HELP NEEDED

I want to make a fricking skin and im at the jbeam file.
im writing down those line, click save as JBEAM, the app closes nothing happens.
help me PLEASE or at lest tell me how to do it!

 

What "app"? Could you show us an example? Are you saving in the correct folder?

 

Im using the normal beamEditor

here is the beam content

{

"XLZ": {

"information":{

"authors":"HadACoolCar",

"name":"XLZ",

"value":0,

}

"slotType" : "paint_design",

"globalSkin" : "XLZ",

},

}

"slots": [

["type", "default", "description"]

["hopper_frame","hopper_frame", "Frame",{"coreSlot":true}],

["hopper_mod", "", "Additional Modification"],

["paint_design", "", "Paint Design"],

["licenseplate_design_2_1","","License Plate Design"],

],

"controller": [

["fileName"],

["vehicleController", {}],

],

"glowMap":{

"hopper_signal_L": {"simpleFunction":{"lowhighbeam":0.49,"signal_L":0.49}, "off":"hopper_lights", "on":"hopper_lights_on", "on_intense":"hopper_lights_on_intense"},

"hopper_signal_R": {"simpleFunction":{"lowhighbeam":0.49,"signal_R":0.49}, "off":"hopper_lights", "on":"hopper_lights_on", "on_intense":"hopper_lights_on_intense"},

"hopper_taillight_R": {"simpleFunction":{"brake":100,"signal_R":0.49,"lowhighbeam":0.49}, "off":"hopper_lights", "on":"hopper_lights_on", "on_intense":"hopper_lights_on_intense"},

"hopper_taillight_L": {"simpleFunction":{"brake":100,"signal_L":0.49,"lowhighbeam":0.49}, "off":"hopper_lights", "on":"hopper_lights_on", "on_intense":"hopper_lights_on_intense"},

"hopper_chmsl": {"simpleFunction":{"brake":100}, "off":"hopper_lights", "on":"hopper_lights_on", "on_intense":"hopper_lights_on_intense"},

"hopper_headlight": {"simpleFunction":{"lowbeam":0.49,"highbeam":0.49}, "off":"hopper_lights", "on":"hopper_lights_on", "on_intense":"hopper_lights_on_intense"},

"hopper_reverselight": {"simpleFunction":{"reverse":0.49}, "off":"hopper_lights", "on":"hopper_lights_on", "on_intense":"hopper_lights_on_intense"},

"hopper_gauges": {"simpleFunction":{"lowhighbeam":0.6}, "off":"hopper_gauges", "on":"hopper_gauges_on" },

//gauge lights

"signal_L": {"simpleFunction":"signal_L", "off":"invis", "on":"decals_gauges"},

"signal_R": {"simpleFunction":"signal_R", "off":"invis", "on":"decals_gauges"},

"checkengine": {"simpleFunction":"checkengine", "off":"invis", "on":"decals_gauges"},

"hazard": {"simpleFunction":"hazard", "off":"invis", "on":"decals_gauges"},

"battery": {"simpleFunction":"battery", "off":"invis", "on":"decals_gauges"},

"highbeam": {"simpleFunction":"highbeam", "off":"invis", "on":"decals_gauges"},

"parkingbrake": {"simpleFunction":"parkingbrake", "off":"invis", "on":"decals_gauges"},

"lowfuel": {"simpleFunction":"lowfuel", "off":"invis", "on":"decals_gauges"},

"lowpressure": {"simpleFunction":"lowpressure", "off":"invis", "on":"invis"},

"abs": {"simpleFunction":"abs", "off":"invis", "on":"decals_gauges"},

"light_generic":{"simpleFunction":{"highbeam":0.6}, "off":"light_generic", "on":"light_generic_on", "on_intense":"light_generic_on_intense"},

},





}

"hopper_ABS": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Anti-Lock Braking System",

"value":250,

}

"slotType":"hopper_ABS",

"pressureWheels": [

["name","hubGroup","group","node1:","node2:","nodeS","nodeArm:","wheelDir"],

//brakes

{"enableABS":true},

],

"engine": {

"ABSrate":15

},

}

"hopper_skin_softtop": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Black Soft Top/Roll Bar Padding",

"value":50,

},

"slotType" : "skin_softtop",

"skinName" : "",

},

"hopper_skin_softtop_blue": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Blue Soft Top/Roll Bar Padding",

"value":50,

},

"slotType" : "skin_softtop",

"skinName" : "blue",

},

"hopper_skin_softtop_beige": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Beige Soft Top/Roll Bar Padding",

"value":50,

},

"slotType" : "skin_softtop",

"skinName" : "beige",

},

"hopper_skin_softtop_gray": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Gray Soft Top/Roll Bar Padding",

"value":50,

},

"slotType" : "skin_softtop",

"skinName" : "gray",

},

"hopper_skin_softtop_white": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"White Soft Top/Roll Bar Padding",

"value":50,

},

"slotType" : "skin_softtop",

"skinName" : "white",

},

"hopper_skin_interior": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Gray Interior",

"value":50,

},

"slotType" : "skin_interior",

"skinName" : "",

},

"hopper_skin_interior_black": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Black Interior",

"value":50,

},

"slotType" : "skin_interior",

"skinName" : "black",

},

"hopper_skin_interior_blue": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Blue Interior",

"value":50,

},

"slotType" : "skin_interior",

"skinName" : "blue",

},

"hopper_skin_interior_brown": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Brown Interior",

"value":50,

},

"slotType" : "skin_interior",

"skinName" : "brown",

},

"hopper_skin_interior_beige": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Beige Interior",

"value":50,

},

"slotType" : "skin_interior",

"skinName" : "beige",

},

"hopper_skin_stripe": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Factory Stripe",

"value":200,

},

"slotType" : "paint_design",

"globalSkin" : "stripe",

},

"hopper_skin_twotone": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Two Tone",

"value":200,

},

"slotType" : "paint_design",

"globalSkin" : "twotone",

},

"hopper_skin_splatter": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Splatter",

"value":200,

},

"slotType" : "paint_design",

"globalSkin" : "splatter",

},

"hopper_skin_beamsafari": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Beam Safari",

"value":1500,

},

"slotType" : "paint_design",

"globalSkin" : "beamsafari",

},

"hopper_skin_camo": {

"information":{

"authors":"BeamNG",

"name":"Camo Livery",

"value":50,

},

"slotType" : "paint_design",

"globalSkin" : "camo",

},

}

 

Firstly, do not copy the whole jbeam please. Use only the first part that you wrote yourself. And secondly, you should use notepad for editing text.

 

oops, sorry.
so tell me if i am wrong.
i paste the normal car jbeam content in notepad/notepad++ and there i pot my skin slot? and where?

 

The jbeam should only have this:

Code:

{
"XLZ": {
   "information":{
      "authors":"HadACoolCar",
      "name":"XLZ",
      "value":0,
}
   "slotType" : "paint_design",
   "globalSkin" : "XLZ",
},
}

 

so i hit new jbeam and this appears

{

"Vehicle":{

"information":{

"authors":"Your name"

},

"nodes":[

["id", "posX", "posY", "posZ"],



//BNEnodes



],

"beams":[

["id1:", "id2:"],



//BNEbeams





],

"triangles":[

["id1:", "id2:", "id3:"],



//BNEtriangles





],

}
do i need to keep this to or just that

 

Nononono, just forget about the beamEditor already. Close it.

Now open up notepad and paste the lines I provided you with and click 'Save as'. From there select any file type and save it as hadacoolcarskin.jbeam and make sure the file name ends in .jbeam and not .txt

 

Ok.
Maked them both.Succesfully.
Now when i enter the hopper.dds file i can barelly see the hoppers body parts.its transparent how do i solve that.
Plus how do i insert pics on my car so i can see them in game.
also im using paint.net

 

@Taza you are too patient sometimes

 

Yes

You could just read these:
https://wiki.beamng.com/Introduction_to_skin_system
https://wiki.beamng.com/Simple_skin_tutorial

 

patient is good