First of all! This is not a 3d modeling tutorial, is only for importing your 3d thing into game (its not perfect, but is for starters (the ones that want to know how to add theirs models in-game) I will use my stagea mod as a example: (I will not add part by part because with one or two you will understand how to continue) First Step: You need to make a choice: wich car you will base yours. The Official cars currently in-game are: The Covet 200bx Sunburst The barstow The D-series Burnside ETK I-series ETK K-Series ETK 800 Grand Marshal Miramar Pessima (midsize in the files) Pessima (80's) SBR4 Pidgeon Bolide Hopper H-series T-series And the Roamer Dont forget the caravan, too Im using the NinetyNine's Wagon sunburst jbeam (i got permission, if you want to use someones jbeam ask for permission) I also need to export my car as a obj file to use as reference. 2-step: Now i need to open the BNeditor Open your jbeam (the one that you choose (can be body, doors taillight) MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE ALL THE .JBEAM FILES IN YOUR NEW VEHICLE FOLDER INSIDE VEHICLES FOLDER IN DOCUMENTS/BEAMNG.DRIVE/VEHICLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You problably understand now. Open the jbeam and the reference obj file: With they open and ready we start editing: The roof nodes rent exactely in the correct place, so we move them: Ok, you moved everything that you need? If yes, follow the next step: 3-step! Check flexbodies section: You need to put the name in the flexbody to your part (see pic for what i need to copy) now you rename it in your part Dont forget to change this: Now save your jbeam in your vehicle folder here: I highly recomend organize your files by Type Right click, Classifie By (my pc is in portuguese so it must be something like that) And type (is type or kind?) right click, show by , block is a good idea too Your folder must look like this : (i use this setting of the organizing) Lets go to texturing! YAY! Step 4: Grab some materials.cs from somewhere or use the one that is in the end of the post I will use a blank one: Before That, We need to add textures to the 3d mesh: export it and add teh entry to your materials.cs: Here are two codes for you use: This is for solid colors/textures singleton Material(renamethis) { mapTo = "renamethis"; materialTag0 = "ER34"; materialTag1 = "vehicle"; colorMap[0] = "yourtexture.dds"; pixelSpecular[0] = "1"; diffuseColor[0] = "0.988235 0.996078 0.988235 0.396"; instanceDiffuse[0] = 1; dynamicCubemap = true; }; Lets explain: Singleton material (rename) you need no rename this for not have texture conflict. mapTo = "renamethis"; is your texture that you created in the blender (yes that name Ex: er34body) instanceDiffuse[0] = 1 or 0; Its easy 1 for paintable 0 for not paintable dynamic cubemap = true; True for have reflections False to not have reflections Ok but if i want to use glass texture? great question! This code: singleton Material(rename) { mapTo = "rename"; reflectivityMap[0] = "vehicles/yourmodfolder/yourtexture.dds"; diffuseMap[0] = "vehicles/yourmodfolder/yourtexture.dds"; opacityMap[0] = "vehicles/yourmodfolder/yourtexture.dds"; diffuseMap[1] = "vehicles/yourmodfolder/yourtexture.dds"; specularMap[0] = "vehicles/common/null.dds"; normalMap[0] = "vehicles/common/null_n.dds"; diffuseColor[1] = "0.5 0.5 0.5 0.75"; specularPower[0] = "128"; pixelSpecular[0] = "1"; diffuseColor[0] = "1 1 1 1"; useAnisotropic[0] = "1"; castShadows = "0"; translucent = "1"; alphaTest = "0"; alphaRef = "0"; dynamicCubemap = true; materialTag0 = "beamng"; materialTag1 = "vehicle"; }; This i dont know how to explain but the basics are the same rename the "rename"s "yourmodfolder" and "yourtexture" with the respective ones. for the textures, use the white.dds that @✖BETONOMESHALKA✖ has given to me, and it is in the final of the post with the materials.cs Dont forget to export your car in a dae file with the texture ''slot'' that we added in blender At this point your car/part/thing is already in game if you dont messed up with something. Very likely this way: Lets revise what is in this Tutorial: Jbeam exporting into game texturing making your own textures Ok we dont saw yet making your own textures, but is simple, download gimp or paint.net and export your texture as a .dds file and must be 1024x1024 Any questions ask here and I will try to answer or maybe add in the tutorial. There is one more thing and it is: Pick the mesh of your ''base'' car and align the front wheels wells, because sometimes they dont match in size and lenght, and if that's the case do the following: If your car doesnt have hubs in the jbeam If your car have hubs: This was Beamng vehicle creation for starters! Thankyou very much for reading this and any questions post in this thread and i (or someone else) will try answer and maybe it can get to the main post. Also im sorry for my english ,im very tired, i write in this for an hour! And im also brasilian, here we dont speak english as our main lenguage, so it will have some erros here and there.
Program files x86/ steam/ steamapps/ common/ beamng.drive / utils/ editor Or right click beamng.drive in library in steam then go to properties/ local files/ navigate in local files (or something lie that ) then you will go to the game files
Ok, how do I get to the steam files. I have the BeamNG drive files in my documents. I got the game off steam too.
right click it in your steam library, then go to properties and navigate local files (or something like that, mine is in portuguese soooo...) then you've reached steam game folder hooray!
