Noob questions please bear with me.

[zednem]

First off, Hello all!

I've been exploring this forum on the past week and trying to begin on mod specifically, vehicles. Got to say this is a great community, really!

So as i said i'm trying to get into vehicle mod, been playing tdu for quite some years here and then and recently i've got my hands on a G27 (by the way thanks for Logitech Racing fix on project paradise mod thread, works like a charm) so i could not resist installing this game again.

 

Now i've got some questions for i cannot find a definitive answer. First off, the thread from JPTH, Activate new slots on TDU NEW UPDATE!, explains how to activate locked slots on the game which i assume were coded by eden devs but locked for future megapacks the question then, is possible now to add imported cars from Forza Studio without replace a car ingame? All tuts i find seem to replace some or borrow some files. Could be the case i'm just blind but couldn't find a thread that imports a car from scratch i mean converting the files to "carx.bnk" and use the free slots, are there limitations to that?

Following this, bearing in mind polygon count and such, would be possible to model a car from reference (blueprints, photos, scale models) and apply textures to add as if it were a Forza importing?

Sorry for the long post, i hope i'm not asking things that are too obvious or confused :D at least for me they are not clear yet.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Ryzza5]

Hi zednem. Extra slots in TDU is a recent development, so your best bet may to participate in that thread and work with the mod author.

[Djey]

Hi,

Making a car model (from scratch or from existing in other game) and adding this vehicle to a new slot are 2 hot topics.

 

There is no large tutorial covering the whole process, as every single step is a lot of work, already.

 

But separate tutos are available. For example creating new slots and adding a mod onto it :

MEGA Tutorial: add new cars (Slots) in TDU | turboduck forum

 

You should have a look at it to begin. There are chances things will evolve in the future.

 

Tutos to create mods do exist as well, see at vehicle releases section.

[zednem]

Hey.

 

Thanks for the answers, been digging on my own to and kind of sorted my questions allready i'm just waiting my second copy of TDU DVD to begin the experiments =D, (first one seems to have been lost in somewhere between the old and the new house). So correct me if i'am right =P, new slots can be added directly into database or unlocked through JPTH patch, cars can be added and with project paradise their *.BNK does not have to respect any filesize previously limited. So virtually we can insert a huge amount of new cars provided we have space to put the right? So this leads to a question wich arose when i was reading the World Editor thread, could we in theory add a copy of a car dealer (referencing, creating an #id as you create to a car on db and modeling it into the the island)? Cinematics are not a problem as it is allways the same no matter what cardealer it is so i think its just a backgroundless animation which is inserted in any given coordenates or maybe thats more complex than that idk. Allready have TDUF installed and i'll start messing arround even though i don't have any solid knowledge on the matter but Internet can be our best friend so..

 

Happy to know your opinions.