fonnybone 0 Posted July 9, 2002 Ok, i got tired of answering the same question every day for a month ! So i'm doing my part, this is a basics to where and how to edit car files.... BODY go to your GTA3\Models directory... open up TXD.IMG with the TXDtool At the left are the car names (find them). Click on the car you want, at the right should appear the textures for that car. Left-click to choose the texture you want, then right-click and choose export\to BMP. Save your .bmp file where you want and edit it to your liking. To import, follow the same steps but IMPORT\from BMP. Save. -CARNAMEbody64 = Exterior body panels. One square is often used on MANY panels.... Grayscale, but you can color it to have pearl or chrome effect. -CARNAME8bit128 = Interior, license/tags, headlights , tailights, grill... The outer shape/size are mapped and cannot be changed.Use the car color to reshape things a little. Be sure you note the RGB and use only that RGB in the carcolor file if you do so... WHEELS still in your GTA3\Models directory... open up MISC.TXD with the TXDtool At the right should appear the textures . Left-click to choose the texture you want, then right-click and choose export\to BMP. Save your .bmp file where you want and edit it to your liking. To import, follow the same steps but IMPORT\from BMP. Save. -trainvent64 = disc brakes. Only applies when using wheel_sport (#160) -wheel_WHEELNAME64= This is the actual texture you're looking for. The TIRE PROFILE is the black left around the rim. Leave SOME black though ! -wheel_sport64 = This is the only texture to have an alpha channel. What this means is that you can give parts of the texture different levels of transparency. This is why it is the only one that you SEE THROUGH. You can't edit the tire profile too much ... This might be a good time to mention how to resize the wheels. Now you must understand that it will RESIZE ALL THE WHEEL not just width or height. The wheels proportion is defined in the .dff files which we cannot edit yet. Also, you can't adjust track OR wheelbase. Basically, that means the distance between the wheels cannot be changed...yet. go to your GTA3\Data directory... Open up default.ide with notepad. - The wheels ID# are from 160 to 166 (DON'T EDIT !!! - Edit the lines starting from 90 to 150. - The last value is the tire size ( 0.8 is a good value for a car and 2.0 are monster truck tires ! - The value before the last is the wheel ID # (160 to 166 ) to change wheels on a car. LIGHTS go to your GTA3\Models directory... open up PARTICLES.TXD with the TXDtool At the right should appear the textures. Left-click to choose the texture you want, then right-click and choose export\to BMP. Save your .bmp file where you want and edit it to your liking. To import, follow the same steps but IMPORT\from BMP. Save. - headlight = Headlight pattern. This does not change the color of the light itself but rather the light it 'emits'. - shad_car = Shade under the car ! Actually, this is the texture you want to edit if you want an undercar neon effect. Replace the black with color ! REAL CAR NAMES go to your GTA3\text directory... open up "yourlanguage".GXT with the GXTtool Find the car name in the LEFT column. It's alphabetical so Banshee would be in the "B's". Now change the value in the RIGHT column to the name you want to see in the game. If it bugs, try to DELETE the original string and then ADD STRING. Make sure to use the original name. WINDOWS open up particle.txd with the TXDtool At the right should appear the textures. Left-click to choose the texture you want, then right-click and choose export\to BMP. Save your .bmp file where you want and edit it to your liking. To import, follow the same steps but IMPORT\from BMP. Save. - wincrack_32 = This is the broken window texture. This is the only way to tint windows for now. Of course, you'll have to break the windows to see them ! That's a good start i think PLEASE DO NOT POST QUESTIONS ON THIS THREAD, ONLY ADD TO MY POST OR CORRECT ME IF YOU SEE ANY ERRORS... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fonnybone 0 Posted July 11, 2002 If you know some car textures worth modding i haven't mentionned yet, please post what you know, I will update the 1st post as needed. Ah, yeah , BUMP. ....cause i can't set this post as 'PINNED' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeathGoth 0 Posted July 17, 2002 and for DDF's what the car is in the game u get the IMG tool and ahhh.... welll DUHH me is stupid..... open the GTA file and export all the DFF's goto get zmodeler and then u eport them to 3ds files...... wait a minute... why cant we just do the reverse of this... to throw them into the game... I am going to try this..... anyway if ur to lame to follow this I do have all DFF's on my site click on it goto documents and they are all there..... anyway this is some help I am going to try that see if it works anyway se ya later ::EDIT:: I have switched the files on my swite.. they arent DDF they are 3Ds either way u dont need to get the DDfs cause u only need them to import back into the game... so I took out steps 1 2 and 3 for u... all u need to do is run these files in Zmodeler, 3Dmax, or Gmax... you just need the importer to come out till u can see ur edited car in GTA thats all... well thats all seeya Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stilton 1 Posted July 23, 2002 Nice one fonnybone. Can I convert this to HTML and stick it in the How To's section on gta3mods.com? Then when people ask these questions, we can point them to said page. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fonnybone 0 Posted July 23, 2002 Sure no problems, i don't even care 'bout the credit thing since it SHOULD be common knowledge ! Sorry if no updates though, i've been busy with ZModeler and can't wait for an export... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stilton 1 Posted July 24, 2002 No probs, I'll work on HTMLing it later. And natch you'll get credit for writing it up... like it or not! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chom 0 Posted August 19, 2002 i know you said no questions but i spent all of today looking and i havent found anything that tells you how to make the wheels closer futher apart, im trying to make my own little monster truck mod from a perinnial but i couldnt see how to spread the wheels for stability. - edit - oh so now i see thwe bit that says: "basicly you cannot editthe wheel base....yet." buger oh well i'll just have to wait. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spineshank08 0 Posted August 22, 2002 could I add the ....... HIERARCHY BROWSER!!!!!!! The modded dff's hierarchy browser has to look like the original dff's browser! everything has to be in its sub-category ie boot_ hi_ok and boot_hi_dam go into boot_dummy bonnet_hi_ok and bonnet_hi_dam go into bonnet_dummy etc. Then you drag all of those objects into your main dummy ie banshee, so when your done all you'll see is: +banshee and that's it. BTW Open up an original kuruma.dff and copy everything in it's browser onto a piece of paper ie categories sub-categories, and use this for setting up other browsers b/c it has mostly every part used on the gta3 cars and is good when settin up other browsers.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chom 0 Posted September 12, 2002 well ive managed to spread the wheels but ive lost the textuers in the game! as in the car appears as a white <car> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spratty 0 Posted October 28, 2002 Hey i got a problem i was reading that stuff about how to change the wheel so i went to try it and now ive realised that i cant open my misc.txd file with IMG tool can any1 help me out here? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Metagoon 0 Posted October 28, 2002 Hey sprraty you should try the TXD tool, you can download it from gta3mods.com\programs\textures.php Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hotrod 0 Posted February 3, 2004 Where Can I find a basic texturing tutorial so that a newb at modeling can understang it. I have all hte programs that I need. I have photoshop 7, txd-tool, workshop, and vice. Thanks for your help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inhumandrummer 0 Posted February 3, 2004 I have IMG Tool v.1.3, Zmodeler, and GTA3 and I'm wondering the same thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ghost of delete key 229 Posted February 3, 2004 @ Hotrod: Pinned topics @ Textures &3D Modeling forum... also CLICKY! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hotrod 0 Posted February 3, 2004 I seen that GoDK but I didnt know which one to click on. As for the pinned topics I looked at them but they didnt seem to help me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
inhumandrummer 0 Posted February 3, 2004 Hey chom, How did you get Vice City to run on a 550mhz computer? You must have some horseshoes up your.... The possibilities are endless... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lazlowrocks. 0 Posted February 4, 2004 Ok, where can I download the .GXDtool and the TXDtool Can anyone help me find those 2? thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Truegentlemen 0 Posted July 10, 2004 sorry, im new to the forum! and i have a qustion! where i can find the plug-in to inport export the cars in 3d max?? (sorry if it stupid) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GT-1 2 Posted April 16, 2005 Could you add this to the Tutorials list Gangsta Killa and change the name to something more suitable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
