Project CARS Modding Questions & WIP
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No, that's exactly what should be avoided. I am advocating that there should be a single trunk package, which the mods branch from, not forest full of installers. I am certainly offering to contribute to said package, and have contacted Autoprophet (and of course, JDougNY).
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I need help , I managed to put SHIFT2 cars CARS project , but I have a big problem with MEB files, especially for the car body . BMT_PAINT , and have noticed that you contributed to the nissan r35 body has physical rain . so good I even managed to successfully put the TS020 1998 to play my favorite car by changing certain parameter .
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by "rebuild" you mean convert? From s2u to pcars I take it?
These things cause the game to crash:
1. some s2u bmt (especially ones with glass and windscreen)
2. lack of physics files or badly named/edited physics files
your .crd entry for physics needs to point to vdfm. Then in your vdfm you give the name for most other physics files (chassis, gears, etc.). All those files need to have the same name as the one you defined inside the vdfm.
You need do add entries for the tires of your car in files inside tyres and tire folders.
You need to hex-edit all your body mebs (body, bonnet, boot, chassis, etc.). Compare your car's body mebs to corresponding mebs in pcars. Make sure they have the same number of channels (vertex parameters). For example:
most likely your car doesn't have 0.3.3. and 1.3.4. For 0.3.3 copy 4.6.0, paste it after 1.3.2 and fillit with 00.
For 1,3,4 copy 1.3.0, paste it after 0.3.3. and fill with 00 00 80 3F
If 1.3.2 is missing then copy 1.3.0 and paste it right at the end of 1.3.0 and fill with 00 00 80 3F.
Once you add channels you need to increase the value indicating the amount of vertex parameters at the beginning of the file.
Unfortunately there's no other way round it.
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tnx!
I have just one little question: do you know where the VehicleShape entry in the .crd file reffers to? [manufacturer logos reffers to "GUI/Manufacturerlogo"]
If you look at other cars' vehicleShape you see it refers to type/class of this vehicle. I am not sure but it might play a role in selecting AI competitors for a race. Just select something that's similar to your car.
Btw, in VDFM you may want to point the your car's physics to existing pcars' physics. So as you open the vdfm edit the readable name in the right hand column to the exact same name that you find in pcars cars. One thing to look out for is not to exceed the byte number of your bin file, so look for a name of the same or shorter length. Using pcars' physics should help you identify if it's something missing or wrong with your physics files or should you look at bmt.
Btw, in VDFM you may want to point the your car's physics to existing pcars' physics. So as you open the vdfm edit the readable name in the right hand column to the exact same name that you find in pcars cars. One thing to look out for is not to exceed the byte number of your bin file, so look for a name of the same or shorter length. Using pcars' physics should help you identify if it's something missing or wrong with your physics files or should you look at bmt.
A question to the experts in here:
Will it be necessary to provide the standard liveries in a mod if you just want to add liveries? Like in the McLaren old liveries mod..
I started to sort the liveries in VehicleHRLiveries.bff, it's still some work to do, but I already got most of the GTE/GT3 cars, Capers, Ford Mustang TransAm, the Audi LMPs, BMW E30, Mercedes E190, Ford Sierra,..
Wouldn't this make adding liveries a lot easier? By the way, there are plenty of fictional liveries for the R18 TDI in game, altogether with the known McLarens, some Astons, etc
Will it be necessary to provide the standard liveries in a mod if you just want to add liveries? Like in the McLaren old liveries mod..
I started to sort the liveries in VehicleHRLiveries.bff, it's still some work to do, but I already got most of the GTE/GT3 cars, Capers, Ford Mustang TransAm, the Audi LMPs, BMW E30, Mercedes E190, Ford Sierra,..
Wouldn't this make adding liveries a lot easier? By the way, there are plenty of fictional liveries for the R18 TDI in game, altogether with the known McLarens, some Astons, etc
I am not sure if you can mod default Pcars vehicles with current bootfiles unlocker (8.0) at all. Jdoug's files were more comprehensive and allowed modding existing cars. You need to try yourself by copying rcf files from Jdoug's unlocker into current 8.0 unlocker files and then modifying the entries to point them to your liveries.
What I had in mind was quite similar to what I did with doc at the F1 season 1991 mod, but sourcing out all stock liveries to an external folder.. Plus changing rcf's to actually add new liveries.. I still have to figure out how to apply this with the mod injection tool, still a long way to go, but having the liveries decoded is IMO a big step forward to add new liveries without compromises (see the McLaren mod: at first low res liveries from Vehicle_XL_livery were used and now replaced with the files from HRLiveries).
I don't know if I'll reach a stage for some "smooth" release, but I love to figure it out at least for myself
I don't know if I'll reach a stage for some "smooth" release, but I love to figure it out at least for myself
Hi Reiche, dunno if you follow the official forums, but I've got a Custom Liveries tool that is tested and very close to release. It doesn't source out the stock liveries, but still allows for new ones to either take their place or be added, and an easy distributable package to be assembled for league use or a addon mod.
<mod edit: you can add it here http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/categories/project-cars.55/)
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