modding-general

[mental lance]

anybody know how to increase the value of my car in rls career? i crashed my shit so much its worthless basically

[minor moon]

Any suggestions for eyeballing a color as accurate as possible? I've only got a few pics and a (not so accurate) 1/43 scale model on my desk

[glacial forum]

do car meets and don't use insurance for repairs

also that'd prolly be a better question to ask in like #mods-discussion or in the rls discord

[mental lance]

I would have no money then 💀💀💀

[mental lance]

Ty

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @glacial forum (current: #390 - 10)

[thin hare]

in lua, is it possible to change the sound file of a variable already initialized with obj:createSFXSource?

[brittle warren]

In vs code click file then open folder and then it will trust that folder while you have it open and you can edit your jbeams without closing it and stuff

[regal latch]

no, if you want to use other sounds then create one source per file and such play the one you want when you want

[regal latch]

Take this as an example https://github.com/OfficialLambdax/BeamNG-Powerups/blob/main/lua/vehicle/extensions/auto/SoundsLib.lua

[thin hare]

oh okay, thank you

function M.initSounds(jbeamData)
    local radioSoundNode = jbeamData.radioSoundNode and beamstate.nodeNameMap[jbeamData.radioSoundNode] or 0
    radioStation1Sound = obj:createSFXSource(
        "/vehicles/fusion/art/sound/radio/station1.ogg",
        "AudioDefaultLoop3D",
        "",
        radioSoundNode
    )

    radioStation2Sound = obj:createSFXSource(
        "/vehicles/fusion/art/sound/radio/station2.ogg",
        "AudioDefaultLoop3D",
        "",
        radioSoundNode
    )
end

i guess this should work

[thin hare]

on the topic of sound, what does createSFXSource2 do?

i couldnt find documentation online

[minor moon]

Where might I find a link to the RLS discord?

[regal latch]

dont remember form the top of my head

[regal latch]

welcome in my world. lua is barely documented

[thin hare]

i think its for interior sounds

[regal latch]

the audio describtors for example are no where written down, someone had to look into the game engine itself to find them

[regal latch]

i dont think so. but if the node is inside the interior then i believe it affects it

[flat aurora]

how do you open a .dts on blender? im looking for the .dae of a vehicle but its not there...

[ebon tangle]

you dont

if the modder didnt pack a .dae they dont want you fucking with the model

[thin hare]

i see

[dusty parcel]

how difficult would it be to change the sound of the jake brakes? they are really quiet

[thin hare]

this reminds me, i have a small problem

so im trying to get sound to play but its not working? i dont think i did anything wrong here

local function switchStationSound(stationID)
    if radioStation1Sound then obj:cutSFX(radioStation1Sound) end
    if radioStation2Sound then obj:cutSFX(radioStation2Sound) end

    if stationID == 1 and radioStation1Sound then obj:playSFX(radioStation1Sound) end
    if stationID == 2 and radioStation2Sound then obj:playSFX(radioStation2Sound) end
end

local function changeStation()
    radioStation = radioStation + 1
    if radioStation > 2 then
        radioStation = 0
    end

    switchStationSound(radioStation)
    guihooks.message(string.format("Changing radio to Station %i", radioStation), 3, "")
end

function M.initSounds(jbeamData)
    local radioSoundNode = jbeamData.radioSoundNode and beamstate.nodeNameMap[jbeamData.radioSoundNode] or 0
    radioStation1Sound = obj:createSFXSource(
        "/vehicles/fusion/sounds/radio/station1.ogg",
        "AudioDefaultLoop3D",
        "Station0",
        radioSoundNode
    )

    radioStation2Sound = obj:createSFXSource(
        "/vehicles/fusion/sounds/radio/station2.ogg",
        "AudioDefaultLoop3D",
        "Station1",
        radioSoundNode
    )
end

[flat holly]

i gotta give up modding bru ts wont work and idk what im doing 💔

[thin hare]

"variables": [}

[flat holly]

ill see

[ebon tangle]

Minor syntax error lol

[thin hare]

yup

[flat holly]

yea ts didnt help

[thin hare]

sometimes even the smallest mistakes can fuck me over like tha

[thin hare]

but seriously why wont ts work

[brittle warren]

You dont have any node for it to play from

[flat holly]

i am doing somthing severely wrong. even the correction didnt work

[thin hare]

actually i do

"controller": [
    ["fileName"],
    ["fusionRadio", {"radioSoundNode": "dshsc"}]
]

just refuses to play for some reason

[brittle warren]

any lua errors in the console?

[thin hare]

no

ok so i tried using stopSFX instead of cutSFX and i still have the same issue

do you want the full file?

[flat holly]

im convinced final drive mods are the hardest thing ever

[brittle warren]

what lua are you basing this off of? Or all from scratch?

[thin hare]

from scratch

imma just send the file here so you can look at it in-depth

[brittle warren]

wouldn't this just be canceling itself out

if radioStation1Sound then obj:stopSFX(radioStation1Sound) end

i think this just permanently stops it from playing

[thin hare]

hm

let me try without killAllStations()

nope, still nothing

wait

oh my god im so dumb

i forgot obj:setVolume()

[flat holly]

i still didnt fix my issue

[amber geyser]

How do i change the map name files. for example "Map name/levels/map name" how do i change those ones without breaking the map?

[regal latch]

If this is all code then you forgot to give it a volume and pitch with obj:setVolumePitch(id, volume, pitch), you can do that right after init or right next to playSFX

[thin hare]

yeah i feel dumb after this revelation

[thin hare]

since theres close-to-zero documentation on lua stuff, how do i get the mph of the vehicle lol

[regal latch]

lmao. so in vehicle lua you just obj:getVelocity():length(), that yields you the m/s. just convert it to mph and done

:getVelocity() yields a vector in all 3 directions

[thin hare]

at some point i might just do y’all a favor and write the documentation myself

[regal latch]

That be pain, with every mayor game update there are thousands of changes

[thin hare]

some is better than none though, right?

[regal latch]

0.35 to 0.36 lol

other updates easily have 70k changes

[regal latch]

True

[thin hare]

but what if i wanted to get the rpm of one of the wheels

for stuff like axle whine,

[regal latch]

I offered to write documentation about how to write efficient and garbage free code, but havent heared back so it might make sense to host some repo for it

[regal latch]

you can get access to all wheel data with in the wheels.lua
dump(wheels.wheels[n]), where n is the wheel index

[thin hare]

thank you 🙏

[regal latch]

Alot more data is also in the electrics

[regal latch]

Here maybe this helps. wrote a small telemetry mod for a .tech user https://github.com/OfficialLambdax/BeamNG-Telemetry/blob/main/Client/telemetry/lua/vehicle/extensions/auto/Telemetry.lua

[amber geyser]

How do i change the map name files. for example "Map name/levels/map name" how do i change those ones without breaking the map?

[soft kettle]

who knows what the best top fuel mod is?

[glacial forum]

Meo 3000 has a top fuel dragster and a few other drag racing mods that are good

but they're mostly paid

[soft kettle]

i know i want that so bad but me poor

i want to do a mod for free so

[soft kettle]

do you have free top fuel mods i will like to look at

[glacial forum]

I don't know of any other than meo's

he has a few free mods on the beamng repository

[soft kettle]

i have them all]

i made a one that go's 230 mph

[glacial forum]

2fastracing has some decent ish stuff

free but you have to make an account for some reason

[soft kettle]

on what

[glacial forum]

their website

[soft kettle]

do you have a grip mod i can ues

do i ues modland for my top fuel?

[stark dagger]

Hey, does anybody know if the gravel Barstow by Lucas ever got a update or is it still how it was originally?

[thin hare]

remember how you guys said that custom turn signal sounds weren't possible

[regal latch]

why wouldnt it?

[candid peak]

Friends, how can you increase the amount of sparks and particles during a crash in Beamng?

[regal latch]

by editing the particles.json that you can find in the game files

[thin hare]

you tell me lol. people have said that before

[near surge]

do we have any guides on how to add dynamic mirrors on vehicles that don't have it yet?

[ebon tangle]

idk man last time i checked turn signals dont have reverb like ur standing in a echo camber

[thin hare]

thats the world applying the reverb lol

notice how the engine has a bit of reverb too

[ebon tangle]

arent audio sources inside the interior not effected by world reverb? or have you just not set up the interior bounds yet

[thin hare]

i have no idea how to set up interior bounds

ive been trying to figure that out for a while

[ebon tangle]

idk just do whatever the devs did

[thin hare]

yeah thats what ive also been trying to figure out lmao

looking at the jbeams but i found nothing

[flat aurora]

Hi, who is willing to help me mod a vehicle (add sticker, edit a mesh) on a voice channel. DM me

[dry cargo]

i'm trying to figure out which material is the UV map of pickup_valance_facelift assigned to. which one is it? because it doesn't match with pickup_main

[narrow venture]

Body panels usually have 2 UV maps, one for general texturing and one for skins

[dry cargo]

oh, makes sense

[remote meteor]

Hey guys, how r u? Nice 2 meet, I'm new here, got my pc setup a few weeks ago and already got addicted to modding with beamng. Have some great mods aready, hoping to play with some people soon, send me a message if u down!

[dry cargo]

how do i make a narrowbody tograc?

[tacit halo]

The tograc is a narrow body?

[dry cargo]

i mean, how can i make tograc parts align with vivace parts?

[tacit halo]

By being a vivace?

[dry cargo]

lol

i meant aligning the front tograc bumper with vivace fenders

for example

[tacit halo]

Oh

Well chop chop time to model

[dry cargo]

yep, fr

[tacit halo]

No other way

[dry cargo]

i'll try

[patent swan]

How to use Hirochi's Christmas tree on another map?
I'm making a Brazilian drag map

[strong lake]

guys idk what to do I dont know the email to my steam acct and dk what to do

[glossy grail]

Hello guys, anyone know a fix for this wobbly airfilter? I am trying to move the flat 4 2.0 engine from sunburst to the F4 Carbonworks car. I had moved earlier all .json engine files and now I am deleting non engine parts from .dae sunburst file. The thing is that sunburst doesn't have the airfilter file. Anyone know a solution?

And also the problem occurs only for stage 2 turbocharger, others are working fine

[thin magnet]

why do my materials do this? I added a new part, and after reloading this happned, any help would be greatly apprciated

to specify it was alright before i added anything

[dry cargo]

what do these errors mean?
63.175|E|GELua.core_vehicles.|Cannot parse path "/vehicles/vehicles/clioII/info.json" with regex "^/vehicles/([%w|_|%-|%s]+)/info[_]?(.*)%.json". Can be caused by uncommon characters, subfolders...
63.175|E|GELua.core_vehicles.|Cannot parse path "/vehicles/vehicles/clioII/info_Base.json" with regex "^/vehicles/([%w|_|%-|%s]+)/info[_]?(.*)%.json". Can be caused by uncommon characters, subfolders...
63.175|E|GELua.core_vehicles.|Cannot parse path "/vehicles/vehicles/clioII/info_Cheap.json" with regex "^/vehicles/([%w|_|%-|%s]+)/info[_]?(.*)%.json". Can be caused by uncommon characters, subfolders...
i'm trying to fix a mod that someone else made into a usable state

[tired copper]

Does anyone know how to make cars in blender for beam

[eternal lynx]

Is it possible to mod on ubuntu?

[unique zealot]

#mods-faq

[unique zealot]

yes, the only difference is it would be the counterpart to windows wherever the user data folder is saved

[eternal lynx]

Where is the data folder saved?

[flat aurora]

How can i add a new texture to a mesh i created on a mod vehicle?

[ebon tangle]

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

[oak cloud]

my friends beammp does not work, it is only a black console anyone had the same isiue and fixed it?

[slow path]

Through Lua scripting, is it possible to know where the road is around a vehicle? Like, if the road is going straight or turning. I thought that should already be coded in for AI pathing, but I haven't found anything so far. I'm trying to make a lookahead camera mod that will turn the orbit camera in response to the road curving.

I thought of using the vehicle's yaw rate, but I think it would lag behind what predictive lookahead could accomplish using the road's curvature.

[eternal lynx]

where do you put garage decals on ubuntu? because mine aren't showing up

[strong zenith]

anyone got uk based maps ?

[brittle warren]

#mods-discussion

[dry cargo]

okay, the mesh has been loaded, but i still can't get materials to work despite having a main.materials.json file and renaming everything in blender

[tacit halo]

You have only made skins and wheel textures, making a full vehicle at that stage is total stupidity

[dry cargo]

i know, but in all fairness, schmitti's original mod was unfinished and i'm trying to finish it to a usable state. unfortunately, the way he set up the textures and materials is a mess. also, i make more than just skins and wheel textures; i've also made alternative vanilla parts with edited UVs and engine swaps, too

[tacit halo]

Which is even worse because shmittis old mods are just garbage so you are making it even more difficult by trying to fix it

That's why it's not recommended to work on others mods, most have much more jank than vanilla content

And if its a crappy unfinished mesh slap it's even worse

[dry cargo]

makes sense

[royal crater]

I'm on linux, is this error due to my lua mod, or due to my OS?
GameEngineLua:Exception|[string "lua/ge/extensions/core/windowsConsole.lua"]:37: attempt to call global 'consoleClearAvailableContexts' (a nil value)
it only happens when I put my part on, but I can't figure out why, with the current traceback

it doesn't actually stop anything though, and it was working for the longest time

[tacit halo]

If this does not happen in windows then it's probably that the debug console on Linux works slightly differently and they missed that variable and that's why its nil?

I mean the file where the error comes from is called windowsConsole.lua

[royal crater]

lol that was my thinking, I'll report it maybe

[tacit halo]

that variable might be assigned to a function that doesn't work under Linux so that's why it might be nil

It might be distro specific tho, have you got someone else with Linux who can test it

They do say that beam is 'built' for Ubuntu or something along the lines of that so maybe if you are using another distro it might not work 100%

[royal crater]

I think it's rocky linux, and I often get this warning lol but it's never been an issue

[tacit halo]

Nah that's automatic
Linux mint I'm pretty sure is based on Ubuntu

[subtle badger]

i have a problem with a mod and it doesnt have ffb
is there anyway i can tweak the files to adjust the settings to add ffb
(any way to tweak the files to help the ffb can help pls)

[wet flicker]

What happened to the Soliad Spica mod on beamng

I think it was called that

[ebon tangle]

Dev was a pedo, mod got canceled

Not much else to it

[wet flicker]

Oh

[wet flicker]

Someone should remake the mod as the mod looked kinda good

[ebon tangle]

Yeah

[subtle badger]

can some1 help me with this or nah

[onyx coyote]

Hello,
Why my mod is (shadowban) ?
https://www.beamng.com/resources/enhancedtacho-sleek-interface-live-vehicle-data.27982/

[tacit halo]

it hasnt been aproved yet it takes a while after submission

[brittle solar]

im working on a mod that involves the jbeam spawning with beam precompression (0.5). Is it possible to pair up a lua script, which when it detects something, the beam precompression is set to 1, and it appears that it's expanding rapidly or "deploying"? I'm asking because i dont want to mess with hydros

[hushed bridge]

how can i detect a crash with lua? i want to make my screen go black after a crash

[hushed bridge]

or maybe a better way to do it would be to detect high g forces

[hollow sundial]

Is there any project a beginner can do to learn editing jbeam

[ebon tangle]

first thing i did was just moving nodes around to better line up with a flexmesh, i dont think thats a bad place to start

[tacit halo]

who pinged?

[onyx coyote]

My mod had been online since 2023. Today it is no longer available, and I have no information as to why, nor have I received any response

[tacit halo]

does it overwrite vanilla content?

[onyx coyote]

Replace the Tacho ye

[proud solstice]

you can't do that and expect the mod to be up on the repo if someone realizes

[tacit halo]

yeah the rules were changed since mods that overwrote vanilla content caused a lot of false bug reports, so if you updated your mod at all or someone noticed it overwrote vanilla content its likely to be removed

[onyx coyote]

Ok thanks, I’ll rework it, but it would be nice if the devs explained the reason
Right now, if I hadn’t noticed that someone re-uploaded my mod without my permission and without any changes, nobody would have explained anything to me

It’s not very convenient when a game like BeamNG also lives thanks to mods :\

[hushed bridge]

why is my ui app invisible

[royal crater]

I am trying to use a guihook message, and it works, except if a menu is open. So if it comes up whilst a menu is open, they will miss the message. Is there a way around that?

[flat aurora]

how do i change the size of a sticker on a glass? (sticker is referenced in the materials.json) so i cant easily change it using photo editor

[regal latch]

Yeah by not sending the message aslong as a menu is open. I forgot the event as i never had to use it, but there is a lua event where it will tell you which menu is open. Background is simple, your sending the data to a app that isnt loaded at that point. When you open the menu the CEF loads a different scene and for that also unloads the current. And when you go back out of the menu it does the same. It unloads the menu and then loads the ingame layout you chose to use. Or in otherwords for a ui app to receive and process data it must be loaded at that time

So track the menus with that event and hold onto your ui messages until that menu is closed again. Done n easy (wont help if they quickly quit out of the menu and then right go back into it ofc)

[royal crater]

I'm trying, maybe knowing what "cef" is, would help

[regal latch]

Chromium embeded framework

[royal crater]

oooh right

[regal latch]

But its a easy soultion, just have to find the event. Youll do it. imma cross link this #mods-discussion message

[royal crater]

that looks interesting, now I just have to figure out how github works, is this compatible with linux?

[regal latch]

oh right i didnt include linux builds. uhm you can compile it yourself. if you install rust then you can just run cargo build --release and it will do it fully automatically for you. the binary is then in target/release as find_str. Altough i think your already using an IDE right and it has smt like this inbuilt, so i dont think youll need it

hm thinking about it, i dont think i even added linux support in the way it looks for the game path

[royal crater]

I use vscode (because I'm too lazy to use a different one), and I've gotten good at regular expression searching

[regal latch]

Then thats already perfect

[royal crater]

ah

well gonna be honest, I probably would have failed to get it working anyway 😛

[regal latch]

trust me rust projects are super easy to get running. no venv requirements like in python, no super confusing "cant link smt" errors like in c++. It just downloads what it needs, compiles and done and that super fast

But vscode does the lookup job much better. just not sure if it can also look into zip files, i added that to also make jbeam lookup possible

But hint hint if you want to solve the ui problem properly - Buffer the message and add visibility timers to reque if message disappeared to quickly duo to app unload again

[royal crater]

I use zipgrep for compressed file searching, it's not perfect, but 🤷‍♂️

but I'm at a complete loss for how to do things like "compiling", I just copy paste their instructions, and 99% of the time they assume you know what they know, and it fails lol

[regal latch]

Is why i just ship an exe and people are happy xD

[royal crater]

oh, I found an alternative to massage "guihooks.trigger('toastrMsg'" and it works in the menu

[regal latch]

Hm and which one?

[spare pagoda]

Hello I want to create a car mode in the game. Can anyone with knowledge tag me?

[west stump]

does anybody know how I can pirate substance painter?

don't kill me

[brittle warren]

https://tenor.com/view/ponke-ponkesol-monke-monkey-meme-coin-gif-3828517324557262757

[west stump]

https://tenor.com/view/wolfie-wolfie-broke-gif-12514065334532370369

[hardy glade]

does anyone know where vehicle textures are stored?

[regal latch]

in the vehicle or in common. so eg the etk 800 textures youll find in the etk800.zip thats in your game installation. some others are in the common.zip

[hardy glade]

ok

[merry sierra]

Is there any monster jam monster truck mods for beamNG

[hushed bridge]

lmk if u find an answer im not tryna pay for ts

it used to be free

[west stump]

I did but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to reveal it

[hushed bridge]

dms?

[crystal wraith]

Ironic

[west stump]

it's towards myself

[merry sierra]

I have a question about a mod

[hushed bridge]

ok fixed that but how do i make it cover up the entire screen

[ebon nimbus]

Not sure is it me getting crazy because of trying to do hybrid

I now want to use quantum locking mechanism to magically pair 2 shafts together

[obsidian echo]

hey guys, how do i fix glass becoming black from the inside when loading a mod car? sort of want to repair a mod myself

[narrow pollen]

Learning how to start out

started by doing a box jbeam is there but no box

i have a info file jbeam dae

[fluid path]

does anyone know any good dodge hellcat/charger mod?

[sullen drum]

Blacky

[subtle schooner]

Do you know why Extreme Mod doesn't want to show up in the playability thing there please

[vast tulip]

can someone help me find an app for repair jobs (i cant send a pic here so check 2.44 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le5vI3gzcgE)

[deep cloak]

does anyone know a mod that will help me stuff a v12 in any car

i want to stuff a v12 in a helpless pigeon

[formal night]

Yeah there is a pigeon V10, not sure about V12 tho

[desert panther]

@heady trail sorry for ping, but what's your stance on integrating the AMT mod into a modded vehicle?

I'm part of the ETK F-Series dev team, and would like to implement an AMT into the ttSport (mirroring the BMW SMG)

[heady trail]

Jbeam only, dont copy or overwrite any lua files

[desert panther]

Alright, thanks!

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @heady trail (current: #73 - 58)

[flat aurora]

hi, im having an issue... the headlights of all the vehicles are not working. they light on the world, but on the vehicle doesnt light.

[vast tulip]

Going afk for a long time so I might not respond

[zinc forge]

real

[ebon tangle]

genp

[west stump]

already got it but thank you

[toxic widget]

Gave +1 Reputation to @ebon tangle (current: #468 - 8)

[tulip dome]

Anyone know why a lift kit would stop going up at a certain height in tuning even when there is more slider?

I modified the j beam to allow more spring but it stops going higher at a certain point and idk why

[brittle warren]

All the other beams connecting to the axle will stop it

[proud solstice]

you might be hitting the limiters

[tulip dome]

Is there a way to edit those to let it go down more?

[tulip dome]

Limiters in the j beam? Or a suspension component

[proud solstice]

both, the limiter beams are inside the suspension

[narrow pollen]

im making my first mod i just got the jbeam and the mesh in how do i make it not a floppy soft body lol sorry for the dumb question im in my learning process

im making a atv trailer ramp mod for loading things if you know please reply

making nodes stronger

i meant

[brittle warren]

Well you just use more connections and triangles in your beams and use support beams look at the documentation

[narrow pollen]

first time coding anything idk what any of the nodes mean or supports sorry 😭

how do you connect them if you dont mind helping

all good if you dont wanna tho

[tulip dome]

How do I edit them?

[fluid surge]

does anyone know how to fix the no texture issue with maxies crown vic

all the police equipment is no texture

[brittle warren]

What would you need the variables for if you cant change them?

[narrow pollen]

whenever youre free lmk please!

[mossy stump]

hey was wondering on how to get the 3d scene view working on vs code using the jbeam editor

[ebon quail]

there is a command

jbeam-editor.show3DScene
type that in the top Search bar

or make a keyboard shortcut for that command

[mossy stump]

got it showing up just cant get anything to show up in the 3d viewer

[ebon quail]

wdym?
no points or no mesh?

[shut pollen]

the 3d viewer just broke at one stage i think. you might be able to dig up old posts talking about it. no idea if it ever got fixed

[ebon tangle]

It works fine for me

[gaunt python]

Is there a mod that adds some of the more rare engines? Like X, U, H and Y engines.

[queen locust]

what should i look for if the controls are stuck at this and the electric motor isnt responding to ignition
the motor is also spinning back and forth at -2/2Nm

i copied the electric motor from the vivace

[queen locust]

Shifting into drive with the console makes the brakes go to 68%

hmm i spawned in a vivace to test and it also does the 30% brake (not on drive though) and i cant accelerate

nevermind my controller was off for the vivace

i disabled regen braking and it works? damn

[errant hollow]

hello guys! I am an old member of the community and I am experimenting with vehicle behaviour.
I want to make a very very simple instruction for the cars run by ai to switch between in-lane off-lane based in a few factors.
Is it possible to do that?
I did some research and found out about the games lua language
But i can't find how to implement the script.
Any help would be useful

[spring harbor]

where do i put textures for custom stickers?

[serene light]

Hello everyone, I'm @serene light , creator of the FR25 for BeamNG. We are developing an advanced F1 2026 mod for BeamNG.drive, using a 3D model extracted from Assetto Corsa with permission from the original author. We are looking for people with experience in creating mods for BeamNG, especially in configuring realistic JBeam structures and physics, integrating interiors, suspensions, functional animations, and optimizing performance. Payment is negotiable based on experience and quality of work. This is a serious project with a short-term goal, as we’d like to have a functional test version before the start of the 2026 F1 season. The authorized 3D model is already available and ready to work with. If you're interested, feel free to send me a direct message.

P.S. I'm not sure if this message is considered spam; if it is, I apologize and will remove it immediately. Thank you.

[regal latch]

No your totally fine posting this. Just not sure how likely it is to find someone with this widespread search. You could try reaching out to known modders or modding groups directly and perhaps have a higher chance at finding someone willing to lend a hand

[narrow pollen]

new mod in progress by me and a helper *first mod btw

the ramps not the crawler

[outer prism]

.dae is terrible

how do i make it not ruin the shading

all modifiers are applied

[proud solstice]

don't work with dae imports

[outer prism]

wat

i need to export my model as dae cuz thats the format for beam

and when i do it messes the shading up

[proud solstice]

yes but you keep a blend file, you never work with dae files directly

[outer prism]

i am keeping a blend file

im saying that when i export stuff from the blend file to dae it ruins the shading and therefore the model has bad shading in beamng

i imported it back into blender to show what happens once i export

[proud solstice]

might have to do with your modifiers' order or something

[outer prism]

theyre all applied before exporting

[proud solstice]

consider doing this instead
not sure if it'll fix your issue but it's much more convenient

[hollow night]

has anyone made a murray t50 mod?

[proud solstice]

none that is released yet

[hollow night]

dangit

[outer prism]

Same result unfortunately

Did it like that first

Then manually applied to check if the modifiers applying was the issue

[glass hamlet]

PPV rear bumper, halogen & HID headlights, AWD brakes have been made

wheelbase measured at 3.05 meters (120 inches)

[mossy stump]

both

[dusty parcel]

ive seen some games cut the model at the lines marked sharp so that, even if it's shaded completely smooth, it's still shaded the same way every time, though i know that is not the best solution

[deep tusk]

(repost) i working on a thing

[restive fossil]

braing.rot

[serene light]

ok friend thanks

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[queen locust]

is it possible to disable regen braking in electric motors so it only uses friction brakes?

[ebon quail]

someone please tell me how the powertrain system works

[outer prism]

turns out triangulating the model ruins the shading so this indeed fixes it

alternatively i can triangulate before applying modifiers

ty

[zinc zealot]

Guys

Idk ehere to lowk type

So

Anybody wanna play beammp?

[olive raptor]

yo mango im down

[wanton crow]

I am incredibly new to beamng still considering buying but i just want to check, do the modded cars have the same physics as cars by beamng themselves? I mean obviously due to weight, power, springs etc the car physics might differ from car to car but are they proper beamng physics? Or is it like assetto where sometimes cars with questionable physics are released

[tacit halo]

it depends

the general consensus is if they are somewhere in this list of top mods
https://www.beamng.com/resources/?order=rating_weighted
or are made by reputable modders (LJ, LucasBE, finn W, theo W, Inn0centJok3r, Kazjer, Kueso and a few more) even if they are paid mods
they are all pretty much on par with vanilla cars in terms of physics

if they are on the forums https://www.beamng.com/forums/land.44/, real life or lore friendly, they are generally fine but theres exceptions
if they are from sites like modland (the links to this and other 3rd party websites are literally not allowed here) they are either 1: stolen from a reputable modder or the forums, 2: pretty low quality 3: horrible
if they are on sites like gumroad, kofi, boosty... but not anywhere else its suspicious especially if they are paid
if they are a paid mod with real life branding, run, ive yet to see one that has a high quality model, they are always ripped from videogames and models from other videogames dont play well with beamng (and you cant licence brands since no brand ever would let you because beamng = crashes = bad pr)

some notable mod creators to stay away from: Kenemation, frix, phaien, royalrenderings
also just generally stay away from any modern Dodge/Mopar mod, the amount of drama, leaked mods, stolen and resold mods in that section of the community is insane

[wanton crow]

Alr, thanks so much for the overview i appreciate it

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[wanton crow]

So the cars in that forum u posted that are tagged as real life/lore friendly, the most downloaded ones on the website, and mods from the authors you posted generally have vanilla car physics to summarise

[tacit halo]

vanilla physics as vanilla level quality custom phyisics

[glass hamlet]

its like shading isn't even in their vocab

imagine PAYING for that

[tacit halo]

well the thing is that charger mod is probably more used than a hooker

its probaly been made, leaked, revamped, leaked, added stuff to it, made paid, gotten leaked again gotten more garbage added to it again

[glass hamlet]

very true but still its not that hard to fire up blender and add some bevels

bare minium

[tacit halo]

theres probably things still tracing back to exorions charger that was leaked in like 2020

[glass hamlet]

most def...

[ebon tangle]

shadings fucked cause they keep swiping the dae

[glass hamlet]

atp exo's original .blend is probably lost media 😂

[ebon tangle]

yeah prob

crazy how mopars attract the same kinda mf irl and in this game

[glass hamlet]

lowkeyy yeah

[zenith chasm]

i mean i thought RR made HQ mods for a reason and you cant find em else where but i guess im wrong it looked promising

[ebon tangle]

lowest common denominators

[glass hamlet]

hell no

[ebon tangle]

tbh most public paid IRL car mods are dogshit

if its good its underground or private

[zenith chasm]

not all free are good either

[ebon tangle]

nah all the free ones are shit

[glass hamlet]

coming from someone that has actually bought multiple paid mods i can confidently say non of them are worth your money

[zenith chasm]

damn

so then how do i find HQ mods that are.. 0$ no taxes

[glass hamlet]

they look good and everything but most of them arent even scaled to the same size as their irl geometry

and they drive hella buns too most of the paid mods have absolute dog shit suspension setups its either too siff or the car be squatting like my tenants when its time to go

its never just right

[zenith chasm]

i just got mods from phaien FUCK

[ebon tangle]

yeah like i said

if its good u cant get it lol

[tacit halo]

which one

[zenith chasm]

free thank god

[glass hamlet]

only mods worth buying is from people like lucaseb that make their stuff from scratch

and some rim packs

[zenith chasm]

i got the Volkswagen Jetta

9 trims

[tacit halo]

oh ok then sure they are mid

[zenith chasm]

HQ id say ngl

[tacit halo]

paid ones are similar quality
that still means : not fully scratch made anything, reuses a lot of vanilla stuff, the car model is taken from another game and not optimized for beam

that is passable when its free but when you are paying for it you should expect everything or nearly everything to be 100% custom

[zenith chasm]

yea

[glass hamlet]

factual

[zenith chasm]

btw can yall reccomend me "trusted" people whom make free beamng car mods that are ACTUALLY HQ (not 1:1 perfect but quite HQ that i can accept it, i have low standards)

[tacit halo]

the only real car mods that are to this standard are lucasBEs deloran (altho its proportions are fucked up since its one of his older mods) and LJs real life cars excluding his ancient evo ) mod

[glass hamlet]

that "Prasu" mod was a prime example of that being done correctly

from way back then like 2018 it was on the repo

[tacit halo]

*and with permission

[glass hamlet]

real

[ebon tangle]

where was the prasus model from?

[tacit halo]

admitedly its quite horrid now because the model isnt that optimized and the engine has modeled internals

[tacit halo]

Slrr

[ebon tangle]

jesus

[glass hamlet]

ngl i played the fuck outta that mod when it came out

[tacit halo]

thats why it deformed decent

[ebon tangle]

man the pre gt7 bases days were truly crazy

[tacit halo]

you should absoluterly NOT use a gt7 base for a beam mod

[ebon tangle]

yeah

[tacit halo]

id take a slrr model all day those are generally much lower poly

[glass hamlet]

a little too low tho tbh

[ebon tangle]

they look a lot better then the SLRR models

tbh i treat this game like better AC

only reason im here is the part selector

[tacit halo]

either way best way to find "fine" quality mods is to filter the land section by released and read the comments a bit on each thread before downloading

[zenith chasm]

yo yall know about joes junk? it says it should be on the repo but i cant find it in the beamng inside repo

[crystal wraith]

Slrr would break my laptop whenever I tried to play it forever ago 😭 haven’t heard that name in so long

[crystal wraith]

So download it and manually install it then

[tacit halo]

i played it on my schol laptop, we werent allowed to bring chargers so we didnt have cables everywhere so that was the only game that didnt destroy my battery

[tacit halo]

never heard that

[zenith chasm]

ight then where do i put it after downloading the .zip

[crystal wraith]

Some config pack

[zenith chasm]

its pretty cool tbh

[tacit halo]

https://www.beamng.com/resources/joes-junk-configs-pack.34320/

just click subscribe here its on repo

[zenith chasm]

hell yea

[crystal wraith]

To your mods folder, you used google to search it up, surely you could do the same to see where to put it 🙂

[zenith chasm]

mines broken

[zenith chasm]

fair

[tacit halo]

use the official tutorial on how to install mods

theres a lot of places that tell you to install them in your game files and not in your user folder

[glass hamlet]

lowkey you guys think TikTok had a negative impact on BeamNG modding?

[cunning sundial]

Yes

[glass hamlet]

i just saw a live of some dude trying to figure out how to add rgbs

nd bro was talking hella shit about beam itself like hes not the one trying to add shit that isn't in the game

[zenith chasm]

yo is "Sheik" trusted?

[cunning sundial]

How could I model in an engine and suspension

[cunning sundial]

Im trying to make the 4,0 v6 from ford, and a IRS

[glass hamlet]

ask chatgpt to generate a blueprint for that

itll do it

[cunning sundial]

I’m making a roamer mod based on the explorer

[zenith chasm]

semi successful

[cunning sundial]

My rear suspension is a bit different

[zenith chasm]

Woah-

[glass hamlet]

just use the gpt blueprint and then add in details later on

[cunning sundial]

Lots of rust

[zenith chasm]

yo i have an idea

[glass hamlet]

bro suspension on 60%

[zenith chasm]

just ctrl + c irl and then ctrl + v on your keyboard trust

[crystal wraith]

YouTube shorts did more really, not much of tiktok

[cunning sundial]

More like 55% now, that cv axle in the photo is now leaking grease everywhere

[glass hamlet]

nah they actually know what theyre doing tho

[tacit halo]

yes

[crystal wraith]

YouTube shorts started BeamNG brainrot my man

[ebon tangle]

what did the most damage is mfs coming over from roblox

[tacit halo]

thats like his 4th alias trust me stay away

[glass hamlet]

oh yeah lmfao

[crystal wraith]

Roblox car models

[wanton crow]

Yes

[cunning sundial]

Can yall lead me anywhere to help with modding

[zenith chasm]

bruh i got like 4 mods from him (free)

[glass hamlet]

"which car can jump over the squid game doll 😂 "

[cunning sundial]

Like a discord specifically for beamng modding

[zenith chasm]

what

[glass hamlet]

average beamng content on yt

[tacit halo]

#mods-faq moddingfor dummies should be linked here

[wanton crow]

Right thanks lichi i know to avoid new dodges and what cars should be good to download

What about cars posted here in the forum? Would they have vanilla lvl custom physics?

[glass hamlet]

those are the best kinds

[cunning sundial]

Thanks pookie

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[glass hamlet]

mods from the official forums are usually made with more love

[tacit halo]

the ones posted on #1102973298222051358 are generally fine, especially lore friendly mods

[wanton crow]

Alr, and maps is just the most downloaded and highest rated ones right?

[wanton crow]

Yh ive just filtered them by free and they got some cool stuff

[tacit halo]

no clue

[wanton crow]

Ok, final thing is graphics, i have a 13700H and an rtx 4070 mobile so in terms of graphics mods am i just looking at a simple reshade or are beamng vanilla graphics cranked up amazing

[ebon tangle]

stay away from reshade

get CKs graphics mods

thats all u need

[tacit halo]

yeah i havent seen a good reshade preset in a while

[tacit halo]

and the skybox mod

[wanton crow]

Ok, thanks, im done with the questions

[ebon tangle]

yeah i meant all of em lol

[wanton crow]

Thanks for all the help with the rookie questions guys

[ebon tangle]

zeits DLAA mod is good as well

[wanton crow]

CK and skybox

Got u

Ill download some nice maps, some good cars, the parts mods etc etc the graphics mods u guys recommended and thats it probably

[outer prism]

lod 9 💔

the wobbly ass panel gap at the top is arguably even worse than the shading how do you manage that

[merry kayak]

is there any good replacement for simple speed limit 1.6? it says it's outdated

[dawn tendon]

what are the best maps by detail and size

[dawn prism]

One I recommend is polish roads but you will need a beefy PC as it's large and extremely detailed

[crystal wraith]

no way youre here

[dawn prism]

yup

[dawn tendon]

I have an rtx 4070 i5 13600kf and 32gb of ddr5

[narrow venture]

Not good enough

[dawn tendon]

ill try it

yeah your probably right

wait it just loaded

stable 70fps on ultra settings

[rancid girder]

Guys do you know any good mods to get a couple 911's and Aston Martin Vantages (2024)

[dawn tendon]

only downside is its using 10gb vram

[dawn tendon]

it runs 140fps stable with lossless scaling

[meager marlin]

Trying to manage my mods and some mods are showing up as "Missing subscriptions" in the in-game manager when I hit the "Update all mods" button

What's up with that exactly? Are those mods that some of my installed mods require?

[dawn tendon]

the map is unoptimised af then i guess since its about the size of italy but uses all of my vram

[next widget]

doesa nyone know what happened to the old beamng wiki? I dont mean the fandom garbage, i mean the documentation that isnt https://documentation.beamng.com/

The old one had stuff the new one doesnt

[brittle warren]

use archive.org wit hthe wayback machine

[next widget]

thanks

Sucks that navigating is a lot harder as we can't use the search bar anymore though

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[fiery cradle]

hey ive got a question i want to make en exhaust for a car i dont mind what car as a first but i cant vind like good tutorials on how to make like parts for vanilla cars

[flat holly]

help

what does this mean bro

[tacit halo]

you are missing a } at the end

[flat holly]

where at

[tacit halo]

and that whole jbeam is fucked
send over

[flat holly]

yikes

{ "atv_diff_ratio_custom": { "information":{ "authors":"Astrix", "name":"Customizable Final Drive", "value":150, }, "slotType" : "atv_diff_ratio", "differential_F" : { "variables": [ ["name", "type", "unit", "category", "default", "min", "max", "title", "description"], ["$finaldrive_r", "range", ":1", "Gearing", 5.68, 0.5, 16, "Rear Final Drive", "Gear ratio",{"subCategory": "Differentials", "stepDis": 0.01}] ], "slotType" : "atv_diff_ratio", "differential_F":{ "gearRatio": "$finaldrive_r" } }, }

[tacit halo]

you have the slot, variables and differencial_f inside of a differencial_F section

[flat holly]

it was working before, but that was when i didnt try to add the actual customizing part

[tacit halo]

and 2 slot types for some reason

{
    "atv_diff_ratio_custom": {

        "information":{
            "authors":"Astrix",
            "name":"Customizable Final Drive",
            "value":150,
        },
        
        "slotType" : "atv_diff_ratio",

        "variables": [
                ["name", "type", "unit", "category", "default", "min", "max", "title", "description"],
                ["$finaldrive_r", "range", ":1", "Gearing", 5.68, 0.5, 16, "Rear Final Drive", "Gear ratio",{"subCategory": "Differentials", "stepDis": 0.01}]
        ],
        "differential_F":{
            "gearRatio": "$finaldrive_r"
        }
        
    } 
}

this should work

[flat holly]

seems like it

it worked

i need more modding knowledge before i literally do anything else

thanks @tacit halo

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[rain acorn]

The CCF has a Hill Start Assist, i think you are referring to that

[hushed bridge]

red would be 1.02 actually

[dawn tendon]

what are the best beamng mod maps by detail and size

not polish roads though its unoptimised af

[sly girder]

maybe i found the solution thanks to this bug report
ill have to test it when im free

[restive fossil]

uhhhh how does this work

[tight shuttle]

it'll ask for the image after you hit the blue button at the bottom

[restive fossil]

ohhh

so like the images i add to the post are unrelated to the resource icon

[tight shuttle]

that's correct, they're just for the mod page/description

[restive fossil]

alrighty

is this good?

[restive fossil]

wanted to make sure i dont mess up anything

[dry cargo]

#automation message
is ts good for an automation mod. interior works (stuff like steering, throttle, brake etc). doesnt have active aero bc its a gt4 racecar

[unkempt valley]

Is there a way to add custom loading screens to a car mod?

Like I would like to add some nuova bolide loading screens to be bundled up with the mod

[dawn tendon]

what the the biggest and most detailed maps that will run on an rtx 4070 12gb

the polish roads one is too unoptimised

[crystal wraith]

Yea just follow how normal custom loading screens are made

Then pack it in with the car

[unkempt valley]

Yeah but can it be done without replacing any vanilla screens or vanilla files?

[crystal wraith]

Yeah, follow a tutorial online

Shouldn’t replace anything

[narrow venture]

Bro that is such a cool idea

[unkempt valley]

It is, would definitely make it feel more "locked in" with other vanilla cars

[opal patio]

who wants a custom

[tacit halo]

What is a custom

[opal patio]

a mod

[eager moss]

Explain

[tacit halo]

A mod is too geneneric

Explain what you mean

[dawn tendon]

why cant i change the time with cks skybox mod on

[tight shuttle]

that's how it works, the skyboxes are static

[twilit wyvern]

So technically if I have the same name as say a door in blender for a mod and replace it with like a roof with the same name wouldn’t that work

[old portal]

one thing i hate about the pessima is that.

[raw lynx]

Are there any good R33 Skyline mods out there?

[fallen quiver]

hey does anybody know about any new upcoming modern fighter jet (4th + 5th gen) mods

theres only shitty modland mods but i know one guy was making a beam lore friendly version of the A-10 but he went dark

[jaunty panther]

whats the property and value here?

removeAllWithProperty(propertyName, value)

or is there a different way to delete itself from vlua?

[tight haven]

hello, need some help, I have written a mod that override trafficUtils checkRoad with some custom logic, packaged or unpackaged it works as long as I press ctrl+l to reload lua, but without reloading lua it doesn't take my code changes. the mod unpacked is literally just the trafficUtils.lua file in the right folder. what am I missing?

[azure spade]

.

[ebon tangle]

not any public ones

[dry cargo]

g'day, mates! i'm trying to make USDM side markers for the pigeon, but i encountered two issues:

1. despite the materials from the wigeon (as well as the custom ones i've made) being mapped to the markers, it doesn't work as intended, making them look strange
2. the rear markers aren't coloured red despite changing names and materials on blender
3. they don't light up when i turn on the headlights. how do i change this behaviour?
   cheers!

i would also like to make USDM taillights for it 😄

[crystal wraith]

udsm pigeon, insteresting

[dry cargo]

indeed it is, because it's not compliant with USDM regulations. i would make 5 mph bumpers for it, but i just don't have the skills. besides, someone else has already made a LHD interior for it, but AFAIK nobody has made side markers and other USDM stuff for the pigeon

[tight shuttle]

because it's not compliant with USDM regulations
i think that's the tip of the iceberg

[dry cargo]

fr, lol

in certain states and countries, it'd have to be reclassified as a quadricycle because of how tiny it is

[warm steppe]

q: where exactly in the files can I find all the wheel & tire combos?

[tight shuttle]

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

[warm steppe]

I see the wheels but how exactly can I get the tire combos?

I notice this

    "slots": [
        ["type", "default", "description"],
        ["tire_F_15x6_alt","tire_F_27_7_15_alt_offroad", "Front Tires"],```
I'm guessing `tire_F_15x6_alt` is a type of tire? And I can find all the fitting tires based on that somewhere?

[tight shuttle]

look around in the subfolders

[warm steppe]

I see the tires folder now

But this seems like a lot of manual work to get like a.. list

I was hoping I'd be able to set up an automation to generate images of these combos as well

Any idea how I'd be able to do that?

[ebon quail]

what are the usual issues when trying to load a flexbodie and it doesnt show up?

[ebon quail]

maybe with blender python api => let the script open files, copy and paste them together and then render it and save the result in a folder which you specify, that way you get a render of all wheels + all tires

[viral fox]

where do i downlowed mods

can someone tell me pls

[ebon quail]

in the repo in game

just click on download in the game

[viral fox]

whats that sorry im new

[raw lynx]

what about... non-public ones?

[tacit halo]

they are private so you wont get them

[raw lynx]

damn

[tacit halo]

they would be private otherwise if they let random people have them

[crimson knoll]

Hello Guys,anyone got good Police mods? I got maxis crown vic and Im searching for more

[ebon quail]

go into the game and press "Mods" at the top

then on repo and there activate them (i think)

and then download from there

[dapper dragon]

loaded up beamng for the first time in 3 weeks and suddenly i have a bunch of mods that are either broken or missing

[viral fox]

Is there ways to get good mod platforms to get good mods like camodo gaming

[ebon tangle]

camodo gaming 😭

[modern tundra]

Anyone know of a free and safe VPN I could use to make a private BeamMP server? just trying to play with some friends and my brother, and don't wanna have to pay for a VPN

[tacit halo]

I'd you don't need mods you could always just search for random dead servers

[abstract root]

there are no free and safe vpns

free = harvesting your data & slow as hell

[safe tangle]

Anyone know of good mods that add extra parts? I know of a few but I am yearning for more

[dry cargo]

i'm gonna make an ibishu engine based on the nissan QR25DE for the pessima, covet, soliad lansdale, and gavril h-series! 😄

[modern quarry]

dose anyone have a good 4x4 mod ?

[eager moss]

What u looking for

[modern quarry]

like an old landcuriser

[eager moss]

Wanna pay or nah?

[modern quarry]

i dont have online

[eager moss]

Wym?

Im saying are you willing to buy mods, or do u want free ones

[modern quarry]

ohh mb free

[eager moss]

Ok gimme a sec, ill DM you a link to a server by a guy who makes free Aussie mods, 30+ cars and trailers, various maps too

[modern quarry]

thanks

[humble solar]

Are we talking like falcons and commodores because that's what I'm looking for?

[eager moss]

Uh hes got an XD Falcon, but its kinda old and was a quick mod because the model he got didn’t have an interior.

I can send you a link to a server with a free BA/BF Falcon ute tho, its a good mod, barra with sounds, etc

[humble solar]

yeah why not

[modern quarry]

dose anyone know any aussie car mods like commys and au's

[eager moss]

Ok

[eager moss]

I only know of 1 paid au, but the server i sent you has a VE commodore

[eager moss]

Ill send u another server with a ve too

[humble solar]

ty

[iron ruin]

can someone help me fix my beamng drive mod it shows as an invisible cube i could send image but no perms dm me i would really apprecaite help

[unique zealot]

#roles

[iron ruin]

oh thanks @unique zealot

[tight haven]

is there a hook to track player as it changes link on the map?

[smoky thorn]

Does anyone know any Ford Focus mods, that arent overpriced

[warm steppe]

Is there a tool to make livery designing easier and perfectly aligned with the UV Maps or do we just gotta wing it based on the PNGs?

[tropic needle]

I need an engine mod and it needs to be high quality. Does anyone have any suggestions?

[warm steppe]

#mods-discussion

[eternal slate]

everyone how i can add texture to the model in beamng?

[cosmic robin]

https://tenor.com/view/google-it-just-google-it-google-lazy-do-it-yourself-gif-17344697

[jolly terrace]

Pm sm1

[vale obsidian]

where do beammp mods get downloaded to?

[eternal slate]

google it? but tutorial to put texture on the car model are now here?

[glacial sundial]

anyone know how I gett my gauge cluster to light up?

I have the glow material made

the material up top works, but not the one below

[dry cargo]

how do i remove the black trim from the md-series school bus? it looks pretty bad with a custom skin i made
also, why do the doors of the md-series school bus open by themselves?

[glacial sundial]

found it

[dry cargo]

i've figured it out; i had to use the opacity map from the derby skin 😄

[stoic raven]

if anyone can help me out on to why the skins dont show up on the ute body when the jbeam is working correctly but work perfectly fine on the coupe body, the jbeams are setup the exact same with the exception of a name change

[dry cargo]

i think you need to combine both jbeams together

[stoic raven]

nope

that did nothing

[dry cargo]

hmm...

that's very odd

[stoic raven]

the temporary thing ive got setup till i can figure out why it doesnt work is just labeling it ute specific in the skin selector

[dry cargo]

oh

[stoic raven]

i wish it would just work as is though

[dry cargo]

yeah. sometimes stuff doesn't work for no reason

[stoic raven]

the console doesnt even throw any errors, so even the game doesnt know whats wrong

[ebon tangle]

What are the UV’s like on the ute

Are they the same

[stoic raven]

as close as they can be

[ebon tangle]

Yeah not sure then

[stoic raven]

would it be a materials thing?

i wouldnt think it would be

[ebon tangle]

Could be

Harder to track down if its not throwing errors

[snow pendant]

who has the 1.5 or 1.6 m4 from rr

[tacit halo]

dont ask in multiple channels

[void forge]

yo

[covert oriole]

yo

[dry cargo]

how can i modify parts of a car in blender while keeping the body lines?

[ebon tangle]

...same way you model anything in blender

[sleek crystal]

Anyone know how to transplant engine sounds from two mods similar mods

[vernal garden]

yall know if the mod repository is down?

[dry cargo]

oh, okay

i'm asking because i want to do something similar to stivjocuri's miovi citellus/alden mod

[vernal garden]

and i mean like ingame cause no madder what it saying unable to connect to mod repository so is this a global issue or something?

[woeful shadow]

in game repo is working for me

[vernal garden]

thanks

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[dry cargo]

i know how to use blender, however, i am dogshit at modelling. most i could do is adding a plane, adding more polygons to it by extruding, and call it a day

[ebon tangle]

go learn how to model then ig

there is no shortcut

[dry cargo]

okay, thank you

[gleaming jackal]

how does one put a real life height map into beam editor

and the google maps overlay

then*

[crystal wraith]

Google it, there’s plenty of good tutorials

Nobody can give you good directions thru chat if you want it truly scale

[neat stone]

Hi everyone ! I'm not sure if I'm at the right place to ask but I'm having a weird issue rn !

I'm currently working on a mod that adds a lot of interiors colors and designs to vanilla cars but I'm having a " no texture " issue only when they are zip / packed ...

Here's how I usually pack my mod :

"Name of the mod" > vehicles >lansdale> mod files

They appear in game in the parts selector BUT all the interiors have no textures like they don't find the path but when I drop the mod's files ( no zip , only the main files ) in : mods>unpacked ; everything works perfectly.

If I zip it back like the first time and put it back in the mods folder then it will work ..

Any idea ? Structure issue ? Thanks to anyone that will help me solving this haha !

[tacit halo]

Check the materials file

The path should start with vehicles/ so if it's mods/unpacked/vehicles/... You need to remove everything up to that

[neat stone]

Materials files are good cause they are working perfectly when I put them directly in unpacked down in the mods folder for testing purposes but when I zip them this is where things get messed up ...

[tacit halo]

Materials are not fine

When it's unpacked the path to the texture is correct because the path is mods/unpacked/vehicles and when you zip that doesn't exist because the internal path of the zip starts on vehicles not mods/unpacked

[neat stone]

Ooooh I see ! Thanks buddy ! I'll check the materials files path ! Thanks ! 😁

[open seal]

hi everyone, i dont know if this is the correct chat so please let me know if i have to move this to another one. ive been wanting to get into making car mods for beamng for a while and i have a few questions for modders. 1. How long does making a mod typically take? 2. what programs do you need and are they paid? 3. do you need to pay for textures etc.?

[ebon quail]

i think this was a much needed change lol

(left is before)

[unique zealot]

automation?

[ebon quail]

no, own model

[unique zealot]

oh dear god

[ebon quail]

yea..

i just put nodes into a script that return every node with every other

[ebon quail]

1. Depends highly on skill, and how detailed you want to make it, if you want a pretty realistic mod with a few options to choose from i'd say maybe 3 months+
2. Blender (for 3d model, free)
   A text editor (for jbeam (nodes and beams), i use vs code since it has an 3d scene view to look at what you've created, also free)
   Maybe NBE, but i don't find it as good as vs code
   => so everything is possible free
3. If you do everything yourself you don't need to pay anything. but you could theoretically pay someone for textures and models

[wicked geyser]

Blender 5.0 will fully remove Collada DAE export support (which has been listed as legacy for the last few versions)

[ebon quail]

then just dont get blender 5.0 🤷

[west stump]

what the hell

gotta turn off auto updates

[wicked geyser]

you can keep older versions (Blender does not overwrite the install folders when running the upgrade)

[west stump]

oh

[tacit halo]

There will probably be an addon for it

[devout knot]

does anyone have the phantom grill mod for the d-series or know where i can find it??

[open seal]

alr thanks for the info

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[odd idol]

hi

[grim rover]

Is there any map based on german roads? I don't mean the autobahn I mean like Berlin or sum

[hidden wasp]

I'm having an issue trying to import fender flares, console says "unable to create flexmesh"

I figure I need to give more info, but it's been awhile since I've done this XD

[ebon tangle]

Usually thats a naming issue

Either the mesh name is wrong in the jbeam or the .dae file is named the same as smth else and is getting overridden

[atomic pewter]

anyone made a toyota landcruiser troopcarrier?

[tender jay]

Been watching some videos of the game Flyout, gonna try bringing models i make there over to beam

[reef storm]

How i love finding random memes that are located as textures in bmg mods

Found a Citroen c4 as a C4 prob from the bitron b4 mod

[tacit halo]

where?

[reef storm]

wdym where

i was juzt searcing something staring wit ci

i can send it on ur dm

[tight pelican]

hi

i want to make a mod, but i dont know how, can anyone send me some tutorials or smth?

[unique zealot]

#mods-faq

[tight pelican]

okay

[hardy moat]

Can somebody help me recreate the Bmw individual champagne quartz metallic?I dont know where to start

[near surge]

any pointers on adding dynamic mirrors?

[brittle warren]

Imo just start crying?

[near surge]

just did lol

man i just want the Centauri to have actually working mirrors

the only thing stopping me from daily driving it

[quasi crescent]

is their a way to mod my beamng career mode money in the .36 update?

[narrow venture]

Purchase boosting services from modland

They'll get you 1 billion cash in cash + cars

[quasi crescent]

i mean like how it was in .32

[narrow venture]

Idk

[quasi crescent]

modding the saved game files

I just did get a new PC and now I can't even enjoy career mode

the insurance HATES ME I rolled my delivery truck and the traffic dude omg

I gotta get ready for finale interview so I'll be on here later

[narrow venture]

Start a chop shop, buy cars and strip all the parts then sell the parts individually. It's repetitive but you can quickly get a lot of money since you can buy more expensive cars and make more money from them

Exponential growth

[quasi crescent]

I did that with one car then decided to buy the d series and start delivering

[ebon quail]

guys i have my mod in this directory AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.36\vehicles\racecar how do i add a common folder to that like in the AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.36\mods\repo\placeholder.zip\vehicles\common

[west stump]

you're not supposed to have mods in the vehicles folder

[ebon quail]

uhm

where else can i put it unpacked

[west stump]

mods/unpacked

[west stump]

if you unpack the mod through the ingame mods menu, it'll automatically create an unpacked folder

[ebon quail]

ah alr thanks

thanks @west stump

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[coral pendant]

Hey I'm making a mod with multiple customizable engine parts (i.e. cylinder heads, crankshaft etc) which would be adding to the engines torque. I have tried to figure out how to do this (using TorqueModMult and TorqueModIntake) but in both cases it only takes one of the modifiers when there are two parts which would be modifying the torque installed. Is there any function that can take the added torque values from multiple parts and combine them together instead of just one being used?

going to bed rn cus ive stayed up to 3am working on this but if anybody knows how to help lmk i'll take a look in the morning

[shut pollen]

this, i think? #modding-general message

[coral pendant]

Wowzers

Thanks I’ll try that once I’m done with classes

[real halo]

how do i get multiplayer

[naive heron]

Looking for high quality crane/boom/picker truck mods. willing to pay

[split fern]

does anyone know of a mod to make the BX look more like an rx7?

[glacial forum]

There's one on patreon I think is pretty good, I believe the creator is named funwithphysics

[naive heron]

thank you! i will check it out

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[formal crown]

Does anyone know of a way to get either an arbitrary drag value for a vehicle or a drag coefficient?

[sturdy isle]

i don't sorry

[hearty wind]

Agent Y might, but he is a Dev, so he is likely busy doing Dev things or sleeping.

[coral pendant]

Hi, i'm not sure if this is due to this being a year-old solution, but when I have tried this, adding "torqueModMult_1" into the jbeam just causes an error loading vehicle and the engine stops working. I copied the code exactly into line 1875, i'm not sure if theres something else I need to do or something I did wrong?

[hearty wind]

I think it was supposed to be line 1876, because it says between 1875 and 1877.

[coral pendant]

1876 already had code on it

1875 was empty

wait im stupid i copied it to 1885

and i accidentally removed the file from the game code😭 so i tried to fix it to the way it was before and re-add it but imma verify file integrity just to be sure

[coral pendant]

yeah nah 1876 already has code onn it, 1875 is a blank space

not sure if i should add it there or below the next line that talks about the torque table

[hearty wind]

Hmm, @inner heart I don't think I can offer any more help to him, I don't know much about digging through code other than looking for key words.

[coral pendant]

it could just be because its a year old and its since changed idk

[hearty wind]

That does seem likely, but I don't know what does what there.

[coral pendant]

video if it helps to see whats going on idk

ignore the 40x multiplier thats just placeholder

[hearty wind]

Oh, the Customizable Engines mod, I used it once, but I preferred to use diesel engines, so I uninstalled it as it cluttered the engine menu.

[coral pendant]

no

thats my own mod that im making

part of my big mod pack

[hearty wind]

Ah, I thought it was that, mb, but I am still unsure what causes it, maybe it is the game being open while the code is being messed with that does it, so it is possible that the game engine doesn't know what to do, so it would throw a error in a confused state, but that is a guess.

[coral pendant]

i gotta few friends that know lua ill ask them

[hearty wind]

Alright, hopefully it goes well, I am going to bed, 11:30 P.M. for me.

[coral pendant]

same

[inner heart]

now its line 1922

[inner heart]

dont worry, thx anyways

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[coral pendant]

Thank you! I will try that

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[coral pendant]

works perfectly, if you are alright with it can I use this in my modpack and add your handle in the credit?

[inner heart]

sure

[coral pendant]

Thank you!

[weary terrace]

Can anyone tell me where I went wrong? I changed the material in the blender from the standard flag (flag_usa_anim) to set my texture, and then saved it in .dae is in the blander. But in the game, I saw that the animation was broken

[tidal hearth]

hei

[dark kettle]

guys is there no mod for a geo metro or a suzuki swift 2000 gti or a suzuki cultus(its the samecar diff names)

[gaunt trench]

Hi, I’m looking for someone who would be able to create the new GLC that was just announced on BeamNG. Even if it’s just a meshlap with a terrible interior, that’s fine — the main thing is that the exterior is accurate.

Of course, this would be paid 🙂

[tacit halo]

if it was just announced that means theres no 3d models available, no 3d scans available, and barely any reference images available
so probably very much expensive to do and youd require a professional 3d modeler

[gaunt trench]

Even for a not-so-great Meshlap? I’m ready to pay if the price is reasonable 😄

[tacit halo]

well the thing with meshslaps is that they are easy to make since all of them are using stolen 3d models from games like forza

when you factor the "you need a custom model, lights and textures" it gets expensive
it gets even more expensive when you say that it was just announced, meaning theres probably like 2 pictures of it on the internet

[gaunt trench]

There are front/side/rear photos, but yeah, of course the 3D model doesn’t exist yet

[ebon tangle]

Yeah gonna run u 1000$

[tacit halo]

and probably more if you want a model that deforms and doesnt instantly implode into a spike ball

and interior? yeah uh not even

[ebon tangle]

Fr

Also the new glc is so fucking ugly any modeller is gonna charge you just for that

[tacit halo]

pic? i couldnt find it

[tacit halo]

yeah that gets a tax on "shit ugly" for sureeee

[ebon tangle]

🤢

[tacit halo]

why does it mazda cx60

[ebon tangle]

Its more blob slop

Shit looks AI generated

[tacit halo]

nvm but like this looks like a weird mazda

[tacit halo]

oh here it is

idk it reminds me of this

[ebon tangle]

Insult to the mazda3

[tacit halo]

i know lool

the rear light shape is interesting but the fake vent thing below is so
no thanks

[empty raft]

mazda red is the best shade of red trust

[olive glen]

Does anyone know any good mods for a VW Golf R32 MK4 ?

[tacit halo]

Correct opinion

[pale hare]

very much positive opinion

[outer prism]

rears kinda cool

aside from looking like a mazda

also noteworthy that the electric glc has a bigger grille than the non electric one

[narrow venture]

Jesus Christ

I thought 2020 was a bad time for design but it's only getting worse

[west stump]

2020 was way better wdym

[narrow venture]

https://tenor.com/view/emoji-crazy-crazy-emoji-emoji-crazy-emoji-are-you-crazy-gif-17566518746599549444

mfw somebody repeats what i say as if i said something else

[west stump]

you literally said it was bad even though it wasn't

[mental pond]

you lack reading comprehension i think

[west stump]

literally how 😭

gosh this server is miserable

[mental pond]

Lets unravel the statement

So we can see where you went wrong

"I thought 2020 was a bad time"
In the past, this user believed that 2020 was a bad time for design. The key is that this is past tense

"But it's only getting worse"
This shows that the user is saying design now is Worse than it was in 2020.

[west stump]

and my point still stands

[mental pond]

The statement does not claim that the user still perceives 2020 car design as bad

It says that the user used to, but nowhere does it say that the user still does.

This is likely due to a reduction in standards due to the continuous decay of car design

[west stump]

even though they thought 2020 was a bad time for car designs, it really wasn't. car designs were still quite good in 2020

[mental pond]

Your response was "2020 was way better".

The statement clearly conveys that the user also believes 2020 was way better

as they refer to current car designs being worse than 2020

[west stump]

no no it doesn't, they clearly said "they thought 2020 was a bad time"

[void rain]

omgggg

this is so silly

[mental pond]

Im assuming you are not reading any of my explanation on what the phrase means

I am explaining it in the simplest way i can i dont know how i could simplify it more

[void rain]

... but now design is significantly worse

implying it was way better in 2020

[west stump]

yeah I didn't say they weren't

[void rain]

which you just restated

[mental pond]

They are literally saying that design now is worse than it was then, this is unrelated to however much they liked design then

Even if they didnt like it they are still saying it was better than it is now

[west stump]

but I'm saying that it wasn't

it wasn't a bad time for car designs

[mental pond]

your initial statement doesnt mention anywhere that 2020 was good

it just states that it was better

which is Exactly what the initial statement conveys

[west stump]

ok sure I'll take the blame for not being insanely specific

[mental pond]

Thank you

[void rain]

better doesnt mean it was good it couldve gone awful to bad

[mental pond]

you are dragging it

the discussion has been concluded we have come to an agreement.

[west stump]

but they literally said "I thought 2020 was a bad time" even tho it wasn't

ok I'll stop

[void rain]

Sorry for my sins. Forgive me. Thank you @mental pond . Thank you @west stump .

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[west stump]

don't thank me, thank vw

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[west stump]

better than my English teachers were at school

[copper bane]

hey im wondering if theres a unbreakable tire mod

[proud solstice]

gavril vertex's deo volente wheels

[copper bane]

or something else that adds durability so cars can go 700+ km/h

[copper bane]

ok thanks

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[signal solstice]

can someone help me in vc to change a jbeam file for a automation car?

[vagrant nova]

I cannot lie but this is broken like LITERALLY-

[quasi lantern]

modland core

[vagrant nova]

The mod is made by me.

If i remember correctly

Body nah, just engine transmission and wheel's, idk how to fix it

[quasi lantern]

braincar

[vagrant nova]

To be fair it is a mesh export so i could prob fix it with a tutorial.

[quasi lantern]

moding seams fun lol

[vagrant nova]

It's a living hell

[quasi lantern]

moding is for people with to much free time

change my mind

[vagrant nova]

It is.

[quasi lantern]

honestly

meahlap

[vagrant nova]

I tried to make a mesh-slap but it failed

[quasi lantern]

ah what car r u tryna make

[vagrant nova]

A ford mustang (mesh from roblex)

[quasi lantern]

oh good luck

[vagrant nova]

Why would i need luck lol.

Bruh.

[unborn turtle]

💀

[crystal wraith]

https://tenor.com/view/confused-stare-at-paper-gif-5257839294650729742

[ebon tangle]

inb4 godawful topo

also why tf would you use a roblox base?

like FH5 base is not hard to find

[vagrant nova]

I don't have FH5

[ebon tangle]

can you not see what i forwarded?

[vagrant nova]

I can see

[ebon tangle]

you dont need the game to install that

its the model n textures

[vagrant nova]

Please don't tell me it's high polygon.

[ebon tangle]

its a fh5 base of course its highpoly

ur fucking roblox base isnt gonna be much better for beamng

[vagrant nova]

RIP to my laptop then 💀

[ebon tangle]

oh

its shouldnt lag blender much

[crystal wraith]

Holy thanks for the discord sauce

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[ebon tangle]

LMAO

[crystal wraith]

😭

[ebon tangle]

yeah gatekeeping ACMP makes no sense

[vagrant nova]

I literally have a BONE STOCK dell just it has window's 11 (debloated)

[ebon tangle]

ACMP and Automod are goated

[crystal wraith]

Yeah whenever I decide to take time to learn vehicle modding that’ll be useful

[ebon tangle]

start small man

ive been doing this for a while and havent gotten anywhere near a complete car

[crystal wraith]

It’s not more of a not knowing (well idk but I can learn quick) it’s more of a motivation thing

[ebon tangle]

fair

[crystal wraith]

Plus I got a million map commissions to do

Like 3 but they’re big

But 💵💵🤑

[ebon tangle]

oh yeah if ur makin bank doing that no point in stopping

[crystal wraith]

Wouldn’t call it bank but it’s a small hustle

[ebon tangle]

better then nothing

[crystal wraith]

I’d love to get into vehicle modding tho

Do unique vehicles like heavy equipment and tractors and allat

Stuff the game truly needs, not the 900th bmw mod

[ebon tangle]

real

i was thinking of revamping the wheeloader from MRs old farming sim pack

[vagrant nova]

💀

[crystal wraith]

I planned to atleast revamp it texture wise a bit ago but never got to it

Have perms already

[ebon tangle]

yeah new textures would go a really long way

was thinking of tackling that as substance painter practice but i ended up doing my fuckass chipvan instead

[snow pendant]

how do i make my car a ev (automation)

[crystal wraith]

I’ll probably continue it at some point, if you’d like to help out you can since I already have permission

https://discord.com/channels/710082165253079061/1366779798382186516

Unfortunately the most attention gaining post I’ve ever made 😭😭😭

None of my actual released things got that much attention

[ebon tangle]

Yeah sure i’ll chip in if i can

Only really care about getting the wheel loader working tho lol

[crystal wraith]

Yea

Only thing I hate about vehicle moddding is manually doing th materials

I’m so used to map modding where they import automatically

[ebon tangle]

Its lowk easy once u know how and nothing goes wrong

[crystal wraith]

I know how, but my eyes start to glaze over when I stare at notepad or and file editor for so long

Not fr but yk what I mean

[warm thicket]

who has bmw G80 m3/m4 mod, i've been looking for a while.

[proud solstice]

every single one of them is dogshit

[ebon tangle]

just like the real thing

[crystal wraith]

anyone know why my mesh isntg showing up for my prop

everything should be named right

[dapper stream]

Does anyone know of a V10/V12 mod that makes very little power. Trying to make an older luxury build but every V10/12 is ear piercing and burns rubber lol

[safe tangle]

Anyone know if you can extract just the engines from automation> rather than an entire car?

[brittle warren]

Put the dae in a map like usual and steal the material file lll

[dire mulch]

anyone heard anything about the dfa pack ? only mod i want to buy it seem abounded ....

[quaint bridge]

Not updated, And the guy that was making it I think quit for a while. Idk havent seen anything for DFA in a year or so.

[dire mulch]

ok thxs

[dire mulch]

i wish it was up to date. I am a fan of the gmt800 and older Chevy in a lore friendly package

[idle copper]

I think someone should make a BeamNG mod for VR where you can use your motion controllers like a virtual steering wheel. The idea is that you hold the controllers in both hands as if you’re holding a wheel, and the game maps the rotation of your hands to the car’s steering axis. The in-game steering wheel would turn to match, and maybe even give haptic feedback when you hit bumps or crash. This would let people who don’t own a physical wheel still get a really immersive driving experience in VR.
dm me if theyre is already a mod or way to do this

[dry cargo]

how do i fix this? i want to change the colours of the signals and make them light up with the taillights

[fluid bloom]

Hey, all. I'm trying to make cabin lights for BeamNG (without a model)

Is there some kind of mod that I haven't found yet that adds these, or is there a way anybody could help me make them? :)

[tight shuttle]

the way vehicle lights work in beam (that actually cast light onto scenery and vehicles) is via "spotlight" or "pointlight" props
https://documentation.beamng.com/modding/vehicle/sections/props/

[fluid bloom]

Thanks a lot

Thanks @tight shuttle* lol

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[fluid bloom]

Never been a good modder, and I got BeamNG maybe 3 weeks ago so I'll see what I can do

[fair cedar]

how fix

[narrow venture]

That would be so ass

Your hands would just be floating in the air, your shoulders would get tired after a minute of driving

It wouldn't feel right at all

[idle copper]

I mean possibility but it would give you a more like im driving the car instead of just using a controller and screen

[eternal slate]

Hello there

[dry cargo]

bump

[tiny sundial]

anybody got an iihs inspired crash hall mod?

[unkempt ember]

by any chance does anyone have a 2022 toyota corolla touring sports estate or know where one is, been look for months

[primal pivot]

Do any of you guys know what mod gives you a 2023 dodeg challenger hellcat widebody redeye?

[urban pagoda]

I bought the Gavril scout mod in 0.35, but it’s broken in 0.36 and it says I have to update it but I didn’t have an account on gumroad when I bought it does anyone know how I could get the updated version?