TUTORIAL Your FIRST car in Assetto Corsa - Basic Guide

[speedingscientist]

yes I only needed to change names in the .ini so this error I think is solved. But now I get another one in your model .... and in my model another one the s3-17e is my model.

 

[lockheed]

Hi all.

I followed all the steps to create a new mod from zero, based on the files of the formula_k.
At first i used a model that should be the final, but nothing seemed to work, so I created a simple new model like the one in the utorial, but the situation didn't change.

This is the main problem: the game starts to the menu and, in the brand list, i can see the logo of the kunos (the one with the black cat), clicking on it it shows the image of the formula k obviously. When I try to see the car in the showroom or I try to use it on a track, after some seconds the game goes back to the menu without any messages.

Some months ago I managed to make the game show my car model in the showroom, but not in-game.

I followed this steps:
- Google Sketchup to create the base model
- Export the model to *.dae
- Add the dummies with 3DSMax and export as FBX
- KS Editor (I don't know if it is normal, but the editor doesn't show the colors, only grey)

This guide is the only one which is very clear and complete to create a simple but working mod, my compliments to the creator.

Thanks for the support.

 

[luchian]

Hi @lockheed m welcome to the forums.
1/ you need to attach the logs
2/ if the car looks gray, it means the shaders are not set up. Which could also be the reason it doesn't work.

 

[lockheed]

Thankyou @luchian , I looked in the folder crash_logs but there are no files, also I used only one shader for the model, in particular ksPerPixel setting as testure a simple image with one color.

 

[luchian]

\Documents\Assetto Corsa\logs

 

[lockheed]

I found this six files.

 

[luchian]

Yes, log.txt is the one that matters usually.
I don't see specific error reason, but it's probably linked to textures.

1/ did you assign material(s) to (all parts of) your car in the 3d program ?
2/ did you setup the shaders for those materials in SDK Editor ?
3/ maybe some screenshots could also help (from SDK for example)

 

[lockheed]

Here it is a screenshot from the ksEditor, for the test I used only one material and only one texture which is a png image with only one color (orange) but it shows as grey.

 

[luchian]

Did you initially setup your SDK Editor ?

Means go to menu, layout, and save it one time.
Open options and set PPfilter and weather options so it does not load up every time in black and white and Fog. Restart editor.

Details here: http://assettocorsamods.net/threads/loading-track-in-game.881/#post-4102

 

[lockheed]

Thanks. As you can see now it shows me the color of the material, as it sould be, but i think this sould not solve the problem in the game.

 

[luchian]

It has no influence on the export. This is just how you'll see stuff in the editor.
So.. all dummies setup correctly ?
Material ok ?
All ini files ok ? (keep it to the minimum)
All naming ok ? (lower case)

 

[lockheed]

Here is all my work:
- FBX model in 3DS Max
- Files in the car directory (model with the same folder name)
- Files in the folder "data" modified as in the guide

 

[luchian]

Not sure this can be the cause, but try naming the meshes different from the dummies (example not identical for WHEEL_RR, etc).

Also, the pivot of body mesh should be a ground level (see point 2B). This might not be a problem in itself, but with the way ini's are set up maybe it creates some weird thing.

Also, I see no collider ?

I trust you have edited the ini's with the names of your project.

 

[lockheed]

I'll try to do that, changing the mesh names; you can see the collider file in the file list, the mesh is the same as the one used for the car, obviously without the wheels.
I modified the files "aero.ini" (I left only the wing body), "car.ini" (changed screen name), "lods.ini " (left only LOD 0 with name="folder_name", in this case "test_model") as in the description.

 

[luchian]

Also, don't forget about sound (especially if you are testing ingame, instead of showroom)

 

[lockheed]

I solved one problem.
Looking at the log.txt file i found theese lines:

"Kunos Simulazioni: CRITICAL ERROR
COULD NOT FIND SUSPENSION OBJECT SUSP_LF"

then I added the four suspension dummies (SUSP_LF, SUSP_RF, SUSP_LR, SUSP_RR) to the model, now the car SHOWS UP IN THE SHOWROOM!!

...but it doesn't work in game
I Hope this will help other people with my same problem.

Now another thing can be found in the log file:

"LOADING COLLIDER MESH FILE: content/cars/test_model/collider.kn5
LOADING MODEL content/cars/test_model/collider.kn5
VERSION=6
Loading 0 textures"

and then the game crashes (it happens when I try to use the car on a track); I also added the file "sound.ini" in the data folder.

 

[luchian]

You should not need SUSP dummies at this point. You probably did not modify car.ini:

IMPORTANT: we don't deal with suspension animation at this point so be sure to set USE_ANIMATED_SUSPENSIONS=0

 

[lockheed]

I modified that before, here it is the car.ini file.

 

[lockheed]

I'm wondering if the problem is the file *.bank ?

 

[garyjpaterson]

Very likely the the SFX stuff, I don't believe it will show any errors in the log, it just won't boot.