| Category | Farming Simulator 22 |
| Created | 27.01.2022 01:13 |
| M********* R******** (sharecropper27) | 27.01.2022 01:13 |
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| MC331 Trailer build • Planned Material Editor Maps Giants Editor o Albedo – “White Metal “essentially white and somewhat shiny o Gloss – “Extreme Rusty Metal” courtesy of 3D designer, RyanKingArts (see below) o Normal – this map is currently baked into the procedural color above, how do I transfer normal map info to Giant’s editor? o Emissive map – N/A not used currently • Background on the project o This is my first scratch-built project. I have beginner experience in 3D modeling and recently started using Blender and Giants Editor. I have art and design experience/skill but nothing professional. o Mod Desc – no errors o XML – The XML has errors but they’re not syntax, they’re game related (this is a separate issue I will cover in another post, ongoing issue) o I3d –this file is having issues which are listed (below) o FS22 currently has not [authentic] semi-trailers which carry Anhydrous and Propane These types of products must be stored in highly regulated compressed gas trailers known as MC331 • Business Value o Create value where there is a business need for trailers: anhydrous and propane o Maps such as Deer Creek by Central Ohio Modding currently offer anhydrous sell points but lack authentic tractor-trailer transport • Assumptions o There are currently no other FS22 mods which are not conversions from previous iterations of Farm Sim15 and 17; this creates issues I have no desire to fix, and a scratch build is necessary. • Risks/Issues o UV Unwrap – When I unwrap, there is a clear need to mark seams. However, when I attempt to edge-loop select with ALT-RMB or even CTRL-SHIFT-RMB nothing happens, regardless of what tutorials I’ve found, none of them show how to do this in Blender 3.0 o Dependency on UV unwrap – Texture map export from Blender 3.0 When saving a texture to File Explorer, the object must first be correctly unwrapped. This has delayed unwrapping of the texture. Most images I have saved with texture maps have literally transferred the mesh to the object when applied in Giant’s editor—usually turning the bake completely black. Depending on whether I select the correct texture, sometimes it turns bright red. Alternatively, I have downloaded PBR textures from ambientcg.com but without texture maps, the seams are wrong and the scale of the normal is way off. o Bake transfer to Giants Editor 9.0* How Should I do this? Tutorials exist but I clearly have not found the correct ones for Blender 3.0 When I export to Blender, the i3d comes into Giants Editor as a shiny metal, regardless of bake in blender o I3d doesn’t match export when I save to Giants Editor Is there something I need to do prior to opening the export from Blender in the i3d XML version? • Is it still necessary to adjust any links to materials? source: RDAllen tutorial for FS19 modding • Timeline o Design (Dec 2021 complete) o Development – January 2022 (current phase) o Implement – February 2022 o Production/Testing – mid March 2022 o Release – April 2022 |
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| David Zadnik (DzInLa) | 27.01.2022 02:33 |
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| Regarding edge-loop select, did you convert triangles to quads (Alt-J) in edit mode with all faces selected? I would highly recommend viewing the GIANTS Modding Tutorials 5.0, worth every penny. See the photos I shared on the Expendables Modding group page. |
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| M********* R******** (sharecropper27) | 27.01.2022 02:58 |
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| Thanks, David. This will set me on the right track! |
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