keybind? and it runs it?

[tepid sable]

I have an error in the jbeam, do you know why ?

[shut pollen]

line 81 missing closing bracket?

[desert panther]

Try adding a closing bracket after Line 118 :)

[rocky breach]

Yep seems they’re missing that

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @desert panther (current: #77 - 29)

[tepid sable]

Thanks ❤️

[desert panther]

Didn't mind the ping much :)

[tepid sable]

You suggested line 118, I tried line 81, both can probably work 🙃

[drowsy vault]

anyone know how can i implement a lockable transfercase (lockable center diff)

[dry cargo]

Me and my friend are looking for someone to help us with textures, dm for further disscusion

[candid pecan]

can anyone help me understand how to implement rockers for a cantilever suspension in an autobeam car i'm trying to put together?

this is what i have internally so far; at each wheel there's a placeholder rocker (orange), spring (green), and dampers (yellow), and up front are the steering tie rods (dark blue). the wishbones and pushrods are the other silver bits. does this placement look okay, with each spring and damper being as big as they are and roughly in the same positions in the back?

[inner heart]

💀

[ruby owl]

the car is above the road here

[tacit halo]

ask in automation server not here

[south trellis]

why my app isn't showing anything??

I just have a button in it shouldn't be that hard

[south trellis]

this are the files, I can't see anything wrong with them

[south trellis]

I would just check in the lua script if the keys are being pressed

[south trellis]

Take the default one and modify it

[crystal quest]

didnt work

[south trellis]

I was searching on how to do custom key bindings but couldn't find it

I know it can be done but I don't remember how

[south trellis]

I'm just going crazy with this

[crystal quest]

normal lua doesnt work with it

it doesnt recognize anything

[south trellis]

what should your lua code do?

[gentle fox]

probably also depends on which lua VM you are making a script for. is it GE Lua or V Lua?

[crystal quest]

GE lua

i want to bind car change to keybind for example

couldnt get it to work unless i run the spawn cmd in beamng console

[gentle fox]

how did you try looking for the keypress?

looking at some lua functions inside the general lua files that have some keybinds you may find how it is done there

[crystal quest]

i couldnt find any docs to start with

[crystal quest]

normal lua

[heady scarab]

ummm

idk what to say

[gentle fox]

what code

[gentle fox]

look at the gamefiles

the lua folder and try searching something in there

[meager folio]

How do I set a throttle level? Right now it is doing nothing

am I stoopid?

[meager folio]

Is there any way for me to make there be a really high rev limit and set the throttle to 1?

[calm kernel]

Its in the ecu

Or i might just not be understanding what you're doing

[meager folio]

How do i do that?

[calm kernel]

Get the ecu.jbeam file

It might be in the engine.jbeam file

[meager folio]

how do I do that?

[gentle fox]

i think what you are trying to do is only possible in Lua?

[meager folio]

kinda got it working

[meager folio]

idk how to do that tho

idk how to make it throttle on its own

I got a ecu with no rev limiter now

[gentle fox]

What are you trying to do???

[meager folio]

set the throttle to 100% now

[mighty silo]

I made one of those survival meter things. I based it on g forces, and it just doesn't look right. you can smash roof completely in and still have 90 percent. I am thinking about using bent/broken beams and g force. does this sound like a better solution? I think i will give each one its own weight. EDIT: after some further research i may actually be able to detect if the drivers area has been breached.

[meager folio]

Modding in this game is so hard

[gentle fox]

its easier and more complicated at the same time lol

[gentle fox]

with jbeam you could only do it statically, are you just trying to make a vehicle drive straight or why do you need throttle at 100%

[meager folio]

Diesel runaway

[gentle fox]

fair enough. when would you want that to occur, like randomly?

[meager folio]

randomly

[gentle fox]

yeah you need to make a lua mod, i would have to look into how myself aswell, but it would mean some real programming, not just jbeam.

but im pretty sure you can set throttle values in lua pretty easily

[meager folio]

I know lua but not how to run lua from a jbeam

[gentle fox]

and making like some sort of random timer in lua shouldn't really be an issue either

[gentle fox]

take a look at the docs. i have only worked with GELua until now and no Vehicle lua yet, so idk rn how to implement something you could select in a vehicle

They are two different VMs so they only communicate a bit together

[meager folio]

The docs suck

also I am working on another mod and I can't get a ecu in the car

[gentle fox]

i guess you could make a module in GELua and make it apply throttle randomly using this

[gentle fox]

try looking at existing mods that do similar stuff, that is how i learn most of this stuff and how i started at all, i think that helps the most

[gentle fox]

that shouldn't be hard in comparison

[meager folio]

why does this not work?

[gentle fox]

idk, i don't see the whole code. Try opening the console ingame to see if there are any errors that may tell you more

[meager folio]

nvm

I forgor to restart my game

[gentle fox]

you dont need to, you can just do Ctrl + L, that reloads all Lua (makes new mods appear) and then Ctrl + R to reload the vehicle to get the new parts.

[meager folio]

can I increase exhaust bangs from a ecu?

[gentle fox]

yes

[gentle fox]

i made a mod for that, which is an additional modification-mod. You can take a look at how its done there:
https://www.beamng.com/resources/backfire-afterfire-mod-now-customizable-and-mod-compatible.6475/

[meager folio]

I was wondering if you could do it without lua just in the ecus jbeam

[gentle fox]

yes you can

[gentle fox]

the lua i have in there is just to generate the mod for every existing vehicle automatically

[meager folio]

ah

[gentle fox]

you need to find the template.json file

should be in "generalmodslotgenerator/Afterfire.json" or something

[meager folio]

just gonna copy the code for now

[gentle fox]

if you end up releasing the mod and not changing that, please add some credits and a link tho

[meager folio]

It backfires on idle with idle roughness🤣

[meager folio]

I won't release any mods I make for now

[gentle fox]

yes, if you don't reduce the ammount lol

[gentle fox]

you can reduce the ammount in the tuning menu

[meager folio]

I will

this would NOT be good for the engine irl

[gentle fox]

lol

[meager folio]

how do I add twostep to any car?

[green wolf]

they usually come with race ECUs

you just have to use the two-step controls to set it up

[dry cargo]

Can anyone help with materials for a mod? It is just supposed to be a black texture

[meager folio]

Why won't my starter run if the idle rpm is set to high?

[crystal cipher]

How do I convert a file to J-Beam from blender?

[gentle fox]

use the blender plugin

[gentle fox]

probably because the starter then lacks the power to get it running

[meager folio]

How do I change that?

[gentle fox]

tweak around those

[meager folio]

I tried

nothing worked

[ruby owl]

can you remove sticky walls (guard rails) while in blender?

[shut pollen]

you need to make a simpler collision mesh to get rid of sticky things on maps

[proud sierra]

Can someone help make a mod for me?

[proud sierra]

Well edit a mod

[shut pollen]

you need to be more specific and detailed, "can someone help" isnt enough. writing and then removing the part about how nobody helps here isnt helping your case lmao

[rancid knot]

what does this number mean

they are not rgb codes

[shut pollen]

the rgb values over 256 maybe? cant remember what the last one does, too far from pc to check lmao

[twin oracle]

beamng color settings

use them in cloud settings in your user folder

[rancid knot]

What does population mean

Number of productions?

Also why is the top speed only 104 in the file but shows 230 mph in beam?

[inner heart]

spawn chance on roads and in dealer in career mode

[inner heart]

m/s

[minor moth]

where is the beam navigator files at?

[minor moth]

nvm got em

[silent pendant]

So is higher population higher chance?

[inner heart]

yea

[silent pendant]

Ok Cause I’m trying to make a vehicle show up more

[inner heart]

it’s not a 0 to 1 range styled chance

[silent pendant]

Wym

[inner heart]

it’s more like the number of occurrences in the big pool of occurances

[silent pendant]

That just makes it confusing

[inner heart]

there’s no way to do real 100% spawn chance with it

[silent pendant]

What if I put it at like 1 billion

[inner heart]

it may feel like 100% but it isn’t

1000000/1007002 may feels like 100% but it isn’t

[silent pendant]

Dawg too deep I just wanted to make it higher on a car

[inner heart]

say u only have one vehicle of population 100, call it X, now X have a chance of 1, add another vehicle with population of 100, call it Y, now both X and Y have 50% spawn chance, now add another vehicle, Z, of population 2, then the chance of Z is about 2%, 2 out off 202 of the total population

[silent pendant]

Hold on a second

[inner heart]

add a new vehicle, W, 1000 pop

now X and Y each have chance of 100/1202

[silent pendant]

So would you find that in the vehicle folder of the vehicle, I want to increase the population of

[inner heart]

oh u need to know where to change it?

[silent pendant]

Yeah

[inner heart]

it’s in the info.json file

[silent pendant]

Ok thanks

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @inner heart (current: #163 - 14)

[silent pendant]

I can’t find it

[inner heart]

other info.json files?

[silent pendant]

Huh

Don’t tell me there’s 2

[inner heart]

make sure u check the vanilla vehicles, modded vehicles might not keep that number or not have the number on a sensible scale

[inner heart]

oh, more like info_*.json

[silent pendant]

I’m in the pickup folder

[inner heart]

pickup.zip?

[silent pendant]

No the folder

:/

[inner heart]

because the pickup folder might exist in 4+ places

[silent pendant]

Man nvm this is too complicated

[inner heart]

idk where u at

all i wanted u to do is go to your game dir, in content/vehicles, open pickup.zip (u picked it) and find any info_*.json files

not the pickup folder found in common.zip, not the pickup folder found in local/beamng/0.32/vehicles or temp/vehicles

[silent pendant]

Well if I open latest

That’s where all my stuff is

[inner heart]

“latest”💀 that ain’t game dir

[mighty silo]

not og content

[inner heart]

…

do u have a built config that u want to change the spawn chance

or no u don’t have a built config yet

[silent pendant]

Well my game has had a stroke multiple times so I’ve had to move it around and mess with files

There’s flowgraphediter,gameplay,gametelemetries,levels,mods,replays,screenshots,setttings,temp,track editor and vehicles

I didn’t know it was configs I thought you could do it for the whole car

[inner heart]

you do it per config

[silent pendant]

Breh there’s like 100 d-series configs

[inner heart]

realistically you only want to touch the configs you made

but if you want to change the vanilla configs ig u just do it manually

probably only actually touch the config u want to actually change

[silent pendant]

I touch

Hmm

Yeah idk too much

[rancid knot]

Is there any similar tutorials like the formula bee tutorial but instead its for a normal car like d series or scintilla? Like using normal car parts other than a go kart parts which both is very different

I might try one more tomorrow and if it fail I switch to making body kits

I did it some fixing for 5 hour straight and the result is always game breaks or car got massive bug

[proud solstice]

nope

[proud sierra]

I want to change my suspension hight with a button instead of menu

[shut pollen]

ui button, trigger box or another button? i was literally about to go to sleep lmao, will have to sort you out when i wake up if nobody else has

[proud sierra]

Like a button on my keyboard

Idk if its possible

I want to do it on toms sema lift because i like it and it is unlocked

[shut pollen]

i dont think tom would like you messing with his stuff. you arent in his discord either which is hella sus

[proud sierra]

Idk, it wouldnt be released and only i would use it

[ruby owl]

i moved all my sticky objects to their own .dae, but they are either sticky or have no collisions when set to collision mesh.

[proud sierra]

You could ask him?

[meager folio]

Is it possible for if statements in jbeam?

[shut pollen]

no, im not going to ask if a random user i dont know at all can mess with his stuff. frankly it reads like you have a leaked copy you want to edit, not a good situation

[shut pollen]

you actually have to make simpler versions of the mesh to use just for collisions, not separate them from the .dae they were in. typically just big rectangular shapes that vaguely match up with the visual mesh will do. i think track broseff may have mentioned something on this topic the other day, sorry i cant provide a super detailed explanation as im not home

[proud sierra]

I don’t

[keen shadow]

Any ideas why my mesh looks like this?

The game is paused and I just reset so it's not the nodes moving

They all converge on node f7l which is weird because I don't reference it in that jbeam file

hmm

it seems to be because I deleted some nodes

[gentle fox]

no, jbeam is pretty much the same as json and "only" for defining objects, so not coding any program. That is what lua is for.

[meager folio]

How do I make a part do lua?

[gentle fox]

personally have not done that before, but i think its some lua script you make in the lua/vehicle folder and then it probably checks if a certain part in the jbeam is there before executing its code and otherwise it just doesn't

[gentle fox]

you can also always ask in the lua help section of the Modding For Dummies Discord, they can probably help you better with that

[heavy swift]

What do you want it to do?

[sullen canyon]

Sorry for such a late reply but do you know how to do that?

[mighty silo]

i am trying to learn this also and i believe this is how. the directory is wrong, but should still apply.

[opal orbit]

would anyone happen to know where i cant get a UV for the drift version of etk k-series? im not sure wwhere else to ask lol

[mighty silo]

i think you can use the streams to control the throttle with electrics.values.throttle = 1.

[dry cargo]

This How To Fix Asset Browser Stuck

‏https://youtu.be/tpS9911-Avg

Just for help

[normal socket]

Hello there!

I’m new to making mods and I want to create a map of my local Industry Area and city.
Who wants to help me since I don’t have any experience.
Please DM me if you are interested in helping me!

Btw I do not want to make the entire city, only a part of it.

[stable totem]

anyone knows why could "align with mesh" terrain tools not work?
every other terrain tool works perfectly

[dry cargo]

I cant seem to find the engine mounts for the covet in the DAE file?

[tacit halo]

sometimes they arent just modeled

the covet has em modeled in the engine model itself

[rancid knot]

Is this 2 circled names must be same?

my car wont spawn at all since the car would have the car fly bug

prob have problems with flexbodies

[novel wagon]

my fueltank wont move, ive changed the jbeam to be further back and up and moved the fixture in blender and exported everything correctly but it still wont move

[inner heart]

apply transform? i think u didn’t move the actual verticie, just the mesh object

[novel wagon]

how do i apply transform??

im not that good at modding yet, i just do it a little for fun now

[inner heart]

select the object, apply - all transformation

[novel wagon]

im assuming in blender then??

[inner heart]

yes

[novel wagon]

lemme just find that lol

[inner heart]

it’s in the "not so top" top toolbar

[novel wagon]

okay found it

let me check if it fixed it

[novel wagon]

oh it worked, thanks!

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @inner heart (current: #153 - 15)

[novel wagon]

gonna look pretty nice

[stable totem]

Are you making a car from scratch?
Or are you modding an existing car?

Check if you got all the right directories and filenames in all jbeams, jsons

[rancid knot]

Im making a autobello with bolide chassis but made as a new car not a config of existing car

[stable totem]

Yeah
It might conflict with the original one somewhere in filenames or directories

You can send me your bolide autobello if you're sure filenames and directories are ok
I will take a look and try to help

[inner heart]

no it don’t need to be the same

you should, for sanity sake, but you don’t need to

[inner heart]

does console say anything

[forest flare]

id move it through the node offset so itll have any modded fueltanks too :)

[rancid knot]

Do you know why the parts you made when put in another cars flexbody it will be invisible in the game but if you put a vanilla part (like a part from autobello.dae) and put in another car flexbody it will look normal?

and i did the name normally like autobello_bonnet_s

[stable totem]

it usually happens when you miss or misspell some of the mesh(flexbody) names in jbeams/jsons

[rancid knot]

misspell? i did it like 5 times and still invisible, and for jsons you mean what? Info.json?

[stable totem]

even after 200 times it's still possible to misspell something in filenames or directories 🙂
don't worry
can I take look at the files?

[minor moth]

thats not at all how its done lmao

[mighty silo]

i ended up doing it like this bngApi.engineLua('extensions.load("damageDetection")'); bngApi.engineLua('damageDetection.checkDriverAreaForDamage()'); in my case i am trying to run lua from a javascript file

[minor moth]

does that work

[mighty silo]

it runs the lua file, yes.

[minor moth]

the lua proly doesnt work tho snotfish~2

[mighty silo]

nope, still learning how lua and beamng interact. ill get it.

[minor moth]

beamng lua is not at all like generic lua

it might sound stupid but if you try see how the career mode start level detects youve crashed the covet maybe you can adapt that to whatever youre doing

[mighty silo]

I've been looking at the "detailedDamageApp" ui app i think it's called, it doesn't even use lua, so i dont think i have to either, but more lua info out there. im just trying to check beam posititons and see if they intersect an invisible hitbox really

[haughty spindle]

anyone know's what causing this issue?

[tacit halo]

high quality mod

[graceful vector]

hi

i want to add monitor on covet dashboard and i see some chats in beamng site

but that doesn’t help

somebody can help me to add monitor on covet dashboard

[ebon oasis]

Is there a tutorial for making a map of a real life place? I would like to make a map of an area in Wales, thank you

[graceful vector]

can somebody help me please

[graceful vector]

hi fix the transmission of the 1 gear

[graceful vector]

you can fix that in beam ng

and the code

[haughty spindle]

u mean the ratio?

[graceful vector]

yes

[haughty spindle]

still the same );

the rear differential causing this problem but i don't know how to solve it

[graceful vector]

okay i check that tomorrow to help you fix this problem

[royal crater]

is there a beam lable or something that gives the wheel debug the information it needs to give caster and sai? Mine's only showing 90.000

[dry cargo]

hi fillman

[royal crater]

oh wait, I didn't label my pressure wheel nodes correctly

[graceful vector]

hi

[haughty spindle]

hi

[graceful vector]

can you open this in your mod

transaxle

and fix this "gearbox": {
"uiName":"Gearbox",
"gearRatios":[-1.90, 0, 2.53, 1.44, 1.03, 0.725],
"parkLockTorque":1800,
"oneWayViscousCoef":25,
"friction":1.20,
"dynamicFriction":0.00125,
"torqueLossCoef": 0.017,
"gearboxNode:":["ta1"],

[tacit halo]

Check a vanilla vehicle ( ideally a recent remaster) to ser what the stock values are

[graceful vector]

and this "Tara_transmission_4A": {
"information":{
"authors":"BeamNG",
"name":"5-Speed manual Transmission",
"value":1330,

[haughty spindle]

I’ll try hold on a minute

[stable totem]

anyone knows why could "align with mesh" terrain tools not work?
every other terrain tool works perfectly

[graceful vector]

try safe mode

[haughty spindle]

ok this one worked but the AWD transfer case or Rear differential not working

[stable totem]

it works in vanilla maps, but doesn't in my map mod

[rancid knot]

Invisible on beam

[stable totem]

hmm, weird
I could look into and try to fix the issue if you send me zipped mod with the .blend file

[stable totem]

is it possible to edit terrain blocks separately?

does beamng even support multiple terrain blocks in one map?

my only guess now is that every block must have its own separate .ter and .json file

[shut pollen]

only supports one terrain, if two or more worked then i would have expected spear leaf island to use a second terrain instead of a mesh. fingers crossed it gets added in an engine upgrade

[rancid knot]

I cant

discord would just give a upload failed message without any reason

[stable totem]

Google disk mb?

[graceful vector]

oaky let me tell you

[graceful vector]

"slotType" : "Tara_transmission",
"slots": [
["type", "default", "description"],
["Tara_flywheel","Tara_flywheel","Flywheel", {"coreSlot":true}],
["Tara_transfer_case","Tara_transfer_case_AWD", "Transfer Case"],
["Tara_differential_F","Tara_differential_F", "Front Differential"],
],
"powertrain": [
["type", "name", "inputName", "inputIndex"],
["frictionClutch", "clutch", "mainEngine", 1],
["manualGearbox", "gearbox", "clutch", 1],

fix this

[graceful vector]

yes but i not sure

[deep hedge]

hey everyone... what are you up to today 🙂

[marble nimbus]

Basically a human

[deep hedge]

hmmm 🙂

i see whats it for

[marble nimbus]

🙂 🙂 🙂

[mighty silo]

learning how to detect beam positions. Not having much luck.

[deep hedge]

hehe i know that feeling

got some problems with the game myself, regarding scripting, but hope to find some who can help some day, till then i am doing some refining on the car , rounding corners on interier and so on making it look abit better

[mighty silo]

I am loading a lua file as an extension and calling a function that returns data to the UI, but i think i am in the wrong VM because for example obj:getCurrentVehicle() logs obj is nil

[deep hedge]

sorry cant help you there, i know nothing about the code in the mods

sadly enough

[mighty silo]

I am opposite, I know nothing else except code lol!

[deep hedge]

hehe

your good at the coding part of mods ?

[mighty silo]

well code in general, I am just getting into learning how beamng and the code interact.

[deep hedge]

okay

well let me know if you want small challenge 🙂

sounds like your brains are diffent the mine hehe

[mighty silo]

What you got?

[deep hedge]

well there is a mod called TaxiDriver 1.1.1

all it does is generate routes for playing taxi

but the point is

its made for two maps East and west coast usa

so when you start the senario, depending on wich, it loads the that map from the game

with me so far

so the taxi mod does not contain any maps per say, but it loads the default maps that comes with the game. east coast use and west coast use. one in each senario

[mighty silo]

yea

[deep hedge]

well somthing in the taxidriver mod, tells it what map to load right

problem is. East coast usa and west coast usa. does not have any Street lights at night. but i found an Eastcoast map that is modded for street lights, so been trying to find where in the taxi mod it defines What map to load, but i cant find it and change it to load the east coast usa with street lights

i thought i found it , but that wasnt it

[mighty silo]

is the mod on the repo?

i found it

[deep hedge]

its this one it makes 2 senarios, one for east coast usa and one for west coast usa

and as you see the mod is just 1 mb, so someware in the mod ,its telling it to load the original east coast and west coast

[mighty silo]

i think you will have to copy the east coast folder and then rename it to the name of the map you want, and inside that folder edit the json to point at the night map instead of regular east coast usa. might be some other chages needed also, but i think this will creat a third scenario for your desired map. maybe i will dl the map and try it, be nice to clear the mind of my mess for a while

hmm it's 1 gb, my internet probably not stable enough for that

this one also with the json also edited for the new level

[inner heart]

i assume you can select this part in the part tree, then the only problem is what are the group name used by the bonnet’s nodes

flexbody maps a mesh to some group of nodes, but if those group of nodes have 0 nodes (node group name not used) then it will not show up

[deep hedge]

well as it is now by standart , there must be somthing in the taxidriver mod code, that tells it to load exatly the East or west coast map that comes with the game

[mighty silo]

i think it has to do with the folder names. if the scenario is in east_coast_usa, its going to load that map for example. this is just what i suspect though

[deep hedge]

hmmmm i see

[unique grotto]

can a prop have multiple functions? like the same prop doing two different things?

[heavy swift]

Doing multiple things? You can apply a single Electrics value to a prop, and then control that Electrics value to your liking. If you mean a prop doing multiple independent things, like moving in two directions independent of each other, then no.

And by no, i mean that you can force the prop to do what you want with lua, but then you have to write a bunch of code.

[unique grotto]

ty

thanks @heavy swift

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @heavy swift (current: #57 - 39)

[heavy swift]

Can you be specific about what you want the prop to do, that makes it easier to give an answer

[unique grotto]

active wing, speed dependent and will swing up on braking. I had a feeling that I was correct on the one function per prop. Just wanted confirmation

[heavy swift]

Active aero is possible, but a prop doesn't have any jbeam, and can't generate downforce, so it might not be what you're looking for. Jbeaming a wing might be a better option.

[unique grotto]

it was just as an animation. but yeah again I said as much

[heavy swift]

No worries - Without a bunch of lua code; One function per prop.

[sullen canyon]

How do I make my bumpers chrome like the other colorable skins?

[sullen canyon]

And also how to I get the gray spots to show up normal and not colorable?

[haughty spindle]

didn't work

[brisk cobalt]

Hey so I have a mod and the suspension are shit and their ain't any option for editing damping in the tuning section

[covert bear]

is GIMP a suitable program for making custom paint?

[distant pendant]

yes

people also use kri?

[thin hare]

does anyone know how i can add axle whining sounds?

[tacit halo]

Up to personal preference, for simplicity I use paint.net with add-ons

[uncut kettle]

can anyone help w me importing an object from blender to beamng? i’ve watched tutorials but they js don’t work and whenever i try to import smthn it’s js invisible😭

[calm kernel]

can you show me what you have in blender and the jbeam

[uncut kettle]

okay 1 sec

[calm kernel]

the mesh name in the jbeam needs to be the same as the one in blender

[uncut kettle]

also i’m talking about an object for a map, like a house or smthn yk?

[calm kernel]

hm, im not too familiar with that, have you tried this tutorial? https://youtu.be/68-KuRia83Y

[uncut kettle]

okay i’ll try this tutorial rq, thanks🫶

[uncut kettle]

my skyboxes arent coming up in my scene tree?

[warm sphinx]

You want sun_sky not a skybox iirc

[random kraken]

yo, does anyone know how to put a decal on a map, like to trace the decal with the terrain or something?

[glacial forum]

why does the md series engine have slots2 instead of just slots like other engines?

[twilit python]

I'm not overly smart and I need some help putting all the materials from both the maps (West Coast and Hirochi) into one main.materials.JSON
I tried numerous times but then all of the textures break. I've got no clue how to do so. I need materials from both maps for a map I am making myself.

Any help would be appreciated.

Here's both default main.materials.JSON unmodified except the name.

[inner heart]

because it get more feature?

[glacial forum]

yeah I just found it under the documentation, just had never seen it before and didn't know if it was used differently

[half basin]

how do I add custom assets to the Static Mesh Browser on the Road Architect tool?

[uncut kettle]

anyone know how i can connect 2 roads together with the new road architect?

[half basin]

nevermind figured it out

[tacit halo]

i think the tseries engine is a common jbeam, but since the v8 doesnt work on the MD i think theyve used slots2 so that the Tseries can select it but the MD cant

[pastel sandal]

Does anybody know what they changed with the frames on the update? Because certain mods are broken and mine that I worked on on the frame. I had to redo it to fix it.

[glacial forum]

can someone help me? I'm trying to change the driveshaft mesh from the t series one to the d series one, and I somehow ended up with 3 none of which are in the right place

[urban talon]

guys how i can learn jbeam ???

i learned how to model cars but still dont know how to understand jbeam coding or from ware start

[tall mantle]

Hey, I made this skin, but the brigsby parts and fender flares are white. The skin doesn't apply there. How can I solve this?

[tacit halo]

theres probably a special part of the UV just for the brigsby stuff?

or maybe it uses an entirely different material?

[fossil mural]

hi... How would one make a custom lightbar??

[tall mantle]

I found these codes for the modparts (brigsby, etc) which is working perfectly for the Baso skin.
I tried to adjust for my skin, but I received a completely white coloured car

[tacit halo]

pic of your skin? like the flat texture

[tall mantle]

I got it working, but thanks

[mighty silo]

why is my extension not able to access v? it's running from lua/vehicle/extensions so it should be in the vehicle VM shouldn't it?

log(vec3(v.data.nodes[wheel.node1].pos));
attempt to index global 'v' (a nil value)

[mighty silo]

hey, i got somewhere. local pVehicle = be:getPlayerVehicle(0); log(pVehicle:getField('JBeam', ''));

[small widget]

You don’t, it looks sick like that

[clever vector]

Does anyone know how to make mods

[opal aspen]

nah

[mighty silo]

good luck getting help here lol

[hushed kindle]

Hello

Which work

[past blade]

why is my rotation argument not working

ive been trying to rotate these boxes just like i did with the straps but it just wont work

its literally all i need to do and then i'm all set

really hope someone finds a way to help

[inner heart]

use pre-rotated variants

check common\cargo\trunk_loads for possibilities

[devout cargo]

I'm pretty sure there was no way to rotate the nodes and everything altogether though you can offset the placements! I also think you're rotating only the flexbody and not the internals with the ropes!

[devout cargo]

I think this is the solution!

In case you couldn't find the pre-rotated variants, you can straight up make your own by copying the file path and creating a new customized JBeam file altogether!
As long as the internal name of the file path is the same, the system detects both as the same and you can access the internal trunk_loads file contents like mesh in your modded JBeam from a completely different file path!

whatevername(name doesn't matter here)\common\cargo\trunk_loads
drag this file path into the "unpacked" folder under the "mod" folder, and you're probably good to go!
(Start by adding customized JBeam in "trunk_loads" !)

[rancid knot]

Is this caused by shading error or what?

[tall mantle]

thank you, but I would say it's better to see a Marlboro Evo replica

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @small widget (current: #167 - 14)

[rancid knot]

How is the vanilla sbr custom bumper bugged when i made the other bumper while it has different jbeam name, different names in jbeam file, and different dae name and the vanilla sbr dae on beamng steam file?

[heavy swift]

Well something is overwritten. Are you sure all names are different, and that no files / jbeams are overwritten?

[rancid knot]

In a tutorial i only need to rename the very first file name on every jbeam file and on flexbody

[heavy swift]

It should be in the V-lua afair, but since youre doing be:getPlayerVehicle, that might not be the case. Did you solve your issue?

[rancid knot]

maybe because i made the dae file name similar (which ig could corrupt cars?) when i exported but i renamed it

Also do corrupted cars can be fixed without deep clear cache?

[heavy swift]

You can overwrite several things. You can quickly solve file-overwrites by putting all your mod stuff in 'yourmod/vehicles/sbr/your_name/', then you know you dont overwrite anything in the sbr folder. But you might have identical jbeam names, or some of the objects in the dae might be the same.

[heavy swift]

You shouldnt need to clear cache, but sometimes it helps.

[heavy swift]

If you dont receive replies, then i suggest the modding for dummies-server. Overly generalized questions and begging is typically ignored.

[rancid knot]

i did cache clearing and it works without corrupting, but now this is the problem

Is this a no texture?

and theres also missing bits

[fiery ember]

Rookie mistake but my mesh is visible from a few sides and isnt from the other sides?

how come and how do i fix it?

dont mind the no texture im still making one

[stable totem]

I looked through your mod files
In bolide_body.jbeam you gotta add all the parts with blender mesh names
I added one fender and one of the hoods and it appeared in game

Though I'd make this mod differently, because you still have bolide jbeam and so the collision from bolide_body.jbeam

[stable totem]

Can you show this mesh in blender with face orientation turned on?

[fiery ember]

@stable totem

[stable totem]

So red are facing inside the mesh
Just flip these faces

[stable totem]

@fiery ember

[fiery ember]

thank you

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @stable totem (current: #1001 - 1)

[fiery ember]

sorry for all the questions im quite horrible at modding but how do i prevent my faces from wobbling around?

pure example

[stable totem]

how does it look in blender?

This particular part

or do you mean it's moving very rapidly in game?

@fiery ember

[fiery ember]

dw its meant to be this blocky lmaoo

[stable totem]

Yeah guess then it's a beam issue
I think it's somewhere among these values in corresponding jbeam

@fiery ember

[fiery ember]

alr thank you

[onyx plinth]

how does one put two textures into one single part

trying to make half-stripped interior

[summer vault]

what do you mean? apply 2 materials to the same mesh and youll have 2 textures

or assign 2 different meshes each with a different material to the same jbeam part and youll also have 2 textures

[onyx plinth]

how does one assign materials

this is my first time dealing with such so yeah

[stable totem]

You can assign material to a mesh in blender

[onyx plinth]

stripped material seems to disappear in blender which is why im kinda doubting if it works ingame

ok ill give it a try

nope doesnt work still

nvm figured it out

[mighty silo]

I was able to get the node positions, but It's not really what I was after.

    --dump(be)
    local vehicle = be:getPlayerVehicle(0)
    if vehicle then
        local vPos = vehicle:getPosition()

        local nodeCount = vehicle:getNodeCount()
        for i = 0, nodeCount - 1 do
            local nodePos = vehicle:getNodePosition(i)
            if checkHitbox(nodePos, vPos, 2, 2, 2) then
                print("Node in hitbox: ", nodePos.x, nodePos.y, nodePos.z)
            else
                --print("nope")
            end
        end
    else
        print("No vehicle found.")
    end
end```

can't get my file to run in vehicle VM even though i have it in unpacked/mymod/lua/vehicle/extensions/
I am loading it from a UI javascript with 

```bngApi.engineLua('extensions.addModulePath("lua/vehicle/extensions/")');
      bngApi.engineLua('extensions.load("damageDetection")');```

the only thing I can think is that since I am loading the extension from the UI vm it's not loading it how I want, but I don't know, because the documentation only says the folder matters.

[storm badger]

Correct me if i'm wrong but there's no example of an electric engine and a Manual Gearbox in BeamNG or a Mod is there?

[proud solstice]

don't think it's possible

[storm badger]

Thats what It's seeming Like which is really annoying

[lethal geode]

Anything is possible

[proud solstice]

if you have deep lua and powertrain knowledge yeah

otherwise the game just won't make it work

[storm badger]

I might be able to do it? But the Electric engine would be a Combustion with ridiculously high ratings

[proud solstice]

bruh

[storm badger]

Wuh?

[green wolf]

can someone remind me about the fixes for wobbling nodes?

i know that increasing weight is one of them

[proud solstice]

add more beams, or more beamspring and beamdamp

[green wolf]

okay, right. thank you

[tender barn]

How to see the nodes on the junctions to link the roads / connect the roads?

[dense halo]

i'm trying to change the wastegate max pressure on the fly with a lua script

but when i update the values :
electrics.values.turboBoostMax
electrics.values.BoostMax

it has no effect on the max boos pressure of the turbo

any ideas how to change the BoostMax pressure on the fly ?

[past blade]

thank you!

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @inner heart (current: #148 - 16)

[glossy hornet]

where can I find comprehensive LUA API docs? I'm having a hard time finding any kind of documentation.
I need some kind of list of available functions and I don't know where to find that. The wiki is very superficial unless I'm missing something

https://wiki.beamng.com/Lua:Reference
well this is what I need. Apparently this is not yet in the new wiki or it's well hidden

but if that hasn't been updated in a while, what do I turn to?

A detailed API documentation is outside the scope of this documentation.
well shit. The official docs apparently don't even include what I'm searching for.

[inner heart]

u have to ask ppl for it
yes it sucks

[glossy hornet]

bruh...
how can anyone even work with that

https://tenor.com/view/not-everyone-has-an-iphone-gif-7021079305409267183

stumbling in the dark for basic hints

[devout cargo]

I'm not well-versed in Lua because I'm a JBeam artist, but there's some unofficial documentation like this! https://github.com/Rc-Cookie/Unofficial-BeamNG.drive-Lua-Documentation

[glossy hornet]

oh nice thanks!
Seems to be dormant since about a year ago, but something is better than nothing 😉

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @devout cargo (current: #328 - 6)

[glossy hornet]

huh well. The repo description wasn't lying. This really is made for just the vscode extension

[glacial forum]

what does this mean?

[spark slate]

Why does my traffic vehicle spawn SO MUCH???
Is it the "Population" that determines this? I've tried to get it to spawn less, but it keeps putting itself in traffic like... 9 times. 😂

[elfin beacon]

hello how can i make a map along with my friend

[lofty basin]

hello can anyone help me move these props? They are in correct position on blender but not in game

[dry cargo]

adjust them in engine jbeam

[dry cargo]

lmaooo

cant help sorry

[zinc solstice]

you guys make mods on blender????

crazy how realisitic it is

all i can make on blender is a chair😭

[lofty basin]

using nodeoffset doesnt help

[lofty basin]

yes we work on blender most of the time

[zinc solstice]

how long does a mod take, like that one?

[lofty basin]

its not hard but for some small things like this one is a little bit hard to find the solution from my point of view

[minor moth]

theyre props they have their own offset

if you have it actually jbeamed as a prop it will move acc to the coordinates you give it

[icy sky]

How do I connect an engine jbeam to the car so that it doesn't just fall out?

[spark slate]

Darn ): Gonna have to disable it for now.

[tropic sail]

Is there a lua call to remove all 2d decals like leaves or branches?

[lofty basin]

i think u need the engine mounts jbeam

[lofty basin]

thank you i fixed it

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @minor moth (current: #91 - 26)

[icy sky]

I'm trying to attach the electric motor from the Vivace to the Autobello Piccolina. The only engine mounts file of the Autobello is in the "sbr_engine" folder, is that the one I should use?

[lofty basin]

there should be a folder frot the autobello engine mounts

if the motor is still not attached you have to change the nodes inside the folder

[icy sky]

Is this the correct place?

[icy sky]

@lofty basin I did manage to do something but the engine's mesh appears below the actual jbeam and the engine is shaky for some reason

[dry cargo]

So i started making a JBeam and this happens when i spawn it

[golden urchin]

Hi

Mabey try to fix the jbeam

And put a frame on it

[icy sky]

It works now, I turned self-collision off 👍

[golden urchin]

...

[dry cargo]

why a frame?

[dry cargo]

no like

in props you can set position

in engine jbeam

[ember canyon]

does anyone know how to put textures on a meshslap

i have made a dom 3 mod and need a tutorial

[ember canyon]

help lol

[karmic kiln]

I ran into a bit of a problem.

Im currently working on a map, and the sunsky is "old", doesnt looks as good as wcusa or italy, and looks like the ones on older maps. Any tips or help?

[keen notch]

prob wrong sky gradients

[karmic kiln]

any idea how to fix that? maybe like copying it from other maps?

[keen notch]

can you show sunsky?

[karmic kiln]

in world editor? sure gimme a sec

[keen notch]

oh dang

give me moment

set:
sky brightness: 40.000
mie scattering: is okay
sunsize: you choose
colorize: 1.000
rayleight scattering: 0.003
exposure: you choose
brightness: you choose
flare type etc: you choose

Gradient files
day: (just paste these)
colorizeGradientFile: art/sky_gradients/default/gradient_colorize.png
SunScaleGradientFile: /art/sky_gradients/default/gradient_sunscale.png
ambientScaleGradientFile: /art/sky_gradients/default/gradient_ambient.png
fogScaleGradientFile: art/sky_gradients/default/gradient_fog.png
night:
nightGradientFile: art/sky_gradients/default/gradient_ambient.png
nightFogGradientFile: art/sky_gradients/default/gradient_fog.png

[karmic kiln]

alright, everything looks good except for the sunrise's for some reason

[keen notch]

🤔

can you resend sunsky once again?

[karmic kiln]

here

[keen notch]

disable this

and wait i gave you wrong night gradients

nightgradient: /art/sky_gradients/default/gradient_nightColor.png
nightfogGradient: /art/sky_gradients/default/gradient_nightFogColor.png

[karmic kiln]

Kinda pink-ish, but looks waaaay better!

[keen notch]

wtf

you dont have duplicated sunsky?

[karmic kiln]

not that I am aware of

[keen notch]

alr

can you send me your sunsky json file? I will load that into beamng and see what is the problem because i honestly dont know XD

[karmic kiln]

lmao, alright, gonna send it over in a second

pretty sure this is the file (I think)

[keen notch]

yea thats it

thanks, give me 5 mins

[karmic kiln]

np, alright

[keen notch]

replace and should be fine @karmic kiln

[karmic kiln]

is it supposted to be like that...?

[keen notch]

for me works fine

[karmic kiln]

thats really weird

[keen notch]

did you copied that into: AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.33\levels?

[karmic kiln]

I might have copied it into wrong directory

should it go directly into "Micro World" or some other folder?

[keen notch]

micro_world > main > MissionGroup > your folders idk

but from what ive seen you've got most of the stuff outdated there (tod, clouds etc), youll have to fix it yourself

[karmic kiln]

for some reason its now stuck on 12:00

idk might just leave it be untill I figure out how to update stuff like TOD etc. Thanks for trying to help tho

[keen notch]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/947881494314090548/1136008962211324005/togif-58.gif

[ionic gale]

Hello

[languid hemlock]

Would like to start making mods, what would be a good software to do it on

[mental estuary]

I have two problems with the Road Architect Tool. 1: The textures are broken and appear and disappear in sections 2: The terrain shape does not save. When I save the level and reload it, it goes back to original. I will send a screenshot if needed.

[lofty basin]

you have to move the engine with nodeoffset

[lofty basin]

i fixed it thank u

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @tame prairie (current: #287 - 7)

[icy sky]

Yeah I used the pos thing and it works now, thanks for the help!

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @lofty basin (current: #1012 - 1)

[gaunt shale]

Is there a size limitation when creating a mod? Will the performance be low with a large volume, how to increase it in the mod?

[elfin beacon]

hey how can i make a 3 lane with 2 ways on road arhitect(3 lanes on a way 3 lanes on the other lane)

and how can i change the fricition on the road because it is very grippy and i don’t like it

[mental estuary]

I need to get my head around it, so please help me

[humble kiln]

can samone tel me how to make a bigger snorkel on my car i cant find it out cus al of the tutorials ar from 2017

can samone tel me how to make a bigger snorkel on my car i cant find it out cus al of the tutorials ar from 2017

[earnest lava]

I am making a dash with more than one screens with .html files and genericGauges.lua. I found out that the lua supports different names of configrations and tried to use different configration names like
configuration_velocity and configuration_rpm, but it doesn't work. Still, one of them stayed "no texture". How can I solve it?
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[humble kiln]

can samone tel me how to make a bigger snorkel on my car i cant find it out cus al of the tutorials ar from 2017

[ember canyon]

HOW CAN I FIX NO MAYERIAL ON A MESHSLAP

caps

I need a fix. I am not gatekeeping my dominator 3 mod

This is the problem

[limpid marsh]

Can u guys help me decide?

[ember canyon]

I AM STILL LOOKING FOR A FIX!

As of 9/22/24

[noble solar]

Can someone tell me how to create car model plz

[lofty basin]

np

[subtle hinge]

Oh my god dominator 3!!!

I unfortunately, do not know how to fix this as I am not a modder, sorry:[

[rancid wedge]

so I am putting the short MD-series flatbed on the D-series, what file do I need to carry over to make these lights and the taillights appear colored? they are referanced from the common folder I think, as they are not in the MD's .dae

[shell mesa]

It appears you are missing the GlowMaps for your Jbeam file, for the lights to appear normally, try copying it from the main Jbeam from the MD-Series files and see if that works. 👍

[rancid wedge]

oh that's in the main jbeam? I'll give it a go!

[shell mesa]

To my knowledge the glowmaps appear in the main jbeam file, apart from the lights jbeam themselves

[rancid wedge]

found it, so just copy it over and delete the lights that I don't need?

[shell mesa]

First try to copy the segment over and temporarily delete the unnecessary code to see if anything changes

[rancid wedge]

oh good idea!

[rancid wedge]

thanks for the help, glad it was an easy fix!

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @shell mesa (current: #371 - 5)

[shell mesa]

You’re welcome, glad that it worked. 👍

[drowsy vault]

ive been wanting to implement something , would anyone know how to do this , basically i wanna make it so you can disable abs with a trigger , and make it so its off automatically once the rear or center differential are locked , and make sure it cant be turned on if its off by the differentials being locked

and also to add to that , a three way ASB system , so one unit for both rear wheels and singular abs units for each front wheel

[ember canyon]

Well the worse thing happened. My memo card died

But that does not mean its lost

[subtle hinge]

aw :[

[ember canyon]

Well it will take a week or less

This is my first mod so it may be shite

Im doing it for the beam ng community

[subtle hinge]

nice 👍

always wanted an interceptor in beam

[tropic sail]

Any ideas whats causing these physics spikes every 3-5 seconds with lots of ai or in beammp?

[mighty silo]

nodes

[tropic sail]

The spike is red no? Just a tiny node topping on top

But yeah more or less the same thing. players teleporting

[minor moth]

its called stutter

[tropic sail]

Youre saying stutter causes stutter?

Thx

[minor moth]

well yes and no

if its a slight nanostutter that sometimes snowballs to a huge hitch'

[tropic sail]

I figured it out already, this is the cause

[minor moth]

happens to me on VK sometimes when i get a memory leak

[minor moth]

well yeah its basically teleporting like 100+ nodes across somehwere else so it makes sense

[tropic sail]

That functionality could use optimizing

As in maybe not load the whole car at once

Idk

Because those stutters send you to a wall in vr

[minor moth]

it has to

well not in particular but not shoving everything at the thread at once could cause issues ig

[hasty fulcrum]

can someone tell me what to use to make map mods like fully custom maps? idk if this is the right channel but whatever

[mighty silo]

blender and f11

[uncut kettle]

my tires keep popping when i drive onto this ramp i made in blender do i need to maybe add more faces?

[stable totem]

Do you use visible mesh collision?
Can you show this mesh wireframe?

[uncut kettle]

i used visible mesh collion final i think and i closed blender by accident so i cant show the wireframe but ill make a new one rq😭

[stable totem]

you could import .dae that's in your level rn

[uncut kettle]

heres the wireframe

[uncut kettle]

well i made a better sized one this time so ig its better this is my first actual working dae file in beam so ye

its still popping my tires

😔

[stable totem]

How far is this ramp under the ground?

[uncut kettle]

barely

im gonna try to lift it

its js colliding w the thing

[stable totem]

I'd suggest you bury it more under the ground

[uncut kettle]

aaa okay

[stable totem]

Maybe even more than I did here

[uncut kettle]

IT WORKED

thank youu

[stable totem]

You're welcome 🙂

[proper spear]

Hi, regarding the BeamNG LUA - is there a standard way to get a reference/pointer to the currently active camera (regardless if it's driver, orbit, chase...), so I can manipulate it's postion?

[mighty silo]

something like this obj:queueGameEngineLua("be:getObjectByID("..tostring(objectId).."):queueLuaCommand('SetDirVec(\"'..tostring(core_camera.getQuat() * vec3(0,1,0))..\":\"..tostring(core_camera.getPosition())..'\")')")

[proper spear]

thanks!

[wraith kelp]

So is there a way to fix certain parts that go chrome when I join specific maps they arent pbr yet ik they should be but most of the truck is non pbr and its just one part on certain maps and theres times where Ive made other maps and it was fine then I changed the ground texture and it made the parts chrome is that what the issue is and how do i fix it?

[cobalt musk]

Hi guys, im trying to play a camera path via a trigger, anyone know how i can do this? i found the core_path file, but im unsure of how to use it.

Nevermind, i figured it out! thanks anyway. Here is the code for anyone that wants to know, or point out things that i might have missed / misunderstand

    if data.subjectID ~= be:getPlayerVehicleID(0) then
        return nil;
    end
    if data.event == "enter" then
        guihooks.trigger("toastrMsg", {type="success", title="Trigger", msg="Entered the cool trigger"})
        local path = core_paths.loadPath('/levels/italy/camPaths/scenicCoast.camPath.json')
        if path then
            guihooks.trigger("toastrMsg", {type="success", title="Trigger", msg="Path loaded successfully"})
        else
            guihooks.trigger("toastrMsg", {type="error", title="Trigger", msg="Could not load the path!"})
            return
        end
        local initData = {}
        initData.useJsonVersion = true
        initData.hasIntro = true
        initData.path = path
        initData.offset = 0
        initData.reset = initData.reset or (function(this) end)
        initData.getNextPath = initData.getNextPath or (function(this) return initData.path end)

        core_camera.setByName(0, "path", false, initData)
        guihooks.trigger("toastrMsg", {type="success", title="Trigger", msg="Path Started"})
    end
end```

[indigo yoke]

Anyone able to point me in the right direction for replacing these fences which were removed in the newest update? I've tried to copy/select them but it would appear the fences are in a group called "fencing.dae" so I cannot select just a part of it to copy/paste, I have located the fence post in the Asset Browser "pole_fence2.dae" but cannot find a spawnable version of the wire used to connect the poles. -TIA

[dry cargo]

how the fuck do I use architect tool, it's so dissapointing

because the beamng documentation is explaning shit

[mighty silo]

f11

[pure talon]

how do i import terrain, i cant get it to work and the documentation seems to be completely outdated

ive got a heightmap, clicking "import" does nothing

[stable totem]

anyone knows how to increase reflections resolution?

[scarlet cedar]

is it just me, or did 0.33 break the auto performance calculator

[quaint bridge]

In graphics settings scroll down till you see this, Some vehicles dont have support for detailed mirrors though, just a heads up.

[stable totem]

Thanks!

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @quaint bridge (current: #441 - 4)

[spark slate]

I believe I fixed it!

I had to move my traffic configs to their own vehicle folder simple_traffic so the game sees them as part of the new traffic vehicle..and it now spawns in appropriate quantities!
Just had to make duplicated meshes and textures so it'll spawn looking normal.

[fiery ember]

Small issue, my mesh isnt showing up ingame eventho its assigned and theres no errors

[dusk bison]

leap of death map is not working on this update 😦

[proud sierra]

How do i de select something in map editor

[mighty silo]

left mouse button in the tree on the left

[proud sierra]

No i ment when i select multiple things, it selects the skybox

[tired mason]

Are we no longer allow to fetch("http://localhost:9876") from CEF/JS/ui apps anymore in 0.33?

I noticed that after the update that request got aborted by BNGCefClient::OnBeforeResourceLoad, but fetch("http://youtube.com") and a few other sites from the allowlist I saw floating around seems to still be allowed. I did confirm that said localhost port is reachable with Postman.

If that ^ is supposed to be blocked from JS/CEF thread, then what is the (post-0.33) recommended way for a UI app to communicate with an external server/process on local network? Should I loop the call through Lua somehow?

[tired mason]

Apparently GE lua can still make that same request to localhost.

http = require "socket.http"
res = http.request("http://localhost:9876")
print(res)

This printed out the expected response from my server just fine, but I am really not looking forward to adding lua part to my project.

[proud sierra]

Can someone help me add a bridge and paint a road onto this map?

[proud sierra]

I just need paint

Idk how

[stable totem]

Hi
Is there a way to save/load preset for AI traffic behaviour that I set in traffic ui app?

[calm sinew]

I can't get my start trigger to be on the ground

even though in world editor it's not there

[calm sinew]

could someone help me with this?

[warm sphinx]

Have you reloaded the LUA? (Ctrl +L)

[torpid shore]

Hello I need help with the volvo 740 mod because after the update the mod broke. Does anyone know how to fix it for the new update. I can spawn the car but it gives me error and gas doesn't work.

[tacit halo]

where did you get that mod from

[torpid shore]

modland

[torpid shore]

it's called v760v3

[quaint gull]

why

[torpid shore]

Because I wanted a volvo

[tacit halo]

well thats a crap mod

[quaint gull]

Not from ModLand tho

[torpid shore]

and that was the best volvo mod

[tacit halo]

"best" "broken after update"

sounds like it wasnt the "best"

[torpid shore]

okay

any other places to get it?

[torpid shore]

well the mod isn't from modland it's made by lo productions I think

[torpid shore]

same to you it was from lo productions

is modhub good?

[quaint gull]

No

[torpid shore]

dlcfun?

[warm sphinx]

If it’s not from the forums or repo it’s not good.

[quaint gull]

Sounds like a virus website

[tacit halo]

if its not beamng.com its shit

[torpid shore]

well as I said the mod was made by lo productions

[tacit halo]

who the fuck is that guy

[quaint gull]

Him?

[torpid shore]

yep

[warm sphinx]

So it’s a leaked paid mod?

[torpid shore]

Nah I think the volvo was free

one of his free

he has like 2-3 free mods

This is the volvo mod

[quaint gull]

Hmmmmmmmm

[warm sphinx]

Then I’d recommend getting it from his official site not a third party one

He likely would post frequent updates there too if he’s respectable

Such as fixing things after a update breaks them

[torpid shore]

well seems like it was a leaked mod

But how did the update break the mod?

[quaint gull]

Idk

[quaint gull]

But get mods from the official web

[torpid shore]

well i am poor lmao

[warm sphinx]

Well then the paid version wouldn’t have that issue

[quaint gull]

You don't need to pay

[torpid shore]

he was 8 euro for it

[tacit halo]

god that looks like complete ass

[warm sphinx]

You’re not entitled to anything regardless of financial status lol

[tacit halo]

8€ for that????????????????????????????????????

[quaint gull]

pain

[tacit halo]

ok and?

[torpid shore]

It looks like that irl

[warm sphinx]

It’s ok at best. I think it’s the same mod my buddy has on a drift server

[tacit halo]

it looks nothing like a volvo 240

[torpid shore]

Because it's a 740

[warm sphinx]

It’s not one lol. It’s a 740

[tacit halo]

especially those horrid glass textures, oversized wheels, tall roof

well yeah i meant 740

[tacit halo]

looks pretty bad compared to this

[torpid shore]

well better than this?

[warm sphinx]

Regardless; complaining about bugs in something you pirated is wild.

[tacit halo]

thats an automation mod, made in automation, those are 2 completely different things

[torpid shore]

but it looks better in game

[tacit halo]

and again its probably just a meshslapped pessima mk1 wagon being resold for 8€

[tacit halo]

vantablack plastic

[warm sphinx]

My bet would be LeGran lol

[tacit halo]

a classic of crappy mods

[tacit halo]

oh yeah a rwd converted legran

sounds like that true

[torpid shore]

well the configs and steering is quite good

best drifting car ngl

[tacit halo]

no

you mean the legran RWD conversion is the best drifing car

[warm sphinx]

I’ve used it. It drives suspiciously like an I Series suspension setup

With a legran body

[torpid shore]

widefap steering

[tacit halo]

wait maybe its https://www.beamng.com/resources/etk-i-wagon-diesel-engine.24620/

[quaint gull]

It could be

[torpid shore]

well it has 0m606, B230 and D24

[tacit halo]

yeah then its defenately an I series or legran since widefap wouldnt add custom suspension to a crappy mod, meaning it has to be a vanilla suspension that has been stolen

[warm sphinx]

In general real car mods are ass. Because no manufacturer will have the available data needed to make it an accurate mod

[torpid shore]

well it sounds and drives good

[quaint gull]

I think real life car mods are ok

Not meshlap tho

[tacit halo]

no they are generally complete crap, specially paid real life car mods

[warm sphinx]

So does the I Series

It’s just not a Volvo

[quaint gull]

I don't pay real life car mods : )

[tacit halo]

you pirate them?

[tacit halo]

@torpid shore by any chance could i have the mod to check if its using stolen code from this mod

[warm sphinx]

There’s a reason that modern BMWs, modern Chargers and S Chassis are weirdly popular mods. Because they are all just reskins of vanilla content

[torpid shore]

sure should I send here or dms?

[tacit halo]

dms

[quaint gull]

n a h

I get them from the official BeamNG website

[torpid shore]

well anyone wanna help me make it work after the update?

Like is there anyone who know how to get it working again?

[warm sphinx]

It’s a pirated mod homie. The paid version probably (hopefully) works fine

[torpid shore]

well how can it just stop working after an update?

[tacit halo]

updates break stuff, due to adding, removing, or changing stuff in the vehicles or the ingame functions

[torpid shore]

well do you know how to fix?

[warm sphinx]

A good quality mod shouldn’t break after an update because it shouldn’t reference content outside of itself ideally

There’s some mods from 10 years ago that still work

[torpid shore]

okayy

Well maybe it's bad but I really want the volvo working again

do you know how to fix?

[warm sphinx]

then pay for it

Now if the paid one is broken then that’s a problem

[torpid shore]

do you know how modding works maybe you can help me edit the files isntead?

[tacit halo]

crappy volvo mod vs etki

notice all the camera positions are the exact same

the only reason this drives good is because, the etki is one of the better driving vanilla cars that are pretty easy to handle

[warm sphinx]

Called it

[tacit halo]

yes but you still have a crappy leaked paid mod so no one will help you

[warm sphinx]

Sooo just use the ETKi. Same car lol

[tacit halo]

probably kimaqs etki wagon mod

[warm sphinx]

(Also why it broke. They gave that car the minorest of updates a few months back)

[warm sphinx]

Probably

[torpid shore]

You don't get the sounds and the looks

[tacit halo]

i do get it mate

but it will just drive like this mod
since its this mod

and your crappy modder over here was stealing this mod for his own shitty paid mod that probably has not that good of a sound

[torpid shore]

Do you know how to fix?

[tacit halo]

Yes i know how to fix it

[torpid shore]

wanna help real quick is it easy fix?

[warm sphinx]

Yeah probably

[tacit halo]

no

i dont help people using crappy leaked mods sorry

[torpid shore]

I understand it's bad but I just want to drive the car like I've done the past years

[tacit halo]

just drive the etki wagon mod

[torpid shore]

wait

anyone else wanna help me?

I really ned help fixing the mod

[cunning birch]

anybody have any tips or tricks for fixing my mod? My level Leap Of Death dont work after the update. I get this error from the beamng.log: 32.49924|I|GELua.levelLoading| Level loading: '/levels/Leap-Of-Death/'...
32.53265|D|engine::SFXFMODProject::acquire| SFXFMODProject: Opened project '/art/sound/fmod/desktop/ambient_maps.assets.bank' in 0.03316309999999589 seconds. Preload sample data = false.
32.61267|D|engine::SFXFMODProject::acquire| SFXFMODProject: Opened project '/art/sound/fmod/desktop/ambient_maps.bank' in 0.04186750000000217 seconds. Preload sample data = false.
32.66171|D|GELua.core_vehicles.main| Loading default vehicle
32.73709|E|GELua.levelLoading| Could not find level: /levels/leap/main.level.json

Thing is the level folder never had a file in "/levels/leap/main.level.json" The level folder has always been named "/levels/Leap-Of-Death/", and I cannot find any references to this file in any of the .json files in the map folder.

And after the "Could not find level" error I get this error: "32.73712|E|GELua.| Cannot setCamera, camera not found: gameCamera"

I'm at my wits end now. this is really frustrating.

and main.level.json is not present in any map zips that I've seen. Where is this error/folder/file info coming from?

[cunning birch]

If any devs might be reading this, I'd be really grateful for some help or advice, just trying to keep this map alive for the coming versions.

[tulip sapphire]

hey everyone, i'd like to know where the transmission components for the sunburst are, i've tried searching for them in the common folder and even in the car's .zip file but nothing came up :|

[urban chasm]

is this right path for md-series tires idk if there is something obvious i missed

[rancid wedge]

I am currently carrying over some skins from the D-series to the MD-series. Why won't any of them cover over the hood and other MD only parts?

[rancid wedge]

it's like the base game does it, so yes

[urban chasm]

okay

[next widget]

does anyone know where these are defined?

I can't remmeber where exactly keys are bound, and because its prefixed [Us_semi] I assume its custom to the vehicle, so I thought it would be nuder content/us_semi.zip but theres no lua file there

[next widget]

ok nevermind i found it us_semi_default.interaction.json in us_semi.zip

only problem is now that I've realised, the splitter, rangebox and 4wd are triple-bound to the same functionality? which is confusing becuase they have seperate bindings in the menu

[thin lagoon]

Does anyone know anything that makes the engine stop breaking or overheating?

[next widget]

set brake thermals to false, set engine overtorque to infinite

time for my question

Does anyone know what's wrong here? It looks fine to me. Its supposed to be a custom control config for the T series

{
    "toggleRangebox_Ranger":           {"order":   2.51, "onDown":"controller.getControllerSafe('splitboxControl').nextDriveMode()", "title": "Rangebox Toggle", "desc": "Switches between available Rangebox modes" },
    "setRangebox_RangerLow":           {"order":   2.52, "onDown":"controller.getControllerSafe('splitboxControl').setDriveMode('low')", "title": "Rangebox Low", "desc": "Sets Rangebox to Low" },
    "setRangebox_RangerHigh":          {"order":   2.53, "onDown":"controller.getControllerSafe('splitboxControl').setDriveMode('high')", "title": "Rangebox High", "desc": "Sets Rangebox to High" },
    "setRangebox_RangerModeAxis":      {"order":   2.54, "onChange":"controller.getControllerSafe('splitboxControl').setDriveMode(VALUE > 0.5 and 'high' or 'low')", "title": "Rangebox Axis", "desc": "Rangebox Lever Axis" },
}

For some reason the custom controls aren't showing up in the controls menu

[mighty silo]

did you reload ui and lua?

[next widget]

how do you reload the lua seperately? either way its not a lua file, its a json file since its just an input actions file

either way rebootring the client from scratch doesnt work

wait I think I found the problem

it wasnt located under vehicles/us_semi
I'm just a moron 😄

gonna test it real quick

[next widget]

Yeah it works fine but now I have a strange issue where...

it works fine

except after saving your custom controls associated with that input actions file, it spits out incohesive unrelated errors AFTER you reload the vehicle. (i.e. the binds work perfectly fine and all until the vehicle is reset)

has anyone had such a bizare issue

I thought it was a beamng bug not accepting weird inputs because the json literally stores raw input of some keys like asterisk... as al iteral asterisk [*]

I thought it was just beamng's not sanitizing input data but apparently its much worse than just that, even if I bind a regular key combination (e.g. alt s) it still causes errors after vehicle reloading

[dry cargo]

arent u in mg

[urban chasm]

no u must be imagining

[silent pendant]

Have you edited them for md

[rancid wedge]

Yes, the front fenders are a bit higher up on the MD, so I changed that

As far as I know, that's the only difference

[silent pendant]

hmm it kinda seems stretched but cab on the md is the same as d-series

[rancid wedge]

It's on multiple skins, all the MD exclusive parts always stay color 1

First I thought they might be on a different image file, but the vanilla stripes skin even uses the file from the D-series files

[silent pendant]

Yeah somthing don’t add up

I know it sounds weird but you could try to make a skin for just the hood and see if it shows up properly

[rancid wedge]

Oh you mean a skin that only colores the hood?

Or I make a skin that makes everything be color 2 and see if that does anything

[topaz hare]

Hey, I was wondering if anyone had some up-to-date docs on not just the jbeam-accessible variables, but also the functions of vehicle controllers and engines? I'm trying to make a custom gearbox mod but i'm spending all of my time digging through the source lua code to find the functions I need

[proud sierra]

Can i edit outside of the map?

[stable totem]

Edit what?

[frozen gyro]

Is there a possible way to get the UV of the small tanker of the MD-Series?

[silver tide]

How to make mod?
Reminder
I don't know how to code at all.
I don't know how to use blender.
I don't have any experience at all.
My IQ is around 118~120 as I remember.
Engilsh isn't my first language.

[gentle fox]

1. Don't brag about any useless stuff like IQ
2. Learn by doing
3. Look at mods to figure out how they work
4. Read Documentation

[frozen gyro]

I tried blender but it shows the texture's uv no the skin's

[stable totem]

what's its folder name in content/vehicles?

found it, sry

[stable totem]

What exact parts of the tanker mesh you need UVs from?

[stable totem]

@frozen gyro

[silver tide]

im not braging… it low then average

[proud sierra]

Terrain

[indigo yoke]

Anyone able to point me in the right direction for replacing these fences which were removed in the newest update? I've tried to copy/select them but it would appear the fences are in a group called "fencing.dae" so I cannot select just a part of it to copy/paste, I have located the fence post in the Asset Browser "pole_fence2.dae" but cannot find a spawnable version of the wire used to connect the poles. -TIA

[warm sphinx]

No. Only the terrain block can be edited

[warm sphinx]

That connection between fences like that doesn’t exist as an object. I assume the open fence there might be a small hint at a map expansion to that area in future

Why do you need it closed off?

[proud sierra]

Can i extend it

[indigo yoke]

For a server I play, to prevent players from going up into the unfinished area

[warm sphinx]

Not easily no

[warm sphinx]

Use a mesh road and make an invisible wall then would be my recommendation

[indigo yoke]

I will look into that, I appreciate the assistance ❤️

[hard thicket]

hello together,
someone is maybe able to explain me something about Openable stuff like Hood, Doors etc. ?

I made a custom jbeam structure with hinges and all what's needed
but i can not really figure out on which beams those arguments and forces get applied by pressing the triggers

i researched in the docs but seems like there's nothing about it or i just oversaw it. would be nice if someone can explain it, thanks

[indigo yoke]

thanks @warm sphinx

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @warm sphinx (current: #84 - 28)

[real plinth]

i can explain

but its a bit hard because im on my phone and i dont have anything to use to explain

[hard thicket]

my latest guess was it interact on the beams which are used for pop opening but not too sure

no problem i'm thankfull for any help so i can fully understand

[crystal cipher]

How do I convert an object from blender into Beamng?

[tame elm]

i need to fix the no material/no texture problem (idk which one is it) but i can't find any good solutions, help!!

[tame elm]

yeah its a no material one

[proud sierra]

Clear cache

[tame elm]

that is not the issue

its the issue from the mod

[proud sierra]

Clearing cache works on mods

[tame elm]

yh but the mod is a little outdated

so im trying to make it have the texture

[proud sierra]

Just try it and lmk how it works after

[tame elm]

alr imma do it

should i do deep clean or the first normal option

[proud sierra]

Deep

[tame elm]

ok

[proud sierra]

If that doesn’t work you will probably have to wait for update or add a texture yourself

[tame elm]

im the only person working on the mod

its not really mine

[proud sierra]

Ok

[tame elm]

im like a second owner

[proud sierra]

K

Also if you add a texture, make thoes seats matte cuz seats arent glossy

[tame elm]

yh

[proud sierra]

Did cache fix it?

[tame elm]

bro this integrity

im waiting for the integrity check to finish

only a little more

[tame elm]

nope

and also, the texture exists in blender

[proud sierra]

You will need to add the texture in beamng

[tame elm]

how to do that

[proud sierra]

Idk how to do it so you will need someone else

[tame elm]

imma just tag the whole beamng dev team

lol

anyone help plis

[crystal cipher]

Please can I have some help with this?

[tame elm]

elaborate pls

[crystal cipher]

I'm trying to add a bumper to the D-Series but I can't work out how to get the J-Beam to work and how to add the model into Beamng

[tame elm]

so firstly