[slow development] 2008–Present Ford E-Series

[green dock]

Hey, everyone, with the upcoming development of the previous police pack I've made I thought I would also post one of my other projects, a 2008–Present Ford E-Series!

Even though its a van, you all might say oh this is boring blah blah another van but who would use that etc. but again, I want to do this for my own enjoyment since even though I rarely see these in person, I would still think they're really cool and fun to drive around in beamng.

Anyway, let me get into the car a bit more.

The Ford E-Series is a full-size van produced by Ford which first debuted in 1961. But, this is the 2008-present one so I'll talk about that more.

The E-Series has a boxy, straightforward design. It looks strong and can carry a lot of stuff, depending on what you need. Inside, the van is spacious. There are seats for passengers, but you can also remove them to make room for cargo. The materials are tough to handle heavy use. The vans come with different engines, either with a 4.6L Triton V8, a 5.4L Triton V8, a 6.8 Triton V10, or a 7.3 Godzilla V8, all very powerful for today's standards. The E-Series also either comes with a 4-speed auto, or a 6-speed auto.

Even though the E-series is just a regular boring van, it does have a lot of stuff you can use it for, whether it could be for delivery, construction, ambulances, shuttles, school buses, internet vans, passenger vans, free candy vans, camper vans and so on, there is a lot you can use the E-series for.

While the basic design hasn’t changed much, Ford has updated the engines and added new features to keep up with modern needs. The E-Series has also moved from being primarily a van to being more of a cutaway model for custom builds.

Anyway here's what's going to be included.

All OEM trims, low-end and high-end trims, cutaway models, updated cutaway models, and so on. I have a dedicated config list which ill probably upload here to show what's going to be included.

Anyway for anyone interested, here's the model stats:

The base van itself, is around 200k tris. The extended is a little higher ~20k more due to the detail in the interior. Poly-flow is a little wonky, but with the necessary adjustments I think it would be good for beam.

Q&A:

**Q: Is this going to be paid? **
A: Apologies to everyone who is against my decision in this, but yes this is most likely going to be paid. It'll be probably around 4-5$ since I dont want to make it so expensive to absolutely drain everyone's wallet lol.

Q: how many configs is it going to have?
A: The final version, should have around 40-70 configs. I dont know yet.

**Q: When relez? **
A: When its ready, and I don't even know when that'll be lol.

Q: Are you going to add a shuttle bus/RV/school bus config?
A: I would, but I would need to ask permission from the people who DID make those upfits originally, and I'm not so sure if they would be fine with it.

Q: Are you going to add this skin or this skin etc...?
Depends, but if anyone wants to get involved making skins for this then they can be my guest, more variety after all.

Anyway, I'll show some render images of the van, and let me know what you all think!

And yes, I'm making a RHD config because why not lol its obnoxious, but I like it!

Hope you all enjoy this boring van, and I'd like to see what you all think!

[gray pine]

me when the paid real life mod

[green dock]

me when

[meager vector]

Looks cool

[green dock]

Thank 🙏

[tranquil dove]

Will watch this with great interest

[nova flower]

i am

love

[nova flower]

not the all tri geometry

quads is better

quads is peak

[stuck jay]

damn its going to be a year of vans lma

looks good tho

i was about to get depressed until i realized its US

[green dock]

i am a certified tri hater

but in beam it converts to tris.

H-series is tris too lol

[green dock]

we had too many japanese vans in beam, time for some america lol

[nova flower]

but dae can be exported quadded

[stuck jay]

u got blend asve no?

[stuck jay]

no european ones

yet

[nova flower]

shimavan ™️

[green dock]

no, just regular dae

[nova flower]

ill make a very goofy one

[green dock]

ive been thinking of making a sprinter too at some point ngl

[stuck jay]

hol on

is it your model tho?

or is it

[green dock]

bought from turbosquid, but i reduced polycount heavily, and scratch modelled several stuff for it :p

[stuck jay]

ah

[nova flower]

dont try stop me

[stuck jay]

got the right license though?

[nova flower]

ill make this

[green dock]

cc

[stuck jay]

for making it paid

great

[nova flower]

1st kei revolution

now van revolution

[stuck jay]

y dont need to 👍 👍 lmao

[nova flower]

ill make the worlds collide with the kei van

[green dock]

i wanted to do the sprinter before i had the idea of making the van but the sliding doors on the sprinters have me concerned lol

and ive already done my fair share of non - vans lol

[stuck jay]

lol nice

[green dock]

anyway enough offtopic, ill go back to posting us van stuff soon

[nova flower]

is the door legit jbeemed?

[stuck jay]

im working on one also but id ont want to advertise myself here lmao

[green dock]

sliding door?

[nova flower]

ye

[green dock]

yup

[nova flower]

baller

[green dock]

send it to me in dms, if you want lol im curious

[stuck jay]

check #1112130140160413706

and scroll up

not the green one the one above

[green dock]

woah t4

very cool

[stuck jay]

yea ty i wanted to make a thread but its too early

anyway back to topic lol

[green dock]

yup

ask questions if u want

[hushed bridge]

I guess this is an obligatory question that I'm sure you've gotten before, but is a bus like this in the plans for it?

[hushed bridge]

https://tenor.com/view/wow-gif-20411229

my bad

[green dock]

high roof done, just have to fix poly flow a bit so it looks cleaner

both done for LWB, and regular wheelbase

[crimson terrace]

🔥

[vestal coyote]

van 👍

[green dock]

van 👍

[nova flower]

van 👍

[final eagle]

truck 👎

[green dock]

Hear me out, just hear me out

what if, a super duty bed on the E-series?

[halcyon badge]

thats a thing, an old conversion company called centurion made e series vans in the 90s with beds

they also did the 4 door broncos, thats what the kentarch is based off of

they also did short bed crew cab daullys

[green dock]

I’ve heard of those, those are pretty cool

[green dock]

bakeage of the base light :p

(this headlight)

[green dock]

came out pretty nicely :p, hopefully would look good in game

frames now getting baked woo!!

(hope everything goes well)

[torn shard]

Drooling for those white steelies.

[green dock]

Results in game!

[nova flower]

do you unwrap fron view?

shmart

also do you use diffuse or glossy for the colour?

[obsidian grotto]

More vans?

[green dock]

Past van i made

[green dock]

nope just unwrap

[hearty valve]

Is that an image you used to bake the lights with?

[green dock]

Huh?

[hearty valve]

These two

[green dock]

Nope, i made those using light points shown here

the little circle is the light point, and that’s what actually gives the light to the headlight

[nova flower]

did you use shaders?

for le ridges :3

thats the easiest way tbh

[green dock]

normal maps

[nova flower]

ik

but like wave texture

in shader editor

[green dock]

my small brain does NOT understand

[hearty valve]

New WIP mod.
It's paid.
Uses IRL branding
Copyright infringement.
Sorry, I'm not interested, but good work, regardless.

[frail galleon]

Real

[green dock]

I respect your decision, but I just wanted to post what I’ve been working on regardless.

sure sure may be irl blah blah real car branded but you can only get DMCA’D if you price it overly high ~20$ and up.

[formal echo]

he said probably

doesnt mean it will

[hearty valve]

Makes sense, then.

[formal echo]

also have you seen assetto corsa paid mods bro

atleast he scratch makes stuff onto it

[green dock]

If i do make it paid, its going to cost as little as 3-4$ maybe, since I don’t want to drain anyone’s wallet, and want to make this actually worth the price. Sure it may not be as high quality as lore cars, but I did pay a decent amount of money for the model and made some stuff myself for it as seen above.

[rapid token]

i want this mod so bad rn 😩

[formal echo]

your mod your choice man

also i love the van

[green dock]

I’m not gonna be like a crazy patreon modder making an undedited h-series shit slap for 19.99$ but yeah. just wanted to speak myself for a bit :p

[formal echo]

good luck with it

[green dock]

Thank you 😭🙏

[rapid token]

ive been searching for like a year for an econoline beamng mod, tysm

[green dock]

Thanks, might make the little screens work too ngl

but yeah!

[formal echo]

beam uses lua for that right

[stuck jay]

thats bs

yo ucan get dmca any time

but ford wont care at all

unless u earn like 1m+ lmao

even then they prob wouldnt care

[formal echo]

for a small mod they probably wont no

otherwise alot of ac paid mods wouldve been in trouble

[green dock]

Fair point tbh

[green dock]

Lua and HTML

[formal echo]

and that market for real cars is way bigger

30 euros for a stock gt7 convert

[green dock]

yup, have you seen fivem mods they cost over $150+ sometimes

[stuck jay]

yea but couldnt care less tbh

they cost more but sell way less

[green dock]

Yeah fr

[stuck jay]

so its valid

[green dock]

but i am putting a hella amount of effort into this thing 😭🙏

scratch modeling parts and making a whole lot

[stuck jay]

like if there would be like 2x more people in beamng then mods would be 2$ instead lol

[green dock]

I don’t even know if i put the config list here

lemme do that rq

[formal echo]

yea low prices for beam mods is more profitable because alot of people arent gonna pay 30 bucks for a mod

[formal echo]

do you know the maker of csp

he made the paid csp with rain

1 euro

[green dock]

roughly what it has, im not sure if its the latest version.

[stuck jay]

oh yea

ik lmao

bro earns 100k every month

[formal echo]

so everyone can afford it

[formal echo]

he is rich yes

and now he sits on his ass barely updating it

[stuck jay]

idk statistics of beamng mods but im guessing top tier lucasbe stuff gets probably like idk 15k?

but i cant tell really

segra ultimat got public statistics

yea segra got like 15.5k

[green dock]

segra is like 8$ right

[stuck jay]

huh wdym lol

its 5 bucks

but after taxes n stuff its probably like 3.5 or 4

[green dock]

oh nvm then

[formal echo]

dont ever look into what vrchat modelers make

[green dock]

someone said it was 5$

I mean

8

[formal echo]

some get 100k+ per model

in sales

[formal echo]

i hate gumroad and its vat

whenever i wanna buy from gumroad i just give the vat to the dude personally on paypal

hate gumroad

[stuck jay]

best option:

get the mod selling on every site possible lmao

[green dock]

Fr

too much management though for me lol

anyway we went offtopic enough

if copyright comes as an issue, i can just make lore friendly branding

or two versions IRL badged and lore friendly badged, no idea.

[stuck jay]

y cant do irl badged

if u get copyright issues

like u just said lol

[green dock]

wait rephrase that my small brain dosent understand lol

[formal echo]

think he just meant that you cant really do the irl badged one if you get copyright striked for it

like they sent a notice or something

but thats like a 0.01% chance

[green dock]

then in that case i can just change the branding then

[formal echo]

yup

[green dock]

anyway we went offtopic enough, I’ll post more progress soon 🥲

[formal echo]

👍

[green dock]

just got done with making the general body jbeam, openables were a huge pain but i made them work :D

[formal echo]

been working on something but havent reached the jbeam stage

sounds like pain

[green dock]

i usually do jbeam first to get it over with, then materials and so on

best workflow for me tbh

[formal echo]

i can see why

jbeam would probably kill my motivation a bit

i like materials

thats fun

jbeam not

[green dock]

yup

but the hard stuff first, then the fun stuff later

[celest gazelle]

EYE SERIES

[bold inlet]

very swagger meowbag i liek 👍

[green dock]

thank you nika 1347

[main forge]

fard

[bold inlet]

no problem meowbah 2001

[dusk lichen]

Lol

[dusk lichen]

Rename it to Fard or Dord

[green dock]

exactly what ive been thinking about

[spring tangle]

That'd be freaking dope! Although this was before my time, I loved this ad. Although I do wonder what this would look like with the it being a full van with that weird mid rise cab

[halcyon badge]

Definitely, it was made for long hauling race cars, rvs and toy haulers etc, it also has a couch in the back that folds into a bed

[nova flower]

ill infringe your right to speak

[hearty valve]

You can't.

[nova flower]

says who

[hearty valve]

No need to be so rude.

[nova flower]

the amount of material i have in my inventory that can wipe you from existence in beamcord is unfathomable per se

so please learn at once to not say something when it doesnt have to be said

not even mini modding here i just hate when you do shit like that

[past folio]

i personally just think the input was unncessary

if you werent going to purchase or use the mod

let the dude do his thing

[hearty valve]

Alright.
Sorry.

[past folio]

i can understand if you wanted the mod and were intending to use it and didnt agree with it being a paid licenesed mod

but oma paid for the cc license to monetize the model

so i mean he wouldnt be in the wrong to make it paid

[nova flower]

im not going to lie and am not trying to be rude but we both know youre going to do shit like this again

its like an addiction to you, you just always have to make the worst possible comment you can just to stir controversy

or ask a modder for 329489907437 configs to be added

[green dock]

As nice as everyone is please don’t go on flaming each other here. that’s the last thing i want on a thread about a simple van and nothing else, if you all are going to argue please take it somewhere else because we’ve gone a little too far off-topic here 😭

Anyway progress update coming soon, but next week im going on vacation for a while so im not sure how that’s going to affect the thread, or my other things :p

[past folio]

my fault g

[nova flower]

scuse moi

le anger issues are raging

[halcyon badge]

How much will le van be?

[halcyon badge]

I think you should do it, there is an outdated mod for the h series that added a bed

[green dock]

if paid, like 3-4$

[green dock]

maybe, it just looks so goofy to me lol

[halcyon badge]

It makes sense as an 80s-y2k thing for hauling bc vans are taller

[green dock]

yupyup

[green dock]

cursed as it can ever be

[green dock]

also, more detailed plate holder made :D

compared to before

[past folio]

your normals look a little bloomy

like they've got this kinda going on

[green dock]

dunno, they look like theyre supposed to have ridges? (i think thats what they're called) and its just the lighting being funky

[past folio]

yeah the actual shape looks fine, but the processing on them looked funky

that picture they look fine

what res are you baking them at tho

[past folio]

you wanna minimize blooming as much as possible, and i always do my normals at like 2k so i can downscale later with less artifacts

[green dock]

baked at 2048, but im just reusing textures from another ford mod i made :p

[past folio]

ah i see

[green dock]

You using the normal map website?

[past folio]

no

[green dock]

oh

[past folio]

that was baked with materialize

made the heightmap in photoshop and then baked in materialize

[green dock]

Ahh nice

You learn substance yet?

[past folio]

nah, been working on a modeling project

[green dock]

Ah yeah

[past folio]

substance is on the backburner till i need it

[past folio]

a different one than i told you about lol

[green dock]

oh really?

[past folio]

i be signing myself up for shit left and right

[green dock]

you’ll get overloaded

[past folio]

this ones more practice than anything

[green dock]

Yup I get it, im trying to get better at baking and stuff lol

(made this and im extremely happy with the way it came out 🙏)

[past folio]

oh yeah i was gonna ping you so you could read that thing in mfd. after reading through it idk how well youd be able to apply it for these but it could be something to practice on

[green dock]

small little thing lol

[olive solstice]

we got ford van!!!!

[green dock]

will attempt to model the optional navigation unit, hope all goes well lol

[past folio]

shouldnt be that hard

[green dock]

texturing is what’s gonna be hard lol

will be modeled in the next coming days

booleans better treat me nicely 🙏

[past folio]

yeah, honestly if you can find a high quality one close to ortho you can probably project

[green dock]

mainly what I’ve been trying to find

[junior onyx]

Will there be a triton?

[calm quail]

good mod, but paid stops me there

[green dock]

paid as in 2-4$ :p i dont wanna charge much, and I actually want to make this worth the price maybe 🙏

[green dock]

obviously lol they're fords

[hearty valve]

Ohh on the van

[obsidian grotto]

Still waiting…

[green dock]

It’ll come, be patient

The ambulance upfit seems like the only real possible one right now.

[past folio]

what were the other ones you wanted?

i have goldfish memory

[green dock]

wanted to see if I could include an RV upfit as well, but I would have to ask permission from the guy who made it

[past folio]

is there not one in the vanilla game

[green dock]

nope

there is a rv trailer but not an upfit for the van itself

[past folio]

well shoot

the shell itself wouldnt be hard to make

but interior

fuuuuuuck that

i could probably do that now that i know how to use materials in blender but

already got enough stuff to work on atm lol

you could yoink the materials from the rv trailer

honestly you could also probably yoink the meshes from it too

[past folio]

actually i may look at that later

i’ll update if it looks promising or if all the interior stuff is like 10 years old and super jank

[hearty valve]

Obviously that’s being added

[obsidian grotto]

I know, just reprising.

[pastel vale]

Have you released this before cause I love these vans, They've got an option for 280hp v6 with an LSD, its sick.

[green dock]

Nope, I havent. I unfortunately dont have any plans of doing so either 😔

[pastel vale]

Uh damn

[green dock]

Putting bit by bit in game :D

I know its not much now, but the finished product wont dissapoint 🙏

[empty bluff]

That looks beautiful

[stuck jay]

how the interior looks like though

[green dock]

nothing much right now since im barely getting it in game

[stuck jay]

but

in blender

is it high quality

[green dock]

depends what you consider high quality

[stuck jay]

idk show

[green dock]

sure give me a sec

[green dock]

still have to add more details but this is roughly what there is

(early dash)

still have to add more details such as pedal normals, better button (i think) textures, etc

[stuck jay]

ah looks good ig

[hidden nebula]

why does that lind of roof look autistic

[green dock]

probably the angle of the photo, idk

[uneven pulsar]

Real life h series

[junior onyx]

The 4.6 is a triton?

[green dock]

yup

theres a regular 4.6 and then a 4.6 triton

[green dock]

fr

[obsidian grotto]

But weren't the Triton engines that problematic?

[green dock]

i dont know, I think they were im not so sure

[bitter finch]

They had a bad habit of weaponizing spark plugs

And cam phaser issues

[past folio]

the ol spark plug shooter

my brother in law had one that launched one into the hood so hard it dented it outwards

and then the head cracked

5.4 moment

[obsidian grotto]

Not sure why, but this kinda makes me wish for a good Chevrolet Express/GMC Savana mod.

[green dock]

there has been an express made

[obsidian grotto]

Yeah, but I don't feel like there's been much put into it.

[green dock]

rear is shaping up a lil, also size comparison

also high end headlights done, I have to tweak the colors in-game since they look washed out a bit D:

but final product wont dissapoint!

[past folio]

speedy work

[green dock]

there hasnt been much updates in 4 days im justr getting the necesary bits done 😭

[past folio]

i'm retopoing the shitvan rn

gotta figure out what i need to do next on it

besides everything

[green dock]

damn gl on that

[past folio]

i never realized how big hiace was

they'd sell like hotcakes as fleet vehicles here

[green dock]

also modelled some stuff for the high roof as well, since it was lacking details in the interior in EXTREMELY crucial and necesary bits

[green dock]

and this is just the swb

i drive a hiace, lwb high roof

[past folio]

i bet that's a doozy to get around in

i drove a long bed ram 1500 for about a year for work

hated doing anything requiring tight spaces

[green dock]

since it was like absolutely horrible

[green dock]

hiaces are better but again theyre still decently sized

[green dock]

quite high

[past folio]

i have more than that in miles on both of my dailies

[green dock]

ermm

[past folio]

412k kms on my impala and just under 395k on the camry

the work truck i had i put about 60k miles on in a year

[green dock]

damn a lot

[past folio]

a little over 200 miles a day usually

[fluid bridge]

where did you get the other van

[past folio]

they made it

[green dock]

special delivery

It can fit not one, but two Bock B50's on the LWB body

[steady elk]

I'm happy to see the Ford E-Series on BeamNG Drive

No more horrible E Series mods

[obsidian grotto]

SWB body possible?

[green dock]

read first message

there will be a swb body, but it'll probably only be able to fit one Bock

[obsidian grotto]

I couldn't see it

[cosmic gyro]

probably one of the best and realistic car modders

btw is that hiace gonna be released or private

also maybe i think you'll get popular if you have like sort of instagram account and post these pics there

[past folio]

who tf uses instagram to promote mods

[cosmic gyro]

i never said promote

just for posting purpose

[green dock]

idk I’ve been thinking on making an instagram account but again idk how that would go lol

[obsidian grotto]

Why not give it a shot?

[green dock]

Dunno if it would get me anywhere

[spring tangle]

Do you think it would be possible to do body styles like these?

[green dock]

i already clarified about the rv, but im not sure if im gonna include a service box or not either

I do want to, but it’ll be complex

[nova flower]

@green dock send server link

i heard you hab servuh

[green dock]

server is uhh interesting

it’s toxic

but okay

[past folio]

it is very much a server

[green dock]

i know lol

but you can join either way to see the progress of the funny weird stuff i make :p

[uneven meadow]

Just a small question: Will there be support for EU plates? Just curious

[green dock]

yes

[green dock]

on vacation right now, and here’s a photo of my stove because why not

progress will resume shortly

[gentle fractal]

Nice stove

[green dock]

thank you

[tribal sky]

probably a long shot, but could you make a wheelchair van config?

[past folio]

just the thought of the jbeam on the lift is nightmare fuel

[tribal sky]

true but even a non-functional one would still be cool

[green dock]

no plans for that

[tribal sky]

no worries super excited nonetheless!

[green dock]

thanks 🙏

[hidden nebula]

Hey trashmamal haven’t seen u in a while

[green dock]

jbeamed license plates go crazy

[green dock]

quite something

[next cargo]

I've seen many of these, and have ridden in a few in my short lifetime. I'm excited for its progress, it looks great so far! ❤️

[cosmic gyro]

will we have like some trims that is like bank robbery or just chaos trims

like the ramp-attached one

[nova flower]

technically every plate ingame is jbeamed

[green dock]

yes, without nodes

[green dock]

idk what you mean by that, like a money van?

idk I doubt that they would use econolines for that

maybe a security van would fit better

[past folio]

rochester security uses upfitted transits and econolines i believe

they also have the big international bank trucks

earlier gen but same concept

i could make this a skin if you do a bank van setup

i really like making crests and municipality logos like that

[green dock]

like with the fancy doors and whatnot?

also, plate lights exist now

the fancier wheels

[past folio]

i’d have to figure out how the doors would affect the UV

[stuck jay]

dam how do u even do that

i still cant do that shi 😭

[past folio]

the fucking 7 lugs

ford was so stupid in the 90s and 2000s

[green dock]

i thought i was tripping

[green dock]

i can ask my friend if hes up for modelling the bank van

[green dock]

props

[stuck jay]

yea ik but how

[green dock]

its suprisingly easy

[stuck jay]

i tired to play around with it

tried*

and i cant ffs figure out

like i figured out how to scratch jbeam but not how to make this 😭

[green dock]

all i needed to do that

[green dock]

no radio

[past folio]

though i wanna say these were just hubcaps, not actual alloys

yeah that style only came as hubcaps

[obsidian grotto]

Oof

[hearty valve]

Any plans for a school bus config?

[hushed bridge]

Read the main post. that's where you'll find the answer.

[green dock]

LWB Passenger body is roughly in game now :p

[royal pagoda]

That thing exists???

[past folio]

long boi

[green dock]

yes

[hearty valve]

Cool mod cant wait to buy it

[green dock]

not exactly 1:1 but this is the closest i could get

[nova flower]

increase emmision to 10000 (trust)

[green dock]

modelled this

optional nav screen

[past folio]

old wheel with new interior looks so strange

[green dock]

thats still the pre refesh interior lol

[nova flower]

set emmision to 10000 i dare

headlight interior

[past folio]

ik but evne the pre-refresh is using the late 2000's design lang with the late 90's early 2000's wheel

[green dock]

[green dock]

oh yeah right 😭 ford things i guess

[green dock]

bloom or no bloom?

ngl, i kinda like bloom more

[steady elk]

Bloom

[past folio]

can we see bloom at stock fov

[green dock]

depending on your resolution it would bloom more or not

1080p is barely noticeable, but has more color than what non-bloom would be

I’ll show some shots

[green dock]

blehh

[green dock]

(1080p)

[past folio]

aight yeah that's not too bad

[green dock]

one of the only american cars i like

[civic patio]

Idk why but I always thought the rims were just 😩

[green dock]

7 lug rims are just mildly interesting

[halcyon badge]

hell to tq down tho

odd star pattern bothers me

[rancid stirrup]

actually so fucking good looking

[cosmic gyro]

will this be in police mod or the police version of this to be in police mod or completely different mod

[green dock]

no this is its own mod entirely

[green dock]

And after this mod is done, I’ll be working on the police pack for a little then

[hearty ocean]

They're hubcaps dude

[civic patio]

didnt know that i thought they were alloys

[uneven meadow]

This is gonna be one of THE best mods out here in BeamNG
Keep up your super awesome work!
Can’t wait to drive that boi around West Coast!!

[green dock]

certainly not one of the best mods in general, but I hope it would be a good IRL car :D

[uneven meadow]

It definitely would be a really really well done mod

[green dock]

since again ik irl cars are frowned upon but I like making irl cars the right way

[uneven meadow]

Very nice
I still can’t get over your modeling skills
Like damn those cars are looking clean

[green dock]

It’s just what I do lol

That radio was fun to make, I liked it

[uneven meadow]

The radio really looks good, yeah

[green dock]

but yes I try my hardest in making my stuff

Even though deformation won’t be the best compared to fully lore friendly cars

I still try my best 🙏

[uneven meadow]

[nova flower]

theyre literally alloys

[green dock]

he’s right they are hubcaps 😭😭

I think

Yup

[nova flower]

ayo they look like alloys 😭

[green dock]

It’s because of the lug nuts

I think lol

[past folio]

correct, these never came as alloys

[hearty ocean]

Bro if you want to be even further confused, the hubcaps have only 7 lug nuts on them like some F150s and the rare non-superduty F250s had, but econolines were only 5 or 8 lug

Although the ones that got those hubcaps were 8x6.5 bolt pattern only

[green dock]

[ON HOLD] 2008–Present Ford E-Series

Just so all of you know

For those who aren’t in my server, this is the reason for this being on hold 😭

[nova flower]

gl

try not to crash the plane

[green dock]

I won’t 🙏

[past folio]

https://tenor.com/view/america-ya-gif-15374592095658975433

[green dock]

what a coincidence

im going to america too

america ya

[past folio]

thats why i posted it

[green dock]

I knew at least one person was gonna post it 😭

[green dock]

Never again

[past folio]

you gotta do much slower

is that scaniverse

[green dock]

yes

Polycam was horrible

[past folio]

yeah without doing like

[green dock]

Was but at the same time I didn’t want the police called on me either

[past folio]

50 photos

do you have zephyr on home pc

[green dock]

nope

[past folio]

i’ll hook you up

thatd be your easiest way

but honestly just regular ass photos in ortho

[green dock]

taking individual photos instead of lidar?

[past folio]

yeah lidar sucks unless you specifically need the shape of it

do you need texture or shape

[green dock]

Shape

[past folio]

photogrammetry will probably be better honestly

[green dock]

I can texture it i just need an accurate enough scan tbh

[past folio]

or heges with the front camera

for the faceid super dense scanning

tracking can be a bitch with it tho

[green dock]

True

Also, should I make these weird ass circular windows cuz I see a lot of vans here with those

pothole windows whatever they are

[past folio]

honestly theyre kinda rare

i never see them much anymore

alright i was trying to get some good results with heges

it definitely takes some practice

ive gotten good scans before

this was when i scanned a miata seat so i could figure out mounting it to my rig

[green dock]

They’re so common over here in nyc

big roof

[past folio]

big roof

[green dock]

this exists now about time it does

discord was so bad on my laptop it crashed when I was trying to send an actual decent picture lol

but yes advancetrac badge exists now

[cosmic gyro]

hot

also good luck though

on everything you do irl

[green dock]

it lives (on my laptop)

all badging done now (including advancetrac rsc and flex fuel)

from e-150 up to e-450

[tribal sky]

looks awesome!

[native oak]

thiss is so hype....'

[oak siren]

[dense anchor]

I'd love to see a Dodge Van mod too!

[finite topaz]

Will Hiace be released someday?

[green dock]

いいえ

very low quality

only for traffic

[finite topaz]

okay

[dawn garnet]

ford econoline my beloved

[obsidian grotto]

That would be a contender for Agent's traffic vehicles

[upbeat moon]

🔥

[green dock]

hello guys

we are working on sliding door bodies

since why not try suffering with those

more progress will come soon, it’s so that we can put a little more into this so it just isn’t so basic and all

[faint tendon]

dude you do not know how bad i’ve been wanting a van in beamng with sliding doors i can’t wait for this to be done

[nova flower]

will it be lansdale based

cos ezpz adapt

[green dock]

yes but i need severe help on jbean 😔

[nova flower]

womp

i wont be able to help

to many things i gotta do

[green dock]

😞

i won’t be able to start working on it beam wise until like the end of the month 🙏😔

[lilac ledge]

shizukani

irashaimasen

[past folio]

🤨

[green dock]

just found out there was a non-step bumper so ill work on modeling this

[green dock]

sliding door

[faint tendon]

nice

[green dock]

[slow development] 2008–Present Ford E-Series

[obsidian grotto]

What's this holdup for?

[past folio]

nunya

[azure flame]

nunya business mate

[open patrol]

Its gonna be career mode friendly right?

[willow spade]

Quite a fan of this van

[green dock]

if you mean that you can purchase it and put loads on it then yes

[open patrol]

perfect lol

This is one of the most exiting Real life ar mods of all 2024 (atleast fo me)

[halcyon badge]

Question, will this have a 4wd conversion like what timberline/quirky does?

[green dock]

I could make something like that

dosent seem difficult

[halcyon badge]

Could use the suspension off the h or d series or roamer

[green dock]

yeah true that

[green dock]

hey hey development will resume shortly on this, is there anything like liveries or things for the van you guys would want to suggest?

just so you all know, the non step bumper will soon be worked on

[nova flower]

free candy

[green dock]

that’s obviously planned

[nova flower]

[green dock]

😭

more like company stuff

internet van blah blah blah

[nova flower]

lmao

[green dock]

just silly stuff to add so this would have more than what it already does

[nova flower]

free engine oil replacement van

[green dock]

gauge light party

[obsidian grotto]

Mayhaps ask Top Tier for some fictitious skins?

[green dock]

Never heard of that person

[shut trellis]

Food truck i guess?

[green dock]

I’m not sure if bothering them about this would be the right thing to do tbh

[long salmon]

something classic like an a team inspired livery or a modern mystery machine perhaps? big roof wing?

[empty bluff]

UPS and US Mail I guess?

[brittle fjord]

Beamcom livery similar to the H-series?

[tight oasis]

Some kind of school transportation company or livery? I rode in a lot of these back in early middle school, so that would be quite nostalgic for me. (Can't think of any names for the comapny at the moment though)

[halcyon badge]

a bruckell service van or a hardware store rental?

[green dock]

Hardware store rental would honestly make more sense, the bruckell service can dosent really make much sense for me tbh

[past folio]

liveries based on some of the wcusa delivery locations would be cool

[green dock]

we're back

currently working on fixing this mess of a passenger body

[viscid flame]

can you make sliding doors for the work van?pls?

[upbeat vector]

is the van out yet

[past folio]

no

[green dock]

you have eyes btw

[past folio]

or ykno

[green dock]

non step bumper (chrome and black) done!!!!!

[steady elk]

Can't wait to kidnap dummies

[nova flower]

lights sex

[azure flame]

yummy

[green dock]

early version of cutaway, ill work on fixing more sutff on it later

just wanted to show that it does exist

wheels are a placeholder rn, and im still not close to being done with anything on this thing lol

will include both srw and drw configs

just like in the factory

[azure flame]

hot

[rapid token]

Could u have free demo when released :3

Have been looking an econoline mod for 3 years now

[native oak]

oh is this paid?

how much is it

[green dock]

probably would be like 4 5 ish dollars im not sure yet

but again this will be packed with a TON of stuff

[native oak]

i cant wait !!

[tribal verge]

e

[green dock]

all optional badges in (flexfuel, and advancetrac)

[green dock]

new e-series update

short bodies now exist

passenger/cargo

[tepid karma]

Holy!!!! When’s this going to be finished estimate?

(I’m new, please don’t be a smart pants and get pissed off at me for asking)

[green dock]

who knows

I don’t even know myself

[green dock]

export

[tepid karma]

It looks nearly complete, drivable?

[green dock]

driveable yes

[obsidian grotto]

I think what's left are the upfits

[green dock]

so much more is left

just because it looks done

it isn’t, its far from being done lol

[left socket]

Wow!!🤩 Amazing great work it looks stunning I can’t wait for this!

[rancid merlin]

Looks extremely good, this ones paid right?

[raw panther]

If it is I hope there’s a free demo or something

Cause I’m too broke to be spending money on digital cars

[rancid merlin]

Pff

Honestly same

Like I got the money I just don't have a card

And I'm trying to save up for this mf

[kindred egret]

im going to buy that mod the second it comes out idk why but my autism loves vans

[native oak]

vans are peak as fuck

[odd jackal]

I need more vans in my life

[uneven meadow]

No way bro imported a big ass Ford van to Japan!!!!11!1!!!1!1

[rocky stag]

Woah how did I miss this gem

[green dock]

work van

[obsidian grotto]

What upfits are currently in the making?

[green dock]

none yet

the ones that are planned are a KUV

box truck

uhaul

ambulance

RV

and yeah

[odd jackal]

I did two videos of them things running from police, upon release I need to make a 3rd

[obsidian grotto]

Speaking of, could you imagine?

[green dock]

maybe one not as big as that

[green dock]

internet van

and don’t ask, there will be a beamcom livery as well

[rocky stag]

Needs a pool company version or comparability with the Urent skins

[rocky stag]

Forget my previous statement

[rocky stag]

This is actually amazing, it's only missing the little computer and phone

[green dock]

i can try to adapt the u-rent / uhaul skins into this, shouldn’t be too difficult

[raw panther]

Is this gonna be free or paid?

[green dock]

Most likely paid probably, this thing is still so far from being done lol

[quiet portal]

been doin this mod foreverrrr lol

[green dock]

long awaited uhaul

[tribal sky]

yes

love it

[green dock]

LWB cargo and passenger UV’s (also compatible with the regular wheelbase body as well)

If you guys want, I can also make the regular wheelbase body UV’s seperate as well

[rocky stag]

Have you considered making the NYPD surveillance vans?

[green dock]

honestly yes i did want to make NYPD configs

i saw them irl so I easily can

now idk if there existing liveries of NYPD surveillance specifically so i might just have to do a basic NYPD livery

[nova flower]

if this is the actual geometry irll cause you problems

you need more loops otherwise thisll deform worse than a modland mod

[raw panther]

I kinda want to make skins for this

[green dock]

that was the base base model

i edited the model like crazy

😭

so that it actually deforms decently

[uneven meadow]

Just realized how massive those vans are

[odd jackal]

Is there going to be a Police or Ambulance varient?

[rocky stag]

Nicee, it doesn't even really need the fictional boom lift, just having it is cool

[green dock]

yes and yes

[green dock]

Mhm, but there will also be lore friendly liveries fyi

a mix between real world, and lore friendly liveries

[odd jackal]

awesome!

[rocky stag]

Awesome

Shuffleboard logistics boutta go hard

[odd jackal]

Police vans go hard

[green dock]

if i make a lore friendly version of the E-Series, then itll only have lore friendly liveries

(essentially same design but different badging)

would be called something like

Falcon E-Series

[rocky stag]

Gavril V-series MK2

[odd jackal]

Henry Falcon made the Falcon Model E

[rocky stag]

The name of the van in game is the V-series right?

[green dock]

H-series

[odd jackal]

h series looks completely different

[rocky stag]

Oh
Gavril H series MK2 then

[rocky stag]

Yeah I suppose

It's a mix of a Express and E series

[odd jackal]

gavril is more like chevy in my opinion

[green dock]

yep

[rocky stag]

I think it's more ford

[green dock]

thats why i had the idea of falcon

[odd jackal]

so a new brand like falcon

[green dock]

(from iretr0x)

[rocky stag]

But it's definitely a blend of the Detroit three

Some Gavrils look like dodges, some Chevy's, and some ford

[green dock]

gavril is just gm mixed with other american car brands

[rocky stag]

I prefer Hirochi anyway

I like those cars the most

This van though is gonna be a great addition for stuff like this

[odd jackal]

How do people make their mods paid if the mod is like a Ford Mustang

I'll still buy the mods but I just thought about that

[rocky stag]

You take the file, and lock it behind a patreon membership, or something like Kofi

Or privately sell it

[green dock]

kofi, gumroad, buy me a coffee, etc

many platforms

booth (japanese platform to sell stuff)

[odd jackal]

I plan on doing a commission for $400 to get a good dodge charger with everything

[rocky stag]

Paid mods are acceptable. But when a single car costs $23 that's when it gets ridiculous

[rocky stag]

There's a million charger mods

[odd jackal]

Aries lol

[odd jackal]

I bought the "good" ones and they suck

[rocky stag]

My mod commissions look more like a Mazdaspeed3 and a C4 vette

[odd jackal]

Royals and Hellish made the only two good ones

[green dock]

what model years?

[odd jackal]

the new hellcats

[green dock]

ahh okay

[odd jackal]

I just want a charger with a supercharger that sounds real

[green dock]

this is the charger i made

[rocky stag]

I have one, I think it's actually hellishs

[green dock]

im really happy with it tbh

[odd jackal]

Thats sick!

[rocky stag]

Is that the repo one?

[odd jackal]

is the file name archarger

[rocky stag]

Jeez thats nice.

[rocky stag]

I'll check later

[green dock]

no no

[odd jackal]

is it paid?

[rocky stag]

Is this private or paid?

[green dock]

not released

[rocky stag]

Or wip

[green dock]

wip

[odd jackal]

I can't wait!

[rocky stag]

Will it be paid?

[green dock]

i plan on also making every single trim for this as well

but its gonna be harder

[rocky stag]

Wow that's amazing

[green dock]

and im still deciding on that

[rocky stag]

I'll gladly buy it as long as the price is right

There's a charger mod like that on the repo, but it doesn't have a lot of trims and it's a bit old

[green dock]

(i paid like ￥21,500 for this model)

which is like

140 ish usd

[rocky stag]

Woah

[green dock]

if i make it paid

then itll be cheap

i dont wanna be a ripoff to anyone in any way

so, if its paid

then itll be around 4-5 dollars

[rocky stag]

That's fair

[green dock]

most likely 4

[odd jackal]

PLEASE ADD AIRBAGS

[green dock]

not possible

[rocky stag]

Aren't these hard to code

Same with the car chimes?

[odd jackal]

I have them in a bunch of my paid mods

I love seeing the airbags go off

[green dock]

they're just meshes mapped to a breakgroup tbh

[rocky stag]

Well said paid mods usually have a team working on them, I'm assuming this guy is a one man team

[rocky stag]

Or this

[green dock]

yep

all my projects are solo

[odd jackal]

kenemation pumps out mods

[green dock]

though i have a friend that helps me model

[green dock]

kenemation is a team of individual ppl

[rocky stag]

Kenemation is a team

[odd jackal]

i still buy kenemations stuff

[rocky stag]

Lately he's also been Zip bombing (or so I've heard)

[green dock]

(the sliding door bodies if you haven't seen that yet)

[odd jackal]

he has gotten to a point where its worth 3-5 but not 8 dollars

[odd jackal]

whats zip bombing

[green dock]

a file thats looks to be like 80 mb but when you unzip it its like

200 something gb

[odd jackal]

Why though if someone bought it

[green dock]

idk, might try to steal things off it

[odd jackal]

I never been zip bombed from it

[odd jackal]

So just don't unzip his stuff?

[green dock]

yea

[odd jackal]

I can't mod anyways

[green dock]

but i dont reccomend using kenemations stuff

theyre mid quality

[odd jackal]

and I wanted to put hellraisers sounds in them but he made that impossible

[odd jackal]

They are getting better but not worth what he charges

[green dock]

yep

[rocky stag]

Hiding malicious content in the zip file

[odd jackal]

he made up so much of my expensive mod folder

[odd jackal]

So I paid just for him to give me a virus?

[rocky stag]

Sometimes

You have to check the mods before installing

[odd jackal]

I just noticed how much money I spent https://www.patreon.com/kenemationmods/shop

[rocky stag]

That E92 mod I wouldn't buy

[odd jackal]

the rangerover is good

[rocky stag]

There's a free one on the repo

[odd jackal]

i didnt buy the e92

[rocky stag]

And this

I think it was Trojans they were using. I'm not 100% sure it was kenemation, but I know one of the big paid mod makers was hiding Trojans

[rocky stag]

I have his transit. It's a bit mid.

[odd jackal]

that one sucks

[rocky stag]

I have this Mazda 3 mod that was paid I found somewhere and it's terrible

The front seats are like gangster leaning

[odd jackal]

I wouldn't get leaked mods

buying mods is superior

[rocky stag]

I only have like 3 from Modland. The Mazda, a Impreza, and a Mustang

[rocky stag]

Depends on price

I wouldn't pay more than $5 for a mod

[odd jackal]

I bought a c6 corvette a while back for 10

[green dock]

i honestly wanna make a c6

[odd jackal]

its good and was updated so once i stop being broke with my 20 cents im buying it

[odd jackal]

please a c8

no one made a good c8 and the aries one sucks

Your van looks really good, I have a express but the UHaul varient is broken

Alright I need to do something, sick 2014 era Charger and I can't wait for a good ambulance

[rocky stag]

I didn't even know there was a C8 yet

[long salmon]

e series falcons exist irl, would be strange lmao

[raw panther]

It’s sucks ass

Definitely not worth the money

[rocky stag]

It's very obviously a meshslap, or just poor quality

[alpine hill]

could we get a lore friendly version with gavril badges and stuff

[green dock]

gavril wouldnt make much sense

but there will probably be a lore friendly version

[alpine hill]

Then what brand would it be

Bruckell

I couldn’t really picture them as a utility company imo

[green dock]

idk tbh

i never thought of a proper lore friendly version

[raw panther]

That's an H series with extra steps

[pliant wave]

Is it paid?

[raw panther]

Most likely

[shut trellis]

I know I prob shouldn't worry but the U-Haul and Spectrum just MIGHT be copyrighted so I think it would be safe to make the names a little off...

[past folio]

its very very very very unlikely that it would get a strike

its not going on the repo anyway

[green dock]

I mean there is quite literally uhaul liveries for the pickup on the repo

[hearty valve]

modland is 💩

[steady elk]

Fr

[raw panther]

I got some of my best totally 100% free✅✅✅✅✅ no virus mods off of there

[hearty valve]

He’s been making viruses for people leaking his mods

[rocky stag]

That's what I heard

I don't really condone leaking. It's terrible to do that to a devoted creator.
With that said, you do not need to be charging $20 for a mid mod

[hearty valve]

I’ve come close to getting viruses from leaked mods but I scan my mods with virustotal for any MSI, exe, etc files that have dangerous extensions.

[past folio]

or you know, not using them?

or novel idea, actually pay for them?

[raw panther]

I don’t like the idea of there being a 50/50 chance that I’m buying complete junk

[green dock]

idk if admitting that is the smartest idea

[past folio]

then dont buy it

[raw panther]

That’s the funny part

I don’t

[past folio]

that also means don’t use a leaked copy

good paid mods are less than a meal at mcdonalds

[raw panther]

There are genuinely good paid mods (that I’d pay for), but I’m not gonna spend $20 on kenemation garbage because I want a fucking Ford transit to dick around with

[past folio]

yeah idc whose they are, if youre not gonna buy it, dont use it

its literally simple as that

[raw panther]

You can disagree with me all you want, but that dude ain’t getting a single cent of my money

Also, the mod sucked so hard that I literally deleted it because I had better shit to install

I’m not continuing this argument. It’s fucking pointless.

[raw panther]

Btw what mod is in your banner?

[winter dirge]

i hope your computer gets a ransomware virus for using leaked mods

[raw panther]

There is an absolutely wild thing to wish on somebody

[winter dirge]

as wild as openly admiting to using leaked mods

[raw panther]

It’s wild to pay $20 for a mod that doesn’t even work properly

[winter dirge]

yea that too

[raw panther]

And you shouldn’t wish bad things on other people

[winter dirge]

but its also wild to get a high quality 4€ leaked mod because you are a cheapskate

[raw panther]

I don’t download the really good shit

I’m talking about kenemation junk

So bad I didn’t even keep it

[past folio]

that doesn’t justify it lol

[raw panther]

He doesn’t deserve the money

[past folio]

and you dont deserve to use the mod

youre not entitled to anything

if youre not gonna pay for it, then you dont need it or dont want it

[raw panther]

That may not have been the nicest reply

Sorry

But still

[past folio]

i dont want your respect, because frankly you have none of mine

[raw panther]

Then why are you talking to me

The block button exists

[past folio]

already ahead of you on that

im just saying youre not cool for using leaked mods, regardless of whether they “deserve” being paid for

[raw panther]

Ok but I’m still going to do whatever I want with my $7k computer

[green dock]

respectfully if you’re gonna go yap about using leaked mods blah blah blah id be so grateful if you do it somewhere else and not here

I dont see the necessity to talk about that type of stuff here, let alone in a mod thread about some huge American van

[raw panther]

Bro started it

Also I’d pay for your mod it looks good and you seem like a decent person

[hearty valve]

I’m broke af 💀😭

[green dock]

flexing your 7k computer is not gonna do you anything here, sure it might be good and stuff but there’s no need for this “argument” to even start in the first place

if ur gonna use leaked mods then don’t mention it here it’s hella offtopic 😭

[green dock]

thank you but if you’re gonna talk about leaked mods do it somewhere else pls thx

[green dock]

don’t download them shlawg 😭🙏

[hearty valve]

I hope you get hit by a truck going 90 miles per hour

[raw panther]

Holy fuck bro calm down

He’s an asshole, but you don’t gotta say all that

[green dock]

if you don’t have FOUR dollars or less but you can afford a pc that can run beam then what are you doing 😭🙏

[raw panther]

Buying loads of rare shit

[green dock]

that’s understandable but if that’s the case don’t complain about affording anything

[winter dirge]

now flexing that you have an expensive computer?

lmao

[raw panther]

Am I not allowed to have have things?

[winter dirge]

uh yeah but theres no need to mention that "you have a 7k€" pc

[raw panther]

It’s in dollars

[winter dirge]

ok still thats like the same

[nova flower]

i bet you you have 2 4090s when one of them is doing fuck all and an i3 10100f

and tons of rgb puke