[WIP] Ibishu Altair & 1983-1986 Ibishu Covet

[regal tinsel]

pretty sick

[frozen mango]

also 2005 messages (the year of our lord...)

[lean glacier]

Yes, and that’s because they look better on it than normal covet taillights and because I’ve used the kammback unibody from kljp as a base for the Altair.

[lean glacier]

Now it’s 2006 (the year where I was born)

Also I’ve started making the off-road rear suspension. I’ve added a new part to the subframe, and now I’ve modeled the lower arm. (it needs still some uv mapping)

The upper arm won’t get modified much and the hub will get modified when the lower arm is ready.
(I’ve used the pickup IFS as a base)

[pastel temple]

this is great

[regal tinsel]

beta tester

[chrome tapir]

L

[lean glacier]

He’s one of my beta testers

[chrome tapir]

me tooo :3

[clever hedge]

The Cook

[dreamy heath]

Bro I'm your homie

You gave it to me cuz I am the best beta tester ever 🔥

I'm his homie cuh, he for some reason trusted me and gave me access

(guys please hype up letsdrive, he deserves it)

[chrome tapir]

ghost ping???

[chrome tapir]

shush i am ;3

[dreamy heath]

Bro I'm his homie shush before I cook you up 🔥

[chrome tapir]

bonk

[limpid pelican]

Average person born in 2006:

https://tenor.com/view/chad-monke-gif-20835999

(definitely not biased)

[nova hound]

damn uncle

[grim cliff]

Relateable.

[lean glacier]

Off-road rear suspension [WIP]

[grim cliff]

I know how to fast remove this suspension just spray on it rust removal

[lean glacier]

But this is not how to remove the suspension but how to remove the whole underbody of most older cars in beamng

[frozen mango]

drift it! /hj

[chrome tapir]

it drifts really well tbh

[chrome tapir]

#1183353087038079027 message

[dreamy heath]

I gotchu

[frozen mango]

YIPPIE

[lean glacier]

offroad suspension is ready, the front is from the ibishu covup mod, the rear is made by me.

[clever hedge]

covup wont be required will it?

[lean glacier]

No, I got permission to use it

[lean glacier]

did some suspension testing and tuning.
It also does pretty good on the johnson valley map at high speeds

[limpid pelican]

Cant wait to offroad a compact car

also what map is that, if i may ask

[lean glacier]

It´s utah with some small modifications made by me

[grim cliff]

Its awesome

[stray lintel]

1st gear, 4-Low and a 1.5L SOHC 4 cylinder with maybe 90hp on a good day!

[lean glacier]

That’s not what I did yet I’ve made mostly high speed testing.

But today im making some other testing.

[stray lintel]

Ah

[lean glacier]

At least that’s what I wanted to do, now I’ve cleaned my pc storage because beamng wasn’t working as it should, but now I can do testing finally

[stray lintel]

😂

[lean glacier]

Now I can start testing, it was still lagging, and I’ve found out that it was because only 1 cpu core was used, the others where parked because it was almost overheating, so I’ve cleaned the dust from the fan.

[tall wren]

is it released yet?

[tall wren]

If you know, when will it be done and able to download?

[stray lintel]

Itll be done when its done

So uh

Wait

👍

[lean glacier]

When it’s ready
(Idk when it’ll be, but I want to have it ready in summer)

[tall wren]

Alr

[chrome tapir]

flex

(ignore the brake textures thats me being a dum dum deleting covet textures lol)

[zealous harbor]

🧠

[lean lantern]

It reminds me Nissan Pulsar Exa

[grim cliff]

Kinda.

[lean glacier]

I´m ready with suspension testing. Now I´ll finish the missing off-road parts and then I´ll work on sport and racing parts

[strong tendon]

I someday hope my game can look like that ❤️

[opal yarrow]

will there be a 4 door ??

[lean glacier]

It’s just ultra graphics with the glamour filter in photo mode and some adjustments to the sun rotation.
I don’t use ultra graphics normally, my pc can’t it that good, but for screenshotting it’s fine.

[lean glacier]

No

[strong tendon]

ok

[clever hedge]

it drives me crazy i have yet to see the altair sit on a nice wheel with lowered suspension and not its almost doing a one wheel lift on a corner going 100 mph

no offense to people posting its images

[wide bough]

hm

[nova widget]

i need this bro

[lean lantern]

one of the most anticipated mods at the moment

[lean glacier]

I´m working on the mudflap support currently, I´ve even made a new texture for it, normals are still missing. This is the first time I´ve painted a texture, how does it look like and are there any ideas for improvement?

bright

[frozen mango]

lightbulb

[lean glacier]

38.5W pointlight and high bloom setting in blender

[frozen mango]

ibishu lightbulb when

[limpid pelican]

https://tenor.com/view/the-scope-of-my-engineering-genius-literally-knows-no-bounds-gif-22781413

[lean glacier]

a bit overengineered for a mudflap mount

[chrome tapir]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-blind-flashbang-light-mode-gif-21281004

[chrome tapir]

arent mudflaps like

maent to be floppy

[grim cliff]

nope

plenty of them are completely static

[lean glacier]

They’re going to be floppy, but they’ll be mounted on the bumper so half of them won’t be floppy.

[lean glacier]

Cat

[lean glacier]

after 1 and a half days of work the rear rally mudflap is ready. The textures of the mudflap mount are custom, I´ve used assets from ambientcg and painted the textures in blender. The textures for the mudflap are modified t series mudflap textures.

[spice zephyr]

Interesting that the brand and model name is on the mudflaps

I've only seen one of each

[grim cliff]

Nice.

[spice zephyr]

Either brand or model by itself. But that is certainly cool and personalized

Also, it's very good looking, texture wise and whatnot

Could this be the nicest looking mudflap in the game?

[lean glacier]

thank you!

[spice zephyr]

You can tell you've put some sweat into it

The in-game "rally" branded mudflaps are incredibly ugly

[lean glacier]

idk, the bolide rally mudflaps and t-series mudflaps are pretty nice too

[spice zephyr]

So these are very nice

[lean glacier]

that´s true

[spice zephyr]

Like miles better

Forget about it

[lean glacier]

maybe I´ll make a mod someday that adds mudflaps like these to every vehicle

[frozen mango]

tbh i think just having "ALTAIR" instead the brand and model would fit better but, still ballin at every cost

[spice zephyr]

That would be very neat

[spice zephyr]

I have to agree

[frozen mango]

or "IBISHU" could fit as well....

[spice zephyr]

Both?

[frozen mango]

but still works

[spice zephyr]

I think "IBISHU" would look neater

[lean glacier]

I still have to decide what I`ll do about it.

[spice zephyr]

Sure thing

[stoic cairn]

what about IBISHU on the left one and ALTAIR on the right one

[lean glacier]

that´s a good idea! I think I´ll do that.

[stoic cairn]

cool!

[clever hedge]

make it choosable maybe

for people who wants only one writing

[lean glacier]

If I find out how to do that then I’ll do that. I’ll also add a 4WD text option if I find out how to do that (I don’t want 4 different mudflaps)

[lean glacier]

👀

[grim cliff]

Is that wiring?

[mystic gyro]

whole lotta of it from what it seems 😭

[warm cairn]

distributor cap

6 wires

could be a 6 cylinder or a 3 rotor

[lean glacier]

Yes, it’s an i6 engine.
It won’t be in the configs sold to the public but maybe as a concept or homologation model. (If you have ideas let me know)

And here’s a size comparison to the i6 engine from the d series

[lean glacier]

It’s going to be a 3l i6 engine

[warm cairn]

i might want this model for the saga remaster

if you're okay with that

[clever hedge]

i think a 3000cc engine in the covet may be too much

but it's up to you

[warm cairn]

its just a rally/concept thing

to my understanding

[clever hedge]

yea

[warm cairn]

which it isnt uncommon for some rally/race stuff to have crazy or developmental engines

toyota's hydrogen engines recently were cool

[clever hedge]

now do a giant snow plow and a widebody kit to make up the epicness

quattro vibes

[warm cairn]

suzuki escudo style aero

[clever hedge]

it can also be a aftermarket swap

holy shit

i didnt notice the altairs thumbnail image

thats SEXY

i love it

[warm cairn]

wtf

sex

[chrome tapir]

lmao

juat because you can use it dont overuse it now :p

[lean glacier]

You can have it, sure. When the intakes are ready I can give it to you.

[lean glacier]

I still have to decide if I’ll use it for rally or as a concept.

The engine has 230hp and 320 or something nm currently

[lean glacier]

I think that could fit the car.

Ibishu entered rally with the Altair in 1983. It had an turbocharged (or supercharged, tell me what’s better) longitudinal i4 engine (or i6, still have to decide, let me know your ideas). They competed in something similar to group B (idk is something like this exists in beamng universe currently). In 1986 they quit rallying and re entered it in 1988 with the Altair, this time it was a 1.5l turbocharged car with a transverse mounted engine and AWD.

[clever hedge]

whats the bolide rally configs name

it had a rally group name iirc

use that

[lean glacier]

Group 4 or 5?

[clever hedge]

yeah something like that

[lean glacier]

Could use that

[clever hedge]

group 5 was the race car iirc

gotta check

[pure parrot]

Group b perhaps?

[solid siren]

group alpha

(dont question)

[spice zephyr]

I'd say turbocharge it. It was pretty popular during that time. And turbos can give ya better speed in the higher revband. A supercharger would be better to be faster off the line, sure. But in rallying, you're usually in the high revs. Lancia though, turbo- and supercharged one of their Lancia Deltas if I am not mistaken

[lean glacier]

Turbocharging is the thing I’d prefer too. Now I only have to decide what engine I could use.

[vale wagon]

i think a supercharged i4 would be interesting for a later group A variant but go with the i6 with a big turbo for a group b one?

maybe

both are solid ideas though

[lean glacier]

A big turbo i6 would be good.

[lean glacier]

Yes, they are

What do you all think of a big turbo for the group b Altair?

[fervent solar]

Mind I suggest Twincharging it?

[lean glacier]

i6 or i4? The model for a twincharger for the i4 is ready actually

[fervent solar]

It'll be your call but i think twin charged i6 would be pretty cool

[lean glacier]

Idk if a twincharger even fits, on the i4 everything was pretty close.

[fervent solar]

Well twincharged i4 would be more in line with a car from the group b era

With a MG 6r4 and everything

[regal tinsel]

damn the i6 fits?

[vale wagon]

the 6r4 was v6 but as far as i know it was only turbocharged

[lean glacier]

Yes, it’s close but it fits

[clever hedge]

it was NA

[fervent solar]

Yeah i was probably thinking of the lancia then

I don't know why my mind went there

[wide jackal]

What's the Altair based off?

[lean glacier]

Its not really based on anything, I’ve just made it how wanted it. But I took some inspiration on the Honda prelude for the front with the popup headlights. And also some parts where made how others suggested.

I’ve always wanted to make a coupe version of the covet so I had many ideas how I wanted it to look. Now I’m adding more parts based on irl cars.

Also, currently I’m making intakes, what intakes should I add to the car?
suggestions with image please if possible

[lean glacier]

But I’d say it’s a mix between my imagination, a Honda prelude, a Toyota ae 86 and maybe a Nissan s12

For the center console I used ae86 centerconsole pictures as ref images

[vale wagon]

ah, thank you! the metro 6r4 is the one group b car im not that well versed on

[wide jackal]

Something like this lol

[wide jackal]

Interesting

You could theoretically make a I6 swapped version, kinda like how the pessima has a V6 option

[lean glacier]

The i6 is already in the car, only the intakes are missing.

[wide jackal]

Oh

[lean glacier]

also if someone want´s to suggest something like this: Already doing it.
It´s going to be a high flow intake.
And yes, the throttlebody will be animated if you want to run it without airfilter.

I hope the model is not too bad (I probably have way to high expectations from me, everyone´s probably gonna say it´s good)

now I have to decide If I´m too lazy to make the uv map and make a custom texture or make the uv map really good.

[wide jackal]

Such detail-

I'm totally twin turbocharging it

[lean glacier]

I actually love adding these details as it´s very easy and a cool thing to have.
One more detail I´ve added is at the front driveshaft. It´s in 3 parts so it looks better when it spins.

[lean glacier]

forgot that generic_perf_parts exists

[lean glacier]

now I´ve calculated the performance increase in % for some different upgrades

I have an engine in automation that has similar specs to the 2.5l i4, so took the power numbers of it (Power stock) and put an upgrade in that is similar to the part I want to add in beamng. Then I take the power number of the engine (power upgraded) and calculate the power increase in %. This value can be used as a input for the power increase for the part for beamng

[oak relic]

diy swap from saga

[wide jackal]

This car will be nice to crash, I can make some nice customs too

@lean glacier please add a widebody kit, nothing extra but something clean like this

[lean glacier]

It’s already on my list of things to do

[lean glacier]

Sound reveal+ animated throttlebody
(sorry for the bad video quality, I still have to find good settings for recording. I still have some very low quality settings from Assetto corsa recording. The engine also sounds like it´s reving slow but that is because of some recording setting.)

[regal tinsel]

Amazing

love it

[lean glacier]

turbocharger rework + cold air intake [WIP]

[mild flare]

common textures my beloved...

[dreamy heath]

@chrome tapir are you able to drift the altair?

[chrome tapir]

with awd ye

[lean glacier]

with rwd it´s a bit hard as there´s no drift steering yet

[dreamy heath]

Makes sense

[dreamy heath]

Drift steering goes kaboom when you try to use it fr

[chrome tapir]

its possible

[dreamy heath]

Possible but not easy

[lean glacier]

yes, I still have to figure that out.

[dreamy heath]

Take your time fr

[pure parrot]

If possible, 200bx/pessima subframe and suspension swaps would be interesting

[mild flare]

i used the 200bx's drift steering as a reference when adding drift steering to the lansdale, they slightly modify the suspension nodes for the extra angle to avoid folding in on itself.

[lean glacier]

Yes, but I’ll wait with that till 0.32 is out if I do it.

[lean glacier]

I might try that, thanks!

[slim depot]

headlight velocity stack

[lean glacier]

More progress will come soon, I didn’t have much time in the last few weeks as I had to practice for the theory test for the drivers license. Today I passed it and have more time now again.

[violet heron]

T r u m p e t

[stray lintel]

Worlds best intake fr (i no longer have this car)

[lean glacier]

Is this 3d printed?

[stray lintel]

Yes

I still have the original model too!

Fun fact, the owner still has it on that car to this day

[lean glacier]

Drift steering is fixed!
I’ve adjusted the steering anti invert beams, and now it works.

[slim depot]

actually idk how but with that intake i economize more gas

[stray lintel]

Better flow

Less work to get that air

[lean glacier]

there won´t be any progress until monday.
I´m not at home and a little break can´t be bad.

[young peak]

smh, park rev limiter

[stray lintel]

Factory 2 step 😤

At least it actually bounces off a limiter

[young peak]

smh, just get a car thats incapable of reaching its redline

[slim depot]

cold 3k rpm 2step 😎😂

[stray lintel]

Sir thay says 1k rpm!!!

[grim cliff]

no its not

[lean glacier]

Happy Easter everyone!

[bright patio]

happy easter :D

[stray lintel]

Ik lol, the guage just bounces around at 1k

[slim depot]

Yep 🤣

[celest temple]

yes awsome

[lean glacier]

Sorry for not sharing progress recently, I had some issues with time and motivation and also did bug fixing.
Before adding new parts I’ll finish the current things, like the turbochargers, a smaller engine mesh for the 1.5l and 1.8l i4 engine.

[stray lintel]

All is good 👍

[lean glacier]

It´s been a while since I´ve posted the last progress. I did some cleanup in the mod and bug fixing.
I´ve also reworked the radiator and finally added an airbox.

the enginebay doesn´t look too empty now.

[limpid pelican]

looking nice

[lean glacier]

Thanks!

[little dust]

cant wait to fold these in half in a banger race

[grim cliff]

At this point, the Altair will feel more than just a new body style for the Covet. 😄

[little dust]

it reminds me of the vauxhall astra

[lean glacier]

I’ve always wanted it to be more. That’s also why it’s not called Ibishu Covet Coupe anymore.

[grim cliff]

😄

Interesting.

[lean glacier]

It could be a separate vehicle but I really want mod support for things like the transverse engines.

[grim cliff]

It should stay listed under Covet.

[lean glacier]

It will, don’t worry

[grim cliff]

👍

[chrome tapir]

it can be lmao

just have to keep the same slot stuff and youll be good :p

it can be a separate vehicle in the selector but still share parts and slots of the covet without major overwriting

[lean glacier]

I didn’t know this is possible, I might try that.

[chrome tapir]

iirc it is but itll require some fennagling to work

[blazing elm]

i asked a while ago on forums, but were u able to get the exposed pullies for the engine?

[lean glacier]

Not yet, I forgot that, but this would be easy. The engine already has pullies exposed, but they aren’t animated. And of if I remember correctly you asked if they can be animated.

Or what pullies do you want exposed?

[blazing elm]

it's the main twin pullies behind the covers at front of the engine. if we were able to get pully customisation like gta with animated and colour-able pullies, that would make this mod amazing

[lean glacier]

So you mean the pulleys for the camshafts?

[blazing elm]

yea, I'm sry

[lean glacier]

Ok. I can try to make it work but that would be a lot of work as I’d have to change a lot on the engine model.
I still have to decide if it’s worth it.

[blazing elm]

yea alr

[clever hedge]

unrelevant but the old V8 models has a turning fan

depending on the engine RPM

you might take a look at these

[lean glacier]

The fan that it’s using is from the Moonhawk v8.

[lean glacier]

some screenshots.
The new radiator and the fan are also in the game now.

[clever hedge]

idea: try to find the covet's badge type

and change it to altair

[lean glacier]

That’s planned, but I haven’t found the right method how to make the texture yet.

[limpid pelican]

could be called a covet altair

stuff like that has been done before irl

but yeah, just altair would be the best

[rotund path]

It is possible that a theoretical previous gen Altair could be the cover Altair

[lean glacier]

I’ve started testing the car again, especially drifting.
I still have to fine tune the drift steering but with the sport steering it drifts pretty good.
It’s a little bit snappy but I play on keyboard and I’m not skilled in drifting so that could be a reason too.
I’m happy with how it drives.

[little dust]

i love that interior

[stray lintel]

Clutch fan moment?

[white pendant]

cant wait for this to release, looks awesome. great job

[lean glacier]

Yes

[stray lintel]

Ery nice

[compact berry]

if you ned any beta tester i am available

i will not leak the mod

[chrome tapir]

https://tenor.com/view/what-you-sure-you-sure-about-that-dog-watching-gif-26139783

[limpid pelican]

https://tenor.com/view/are-you-sure-about-that-the-rock-you-sure-gif-24604462

[void oak]

Piss off

Who are you anyways?

[chrome tapir]

6 day old dc user

[compact berry]

ok nvm

[lean glacier]

He just said that he would like to have the beta, he didn’t beg for it and asked kindly.

But I currently don’t need new beta testers. A month before release I’ll ask some people that I trust if they want the beta.

[chrome tapir]

problem is

his acc is 6 days old

probably an alt

[lean glacier]

I haven’t checked that.

[lean glacier]

Also haven’t seen this message

[chrome tapir]

didnt you see the leaf

[lean glacier]

Since I’m using discord on my phone rn it’s not there

[stray lintel]

Most trustworthy beamcordian

||On the other hand i ca-||

[clever hedge]

will you add unique rims to the configs for the car

or use vanilla/KLJP wheels?

[lean glacier]

It’ll use vanilla rims, and the configpack with kljp will use kljp rims.
But I want to make some new rims too.

(Still need ideas)

[velvet cedar]

This is so clean, what a splendid car !

[lean glacier]

I’ve adjusted the friction values of the powertrain, now they’re more accurate. Before they where a mix between d-series and covet.
The 0-100kmh time is also better now. Before adjusting it was 6.36s, now it’s 6.11s.
I was using the 2.5 config with 4wd.

Now I’m doing some testing on radiators and suspension on the track

[lean glacier]

Thanks!

[hexed vigil]

Technical stuff yay

[lean glacier]

Always wanted to use offroad tires on your 14x8 Alder Basketweave wheels?
No?

Now you can!

[strong tendon]

yessss

[solid siren]

im so slamming this to the ground

[lean glacier]

I´m reworking the rear off-road suspension, I forgot that this type of suspension exists, I think it´ll improve suspension travel and off-road performance, and I wanted to do some modeling. I really like doing modeling.
The model isn´t ready yet, suspension mounts and links to the front will be added

[strong tendon]

What’s that kind of suspension called?

[lean glacier]

twin I beam suspension. I´m using it in the rear, irl it´s used in the front. I haven´t found any picture of it being used in the rear.

it´s used on desert race trucks for example

[stray lintel]

Twin i-beam in the rear sounds...interesting

Would it actually be better for off-road performance?

[velvet cedar]

Nice details

[regal tinsel]

hey this'll be nice for a baja build actually

but in the rear? really does sound interesting

[lean glacier]

Probably yes

[lean glacier]

finally found out why the glowmaps wheren´t working thanks to charlie

[hexed vigil]

yummy

[chrome tapir]

was it the goofy issue where materials werent applied?

[lean glacier]

It was a skill issue.
I applied the on texture to the mesh, not the glowmap.

But now I know how it’s done.

[chrome tapir]

lmao

krill skissue

[hasty oyster]

This mod kinda reminds me of a ae86 levin

[lean glacier]

I made some more changes, and added a light when 4wd is enabled.

[hexed vigil]

Ibishu Unleaded
Altair Fuel Only

[lean glacier]

yes

[rotund path]

Would you say a modified Altair could run in GT300? (Not asking you to do one, just asking if you think it'd be possible)

Or it's more rally focused instead of tarmac

[lean glacier]

It would be possible, the car isn’t really rally focused in its stock form, but the 4wd versions are pretty good in rallying. On the track it’s alright, but I’ve only used it without spoilers and with sport tires.

[lean glacier]

0.32 didn’t break the Altair!
Something big is coming soon (no, not release) if I don’t loose motivation on it.

[solar merlin]

👀

[grim cliff]

Yay!

[lean glacier]

the big thing that is coming soon is confirmed now, I´ve made some amazing progress yesterday and today, and didn´t loose motivation.

[grim cliff]

😄

[solar merlin]

lets goo

[lean glacier]

Ibishu Altair and Ibishu 240bx enjoying the sunset.

[gloomy cosmos]

Altair has a fren now lol

[jagged raptor]

Can we have a little preview with the kljp's front facias ? I would love to see that ! (If you can of course)

[compact berry]

friends 🙂

AHHhh

😄

:d

c:

[grim cliff]

The best of two worlds, indeed.

[lean glacier]

If I don’t forget it I can send one after I’m back from work.

[clever hedge]

do it pls

[lean glacier]

Forgot it, I’ll do it now

[marble fulcrum]

@lean glacier are you going to add diffrent transfer cases like awd 4wd and rwd to the car??

[lean glacier]

this is already done.
Here´s a list:

• 4wd (fwd,4wd,4low modes)
• 4wd (rwd,4wd modes)

shit

sorry

didn´t want to send it

[lean glacier]

Here´s the full list:

• 4wd (fwd,4wd modes)
• 4wd (fwd,4wd,4low modes)
• 4wd (rwd,4wd modes)
• fwd
• rwd
• active awd

[marble fulcrum]

Very nice

[lean glacier]

this is what I´ve worked on for the last 3 days.
Do you like it?

[gloomy cosmos]

Is that a notchback body, that is so sweet

[lean glacier]

comparison:
left-new, right- old

[lean glacier]

yes, I was looking at the 200 bx on tuesday and thought that the notchback body looks amazing and that I´ll make something like this for the altair.
Definitely was worth it.

[tulip ledge]

i definitely love it 🔥

[gloomy cosmos]

I am officially even more hyped for this (I was already very hyped for the Altair/Covet coupe)

[limpid pelican]

now this is cool

so a 2 door coupe now

[lean glacier]

the old body will get an overhaul too, so coupe and liftback.

[jagged raptor]

That's clean ! I prefer the popups though

[lean glacier]

also removed the rubber strips

[jagged raptor]

Looks better now

[grim cliff]

So, will it have a notchback bodystyle, while also keeping the liftback one?

[lean glacier]

Yes, exactly.

[grim cliff]

😄

[clever hedge]

not to be annoying but i think KLJP's kammback bodytype already fullfills the need for a liftback covet

[jagged raptor]

Not for me

I NEED IT !

[stray lintel]

Cant make it rwd tho

Or awd for that matter

[nimble ginkgo]

config or seperate car?

too many covet configs for me

[proud cobalt]

I mean like... Hear me out

[lean glacier]

No separate car, I want some support for covet mods.

[warm cairn]

i aint even trying to be biased but he's right
the liftback also looks kinda goofy compared to the coupe

its also a whole other body to worry about and that can add up quick

[clever hedge]

this would definetely be a baller config

if we get a cabrio/convertible altair

[little dust]

I have never seen a convertible one of these but I want it now

[lean glacier]

You’re definitely right, but I’ve also changed my decisions with the mod a lot of times so maybe I want to remove it, I’ll see if it’s worth it to keep it when doing the jbeam.

[solid siren]

liftbacks are goof

[grim cliff]

Not all of them.

[regal tinsel]

mmm need to see tecnica parts on it

[north forge]

will you be keeping the old one as as "plastic version" or smt?

[lean glacier]

I wanted to hide the plastic bumper on the old, but I couldn’t select it in the 3d view so I didn’t hide it because I was too lazy. The plastic bumper will be on the new one too.

[clever hedge]

you know what

this now definetely looks like ready for a sedan model

this thing is definetely gonna be one of the greatest covet mods out there

[compact berry]

WE ARE DANCING IN HOLY NIGHT

[hexed vigil]

Pessima door swap lol

[lean glacier]

The Altair is currently 0.7-1s faster (0-100) with a stock 2.5l i4 engine (176hp, 293nm) than the 240bx with a 2.4l i4 engine with stage 2 block and race ecu (190hp, 230nm).
Fastest 0-100 Time:
Altair:

• 5.54s
  240bx
• 6.19
  I was using the same tires and wheels on both cars.
  The Altair weighs 1196kg, the 240bx 1297kg.

Top speed:
Altair:

• 219
  240bx:
• 231

[hexed vigil]

So stronger acceleration but less top speed.
Neat

[north forge]

karin futo

[north forge]

lighter but aero of a brick

[lean glacier]

More low end torque but less high end power

[north forge]

oke but still my point stands

[lean glacier]

Yes, could be one more reason, but I can’t check as there’s no ui app for that (I think)

[north forge]

theres a debug mode

[lean glacier]

The aerodynamics debug? It doesn’t show drag number I think

[north forge]

idk lad srr all i know that theres somekind of debug mode for aero

[north forge]

i dont know much but here ya go

[lean glacier]

Oh, you need to drive to show the numbers

[north forge]

yep

legran shud have similar aero idk tho

similar to ur mod

[lean glacier]

Maybe, but I think it’s more like 200bx coupe and covet

[runic wyvern]

man this thing looks so cool, i am super excited

[clever hedge]

try it with the GTz diana?

or a JDM 200bx with similar power levels

because the 2.4 is worse than 2.0 i think

[lean glacier]

I´ve added a spoiler.

[grim cliff]

Nice.

[lean lantern]

High as fuck.

[solid siren]

its more like a wendover

[misty coral]

Ummm, is it bad that I wanna make a Geo Storm version of this when it's out? Of course with your permission.

[lean glacier]

You can make mods for it.
And how would that version look like?

[misty coral]

This facia with this back

Of course not gonna be 100% like the real thing but look somewhat that

[lean glacier]

Would look interesting, you can make that when the mod is released.

[misty coral]

Thx you for giving me permission to do it.

[heavy hinge]

that looks so nice

[north forge]

YEEEHAWWW

looks promising

[heavy hinge]

also will it have custom interiors?

[north forge]

when can i get that baby in game 😭

[lean glacier]

When it’s released

[lean glacier]

I’ve already added a center console, and new gauges. I’ll modify the dashboard too. Making a whole new interior wouldn’t really make sense.

[heavy hinge]

i kinda worded that wrong, i meant will it have decked out race/rally interiors (if theres gonna be a race or rally config)

[lean glacier]

Oh, ok, yes there will be a race interior.

[heavy hinge]

thats cool cus theres alot of car mods that ive used that have the stock interior on the race configs

[lean glacier]

since the normal covet has a race interior I´ll add it to the altair too.

and yes, race cars should have race interiors.

[heavy hinge]

it does annoy me when race configurations just use the base interior with a sequential shifter

[misty coral]

Kinda like a custom build, but if an actually team and championship then properly new interior

[rugged condor]

fail

[misty coral]

It crashed my discord lmao

[solid siren]

😭

[lean glacier]

That’s the old thread. Idk why I’ve made a new one, I think because I didn’t know how to change the pictures.

[solid siren]

wawa

[compact berry]

STOP SAYING WAWAAAAAA

[young peak]

🔥

[lean glacier]

Currently I’m making some testing on texture baking for the lettering. I was able to import the opacity map as a heightmap in blender and bake normals/ ambient occolusion maps.

[lean glacier]

lettering is done, this version in the screenshot is the Altair 2.5 Fultrac. It has a 2.5l i4 engine and 4wd.
Thanks kueso for allowing me to use the Fultrac name.

[misty coral]

Dam, that looks good

[regal tinsel]

Heatt

a lip spoiler would be banger

[lean glacier]

A lip spoiler exists currently, but since I’ve changed the body and tailgate it’s not working currently. But I’ll add one again, I really like how that looks.

[lean glacier]

Still 0.9s slower to 100.
Altair had 212hp, BX 215.
The BX had a higher top speed again, 234km/h, the Altair did 223km/h.

Also now I’m using 200bx radiator jbeam, so the engine won’t always overheat.

[clever hedge]

the covet as a whole is a brick anyways

even in a 350 hp MR turbo the car gets sluggish near 200 kmh

starts to die out unless you have a lot of power

even at 350 hp

[lean glacier]

yes, it is. But without a spoiler the Altair reaches 229km/h. Still slower.
The altair with the pop up headlights is probably more aerodynamic than the one with the fixed headlights.

but no big difference

[clever hedge]

i mean altair is still pretty impressive for a bad aerodynamic car

you said it's quicker than the BX

but slower

[lean glacier]

It has way more torque. But at lower rpm.

so that could be why

[clever hedge]

lighter too

WAY lighter compared to the BX

[lean glacier]

little bit more than 100kg less than BX

[clever hedge]

how heavy is it, compared to MR Turbo and Covet GTz

pick a souped up altair too

a similar config to these 2

[lean glacier]

The Ibishu Altair 2.5 Fultrac is 170kg heavier than the Ibishu covet 2.0gtz, and 120kg heavier than the Covet MR Turbo Evo.
But the Altair 2.5 Fultrac has 4wd, and a big longitudinal i4 engine.
With a transvere 2.0l i4 engine it´s only 50kg heavier than Ibishu Covet 2.0gtz and 20kg heavier than Ibishu Covet MR Turbo Evo.

I might have to adjust the weight of the drivetrain.

[lean glacier]

Sunroof is ready.

[jagged raptor]

My gosh it's beautiful

[grim cliff]

Amazing.

[runic wyvern]

god im so excited for this thing to release!!

[frigid locust]

Finally something that Saul Goodman can defecate through

[stray lintel]

The prelude

[hexed vigil]

t-
what?

[spice zephyr]

Never heard of the Chicago Sunroof Incident?

He gave them some soft serve

[lean glacier]

Maybe I’ll figure out how to make the sunroof able to slide back. If not, it’ll tilt open.

But sliding would be the best.

[hexed vigil]

Slidenodes?
There’s a nice page on them in the documentation

[lean glacier]

Yes, and hydros too. Maybe move the rail down and then slide the slidenodes back.
(Idk if that works)

[lean glacier]

A openable sunroof is in the works, it’ll slide to the back, setting up the rails was easy, but now I’m having issues with the hydros to open it.

Will try again tomorrow.

[stray lintel]

Finna get that California lifestyle

Sun up, windows down, sunroof tilted up and lookin fly 😎

Idfk 😂

[terse flicker]

Is there any way someone could ping me or like a big ping to when this comes out

Really look forward to this

Yo every mod in this whole server

[lean glacier]

I’ll ping every member of my discord server when the mod is released. If you want to join, it’s in the first message or just click my name and read my description, there’s a link too.

Here I sadly can’t ping everyone.

[terse flicker]

I’ve already joined so that’s nice to know 👍

[lean glacier]

After 2 days of work, the sunroof finally works how I want it to.
The controls will get updated to look better and have more features, like an interior light.

[hexed vigil]

Yoo that’s nice!
Now add clickies for ignition and hazards 😈
(shouldnt be too hard, I’ve done it myself)

[lean glacier]

I´ll definitely add that, the only hard thing is placing the damn box correctly.

[hexed vigil]

Yeah true sadly

[stray lintel]

The latch noises are so off putting 😭

[atomic plume]

will the outside get louder when you have the roof open

like the wind noise and the other traffic and stuff

[lean glacier]

Idk how to do this

[atomic plume]

oh

im sure you could find some help from theo or something

[lean glacier]

Maybe

[misty coral]

I thought it related to couplers

Like the one on doors

[lean glacier]

Opening the doors doesn’t change sound

Maybe it has something to do with the triangles

[mint shore]

Buddy, you know for sun roof was either go up or slide into headliner right...

They don't slide back into rear passenger's head room

[lean glacier]

I know, I wasn’t really thinking about that when making it.
But it’s an easy change, I just have to move the rail up.

And do some modeling.

[mint shore]

If you want a retractable electric sun roof, might need to thicker the headliner to contain it

That's why people always said sun roof would rob your head room

[lean glacier]

There will be more space as I won’t add a that shade thing.

[mint shore]

Manual sunroof though, just need a handle

[lean glacier]

Since I already have the jbeam, I’ll make a retractable sunroof.

[wraith stratus]

Oof, sorry but these polygons look bad

[compact berry]

can we have paid early access?

[lean glacier]

Yes, I know, and I wanted to do that on Monday but forgot it, so I’ve worked on the sunroof instead.

[lean glacier]

That’s sadly not possible, or you have to wait till September. But I want to get the mod ready before September.

[wraith stratus]

Good that you are aware. Recently I saw plenty of mods having low poly models released right for repository, so I wanted to make sure, this wouldn’t be one of them

[lean glacier]

Don’t worry, I’ve already improved it yesterday, still a small shading issue when using a very reflective material in blender. I’ll check how it looks in beamng.

[lean glacier]

I´ve made some improvements to the edge flow of the quarterpanels.
Reflections should be better and no shading errors anymore.

[misty coral]

Nice

[hexed vigil]

Models have good poly flow?
you’ve already surpassed me lol (can’t believe stuffing V12s or CVTs everywhere doesn’t make you the best modder)

[lean glacier]

Yesterday I´ve watched YouTube videos how to fix bad reflection and shading errors for like an hour, and today I´ve used a blender plugin (named edge flow) and did some more modeling to improve it.

this was one of the most important things to add:

Improved the reflections a lot.

i5 swap next

[hexed vigil]

Just like on the Ibishu Fur- i mean Feri? Cool

[lean glacier]

i5 engine?

[hexed vigil]

Yeah

It also has that IIRC

but aftermarket I think (not sure if this one is aftermarket too)

[lean glacier]

Altair i5 will be aftermarket too.

idk how, but the i5 engine fits perfectly!

[misty coral]

Edge flow? Should I use it?

[lean glacier]

It´s useful for making curved models smooth, and making the space between selected edges in a model the same. And it smoothens the edges a bit. It´s a small plugin, but it can be useful.

[misty coral]

I see

I will use it in my next project then

[lean glacier]

do you need a link?

[misty coral]

Ye

[clever hedge]

yeah beveling helps

[faint oriole]

Try to parse the "innocent_dynamicCabinFilter.lua" in the CCF files

[chrome tapir]

idfk what its called properly

ut its like edge protection

you do this with holes in meshes too make a ring of vertices in the same shape around the hole to prevent shading issues and problems with subdiv

[lean glacier]

Mark edge sharp (didn’t help on the Altair though)

[chrome tapir]

thats not how it works for subdiv usually but yeah

youd mark an edge a crease

also always after changing geometry press alt+n in edit mode and reset vectors

[lean glacier]

Thanks for saying me the keybind, I was always using the menu to do that.

[chrome tapir]

lmao

you can do a bunch of stuff with normals there too

[lean glacier]

I’ve noticed that I haven’t adjusted the weight of the drivetrain. Since I’ve used the jbeam from the pickup as a base for diffs, transmission and driveshaft they had the wrong weights and where way to heavy. Now, with the adjustment the car is almost 70kg lighter. It now weighs 1150kg.

Using the 2.5 Fultrac again, with a 2.5l i5 swap and a sunroof.

The config I’ve used always for weight testing is 1115kg now.
(Stock 2.5 Fultrac)

Fastest 0-100 time was 4.96s

I’ll do some track testing now

[mild flare]

real late to the party, but GEO STORM MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️‼️

there was one in our backyard while i was a toddler, i thought it was cool but my uncle towed it away since it wasn't being used

i want it back bruh...

[worn ocean]

bro idk why but i like look of coupe with mudflaps

[lean glacier]

I love it too

[lean glacier]

because 2 turbos are better than 1

[compact berry]

3 turbos

[north forge]

4

[compact berry]

5

[lean glacier]

Anything above 2 doesnt really fit.

[rugged condor]

🥱

[little dust]

did you ever use the quad turbo BX before the remaster? XD

[lean glacier]

I meant under the hood.

[lean glacier]

I´ve used it I think.

But altair engine bay is smaller than bx engine bay

[rugged condor]

who needs a hood 🤣

[little dust]

you dont want to see what I did to the Dynamo then XD

[lean glacier]

show me, I want to see it

[little dust]

I "Aquired" the I8 from the OG Burnside addition mod and put it into te Dynamo

that Burnside has the hidden V16 from the same mod

[lean glacier]

is that the burnside hood on the dynamo?

[little dust]

nope, I stretched the hood because the I8 is too tall as well as the radiator

i made the I8 Dynamo entirely yesterday

I just make these for myself, if i could get the spinning parts to work correctly I would put the base game/non paid mod ones on the Repo with the permission of the Mod author

[chrome tapir]

use the model off te UTV engine

its way better suited

and doesnt look like hot grbage

or the piccollina one

[tough harness]

💤

[chrome tapir]

1000psi go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[lean glacier]

cooking

[misty coral]

Is it sweet or salty?

[compact berry]

its a cyclone

[tough harness]

watafak good throttle body model?!?

[lean glacier]

uv map is ready too.

[lean glacier]

I had to do something about it not existing.
Wasnt to hard and only took 3 hours

But it was worth it.

[tough harness]

defenately

for some reason i just cant model throttle bodies

[misty coral]

Dam

[lean glacier]

I made every part separate and connected them after that.

Best thing is the reference image I´ve used:

[tough harness]

profesional refernce

[lean glacier]

So did you try to add a throttlebody to the Arima Celestia?

[tough harness]

yeah it does have one

its retextured and modified from the mk2 pessima

[lean glacier]

If you want to use my throttlebody I can give it to you. Probably would look better.

[tough harness]

no need to :p

the mod has enough textures as is and i dont feel like retexturing the engine just for a throttlebody

[lean glacier]

it uses a common material (ibishu_engine)

[tough harness]

cool, but still

im keeping that one for now

[lean glacier]

I understand, probably you´d have to redo the piping too.

[tough harness]

^^

[lean glacier]

The pipes look really good

I´m not that good at making pipes look good.

[tough harness]

thats the common engine tuning models/textures

i might be able to help with that

[lean glacier]

generic_perf_parts is what I´m using for the textures. Probably what you use too. But my models don´t look this good.

[tough harness]

i use blender curves for that

[lean glacier]

same

[tough harness]

then after the fact i lower the polycount since they are very unoptimized

[lean glacier]

that´s what I do too

[tough harness]

tubing generaly has sharp curves so i try to make my tubing long lines then connect them with those rubber hoses

then i add welds where there are 90º metal curves

[lean glacier]

That´s something I don´t do, I´ll try making it this way.
I usually make a curve, and then just lower the polycount.

[tough harness]

when you do some @me in your server and ill help you

[lean glacier]

ok, thank you!

[compact berry]

when this comes out its gonna be like an early christmas

[lean glacier]

I´ve made a new intake.
New airfilter, intake pipe, airbox, intake manifold and throttle body. In the screenshot the stock intake is equipped with an aftermarket airfilter.

here´s the intake manifold with the throttle body

here´s the new airbox with the stock intake pipe

[waxen agate]

This mod is dope

[chrome tapir]

sex

[wintry cairn]

My brother I haven’t often checked in on this mod but every time I do it gets me more excited for the release

[hexed vigil]

that intake makes me think of a snake lol

[compact berry]

geo storm

[dreamy heath]

holy altair this thing is insane

alatair

[fallow hedge]

When will this come out?

[clever hedge]

After Letsdrive changes the title to [RELEASED]

[lean glacier]

yes

[lean glacier]

I‘ve tried the whole evening to make new textures for the throttle body, now the uv unwrap is better than before, the normal, roughness and ambient occlusion textures are ready. Base color and metallic hopefully won’t be harder. I want to try to not paint it, like I’ve done on the mudflaps. It works great but the throttle body is a more complex shape.

[fallow hedge]

Cool! Cannot wait for it.

[worn ocean]

@lean glacier is altair have 1.3l engine configs?

[lean glacier]

Configs aren’t made yet. Idk if I’ll add a 1.3 config.

[lean glacier]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1192834049937506375/1237002129491886162/image.png?ex=663a0f82&is=6638be02&hm=04aa9dbd9b632e775961b9e61db3f2644b55f3b1c29937396d6ab375b8d71a4b&
Throttle body is textured

And here’s the race intake manifold
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1198949684908134410/1236032761119379506/image.png?ex=663a7d36&is=66392bb6&hm=8c36435ad4ce1cb4ba21e1facd7784846df0ad487a205aacb937b7e7bda4a2e4&

[hexed vigil]

Hai quality

[fallow hedge]

Is there a time you think it will be ready for release?

[unborn plank]

hot

[lean glacier]

I don’t really know.
The mod is 60-65% done, I work on it since November.
Made some breaks though.
I also don’t know how much time and motivation I have to work on the mod in the future.
The stock versions are almost ready, only a few things are left to do.
But then there’s the aftermarket versions and rally/ race.

[clever hedge]

you dont really have to to aftermarket on release, imo

publishing all stock configs and then fixing their reported bugs (if there is any), and then adding aftermarket would hype more

[misty coral]

Or just wait for him to finish everything and then release.

[grim cliff]

I prefer waiting for it to be finished.

[lean glacier]

I actually thought about doing that.
But I’ll decide later if I’ll do it.

I would prefer to release the full mod when everything is ready.

[wraith stratus]

Oh please. I think we had enough releases like AAA studios. „We’ll release it now, but all content will be in the future”. I prefer full ready release instead of beta

[lean glacier]

Aftermarket dlc

For the Altair

[misty coral]

Cost 100 dough on bobux dot com ye

[tough harness]

theres a difference but whatever

i personally will cut down on the aftermarket on the celestia heavily since its not polished

and i prefer to have the main stuff good before i properly make aftermarket

[heavy hinge]

is there going to be a hatchback version of the altair? (im guessing the altair is the one with pop ups)

[lean glacier]

The Altair is the coupe, not the one with pop up headlights.
There will be a version of the covet with pop up headlights.

[heavy hinge]

oh alright, sorry for calling it wrong and thank you for answering my question

[lean glacier]

From now on I´ll try working more efficiently.
I want to make progress. Also I´ve decided to make it a separate vehicle. I did so many changes and just to have the engines from the covet it isn´t really worth it to keep it under the covet.

I already made a known issues list.

[grim cliff]

What about the Covet coupe?

[solar merlin]

And the pop ups

[hexed vigil]

And the materials?

• some random suspension bits and a few meshes like the windshield or doors (if you didn’t change them)

[compact berry]

But can u add pop ups for the covet and kljp bits for the altair?

[lean glacier]

The coupe is the Ibishu Altair.

[lean glacier]

They’ll be kept.

[solar merlin]

great thank you :)

[lean glacier]

It can still use covet materials.
The only parts that I have to copy paste from covet are the seats.

The other things are modified already.

[lean glacier]

I´ve made a black version of the Ibishu Type LS wheels

[hexed vigil]

spicy

[heavy hinge]

hot

[dreamy heath]

chat

trust me

ibishu altair

will be best mod of 2024 no cap

[clever hedge]

im sorry but

procyon avior

however this is definetely top quality

[lean glacier]

Ill just release it next year then /j

[clever hedge]

😭

[lean glacier]

Don’t worry, I want to release this year

[spring roost]

Wth does /j mean

[clever hedge]

i have a brilliant idea @lean glacier

why dont you adjust the popup frontend to be compatible with MR turbo bodykit

[lean glacier]

Im scared

[spice zephyr]

It signalizes to people that whatever statement came before it is a joke

[undone swan]

this car is so sigma

[grim cliff]

Will the Covet coupe still be under Covet?

[compact berry]

no

seperate

[lean glacier]

This is the new engine model for the sohc engine.
Thank´s to @wet quest for making it.
I´ve added the intake and exhaust and the power steering pump.
I´ve also made a new radiator model.

[lean glacier]

Engine and radiator jbeam is ready too, I’ve made it completely from scratch.
I’ll send some screenshots of it in game when the race intake is ready.
The engine has 145nm and 103hp.

It’s a 1.6l engine, based on Honda d series engines.

[fallow hedge]

How close are you to release you think?

[lean glacier]

I don’t really know, progress is very inconsistent.
When I started making the mod I had very much time and there was fast progress.
Then it was slower because of work/ school and lack of motivation. This week I’ve made a lot of progress since I have time and motivation.
The mod is 60-65% done, and I’ve started working on it in November.
So you can think about when it could release, but it might be earlier or later.

[wraith stratus]

Joking

[fallow hedge]

Ok

[lean glacier]

new itb model

[solar merlin]

trumpet :)

[grim cliff]

🎺

[glossy sedge]

yooo thats amazing

hopefully animated throttle bodys?

[hasty oyster]

Nothing will beat itb’s and small wheels

[lean glacier]

the itb jbeam is ready, here a demonstration on the animated parts.
@glossy sedge

[glossy sedge]

wooow

that is sick! cant wait to see!

[glossy sedge]

can i donate to the project in any way?

[undone swan]

gasp

[lean glacier]

I’d appreciate that but no.
Maybe I’ll set up something but for now you can’t.

[glossy sedge]

id love to

[glossy sedge]

rwd?

[lean glacier]

Yes

[glossy sedge]

[lean glacier]

I‘m modifying the front frame to fit intercoolers like the Ibishu BX.

On the covet they don’t fit really good.

[spring geyser]

Will be there right hand drive?//

[lean glacier]

Yes

[hexed vigil]

spicy
me lik

[stoic cairn]

have you thought on fitting them on top of the engine with a vented hood?

it may look too tall tho

[lean glacier]

I’ve thought about that for the stock turbocharger.

[lean glacier]

The roof?

[heavy hinge]

i think they meant that the hood would look too tall

idk if that makes sense

[stoic cairn]

yes

[lean glacier]

Since the engine is tilted backwards a bit I think I could fit an intercooler there, even without a scoop.

[stoic cairn]

that's nice

[hexed vigil]

Ibishu Testarossa

[lean glacier]

new enginebaycrap. The texture is still wip.
What should I add to it? I want it to be more detailed.

[lean glacier]

I´ve updated the first post and the preview images

It was outdated

[grim cliff]

maybe some ecu

[stray cypress]

you updated it? shows as straight up deleted on my end

[lean glacier]

Yes, because I’m stupid.
Discord link was in there so it got deleted by automod.

[stray cypress]

oof

[lean glacier]

And sadly there’s no way to bring it back.

[stray cypress]

wish discord had a better functioning thread system

[lean glacier]

That would be awesome but it is as it is sadly

[lean glacier]

#1242571182490779728 message

I´ve made a new thread because I messed up.

@stray cypress

[wintry cairn]

gimme

[dreamy heath]

Ask @lean glacier, I have to be loyal and can't leak mod.

[wintry cairn]

Respect🫡

[dreamy heath]

He's my homie bro, we gotta keep it loyal fr

[wintry cairn]

That’s a homie violation right there if u leak it

[lean glacier]

Thanks!

[lean glacier]

Thanks to you too for reminding me to lock the front old thread. If you don’t have the new one yet: https://discord.com/channels/710082165253079061/1242571182490779728