modding-general

[tacit halo]

They just don't want to clutter the repo with old versions and pre remasters of vehicles

And also keep in mind that it might still be under approval

I just know that people have gotten the pre remaster bx rejected and a few other ones too

[kind orbit]

It isn't under approval, the little note is gone

Anyway I posted it on the forum

[distant pendant]

hey lichi, i was looking at the repo uploads.
Since it is a paid model with with a non comercial license I shouldn't need to do anything for that correct?

[tacit halo]

depends
does the licence allow redistribution of the 3d model

[distant pendant]

standard license

so i should be good

[tacit halo]

Isn't there a more legalese one? It doesn't mention anything about sharing

Since derivative works just means you can edit it afaik

[distant pendant]

When ai started happening they changed their licenses to either standard or editorial and this is the only clarification i can find

And this is the form they send out to
People that upload

[tacit halo]

What's the editorial licence? Since if that one mentions redistribution, youd assume that you couldn't on the standard

[bronze sand]

please help, I want to make a water splash lua when the vehicle enters the water, I asked in chatgpt but the code often errors, I usually use the trigger lua box and enter the lua code, please help, thank you very much🙏

[distant pendant]

editorial is different than standard. editorial can only be used via learning and or written material.

two different licenses

[unkempt valley]

How does one add automatic transmission shifting lag?

[tacit halo]

There's a value that makes it lag

I'm not sure which

[unkempt valley]

It only affects the when shifting from first to second for me

[tacit halo]

Uh that's odd

[unkempt valley]

I think it's this one

[unkempt valley]

I tried everything, yet still can't get the desired result

[brittle warren]

Crank it real high and see what it does?

[fathom maple]

can anyone help me download some mods from madland, none of them ive tried will downlad..

[proud solstice]

modland is discouraged here

[hazy rampart]

he said madland, that's clearly something else, maybe even more dangerous

[distant pendant]

No modland

[steel radish]

Anyone Here Knows how to Swap a Mod engine into a Mod car? I wanna 2jz Swap my e36 and i already Made it quiete far. Ingame i can select the engine and i already got the engine Sound. But somehow i cant tune or customize it

[ruby owl]

how can i simplify this building in blender to remove all these uncessary objects and replace with a single object per side or for the whole perimeter

[upbeat egret]

Trying to edit an engine jbeam in notepad++ but I can’t type

[sand bison]

What do i need to do in order to get a backside of the body panels?

[brittle warren]

You have to make and interior panel since your body panels are single layer planes

[sand bison]

Ah

[brittle warren]

yea if you click show face orientation in blender anything that is red will be invisible in beam

[sand bison]

Ill look into it tomorrow

[proud sierra]

Can someone help me make tinted headlight glass?

Well glass in general

Idk how

[sand bison]

Be like me, make racecars that don't have windows

[proud sierra]

I don’t need windows…

I need headlights

[sand bison]

Oh-

[brittle warren]

https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/materials/vehicle/typicalmaterials/#transparent-materials

[proud sierra]

I don’t do the beamng forums

[brittle warren]

its not the forum its legit beam ngs tutorial on how to make glass

[proud sierra]

I call the beamng docs forums

Same thing, i just cant understand it

[brittle warren]

Bruh you can copy and paste stuff lol

[proud sierra]

Wdym

I literally don’t know how to use the beamng docs

The buttons do nothing

[west stump]

Just saw this now, seems very useful

[brittle warren]

very usefull lol

[stoic wadi]

Who is good at jbeam?

I need help with openable doors

[wet idol]

uh

hydros maybe?

[stoic wadi]

what?

who is this

or it's not me they're telling

[unkempt valley]

Hydros is not a person, its a section in the jbeam files

[tepid nymph]

Doors don’t open with hydros
They open with precompressed beams

[stoic wadi]

oh

yes, but hydros is only on the trunk and hood

(i have problems with trunk and hood also)

[river forge]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/skoda-fabia-ii-2006-2009.93326/page-4#post-1625992

[bronze sand]

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to create a Lua code that triggers a color change when a vehicle enters a specific Lua box trigger. Here's an example of what I have been working on:

local function lavaTrigger(data)
    if data.event == "enter" then
        veh = be:getPlayerVehicle(0)
        if veh then
            veh:queueLuaCommand('fire.explodeVehicle()') -- Example, but I want to change the color instead
        end
    end
end

return lavaTrigger

I’ve tried multiple approaches and even consulted ChatGPT for help, but I still can't get it to work. I’m wondering if anyone here has tried something similar and managed to get it working. If so, could you share your solution or point me in the right direction?

Thank you so much in advance! 🙏

[shut pollen]

one of the nfs maps on the forum has this i think, might be wise to go dig that up and ask the author about it

[wispy magnet]

Yeah, nfs most wanted map mod has these triggers on fuel stations

[echo cedar]

how can i make the “＄rotx”work

[proud solstice]

vanilla beamng cars don't use hydros for any kind of openable at all

[stoic wadi]

Well, like I said, I'm not good at jbeam

I only have basic knowledge

[tacit halo]

yeah but making openables with hydros is jankier and harder than with proper door triggers

[stoic wadi]

my mod has k-series base

and default door triggers

but jbeam is hard thing in general

and i cant find a problem

[proud sierra]

how do i fix this

[tacit halo]

is this a meshslap d series

[ebon shuttle]

Is there way to get bigger radius of arc in LASL mode in the road architect? or connect differrent the types of road (arc, LASL and spline)?

[proud sierra]

its my mod...

[tacit halo]

ok but is it a meshslap

[proud sierra]

Wdym

Yes its a d-series?

[tacit halo]

that looks like a silverado?

[proud sierra]

Cateye

Its just a different front end

[tacit halo]

oh

well the way to fix that

uh have a bigger fender?

[proud sierra]

#screenshots message

[proud sierra]

No?

[tacit halo]

since the cateye and normal fender doesnt line up properly, youll have to adapt the cateye part to well
Line up properly or to have the same space in both ends

[proud sierra]

No trac bar or whatever like the rear wheels?

[tacit halo]

no you dont adjust the suspension

[proud sierra]

Kinda dumb but alr

I cant move the fender forward without the whole thing looking incredibly long

[tacit halo]

well then you cant do anything about it

since like its based on the d series frame

[proud sierra]

I swear you could move the wheels forward

And back

[tacit halo]

yes
but youd need to move the suspension forward too
and also need to move the connecting points on the frame forward too
meaning you need a new frame

so if you want a standard d series frame
well you gotta adjust the parts youve adedd onto that

also please that glow looks horrible

[proud sierra]

What

[tacit halo]

the white glow

[proud sierra]

Where

[tacit halo]

the star sky in the roof and the lights

its using materials v1 glow emissive when you should use pbr materials 1.5 emissive with the factor turned up to like 7

[proud sierra]

What

[tacit halo]

so it looks like glowing lights and not weird haze

[proud sierra]

Idk what you even said

[tacit halo]

this

is using the old glow effect which looks bad

[proud sierra]

I know…

Idk

[tacit halo]

no idk, i can recognize it

[proud sierra]

No like i literally don’t know any other glow like you said

[tacit halo]

gimme like 2 seconds

[proud sierra]

Also the fender lines up exactly with h the e original, i need to cut the bumper

[tacit halo]

sorry my garbage amd gpu decided it was the right moment to crash

but i mean this kind of glow that looks like glow

[proud sierra]

Thats more of a headlight glow

[proud solstice]

doesn't matter, materials v1.0 glow looks ass

[frank saddle]

Where can I find information on material/texture mapping? I currently don't understand the connection between the 3d assets created in blender and the main.materials.json

[proud sierra]

Ok? Idfk how to change that

[river forge]

https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/materials/materials_1.5/switching-from-015/

[tacit halo]

yes, because ive made the glow pretty extreme since they are foglitghts + they have the glow from the light flares

[proud sierra]

Ok

[balmy rapids]

release when?

[proud solstice]

in 3

[tacit halo]

*2.3

[proud solstice]

[merry otter]

i know that this is a stupid question but how can i change the position of my steering wheel?

ive already tried fiddeling around with the jbeam but that doesnt change anything (i know that the textures are musty dusty crusty but who cares)

[merry otter]

nvm fixed it

[ebon shuttle]

I use a ground decal as a blueprint to place my roads, but for some reason it desapear if I make it bigger than 1300 m wide. It used to work at a 3km size. Is there a way to fix this

[sand bison]

My nosecone and trunk won't show up. Any reason why?

[brittle warren]

Are the normals backwards

[sand bison]

Normals? What's that

[brittle warren]

one sec ill show u how to check

[sand bison]

Ok

[brittle warren]

if its red it wont show up

[sand bison]

The outsides of both are blue

[brittle warren]

are they set to 0 for the origin and do you have any erros in the cosole also check the node group

[sand bison]

No errors show up in the beamng console

And there's no nodes shown

[brittle warren]

then check the node group in the jbeam and make sure its the same as the flexbody name

[sand bison]

Ok

[sand bison]

Right now I'm focused on getting all the faces blue and I'm struggling like a mf

[brittle warren]

yea all the pannels need to be more than one plane thick

[sand bison]

How do I fix that?

[brittle warren]

you would need to either use a solidify modifier or extrude everything

[sand bison]

Didn't work

I can still see straight through the panels

[brittle warren]

did you apply ther modifier

[brittle warren]

sorry didnt see ur message someone leaked my mod

[sand bison]

Your fine boss. Do what you gotta do

[sand bison]

Pretty sure i did. Lemme double check

I didn't lol. It worked. Just gotta focus on the trunk and nose now

[brittle warren]

heck yea good luck and did you make sure the node group was right

[sand bison]

I haven't yet. That would be in the jbeam, right?

[brittle warren]

yea

[sand bison]

Ok. Lemme check

All the flexbodies are correctly named

[brittle warren]

yea but where it says node group what does it say

[sand bison]

I just took this photo cause idk what I'm looking for

[brittle warren]

scroll to the nodes section and see

[brittle warren]

the group should be the name of your flexbody

[sand bison]

Ok. Yeah it's named correctly

[sand bison]

I just realized it's not showing up in the configuration tab 😐

[brittle warren]

oh lol is the slot info wrong lol

[sand bison]

Shit. Do I put it as the body?

[sand bison]

Or what do I need to do?

[brittle warren]

you would need to add a hood slot to your body jbeam then make the slot in the hood match that

[sand bison]

A hood slot? Why wouldn't it be in the body

[brittle warren]

are you only making one hood is it supposed to be selctable or no?

[sand bison]

Only 1 hood

[brittle warren]

then i would just add it to the flexbodies in the body section

[sand bison]

Ok

[sand bison]

But how would it effect it if the fenders are also selectable?

[brittle warren]

so add it to the fenders flexbodies section?

[sand bison]

Sorry for all the dumb questions lol

[brittle warren]

ypur all good bro im here to help lol

[sand bison]

So the plan with the front is to have the entire front clip (bumper, fenders, and hood) is to have them able to get torn off in a collision

[brittle warren]

so have them all toren off seperatly or together

[sand bison]

Separate

[brittle warren]

then you would need to make a hood fender and bumper jbeam and have them as slots in the body jbeam

[sand bison]

Ok

[sand bison]

Now my DAE file doesn't want to export from blender and it won't tell me why

[brittle warren]

Hmm that is odd like its giving an error in blender or just not doing anything at all

[sand bison]

I fixed it

Fucked with the jbeam and the trunk nor nosecone are still showing up 🫠

Doesn't even show up in the beamng code thing

[brittle warren]

Hmm is your jbeam file correct what do you use to edit the jbeams i reccomend vs code with the jbeam extension it will give you errors

[sand bison]

I use notepad++

[brittle warren]

Yea i would use vs code

[sand bison]

I'm installing it

[sand bison]

I can't find the jbeam extension

[brittle warren]

should look like that

[sand bison]

I got the editor

[brittle warren]

the syntax one isnt showing?

[sand bison]

No

[sand bison]

Got it now

[brittle warren]

i was just about to link it lol

[sand bison]

So how do I use them?

[brittle warren]

so if you open a jbeam in vs code it will automatically be active and at the bottom of the screen there is a little triangle that will show errors if you have any

[sand bison]

It's confusing tf outa me rn

[brittle warren]

why lol

[sand bison]

They're not showing any errors but won't load the visual thingy

[brittle warren]

when you open the jbeam you have to click trust authors so it will load the editor

[sand bison]

Doesn't show it

[brittle warren]

hmu up in dms lol and send me some sceenshots of the issue so we arent continuing to clog up the chat lol

[sand bison]

Ok

[wheat salmon]

yo
i made a car but idk how to put it in beamng
can sombody help
see but idk how to make it into beamng
pls ping me if u know how to
@west stump @tacit halo yall help me

or smbdy

@ornate nexus

[ornate nexus]

hello?

[wheat salmon]

hi can u help

?

[ornate nexus]

It takes alot

do u have suspension

[wheat salmon]

ik i made the car ik about jbeam and stuff

[wheat salmon]

yes

[ornate nexus]

Ok Im not modding support tho

i think someone can help u tho

[ornate nexus]

@tacit halo

he can help u but Im pretty sure no one would go as far as putting it in beam for u

atleast w/o any money

[wheat salmon]

Kk tysm then.

[tacit halo]

you didnt make that

[wheat salmon]

i did

wdym

[tacit halo]

are you sure its not a forza horizon or asseto corsa model

[ornate nexus]

It does look like an import I wanted to point that out but Ion care enough to

[wheat salmon]

if i saw my own eyes make it

then yea im sure

[tacit halo]

show me the blender side bar

this

[ornate nexus]

ohh explorer

[tacit halo]

and the material names of the meshes

[tacit halo]

yeah as i imagined

youve not modeled that

[tacit halo]

oh god wtf

[ornate nexus]

☠️

what the hell

[wheat salmon]

but i rly did but for one other game now i decided to put it in beamng

[tacit halo]

you know you shouldnt lie to someone that knows what they are talking about

[tacit halo]

what game

[wheat salmon]

BRU BUT I RLY DID

[wheat salmon]

u will make fun

[tacit halo]

no

[ornate nexus]

roblox?

[wheat salmon]

yea lol

...

[tacit halo]

wait

you still have the default camera and light setup from blender

[wheat salmon]

yes

[tacit halo]

if you really had modeled that you would have removed it

[ornate nexus]

can u show us the geometry

[wheat salmon]

i like it

[tacit halo]

like it for what

also that model is like 10 meters long

[wheat salmon]

HERES CAR IN ROBLOX AND SOME OTHER OF MY PROJECTS

caps

[tacit halo]

this default cube is like 1x1

[wheat salmon]

sry

[tacit halo]

show the geometry and polycount then

[wheat salmon]

kk

[ornate nexus]

can u show me the undercarriage later

[river forge]

Besides, even if you did make it... You can't just 'import' a model into BeamNG and have a fully functional car

[tacit halo]

^^

[wheat salmon]

ik

i need jbeam

and mutch other stuff

[river forge]

Jbeaming a full car would take a lot of time and skill, you'd need prior experience with jbeam

[ornate nexus]

also it seems sus because you cant import a model w different materials in roblox, so why would u have the meshes joined together? what could be going on here is u got the model from the toolbox and exported it to obj?

[tacit halo]

^^ yes very likely

[river forge]

Try making a single part for an existing (vanilla) car first to learn the basics of jbeaming

[tacit halo]

also like thats a weird hood material
and like i doubt roblox cars dont have any moving parts, at least the wheels would be separate

[wheat salmon]

bro search the whole toolbox

go on

[ornate nexus]

would take me 2 sec to find a mclaren

[tacit halo]

ok but how about you show the polycount wireframe

[ornate nexus]

not even joking I prolly wont even have to search

[wheat salmon]

find exact same

[ornate nexus]

u can recolor it but sure Ill try it out later

[wheat salmon]

go on

[tacit halo]

.

[ornate nexus]

this

[wheat salmon]

ok here is so u can try and find it in toolbox

[tacit halo]

no thats not the wireframe little bro

[wheat salmon]

IK

[wheat salmon]

im talking to the other guy

[tacit halo]

hes asking the same thing

we need the wireframe and polycount to compare it to any other mclaren f1 models

[wheat salmon]

and ok i lied i didnt make it my friend did im just tryin to get it in beamng i can show proof that he made it.

[tacit tulip]

Lichi made a minor typing error 😔

[tacit halo]

still show the polycount

and wireframe

[wheat salmon]

but its still made in blender cuz i trust him

[tacit tulip]

Dude people here aren’t thick or gullible

[tacit halo]

^^

[tacit tulip]

We’ve all heard the same stories before

It’d be better if you just admitted you got the model from elsewhere and didn’t fib about it

[wheat salmon]

I DID ADMIT MY FRIEND MADE IT

i did not

[tacit tulip]

After a solid while of being pushed

[tacit halo]

we are also questioning your friends existance and him not having got it from somewhere

so show us the dammed polycount and wireframe

if you want to settle it

[tacit tulip]

Exactly, honesty what gets you places with people, show them evidence if they don’t believe your honesty

[wheat salmon]

see i script cars in roblox he sends me cars

i just wanted to get the cars in beamng to

[tacit halo]

ok but show us the wireframe

if we can check that you havent gotten the model or he hasnt stolen the model, we might help

[wheat salmon]

how cuz i dont use blender

[tacit tulip]

This is not hard, it’s literally 2 buttons you need to press

[wheat salmon]

just tell how

cuz i dont use it ma friend does

[tacit halo]

click wireframe and statistics

[wheat salmon]

he prob knows

[tacit tulip]

If you can’t screenshot things I don’t think you’re ready for making a mod

[tacit halo]

this will show the wireframe and the polycount of the model

[river forge]

So you don't know anything about Blender, and also nothing about BeamNG modding, yet you expect to make a full car mod?

You can learn over time, but not if you jump straight into it like this

[tacit tulip]

^^^^

[wheat salmon]

bro its not late to learn

[tacit halo]

zoom in the car

[ornate nexus]

back on pc rn

[wheat salmon]

is it stolen

[tacit halo]

and de select it

[tacit tulip]

What the hell is that typology even if it isn’t stolen I wouldn’t use that :X

[river forge]

Yeah that's what I'm saying. But you won't learn by trying to throw an entire car into Beam right away

[ornate nexus]

alr imma search the toolbox rn and tell u if I find any model

[tacit halo]

also click this

[wheat salmon]

ok cuz i swear he just sends me models idk if they are stolen

here

[tacit tulip]

Trying to defer your actions to a third party isn’t going to work mate

[wheat salmon]

wdym

[tacit tulip]

Finding something is potentially wrong with an item you have and then going ‘oh it’s someone else’s’ is a classic method and never works

[wheat salmon]

here is he sending me cars

[tacit halo]

what car was it btw

a mclaren p1? or a 765?

[wheat salmon]

i just work for him

Mclaren MSO

[tacit halo]

https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/2020-mclaren-600lt-spider-by-mso-ba9e42cbeecd416e9c1daf680263c276
looks identical

[tacit tulip]

Wowie

I’m actually impressed you found it so fast

[tacit halo]

which is based on a CSR2 model

[tacit tulip]

Gotta know your secrets Lichi

[wheat salmon]

oh i will tell him

[tacit halo]

"mclaren mso 3D model"

[wheat salmon]

he just sends me files

[tacit halo]

i dont even know what MSO is

[wheat salmon]

and i script it

[tacit halo]

so we cant help you

[ornate nexus]

color isnt it but mesh is the same if im not wrong

[unique zealot]

do you have any screenshots of it in development?

[wheat salmon]

he claims this are also his cars

idk if i can trust him

[ornate nexus]

well anyway converting a car to beamng isn't easy work

[wheat salmon]

then

[ornate nexus]

let me see the polys on this roblox studio model I found

[unique zealot]

if youre saying you got it from the toolbox, youre just saying you didnt make it

[tacit tulip]

If you actually want to do any of this I’d suggest tuning down your ambitions majorly

[ornate nexus]

Nonom he was telling me to find it because I supposed it could've been a toolbox model

[wheat salmon]

cuz i trust ma friend

and he says he made it

so im confident he made it

[ornate nexus]

doesnt match from what I see

[tacit tulip]

Dude that’s clearly not true

[ornate nexus]

wait

[wheat salmon]

BRO

[unique zealot]

youre just taking his word and havent been provided any screenshots of it in development?

[tacit tulip]

We have evidence showing where the model is from

[wheat salmon]

here is he sending me files

[river forge]

files with models that he just found on the internet

[wheat salmon]

yes

[river forge]

cough cough

[ornate nexus]

this is diabolical

[wheat salmon]

i didnt know that

[ornate nexus]

well either way u shouldn't really use a model u don't know the origin of

[unique zealot]

yeah your friend has just lied to you basically

[ornate nexus]

Did he give u permission to use his model for beamng?

[tacit tulip]

^^^

[wheat salmon]

its cuz i trusted him

[wheat salmon]

yes

[tacit tulip]

Kinda hard to provide permission to use someone else’s model

[ornate nexus]

alr atleast thats good but u still don't know the source of it, if it isn't his and you use it for beamng then u're the one getting in trouble

[wheat salmon]

hes ma friend and i gave him what he wanted

[ornate nexus]

general rule of thumb is only use stuff you made

[wheat salmon]

that is 5k robux he wanted

[unique zealot]

you got scammed

[ornate nexus]

yeah that's defo stolen no way a modeller is asking for 5k robux 💀

[wheat salmon]

u think idk that

[river forge]

my guy

[unique zealot]

we're telling you now

[river forge]

you paid 50 bucks for a free model

[wheat salmon]

yay

[ornate nexus]

my mom is kinda homeless

[wheat salmon]

im so happy

[ornate nexus]

well take this as an inspiration to do the right thing and start modelling urself

[unique zealot]

tbf that is what i was paid when I was asked to make a model of a truck

i didnt ask for that much but its what i got

[wheat salmon]

u know i was hired as a scripter and then i bought the models of him

[ornate nexus]

yeah but serious car models like that (very detailed) are usually listed for USD, not robux

Idk the detailed extent of ur model tho

[wheat salmon]

he loves roblox

[unique zealot]

its only a background model but i didnt do the texturing

[wheat salmon]

some cars that he claims he also made

[ornate nexus]

thats actually a good deal

[unique zealot]

although they have a big budget so they can afford it

[ornate nexus]

I'd model for 5k robux if it's nothing too serious

Like 4 hrs of modelling for 5k robux is a pretty good deal

maybe even less work depends

[river forge]

$12.50 an hour? no thanks

[unique zealot]

i wont say anymore but its a pretty decent sized game but the update isnt released yet

[wheat salmon]

can u tell how u find those things i want to see if other models are also stolen

[ornate nexus]

here in europe its generally good

for america it's bad

in europe u can live w 2500 / month in america u can't really from what I've heard. Money just has different value

2.5k per month is actually very good in italy

[tacit halo]

google

[unique zealot]

im opening studio just to prove a poijnt

[river forge]

i live in europe too (the netherlands), but that's almost minimum wage over here

[ornate nexus]

I mean if u catch someone using stolen models and even SELLING stolen models and u expose them for it it's probably going to be very bad for their career

[wheat salmon]

ik

[ornate nexus]

italy has a weird economy here in the south a coffe costs around 1.5 euro and in the northern part of italy its like 5 euro

[wheat salmon]

i wont hes still ma friend

[tacit halo]

minimum wage here is 1120€ a month

[wheat salmon]

even if he stole idc its just robux

[ornate nexus]

I mean if it's actually a stolen model he sold u for 5k robux then I wouldn't even come close to considering him a friend

[wheat salmon]

i will still confront him

[ornate nexus]

that's 5 hours of work

don't take it lightly

[tacit tulip]

I interpreted this as hourly 💀

[ornate nexus]

from what I know if u want to make good money u should start ur own business and/or invest

[tacit tulip]

But yea, if you do genuinely want to mod for Beamng start by learning blender and move on from there. Even if this model was legitimate you’d encounter a bunch of roadblocks

[unique zealot]

also the fact that the exchange threshold for robux to real world currency is 20k

[ornate nexus]

0.0035 x robux I think?

1 milion robux is 3.5k

w/o taxes

so around 2.8/2.9k with 25% tax

[tacit tulip]

Who pays taxes?

[wheat salmon]

dayum im still in shock

[ornate nexus]

💀

[wheat salmon]

he did that

[tacit tulip]

It’s kinda expected of Roblox ngl

[river forge]

unfortunately both require you to already have a fair amount of savings to start

[ornate nexus]

yeah

[unique zealot]

yeah i just want to move on and start another mod that i will never finish

[tacit halo]

roblox community is as a big bad mess

[wheat salmon]

Oh cya guys ty on ur help

[ornate nexus]

yeah full of shit no hesi inspired import games 💀

[wheat salmon]

fr

[tacit halo]

and child labour

[ornate nexus]

wait so child labour is paying a minor to work right?

[tacit halo]

yes

[wheat salmon]

bye cya around

[ornate nexus]

damn im a victim

I don't work for anyone right now I've worked for like a week for someone but always lead my own games

[tacit halo]

and its a very common thing in roblox from what ive heard

[unique zealot]

that implies that youre forced to work which its only a choice

[ornate nexus]

yeah it's full of that

I can confirm that

[unique zealot]

roblox studio is just an optional thing that people can choose to learn but only on pc

[ornate nexus]

roblox has free servers and cloud storage

[unique zealot]

so children arent being forced to make stuff from their phone

[daring steeple]

anyone know how to make engine redline sounds

[proper spear]

Does anyone know how I'd create quick LUA buttons to

1. Trigger police to chase me
2. Trigger a nearby vehicle to flee me (when I'm in a cop car)?

WRT point 1, I'm talking about police cars already spawned in AI traffic. In freeroam, not with some pre-built missions and paths I have to spend time setting up...
Yes, I can Spawn (Police) and crash into them to start a chase, but then half of all AI traffic is police, and all of them are either beetles or SWAT... trucks.

I prefer the police Sunbursts that appear when I Spawn (Normal). As a side note - these sometimes don't appear when I spawn AI traffic. Is there a way to force some of them to spawn when I click Spawn (Normal? Thanks.

[tough pier]

Hello i am trying to get a skin ingame for the first time, but i just cant figure it out, can someone pls help

[tough pier]

I got it in game but now i want to add it in a multiplayer server how i do that

actually i only need to know why it turns to no texture when i change the name

[pulsar hawk]

When appling a "materialOverride" on parts with offsets, the flexbody mesh disappears.. Is there something wrong with my syntax here?

    "flexbodies": [
         ["mesh", "[group]:", "nonFlexMaterials"],
         ["md_series_bank_door_rearright", ["van_bank_reardoor_R"], [], {"materialOverride":[["banktruck","md_series_main_alt"]]}, {"pos":{"x": 0.0, "y":-0.480, "z":-0.235}, "rot":{"x":0, "y":0, "z":0}, "scale":{"x":1.0, "y":1.00, "z":1.0}}],

Ive tried putting the material override at the end of the line as well, behind the transform values

nvmd, in case anyone else needs this solution.. I changed the formatting to this and the mesh reappeared 🙏

"flexbodies": [
    ["mesh", "[group]:", "nonFlexMaterials"],

    [
        "md_series_bank_door_rearright",
        ["van_bank_reardoor_R"],
        [],
        {
            "materialOverride": [["banktruck", "md_series_main_alt"]],
            "pos": { "x": 0.0, "y": -0.480, "z": -0.235 },
            "rot": { "x": 0, "y": 0, "z": 0 },
            "scale": { "x": 1.0, "y": 1.0, "z": 1.0 }
        }
    ],

[merry crystal]

Could anyone tell me how i add main body paint textures to this mod i just made? Is there a tutorial or something

[acoustic ivy]

remove the .001 or what ever the number is beside the name of the mesh use note c++ and rightclick the dae of the car or the model u want for the texture to show

[merry crystal]

thats not what the problem is

i done the materials but now i need help with the paint textures

[brittle warren]

are there any errors in the material file do you use notepad or vs code

[merry crystal]

Notepad++

[brittle warren]

use vs code imo it shows errors for json files

[oak pollen]

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[brittle warren]

Did you poin the file directory to the right place

[oak pollen]

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[tacit halo]

do the textures exist

[oak pollen]

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[brittle warren]

no texture means that you dont have the image files mapped correctly in the material file you shouldnt have 3 of the same section either i dont think

[tacit halo]

also i should warn you that learning how to mod by making a car mod is not a good idea, and your result will very likely be crap

[oak pollen]

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[tacit halo]

yes

[oak pollen]

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[tacit halo]

it is generally recomended to modify vanilla cars, as in making bodykits, or whatever you can come up with

[oak pollen]

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[brittle warren]

also check your normals in blender cause it looks like things are tranparent to me

[tacit halo]

especially since from the looks of it, that model for the renault 3d model doesnt look like it was made for beamng and will not deform well, the body panels arent separated, the scale seems off since afaik the renault clio is not that much wider than what a pessima should be

[oak pollen]

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[tacit halo]

not if the model isnt good

[oak pollen]

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[tacit halo]

as in the polycount of the model is too high

[oak pollen]

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[tacit halo]

for the body only?

[oak pollen]

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[tacit halo]

can you just show a pic of the wireframe in blender

does it have an enginebay, detailed underbody, engine, trunk, suspension?

[oak pollen]

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[tacit halo]

ok so its just a body shell and interior

[oak pollen]

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[tacit halo]

wireframe like tis

[oak pollen]

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[tacit halo]

yeah thats pretty high poly

[oak pollen]

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[tacit halo]

keep in mind that the mk2 pessima that has a lot of tuning, detailed underbody, 3 different engines, 2 suspensions, racing and derby parts is only 100k more

[tacit halo]

no, it will just deform worse than if it was properly made

[oak pollen]

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[tacit halo]

you expected to do better than any of those people

[oak pollen]

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[tacit halo]

we dont know yet, but its your first mod, and theres a reason we dont reccomend making cars as a first mod, if you are having trouble with such basic issues as texture issues i doubt youll do good, worth a try, but dont expect wonders

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[unique zealot]

im so confused here, im getting this "Expected dictionary key" error in the console and searching on the forums brings up this by Nadeox saying I'm missing an opening curled bracket. but im not?

this is the original one with the same issue

nvm

was missing a CLOSED bracket

[little portal]

Would a suspension like this be doable to move realistically? Its extremely similar to what my 3d model has

With the rocker moving on the circle at the 90 degree angle

[brittle warren]

Can be done but good luck lol

[little portal]

Maybe there are cars with something similar already in beam

[brittle warren]

In beam no not that i know of

[proud solstice]

you're better off making a double wishbone and faking the pushrod movement with some nodes

check trackpaduser's formula ibishu for reference on how it's done; https://www.beamng.com/resources/formula-ibishu.27380/

[oak grotto]

put 700 mods in my mod folder, i get an error where it doesnt show anything when i press vehicles to spawn something

[brittle warren]

dont use 700 mods?

[ashen imp]

How do you even find 700 mods to download

[oak grotto]

they call me the modland menace

[fickle raptor]

do you need to know physics in order to configure the values of nodes and beams? because right now i really don't know how people know how this and that is gonna realistically act

do you just have to tune it as you go until its perfect?

[fickle raptor]

i have 1100 mods lmao

[oak grotto]

500 wont work either

[brittle warren]

thats honestly pointless you cant use that many at once no matter how hard you try and i bet most of them are outdated

[ashen imp]

Oh no man you prolly got 700 mods and 700 viruses if you downloaded off modlands

[inner heart]

check the sbr rear suspension, the exact set up is different but they have a similar idea

[tough sierra]

how do i make these skirts 2 instead of 1 like it is now

[brittle warren]

go into edit mode and use wire frame and select one and press p and press by selection

[tough sierra]

oh i already figured it out ty tho

i used loose parts tho the selection wasnt really working

[brittle warren]

yea that also works too

[tough sierra]

any idea how to fill that

[thorn jewel]

Late, but it is possible. It will be hard to get the stiffness values to work well though. SBR4 uses a pushrod setup, and so do some mods

[tacit halo]

from what ive heard, its a "fake" pushrod setup since beam doesnt support pushrod setups, but it still looks and works like one

[thorn jewel]

I haven't checked, but I have made multiple types of push and pullrods myself

[unique zealot]

too dense?

in terms of loopcuts

[inner heart]

its a real pushrod setup tho

[tough sierra]

i need help fixing this

i cant find tutorial

[river forge]

Look up 'how to fix topology' on YouTube, there's quite a few tutorials on there

[tough sierra]

didnt find any good ones

i got other plan tho

i will not make it from scratch

[scarlet cedar]

select all > x > delete vertices

seriously though, wither u found it like that or clicked subdivide too many times

howd it get there in the first place

[tough sierra]

no i made it

with my skills

[scarlet cedar]

yeah sure

[tough sierra]

i did the messy part

im trying to fit a kit here

already lost it tho didnt save

how can i select without this happening it doesnt select those for some reason

[summer vault]

if you cant even figure out how to select things i think you should take some time to learn the basics before trying to fix the model

[tough sierra]

fix?

i made the messy thing

[summer vault]

really now
you dont know how to select things but you somehow made an entire bumper mesh

[little portal]

What do you want to happen

Use xray

[river forge]

No I think they're trying to say that they just filled in this bit

[tough sierra]

yeah

this is what it looks now

coffee and blender shit goes hard

[summer vault]

i see, either way, the questions you are asking imply some lack of effort
if you haven't learnt even the most basic functions of blender what are you even trying to do modeling, trying to build a house without a foundation and allat

[tacit halo]

^^

and from the 2 screenshots youve sent that model also looks really messy and highpoly so its not even good

[tough sierra]

idc

[tough sierra]

the whole model is highpoly so

and it doesnt look terrible so i dont really give af

[tacit halo]

which is a problem
since highpoly models deform much worse and are much harder to work with

[tough sierra]

i see

im making it for looks so idc about anything else

[little portal]

How many faces is considered high poly for the whole car?

[tacit halo]

depends much on what you are doing

[little portal]

Lod?

Lower res textures maybe

[warm sphinx]

If it’s all a mesh it could help making a terrain for the map instead of having the roads and grass be mesh. Would be allot of work though

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[warm sphinx]

That would be more of a blender lookup question. It is possible in game though

The snowman and scarecrow assets both have animation

[tough sierra]

does somebody know why mesh isnt showing up in game

[cloud oriole]

does anyone know how i can switch the sound of an beamng engine to and automation engine sound?

[proud sierra]

Is it possible to put a mod suspension onto a mod car that doesnt have a option for it?

[tough sierra]

i know its easy

[cloud oriole]

do you maybe have a tut video for me

my v12 sounds like a v8 and i dont like it

[tough sierra]

no

just make folder in mods/unpacked

name it whatever doesn't matter

then what car are you doing this to

ill help you tommorow cant really show anything now

[brittle warren]

Check the node group and see what it says also make sure you applied all transforms

[brittle warren]

Just open the jbeam for the automation cars engine and copy the sound config info from it and replace the beam engine sound config with it

[ornate nexus]

what the hell is that topology

[brittle warren]

looks like cad with a merge by distance applied lol

[ornate nexus]

oh yeah I kinda see that

[olive flower]

how do i make a post in #1102973298222051358

[river forge]

Read this message #mods-faq message

[olive flower]

thanks

[calm sinew]

how do I get the Beam assets in a mod map?

I'm trying to make a rally and need some standard decals for that but they're not in the asset browser

[little portal]

why do some parts get pulled in after attaching?

[little portal]

Nvm just added some crossing attachments and they fit

[tough sierra]

not made by me

[oak grotto]

@icy orbit

[tough sierra]

id not do that tho

[tough sierra]

ok

[icy orbit]

is that all vehicles?

[oak grotto]

yes i pressed mods and activated all

i have no repository mods

[icy orbit]

hm there must be 1 mod that conflics with another

seen it happen

[oak grotto]

oof

like a duplicate maybe? idk

my mods has the multiplayer folder and the repo folder

deleted all modland cars

[brittle warren]

True id make it a new engine by renaming th jbeam and putting it in mod ffoldere but yea

[merry crystal]

Could anyone tell me how i would edit the hub or wheel jbeam so that i could make the wheels fit properly inside the arches so it doesnt look weird like this?

[sand bison]

What do we think people

[little portal]

In the suspension jbeam youll see it

Its some offset in the first bit

[unkempt valley]

Good job

[sand bison]

Thank you. Took me a bit to figure out the stupid export shit

Thanks @unkempt valley

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[merry crystal]

This?

[river forge]

sooo covet meshslap

[merry crystal]

im learning how to import models in to beam for the first time relax

[river forge]

try learning by making a new bumper or so for an existing vanilla car, it will be a much better way to slowly get to know all the aspects of beamng modding

[merry crystal]

thats what ive been doing for about a year, adding stuff to current mods

i know how to mod beamng im just struggling with this

added this bumper to a r32 mod for example

[river forge]

alright well, you'll have to add nodemove to the slot in the parent part
https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/vehicle/sections/slots/#commonly-passed-arguments

[warm sphinx]

Is that not assetto? Beams shadows usually are not that harsh

Looks good regardless

[merry crystal]

beamng shadows are just weird on this map idk why

[little portal]

Looks like its where the hubs jbeam is

[warm sphinx]

What map is it?

[little portal]

The nodeoffset is on the wheel slot

[merry crystal]

err private nightrunners auction map

[merry crystal]

theres nothing that says nodeoffset in the suspension jbeam

[river forge]

add it yourself, look at the link i sent

just add that to the slot that the suspension is in

[little portal]

@merry crystal

Look for a jbeam thats named hub or something

[merry crystal]

to move it forward to i increase the y axis value?

[little portal]

Y axis yes, but you also need to move the wheels

Of which the nodeoffset should be in a section aboce

[merry crystal]

oh this?

[little portal]

Yea

Thats the front wheels

[merry crystal]

Yeah I edited that but nothing happens ed

[little portal]

You applied it and shit?

[merry crystal]

Yeah

[proud sierra]

Can someone help, i need to replace everything in this jbeam called (ric) to (rik), how do i do that without manually doing it

[summer vault]

find and replace function in basically any text editor even the basic notepad

[narrow cape]

hello guys how are you? I have a question... when you want to join the nodes of a part for example (a suspension) to another part for example (the chassis) is there a way to do it from the node editor or do you have to do it manually from the files

[karmic charm]

Does anyone know if afterfire can be controlled in the exhaust section of the dse drive modes? Im trying to muffle afterfire equally to the exhaust sound for different drive modes to emulate a valved exhaust system, ive tried several different things but either does nothing or results in a crash, my guess is it isnt set up to work that way but if anyone has any ideas id appreciate it.

[narrow cape]

You can see that in other car?? Maybe You can copy it from other car

[karmic charm]

no, in the DSE drivemodes, you can only muffle the exhaust sound, not the after fire sound. Atleast thats what im assuming so far.

[stark marsh]

hey, does someone know how can i make a chrome material? If i make the material fully metallic and 0 roughness it just turns to black. And if i decrease the metallic value a bit it just is a glossy dark grey.

[river forge]

Make sure your baseColor is white

[stark marsh]

it is

[little portal]

Maybe it reflects of something dark

[oak pollen]

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[cerulean veldt]

can someone help me with creating map?

because I don t understand this editor

[warm sphinx]

You need help making assets correct? What are you trying to make?

[cerulean veldt]

i need help in create base of map because if i create new map from template it doesnt load and i need help in making assets and use it

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[warm sphinx]

So you need to make a terrain correct?

[cerulean veldt]

yes and whole map objects and others i don t understand this editor and how to use it

can you help me with this please?

[warm sphinx]

https://github.com/alexkleinwaechter/BeamNG_LevelCleanUp

This tool allows you to copy any asset from another base game map to your map, also allows you to create a direct copy of a base map to get started.

Beyond that follow the (limited) official documentation

Most of what you need to learn can be either through that or found out by messing around

[cerulean veldt]

okey thx

[coarse kindle]

guys

can somone explain to me how do i install mods?

[river forge]

#support message

[proud solstice]

https://go.beamng.com/installing-mods

[cerulean veldt]

levelcleanup doesnt work i don t have a exe of this someone can help me?

[brittle warren]

you have to extract the file and ru the installer

[cerulean veldt]

where is an installer

[brittle warren]

ohh you dowenloaded the code

[warm sphinx]

Did you download it correctly? It should download a zip

Ahhh yeah download the file not the code

[brittle warren]

click this in releases

[warm sphinx]

The exe is in the ZIP

[brittle warren]

he dowloaded the code not the actual release

[cerulean veldt]

ohh i got it now

[warm sphinx]

Ayy nice

[cerulean veldt]

thanks veryy much guys

[dry cargo]

where is this?

[warm sphinx]

Its in the main folder -> game engine -> art

[dry cargo]

ah thanks

[proud sierra]

How do i change the weight of something

[river forge]

maybe try what this person did

#mods-discussion message

[proud sierra]

That was literally me😭

[dry cargo]

they are not the same, and game keeps trying to reset back it italy_snowy but I changer it back and save but it goes straight back to italy_snowy

[river forge]

nuh uh

[cerulean veldt]

i have a question there is a person who can create map for me of realistic area? I will pay for this
I don't know where i would write this so i write this there

[river forge]

what's your budget?

[cerulean veldt]

i don't how much i would pay for this so i don't know but i want map in 2048x2048 you can give me cost of this?

[river forge]

it was a bit of a trick question. mod commisions are extremely expensive, if you can even find someone willing to do it

dont know if there even is anyone that does map commisions

[distant pendant]

trackbroseff charges like 500+ i think

[river forge]

sounds cheap for the amount of hours that would go into it

[cerulean veldt]

so you don't know how much it would be and who doing maps for money?

[distant pendant]

its 500+ usd

probably more than that

and i'm not gonna even bother tagging the guy

[cerulean veldt]

ouuu

[distant pendant]

mod development isn't easy

[cerulean veldt]

so i would create my self this

[warm sphinx]

Minimum for a fresh map yeah. And thats a derby arena sized map

[cerulean veldt]

i know

you have some tutorials to do map?

which will learn me this?

[warm sphinx]

For a map 8x that size, 8x that price

For the starting value

He is correct that it is not cheap

[cerulean veldt]

this is too expensive

[cerulean veldt]

?

[warm sphinx]

Use the map copy tool and just start messing around with it your new map

Thats how I learned

There are some tutorials on youtube but most if not all are either outdated or severely over complicated/confusing

[distant pendant]

outdated now

[warm sphinx]

For most people yeah. Theres a massive disparity between perceived and actual value in most creative spaces

[cerulean veldt]

ahh okey

[thorny rune]

anybody know what causes a beam to lengthen upon spawn

supposed to stay at 0.077m but goes up to 0.120

[meager obsidian]

question: how do i make a skin colorable

ive already got the skin working i just need to figure out why its not colorable

i tried to follow a tutorial on the beammng website but it didnt work for me

[royal crater]

do you know how to turn it off?

[brittle warren]

i dont think you can lol i at least havent been able to and dont see any settings for it in the config in vs code imma look some more tho

[royal crater]

I've been looking, and haven't seen anything in vs code, or beamng yet

[shut pollen]

precompression or something like that, been a hot min since ive touched that stuff. had a similar issue when working on an update for the patrol 260 mod, something was leaking out of the suspension file (was making extended shackles). my jbeam was 100% correctly done and repeating the exact same steps to reach the same final code fixed it lmao

[shut pollen]

post some pics of what you have done so far (code, .dds files etc)

[brittle warren]

cananyone help me with an html texture

[brittle warren]

nvm can someone now help me with some lua i got something spicy cooking

[tacit halo]

you could just ask the guy in charge of developing the thing? to me it doesnt even seem like an intended feature
https://www.beamng.com/threads/visual-studio-code-jbeam-editor.100805/

[narrow cape]

look at the name of the map... it doesn't have to have spaces, for example... parquetematico and not parque tematico

I have a problem, when i make a height map in blender whit a 3d track model. In beamng don't copy the height og (sorry for My English, i speak spanish) can somebody help me?

[dusky spoke]

What can i use to make mods?

[narrow cape]

Blender

[river forge]

Blender for models

Paint.net / GIMP / Photoshop for textures

Any text editor for most of the other files (.jbeam/.json), something like Visual Studio Code or Notepad++ would be recommended, but even the standard Windows notepad app would work

[dusky spoke]

Thanks

[pulsar flame]

Hello, im working on my wheel pack and i wondering is there a way to move whole RIM/Tyre inwards against the hub i want to move it to the red line, the problem i get is to move the tyre.
i have tried to change the POS but that just changes the rim, i want also to move the tyre, i have tried to move with NodeMove but then the Collison is wrong,

So my question is How do i move whole Rim/Tyre in the Jbeam?

[little portal]

What are causes of flexbodies not showing up? Normals are all good etc

[pulsar flame]

you need to Apply all transforms on the body part you working on

[little portal]

Yea I get that, everything in blender is fine

I think i mightve used a generic name that was already used so the cache is fucked or something

[pulsar flame]

mabye, i allways use my name infront of everything 😄

[little portal]

Yea i just prefixed them aswell but ig it was too late

[dry cargo]

why are they not synced at all. and beamng keeps resetting the value back

it wont update and keeps breaking and I have no idea

[pulsar flame]

have you cheked you TEMP? so you dont have a file in there

[dry cargo]

yeah yeah cleared cache multiple times and temp

[pulsar flame]

hm weird, and when you have changed the name of the texture in the Jbeam file, have you tried to restart, and se if it works?

i can somtimes get that i need to restart the level for my Cars textures etc to load in when im working on them

[dry cargo]

yeah. Ive closed the game, checked the material file and then reopened the game but it still is the same

im completely lost

[pulsar flame]

hm

[little portal]

Turns out my issue was the group i put after the flexbody….

[proud solstice]

you'd have to make your own tire slot, copying the vanilla tires that use the tire_F_18x9, rename the slot then move them inwards

although, wouldn't it be easier to just use the offset slider in the tuning tab?

[pulsar flame]

😅

[pulsar flame]

yeah i guess so but it will still be wrong

[proud solstice]

or widen the suspension

[pulsar flame]

mm yeah i have thinking about that to i will go out and take som messurment and se if it matches IRL, if not then i will adjust it

[jovial sundial]

I'm forgetting something simple for sure, but I can't get the model to show up.

Blender materials and in game materials are same.
All flexbody names are same, and I can't get it to show up

Only the JBEAM shows up

[proud solstice]

node group names match?

[jovial sundial]

yup

[opal sky]

Does anyone know how to prevent the door from opening too far? (And stop it from flying back shut 😭)

[crystal wraith]

Is there a max poly count you can export from blender to beamng?

[proud solstice]

no

[jovial sundial]

doubt it

[proud solstice]

hardware is the limit usually

[crystal wraith]

Cool

[ebon shuttle]

My ground decal deseaper if I make it widder than 70m. I remember I could make them 3 km wide. Is there a way to fix this?

[crystal wraith]

I really need help.. Please.. why is the thing im trying to export from blender to beamng just exports as a "no-mesh" into beamng
Everything is selected in blender
I have exported the same way before and it works just fine, why is it not now?

[opal sky]

Check the naming on the mesh in the jbeam and dae file

[crystal wraith]

its not jbeam, sorry i forgot to mention that

is a map, not a vehicle

[narrow cape]

Does anyone know why the car mesh doesn't appear? it's beamng mod tutorial

[unique zealot]

have you applied the material to it?

[narrow cape]

yea

[unique zealot]

and checked the console for the error as well?

[narrow cape]

how i can open the console?

[unique zealot]

` key

or ~, the one next to escape

[narrow cape]

but isn´t of the chasis

[narrow cape]

@royal crater How did you make this work?

i tried make the beam more strength but don´t work

[royal crater]

look at the code in normal vehicles, you'll see dampening beams that usually attach to the frame or body work. You'll also see torsion bars. I'd suggest starting there

[narrow cape]

mmhh, okey, i try follow your video and maybe is for the shape of the chasis, can be?

i used the car tutorial mod by beamng, and i used the original chasis node.

[crystal wraith]

someone please help, its for a map

[narrow cape]

hi bro, can you explain me?

[crystal wraith]

when i export a map from blender to beamng, it appears as a "no mesh" after placing

its a large map, i cant say any further on the description as it is to be kept secret

[opal sky]

Does anyone know if theres a way to make the running lights shut off for the headlights? I'm sure theres someway within the glowmaps

[brittle warren]

Is it a server because if so then your probably editing the sp map and it doesn't have the mesh in the server one

[brittle warren]

If you look in the headlights jbeam of some of the cars in beam I believe it should have a glow maps section you can look at

[opal sky]

Yeah I know it has glowmaps, I just don't know if I can make that happen using them.

The lowbeams shut off for the highbeams, I wonder if I can incorporate that into drls shutting off for lowbeams.

[brittle warren]

You should be able to have multiple lights shut off with the same key I believe i don't use glow maps so I'm not 100% sure but i believe so

[narrow cape]

Try You export the model? Or made an height image for make a terrain

[abstract panther]

the detent

[opal sky]

Can't select part I just added, not sure whats wrong

[proud sierra]

Can someone help, my light textures are on when lights are off and off when there on, also my windows textures are acting like headlights

[opal sky]

Does anyone know how to change the standard vehicle config for a certain vehicle? Like the config you get when you just double click the vehicle

[proud sierra]

idk how to fix this lol, plz help

[opal sky]

For the lights being backwards, check glowmaps, and for the windows, check materials in blender.

[proud sierra]

Im not sure how to do allat, i didnt change the windows, there still the d series ones

And yea idk glowmaps…

@opal sky also the original headlight is still there…

[opal sky]

Its your lucky day, cuz I dont know either

[proud sierra]

Sad

[brittle warren]

fire lol gl0wing windows

[proud sierra]

No

They just change to a lighter texture

[brittle warren]

also anyone know where this damn wheel is ive opened every wheel dae in game and cant find em

[hallow igloo]

How I make a car without physic

I only want to model the design and not the motor

Only the shell and wheels

[river forge]

In the cars info.json, add
"default_pc":"configname"

[river forge]

It's in common/wheels/wheels2.dae

[river forge]

Sounds like a glowmap issue, the window thing too. You'll have to go through your .jbeams (most likely the main .jbeam or headlights .jbeam) to check them

There is some useful info about them here
https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/vehicle/sections/glowmaps/
and here
#modding-general message (mainly for slightly more advanced ones, but the first bit about 0-0.5-1 should be helpful)

[river forge]

Look up 'BeamNG mesh slap tutorial'

A mesh slap is when you take the jbeam (which is what gives the car its collision and physics basically) from another car, for example one from the base game, and change out the model for a different one

Obviously the physics and deformation will be quite bad, but it will allow you to at least have you model ingame

[river forge]

Absolutely possible, check these two guides

https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/vehicle/sections/glowmaps/
#modding-general message

Bottom one explains an example that sounds very similar to what you're trying to do

[tacit halo]

the game you are looking for is : asseto corsa

[ember cliff]

why cant it find my jbeam

[ember cliff]

i see

[tacit halo]

"rear left door"_chopped is breaking it

[ember cliff]

thank u lord

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @tacit halo (current: #54 - 46)

[tacit halo]

Also the 3rd line is for the text that appears in the parts selector so it would ideally be legible text like "Chopped Rear Left Door"

"type" is the part type, default is the default part that gets selected, description is the legible text in the parts selector

[ember cliff]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1203108429959266386/1274067883575476224/togif.gif

where is this located, i want to remove it from life

[tacit halo]

Uh check the body jbeam flexbodies section

[ember cliff]

not there

[tacit halo]

Can you select a normal pessima and strip everything to see if it removes it

I swear it used to be there

If it still stays when the body Is the only thing left then it has to be there

[ember cliff]

isnt it in the backlight

[tacit halo]

It's called pessima_chsml (Centre high mount stop lamp)

[ember cliff]

oh nvm

i found it

thank you once again lord

[tacit halo]

Normally the center brake lights are either behind the seats or in the tailgate, not mounted on the backlight

[ember cliff]

ah alright

[narrow cape]

Can somebody help me???

[brittle warren]

thsank you so much idk why i couldnt find it i had wheel2 imported i just mustve not seen it

[crystal wraith]

Why would I be trying to make a map in multiplayer

[pulsar flame]

is there a way to make so the lowbeam still on when i press the brake, or is the only way to make the intense texture have a darker color on the lowbeam section, would be easier to match if there is a way to blend the lowbeam texture and brake texture togheter in the JBeam file

[river forge]

@pulsar flame check the guides I listed here, they explain how glowmaps (the things that control the light logic) work

[peak panther]

can someone explain to me why doesnt this tutorial work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L31exwj7krY

and what can i do to make a custom engine appear in the "engines" tab?

[sullen turret]

needs to have correct slot type

for example covet would be “covet_engine”

if that’s correct then there is likely an issue with another part of the jbeam

[tacit halo]

unrelated to the question, but are you using materials V1.0 glow function? if so, consider using V1.5 PBR emissive material and cranck up the values past 255 255 255

[storm hound]

Hello, I would like to make my own tachometer, any tips for me ?

(I dont know angular but I am not new in programming.)

[narrow cape]

what can i do?

[acoustic ivy]

fix the nodes

[narrow cape]

how can i do that?

i joined the node suspensions to the chasis

[peak panther]

i tried to do it for etki

so i followed the tutorial like with the same names but it doesnt appear even after restart

do i need to do smth else like enable smth so it appears?

i guess my pc broken or smth

[tired blade]

I'm having the same issue. Did it ever get fixed?
Or if its possible to stretch a terrain texture instead of it tiling?

[dry cargo]

anyone know why this happens when I import a heightmap

[ebon shuttle]

I found a workaround if you just need the image as road guidelines or anything that you will remove later on. You need to set the "Macro" texture of your ground material to your image, set the strenght to 1 and the scale to what you need. The downside is that the colors won't be right, and you can't put it in a specific place

[tired blade]

Like this? Doesn't appear to do anything?

[crystal wraith]

why does this happen? all the textures are with it... i literally loaded back into the map and this happens

[tired blade]

you're a genius, thanks

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @ebon shuttle (current: #1170 - 1)

[brittle warren]

looks like u didnt make a materials file

[crystal wraith]

no it does this sometime, reimporting the map fixes it

[sand mortar]

How do you get newly-created decal roads out of the Levels folder and actually bundle them in with a map?

[urban chasm]

can someone tell me what could be the problem and @ me

[cold sundial]

Does anyone know why this happens?

local isPlayerSeated = playerInfo.firstPlayerSeated
    log ("I", "dsx", string.format("isPlayerSeated: %s", isPlayerSeated))```

[tacit halo]

can you see if you can check for the currently active player?

since i think once you exit a car it might be getting the info from the car and from the player thing

[cold sundial]

I'm not sure, there is no documentation about it

I'll check into the game's lua

[tacit halo]

or if you cant get that to work make it so it has to be true more than 60% of the time to assume its actually seated and not a bug
this is like the absolutely worst fucking idea but if you cant do anything else it might be worth a shot

[cold sundial]

lmfao, it might work but this is tragic

[tacit halo]

it would be worth a "-- This is the worst thing ever in existance but its the only thing that works" type of code comment

[cold sundial]

lol exactly

not a good start

[cold sundial]

Checked in game, activePlayer is always 0

I'm trying to check for the vehicle id, since the unicycle is 37831, but I can't find it

[ebon shuttle]

Not my solution, someone gave me the idea on Reddit lmao

[weary root]

Can anyone help me? My added model is not showing up

[cold sundial]

fixed with a check, v.config.mainPartName == "unicycle"

[gleaming cipher]

Could someone possibly take a look at my Jbeam Files for my mod (just looking at them) and tell me what can be changed to be modern? This mod is from 2022. I'm sure the Jbeam is way different/better than it was back then.

I would do it but I only got permission from the creator himself (SealedGecko). Plus I don't know shit about Jbeam 😂

I'm just a no body who knows how to break things

[quartz mountain]

No one has ever produced the 1999 Chevy S-10 body for BeamNG before. Dan Evans' Destroyer requires this body; but if no one will create it for BeamNG, the entire Destroyer team is out of competition period.

[quartz mountain]

So be it. I'm done here.

[proud solstice]

yeah

[silk tide]

aw boo

[tacit halo]

Oh no so sad boohoo

Wait he left

[gleaming cipher]

Complain in the beam monsters discord

Not here 🤦🤦🤦

[tacit halo]

Even better
Dont complain about free stuff

[gleaming cipher]

Yep

[crystal wraith]

if anyone knows how to fix sticky gaurd rails, please let me know

[shut pollen]

custom collision mesh is needed. current mesh is probs too high poly and confuses the game

[woven thorn]

can anyone help me later tonight with making a prop? i got the flexbody to appear ingame when i had it as an accessory for the d series but i can't get it to spawn alone.

[urban chasm]

please help

[near gorge]

how does imgui work

[near gorge]

I have no idea what im doing, and it hasn't been working.

[tough cobalt]

how do i turn on collision on ai cars and my cars?

[inner heart]

why #modding-general

turn off simplify physics in game settings

[tawdry bridge]

hey guys i am trying to make street races on beam and for some reason when i start the races the cars drive everywhere but the next check point

when i start the race they go backwards

[gentle fox]

Seems like you are somehow calling the function rotate with the arguments NaN and a value. NaN means its Not A Number

[hollow halo]

Hello there ! I need HELP 😥
Anyone knows if it's possible to recover lost files from a "clear cache" ?
I was working on a map since 8 months, and I needed to clear cache, so I have made a copy of my map elsewhere (outside of gamefiles obviously) and I done it.. after that my mod was like back to an ooold version and even my copy is in the same state.. most of my assets are gone, and I also loose my terrain shape and textures... Is there a solution or do I have to redo it from almost scratch ?

[bronze sand]

Hello everyone,

I’m trying to figure out how to make the tires (like the ones in the picture) reset to their original positions automatically, similar to how vehicles can be reset to their initial state using a reset key or track record feature.

Is there a way to add a feature like this for objects, so I don’t have to manually reposition them after every use? Any tips or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much! 🙏

https://youtu.be/OMm_-TlFdRQ?t=81&si=0m1c476d8QieDzTF

[gleaming cipher]

I believe the only way you can do something in this situation is completely re do it

[burnt turtle]

use the hotlapping tool, click advanced and use the start ai button when you're ready

[tacit halo]

how about you create original content instead of making these crappy videos that are so overdone

[bronze sand]

I don't want to create content like that, I just take examples of these videos, I'm also not interested in making videos like that, I take examples because that's all I get

[dry cargo]

Whenever i press my brake pedal, my brakes instantly fade. its not because of input, its because of the car (aka my mod car) what could be causing this?

[signal adder]

does importing animated object (for example pendulum animated via keyframes) from Blender to BeamNG has huge impact on performance or it doesnt matter static object vs animated?

[tacit halo]

probably not much as long as its not an absurdly complex animation, tho keep in mind that the colision will always be at the origin of the animation

[signal adder]

thanks for information, i wanna to make like wind turbine animation which loops to create some more living world

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @tacit halo (current: #50 - 50)

[tacit halo]

i think the etk driving center has wind turbines

[signal adder]

i make low poly world so i need to make everything from scratch :D, also need to test if i set texture to 'BUSH' property and i drove car throught it and if it will slow down car

[tawdry bridge]

i want to make the race a mission though

[burnt turtle]

hmm

[tawdry bridge]

i dont get it lol. and the thing is. all the ai tries to do is hit me slowly

[shell fable]

I am trying to make a mod that simulates dieseling, turbo wastegate failure, and engine runaway. I am having a lot of trouble getting the mod to work though. The mod info isn't being displayed in game and the script isn't working. Does anyone know how to fix it?