Importing Truck / Trailer into blender 2.8

This video explains how to import a truck into blender 2.8

[@TheDotnettex]

I believe you are the ONLY person to show, start to finish, how to get things set up. There seems to be this attitude, that modders have, where they treat all this as some sort of "Right of Passage". And if you can't figure it out for yourself, then you have no business modding. I hate that mindset! Bravo to you!

[@markbrower3489]

I think you're right. I spent many hours trying to figure this stuff out. I'm still learning but with each truck mod I get better. This was an older video and I have gotten much better with blender. Check out my new video series where I take a SCS lonestar and modify it with the ARI legacy sleeper.

[@markeiacoleman7338]

Great job Mark. You showing everything that I need to learn.

[@markbrower3489]

Markeia Coleman Thank You!

[@danmcnarry]

Mark, thanks very much for your straightforward explanation on how to setup and import a truck to Blender. I was able to import an SCS truck as shown by you. I then repeated the steps for a free mod truck and I was able to bring that into Blender as well. It's just the tip of the ice burg but it's a great start!

[@markbrower3489]

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

[@M4TT_ZZ93]

Very nice video! I haven't modded in over 2 years and your videos really helped me get back into it! Thank You! i was following along with the video, blender loaded the truck at the same time lol

[@markbrower3489]

Thank You!

[@southboundtp2067]

Great tutorial, I've been away from trucksim for a while, a lot has changed, I knew my way around Zmod(rusty now) but hopefully with your tutorials I will be up to speed in no time. . . there are a lot of NICE mods out here but many still remain incompatible, have way too many errors and some I'd like to remodel just for the sake of it, forget payware, thanks again!

[@tristanmartin4560]

the mod im trying to set the path correctly for doesnt have automat folders...do i use the base automat folder? its not a scs chassis mod

[@yudhayanaprakoso4870]

Thanks alot for this tutorial sir!! Very very helpful.

[@markbrower3489]

Thank You!

[@JazzyJasTruckingzz]

When i click the truck.pim file, nothing happens. Can you or anyone else suggest what to do please?

[@kemetnukingtrucking240]

@6:46 you say you keep a file on your desktop for base. Please do elaborate

[@markbrower3489]

vimeo.com/780992431

[@markbrower3489]

Try this video. It may help. Find me on FB and message me if you have any questions after the video

[@kemetnukingtrucking240]

@Mark Brower will do thanks

[@liv4drt]

@ 6:46 you talk about the base file, how do you get the base file and the def file? is that in the x86 file? Video was awesome and helpful other wise, thank you

[@markbrower3489]

The base.scs file is in your American truck simulator game folder. You need base.scs and the def.scs files.

[@markbrower3489]

I have a new video that may help. It’s a new series on creating a new truck mod from the ground up. It’s a little more detailed.

[@markbrower3489]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZiliaV3g7KFaa8

[@darrenschier604]

This is great help, I have one question. Is there a way to export the model (with texture mapping intact), to modify in other 3d software?

[@markbrower3489]

I’m no help here, I only use blender to modify the models. However, when you export a model you should export a pit file that should contain the textures for the pim model. As long as your 3D software can access the pit/pim files you should not have any issues. It’s still just a guess though.

[@kemetnukingtrucking240]

Don't know how accurate this is due to the fact he says @3:20ish that we'll need the base.scs, def.scs file and the truck file you want but far as I can tell he only puts the truck file in the new folder... 🤔 anyone knows where to put those two files extacly?

[@kemetnukingtrucking240]

Then when dragging the dlc to the scs extractor it does nothing and I have the same version

[@aleynasgaminglife5527]

any idea why my converter pix wont convert it? when i drag it over the converter pix it opens the command screen and then just goes away

[@777kwest]

could you by chance put out a video for trailers? im confused on how to do the trailers

[@markbrower3489]

vimeo.com/780992431

[@markbrower3489]

This link may help

[@phantommodding1025]

Ive watched other videos nd had problems. watched yours and eliminated 90 percent of them. thanks for your knowledge and time. only thing now is i have shader warnings

[@markbrower3489]

You’re Welcome. Glad they helped you!

[@Talon843]

7:21 how exactly am I supposed to get to those

[@markbrower3489]

If you are talking about the game files, I explain that at the very beginning of the video.

[@Talon843]

@@markbrower3489 alright

[@NoYes-yg6sn]

I can’t find the environment folder what should I do?

[@markbrower3489]

The environment folder is located in the base dlc found in your game files.

[@Zander_Hale]

hey Mark! when i go into the vehicle folder in the base files it shows nothing, same with some of files, any help?

[@markbrower3489]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZiliaV3g7KFaa8

[@markbrower3489]

This video is a little outdated. Try this one and if you still have issues let me know.

[@Zander_Hale]

@@markbrower3489 hey man, i had figured it out and it was a issue by myself, i didnt let it take enough time to extract all the base files

[@idriveyourelax1953]

Hey bubba.Just stumbled on your channel andit have some intresting tutorials.Will you do a conversion video soon/Like adding atruck or trailer into game?

[@sven_471]

great job great video.im on ets2 how could i import modded trucks for example scania rjl?same way with scs trucks?

[@markbrower3489]

Yes, it is the same process

[@humphreycustoms]

WARNING SUMMARY ====================== "Some Pieces not found, but were declared!" I'm trying to edit a "Rackley 9 axle trailer I did all necessary steps but I don't know this error. Is there a fix? Thanks for making tutorial simple and easy.

[@markbrower3489]

Trainz Railfan I’ve never seen that error. Was it on export or import?

[@rickw4074]

So i got to the part where you add the share folder under truck in your peterbilt_579_mod folder but when i open up the "truck" folder in 1.39 base the folder shows empty? this normal or is my base files for 1.39 messed up?

[@markbrower3489]

You should have several dds files and tobj’s files plus license plate proxy files. Try extracting the base file again. Remember, it takes a while depending on the speed of your computer. Wait until the box closes on its own.

[@BadWolf507]

my folder wont sync automatic when i select the base folder any tips on how to fix it or do it manual

[@markbrower3489]

make sure you are actually in the base folder and not at the base folder. You should see vehicle, unit, and materials folders.

[@austingemmell2106]

I got lost. when you bought up the ATS mods files where do i get the from?

[@markbrower3489]

These are copied from your game files. I explain that in my creating a template video

[@ed190trejo]

My peterbilt 389 appeared with two 5th wheels how can i edit it to make it only one?

[@markbrower3489]

The chassis you downloaded has at least two variants. Probably a long and short. Every object belongs to a variant group. Hide the one you don’t intend to edit.

[@jakewuthrich12]

hey mark ive made it to where you start to talk about the ats mod files contents... where are you finding the 1.38 or which should be 1.39 now base folder and trucks folder. sorry for the questions your first video was awesome just hit a snag now.

[@markbrower3489]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/baPSXn-Xl6aqhbc

[@markbrower3489]

Watch the first part of this video

[@jakewuthrich12]

@@markbrower3489 thank you sir

[@southboundtp2067]

Will this method also make incompatible mods compatible to the latest v1.40 or are there additional steps to do besides updating the vehicle manifest file? What if the mod I want to use has it's own automat folder?

[@justbojack1284]

I tried to import a truck mod but I don't have a .pim file. What's wrong?

[@markbrower3489]

Did you convert your files with converter pix? If you still have pmd files, files were not converted or not converted right.

[@justbojack1284]

@@markbrower3489 Yes, the files were not converted. thanks. Something was wrong with ConverterPIX.

[@markbrower3489]

@@justbojack1284 glad you got it!

[@Raether608]

is this the same for ets2?

[@markbrower3489]

N2O NiTrOE The process should be the same for ETS2.

[@Raether608]

@@markbrower3489 ok

[@Jeremy-sl1bz]

when exporting I always get an error that massconverting has failed

[@markbrower3489]

Conversion errors are common, there are certain things blender conversion tools does not like. The most common things are nocompress statement in tobj files, tobj files without matching dds files, and excess pims. There is a mass convert log in the filder where your conversion tools exe file is located. This log will really help find the errors preventing export.

[@Jeremy-sl1bz]

@@markbrower3489 what could I do about it?

[@markbrower3489]

@@Jeremy-sl1bz you have to fix the errors. For nocompress , I use notepad ++ to search files and replace with //. For orphaned tobj files, just delete them. Remove all unnecessary pims from your mod folder.

[@Jeremy-sl1bz]

@@markbrower3489 thanks a lot! Best tutorials out here dude

[@markbrower3489]

@@Jeremy-sl1bz Thanks! I'm glad they help.

[@ZerpsT]

I did everything you said but blender is throwing shader errors no matter what

[@markbrower3489]

Make sure you include the automat file from the vehicle your are converting. This is very important to prevent shader errors.

[@ZerpsT]

@@markbrower3489 I figured out what I was doing wrong, I was converting the whole folder instead of automat, material and vehicle. Everything mostly works now.

[@idriveyourelax1953]

Hey bubba.Just stumbled on your channel andit have some intresting tutorials.Will you do a conversion video soon/Like adding atruck or trailer into game?

[@markbrower3489]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpXakomencqUj7c

[@markbrower3489]

I linked a video on creating a mod for game play, Does this help?