DefCreator

[Sineptorro]

DefCreatorV1 (16_08_22)

This tool can be used to create definition files for all trucks at once. It can also generate the tobj and mat file for your ui-icon.

Motivation
As a creator of interior accessories i found it quite annoying to copy paste all the definition files for each truck and just change one line each time. This tool does it all for you and will save you lots of time in the process.

Funktionality
It creates the .sii definition files for each truck. It also creates the needed folders for you, if they dont already exist. If the .sii file already exists it will just overwrite it.

How to use

• Preperation:
  Download the tool here https://github.com/Sineptorro/DefCreator . To find the .exe you have to extract the DefCreatorV1.zip and scroll down a bit, in there you also find the files ModTrucksATS.txt and ModTrucksETS.txt with those files you can add the ModTrucks you want to support. I´ve already added 2ModTrucks to the ModTrucksETS.txt file, use this as a guidline since the program wont work if you mess those files up. Each unit name has to be in a seperate line, empty lines are not allowed. It can happen that windows antivirus doesnt like the .exe, in this case you can just go to the source folder and open DefCreator.py with python. When you start the program it will ask you the game and the mode the modes are explained in the following:
• Accessory Mode:
  In this mode you find multiple selections that you can do, they are mostly self explanatory. The file ending .pmd etc. doesnt matter since my program ignores it and puts .pmd at the end automatically. It also doesnt matter if you use the entire path for the models or just the relative path to the base folder. The advanced mode is needed when creating objects that have more complex definition files for example when they use animations. To generate the .mat and .tobj file you should already have the corresponding .tga file in the materials/ui/accessory folder.

  

  

  in both pictures, the generated file will be named pillow_ilg_01.sii and look like this

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  SiiNunit
  {
  accessory_addon_data : pillow_ilg01.daf.xf.l_pillow
  {
  	name: "@@pillow_ilg_01@@"
  	price: 10
  	unlock: 0
  	icon: "pillow_ilg_01"
  	part_type: aftermarket
  
  	interior_model: "/vehicle/truck/upgrade/interior_decors/toybed/pillow_ilg_01.pmd"
  	interior_model_uk: "/vehicle/truck/upgrade/interior_decors/toybed/pillow_ilg_01_uk.pmd"
  }
  }
  
  

  it also generates the following pillow_ilg_01.mat and the pillow_ilg_01.tobj files which look like this:

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  map 2d	pillow_ilg_01.tga
  addr	clamp_to_edge clamp_to_edge
  usage ui
  
  

  and

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  material : "ui"
  {
  	texture : "pillow_ilg_01.tobj"
  	texture_name : "texture"
  }
  
  

  in the materials/ui/accessory folder.
• Other Mode:
  This mode is more general and can be used when creating stuff that isnt an accessory but can also be used for accessories, however you wont be able to generate the .mat and .tobj file for the icon. You have to copy the text from your normal .sii file into content and need to replace the unit name for the truck with VEHICLE_UNIT_NAME. The following would give you the same result as above.

  

I never created an .exe file out of python files before so I dont know if python is needed or not but i hope it isnt needed, I also havent tested it for Linux/MacOS. Feel free to comment if you find some issues with the program.

[xeviax]

I would really like to use this tool but it is flagged by windows defender & also by virustotal. I hope this issue will be fixed.
Screenshot for reference.
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[Sineptorro]

I removed the --onefile command when packing it now . This removed most of the false positives, its only Jiangmin crying now and windows defender cries since its an unknown source, but i dont think i can do anything against that.

[xeviax]

As you said, only 1 remains when analyzed by virus total but windows defender is no longer flagging it. Also, nice tool. I hope you have plans to add similar functionality for owned trailers in the future.

[ItzHonzula]

sounds cool!

any plans for doing this for map mods too?

[Sineptorro]

So far i personally have only created accessories, but i probably gonna take a look at creating other stuff and will add new features for it then.

As you said, only 1 remains when analyzed by virus total but windows defender is no longer flagging it. Also, nice tool. I hope you have plans to add similar functionality for owned trailers in the future.

With Trailers its probably gonna be very similar to trucks, just another list. So i will take a look into it in the next weeks.

sounds cool!

any plans for doing this for map mods too?

Since one of my goals is to create a little map mod for ATS its highly possible that i add a feature for it, when i think its useful, but for now i have absolutely no idea how the def files of a map mod work. So it will take some time until i can look at it.

[xeviax]

As you said, only 1 remains when analyzed by virus total but windows defender is no longer flagging it. Also, nice tool. I hope you have plans to add similar functionality for owned trailers in the future.

With Trailers its probably gonna be very similar to trucks, just another list. So i will take a look into it in the next weeks.

Sounds nice.

[xeviax]

Just curious if there is any progress.