ATS/ETS2 Tutorial: How to make a truck accessory!

[@fullycharged2268]

I have so much respect for game developers after watching this.

[@disco8891]

Thanks so much for your time and knowledge, after watching many tutorials on youtube I found yours, the simplest most direct least confusing of so many out there, to follow ....... much appreciated .

[@digitalx8460]

You're very welcome.

[@nicolesowers9224]

Thank you sooo much for all your tutorials! After watching this one a few times I finally was able to make a truck node. Definitely a lot of places to go wrong. One thing I did mess up was not assigning my root SCS node to the same exact place of the model locator. It was an easy fix once I realised what was happening. Keep up the awesome tutorials mate!!!

[@AnonymousBR3576]

Im from Brazil and i need to say that was the best tutorial of how to create an accessory for ATS/ETS2 from youtube, thx!!!

[@DigitalXUK]

You're welcome :) I hope to make more but ive been away for a few years a lot has happened.

[@righteous6851]

Going to keep this video in my archives, very usefull and very well explained!

[@digitalx8460]

Thanks! This is the bare bones of blender modelling. Without needing to setup folders, addons etc you can get a new accessory done in about 10 minutes. I will be covering the Look and Variant system in ETS2/ATS at some point as well.

[@southboundtp2067]

Your tutorials are very very helpful mate 😎

[@tylannister7354]

You are awesome! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge, it will help the community a lot!

[@AhuizotlXiuh]

3:25 I can't find the tutorial you mentioned. Can you drop a link?

[@svi_ra]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGGmg4GKr6-pjbM

[@pywyly4522]

4:35 Where did You found this file?

[@nicolesowers9224]

Excellent video!! This is very helpful!

[@paulvicgatt4383]

I Don’t know why my accessory isn’t showing up in game :( I’m following every single step of yours but still no success.

[@DigitalXUK]

I've been away for a couple years now due to personal reasons and have just got back. It's quite possibly something has been misnamed in the accessory definition file. Double check those.

[@hoseinshahbazi5021]

Please, if you have the opportunity, put the tutorial on discussing the complete sii files and editing them and the topic of hookups in your channel, because it is really a pity if these tutorials are not complete. Anyway, thank you for all your efforts.

[@digitalx8460]

i have a video discussing how to make hookup slots.

[@carlosquiroz6009]

same here i couldn't find the video he said about the hookups folder

[@lkwflitzer]

I do everything the same as you but from minute 7:30 onwards I only get error messages in Blender. I don't know what's wrong. It annoys me that I can't create a mod

[@hamidslayed8420]

Hi! I followed everything you did but I can't find the 'upgrade file' . I only have 'truck' and 'share'. How can I fix that? Thanks in advance.

[@RainyNebula]

Thank you so much man! I need help making my first mod this video is helpful but how do I make a mod for the interior of the truck?

[@wahuo3966]

It's working!! Thank you so much.

[@DigitalXUK]

You're welcome. There will be more to come I have been away for a while but just getting back on my feet.

[@あいまなび]

難しいですが、tutorialをありがとう❤

[@thetiredtrucker6989]

Hello, I also need your help. I follow everything you do on a tutorial but the difference is that I took a volvo fh 2012 from SCS. I follow everything you do until minute 06:29 until the export but I notice that you have the ubgrade file but I don't.. and further enter that folder to put cube.pmd and the textures but I don't understand what I can do if I don't have that folder.. Thank you, sorry to bother you!

[@sgagne57]

Hi Digital X ! Could you make a video on how to create a cargo for SCS flatbed please :) thank you for your video :)

[@HayesTransport]

Every time I click PACK MOD I get an error :/

[@viber43go]

is there a way to add the accesories to the truck in blender all at once and on their position already ? or atleast something similar to this even its 1by1

[@SlavJerry]

ey your thumnail looks familiar nice tutorial man

[@digitalx8460]

Might have seen it on the scs forum haha, thanks!

[@tris129]

I was getting the red box on the conversion tool for the >> PACK MOD

[@JonilsonRezendes]

Muito bom, seu tutorial é bem explicativo

[@trucker_nicolas]

When i go to vehicle\truck there is no upgrade folder. can u help me? (8:00)

[@DigitalXUK]

If it's a modded truck you're making you won't have this by default. All base scs trucks have them. You will need to make this folder yourself.

[@TheRgxSingh]

Make a tutorial on hanging accessory .. thanks

[@andrew-dc2iw]

hi, do you think you could show us how to add an onboard computer for trucks? thanks for your help.

[@Nonchalant_Gemini]

Hello how’s it going, Followed all your steps but for the 389 nothing shows up idk wat I’m doing wrong. Any tip to help me figure it out Ty

[@LynxModding]

Hello Sir, do you have any idea about how to change the in-game name of the accessory locator? Like in your case it came as cube in-game as it's named like that in truck base , but is there any way to somehow show it as different name like "Front Cube" (for example) in-game

[@DigitalXUK]

It's been a long time since I've modded. In the Definition file for the accessory at the top it should say something similar to: "bumper.cube.pete389" It's separated by full stops.

[@LynxModding]

@@DigitalXUK thanks So it will show as "Bumper" in game right?

[@DigitalXUK]

@LynxModding yes. The locator name you specify in Blender is how the upgrade on the truck will be named when selecting different parts.

[@lodocus1501]

Hello! Thank you for your guide. I've been wanting to make an interior cabin accessory but I haven't found much videos regarding to that. To make an cabin accessory, do I import the interior model of the preferred truck instead and follow the guide or need to do something else? If you have any ideas or documentations or videos on how-to, I would be very happy if you would share them as I quite need a point of direction to begin with. Regards.

[@digitalx8460]

I can make a video on how to do the interior accessory sometime next week. It works very similar to the exterior accessory. I've done an interior accessory for the GPS on the 9900i Addons mod.

[@lodocus1501]

@@digitalx8460 I would really appreciate it! If you are going to, take your time making it. I will be on the lookout.

[@chixntrux2127]

@@digitalx8460 Looking forward to an interior accessory tutorial as well. I understand that the process is similar to the exterior, but a proper tutorial from you about it would be immensely appreciated (particularly, I'm curious how the Sisl's Megapack can put one accessory in different areas, like, the same magazine can be put on the floor and on the dashboard as well). And thanks already for all the tutorials you've released so far, you're definitely the best at explaining how to do things properly when it comes to ETS2 modding.

[@tristanmartin4560]

hey there....awesome tutorials...Ive used them to great effect. I'd like to know how to make an accessory that has hookup slots only with no model in blender please.

[@DigitalXUK]

I haven't done hookup slot tutorials in 2 years. I think the only way you can do that without a model is to make the node in Blender. What accessory are you making that has no model? I'm confused

[@tristanmartin4560]

@@DigitalXUK rear bumper...slots only

[@DigitalXUK]

@@tristanmartin4560 as far as I know you have to import the bumper. Just copy and paste the locator nodes and rename them. I did that on the 1632NG and the International LT addons mod.

[@HYPERSHAONARCA770]

There is a lots of tutorials and most of them in indonesian language very hard to understand , thank u sir for your tutorials , can u please make a tutorial about how to edit a truck body chasis and make some custom accesories like wide body , custom front and back ?

[@dizzythakidd7350]

awesome but now how do i make something cool and not a cube what program do i use to make a 3d bumper ?

[@DigitalXUK]

Use Blender like I do. I've made bumpers and bullbars from scratch on it. Just takes persistence:)

[@theflightsimmer1708]

awsome tutorial, i was wondering, do you also happen to know how to make 3d cargo for flatbeds to add

[@matthewwilliams2347]

I would also like this tutorial. Ive been tying before with no luck

[@CMoDZ3D]

just skimmed and going to watch properly tomorrow, so can you now then place that cube anywhere on the truck with pressing the dot locations on truck

[@digitalx8460]

If you have the cube (game_object) centered in Blender, wherever your node is on the cabin model, that is where the cube will spawn. If you place the "cube" model locator on the roof then the cube in game will be on the roof with the model locator.

[@CMoDZ3D]

@@digitalx8460 i tried it but up to the export part, it exports fine but it doesn't make an upgrade folder

[@digitalx8460]

@@CMoDZ3D You have to make the upgrade folders yourself. If you check a truck mod, and look at the files vehicle/truck/upgrade etc. It's like that.

[@ItsMuush]

Please can you like the referenced video of hookups please

[@caagri22]

how would i get the equivalent of the w900.scs file for the scania RJL as i cont find it

[@lucasgtv]

every time I place the textures and export the message "Texture file" from material 'mat_0001 plastic leather doesn't exist inside current Project Base Path. TOBJ won't be exported and reference will remain empty, expect problems" the textures turn pink

[@DigitalXUK]

It's been a long time since I modded. A lot has happened. In Blender when you set up paths for your project folder make sure they're accurate. They need to be at the folder level that your truck is at. Also check your material textures drop down option i think it had to be a tobj file then click the cog/wheel icon and it should change into a tobj and give the correct texture.

[@lucasgtv]

@@DigitalXUK The texture paths are all correct, the textures are in the correct sizes, they are all in tga, the tobj is also correct, but every time I export it, I get this error, I don't understand why I'm doing it the same way all the videos teach, but theirs never give errors.

[@DigitalXUK]

@lucasgtv I should be back online properly soon and I'll make a tutorial on this. As long as the texture exists in the base path it should be OK. Do any of the directories regarding materials have a red colour on them? That indicates an error. I had that problem myself so ill have to relearn how to do all this. Shouldn't be too bad though.

[@lucasgtv]

​@@DigitalXUK I saw it here and there is nothing wrong with the texture, it wasn't supposed to give this error, if one day you could make a video showing what can solve this error I would appreciate it, since I've been there for a year and I can never fix it, I have my trucks and I can't change anything about them

[@rainproof264]

Is it a problem if I do not have the mod folder on C:! What files are created here at the video 14:00? At 7:57 a Locator is created I see the already when I activate the mod? I have the following folder: material, vehicle, including pmg and pit files, but with you the files are somewhere else? What am I doing wrong. Thanks for your help.

[@digitalx8460]

At 14:00 that's from importing the truck, files are created automatically in the work folder you make at the beginning when you import the w900. No locator is created at 7:57, the orange axis is the game_object (the truck) which holds all the model locators, pieces etc. I don't know what's wrong because I can't see your folder. It needs to follow the structure I show.

[@rainproof264]

@@digitalx8460 I import the truck, folders are created, make a locater export and pack mod afterwards. After that I have a zip in the mod folder, zb. cubetest.zip. Can I see here already with this created zip (mod) the locator on the truck?! Sorry, anyway thank you already.

[@digitalx8460]

@@rainproof264 That sounds about right. Can you list the folders in your cube.zip please. The model locator should appear by the grill on the W900.

[@mrpirate1609]

ok it does not show up. but I think I know why my Shape1 file is just a text file. but it needs to be a .sii but even though I put .sii at the end of the name it does not change are you using some kind of file converter?

[@mrpirate1609]

I have notepad++ but .sii is not listed and putting it at the end of the name does nothing

[@MammottMSM741]

i couldnt download the conversion tools, for some reason when i clicked on 2.12 or any other version it never installed.

[@digitalx8460]

Odd, can you try this link? download.eurotrucksimulator2.com/conversion_tools_2_12.zip

[@VikingPlaysGames]

I wonder if you can help me. I made a Steering Wheel in Blender, to use with a Scania NextGen. I modelled it and tried to pack it into a Mod with the latest Blender Option. It did pack it and the ZIP seems to contain everything. But the Mod simply doesn´t show up ingame. So what did i wrong?

[@DigitalXUK]

Double check your definition files. It sounds like a dangling pointer that isn't named correctly or pointing to something that doesn't exist.

[@俊-n4c]

Finish it according to the steps. You can't see the accessory points in the game.

[@or_rx]

Same for me

[@kemetnukingtrucking240]

I wanna start making high quality trucks for ats, do I need this blender? I have the z modular already

[@DigitalXUK]

Both will be fine but I like Blender for the SCS Tools.

[@meikokaisuke6142]

Thank you so much for this man! This helped me a lot creating my first ever mod! I have a question. What should i do if i want different texture choices for the cube?

[@digitalx8460]

You're welcome, regarding different textures on the cube (or any accessory for that matter) I will be creating a video on the Look and Variant system, that covers textures and different shapes from the same model. I will probably get around to it tomorrow or the weekend.

[@meikokaisuke6142]

@@digitalx8460 Brilliant! Thank you so much, can't wait for that! Subbed to your channel!

[@hoseinshahbazi5021]

Hello dear friend, thank you for your good tutorials. I did this for Eurotrack in version 1.44 and with updated tools, but unfortunately my cube is not known and will not be added. Please help me. It is very important for me and I guess because of the new update. Game This problem has occurred and it is possible that the sii file should be changed

[@digitalx8460]

Double check your accessory .sii file. I've made accessories on 1.44 and it works the same way. Check the game.log for clues. Start at the bottom of the file and go up.

[@936.0.0]

tried to add to the body of the trailer. I made a locator (test), registered a folder named locator (test) in the accessories folder. No point. I'll prescribe (in body.sii) defaults[]: ".../accessory/test/shape00.sii" - appear on the model but there is no way to remove or change it. It seemed easy, but I can't.

[@dmcedits7743]

i worked it out export then convert dont pack and it works

[@Brayyyo]

Whenever I export, it pops up with a bunch of errors

[@digitalx8460]

Sorry I just seen this, what errors? sometimes KZbin shows I got a comment but I click and it don't show up so I can't reply.

[@Brayyyo]

@@digitalx8460 No worries i don’t get this error anymore

[@realestgamer9456]

How can I fix no textute red color?

[@digitalx8460]

You're missing a mat file. When you make your truck accessory and load into the game and see the "no texture found" close the game, and check the game.log for any missing .mat files. Then all you need to do is find the specific automat folder in the truck accesosry mod (f7, bc etc) and copy it over into the main truck mod. If that makes sense?

[@Piyush.Pandey]

I can't make this because my blender lags a lot 😓

[@digitalx8460]

What Blender version? System specs?

[@Piyush.Pandey]

@@digitalx8460 blender version 2.90 System specs 8gb ram Intel i3 4030u @1.90Ghz speed Intel hd 4400 graphics

[@Piyush.Pandey]

​@@digitalx8460thanks for replying

[@digitalx8460]

@@Piyush.Pandey Not sure what to suggest, sorry. Could try a lower Blender version but you may have to downgrade your Blender Tools and other addons.

[@Piyush.Pandey]

@@digitalx8460 sir, Is there any option to download scs blender tools for lower blender versions?