Billys road trips and Blender adventures in the US

[supersobes]

Only downside are the exhausts which are tied to the chassis and visually collide with the cabin sometimes. Do you have tips to improve it?

Adding the exhaust accessory locator to the cabin model and then deleting it from the chassis model should in theory let it move with the cab suspension.

[Billy_Costigan]

Thank you, yes it worked. Thought it would look off if the exhaust is moving with the cabin but I was wrong.

Reworked the headlights today. The white headlights always bothered me on older trucks. My attempt on more "halogenish" looking headlights by adding a new flare with yellow/orange tint and new lightmask color.

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[xXCARL1992Xx]

nice, i should do it maybe also on my W900, but most likely i will wait for SCS to do it

also, this got me curious how are the stacks mounted to the exhaust system, because they should move with the cab, therefore a flexible part has to be somewhere to take the dynamic movements, also, the air filter, they are cab mounted also and shouldnt move with the hood from what i see

also, quick question, do you use the ATS suspension or the ETS one, the wobble looks extreme

[Billy_Costigan]

I did it for my SCS W900 too. Was a matter of a few minutes since the hood is already separated. It's a bit of def editing and deleting locators from the interior.
Good point on the air filters, the wobble bothered me too. I became a little bit lazy an smashed the air filters and hood together. I will separate them and then it should look better.

The stacks are actually pure asthetic without proper fitting to the exhaust system since it's not visible nontheless. If I did it properly I had to split the exhaust with the stacks being tied to the cabin and the other part to the chassis. But I'm not sure if it's possible without visual collisions between them.

Honestly I didn't open ETS for ages, I didn't even know there's a different suspension system. I use the suspension type from the 2018 VNL.

[xXCARL1992Xx]

is the case with the LT also, the Anthem needed a bit more work to work properly

the new type came with the VNL, hinge2air , if it is not specified 4air is used (if suspension: true is set), well maybe the road you did the test one was the factor, this one has more aggressive bumps then the normal roads

[Wolfi]

Welcome to the wobble club mate. Trucks look mighty fine as always. And it's cool to see more people jumping on the cab suspension wagon

[Billy_Costigan]

Thank you wolfi!

So, separated the filters and tied them to the cabin, rest is tied to the chassis. Now I'm satisfied

Another video with the cab suspension in action:

Watch on YouTube

[Billy_Costigan]

Did a bit of work on the W900.

Reworked the filters and added a few lights
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Changed the grill and fenders to get a more custom look
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Updated the skin and deleted the spoilers for a "shaved" look
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Added a chrome panel between the tanks
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Reworked the dashboard an replaced the static texture for mileage with actual values
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Some shots from the road:
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[Billy_Costigan]

Did a bit of work on the Lode King Renown Trailer.

Painted the whole trailer:
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Reworked the air gauge box and added a visible gauge:
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Reworked the markers and added slots for custom lights:
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Reworked the rear bumper and reworked the chrom parts of the lamps:
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[Wolfi]

Fantastic work as always mate. Both the truck and the trailer look top notch right now