Then you drag your dds file to that directory, go back into tuning and press the skin button until you find your skin. If you create your own dds files, you have to use the Tuning window to create a directory for the car youre modding. veh files and livery dds's (often called car_teams)Īnd Sound files (often called car_sounds)Īnd then these four mas files packed into a component (rfcmp) which you install through your launcher. The dds files for existing mods are inside the mods so you have to use the mod manager to extract them. But if you can, get used to use devmode because it is faster to apply quick changes and check it out immediately.īut all in all, get comfortable with mas2.exe and its functions, also for unpacking installed mods' mas files to see how stuff can be done. You can either choose to use devmode or 'just' repack the four mas-files and create a single component to check your changes.

But like Joshua says there are some TGM's you can use as a baseline. 55 Cheng EM, Tonn S, Swain-Eng R, Factor SA, Weiner WJ, Bever Jr. TGM - the tyre file is still kind of a black art to me. ANM-file is for the driver animation which can't be handled in 3Dsimed, but it isn't a must-have either in my opinion. All you really need is 3Dsimed 3.0 or above, then you can handle most things. Ask away and I'll see if I can help.Īs Joshua says. expired page- To use your skin online: your dds-file name should contain 'alt'. Can anyone help me with that Sort by date Sort by votes Gijs van Elderen 2 You'll need photoshop or Gimp and the nvidia 'dds' plugin for photoshop or Gimp. I know FAR from everything but I've gotten a few cars in-game. 1 I am wanting to create a livery for some cars in rFactor 2 but I have no idea how to.

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