I hope I may add a little OT here: managed to add my first license plate to a mod bumper! Or to be more exact: it is not my license plate but I managed to put it in the right place (before it was inside the trunk).
Little teaser of the next update... Also, if you're wondering why the Cyprus update has been delayed and my recent lack of progress, it's because me and my family were hit by a bad cold and I didn't really have the energy to work on anything. I felt a bit better today, so I started working on the plates again
Take your time and most of all, enjoy every second of it! Not the cold I mean, but your magnificent work!
Thanks to the wonderful help of my friend @htnv, I was finally able to implement a system which automatically generates the correct registration sticker based on the Kreis entered and a system which automatically generates Mittelschrift or Engschrift based on the length of the text. I currently have Berlin and every Kreis in Baden-Württemberg, since this is a very long process. Basically I have to search for images of every Kreis to get the text on the sticker, I then add it into my template, export those as images, put them onto my font file and then spend an additional two hours trying to get them to work. I hope I can get Bavaria done today as well... View attachment 1132268 View attachment 1132269 View attachment 1132270 View attachment 1132271 View attachment 1132272 View attachment 1132273 View attachment 1132274 Now, I can finally finish this long project of mine up and I am expecting a release in the coming weeks Also, my cold is finally gone and I decided to use the holidays to finally finish the updates for my other packs, I will share more progress of both my German pack and the updates soon
The Middle East Cyprus Update is finally here! (release tomorrow) it will include older and more styles of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus. Aaand I have also been able to implement an experimental system that will be useful for Iberian trailers as well... (spoiler: additional license plates with different design )
Good news! I'm still alive and my modding break is officially over! (Almost) all tests done and approaching the summer holidays here in Germany, I now finally have time to mod again. Aaaand here's today's progress: So, a friend of mine (@Olpy) pointed out to me that pretty much all of my plates had inaccurate proportions and the fonts were too large. I am now fixing this with a new system that allows me to 100% replicate IRL proportions. I have also decided to give the textures a little refresh: -thicker border -accurate font and size for country code -outlines on EU stars -more watermarks as you can see, now the letters on the Diplomatic plate don't seem so cramped because now they are sized like they are IRL. As you can probably tell, the next update for my BeNeLux pack will primarily be a Luxembourg expansion with historical plates and generally more types. Today, I have also added a new size which is used by Export and Dealer plates which I have also made today (now sized properly ). I am also changing my file structure to save file size because my current system produces pretty large files. Basically I am trying to minimize duplicate files with a new folder system and other changes. This means you will no longer have to buy an extra drive just for a few digital license plates I will share more progress of the Luxembourg update tomorrow, as well as the new resized plates of Belgium and the Netherlands. Have a nice evening VinsWie
Really enjoy this mod. I have a few mod vehicles where the UK yellow rear does not show on the dropdown - is this something this mod could enforce?
Yes, I have already made an expanded system of mine which is however not compatible with JorgePinto's mod or any other UK plates. If you want to, you can DM me and I could make you a modified version of the mod that is compatible with my system --- Post updated --- Making progress...
Luxembourg is now done, so it's time to show you the new Dutch plates: -thicker border -accurate font size -reworked Euroband, now matches real life -more watermarks -less weird generator for two-row plates -more watermarks -improved file structure: less file size, less lag while generating -US-sized plates (WIP) -older and temporary, etc. plates (WIP)
Good news! I have finally been able to implement the replacement indicators on Dutch plates for the two-row variant. The tricky thing here was that there are three possible locations for these indicators: some are on the right of the Euroband, some are left of the first text row and some are right of the first text row. However, I have finally been able to get this system into BeamNG as well as finding a way to simplify the text structure in-game. For example, you will no longer need any spaces or weird texts like "XA-ha!9-[065]" for my plates. This system also comes with a cost, as certain things cannot be user-entered and have to be generated with the generator. But please, don't look in the source code as this system makes it a total mess code-wise... In this case, the user can still enter the replacement number, but the location is always randomly generated and cannot be controlled by the user (unless you do some weird debug stuff ofc) As you can also see, I have reworked the background and adjusted the font size for the two-row plate as well.
VinsWie! I have a question, could you and would you make numberplates for the former country of the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik)? Because I was thinking about making them and i went head over heels with research and I've got no prior knowledge of modding and/or coding, even less so in BeamNG, but in my own opinion it would be awesome if you could. I know that (ab 1976) the standard PKW size was 450mm*90mm and rear LKW size was 310mm*170mm. (I spent hours trying to find the sizes on internet)
Coincidentally, those are already in the works (I sent a few WIP pics to Schmitti because of his Trabant mod), I will attach some WIP pics here later. Those will be included in my upcoming German license plate Mega pack (also, there's a lot planned for the coming weeks, as summer holidays just started yesterday )
Hello again, I'm back (with a new name though due to a Steam scammer) The Great BeNeLux rework is almost ready and I finally wanted to show you something I've been working on all-day: As some of you might know, since Belgian license plates used to be in a shorter size, the remaining space was often filled with a "Euroband" or car dealership advertisements. I have finally been able to implement such a system in BeamNG which allows you to have two extra plates left and right with customizable designs that are randomly generated by default. Here are all the choosable designs I have made, the ads are based on various IRL advertisements. Since I'm done with reworking everything else (I have also added more plate styles as well as historic plates to all other countries), the only thing left for me to do is to put all the new sizes on the other vehicles and I am thus expecting a release on Wednesday!
uhmmm... sooooo updating the mod description took a bit longer than I thought and as you can see, I am half an hour late which means that the mod will most likely be approved on Thursday instead of Wednesday. Sorry that I didn't manage to upload the update in time, but if you're interested, you can already see the new content on the updated mod page: https://www.beamng.com/resources/benelux-license-plate-pack.30776/ anyway, I should REALLY go to sleep now, have a good night!
I still have an older belgian plate design (123-ABC) on my car so I'm definitely looking forward to this !
