ATS how to add trucks to engine sound mods

A quick walk through on how to mod engine sound mods to include trucks that are not included in the original sound mod. Kreichbaum Mega Pack will be the sound mod example we are working with. Also how to add your custom truck to Zeemods Paymod Open_Def files.
I will be posting a video soon with pure game sounds of the Zeemods engines coming soon, so stay tuned for that.
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Links
Kreichbaum Engine sound Mega Pack 3.5: forum.scssoft.com/viewtopic.p...
zeemods paymod: zeemods.sellfy.store/
FLX Peterbilt 359: flxmods.com/product/peterbilt...
SCS Extractor: modding.scssoft.com/wiki/Docu...
7zip: www.7-zip.org/

[@Wikcentral]

Recorded this for the first time using RTX Voice and my volumes were reduced much more than I thought. We hit a heat wave here, so I have lots of fan background noise I needed to cut out.

[@mikekeller3802]

Thank you it worked

[@DB7GamingSimulator]

Your recording sound great and the most important is all your video is perfect !! Now I can have the new 3.6 of Kriechbaum and the ZEEMODS with all the truck !!! Let me know if you know how to fix the air brake, back up and flasher sound !!

[@silvervisage5096]

I've been looking for this for a long time. Clear and precise. Thank you sir!

[@Cbam871]

I literally just tried this with the same truck. THANKYOU! it's so much better

[@NikkoHUN]

Thank you very much! You "saved my life" ! I bought the Zeemods Detroit Diesel series 60 14L engine mod. That's the waaay best engine sound mod. I found at last the Renenate's Kenworth c500 1.42 updated version, but it have terrible engine sounds. Now with your help, i can use it with my Zeemods DD60 sound.

[@dOOmERdaZe]

great video on engine sounds to add to your modded trucks

[@miken51bod]

Thanks so much for this video. I can finally add some decent sounds to my other trucks.

[@Wikcentral]

Thanks for the kind words. I hope it works out for you.

[@andrewhopwood500]

I also have purchased this Peterbilt 359 so your video came in very handy and allowed me to modify all my favourite engine/sounds so they are compatible with the 359 mod. I also then used the same principles you clearly defined in this video to then modify the Real Eaton Fuller Transmissions Mod by Loader Saints from the Steam Workshop to allow my favourite 18 speed transmissions to be compatible with the FLX Mods 359.

[@Wikcentral]

Thanks for the reply, and thanks for telling me about that Eaton Mod. I need to grab that mod and give it a try. It looks really good.

[@andrewhopwood500]

It's a bit of a ball ache modifying the 18 speed transmissions, there are 80 manual ones. I didn't bother with the auto transmissions.

[@ar0d266]

Thank you so much now I’m going to go and try it’s

[@fexploder3281]

Thank you very very much, it worked!

[@ixpaolo_9878]

thanks so much man!

[@jwcoop3905]

thanks alot man

[@DB7GamingSimulator]

Awesome video thank you so much !!! Do you know how to add the ZEEMODS air brake sound ? I really love the old Pinga 1.38 mods but no air brake sound.. Now I have the zeemods engine so it's a big step ahead 🔥

[@dOOmERdaZe]

I added the sound trainhorn XL to jon ruda pete 389 glider and going to add it to the haterbilt 389 as well really easy to do you will need two mods the trainhorn XL and your mod to create the sound then place it on top of the original mod and good to go. I will also add to peterbilt 389v2/viper truck as well working on that here shortly. :)

[@goldenbeatera2739]

Great Vid!!!

[@Wikcentral]

I hope it was helpful

[@jessescott8256]

you’re awesome man!! do you know how to make the engine brakes louder on the kriechbaum pack? specifically for one engine

[@Wikcentral]

You would do this with fmod. There should be some videos on how to use fmod and ETS2/ATS sound banks.

[@Norest4thewicked2]

Hi. Great video. I followed it, and was easily able to add some trucks to different sound mods. Thank you. One question I have, is what would I do with a payware mod that has part 1and two?

[@Wikcentral]

A truck model part1 and Part2? Does not matter as long as you note it's defined name of that folder as instructed and add that to your sound mod

[@ryanclarke772]

would you know how to make the horn on the jon ruda trucks louder? or add a train horn because they seem very quiet

[@Wikcentral]

you could ask in the Jon Ruda FB page possibly. I do know the ZeeMod sounds give a train horn sound for the W900 Highway Killer. Also what level is your truck effects slider? Horn should be on that slider.

[@AMedinaG]

Do you know how to add the trainhorn sound to a mod or even scs trucks? As I know its included with Zeemod C15 but I can't make it work

[@Wikcentral]

I have not looked into adding the train horn honestly, but should be pretty simple. If I get around to trying, I will do a short followup on what to do to get it to work.

[@alfderbabybenz7092]

This extractor stuff doesnt work with any truck mod i have. great...

[@chriskershaw138]

Great video!!!! Is it possible to add multiple trucks to the same zeemods engine? Or can u only do 1.

[@Wikcentral]

You can have multiple trucks inside the open.def archive.

[@chriskershaw138]

@@Wikcentral thanks... I tried can only have 1 truck... if I change the name to new truck the old truck loses that engine....how do I do multiple trucks? Thanks again!!

[@Wikcentral]

@@chriskershaw138 are you creating a separate folder for each truck with their defined name for those folders?

[@chriskershaw138]

@@Wikcentralyes what I did was I found the defined name from a different truck then copied the file to the zeemods open def folder alongside the original and got back into game and it shows up in the mod list where u can filter engines and zeemods shows up there but none of the engines show up in the list of engines.

[@Wikcentral]

@@chriskershaw138 I will do some testing to see. Maybe you also need to edit your .sii files as well. What engine pack are you using to try ?

[@MahoganyRush]

At the 11:38 mark, you close the folder and all of a sudden its an .scs file? I thought you had to add to archive as zip, then change suffix to .scs. What did I miss, cause it ain't working for me.

[@Wikcentral]

The scs files remained open in 7zip. I copied my edited files into the opened 7zip window. No changing of file types was done during this. Also note that the def name of your truck is cap sensitive. Make your truck name of the folder and the edit to the sii file exactly as you find it in your truck mod. which truck are you trying to add to which sound mod?

[@Blackspecialops100]

Dude how do you do mutiple trucks to the sound mod when i add another truck to the file the first trucks loses those engines

[@Wikcentral]

For which sound mod? I actually have only been using zeemods sounds lately but next time I fire up the sim I will update the KB mod and see if I have the same issue. I never had that issue before. Are you naming the folder and also changing the name of the truck in each of the .sii as well?

[@Majk_L]

I need your help sir. I have Truck from Platinum design truck Scania J&J and i bought sound from zeemods for that Scania, but i cant open either of these mods. How can i make it work? It says it cant be open as archive

[@Wikcentral]

mods are probably locked files. I know Zeemod locks the main file, but Zeemods comes with an open Def file if you bought it from Zeemods. You need to mod the open def file with the def name for your vehicle. You can ask the author of you modded truck for the defined name. I do not have that truck, so I have no idea on what it's defined name is.

[@sweetwolfasmraudio6726]

so i try to extract the def from the same 359 but it extracts everything but the def

[@Wikcentral]

What exactly are you trying to do, add engine sounds to the flx359? Because you don't do anything in the 359 mod it's all in the engine sound mods. You just need to know the define name of the truck you're trying to add to the sound mod you're trying to use

[@8mandown]

i have windows 10 im following your steps but im at a stand still i seem to cant find the pad to open up the engine files to change the name how do i get to that pad? thanks

[@Wikcentral]

Right click the .sii file. Now select "open with" Then select "more apps" look for "notepad" I use a more advanced file editing program called "notepad++" but default windows installed "notepad" will work just fine for you.

[@8mandown]

@@Wikcentral ok thanks got it to work now there's a norther problem after i renamed every thing and went to drop the new file back into my main sound mode it keeps saying the process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process what am i doing wrong? thanks

[@Wikcentral]

@@8mandown you must have a file open somewhere. save your work. close all windows, reopen the archive and try dropping in your new folder after that.

[@RSWT79]

I have added the FLX 359 and others to alot of open defs but the frickin "Duck" just keep crashing the game when I try to add the ZM 8v92t. Anyone?

[@Wikcentral]

I apologize, but I am not understanding what the duck is.

[@RSWT79]

@@Wikcentral the 70's Convoy movie truck "Rubber duck" Mack r700L

[@Wikcentral]

@@RSWT79 if ats is crashing after adding a truck to ZM open def, then I would make sure you typed in the truck name correctly into the open def file for ZM.

[@CPGplays]

You mentioned that you can do this with steam workshop mods 2 stuff can you also show how to do this or link me to a video because I cannot find one I would appreciate it thank you

[@Wikcentral]

The quick answer is look up the sound mod in the workshop you want to work with. Look at the web link to that workshop mod (you may need to change setting in steam to show you the link) and look for "?id=" The number after that is the workshop ID number. Now you will find this mod folder in your steam install steam\steamapps\workshop\content\270880\ and look for the folder with that number. You will find your mod in there and make your changes to it. But to keep those changes, move that folder to your mods folder in documents/american truck simulator/mods, name it something you will remember then unsub from the mod in workshop so it does not update and rechange your changes or conflict with the folder you created in the mods folder. Depending on that mod, you can just leave it like that but some you have to pull out the zip file of the mod and just drop it into your mod folder and rename it instead of the entire folder.

[@Wikcentral]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pX2Ug5KsntZmaq8

[@themandalorian8272]

Will this work with WinRAR since that's the downloader app I use a lot?

[@chadreisinger6427]

yes, winrar should work fine. whatever you are used to using.

[@themandalorian8272]

@@chadreisinger6427 ok thanks 👍😊

[@Wikcentral]

yeah, winrar can open the archives

[@themandalorian8272]

@@Wikcentral is there a section in WinRAR that I need to click on in the app in order to open the archives?

[@Wikcentral]

@@themandalorian8272 just right click the scs file then click "open with"

[@77x5ghost]

i tried adding it to the dodge cnt950 mod and it has no engine sound

[@Wikcentral]

I do not have that truck. Does KW have a discord that you can join for help? What is the def name of the truck and which sound mod were you trying to add it to?

[@77x5ghost]

@@Wikcentral for some odd reasons it started working again magically after removed it and then installed it again

[@georgeroberts9055]

Is it the same with rta 908?

[@Wikcentral]

I imagine it is. I do not have any RTA mods to test it on, but you would do the same steps, find the def name of the RTA 908 as I did here with Pete.flx

[@georgeroberts9055]

@@Wikcentral thanks for for that 👍

[@Wikcentral]

@@georgeroberts9055 I hope it works out for you. I might add, I think the Zeemod pay sounds work with several RTA mods.

[@christoswiegers2372]

Hi all. i hope somebody can help me. i bought Zeemods the sound pack Cat c16 and i want to add it to the default kenworth w900 in ats i have watched the video a million times and stil i dont understand how you add the def files to be a mod or the get it to a scs. CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME. Im from Namibia.

[@Wikcentral]

zeemods works with default trucks with no modifications or need for the open def file. just add zeemods.c16.scs file to your mod folder. launch ats and activate the mod. in the truck store with the w900 chose the zm c16 motor of choice. Read the PDF file from your zeemods order page for correct order for sound mods. for the default trucks, you do not need to activate the open def file.

[@christoswiegers2372]

@@Wikcentral That is the problem it is NOT a SCS file that i just copy and place it in my mod folder.

[@christoswiegers2372]

@@Wikcentral winrar zip archive. If i open it it give me the def files. i dont know how to add the def files to the game. If it was scs files i would have done it but its not so im struggling with that

[@Wikcentral]

Did you get 2 files when you bought the mod? (actually more like 4 with the pdf and the air fresheners) What is the name of your files? If you are able to open the main sound file, then what was your source for that file? ZM locks the main.scs file and the open.def file is just what it says, "open" The C16 comes with a locked .scs file for the main sound file and an unlocked open.def.zip file for adding custom trucks not included in his mod. If a zip file opens and inside is just the folders of the mod, then just put that zip file as it is, in your mod folder. It is the same thing as if it were a .scs extension. If your zip file instead contains another .scs file inside the zip, then unzip it and place the .scs file in your mod folder. does that make sense? Again if you got this file from someplace other than ZM, then I have no idea what you have. His main sound files are locked .scs files and cant not be directly opened. Stock trucks work without the need to use the open.def zip.

[@christoswiegers2372]

@@Wikcentral Thank you tried it and worked If i buy the engin and return to the tuck start is up no sound. I turned off the other sound mods in my folder. But thank you alot.

[@blynyt]

didnt work for me :(

[@Wikcentral]

what truck and sound are you trying to get it to work with? Where part of it is failing for you?

[@blynyt]

@@Wikcentral i figured it out sorry

[@user-hh4hc2lt6e]

This is ridiculous how much work just to change a damn sound.

[@Toximisity]

Watched this to see if I was doing this wrong, I wasn't, I still have a truck with no sound and no solution, this process is absolutely annoying. At this point, I'm genuinely convinced that sounds do not work in this game period end of story.