WIP Beta released Customizable Engines and Drivetrains 1.4.1

I'm having a bit of an issue when i go to the parts menu and select the turbo option and if i use either the supercharger or turbocharger it says vehicle fatality reset to revolve the issue and i do but it doesn't work.

 

Gonna push a update for the weekend, for now it's only a fix for the SBR4 missing exhaust tips, and I want some more stuff in it, so anyone got change suggestions or bugs that need fixing please tell me.
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Is that with any vehicle or is it on a specific vehicle? Because it's not anything i've ever come across messing with the mod, nor is it anytihng I've seen complaints/comments about.
So only thing I can say is what everyone says, try clearing cache, and remember to always remove old mod files when updating the mod.
I can look into it, but I need more information.

 

I can confirm that this happens with ETK 800-series and K-series. No idea what is causing it though(I can't find anything wrong in the jbeam)
Also the T-series doesn't have a supercharger, but that's probably intentional since it isn't in the jbeam either.

 

I could've sworn that that worked when I updated the mod. Neither of the two aspiration 1 aspirations work, there were beams and nodes missing for them, I fixed that but the game still gets fatal exception.
All the cars use the same exact slotType for aspirations, so even if a car doesnt have the files for it, it will load from another car, gonna check if that's what's causing wierd bugs.

EDIT: I've found where the problem lays, it's here:

Code:

        "engineDef":[
            //engineRPM, efficiency, exhaustFactor
            [0,        0.0,    0.0],
            ["$rpm1",  0.1,    0.1],
            ["$rpm2",  0.2,    0.2],
            ["$rpm3",  1.0,    0.75],
            ["$rpm4",  1.0,    0.75],
            ["$rpm5",  1.0,    0.75],
            ["$rpm6",  1.0,    0.80],
            ["$rpm7",  1.0,    0.85],
            ["$rpm8",  1.0,    0.90],
            ["$rpm9",  1.0,    0.95],
            ["$rpma",  1.0,    1.0],
        ],

For some reason that does not work on the new ETK's, I have no clue why, because it works on all the other cars. But if you change the "$rpm1" variables to a normal number like 1000 then 2000 etc., it works. But then the turbos wont be customizable to fit the engine you're working on.

 

Maybe add different sound Variations to the engines.

 

The sound files each have names that the jbeams open/use, so it's not a number you can just change with a tuning slider. So I'm not sure if it's possible.

 

It's not possible to change the sound file that the engine uses, but it's possible to change the settings("maxLoadMix","onLoadGain", etc.). With this you could theoretically change the sound from a racecar to a luxury limousine just by moving a few sliders. Hovewer there's no information about what each of the settings does and most users(including myself) don't want to spend half a day figuring it out.

 

i realized when i tried to make an engine with a specific amount of torque from another vehicle the power amount was roughly 1/3 lower than the amount you put in but my solution would be use a calculator and multiply the torque by 1.5.

 

That's probably caused by non-customizable parameters like friction and inertia - the difference can be quite significant(for example the 5.5L v8 has almost double amount of friction compared to the 1.5L dohc i4)

 

never mind I just figured out the lock torque setting is only on the Manuel transmission

 

How do you figure out and change what type of engine you have. For example, the new Pessima has either I4 or V6 engines, so would i be able to choose the amount of cylinders in the customizable engine, as well as how big it is? Like changing from 2.7L V6 to 3.5L?

 

The engines have fixed models, as far as I know only numbers can be changed with tuning, meaning that things like engine model and such can not be changed by tuning.
Engines in BeamNG works by generating a torque curve from specific torque values at specific RPM point, so things like displacement isn't a thing, it's just the name they gave to the engine to make it more realistic. You can make a 2000hp and name it a 1L I3 if you want too.

 

What engine model does the customizable engine default to if a car has more than one type of engine (such as the Pessima with I4 and V6 variants)? Also, how would I go about saving my tuning as a new engine?

 

Most of the engines got their models taken from the most powerful engine for that car, so probably the V6, you could just remove the hood and look if you want to know. That part of the mod I did like 1.5 years ago so I don’t remember exact.

 

Ah, alright. Thanks man.

 

Gonna push a update for Nitrous in the begining of next week, if there's any small bugs found that I can kill too, then now's the time to tell me.

The turbos for ETK K and ETK 800 I can not find a fix for, for reasons stated above.

Edit: ETK K and ETK 800 cuztomizable turbos are a bug with the game, nothing I can fix.

 

I'm going to change the plan a bit, after the game having been updated quite a few times since this mod first got made, the composition of the game files has changed quite alot, so the game files and the CE files are not the same anymore in alot of places. They still work, but i fear there might be bugs comming soon, so I'm working on completely redoing the entire mod instead of just pushing a quick update for Customizable nitrous, which there already is a mod for. which means the update will be delayed maybe a week or two (working full time and busy on the weekends), if anyone actually reads this, thanks for your patience.

 

Take as much time as you want - this mod deserves a proper re-write.(not like my 0.8 update where I was learning jbeam on the go and had to sometimes rely on trial and error to make things work.)While you're at it I think it would be great to add customizable sequntial gearboxes. Their jbeam is very similar to DCTs so they should be easy to add.

 

Aren't their jbeams infact almost identical? The only real difference I find between them is this:

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Code:

"powertrain": [
        ["type", "name", "inputName", "inputIndex"],
        ["frictionClutch", "clutch", "mainEngine", 1],
        ["sequentialGearbox", "gearbox", "clutch", 1],

Code:

"powertrain": [
        ["type", "name", "inputName", "inputIndex"],
        ["dctGearbox", "gearbox", "mainEngine", 1],
    ],

 

there's also this:
DCT

Code:

  "slots": [
        ["type", "default", "description"],
        ["sbr_transfer_case","sbr_transfer_case_RWD", "Transfer Case"{"coreSlot":true}],
        ["sbr_differential_R","sbr_differential_R", "Rear Differential"],

sequential

Code:

    "slots": [
        ["type", "default", "description"],
        ["sbr_flywheel","sbr_flywheel_race","Flywheel", {"coreSlot":true}],
        ["sbr_transfer_case","sbr_transfer_case_RWD", "Transfer Case"{"coreSlot":true}],
        ["sbr_differential_R","sbr_differential_R", "Rear Differential"],