modding-general

[summer vault]

mesh needs the dummy material assigned to it

[runic bolt]

so my mesh needs off on and intense materials?

[summer vault]

no

cant even have more than one material on the same mesh area at a time

mesh needs the dummy material

which is the first parameter of the glowmap

[tacit halo]

oh god not that extremly shit fiat multipla mod thats just a sunburst jbeam

[summer vault]

the dummy material also has to exist in the materials file

[runic bolt]

ok so lets say "cuda_headlight_int" is my dummy material, I have it set up in the materials like this

im assuming this is still wrong

[summer vault]

that should work i forgor if you can have the same material be dummy and a state but probably yeah

[runic bolt]

currently does not work

I think I get what you mean though give me a min

the dummy material doesn't need a material it's just there to have the materials on the glow map applied right
at least that's what im understanding

ah no

[summer vault]

it needs to be a material that exists in the materials file, but it can be blank, if you look at any vanilla car materials file you should be able to see those blank dummy materials on the top of the list usually

[runic bolt]

fair enough making that now then

[summer vault]

the dummy just needs to be applied to the mesh itself so the glowmap knows which material to override via the glowmap function

[runic bolt]

ok is it a dummy or a material being used as one

coming from ac modding dummies are used completely differently so the wording might be confusing me

[summer vault]

a material thats yeah

its just called a dummy in beamnng afaik

[runic bolt]

ok dummy blank material is made but still not being overridden by the glowmap

[summer vault]

odd

its set up like this on your mod right
dummy being asigned to the mesh

[runic bolt]

it's set up like this now

dummy material first then the 3 off, on, intense replacing

it was assigned to the mesh before because that's what I was told to do last night but it didn't work

or I misread, not sure

[summer vault]

it should work as far as i can tell, unless theres maybe some broken syntax and the glowmap section is not being read but thatd probably just break the entire jbeam

the glowmap section itself can be placed anywhere i think, just has to be in a part thats actually equipped on the vehicle to work

[runic bolt]

and it's not like the material doesn't work when I force the material on it

but for whatever reason the glowmap isn't forcing that material on the other side

[tepid sable]

I'm remaking the mod with a jbeam, separate parts and lots of fun additions. 🙃
(Jbeam is not finished)

[raw sinew]

Looks symmetrical to me

[tacit halo]

i hope thats not final

[tepid sable]

The screenshot is old I've since modified it

[runic bolt]

the coronas may be symmetrical but the materials aren't working

I hate coronas with a passion

[unique zealot]

is the name in blender the exact same

[summer vault]

sorry cant tell whats wrong there atp, looks all correct, but probably something dumb being overlooked as usual

[runic bolt]

not even sure what it could be at this point

both using dummy material, we know all of the swap materials work, the glow map is set up correctly

[summer vault]

which jbeam part contains the glowmap

has to be a part that is actively equipped on the vehicle

[runic bolt]

the jbeam that contains it would be just the generic "name.jbeam" on any vanilla car

[summer vault]

ok yeah

[runic bolt]

so should I try shoving the glowmap into the headlight jbeam?

[summer vault]

ig you can try, but should work as is, core jbeam should always be active

[runic bolt]

I guess my core jbeam just

doesn't exist

[summer vault]

yeah somethings wrong with your hierarchy ig

[runic bolt]

welp, first mod meshslap issues probably

one day it shall no longer be dependent on the barstow

[runic bolt]

thank you for the help

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @summer vault (current: #346 - 6)

[summer vault]

aye gl

[viral juniper]

Having a bit of an issue with materials, if someone could help I would appreciate it.

Trying to get a material for a trim piece with a chrome & painted variant to work, but with both stages included in the material, only the painted one works. Without the second stage (colorable layer), the chrome works fine. Otherwise, only the ambient occlusion map shows for the chrome variant.

I have it set up the same way as this vanilla vehicle, where the chrome and painted variants all work on the same maps as one another, so I am stumped as to why mine does not

[spark slate]

Y E S 😄

[ornate nexus]

Hi, I'm new to modding and have just started doing JBeam structure for one of my project mods, can anyone give me tips or tell me if I'm doing something wrong? it'd be really helpful, thanks! 😊

also I've seen some modders use a coding app with a 3d jbeam viewport, does anybody know what that app is?

[runic bolt]

VS code

https://code.visualstudio.com/download

im not quite sure how to open the jbeam view on it but you can install jbeam syntax and editor extensions

[ornate nexus]

Thank you

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @runic bolt (current: #710 - 2)

[inner heart]

note that this is way too high "resolution"

[ornate nexus]

Okay

[inner heart]

check the vanilla vehicles to learn the standard "resolution"

[ornate nexus]

I did start to think that it would've been a hell of a job to write all those nodes triangles and beams

[ornate nexus]

thank you for letting me know

[queen wolf]

؟؟؟؟؟

[tacit halo]

Your mod is probably broken

[surreal kernel]

anyone know why i cant get my truck as its own vehicle, it keeps flying away and wont show the truck just a d series

and idk how to get a thumbnail onit

[next widget]

json leak, i.e. you fucked up somewhere

[languid timber]

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[rancid wedge]

In blender, go to the shading tab on the top of the screen, select your exhaust on the right side and pretty much at the middle of the screen, there is a name selector for the texture. Each time you copy an object, it gives it a new one with ".001" at the end, so click it and select the original
( example switch from pessima_machanical.001 to pessima_mechanical)

[languid timber]

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[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @rancid wedge (current: #205 - 12)

[rancid wedge]

Remember that when you make new faces in blender, they have no texture. Also thing if you copy faces from somewhere else, they keep that texture

Did you copy from somewhere else on the exhaust?

(Also don't stretch them that much so it doesn't look stretched)

[languid timber]

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[rancid wedge]

Yea so you made new ones. You should probably redo that part, but instead copy the faces from somewhere else on the exhaust

Alternative would be to manually map the textures

[languid timber]

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[rancid wedge]

Also connect the insertet part by selecting both vertecies and pressing M to merge

[ember wagon]

If i remove lua files from a mod and engine stops working how do i edit engine jbeam to get engine working again?

solved it

[little spoke]

nah, i only closed beamng and then restarted it again and it worked perfectly after i did that

[drifting schooner]

Hello everyone, I'm doing a telemetry mod that converts information from the game into a csv but I'm having some trouble accessing data from the vehicle controller, the mod is applied to the vehicle as a slot in the car configuration, do you guys know how can I access the vehicle controller from lua? I already accessed the electrics parameters and I thought it would be similar

[next widget]

sometimes the cache's fked up after you fked up, ctrl+F5 wont fix it

I have this issue modding career mode, because if I fuck up I literally have to start from zero again if it overriden my safety save file

[drifting schooner]

this is the way the info is getting gathered, the ones from the vehicle controller ain't working

[ornate nexus]

jbeam structure for porsche 550 spyder

I don't know if its good

[topaz salmon]

Is there a guide to make trigger toggle lights?

[shut pollen]

dont think there is, maybe somewhere though. might be able to ask lj or check out how the dynamo does the high beam foot switch?

[dry cargo]

yall

i need help for the first time in a while

https://www.beamng.com/resources/the-damaged-parts-project.25083/ how can i make the page better 😭

[ornate nexus]

Should the oblique lines supporting a square-shaped jbeam intersect?

[devout otter]

is there a traffic mod like heavy traffic?

[glacial forum]

prolly some pictures

[honest sphinx]

Trying to make a NESE livery for the D-Series, no matter how many tutorials I follow, it never works, I think something might be wrong with the code.

[dry cargo]

ye i was updațing it at the time

[round ridge]

clear cache

[runic bolt]

does anyone know why when I click the color map texture box to put in a new texture it's just taking me to the inspector instead of bringing me to the browser

[lethal geode]

I made a hood exit exhaust and a hood exit now when I try to open the hood, the exhaust get stuck on it. How do I fix this?

[spark slate]

How does West Coast know where to spawn simplified parked cars?

[vestal heath]

how do i fix this? it’s not my mod but i love the mod and really want to fix it

[spark slate]

Sites editor, found it.

[dark swallow]

seems common sense that the hood will get stuck on an object blocking its intended motion and stop it from moving 🤦‍♂️

[queen wolf]

How we get this mood hammer ?

[runic bolt]

try updating whatever glass / broken glass texture exists on it, im assuming it was dependent on a vanilla car that got updated and the texture got renamed

[dark swallow]

https://www.beamng.com/resources/giant-sledgehammer.9/ close enough

literally a 10 second search

[queen wolf]

NOT WORKING

[spark slate]

Added nodes? You may need to tell those nodes to not collide with the vehicle itself, as the hood is most likely hitting those when it tries to open.

[tacit halo]

beams do not have colision, that doesnt affect anything

nodes and triagles have colision, you should worry abot those not coliding with other parts

[ornate nexus]

yes but

will the beams support my structure if the oblique ones in a square don't intersect?

[tacit halo]

no beams do not have colision, meaning if they intersect, well nothing happens, take a look at vanilla cars or props, they do it all the time

[supple drum]

I kindly ask for your assistance. My map is not loading correctly—there are no roads visible, only water. Could you please help me resolve this issue?
I downloaded this file from the site https://www.beamng.com/threads/rework-small-drift-island-2-0-2-0-3.97221/

[ornate nexus]

Okay, thanks for helping me😊

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @tacit halo (current: #53 - 42)

[lethal geode]

how do i do that

[spark slate]

I think it is this line above the nodes
{"selfCollision":false},

[lethal geode]

With the hood or the exhaust

[dark swallow]

bro do you even have beamng or am i talking to a 12 yr old

[spark slate]

On the exhaust

[lethal geode]

It is set to false

[lean jetty]

guys hi

i need a help with taillight on etk kseries

with jbeam

[fresh sorrel]

hi guys im working on an E30 mod but when I buyed one in career mod it totally broken the career. It break part uninstall, paint (when you paint car only a few part get painted), when you buy a new part it break paint the same way, "my vehicles" is broken too. the only way to get throught this is to buy a part and direclty sell the car. I have tried dissable all mods, deep clearing cache, disable all lua file and controller of the car ect... Nothing work. I already made an E34 mod pretty close to it but with far more parts and config and it work tottaly perfeclty in career. Anyone already had this issue and did someone had a fix?

[brazen shale]

How I Start with Jbeam?

[ebon musk]

hey there, Im doing a quick mod that allows you to have two distint liquids in one 42ft tanker trailer and I need help.
Problem no1: The 2 liquids variables are sucesfully implemented, but at max load, the trailer weights half of what one liquid would weight, but the weight distribution works as it should
(Meaning, if I only load the front side to full, the total weight is a quarter and the front of the trailer gets the increase in mass, while the rear remains constant, and viceversa if I only load the rear)
Problem no2: I want to implement it in career. Its there any code or other relevant data I should know? I copied and edited the original "Dynamic" load jbeam, but seems that it is not enought to habilitate the funtionality in career.

Thanks for the help!

[lean jetty]

how to fix this

[lean jetty]

i edit dds file but in game

its look like this(

[ebon musk]

It doesnt work in career, do I have any syntax error? is there something missing?

[summer sun]

Does someone above my skill level understand how to fix this? I have fixed all errors in the console and theres no materials.json errors and i have tried to change "MapTo" but no differance. help please..
i have also matched all the names inside the .dae file.

[summer sun]

this texture i cant change no matter what i try

[inner heart]

if something appeared at where they shouldn’t be, it’s a modeling error
if something looked wrong (even when they are at the right place) then it’s a material/texture problem

[ornate nexus]

Hopefully this'll be the last time I'll be doing the chassis JBeam

Still gotta write most of the nodes beamns and triangles

[inner heart]

u should use the plugin for blender instead of NBE

however nobody pins the blender plug-in here so that’s just sad

[ornate nexus]

wait I can do nodes beamns and everythging in blender?

instead of writing them in code?

[inner heart]

with the plug-in, i believe so yes

i haven’t use it to done anything like that tho

[ornate nexus]

oh wow I've wasted like 3 hours writing jbeam nodes and I haven't finished any of them

I'll search how to do that tomorrow

[inner heart]

honestly it’s not even suggested to write them from scratch sometimes

[ornate nexus]

So far I've only edited w the plugin

[inner heart]

smth tells me u might be able to use the body jbeam from the piccolina for a rough node shape and beam triangles mostly done

MIGHT

[ornate nexus]

The vehicle is actually based on the piccolina kit car

[inner heart]

ah

[ornate nexus]

It's my first mod

[inner heart]

but yeah, writing a whole body jbeam from scratch is pretty rough

[ornate nexus]

I'm doing a fairly simple car, the porsche 550

It's not 100% a porsche 550 but inspired by it

[inner heart]

well, it’s still a whole body u need to jbeam

[ornate nexus]

true

if I can do it in blender

that would be really helpful

[inner heart]

i’m not too sure how far you can go with the blender plug-in

ask someone else, perhaps

[ornate nexus]

Ill dig deeper into the documentation tmrw and see what I'll find

[ornate nexus]

Thanks for giving me this info 👍

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @inner heart (current: #132 - 20)

[split abyss]

So does anyone know how to make your simple traffic configs spawn less often? I set the population really low and still, when I spawn 20 traffic out, 4 or 5 of them still end up being my vehicle

[runic bolt]

so i've don everything I can think of, I added a licence plate to the front of my car completely fine but for some reason trying to get rid of it from the trunk it's still stuck to the trunk and not changing even though i've changed all the code

the same exact code works perfectly for the front bumper

nvm the slot was still being overwritten by some other line of code

[dawn ibex]

anyone know how to stop grass poking through without manhandling the terrain editor tools

[modest shoal]

Hello, can someone help me make a compression brake sound, but customized like a cummins or something like that? please

[warm sphinx]

You have to manhandle the terrain unfortunately

[modest shoal]

sound of de mod plis help me

Hello, can someone help me make a compression brake sound, but customized like a cummins or something like that? please

[tacit halo]

pay up or do it yourself

[modest shoal]

Who can make such a modification for me? And make sure it is reliable, could you tell me?

[tacit halo]

idk just list how much money you can spend on it and if someone thinks its worth it hell do it

[summer vault]

what are you trying to do, the mapto field has to be the same as the material youve got assigned to the mesh in blender, just make sure you have the correct material applied to the mesh and that your uvs arent misaligned

[sullen canyon]

Can anyone help me? My skin isn't working properly.

[summer sun]

Yea its all correct, in blender and also correct in jbeam, main.material. im trying to make the beacon lights a solid texture but i have clearly messed something up however idk when or how and i have looked everywhere to find an error but i really cannot find it.

I manually placed them there to make sure they work before i attach them to the truck thats why it looks so goofy but really i just want the texture to work

[summer vault]

what material do you have assigned to it
looks like youve got something that doesnt fit the uvs of the mesh at all

[quaint gull]

My eyes hurt

[summer sun]

Can i dm you? I can send screenshots of everything

[summer vault]

i mean sure
tho could just also post it all here so others could learn from it but do whatever

[summer sun]

Yea ur right lemme just start my pc

[summer sun]

heres some of the materials and what is is in blender

jbeam if thats any help to context

[summer vault]

did you make the mesh yourself, if so, did you uv unwrap it, the textures are showing up, so theres clearly no problem with that

[summer sun]

no its the regular mod_beacon for the vivace

[summer vault]

it looks like youve set the wrong material to it

the textures are there but they are completely misaligned

which would be either youve got the wrong material on it, or the uv maps are messed up

[summer sun]

should i just get the actual police_parts.dae and get new ones then just change the name u think?

[summer vault]

yeah, not sure what exactly youre doing, just make sure you dont mix and match random vanilla meshes and materials

if you just took it from the vivace or whatever, it shouldnt look like that

[summer sun]

its like editied from Danish police force mod my buddy Nick made a small beacon variant as a mirror flasher and i used his version of the beacon so i think ive edited something wrong on them so imma just try new ones

[summer vault]

are the textures youre trying to use from the beacon?

[summer sun]

yea i just want the standard texture and it was before, the issue i had earlier was the glass texture was bugged so i tried sooo much stuff back and forth and think thats why its messed up cuz when i actually found the glass issue it looked like this that u seen

[summer vault]

yeah, itd be hard to tell what exactly is wrong when you dont even know what youve done atp lol
so probably just go back to whatever you had working with the standard textures

looks like your uvs are completely misaligned tho

[summer sun]

alright well thanks for your input and help imma try and ill keep u posted if it works

[minor moth]

theyre not translucent

aka the game doesnt know its glass

"alphaRef": 0,
"dynamicCubemap": true,
"translucent": true,
"translucentBlendOp": "PreMulAlpha",
"version": 1.5

put this at the end of the material in the materials file

and add an opacity map

[summer sun]

hey, you mean like this?

cuz now it looks like this

n the right one in the screenshot has glass the other is just the light so i think the glass aint the issue its the texture of the light it self but idk how its so wrong since mostly everything checks out

im not a pro at this ive only made 1 mod pack so im not big on more ideas at this point, thats why i came here, ill try anything u throw at me

[minor moth]

it looks like its unwrapped wrong

[summer sun]

how do i go by fixing that

[minor moth]

import image into blender and connect to the principled node, then go to uv editor tab and align to the image

[summer sun]

alright imma try it

[summer sun]

i did some stuff idk how blender works really i think i need some deeper explaining on how to add my own texture and map it to the light mesh

[summer vault]

i think your best bet for achieving whatever youre trying to do there is by starting with a vanilla beacon or something that actually has the correct texture assigned to it

[summer vault]

those are things you can easily look up, how to load an image texture into blender and the basics of uv unwrapping

its nothing specific to beamng so plenty of resources on that

[summer sun]

alright i apprecheate the help, im gonna try figure this out

if not im just gonna scrap this project

[reef epoch]

Mod users beware of scammers apparently I was looked over for but it was a close one

[shut pollen]

yeah there are hella scammers in here lmao. dont ever work with a no-name person (no portfolio/released mods), dont ever trust blender screenshots/renders without reverse image search at the bare minimum, never pay via giftcard and probably a million other things

[inner heart]

idk how those beacons originally works, but smth tells me that the materials assigned to them by default are just dummy material, which then the glow map should handle changing the material on different states

[reef epoch]

They sure did pull one over me that’s for sure lesson learned 😂

[tacit slate]

I remember someone helped me with this, but when I go to a car's file (in my case the sunburst) it isn't a zip file and I cant find the template. Help please?

[unique zealot]

trustworthy paid mods will be on the forums anyway

[reef epoch]

Where can I find those?

[unique zealot]

#1102973298222051358 has "[PAID]" in them, same with https://www.beamng.com/forums/

real paid cars are often scams

and also illegal to sell too

[reef epoch]

That makes better sense and I was just trying to find a utility bed for pick ups and what not

[unique zealot]

afaik theres no paid mod for a utility bed but to be fair, it should be a simple thing to make im actually surprised theres none

[reef epoch]

How can I make my own? In what software?

[unique zealot]

blender

[reef epoch]

on steam?

[unique zealot]

it is on steam

#mods-faq can give you guidance to start

[reef epoch]

hell yea imma check it out

sweet on the forums right?

[pastel sandal]

If you don't mind me asking, how does one make a glass window texture and a damage texture?

[glacial forum]

DFA has one

[runic bolt]

so my steering wheel was working it was just facing the wrong way, I changed the origin point to be correct and now the steering wheel is not rotating at all

it's supposed to rotate on the z axis right becuase the barstow's rotates on the z axis locally

am I missing something??

and when I try to apply location and rotation it just resets to 0,0
this is so confusing

the baserotation still works so im just not understanding why it's not rotating

....rotation was set to 0,0,0, I might be stupid

[royal crater]

what does it mean when a node is discoloured and is surrounded by a big red sphere?

there's no errors in the console

[blazing veldt]

HI, I wonder if there is a solution for this

[royal crater]

actually it looks like you have multiple overlapping meshes. I'm unsure what you've done there

[blazing veldt]

I' try that it's not fix it

[royal crater]

this model looks like a mess, I'd honestly start again, and not have so many overlapping things
for now consider selecting all vertices, then pressing m then "by distance"

then reticulate outside

[blazing veldt]

thank you you are super hero

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @royal crater (current: #254 - 9)

[royal crater]

good luck with your mod from here 🙂

[minor moth]

in what nodeview mode

and is it only that node or any others

[royal crater]

it swapped nodes occasionally, on a thing I was working on, but it didn't need to be in node view. It's gone now, and I can't replicate it

[twin tapir]

Material not showing

[royal crater]

press the ~ key (next to the 1 key), and read your errors

[twin tapir]

\

[royal crater]

sometimes cached things get in the way, beamng is terrible with materials. Try clearing the related cached files

[twin tapir]

thx

[pulsar wedge]

fillman does a bit of IT, I guess

[rancid wedge]

So I'm trying to update my cargo load boxes, where are the .jbeam files located in 0.33? I only see the boxes themselves in common/cargo, but not the one that creates the slot that they go in. They are also not in each vehicle's folder like they used to in 0.32

[warm sphinx]

Are you on a map with Lua trigger zones? Sometimes those red dots will show up to show where the activation point is for driving into a lua zone

[odd gazelle]

how do i make it so my engine sound doesnt get pitched up or sped up with higher rpm? i have a sample at 9000 rpm but it sounds sped up and pitched up

[hard thicket]

hello together, maybe someone here can help me out on a problem i have. the problem is basically that the ABS System of the car stopped working.

the back ground is: i tooked the bastion body jbeam and edited it into a wagon, i made a new tailgate jbeam, rear bumper and taillights. anything else is shared with the original car. if i drive the sedan, anything is fine. if i just swap the body to the wagon in the parts selector. the ABS on the wagon stopped working.

when i check for: dump(electrics.values)

in the error console of beam it shows me this

[dry cargo]

da fuk

[tacit tulip]

Someone added apple juice to the glass recipe 😔

[dry cargo]

someone pissed in it to piss me off

[dry cargo]

my bad

[tacit tulip]

Stop modding in the public toilets it helped me /j

[dry cargo]

i forgive

[dry cargo]

i say sorry because you are in my garage

👍

[dry cargo]

yea, it was hard to carry the whole sim racing setup too

[tacit tulip]

Yea the sim racing setup can be easily confused with a urinal, definitely worth moving it out there

[compact forge]

Is there a way to stop the DCT Transmission from disengaging clutches above redline?

[odd gazelle]

?

[silver tide]

nice meshslap bro

got it from modland?

[dry cargo]

Made by me actually

Thanks bitch

[silver tide]

it looks like average modland mod

[dry cargo]

Cuz it's wip

And it got fixed

[silver tide]

how it look like now

[dry cargo]

Look in the thread

[ember wagon]

Bodypaint has no material and steering wheel is missing(maybe alpha channel on texture?). Where could i check to fix this?

[dry cargo]

node move on front suspension moves brakes but not the wheel

[ember wagon]

I would have thought its a pivot point issue the xyz is in wrong coordinates.

[river forge]

try nodeOffset instead of nodeMove

[sterile patio]

HELP lol

[dry cargo]

i actually did it turns out

altho

[covert bear]

How to make custom ECUs for mod cars?

[sterile patio]

this is aggravating hahahah

[proud sierra]

How do i mirror a building

[tacit slate]

I remember someone helped me with this, but when I go to a car's file (in my case the sunburst) it isn't a zip file and I cant find the template. Help please?

[warm sphinx]

The way I have done it is to export the PNG images of the non pbr terrain materials and color them with photoshop, combine them into one image and use that as the overlay for PBR

[little cedar]

I know this may be off topic, but I have made a mod for an engine for the citybus in the game. On the repository, would I upload it under "sounds", "mods of mods" or "configurations" category?

[river forge]

mods of mods

[little cedar]

Thank you, much appreciated!

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @river forge (current: #4 - 233)

[drowsy vault]

how can i get vehicles velocity in lua

[normal socket]

Hi! I want to create a Netherlands mod, but I need help regarding pretty much everything. Who wants to help
Me with modelling terrain, roads and other infrastructure?

I need to make;
Wind turbines
Road decals
Train track
Train crossings
Highway
And more
DM me if interested

[dry cargo]

So:
Highway can be decal road
Wind turbines in etk centre
Trees too
Terrain can be exported from:
https://tangrams.github.io/heightmapper/

I spelt it wrong

[normal socket]

Will you help me?
dm me rq

[vapid escarp]

Hi guys, any idea how can i switch to dirtroads in road architect???

[dry cargo]

i need help with covet glass broken textures

[tacit halo]

Ok

[tulip sapphire]

yo, anyone know where the headlight/brakelight flares are located? i tried replacing these ones in art/special but they don't seem to change in-game, anybody help?

[rare olive]

Hey all! I'm new to modding, just published my first mod the other day. Working on my second and I'm trying to figure out an equivalent of electrics.values.throttleOverride or electrics.values.brakeOverride for steering.
I tried directly setting electrics.values.steering and *.steering_input but neither work.

Ideally, I want to apply a force to the FFB if using a wheel, or if using controller/keyboard, essentially I want to add an offset for steering angle.

Question: How do I effect steering angle from vlua with either an override value, offset, or indirectly through pushing on FFB?

[sturdy dome]

Hi everyone! I already have a certain amount of experience in beamng modding, I've made a quite a few car parts mods, but now I want to move on to vehicle creation

Does anyone have any advice on how to get started with making car jbeams from scratch ?

[tender barn]

How can i add a speedometer needel to a mod thats missing one? I have the 3d model ready, but tried to add it using the jbeam file but u couldnt see the model in game

[modest shoal]

Does anyone know of a mod that can modify an engine?

Modder, someone who is dedicated to mods

[rancid wedge]

in the info.json of any vehicle there are the colors, what are those three values below "baseColor"? don't seem to be regular RGB, or hue, saturation, brightness. Or is there a way to take custom color's values and copy them over?

[rare olive]

To answer my own question, setting electrics.values.steering and *.steering_input work, but I have to set it in the updateGFX hook to get the timing right so it's not overwritten by the actual control input.

[shut pollen]

individual rgb values divided by 255 or something. very tired lmao, will be close to correct anyway

[rancid wedge]

well all the values are between 0 and 1, but if I take my red value of 0.61 and multiply it by 2.44 it is 160. how do I even put that in there?

[shut pollen]

hold on a sec, will pull something up to demonstrate what i mean

[ornate nexus]

I think its the rgb values but divided by 255

[rancid wedge]

I just found where the custom colors are located and they use the same values, so I am covered. thanks for the answer though!

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @shut pollen (current: #122 - 22)

[shut pollen]

got halfway through making a diagram to follow lmao. might as well finish it, seems to come up once every 2 weeks

[rancid wedge]

yea why not, throw it out there for the next person

[shut pollen]

small guide for converting rgb values into a beam info file basecolor. this is how i made the colours for the 160 patrol mod you can find here: https://discord.com/channels/710082165253079061/1268255959919104010
there are probably better ways to do and explain this, but it demonstrates how to get usable results well enough

[urban quiver]

hi guys,i need help making the suspension for this grand cherokee,anyone interested?
obs:call privately

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1266899523263922217/1280111376827940938/Screenshot_2024-09-02_182402.png?ex=67103d5f&is=670eebdf&hm=a97567eaa7a7ea6d1f41bd83fdaf0b8496a87bbe18018109f1f4fe3c98aa2956&

[floral citrus]

cannot get truck to go lower even when editing the suspension jbeam any tips?

[pliant stream]

looking for someone to make some cars for me for beam, there not the common cars but not as detailed either. simple builds dm me if you know how to make cars for beam please and yes i know it will cost me some $$

[little cedar]

Anybody know what this means? In the citybus air compressor jbeam. Is it the capacity of the cylinder? And what unit is it in. I am trying to replicate a compressor in real life that has 399cm3 first cylinder and 85cm3 second cylinder

[little cedar]

And the capacity, what unit is this and how do I convert it to litres, as the real bus I am basing this off has a 40L main tank

[inner heart]

it SHOULD be cubic meter

1m^3 = 1000L

[inner heart]

also cubic meter, it seems

[little cedar]

Do you think this is too much displacement then? One cylinder alone is 399cm3. Compared to the 45cm3 in the stock compressor

[inner heart]

vanilla is 450cm3

m3 -> L -> cm3

[little cedar]

Thank you, one more question. In the air tanks category, they are 40l for front and rear axle and air suspension. So should the main tank be 40L, or 80L or 160L? I take it main tank is the air suspension, and auxiliary is the doors?

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @inner heart (current: #128 - 21)

[inner heart]

idk

instead, i offer u smth else

u can add

"cutOutPressure": 12345

in the compressor, where the unit is pascals, according to beam doc

for u, u need 1000000

[little cedar]

Wait, so this allows me to change the pressure that the compressor pumps the tanks to? I was just about to ask if you knew that

[inner heart]

so when the tanks reach that pressure, the pump stops pumping

untill the tank pressure drops below 80% of that, then it starts pumping again

[little cedar]

Thank you so much, I was just about to ask that

[inner heart]

or, u can set that "pressure to resume pumping" value with cutInPressure

unit is still pascals

[little cedar]

Man you are such a lifesaver. You just read my mind! Thank you so much for all your help

I didnt think anyone would know

But youve helped me make my bus a lot more realistic

:D Thank you so much

thanks @inner heart

[inner heart]

it seems that a compressor can only have one airtank

[little cedar]

There is an auxiliary and main air tank in beamng, the aux tank is half of the main tank

[inner heart]

cant seems to find evidence of that, but mess around

i just dive lua files, i dont understand air systems

oh, the bus

[little cedar]

Thank you for all of your help anyway. Youve helped me greatly achieve my goal

[inner heart]

i believe the main air tank in the vanilla bus is used for brakes

the aux is used for air bags and doors

[inner heart]

so can either have 4 airtanks, pick one of the axle as main, cross valve the other axle, or 3 airtanks and u merge both axle

u can change what airtank the brake will use by adding "airTankName" in the airbrakes section

doors and airbags dont need to use the same air tank

[little cedar]

Thank you for all the help, but I might just use an 80L tank for all brakes (axle tanks) and a 40L tank for doors, auto suspension and other stuff etc

[inner heart]

thats fine lol

[languid timber]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[dry cargo]

go to #mods-discussion not here

[languid timber]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[dry cargo]

No problemo, just helping!

[dry cargo]

So I wanted to move wheel, this is code

then in game

[distant pendant]

that's brake disk, aka brake hub

[dry cargo]

it is Suspension F

i moved suspension not brake hub

[distant pendant]

yes but suspension doesn't move brake hu

hub*

[tender barn]

Is there any tutorial for how to make a speedometer or inside of the car? I really want to know how to add a speedometer needle to a mod that doesnt have one, but sadly its too hard for me

[little cedar]

This may help https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/vehicle/sections/props/#simple-examples
But you have to do each value individually

How do I add custom sounds for the airbrakes? I see this documentation page, and it says "soundEvent", but where do I put that in the Jbeam code? There is no example. The code that I have now doesnt work I dont think
https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/vehicle/vehicle_system/controller/audiovisualsystems/airbrakes/

[inner heart]

both should be fine

u might need to convert ur audio to ogg format

[little cedar]

So I need to put it in the same line as the controller?

[inner heart]

u can do that, or u can do what u already did

what i meant is i think u need ur audio to be in .ogg format

the game might not handle .wav there

thus why "it doesn’t work"

[little cedar]

I use .wav for my engines, and the custom air suspension audio works fine with .wav

[inner heart]

then i’m not sure

[tender barn]

thank you so much

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @little cedar (current: #725 - 2)

[little cedar]

No problem

[little cedar]

Tried both ways, and also tried with .ogg. Didnt work

[strong wasp]

why the repository mod is not working?

[turbid crystal]

any good mapping tutorials?

[tacit tulip]

Not really, most are outdated iirc

[turbid crystal]

damn

[dusk dock]

Hello i have question for map makers, i deleted ocean and have solid blue color and skybox, is there possible to change solid blue to skybox

[turbid crystal]

ive wanted to make my own map for so so long but i simply have no clue what to do or where to start

[dusk dock]

do like me just import minecraft world to beamng xD

[turbid crystal]

yeah idk how

[dusk dock]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Ev1aTNTLo

but this is a little bad way to make maps for beamng cause its just 3D model, beamng frames dont like big 3D models

[merry juniper]

go to the freeroam mode, select "show debug content" or smth and theres a template map, there u just need to watch a tut about world editor and voila!

BTW!!!

i have a issue with importing objects from other maps: most of them only have the data of materials, but still doesnt showing it, only the no material texture... can i do anything, or i need to migrate all the content i want to use to the folder of the map im working with?

[distant pendant]

i think all you need to do is select obj and go into materials editor and find the source for the material

[merry juniper]

yeah, but base beamng objects are in dae

[distant pendant]

so you can't highlight the obj and see it w/ material editor?

how are you importing your objs

[merry juniper]

i only see shape editor

[distant pendant]

show me pic?

[merry juniper]

i just selected the checkbox for the show all data folders in the preferences

so im importing from other maps inside the asset browser

[distant pendant]

so you should be able to assign the materials in the material editor

[merry juniper]

just regular left click

?

[distant pendant]

your talking about in beam right?

[merry juniper]

yep

[distant pendant]

do you know how to open material editor
?

[merry juniper]

not really ig

so nah

[merry juniper]

nope

[distant pendant]

i'd have to show ya not good at explaining.

[merry juniper]

ok

in pictures?

[merry juniper]

dm me alr? but i need to go to sleep, its 0:16 🙏😭

[little cedar]

Is there a script that when braking, the automatic gearbox automatically shifts to the lowest gear possible? Like when you brake, it shifts from 5th to 3rd gear to maximize engine braking?

[ancient light]

All I did was add an uplift and all the sudden the chrome textures are dark

Also my metal texture doesnt work in game

[gleaming forge]

how do i download nascar gen 7 mod?

[little cedar]

If its on the repo, click subscribe. If its a .zip file, copy it to your BeamNG mods folder, usually appdata\local\BeamNG.drive\0.33\mods

[distant pendant]

@tacit halo my dumbass finally figured out uv's

[arctic depot]

HI All

Does anyone know hopw to do a map gui path
similar to beamng's minimaps

[warm sphinx]

The minimap will auto draw roads based on their drivability setting on the decal roads. The only unique/custom thing about beam mini maps is the background coloring

[nova vapor]

Im trying to make a colorable livery mod for the covet but as much as i try I can't get it have changeable metallic roughness or cleat coat Finnish

Im using a cs material folder cause when i used a json folder i found the data texture was in the wrong place for some reason but i could change the metallic roughness or clear coat Finnish

[oblique gyro]

does somebody wanna take a look at my startup chime mod and see what im doing wrong? I based it off of Urbanmaid's system for his Urbanlore pack and with all the modification ive done it just wont work. i have 6 different versions of the mod, each working slightly differently

[frosty epoch]

how do i showcase my mod in the discord

[tropic sail]

I have posted this same question in the beammp discord but cross-posting here in hopes of getting help:

How do I exclude the player vehicle from VE lua scripts like these?

local stage2 = require("vehicle/jbeam/stage2")
do
    stuff
end
return stage2

[indigo maple]

how to stop the pedal from going so far down when i press on it

[tepid sable]

Hello I have a problem related to texture, when I create a texture and I want to put an image in .dds it does not apply correctly while the images are perfectly adapted to the 3d model, Yet I have not modified the 3d model.
Anyone know how to fix this ? please
The videos are two examples

[quiet panther]

Did you try saving and then doing Ctrl+R

[tepid sable]

I did this several times but it doesn’t work

[quiet panther]

Good bet is just clearing cache at this point

If you haven't

[tepid sable]

I emptied the cache yesterday trying to solve the problem 😭

[quiet panther]

Does this happen on every single thing?

Maybe your textures are saved incorrectly, try resaving thim with paint.net?

[tepid sable]

Yes on all

[quiet panther]

If it happens on everything, perhaps your game is corrupt

[tepid sable]

If I reinstall the game ?

[quiet panther]

I mean you can run both verify integrity ingame and the steam verification thingy first see if that does anything

[tepid sable]

I checked the missing files in steam and in the game launch options

I think I will delete the game and reinstall it I have no other idea

I put the same textures on the same model a few months ago and it worked very well 🤔

[ruby owl]

how does texture cooker work?

[fickle raptor]

i still haven't even started modding but how do modders get the suspension information (geometry?) of a certain car to replicate the driving experience of said car?

because im pretty sure just ripping a suspension from a vanilla car wont give you the true experience

[terse dawn]

Hey why is this happening, always as i press edit mode its opening forest tab and making a forest from previous versions, how to prevent from doing this?

[tropic sail]

Or a more general question, how exactly do i even get player vehicle ID into vehicle lua?

[silver nebula]

Anyone know how to change this "Directory" line to something else? I copied the Utah map sign (and others) and I need the game to recognize MY changed map image file, but it goes for the base-game one since the paths are the same. Changing this directory would help a lot.

[warm sphinx]

Just make a new material with your images and a new name would be my suggestion

[ruby owl]

error when checking texture files (png )

[warm sphinx]

Two things to be aware of;

It’s expensive and estimates can vary WILDLY based on what style you want, what exclusivity you want to the project, custom assets, map size, etc.

Most expensive can literally go to the moon and back so I’ll give the average estimate of a normal vanilla BeamNg style map in size, complexity and assets; similar to ECUSA.

That type of map would start at a minimum of 1,000$ USD including some missions and no exclusivity rights.

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @warm sphinx (current: #77 - 32)

[warm sphinx]

No worries mate

[ruby owl]

are there bad naming conventions for objects in blender?

[warm sphinx]

In general don’t have any spaces is the big one. Use _ instead.

That and don’t reuse any duplicate names

Other than that it’s mostly personal workflow and best practices just to make it easier on yourself

[ruby owl]

this grassa material is used 91 times but none of them show up in the material list in beam. (dds, 1024x1024)

[warm sphinx]

Is it an unused material or completely non existent? You may just have to manually map it with the material editor

[ruby owl]

i believe if i try and make a new material with that name it says it already exists?

[warm sphinx]

If you use the eye dropper you should be able to select the already existing texture and add your images to it

[distant pendant]

because its not uv wrapped for the material your setting to it

[tepid sable]

you can specify what to do ?

[distant pendant]

alot of work.

[ruby owl]

its not in the eyedropper list

[distant pendant]

im not great at it so i definitely couldn't mentor you through ti

[warm sphinx]

I’m not too sure what to do then unfortunately

[ruby owl]

guess i will try exporting objects in batches of .dae files instead all in 1. thanks

[sterile patio]

<@&710084482031550547> I'm trying to post a download link in my forum post but it's not allowing me to do so. Am i doing something wrong here or is it bugged haha

[meager fractal]

The beamng.drive discord moderation team has no direct ability to assist with forums.

[sterile patio]

copy

[little cedar]

Anybody know how to load meshes into the JBeam editor for VS Code?

Ive tried opening the whole folder with the .dae but it doesnt load

[distant pendant]

bugged with latest version of vs code

[little cedar]

Damn, will reverting to the older version fix it, because I just updated 3 days ago I think

[distant pendant]

I am working on a interior and I am wanting to change the material textures to match up with the interior i have, how do i go about telling beamng to draw from my selected texture vs example : pickup_interior

[ornate nexus]

Guys, hello, I'm having some trouble with the blender JBeam editor: Whenever I try to change the nodes location and save them it doesnt give me any error. However, when I import the JBeam parts back into blender the location of the nodes doesn't save

[distant pendant]

move the jbeam nodes in edit mode, and export it 5 times then see if it moves

blender jbeam editor is buggy

[ornate nexus]

Yes I've moved then in edit mode, gonna try saving 5 times now

them*

still not working

[distant pendant]

then delete jbeam reimport and try again

[ornate nexus]

ill try it out later

[ornate nexus]

I've tried all sort of stuff I don't think I want to waste any more time on the JBeam editor. I'm just going to do a clean blender file, import JBeam, do the change I need to do and manually insert the locations in visual studio

[ornate nexus]

for context I've moved the suspension 0.095M on axis Y

so it clearly isn't reading the fh1r/fh1l Y axis correctly because it's not a number (in the code atleast)

so this might be causing the problem, anyway I'm doing it manually

[final sun]

how to craft mods

[tacit halo]

put 2 iron in the top then a gold bar on the bottom

[tacit tulip]

Bro you forgot the stick

[tacit halo]

shi my bad

[tacit tulip]

Can’t go giving people such bad advice dude

[wispy thistle]

Can someone help me with changing engine sounds? I followed a guide, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOvr8lf5jCU) but now my car doesn't show in the vehicles menu, so i can't spawn it, and sometimes, when i can spawn it, it won't make sound. Any help is appreciated. (I posted it in the forums 2 months ago, nobody replied. https://www.beamng.com/threads/played-with-engine-sound-files-on-my-automation-car-now-it-doesnt-show-up-in-the-vehicles-menu.100586/)

[modest shoal]

Any mod creator who makes good quality mods with interiors

[tacit halo]

Yes there's a few

[viral juniper]

Usually any modder who creates a vehicle mod also creates an interior

Especially good quality, would not be so good without an interior ya think, lol

[dry cargo]

what the...

how do fix this i?

[ember wagon]

@floral sage this is better place for mod help btw

[floral sage]

okay

[tropic sail]

How long does it take to send a variable with lua mailbox from ge to ve lua?

If im listening a ge event from which i need a variable into a ve event thats triggered by the ge event

[fiery anvil]

fakeee

@slate vector

@slate vector

fake

[unique zealot]

whatever it is you're doing, don't download any mods from there

also this is for mod development help

[tacit halo]

why are you pinging this random dude?

[glacial forum]

I have this like phantom mesh and idk how to get rid of it

it was from me trying to add the common round LEDs, and I deleted it from the DAE and there's nothing in any JBEAMs like referencing it, but it's still there

[thorny rune]

try to clear your temp folder

may be cached as a .cdae

[glacial forum]

how do you do that, same process as clearing cache?

[tribal notch]

anyone know if there's a tag for nitrous activation? like same as what youd use for making things like the steering wheel and peddles move?

trying to make a button move when you activate the nitrous

[smoky gulch]

is there any way to rip a car from the game and remodel it in blender

[warm sphinx]

All of the dae files and such are accessible so you can just import em to blender

[smoky gulch]

alr, thanks

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @warm sphinx (current: #77 - 33)

[ruby kestrel]

Quick question. I'm working on a map, I've imported various textures through various different means (trying to figure out how to best do it, etc.) and most of them work fine; Usually more natural looking ones, like custom grass textures and whatnot. But these 3 all have this weird shimmering to them. A bit hard to see from just a photo, its extremely apparent in game as the textures all have this weird shimmy to them, like there's a stream of water or something flowing down them, or like TV static is being overlaid on them.
Anyone have an idea what this might be, or how to fix it?

Presume you still have this same issue;
https://www.beamng.com/threads/question-about-adding-clouds-in-the-world-editor.97687/#post-1743654
I had it as well a few months ago. Still do actually, so I just did all my stuff and saved it using this method all at once and havent touched it since lol.

1 - "Create Object" tab, Level > Group
2 - Spawn in the Scattersky object you need
3 - Press "Object Select" but dont click anything
4 - Hold Control and press C, then click into the Scene Tree, your new Group that you just created, then Control +V
5 - Drag the Scattersky object from that group and into the Scene Tree or wherever else you want it. You should now be able to click Save and have it persist.

I can see in your screenshot that it is the same issue I had, where Scattersky objects are defaulted to the parent 'MissionCleanup' instead of the regular scene tree, but 'MissionCleanup' is some kind of internal folder that the editor refuses to display for the user.

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @ruby kestrel (current: #1102 - 1)

[stable totem]

Hey everyone!
Is it possible to set render distance for each individual light in editor?

[heavy swift]

And what console errors do you get? I assume there is a simple JBEAM syntax error.

If you're using notepad like he's doing in the video, you're setting yourself up for failure. You need Visual Studio Code (https://code.visualstudio.com/) with the official Beamng-plugin (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=beamng.jbeam-editor).

Reply if you need any further help than that. The syntax highlighter should show you your mistake.

[wispy thistle]

what jbeam would i want to fix?

and how do i use the jbeam plugin?

[heavy swift]

The plugin must be installed in Visual Studio Code, and then you just open your mod files in there. It should detect errors in the JBEAM and mark them in red. JBEAM is just a lax JSON-syntax with comments, so it's nothing fancy.

You need to look at the console if you want hints at what the problem is.

I didn't watch the video, so I don't know what you did, and can't tell you what you did wrong; But I assume you made some engine blends and might have introduced and error in them.

[tribal scroll]

does someone have good moding experience

[tacit halo]

yes

[tribal scroll]

wanna team up and make a lore friendly celica t180

its my dream car and the only mod that exist is broken

[tacit halo]

what skills do you have

[tribal scroll]

im new into beamng moding

[tacit halo]

im making a st205

[tribal scroll]

looks clean af

[tacit halo]

and i do eventually want to make a popup variant, since i do not like how the liftback t180 looks

[tacit halo]

so basically id do the entire mod then, nope cant

[tribal scroll]

sounds good 2 me

[tacit halo]

tho keep in mind that im not finished with the base thing and im pretty low on motivaiton

[tribal scroll]

dont give up bro,a lot of ppl are waiting for thisd mod

i saw this mod in a vid i was freaking out

im gonna try and kmake a mod my own

[tacit halo]

mine?=

[tribal scroll]

yup

it was made by some youtuber

how do i sculpt in blender

yea f it im giving up

[tacit halo]

you gave up in 10 minutes

you are clearly not cutout for modding

[robust turtle]

modding speedrun (any%)

[cedar relic]

my pigeon with green headlights for heads up beammp drag racing was done in 3 minutes

[faint pollen]

how to add custom decals on 0.33?

[wispy thistle]

in terms of errors in the console this is all i get.

[wispy thistle]

this is the sound blend.

i still need to edit the rpm levels, this is just a test to see if it works at all. btw, is there a sound limit on the files? (how long can they be? 5 seconds?)

[gaunt jolt]

Okay so question, Theres an edited east coast map, And I edited it even more, I was wondering if theres a way to make it where its like a seperate map, What i mean by that is where it pops up in freeroam maps like its, Its own seperate map.

[stable totem]

Hey everyone!
Is it possible to set render distance for each individual light in editor?

[ornate nexus]

lol

[stable totem]

Yeah, but you need to rename a lot of files

[meager nymph]

I wanna put a steering wheel from one.car to another, can anyone help

[glacial sundial]

anyone know how I can make an alpha channel for a layer in paint.net?

[torn fossil]

for some reason, when i put Myrmidon on fire through fun stuff menu, this error appears.
this only happens with Myrmidon only in this exact situation.
if anyone knows how to fix it, please tell me

[distant pendant]

alpha channels are generally just the way the file is saved i believe. typically like (texturename_alp.dds)

just make sure it's transparent

[glacial sundial]

ok

thx

[distant pendant]

np hopefully it helps

[distant pendant]

did you see my odvia front end swap?

[glacial sundial]

yeah thats cool

[heavy swift]

And your engine is named YourEngineName?

[wispy thistle]

idk how tf that happened

[heavy swift]

That seems much too little - You said the car doesn't spawn, and that is what the console looks like when that happens?

[wispy thistle]

yes, the car doesn't show up in the "vehicles" menu, so i can't spawn it, but it's recognized in the "mods" menu

just fixed the blend, will test now

@heavy swift didn't work, here are the errors in the console

[tribal scroll]

yall where yall from

im fvom romania

[tribal scroll]

i have 0 skill ok leave me alone

[tacit halo]

then if you want to be left alone why did you even reply?

[tribal scroll]

that was not wha i was sayng

[tacit halo]

if you want me to leave you alone
why the fuck would you reply to me

[tribal scroll]

i was saiyng that i have 0 skill and to not bully me ok

[tacit halo]

i am not bullying you

[tribal scroll]

ok

[tacit halo]

i am stating the fact that if you give up within 10 minutes you are not cut out for modding beamng

[tribal scroll]

i didnt know how to model lmao

[tacit halo]

yea exactly

[distant pendant]

it took me nearly a year to learn to model, and nearly 2-3 years to even begin beamng modding

[tacit halo]

but if you give up within 10 minutes of trying it shows that you have no patience, which you need a LOT of

[distant pendant]

and these are both at very beginner levels

[tribal scroll]

yea im givving up

mitgh try again

but i think im gonna give up againm

[distant pendant]

start very small is what i suggest

[tribal scroll]

oki

[tribal scroll]

rn making some progress

trying to make a lore friendly porsche 928

@tacit halo trying to make my model a bit rounder,any tips?

[tacit halo]

have you watched any tutorial on what to do before doing anything

[tribal scroll]

yes

doesent hel[p tbh

this is how it looks rn😭 😭 😭

most beautifull porsche tbh

[austere parrot]

I mean, you could do engine swaps to get used to Jbeam or you could take a stab at tackpads tutorial, it's pretty simple but teaches to a lot

if you want to get used to blender there's the donut tutorial

and if you're up for a challenge theres loads of vids on how to model cars in blender

there is zero excuses

unless you're tight on time ig

[austere parrot]

^

[tribal scroll]

what?

[austere parrot]

I can link you a tutorial I used to learn how to model cars if you would like?

[tribal scroll]

please

[austere parrot]

https://youtu.be/oX_QkgZJ94E?si=HWw0KjtFTWklHTOj

[tribal scroll]

tysm i cant explain how gratefull i am

[austere parrot]

I will warn you, if you're new to modelling and to Jbeam making a car is jumping straight into the deep end and you are going to get overwhelmed very quickly

as I said, watch the donut tutorial to learn how blender works, use trackpads tutorial to learn how Jbeam works and then see how you feel from there

[tribal scroll]

uhmmmmm

problem

[austere parrot]

yes?

[tribal scroll]

cant find the pics i am looking for(top,fr4ont,back,sides)

[austere parrot]

blueprints?

[tribal scroll]

yup

lemme see again

[tribal scroll]

yay thank you

[austere parrot]

np

[tribal scroll]

another problem😭

idk how to save the pic

i have more problem than a covet lol

[austere parrot]

either use the snip tool or right click and save as/download if possible

[tribal scroll]

did work

ty

[austere parrot]

np

[tribal scroll]

ami anoiyng you?

[austere parrot]

no, I've not got much else going on so I might as well try and help someone out

[tribal scroll]

i mostly anoiy ppl when asking them alot

oh oki

[austere parrot]

😆 you're fine

[tribal scroll]

oh ok thank you

[austere parrot]

we all started somewhere, I've DM'd you a link for the modding for dummies server, people there will help you when it comes to Jbeam

[tribal scroll]

oki

i mostly anoiy

ppl when asking things to much

uhhhhhhhhh

problem x3

[austere parrot]

hmm?

[tribal scroll]

donno how to load the refrence pics

[austere parrot]

shift + A > image > reference

[tribal scroll]

thank you

[austere parrot]

np

[heavy swift]

I constantly feel like I'm lacking information here. Can you elaborate on exactly whats happening? This car must be an automation car since you haven't got any Jbeam-files you've altered.

Also, I didn't watch the YouTube video you linked with your original question, so that doesn't help me either.

You exported the automation car, and it worked after you exported it. Then you changed what exactly? - And now the car doesn't show.

Also, there are not going to be any errors if the car isn't in your spawn menu. What I thought was that the car would dissappear AFTER you had selected it, and pressed spawn.

[tribal scroll]

uhhhhhh

sohow do i move the pic

like rotate it

@austere parrot

[austere parrot]

R

[tribal scroll]

thx

[austere parrot]

Or you can use the little gizmos on the left hand side

[tribal scroll]

oh oki

@tacit halo hows it goin there

@austere parrot ik you mitgh be sleeping but i gave up and im gonna search for a alreaddy made 3d model

its to complicated for me

[austere parrot]

I did say you'd get overwhelmed

[tribal scroll]

yea

sad part there arent free models

yea im gonna give up

NEVVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP-

did some reasearch and found nothing\

[tacit halo]

good?

[brittle warren]

im tring to modify the intracaarpet for roamer and it wont show up in game even though the jbeam flexbody is changed can anyone help

[distant pendant]

you changed the flexbody in the body.jbeam? for the carpet

and you verified it has only one material assigned to it

and its named the exact same as it would be in the body.jbeam and what its listed as in blender?

[brittle warren]

yes

[distant pendant]

can you show me

[brittle warren]

one moment gotta open it in blender

[distant pendant]

would it be easier to vc and share your screen?

[brittle warren]

actually i just figured it out thank yo u tho it was missing an underscore

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @distant pendant (current: #116 - 23)

[wispy thistle]

Short version: Exported car, wanted to make it play some custom sounds, followed the guide, spawned it, it didn't make any sound except turbo whine. did some tinkering, then it wouldn't show up in the vehicles menu at all (see pictures). Slightly longer version: https://www.beamng.com/threads/played-with-engine-sound-files-on-my-automation-car-now-it-doesnt-show-up-in-the-vehicles-menu.100586/

[dry cargo]

What is going on, I have modified the JBeam using the Blender Editor like 5 times, but nothing justt covet mesh

[quick axle]

try ctrl + r

and make sure you have exported the jbeam into the correct location

[slim lodge]

you need to apply alltransforms too

to each jbeam

[tribal scroll]

having some problems on blender can some one help me plz?

[stable totem]

What is it?

[tribal scroll]

NVM I FIGURED IT OUT

oops i acctivated caps

[thorny rune]

next gen covet?

[distant pendant]

@tacit halo So lastnight, I made a new material in blender and assigned that texture to the blender material.
I uv mapped it, so then i went into beamng and brought up material asset, found the new material and assigned all the textures to there perspective spots and it was showing fine. I saved materials in my mods location folder and packaged up the mod. I clear out out everything and install mod, but when I load mod now no textures appear for the spots I just did. I am lost :/

[tacit halo]

Your path for the texture was probably mods/unpacked/modnamame/vehiclename/texture.png which means that when you pack the mod, it stops existing, you need to have set vehiclename/texture.png for it to work

[distant pendant]

thank you!

[humble hinge]

Is it possible to make the engine throttle only be able to use max 20% trough a Lua code?

[dry cargo]

Autobello Milano

[thorny rune]

ah, nice

anywhere i can find more info? or just a clear picture

[dry cargo]

#1292161439192055859

[tacit halo]

probably

in the lua engine code theres probably something that takes care of the throttle, and that can probably be made to if throttle > 20 -> throttle = 20

[hushed inlet]

Hi I am very new to modding do somebody know how to get the car model so I can edit it and it can be select in the car selection thing:)

[tacit halo]

"Hi I am very new to rocket science, how do i fly to the moon"
its uh many times more difficult than youd think

and if you want to do it semi properly, uh probably not even possible for a begginer

[hushed inlet]

Is that really difficult?

[proud solstice]

yes

beam modding is way more than just "model in, model out"

[tacit halo]

it has taken me about a year or like 7 months not counting me not working on it due to lack of motivation, to even get to mostly finish one

and i still need to do the interior, body textures and chassis textures

[distant pendant]

are trigger boxes for doors and other openables easily movable with x,y,z properties

[proud solstice]

yes... and no

if you've worked with props before the props transformer thing then that's what moving triggers feels like

[distant pendant]

i'll have to spend another weekend learning something new

[proud solstice]

but essentially the axes orientation depends on the refnodes used for each trigger

so that means fuck around and find out

[distant pendant]

pretty much 99% of beamng modding lol

[proud solstice]

yeah

[hushed inlet]

I know a little about jbeam stuff and can use blender to to do some stuff and I just went digging in beamNG root file can I just copy the car zip file out then copy the "base" stuff then edit it a and rename is that it?

Um

My eng is not good

[tacit halo]

yes but then it will drive like ass, look like ass, deform like ass and be ass

[river forge]

This might help a bit, the basics of moving props
#modding-general message

[hushed inlet]

Why?

[tacit halo]

many reasons. probably bad textures, the model is not made for beamng. the car you base it off probably is different shape so when you adapt it it will be a bit messed up, different suspension, different engine, different weight......

[brittle warren]

anyone know wwhy its sideways

[distant pendant]

thank you!

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @river forge (current: #4 - 237)

[river forge]

Select it, do Ctrl+A > All transforms, and reexport

[brittle warren]

i already did that

[river forge]

Then I haven't a clue, sorry

[brittle warren]

alrighty thank you

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @river forge (current: #4 - 238)

[hushed inlet]

What if I just want to edit the car model

Like add some custom body kit or some thing like that

[lime loom]

I think Lichi assumed you were trying to do a meshslap. You can definitely take the models for the base game cars and edit them for your own mod. I did that to make body kits for the backyard Kart

[hushed inlet]

Thanks you so much man

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @lime loom (current: #153 - 18)

[velvet forum]

what folder do i need to put my .dae files into for them to be loaded into the game?

[warm sphinx]

Heavily depends on what you’re making

[velvet forum]

im trying to make crash objects and stuff like the big cube from gridmap v1 (the really big cube with a ramp that goes around it)

[warm sphinx]

So level objects?

If so you will need to put them in the folder corresponding to your level in 0.33/levels/levelname/art/shapes/customfoldername

[brittle warren]

why does my material keep saving to pickup thers not even a material file there

[distant pendant]

cause you need to create a new material and assign its save in your mod folder.

[brittle warren]

thank you

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @distant pendant (current: #109 - 24)

[maiden scaffold]

There is a materials file there btw, it's just zipped in the content folder 😄

[wispy thistle]

is this automation or fully made by yourself?

[tacit halo]

does it remotely look like an automation mod

[wispy thistle]

um

no

[tacit halo]

then

[wispy thistle]

sorry i asked

[tacit halo]

no dont worry

but yeah no its not automation

[wispy thistle]

btw @tacit halo , can YOU help me with my problem?

[tacit halo]

uh depending on what uh yea

[wispy thistle]

hold on

@tacit halo "Can someone help me with changing engine sounds? I followed a guide, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOvr8lf5jCU) but now my car doesn't show in the vehicles menu, so i can't spawn it, and sometimes, when i can spawn it, it won't make sound. Any help is appreciated. (I posted it in the forums 2 months ago, nobody replied. https://www.beamng.com/threads/played-with-engine-sound-files-on-my-automation-car-now-it-doesnt-show-up-in-the-vehicles-menu.100586/)"

this is what i said a couple days ago

"

[tacit halo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEnvY0EQr2c follow this tutorial

[wispy thistle]

👍🏾

will try

[tacit halo]

ideally youd just use default vanilla car sounds tho

[wispy thistle]

kinda wanna make meme car

[tacit halo]

since 9/10 times custom sounds sound like a 1999 videogame kind of ass

[wispy thistle]

well i don't care cuz it's gonna sound like ass anyway

[tacit halo]

then maybe dont follow that tutorial

[wispy thistle]

?

[tacit halo]

this tutorial is pretty advanced for making custom sounds

like
i cant even make those

[wispy thistle]

o

well i'll try my best ig

[nocturne aspen]

Hi peeps, newbie in the mod scene here. i want to try making my own models i.e body parts and wheels etc, any tips on how to get started?

[wispy thistle]

see ya

[wispy thistle]

@tacit halo didn't work, car won't appear in vehicles menu. Is it possible for me to send you the mod and for you to look at it?

[silent pendant]

You definitely wanna learn the program you’re gonna use that’s a big tip

And a pretty easy one compared to actually modeling/modding

Also unless your really dedicated take it slow and in small steps otherwise you will get burnt out quickly

[silver blade]

where does one find the place where your custom colors save at? I need it to make some OEM colors for my mod

as it would be easier for me to transfer from my saved colors to the info.json file, if possible

[keen notch]

turn on alpha clip if its material v1.0

[warm sphinx]

Render priority

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @warm sphinx (current: #77 - 34)

[silver blade]

if anyone knows please let me know as id be super grateful for help. thanks in advance 🙏

[distant pendant]

@tacit halo im lost

[humble hinge]

i have a custom lua but i'm not able to "call"/activate it. Do i need to make it a controller?

[gentle fox]

Is it a vehicle lua?

Or a GELua script?

[gentle fox]

Also, you have to register it within the lua VM to be active. I have done some GELua, but not a lot of VLua, so im not entirely sure anymore if it was kind of the same

[humble hinge]

It changes somethings on the engine, so i guess its vehicle lua, idk xD
Is there a documentation/explanation how and where to register it in the lua VM?

[proud sierra]

Can someone help, theres a hub mod i want to use with a suspension i have but the hub doesnt show up, how do i make it show up

[gentle fox]

add the hubs slot name to the suspension or make a new mod with the hubs slot name changed so it fits the suspension. You may also need to adjust some nodes and beams

[proud sierra]

Well, im trying to use the “spaced out” wheel hub on “toms sema lift” but the hub option doesn’t appear and idk how to make it appear

I also want to use a mod for breaks but it doesnt show up either

[proud sierra]

Think you could help?

[gentle fox]

do you know how to edit jbeam and view it properly?

[proud sierra]

No…

I don’t know how to mod at all😭

[gentle fox]

remove the last }

[cloud oriole]

Btw as a quick test i just went and temp increased brake strength of the race brakes but 10 times stonger braketorque and it was still as shit do you knoe why?

[gentle fox]

uhm then i would suggest you install visual studio code, the jbeam extension and start by opening whatever the jbeam files are and just try out stuff first

[gentle fox]

idk maybe abs, or too little grip

[cloud oriole]

I had sport tires 21 inch so i dont believe grip

How do i do the abs thingy?
Using the abs vallue in the jbeam Higher?

[gentle fox]

remove any ABS module and check. maybe also try turning off ABS in the game settings

[cloud oriole]

Will do boss

[proud sierra]

I wouldn’t think i would have to edit the jbeam

Also i wont be able to jbeam even if i tried

[gentle fox]

you will be able to do simple jbeam adjustments, but if it is changing suspension geometry then probably not, you're right

[cloud oriole]

@gentle fox sad news it still doesnt show up

i also tried with , at the end like }, but that didnt help either

[proud sierra]

No, i just want the hub and brake mod to work with a suspension mod i have

[proud sierra]

Idk how to do that

[soft linden]

what should I do if the Vehicle Window does not open?

The window opens and closes immediately..

[mental estuary]

I tried making a full-size map of Australia. I have an 8192x8192 heightmap, and I made it 490 metres per pixel, which should roughly make it the width of Australia, but when I try, the map if millions of kilometres wide! What is going on?

[rancid wedge]

so I made hydraulic car ramps, with code copied over from the rollback upfit, but when I change the 4 marked "tilt" names to anything else (for compatibility with other mods, I hope), it stops working. what else do I need to do for it to work?

[rancid wedge]

and is this even the right thing to change for mod compatibility?

[livid hemlock]

How can i fix this, i know that there are nodes missing so the flexbodie cant spawn but i just put the new bodies in an exiting slot

[brittle warren]

can somone tell me whats wrong here_ Edit: fixed it needed a comma after the bracket before slot type

[river forge]

Not that it matters, .jbeam doesn't care about commas - also not about comments (//something)

[brittle warren]

ok cool thank you

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @river forge (current: #3 - 241)

[brittle warren]

anyone know whats wrong here

[brittle warren]

thank you i was so confused

[brittle warren]

while your here is this what u meant in the other discord

[proud solstice]

yes

[distant pendant]

i dont know what im doing wrong, i saved to the mod folder directory, but when i packaged it up it doesn't pull the texture.

[lost crow]

Hello, I am trying to add these colors to the "settings.json" for User Paint Presets. It works until the line i pasted below and after that not anymore. I cant seem to find the issue. (Basically after this line the text is white and not orange for visual studio) Thanks in advance.

{"baseColor":["0.029000000000000026","0.3280000000000001","0.538","2"],"metallic":"0.98","roughness":"0.59","clearcoat":"1","clearcoatRoughness":"0.03"}]

[brittle warren]

anyone know how i can fix this

[shut pollen]

would be better off posting a screenshot of the code in vsc. the .txt is mangled for some reason when i open it on mobile lmao. likely an out of place bracket, what is the last square one doing?

[brittle warren]

so to stop this from floating what would i need to do cause the collision triangles for the trunk are super high

[keen shadow]

is it possible to do "$*variable" = 10?
(Multiply instead of add)

[keen shadow]

move triangles down?

[keen shadow]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/where-do-custom-color-presents-get-saved.62317/

although that doesn't seem to be the case anymore 🤔

[mental estuary]

please tell me what's going on

[inner heart]

yes

its however not possible to do division with "$/variable" = 7, so you instead do "$*variable" = "$=1/7" or "$*variable" = 0.142857143

[tacit onyx]

I'm importing a dae file that I created with blender. It's a dummy mesh with an rigify armature. When I import it, though, I get this error in the log and I can only see the bounds of the object in the level editor:
TSMesh::innerRender() - Got invalid vertex buffer!

This is my current project structure:

I also tried making the armature the parent of the mesh but that doesn't work either (same error)

Futhermore the shape editor shows this monstrocity

It works if I remove the armature alltogether. But that makes it impossible to animate.

[brittle warren]

i tried that but once they get close to the floor the materials break on the floor

[grand hemlock]

Anyone know how to make custom badges for cars?

I’m trying to make some stupid badges
And I can’t find any app that I can open the files and edit them.

[keen shadow]

K thanks

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @inner heart (current: #119 - 23)

[keen shadow]

Blender?

[solar harness]

hellooooo

[keen shadow]

Yes?

[solar harness]

How do I make a map in Beamng

The template map is outdated

and its now showing in my mods manager

[keen shadow]

https://documentation.beamng.com/world_editor/overview/

There’s also a decent, if slightly outdated, tutorial in the Modding for Dummies Discord

[celest void]

how do i make mods like i need somebody who can teach me like on a call if u can dm me i will setup a payment plan with u so i can learn to mod beamng.drive
i would love to do it because of a mod that was a joke mod it was amazing

[distant pendant]

no one is going ot be able to teach you, it takes years of learning how beamng works to make even a simple mod.

You'll need blender knowledge, json knowledge, and then Jbeam knowledge which is a langauge based around jason that beamng uses.

[celest void]

k

[south plank]

Just out of curiosity, what software do you guys use to make non automation cars? Is it something like blender or fusion, or completely different

[distant pendant]

blender just for the modeling

there isn't 1 program that makes the entire car.

[brittle warren]

i suggest watching morzbng's playlist on you tube

[celest void]

k

[grand hemlock]

I have tried, but for some reason it crashes my pc after using it for a few minutes.

[keen shadow]

Potato pc?

[grand hemlock]

No, I actually have an incredible PC. I have no idea why blender crashes

[keen shadow]

Maybe try to reinstall it

[rare olive]

Just noticed some weirdness that I can't explain. It seems when you read from electrics.values.lights it's converted to a float? The screenshot is just printing the value, hitting n to switch lights a few times, then printing the value again. In code, it's all integers and everything is compared against integers...

I found this behavior when trying to make this keybind
(Don't use this binding, it clobbers the existing momentary switch high beam binding)

{
    "bb_toggle_headlights_high": {
        "cat": "vehicle",
        "order": 54328,
        "ctx": "vlua",
        "onDown": "electrics.light_flash_highbeams(electrics.values.lights ~= 2)",
        "onUp": "print(electrics.values.lights)",
        "title": "High Beams Toggle",
        "desc": "Toggles between high beams and the previous state"
    }
}

I can add logic to deal with floating point errors easy enough... but now I'm curious what's going on and why

Does anyone know what's going on there? Am I just missing something obvious? Why would floating point error get introduced when the only math done is like lights = lights + 1

[rare olive]

Update: I see there's a lights_state that seems to round it correctly
Still curious why this is though..

[tacit onyx]

Has anybody else had luck exporting rigged meshes from Blender to BeamNG?

[tacit onyx]

Looks like the shape editor is just broken in general with any rigged mesh

[tacit onyx]

Seems to fail anytime there is an armature modifier applied and it has at least one vertex assigned to a vertex group. Weird.

[solar harness]

hello guys again

im having a problem with my map my floor is black instead of that grass texture

[solar harness]

How can I make new template map?

Anybody hello*

[atomic jetty]

hi i have problem with these barriers that just play animation and should work from a trigger how fix it?

[weary grove]

Hey, does anyone know if it's possible to have a "beat the author time" bonus star on a time trial?
And if so, how I would go about adding that? thanks

[silver escarp]

Unfortunately I don't take commissions, sorry

[tacit halo]

200 dollars is like nothing

it takes a LOT of money for that

like 4-5 figures of money

[lime hemlock]

hey !
im learning on how to make skin but the dryvan does't look a like the placeholder i use even the UV from the Dryvan.zip is not accurate when appy them to the dryvan so i will need a little bit of help 😅 i manged to get a skin working perfectly on the vivace but not on the dryvan

[tacit halo]

well i mean first of all, no one does full car commisisons due to it being SO expensive and time consuming, and if they did, its very likely that it would cost nothing less than 5 figures

[solar harness]

Why no one want to help me

why is my terrain black

@halcyon inlet

this happend when i accidentally upgraded my textures to pbr and i didnt want to

wow what a great community nobody wants to help

[tacit halo]

no one is forced to help you, people that know mapping are very few and they most likely arent always online looking at here

so stop being an ungrateful person

i dont know, less

look at who im replying

im replyg to someone else not you

you have been pretty nice

id also then charge you 90€ for a pair of glasses on top of the costs

trol

only person i know that has ever done that before is @unkempt sleet , but you have to have it mostly set up (the 3d model needs to be ingame, hell just jbeam that body)

and ive got no clue if hes up to do commissions

[unkempt sleet]

Hi

What car you need jbeam for

You got a model ?

No way I thought that was a Minecraft screenshot

Anyway where you getting the model from

[lime hemlock]

https://tenor.com/view/schmoedown-usual-suspects-samm-levine-gif-18545314

Audi driver

[unkempt sleet]

I wish you good luck because I seriously doubt there is a 3d model for that

Lmao yea just approach your friend and request they take 2 months of their time to model that

Just casually

Alr, hope it goes well
Just letting you know, there isn’t any good modding tutorial on YouTube

(Actually was planning on making my own)

[tacit halo]

yeah if you dont have a model its pretty hard to make one

[unkempt sleet]

(As every modder does at some point)

[tacit halo]

make your own what

[unkempt sleet]

Modding tutorial

[tacit halo]

first stop using NBE then well talk

[unkempt sleet]

Woah woah wdym

[solar harness]

i was just asking no need to be rude

[unkempt sleet]

I make jbeam in blender too

[solar harness]

womp womp

[unkempt sleet]

@tacit halo

Stop hating 😪

[solar harness]

Can atleast somebody tell me who is good at map modding?

If you know anyone

[tacit halo]

where in that message am i rude
you are the one being rude

[unkempt sleet]

@solar harness @unique kite both of you should join modding for dummies

[solar harness]

ok

[unkempt sleet]

Asking for people to walk you through the entire modding process here is pointless

[solar harness]

im just asking for help

only problem is that my terrain is black

[unkempt sleet]

What material is the ground

[solar harness]

otherwise i dont need no help

[solar harness]

idk how do i see that

there is no texture for my grass

[unkempt sleet]

Join modding for dummies

[solar harness]

Bro

its grass but it just shows the grass itself not the texture