Project CARS Modding Questions & WIP

jon vapp · Apr 5, 2016

yo!
here are preview images of the 458. It's still work inprogress, and we plan to release it at NoGrip forum with disc check when sms fix moddng support for patch10 (NoGrip confirmed it's ok to post mods there with disc check). We want to re-release all our mods there too.
Coversion by JDougNY and testing by gvse.

jon vapp · Apr 6, 2016

sooo, the 458 is in the mediafire folder. It works only in game version 9.1
Converted from Test Drive Ferrari Racing Legends by JDougNY and tested by gvse.
The mod comes with a disc check to verify that you have dvd or that the game is installed on your HDD.
When mod support is sorted out for Project Cars we shall re-release all mods at NoGrip in the downloads section.

Jerec · Apr 7, 2016

Yeah!!!! I still have 9.1 (and 10.0 of course). Thank you very much for this great car. Now we have nearly all important car brands in pCars. Good luck with further mod projects.

IBOOFF · Apr 7, 2016

thank's fellas, ferrari works fine - fantastic job, now we have all the main things: lambo, nissan, ferrary only missing F1 Truck, minivan (for example mitsubishi delica) and some king of jeep (Cruiser, Pajero etc.). I have a question - is it possible to convert tracks in pcars (there are no ovals for indy)??
And please don't remooved your mediafire folder - I'm not always can download files from nogrip,
thank's again, dont'n stop - we need and very appreciate all of your mods.

Didouc · Apr 7, 2016

Great great great, Thanks a lot

JDougNY · Apr 7, 2016

IBOOFF said:
I have a question - is it possible to convert tracks in pcars (there are no ovals for indy)??

I made/converted 4 tracks into one of the prior games from SMS...so, I have some experience with this. Two of the big stumbling blocks are the creation of the SGB file, which calls for the objects and places them within the world. The other big one is the collision mesh layer (CSM file). Those types of things require tools/SDK's to create. For the tracks I made, the SGB and CSM existed, but were coded for console. The SGB required a lot of coding changes to work on PC. The CSM involved a lot of tedious byte flipping in various sections.

When the patch 10 released, I was briefly over at the official forum (I rarely visit official forum). One of the staff mentioned that tracks were being considered in the new mod code...that it was a trivial matter. However, it's not simply a trivial thing to do...like an on/off switch in the code. They would need to provide some tools/SDK's, etc for track creation.

Right now, I'm waiting to see if SMS actually resolves the issues created when they added this new modding code. I don't want to invest a lot of time/effort into making something (such as high poly car), if their new modding code remains broken for a long period of time.

LamboMantisMan23 · Apr 7, 2016

@JDougNY I sent you a PM on the pCARS forum regarding everything. You might want to take a look

gvse · Apr 7, 2016

911R:
I've corrected UV mapping, sent the car to a paint shop, and did some more fixes and here's what it looks like right now:

gvse · Apr 8, 2016

the interior of 911R has just received carbon makeover and someone has removed ruf logo from the gear stick

Didouc · Apr 8, 2016

Hi, GVSE, have you finish the 911R ? If yes, where can i download it ?

Thanks

gvse · Apr 8, 2016

not yet; Im still tinkering with it and learning a good deal as I go. It's satisfying to see this car evolve that's why I post these snaps. I still need to ask JDougNY to write proper physics for it.
When it's ready I'll release it here in the downloads section as well as at NoGrip.
I can't promise anything but perhaps next week it will be ready.

Didouc · Apr 8, 2016

Ok, thanks for your work !

gvse · Apr 9, 2016

Should you forget what car you are driving, from now on the tv display will dispel your doubts

Hobbnob · Apr 10, 2016

This might be of interest to modders in need of a project but don't have modelling abilities: https://www.facebook.com/virtualmjuniorteam/posts/1010207532390933

The Virtua LM Junior team are opening up conversion of their 1983 Group C cars in their GTPC mod. They wrote the following conditions:
1. LET US KNOW! (we might help you with stuff)
2. Give the right credits visible in your mod.

JDougNY · Apr 10, 2016

I would think that Team Machine Dojo would be jumping all over those GTPC cars. They seem to favor race spec cars and one member is currently ripping a P1 GTR out of Real Racing 3. Probably an upgrade to pull cars from GTPC mod.

LamboMantisMan23 · Apr 10, 2016

JDougNY said:
I would think that Team Machine Dojo would be jumping all over those GTPC cars. They seem to favor race spec cars and one member is currently ripping a P1 GTR out of Real Racing 3. Probably an upgrade to pull cars from GTPC mod.

What the hell is this supposed to mean?

JDougNY · Apr 10, 2016

GTPC > Real racing 3

LamboMantisMan23 · Apr 10, 2016

JDougNY said:
GTPC > Real racing 3

I didn't know if it was a dig or not. Was your Skype message a hostile one too? Don't know what I've done.

Also, that P1 GTR model is gonna be completely overhauled so it is gonna barely be the same once I've done with it to look better for pCARS.

JDougNY · Apr 13, 2016

Minor update to translation for Statistics MRDF to show the actual formula for Top Speed expressed in Meters per second... https://www.mediafire.com/folder/cy3jl6679k7i1/Public_for_PCARS

JDougNY · Apr 13, 2016

New in the public folder is a Bmt to XML converter.... http://www.mediafire.com/download/3h9cv6ej2crzikh/bmt2xml-master-2b3c655_FIXED.zip
Crowtrobot was kind enough to correct a couple of errors that were generated by the tool, due to format changes from when the old tool was created.

The converter requires linux or a linux terminal.
usage...
./bmt2xml Material_Name.BMT

A text dump to terminal occurs and you can paste that into a new MTX file and your done.

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