Solved Digital real time clock in BeamNG

Hey guys, i just wanted to ask if someone of you is able to inegrate a working clock as a material (like the nav screen) into my dashboard. i have the html code for the clock but no clue how to make it work in beamng. can someone help me?

Code:

<script src="http://www.clocklink.com/embed.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">obj=new Object;obj.clockfile="5005-green.swf";obj.TimeZone="Germany_Frankfurt"; obj.width=240;obj.height=80;obj.wmode="transparent";showClock(obj);</script>

or

Code:

<embed src="http://www.clocklink.com/clocks/5005-green.swf?TimeZone=Germany_Frankfurt" width="240" height="80" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">

website:

http://www.clocklink.com/gallery/view/5005


this is where i want to place it

 

You would need to change the material of the 3d model in the area that you wish to embed the clock to a new material.

Then you need to find the lua file for the vehicle you want to add the page into. This will be found in a folder called lua which is contained in the root folder of the vehicle.

Then copy a line of code that will look something like:

Code:

local naviScreenName = "@R60_Nav"

And change the bit that states "naviScreenName" to something along the lines of "digiClock", then change the bit that states "R60_Nav" (or your vehicle equivalent) to the name of the material you created on the model.

You will also find a line of code that looks similar to this:

Code:

obj:queueGameEngineLua('be:getObjectByID('..vehicleID..'):createUITexture("'..naviScreenName..'", "local://local/vehicles/Raven R60/navi_screen.html", 256, 128, UI_TEXTURE_USAGE_AUTOMATIC, 30)')

Then copy this line of code and change where it states "naviScreenName" to be "digiClock" (keep the dots etc).

I think the numbers "256,128" of the code adjust the resolution of the HTML web page that is created. Can't quite remember.

Then when the vehicle loads, the lua file will tell the game you want to assign the material (on the 3d model) to be a HTML material, as well as that you want that material to be one from the html file you specified.

 

thats really useful; thank you. We tried to add this (html/lua file) and also added some lines in materials.cs but we just get orange no texture instead of the clock time.

 

Did you change the texture on the actual model within your modelling software?

Also putting "--" in front of a line in lua comments it out. Which means the game will just ignore it as it is a comment for human reading only.

 

That's good to hear actually, since many a bad thing could happen if you give mods internet access. Although I did find myself wondering if it was possible to auto-update the OS of a cars nav system within BeamNG among other things such as streaming YouTube to the navigation screen xD

 

This is interesting. I saw in one of YBR's videos a mod with a clock that syncs to your system time, but I've never seen one with a clock that accurately displays the time the map is set to instead. I wonder if that's possible?

 

All right, thank you for the replies. Since tdev said it isnt possible with different websites I finally found an html code which works without any website. Can I use this one instead? Is this possible?

 

Okay, the thread is solved now, with thomatoes50's help its working now

 

Sure Here are all the files used for the clock to work: