How do you add custom decals in 0.33?

Hey guys, so previously in 0.32 I was able to add custom decals by adding png files with “various_(name)” in C:/Users/UserName/AppData/Local/BeamNG.drive/0.32/art/dynamicDecals/textures/
And they would show up in the “various” tab when applying decals. However in 0.33 the garage is totally different. I tried the same process (obviously in the new 0.33 path) and the images didn’t show up, even if I renamed them to “textureFill_(name)” since that is one of the new tabs in 0.33. Is there a different way now?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

0.33\art\dynamicDecals\Textures place your PNG file here, and create a file named
"(your_png_name).dynDecalTexture.json".
inside, put
{"version":2,"vehicle":"","isSdfCompatible":false,"tags":["Custom"],"type":0}
you can put whatever you want for "tags" and it will create a new category.
i included mine as an exemple

 

Omg thank you so much for replying! I am still a bit confused though, are you saying that after I put my png file in the …\Textures folder I also need to create a brand new file and name it with the name of my png with the added .dynDecalTexture.json? How would I go about doing that? Furthermore how do you put “{"version":2,"vehicle":"","isSdfCompatible":false,"tags":["Custom"],"type":0}” inside the file, do you mean like editing file properties? Cause I have no idea how to do that… again thanks for your help, can you just explain a bit more clearly, maybe with some pictures love the design btw!

 

First of all make sure you have file extentions enabled in explorer (View -> Show -> File name extentions)


Then create a text document in the \Textures folder


Then rename it with the "[name_of_the_png].png.dynDecalTexture.json"


Ignore the warning and click "Yes"


Finally, edit it with notepad and paste "{"version":2,"vehicle":"","isSdfCompatible":false,"tags":["Custom"],"type":0}"


Don't forget to save it before closing notepad (CTRL+S)


Your image should now appear in the Livery Editor (You don't need to restart your game, but you need to exit and reopen the Livery Editor to see your image.)
Hope this helps

 

Edit: I actually figured it out!
For future viewers:
First, launch beamNG > in popup window, click "manage user folder" > create new folder structure "art\dynamicDecals\Textures" inside of the 0.33 folder > paste your PNG (can't be jpeg) file into the folder > run Beamng > click "garage" > click "decal" > click "Yes, I'm buckled up and ready to go" > click "create a new livery" > click "add decal" (now Beamng Should have created the new file you need to edit) > click "close" then "exit" then "exit" again so you are in the main garage page. Now go back to the Textures folder, open the .json file with Notepad, delete the text currently there and replace it with " {"version":2,"vehicle":"","isSdfCompatible":false,"tags":["Custom"],"type":0}" > Now save the file. Then go back to Beamng, click decals again (follow above process) and when you click "add decal" you should now see a "custom" folder that has your png file! Congrats you now can goof around with custom decals!
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i also included a step by step process with screenshots!
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i also included a step by step process with screenshots!

Oh wow, thank you! yeah you can do it your way as well, i was just fed up with a lot of explanations being vague so i wanted to create my own as well, anyway thanks so much for your help i really appreciate it!
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Edit 2: you can probably see by the number of edits i have made that i am very new to the forums, i got confused by how everything works here but hopefully you can still see my tutorial and there is not a million duplicated images or whatnot

 

Through testing i found out that .png and .jpg works. (only png supports transparency)
.jpeg, .ico, .svg, .tiff, .jxl, .avif, .dds, .tga, .bmp, .webp and .gif (sadly) don't work

 

Huh, that’s actually pretty cool that jpegs work cause all the other tutorials I read said to only use pngs so I just assumed that was true. It would have been very cool if you could put gifs on though! perhaps someday…

 

Hey man, just one more question, you know how in 0.32 you could view your saved liveries in the garage. In 0.33, for me anyway, when i made the new custom skin, it appears as a selectable paint when i actually go into a map, but in the garage, under manage saved liveries nothing shows up even though i saved the file, and it appears in game. Is this just a me problem or did you also experience this? Thanks again

 

I don't know, i never used the livery editor except to ansewer your original question, as i thought it would be cool to have custom decals

 

oh, that's a shame, but man, how did you even figure out what to replace the text with in the .json file???, for never having even touched the decal feature before, that's very impressive! And I owe my thanks