WIP fixing Russian mods

MehmetErdemErcin · May 12, 2016

I support this idea! I think they are not the owners of this mod in Official BeamNG site right? So we can use them i think.

rocksim · May 12, 2016

Powered_By said: ↑

Another good point made. This is why I think another term should be used to refer to car mods that are terrible in quality and performance.
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I have the perfect name! Car mods that are terrible in quality and performance!

Powered_By · May 12, 2016

rocksim said: ↑

I have the perfect name! Car mods that are terrible in quality and performance!
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Sort of long, but I guess that can work.

Mr. Twiglesworth · May 13, 2016

Obamamixdude said: ↑

May I ask, what Charger?
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I Made a 1971 charger R/T. It's on the forums and it'a also in the background shown here.

JK_S60R · May 13, 2016

Mr. Twiglesworth said: ↑

I Made a 1971 charger R/T. It's on the forums and it'a also in the background shown here.
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Oooh... now i remember! Thanks!

Sierra-3 · May 13, 2016

auntie said: ↑

Oh geez, sorry, no. Your Charger isn't a broken Russian mod

I started down a rabbit hole with BeamNG when I rewrote the performance timer app to give me 0 to whatever times plus a quarter mile time and speed. I originally downloaded your Charger, but the textures required the bandit to be installed, and then after loading both of them, I wanted to figure out what the conflict was, so started teaching myself about the materials file, textures, etc... One thing led to another, and the next thing I know I'm learning about jbeams, blender, modelling, pressure wheels, thermals, etc. I just thought the re-textured dash's were cool so shared them as an aside. I'll take them down.

I think there has been a misunderstanding. I didn't start this thread for requests. It's more of a show and tell. I'm a student and can't spend all my time on Beam mods. Bringing the LTD up to date has taken a great deal of time and it's still not quite right. But I thought it was a good place to start because the model wasn't bad, the original jbeam fit the mesh (mostly), and it was relatively simple (not too many parts in the original).

I thought that by fixing it, it would be a good place to learn all the things required to get a car working in the game, so when I have more time, I can put some of my own models in the game. I'm happy to release the updated LTD when it's as done as I'm comfortable with, and if it's allowed.
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I'm very much looking forward to trying it. It's been one of my favorite cars for a long time.

WRXSavory · May 31, 2016

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No idea if any of this is legal or allowed, but something I've been doing for personal use.

Some of you who have ventured beyond the bounds of the official forum (*cough*World of Mods*cough*) may have run across this little beauty. The 1975 Ford LTD. As far as Russian mods go it was better than average. The jbeam matched the mesh mostly, and the mesh was relatively simple. It's basically a mesh from a GTA SA mod, stripped of some detail. It looks like the modder, Alex Gunchokov, converted the GTA mesh until he got frustrated or bored. It had a semi operational speedometer, some glowmaps, control animation, and it was blue. On the bad side, the mesh was missing some largish parts of the model, the suspension was unstable, it was grossly out of date, etc...I thought it would be a good place to start to learn about Jbeams and Blender and such. So I've been playing with it, trying to get it right. I'm a physics student/scientist/engineer and grew up around these old boats. Using the wonders of math and computer simulation, I've been trying to unravel the mystery of how these old monsters actually performed, especially the muscle era cars where the gross horsepower ratings were just straight fiction for the most part. I've got this LTD working about right, which is just terrible. I fixed the suspension, the actual big Ford's had 4 link suspensions, and this thing had a weird setup that caused crazy axle oscillations. Also the front suspension would snap under any aggressive cornering. These old boats would plow and tear up asphalt like a pig, but they usually held together. So I think I've got the suspension worked out. I built simulations for the actual net outputs of the available engines at the time, and think I have a pretty realistic set of powerplants in the 351M-2V, 400M-2V, and 460-4V in standard and police interceptor trim. They are all disappointing. The big 460 police package will hit 60 in just under 9 seconds with a satisfying but sad amount of wheelspin, and cross the quarter in a little over 17 seconds at around 82 mph. If you keep the pedal down long enough it will eventually cruise at ~120mph, just don't try too much in the way of turning at that speed.

Anyhoo, I've got thermals and pressurewheels working, two exhaust systems (stock single and police duals), the color picker works, I gave it a 140mph speedometer because I've never seen an 85mph speedo on a mid 70's car, recalibrated the animation of the needle, added more mesh details, particulates are working, some fire stuff works, you can put any 5 lug wheel on it, and all the lights now work. Here are some pics pretending like I stumbled across it on a trip through Utah
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i have been looking for this answer for ages, but how do you download from world of mods?!!?! I attached it to mods folder and the car is in the selection but whenever i press, nothing comes up. If someone can help thatll be great. (A Step by Step is preferred)

CarBro74 · Jun 1, 2016

WRXSavory said: ↑

i have been looking for this answer for ages, but how do you download from world of mods?!!?! I attached it to mods folder and the car is in the selection but whenever i press, nothing comes up. If someone can help thatll be great. (A Step by Step is preferred)
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Why do you want a tutorial for how to download crappy mods?

Gregory TheGamer · Jun 1, 2016

Obamamixdude said: ↑

Oh, and also... Can you please, do the MAZ Bus? That is the only Public transit bus out there! I like it! So... please?
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There is a public bus mod, and yes school buses are public transport vehicles. Here's a link to it: http://www.beamng.com/resources/blue-bird-american-school-bus.110/

WRXSavory · Jun 1, 2016

CarBro74 said: ↑

Why do you want a tutorial for how to download crappy mods?
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from what i heard and from the youtube videos ive watched, they look pretty good.

Car8john · Jun 1, 2016

Good work finding a suffering Russian mod and giving it a true life and meaning

In English: I'm glad someone took a awful mod and made it great

B727ClassicFlyer · Jun 1, 2016

I think you need to redo the rear lights on the LTD Crown Vic, because the turn signals and brake lights are in the same unit. Is this normal or something that was overlooked?

JK_S60R · Jun 1, 2016

Gregory TheGamer said: ↑

There is a public bus mod, and yes school buses are public transport vehicles. Here's a link to it: http://www.beamng.com/resources/blue-bird-american-school-bus.110/
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I know, but I mean like these ones!

Marcus_gt500 · Aug 27, 2016

Hello! Nice fixings! Can I ask for one? World of mods have the Half Life 2's Dodge Charger, but it's way too altered in relation the original HL's one. Can you try to make it closer to it please?
Here is the link:

http://www.worldofmods.com/beamng/cars/13631-dodge-charger-rt-1970.html

And here's the original car

Sturpy · Aug 28, 2016

Talking about reworking, the light bar on the police versions are not working BECUSE the glass is missing
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sazzagaming said: ↑

Talking about reworking, the light bar on the police versions are not working BECUSE the glass is missing
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Sorry about the capitals on because
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Worldofmods.RU steals the mods from the forums and mods page. We're 'stealing' them back XD

Car8john · Aug 28, 2016

sazzagaming said: ↑

Talking about reworking, the light bar on the police versions are not working BECUSE the glass is missing
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Sorry about the capitals on because
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Worldofmods.RU steals the mods from the forums and mods page. We're 'stealing' them back XD
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Reminds me of when I 'stole' back my lunch money in grade 3 from some bullies...
I have been an expert pick-pocket since

EDit232 2 · Aug 28, 2016

I'm pretty sure the Ford LTD was already fixed.
http://www.beamng.com/threads/revamped-1975-ford-ltd-redux.26142/

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