How To Create A Config Mod

Discussion in 'Mod Support' started by JayPlaysBeamNG, Nov 30, 2016.

  1. JayPlaysBeamNG

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    Not sure where to post this, so please move the thread if necessary!


    Soooo:


    These are the files you need
    your_config.pc
    your_config.png
    info_your_config.json

    You can change "your_config" to something else, but do it on all the files.



    The .pc file can be found in Documents/BeamNG.drive/vehicles/carname(super, etki, etc) (make sure to save your config in save and load!) so next is the .png. This is the image that will show up in the vehicle selector. Official images are 400x192 so I suggest you go with that. Run your image through this website. Convert it to a PNG file and then resize the image to 400x192.

    Next the .json. You can create it with notepad, but be sure to save it as .json and not .txt. Here is an example:
    Code:
    {
      "Configuration":"Drifting",
        "Transmission":"Manual",
        "Description":"It slides.",
        "Drivetrain":"RWD",
        "Value":16500,
        "Performance Class":"6",
        "Config Type":"Custom",
        "default_color":"Royal Blue"
        }
    That's what it includes. There are other options you can type in but we lack in documentation so nobody knows what they are.
    If you want to know the available color options go to the vehicle selector and hover your mouse over the default colors. Then type the color you want your config to have into the "default_color" in the .json. You can change all the other options too, I found out that the "Value" determines how far down in the list it appears.


    Congratulations on making it here. Now you need the zip. Good luck with that.
    Put all the files (all 3) in a folder, That has the name of the car that the config is made for. So if your config is for the ETK I-series, you put the files in a folder named "etki". If you don't know the folder name go to Beamng installation folder>content>vehicles and look around. These .zip s are the official vehicles. Now just find the right .zip and put the .zips name as the folder name. For example, you can find a pickup.zip in the vehicles folder. This is the D15. If your config is for the D15 you put the files (ALL 3!) in a folder named pickup.

    Now you have a folder named like the vehicle that your config is made for. Next we make a new folder. This time it's named "vehicles". Now put the earlier folder in the new folder. "What next?" you may ask. Well now create the .zip. It should look like this:

    YOUR_CONFIG_MOD.zip/vehicles/_THE_NAME_OF_THE_VEHICLE_/(here are the 3 files right)

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    #1 JayPlaysBeamNG, Nov 30, 2016
    Last edited: Dec 4, 2016
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  3. CreasingCurve

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    While i was reading i knew there was no way he knew all these things already. Turns out he did a bit of CTRL C and CTRL V. Bit sad really.
     
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  4. JayPlaysBeamNG

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    Well, @Benjamin Tam 's post was in a group, and I wanted to make this visible to the public
    I also did some modifying.
     
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