Modding Questions Thread

Scartzaw · Jan 18, 2014

Great, i tried it and it works. Thanks a lot! Its been bugging me for the whole day

. Another follow-up question, how do you edit the picture of the driver and helmet in "Grand prix" mode?

Ozwell · Jan 19, 2014

Hello everyone,I'm here because I've got a big problem.
I've changed the ID of hamilton in F1 2012 and now is on the HRT and Schumacher has taked his place in mclaren.They have changed team correctly,but on track,Hamilton has the Mclaren car and Schumacher the Mercedes,can someone help me?

Scartzaw · Jan 19, 2014

Ozwell said:
Hello everyone,I'm here because I've got a big problem.
I've changed the ID of hamilton with perez,so perez is in mercedes and hamilton in the mclaren.
But when I go to the track,it shows that Hamilton still drives the mercedes and perez the mclaren,even if they have changed team,how can I solve this?

Where did you edit it? Could help if you took a screenshot of what you edited, so people can see what you did ..

Ozwell · Jan 19, 2014

okay,wait,I'll upload it

Ozwell · Jan 19, 2014

as you can see,Hamilton(20) is in the HRT(29) and Schumacher(40) is in the Mclaren(21) and they have changed the team correctly,but on track,shumacher has mercedes and hamilton has mclaren,how come?

JMNick1 · Jan 20, 2014

I've tried changing the teams tiers and performance values, but I haven't noticed any changes. For example, I went into EDE and went under f1teams and changed Williams and Mclaren to tier 1, and also changed their performance values each to 0.93. Both Williams are still finishing around 15th plus or minus a few, and the Mclarens are finishing just inside the top ten, or just outside. Does anyone know how to actually change the performance of teams?

benvelor · Jan 20, 2014

hello!
I've tried to change drivers name with EGO Database editor, but ingame appear like two little square...
I've changed webber with magnussen, i've edited the field name and surname in f1_drivers in database.
Are there other files i've to change? I saerch in language file, but I don't find anything...
Thanks to all!

joave525 · Jan 20, 2014

Is it possible to change your profile picture in career mode to a picture of your own?
i can't find any profile pictures using the PSSG editor..(the black helmet guy) I know it's not a big deal but it would be fun having your own face up there next to alonso's!

If any of you guys know anything about it i would love to here about it =)

take care!

mod edit - merged into correct thread

w1n1x · Jan 20, 2014

joave525 said:
Is it possible to change your profile picture in career mode to a picture of your own?
i can't find any profile pictures using the PSSG editor..(the black helmet guy) I know it's not a big deal but it would be fun having your own face up there next to alonso's!

If any of you guys know anything about it i would love to here about it =)

take care!

It's possible .

I don't know the exact location where you should search for it, but the guys here can probably help you out
And this thread doesn't belong here. This thread is for mod releases only. Post questions only here:
http://www.racedepartment.com/forum/threads/modding-questions-thread.68653/page-40
And modding requests to the modding requests thread.

JMNick1 · Jan 22, 2014

I'm not 100% sure if this is where I should go with this, but I don't know where else to ask this. So I downloaded chargingcar's HD wheel pack and it worked perfectly. I then downloaded lyolik's realistic LED display mod, and attempted to combine the two together. I used Ryder's pssg editor, and moved chargingcar's int_mc2_main.tga into lyolik's int_mc2.pssg. When I got into the game, the LEDs had basically a black line through them. I could still see the lights, but it was dim and very distorted. So I went back, restored the files and tried to do it again. When I did it this time, it said I needed administrator permission to move the file. I gave permission and it still didn't work. So I went back into the game, and it crashes now when loading into the race. So I thought I'd just give up and stick with just one mod. When I went to restore the files again, it told me I need administrator permission yet again to move the mc2 folder which is in the interior folder. So I can't play the game now. Thank you for any responses!

ML2166 · Jan 22, 2014

JMNick1 said:
I'm not 100% sure if this is where I should go with this, but I don't know where else to ask this. So I downloaded chargingcar's HD wheel pack and it worked perfectly. I then downloaded lyolik's realistic LED display mod, and attempted to combine the two together. I used Ryder's pssg editor, and moved chargingcar's int_mc2_main.tga into lyolik's int_mc2.pssg. When I got into the game, the LEDs had basically a black line through them. I could still see the lights, but it was dim and very distorted. So I went back, restored the files and tried to do it again. When I did it this time, it said I needed administrator permission to move the file. I gave permission and it still didn't work. So I went back into the game, and it crashes now when loading into the race. So I thought I'd just give up and stick with just one mod. When I went to restore the files again, it told me I need administrator permission yet again to move the mc2 folder which is in the interior folder. So I can't play the game now. Thank you for any responses!

Back up/copy any mods you wish to keep, other than the one that is causing you issues. Re verify your files through Steam, and then just drop your backed up mods back into game again.

JMNick1 · Jan 22, 2014

ML2166 said:
Back up/copy any mods you wish to keep, other than the one that is causing you issues. Re verify your files through Steam, and then just drop your backed up mods back into game again.

Will I end up losing my save game from doing that?

ML2166 · Jan 22, 2014

In theory no you shouldn't. All it will and should do is replace missing or altered game files.

JMNick1 · Jan 22, 2014

ML2166 said:
In theory no you shouldn't. All it will and should do is replace missing or altered game files.

Ohh okay. Thanks a bunch! Is it even possible to do what I was trying to do? Get the custom LED mod and put it together with the HD wheels?

ML2166 · Jan 22, 2014

Yes it shouldn't be an issue as they are only texture files. Extract all the light textures from one into dds format, then import them into the interiors files of your choice.

JMNick1 · Jan 22, 2014

ML2166 said:
Yes it shouldn't be an issue as they are only texture files. Extract all the light textures from one into dds format, then import them into the interiors files of your choice.

Thanks! I'm not great with this stuff, but I'll give it another shot

Skorzeny8814 · Jan 23, 2014

Is there a way to make the AI crash more often? They make very few mistakes and there's no crash except for Monaco. They don't get penalties (I saw the AI getting a penalty only one time and I'm on my fifth season) or mechanical failurs. It would make the game much more realistic if every race had at least three or four driver out. Can you help me, how to do it?

Skorzeny8814 · Jan 23, 2014

Skorzeny8814 said:
Is there a way to make the AI crash more often? They make very few mistakes and there's no crash except for Monaco. They don't get penalties (I saw the AI getting a penalty only one time and I'm on my fifth season) or mechanical failurs. It would make the game much more realistic if every race had at least three or four driver out. Can you help me, how to do it?

I've tried editing the database file and make the AI drivers 'mistake number' more than 1, but nothing happened.

thedeadman2007 · Jan 24, 2014

Hi guys hoping some could give me some advice!
I have never edited car skins etc before and I see some great examples on here now I thought I would give it ago as I'm not the stupidest of people where this sort of thing is concerned, now I started editing in f1 2012 to get a idea of what I needed to do and thought I would start off basic when I edited the mclaren to look like the new force (picture is my profile picture as wouldn't upload as anything else) and as of yet photoshop won't let me save the model as a dds file so I can use Ryder to import it back into the game, any ideas? Would me most helpful as I'm starting on the 2013 model soon and could be helpful advice for that.

Lesley Buurlage · Jan 24, 2014

thedeadman2007 said:
Hi guys hoping some could give me some advice!
I have never edited car skins etc before and I see some great examples on here now I thought I would give it ago as I'm not the stupidest of people where this sort of thing is concerned, now I started editing in f1 2012 to get a idea of what I needed to do and thought I would start off basic when I edited the mclaren to look like the new force (picture is my profile picture as wouldn't upload as anything else) and as of yet photoshop won't let me save the model as a dds file so I can use Ryder to import it back into the game, any ideas? Would me most helpful as I'm starting on the 2013 model soon and could be helpful advice for that.

You have the dds plugin for photoshop?