So Im trying to copy the stuff in the "art" folder for Utah into Small Grid, but I can't because it's a .zip file. Any help? Thank you
First off, don't work in the content folder of BeamNG at all, copy what you want out into another location, then you won't break your game. You need to unzip the file, use WinRAR or 7Zip to do this.
Look at some tutorials or go to the wiki mate, I may as well make the map myself if I have to explain everything. Some links you may find useful: https://www.beamng.com/threads/tutorial-how-to-create-your-own-map-for-beamng-drive.19598/ https://wiki.beamng.com/Map_Creation_Megapage https://wiki.beamng.com/Map_editor https://wiki.beamng.com/Map_Creation
In this tutorial I will show you how to copy art folders from one level to another. This is very helpful to get certain roads or textures into another level. In this example i will be copying Utah's art folder into Small Grid. Essentially you can do this to put any art folder into any level. In this simple tutorial you will need winRAR or 7zip. I have no experience with 7zip so i recommend WinRAR WinRar download: http://www.win-rar.com/download.html?&L=0 1. Double click Utah (Go to program files (probably Program files (x86) ) steam, steamapps, common, beamng drive, content, levels. (down below is what is should look like) 2. open the levels folder in the zip, then Utah, then it should look like this down below. 3. Copy the art folder. DO this by pressing CTRL + C. It might not copy the first time, so i recommend pressing CTRL + C 3 times. It should look like this when copying. If you have a super fast computer it may show nothing at all. 4. go to small grid's zip. It should be in the same folder as Utah. (Not same zip obviously.) 5. Open it up by double clicking Small Grid. In the zip double click levels, then small grid. DO NOT OPEN UP THE ART FOLDER!!!! 6. Once in the window shown above, on your keyboard hit CTRL + V. IF everything goes as planned, a window (shown below.) should appear. 7. Under the update mode, shown below, click the pulldown tab and select ADD AND UPDATE FILES. This is VERY important so you don't lose the other art files you may have in there. 8. click OK and then hopefully you will have the art folder from Utah copied into small grid. In the small grid zip, you shouldn't see a change. Congrats! You are done! If you would like to see a tutorial on how to apply the materials, let me know! Thanks! Be careful when using mods art folders, because i'm not sure if you upload a mod with that art folder it will be displayed as no texture. (ignore if you have no idea what I meant.)
