Packing and uploading a map

I would like to know how to pack my map so that people can install it and play it. When I try packing it myself it turns into a bunch of no mesh/no textures signs. (test with friends beamng). If there is a video tutorial out there could you help me find it? I have 2 folders (levels and unpacked)

Edit: also how do if fix my sand texture turning black everytime the map is reloaded.

 

Mods should be packed in a structure like this: mods/modname.zip/levels or maps idk/mapname/ and so on
As for the second question, I have no idea

 

The best way to see is to look at another map mod you have downloaded. It has to be the same as that.

I package them as unique_name.zip/levels/map_folder_name/ then the files.

You shouldn't have two folders, just one. Having one called unpacked suggests this is a modified map from another one, in which case you'll have to check the folder naming has been changed in your materials.json files. This is likely also the issue you have with the textures. At a guess, your friends are only getting some of the map files. If textures are all that are broken it isn't too bad to sort.

Just make sure that there isn't another folder that is holding important files. BeamNG has a very logical but not very clear approach to files and their hierarchy. I might do a tutorial/post on that at some point.

 

MK. My map was made from a template map cause at the time I didn't know how to put assets into the game. but the problems come in when I try to separate the levels and unpack the folder. Unpacked holds all the assets, textures, and stuff. levels seem to hold the level data. I did go through and change file paths to the correct paths. The map won't load without the levels folder or without the unpacked. So would I have to merge the levels and unpacked them together and make them into a zip?

"I might do a tutorial/post on that at some point." this would be a great thing cause I have looked around for a while trying to figure out how to pack my map.

 

Could you send a visualisation/screenshots of the folder paths? There might be something wrong judging by your description, but I can’t quite tell, because im dum.

 

sure, the unpacked folder is C:\Users\{name]\AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.29\mods\unpacked. All assets/ textures are in here

and the levels folder is C:\Users\{name]\AppData\Local\BeamNG.drive\0.29\levels. I don't know what in here

 

That levels folder is just part of the user folder.
Copy everything from 0.29/levels/mapname and put it into mods/unpacked/rockyroadstx/levels/mapname/
It should work.

 

sorry it took so long to replay my m.2 was full. I did this but the map wont show up on the free-roam tab (or the mods page)
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I have brain damage I have been saving it as a rar
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ok so the map is empty with nothing in no terrain block or anything.
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it didn't work

 

Huh.

 

Ok i fixed it

sorry so putting the files together ends up getting me either a old version of the map or no mesh/textures