My trailer mod! Please Help!

[Toms_Farkys]

Hello!

I know that there are many good modder here! And can someone help me with my mod/edit of my Artict 3?
I mod with 3DS Max/Kams Script and I added double wheels, copied light from back and did put them in corners of the box, then i saved, and exported as .DFF file.
Putted it in GTA:SA with Alcis IMG Tool, did go in game and nothing happend, trailer was the same (old/original one) nothing was changed...
If modders can help please do it, If you can! 
I hope ihatetn reads this too, he has great edits to original trailers/truck!

http://www.2shared.com/file/pTlvxuSf/Artict3Edit01.html

[TheSandman]

Did you look for the right trailer ingame? Try putting the mod on both trailers. 1 + 3.

[Toms_Farkys]

Did you look for the right trailer ingame? Try putting the mod on both trailers. 1 + 3.

Okay, i renamed it and ill put it in GTA!

Okay, so Artic 1 now looks like Artic 3 and inside of wheels are white, wasnt Double Wheels.
Its just like Artic 3, but the wheel texture is different... I'll take a pic. Where to upload it?

[TheSandman]

Imgur.com is a good screenshot site.

[Toms_Farkys]

Thats the Artic 1!

I gtg now, ill be on other computer, so i cant edit that thing, ill be back only at evening... (to my pc xD)

[ihatetn931]

All the texture you used on the truck must be in the txd. By the looks of it, looks like you're missing the texture. You have to figure out which texture goes there and use the eye droper to get it, figure out the id then edit it and see if it shows in 3ds max.

Hint press F9 to render the scene so you get a general idea how it's gonna look

[Strato]

You have just the .dff file but not .txd file for the trailer. Try to download it.

[Toms_Farkys]

You have just the .dff file but not .txd file for the trailer. Try to download it.

Ill export him from gta3.img with Alcis img editor...
Im not home yet, so i cant do anything for now

[Toms_Farkys]

All the texture you used on the truck must be in the txd. By the looks of it, looks like you're missing the texture. You have to figure out which texture goes there and use the eye droper to get it, figure out the id then edit it and see if it shows in 3ds max.

Hint press F9 to render the scene so you get a general idea how it's gonna look

When i did open my project it did show me the pics from .txd files that ends with .bmp were missing... As i remember from morning...
But, yeah i just need to get all the artict3.txd file? Or i need to extract all Txd files from gta3.img to one folder and it'll be easier 3DS Max to find the picture it needs?

[ihatetn931]

All the texture you used on the truck must be in the txd. By the looks of it, looks like you're missing the texture. You have to figure out which texture goes there and use the eye droper to get it, figure out the id then edit it and see if it shows in 3ds max.

Hint press F9 to render the scene so you get a general idea how it's gonna look

When i did open my project it did show me the pics from .txd files that ends with .bmp were missing... As i remember from morning...
But, yeah i just need to get all the artict3.txd file? Or i need to extract all Txd files from gta3.img to one folder and it'll be easier 3DS Max to find the picture it needs?

It would be easier to put all the txds in one folder and use those in 3ds max, you need txd workshop to add new texture to the txd files. There is places that you can get all the files needed to model, I don't rember where they are. You don't use the txd file to get textures in 3ds max, you need to export the texture from the txd with txd workshop and put them in a folder, then set that folder in 3ds max as one of the texture folders. Any time you add a new texture to the model it also needs to be imported in to the .txd. The txd file has all the textures for the model in 1 file, that's how gta sa gets the textures

[Toms_Farkys]

Okay, when ill be home ill open gta3.img with TXD Workshop and just extract all those files that are there to any folder.(?)
And, can you ctrl+a and it will select all of the textures in TXD Workshop? So i wont need to click to all of them and then extract?

[ihatetn931]

Okay, when ill be home ill open gta3.img with TXD Workshop and just extract all those files that are there to any folder.(?)
And, can you ctrl+a and it will select all of the textures in TXD Workshop? So i wont need to click to all of them and then extract?

You don't have to do that, just extract the files you need. For example say you need artic1.txd so what you do is extract that from the gta.img then open it with txd workshop and extract the textures from the txd and put them in a folder. You do need all the textures from vehicle.txd so you have to extract those as well

[Toms_Farkys]

Okay, when ill be home ill open gta3.img with TXD Workshop and just extract all those files that are there to any folder.(?)
And, can you ctrl+a and it will select all of the textures in TXD Workshop? So i wont need to click to all of them and then extract?

You don't have to do that, just extract the files you need. For example say you need artic1.txd so what you do is extract that from the gta.img then open it with txd workshop and extract the textures from the txd and put them in a folder. You do need all the textures from vehicle.txd so you have to extract those as well

And that vehicle.txd is in gta3.img or somewhere in GTA SA root directory? Can you make skype or something like that because, it takes long time to talk about this here... Like if i post smth u read it after 30min and me too...

[ihatetn931]

The vehicle txd is in (look below). No i don't do skype. I also really don't have the time to explain everything to you through skype cause i have other stuff as well. You can google tuts. There is plenty of youtube tutorials for it. just google gta sa modeling tutorials or somthing along them lines. If i was to explain everything to you it would take hours since this really isn't a short process, so it's best just to look for tuts. First i recomend you learning how to use 3ds max

If you have a 64 bit os it's in

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\models\generic

if you don't have a 64 bit os it's in

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C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\models\generic


[Toms_Farkys]

The vehicle txd is in (look below). No i don't do skype. I also really don't have the time to explain everything to you through skype cause i have other stuff as well. You can google tuts. There is plenty of youtube tutorials for it. just google gta sa modeling tutorials or somthing along them lines. If i was to explain everything to you it would take hours since this really isn't a short process, so it's best just to look for tuts. First i recomend you learning how to use 3ds max

If you have a 64 bit os it's in

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\models\generic

if you don't have a 64 bit os it's in

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C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas\models\generic


Okay
Ive got 32bit laptop, and Ill try to do what you said, and now ill search some tuts

***Gave you cookie xD

[Matheus]

No textures = White cars

[Toms_Farkys]

Wtf, why does the texture not appear? It did show me to locate all the textures i located them and pressed continue. Nothing happend, Im going into 3DS Max several times, but nothing... And why cant i select the Kams scripts from the right toolbar? It shows me to re-intall the script!

And why do I need to wait till mod. watches this post, why i cant post it right now?

[Toms_Farkys]

Okay, I now have a Artict 3 trailer with Double wheels (original ones that are doubled )
But can someone help me with those things that are on top of the trailer? Ventilators or smth How can i move them? When i just started modding with 3DS Max i did move them, but now i dont know how to move them xD Ive seen that Ihatetn has those things moved in his Artict 1 Mod

And can someone answer me, when will the thing end that Moderator needs to check this and apply this post, so other can see

[ihatetn931]

You need to select the faces you wanna move then use the move tool to move them.

I dunno maybe when you become un moderated?

[Toms_Farkys]

You need to select the faces you wanna move then use the move tool to move them.

I dunno maybe when you become un moderated?

Can we talk somewhere else? Because im moderated And i gotta wait like 3 hours to moderator apply my post...
*About my trailer*
Okay, so i did add a ventilator thingy on front (like yours Artict 1 And removed the 2nd from roof and now the roof is clean, now trying to rotate lights that are in back of trailer, do tou know why when i rotate lights why does the right and left not rotate correctly? It like brakes or smth, i several parts... Hope you did understand my English language isnt very good...

[ihatetn931]

When you rotate the lights, Select the vertex and not the faces.  You rotate it with vertexs selected. Depends what software you have for im.

[Toms_Farkys]

When you rotate the lights, Select the vertex and not the faces.  You rotate it with vertexs selected. Depends what software you have for im.

Okay, thank you it helped a lot And do i need to add dummies? (Copy the dummie from the backlight) To add the light to those thingys?
**EDIT**
How did you add the colors to the taillights? In 3DS Max they're colored, the lights on side of the trailer are blue... And how do you did make them to light?

[ihatetn931]

When you rotate the lights, Select the vertex and not the faces.  You rotate it with vertexs selected. Depends what software you have for im.

Okay, thank you it helped a lot And do i need to add dummies? (Copy the dummie from the backlight) To add the light to those thingys?
**EDIT**
How did you add the colors to the taillights? In 3DS Max they're colored, the lights on side of the trailer are blue... And how do you did make them to light?

You shouldn't need to add any dummies unless you're adding wheels or some other stuff. You need to map the lights to vehiclelights128 to make the lights light up. You need uvw unwrap then use the uv editor to get it to the light you want it on.