Dust & Dirt 1.0

Dust & Dirt



FOR THE GAVRIL D-SERIES ONLY (for now). Support for more vehicles is coming in future updates.

Drive off the road and your D-Series actually gets dirty, the way a real truck does. Each wheel throws dirt onto the panels around it, a fine film settles and climbs the body the longer you stay off-road, and the dirt takes the colour of the ground you're driving on.




FEATURES

- Real dirt, drawn live. Dust and mud build up as actual texture on the paint: splatter behind the wheels, settled dust on the sills, and a film that creeps higher the longer you're out.
- Matches the ground. Red dust in Utah, pale sand on the dunes, brown mud in the woods. The dirt takes the colour of whatever surface threw it.
- Matte, not a sticker. Dirt kills the paint's gloss where it sits, so it looks like dirt on paint rather than a decal. Wet mud stays glossy until it dries.
- Water crossings. Drive into water and everything below the waterline goes dark and wet, with a splashed edge that follows the angle you went in at. It dries off slowly afterwards.
- Tires and wheels. The tread packs with dirt while the sidewall holds a lighter film that fades toward the rim, and the white lettering stays readable. Water rinses the tread and leaves a pale silt bloom on the sidewall as it dries.
- Black trim too. Bumpers, flares, steps, snorkel and underbody pick up dust at the same pace as the panels beside them.
- Body variants. Works on the regular cab, the crew/extended cab, and with a bed canopy fitted.



INSTALLATION

1. Put the downloaded zip in your mods folder, or install it through the in-game repository. Don't unzip it.
2. Start the game and spawn a Gavril D-Series.
3. In the parts/paint menu, choose the Dust & Dirt paint design. Expect a big frame drop or stutter for several seconds while it sets up. This is normal and settles down on its own.
4. First time only: the mod builds the dirt for your tyres, wheels and trim, then needs one restart. Quit, start the game again, and apply the Dust & Dirt paint again. After that it just works.
5. Go off-road.

Driving on tarmac or in the rain slowly washes the dirt off. Resetting the vehicle cleans it completely.

GOOD TO KNOW

- This version only works on the Gavril D-Series. The dirt placement is set up for each vehicle by hand, and more vehicles will be added in future updates.
- Applying the paint can cost you a lot of frames for several seconds while the mod builds the dirt textures for the body, tyres, wheels and trim. It's a one-off each time you apply the paint and goes away once everything is loaded.
- Only vehicles wearing the Dust & Dirt paint are affected. Nothing else on the map is touched.
- All four wheels share one dirt texture, so they get dirty together.
- The dirt is drawn by the game's built-in browser, the same system the dashboards use, so lower-end PCs may notice a small ongoing performance cost while driving too.
- Glass and the roll cage are left clean on purpose.

SUPPORT

Found a bug or have a question? Email dustanddirt.support@gmail.com

To help get it fixed quickly, please include:
- A screenshot showing the problem
- Which map you were on and what you were doing
- Your beamng.log file, found at: AppData\Local\BeamNG\BeamNG.drive\current\beamng.log

You can also leave a message in the Discussion tab on this page.

Feedback and screenshots are welcome, especially from maps with unusual ground colours.