Complete pack of truck & trailer templates

[Farmers]

Ah thank for your anwser, it's a little bit weird for me, but if you say they use the same template why not

[Carsmaniac]

Hey everyone, sorry for the delay but I've just finished updating the Volvo templates to support the new FH Tuning Pack. You can download them here (Google Drive).

I've decided to change the format of the templates to be more complete. Each vehicle will still have a PNG of each cabin, and a PSD with all of them together (all at 4k resolution):
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I'm also adding templates for every accessory, whereas previously I only included sideskirts:
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Within each PSD, there will also be separate layers for all the different truck parts:
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Truck templates are still 4096 x 4096, accessory templates are 2048 along the long side (so 2048 x 2048, 2048 x 1024, 2048 x 512 or 2048 x 256).

Updating all of the templates to this format is gonna take a while, so that's why I uploaded the Volvo ones separately for now. Stay tuned for the proper version 2 release, the "complete" pack of truck & trailer templates is getting a lot more complete

[Trucker_71]

Thanks for your hard work on this project!

[ONURKULL]

Thanks all effort.

[pete_agreatguy]

Thank you just isn't enough to say how much gratitude I have for your hard work.

[st0s4ng]

Wow, updating all the templates? Many thanks Carsmaniac!

Out of curiosity, what do you have to do to get these templates out? I mean, what are the steps you have to take to produce them?

eg.
1. Load up the model in the 3d program
2. select the surface to export
3. export as a png, ....

I was really wondering as I know nothing about 3d modelling, just know how to paint in 2d

[Carsmaniac]

@st0s4ng You open each model one at a time in Blender, and export the UV maps. Because I normally don't work on templates for months at a time (in between new trucks and tuning pack releases), I wrote out a list of instructions for myself

=== Instructions ===
Need both SCS Blender Tools and ConverterPIXWrapper

File > Import > .scs file
Select file (base.scs or *_tuning_pack.scs)
Select model (/vehicle/truck/.../*.pmg)
Select a paintable part in the 3D view
Edit mode, select all (Tab, A)
In UV/Image Editor, switch to UV_1 (UV_2 for alt uvset)
Make sure an empty 4096 x 4096 image is set as background
Some parts (most accessories) are in a different ratio, so use an appropriate image, e.g. 2048 x 1024 for 1:2 UV maps
UVs > Export UV Layout
Opacity 0.05

It's a pretty straightforward process once you get your head around it, the tricky part is making sure you include every model that you need to (some parts are split across multiple models) and that you cover all of the accessories as well (especially with tuning pack parts!)

And thanks for the kind words everyone! I've got the Volvos, Mercedes-Benzes and DAFs done so far, as I figured I'd start with the tuning pack trucks first

[Gamma]

thanks for the update on your template´s pack. really good job

[aerlenkoenig]

Thank you very much for your effort. Great job!

[aerlenkoenig]

Thanks again for the Volvo templates. However, I was wondering if there is a template for the "Front Fender Paint" of the Volvo FH 2009?!

Code: Select all

acc_list[]: "f_fender_cab.paint"