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Lawsonalex94 Members Posts: 18 Location: United Kingdom Occupation: Age: V$:	#1 2015-07-27 13:39
	CREATING PARTS FOR AN ALREADY MADE CAR So as the title states. Id like to create some fresher bumpers for a car, im still getting the ropes of scripting but if i had a little help with a few questions i think i could work on from there. Obviously id not wanna bombard someone with every question so heres most of the questions im stuck with; > How would i get an idea of the bumper size from its original size? It can be decoded > Headlights and taillights, Ive created the models before but how would i replace the old ones? or get the details for the script of it? > Ive created wheels before but what's the main differences for the bumpers/ Lights that i should be aware of? > How would i match the colour/texture to the already built model? (the model isn't made by me and it wont be released unless i get the original owners details) > Ive heard vaguely about glows or something for headlights, if someone wouldn't mind explaining what those are and how id apply them to the model? >Last question. How would i extract a file from the game, when i do extract it using z modeler v1.07b it usually imports the file as a whole object but then when i export it to 3ds max it opens as a square or a small primitive? Thanks for the answers to these questions. They're really frustrating me as im pretty much playing around with files but i just seem to create error codes
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Jesus Christ The Godfathers Posts: 2977 Location: United Kingdom Occupation: Turning water into protein Age: 33 V$: LOAD£D	#2 2015-07-27 13:49
	I suggest fallowing - *LINK* once you learn that you will know the basics and will be able to start picking things apart, aka rpk's, cfgs etc. Added 4 minutes later: as far as help goes, people are ALWAYS willing to help, but take HELP very literally.. help is supporting someone not putting tosh on their plate and spoon feeding them, if you're willing to put the effort, attempt to learn and ask the right questions you will get answers if you take the piss and expect people to just do shit for you, you will learn nothing and get no serious responses. - THIS IS IN GENERAL not aimed at you as such.
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Lawsonalex94 Members Posts: 18 Location: United Kingdom Occupation: Age: V$:	#3 2015-07-27 15:21
	Yeah i get you, ive watched that video over and over again and can comfortably make a wheel, but how do i actually figure out if something will fit? where would i find its scale, coordinates. Its not my model so i dont have these details as an easily accesible option
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Jesus Christ The Godfathers Posts: 2977 Location: United Kingdom Occupation: Turning water into protein Age: 33 V$: LOAD£D	#4 2015-07-27 15:29
	the same way you scale a wheel if you make it bigger in 3dmax, it will be bigger in game too. coordinates is not that easy, you will have to simply adjust your cfg to match the link between main bumper so -; front bumper(main/01) is the "parent" part, any addon part has coordinates that either are exactly the same or a little different, say if a bumper is longer by 2" it will have somehing like 0 0 2 different from the parent. so ideally, create new mesh, new cfg, new java etc.. duplicate front bumper 1 for e.g., now import your new mesh, scale it, adjust the position over cfg and then do the loading order, update java with the name and that's it.
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Lawsonalex94 Members Posts: 18 Location: United Kingdom Occupation: Age: V$:	#5 2015-07-27 15:45
	That sounds doable! thanks jesus!
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RedCarDriver Moderators Posts: 1211 Location: United States Arizona Occupation: it's complicated... more complicated than my relationships Age: 30 V$: 86310	#6 2015-07-27 17:04
	# Lawsonalex94 : > How would i get an idea of the bumper size from its original size? It can be decoded 1) Import the bumper from the car you're working with in ZModeler; use that to export to 3DS or OBJ. Import the 3DS or OBJ format into 3DS Max. Scale it up by 10025%. There's your scale reference for your new bumper. 2) Ask the creator of the mod for one of the original .max files. If it's one of my mods, and you're making new parts, the answer will basically always be 'yes'; although I can't say for sure about other modders.
	My Roleplay Thread Roleplay set roughly in a fictionalized version of Phoenix, Arizona. The time varies, with a lot of flashbacks / stories told through old photos as well as flash forwards to later times, but is intended to be one continuous story. My character is about 5 years older than myself, and considerably richer. lol. I have a couple of other made-up characters for the RP too. Current cars: - Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (BCNR33 1996 S2) - Toyota Supra (JZA80 1993) - auto N/A; work in progress Shop drift car: Nissan Skyline GTS25t 2JZ Swap (ECR33 1994) Previous cars: - Nissan 240SX RHD Conversion / RB Swap - parted out - Pontiac G8 V6, LS7 Swap - sold - Toyota Supra Turbo (JZA80 1997) - stolen Others' featured cars: - Jake's Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (BCNR33) "Wine Red" with Nismo RB28 Will the R33 ever be released? When? : The R33 is a long running work in progress that will be released when it's done, and not a moment sooner. I'm definitely being a perfectionist about this, but I want this to be the mod the community deserves and expects, not merely the latest in a set of stop-gap mods. Will you be making a Mustang 2015 / S550? : Not after the large bunch of other stuff I'm planning to make is all done. Is that your mod in those screenshots? : Is it the Skyline R33, the Audi A5, the Crossfire, the Supra JZA80 (with Bigg Boss93) or one of the ones I've released (like the Mustangs)? If so, yes. If not, probably not; search the GOM and VStanced downloads sections for it. Mustang mod updates? : A new SN95 1995 Mustang mod is planned (the original wasn't mine); a Foxbody remake with LOD0 meshes is in the works, and will include more parts than the original version; and I am preparing updates to the SN95 2000, many of which are finished but not there yet.