Accessing More Parts

Sorry to bother you folks, I just have a question and wasn't sure where to post it. I'm working on customizing a
"Brutton Grander". And I was wondering if there is a fairly straight forward way of modifying a .lua file or something, to be able and access more accessories in the game for a particular vehicle? Or would I have to create a completely new 3d model? I work quite a bit with .lua files, but it's for DCS World, so I'm fairly familiar with them. I just haven't done any modding in BeamNG. Thanks

 

Parts for vehicles use .jbeam files, which are basically .json files but with minimal changes to make them easier to use, for example you can put comments in them.
If you want to add extra parts, you’d probably need to copy an existing jbeam of a part from the mod, then change some things there (like the name). Also, if you want a part that looks different, then you will have to make a mesh for it and export it as a .dae file.

.lua in BeamNG is used for the more fancy and complicated stuff, like screens on modern vehicles.

 

Thanks for the informative reply, @SSRG . I would like to get into designing some custom parts packs, mainly for the Gavril T-Series and some other trucking mods. Seeing as how I'm a truck driver, customizing and tearing up hell in a simulation relieves a lot of stress.......LOL

 

Heh.
Well, you can always look at modding videos, the documentation as well as vanilla content to try and get the grasp of parts. Personally, I think json is a very intuitive language, and jbeam is just json but with comments as I said.
Good luck!