N.400S

I just have an idea for mod (Nissan 400z) and I will be streaming live in that weekend whole process of creation of that mod, from finding references and 3d modeling in blender to uploading on site.

if you are interested here is my channel where I will be streaming - https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexeyDesign
I will start streaming on Saturday afternoon.

Wow that will be educational

Nice! I will come, tell approximately time when will you stream and time zone.

Quote from superlame :

Nice! I will come, tell approximately time when will you stream and time zone.

After half hour I probably start a stream

In live on https://youtu.be/r9OlMRSh4nA
Creating Nissan 400Z for mod in LFS

I can't pm you on forum so I'm writing here.. We can't chat because the stream is on "Youtube Kids" mode. Also we are seeing only part of the screen. Make it fullscreen on OBS

stream - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klBEQyeXSA4

Continuing stream - https://youtu.be/nM6GYAmR2q0

Perhaps some of you saw how during the stream they sent me information that someone had already done 400z in LFS, https://youtu.be/op7-AUOf2G4?t=521, probably that screenshot from testing it, and apparently, it will soon be uploaded to LFS. After that, to be honest, I was upset, because all this time I had an idea to make the entire line of popular Z-series cars, 240z 350z 370z 400z, and not only did Fairlady Z first appear in LFS, but right during the stream where I creating 400Z I found out about 400Z already exist in LFS... to be honest, that is frustrating, and after that I lose desire to do it...

Sorry everyone for the expectations. But apparently, the expectations are not in vain, since the 400Z will appear one way or another.

I do not know if I will continue this mod, most likely it depends on whether it appears in the LFS or not.

I decided to continue the mod, Floppy 400Z as I understand will not be uploaded in LFS.
Live stream - https://youtu.be/xZnfZ15jwL0

I started modeling again from the beginning, streams are still on my YouTube channel almost every day.

One of the viewers suggested a new way to modeling through imagemodeller program. You load photos of the car into the program, create there tracking points to conspicuous places on the car, usually, these are the corners of the gaps, after 8-14 points calibration of the cameras is possible, You need 40-50 points to be accurate result, after which it can be exported to a blender and with high accuracy. Export In the fbx file, there configured cameras and point cloud are exported as empty objects. That saves a lot of time and make it much easier to modeling.







Let's continue today, try to finish main mesh of the exterior today.

Very nice. What is your youtube channel so that I can check it?

Quote from loopingz :

Very nice. What is your youtube channel so that I can check it?

link in the first thread post.

OK cool!

Progress for today

Can't wait! Good job!

i have not much time for now cuz of working. but im trying to do some staff. Progress for now

Planning continue to do Live modelling 400z today in 17:00 UTC

I have been watching some vids usually not live and accelerated... It shows that you know what you are doing and that it takes time to carefully model everything! I am sure it will rock!

https://youtu.be/FXqBiUhJv4Q - Live modelling 400z

Great idea. People who want to do modding should be able to see stuff like that. Will the stream be available for future people as a reference material?

@Kahn62, yes, the old videos are in his channel and this live stream is also uploaded - https://www.youtube.com/c/AlexeyDesign/videos

Not for me, oh god no, I wouldn't want to know where to begin, lol. Just a thought for others.

Quote from Aleksandr_124rus :

Great modeling, and yea using scanned data as a guide is like heaven for modelers, I had so much suffering with inaccurate blueprints that I stopped doing real cars altogether.

I never thought that using random net images as a source to generate point data is this reliable, maybe I m just out of date, I always believed that you need a good 3D scanner or at least a phone with a dedicated app to scan the real thing.

Quote from lfsrm :

Great modeling, and yea using scanned data as a guide is like heaven for modelers, I had so much suffering with inaccurate blueprints that I stopped doing real cars altogether.

I never thought that using random net images as a source to generate point data is this reliable, maybe I m just out of date, I always believed that you need a good 3D scanner or at least a phone with a dedicated app to scan the real thing.

Yes! Autodesk imagemodeler is great help for that. In my opinion, this is more accurate than making from blueprints. But it depends on the quality of the blueprints, but usually they are not detailed enough.

Live on stream - https://youtu.be/BliNz0L5o0c

I know that I do it quite rarely, but I still do streams and there is progress.

This car is going to look so nice!!!

sure !!
hope the handling and engine are as attractive as design

Quote from Aleksandr_124rus :

I know that I do it quite rarely, but I still do streams and there is progress.

will you release that car for a different sim? Such handmade craftsmanship would be very welcome on RD

Quote from ACCAkut :

will you release that car for a different sim? Such handmade craftsmanship would be very welcome on RD

I playing only in LFS, so idk, i thought about BeamNG modding, maybe in some future.

Im done with modelling



going to in editor

Thats the progress for now

Quote from Aleksandr_124rus :

Thats the progress for now

Sensational! Glad we're going to have a real car that competes with my fictional Nortz XRT2 Turbo on LFS

Jokes aside, congratulations on the quality of the mod, perfect!

oof! Looks awesome

This is look for now

It is looking very good!

The finish on this project is off the chart, can't wait to try it in-game.

Great work, love it when people invest time in their mod instead of rushing it to get it published, this is one very high quality mod

Wow

Look update

Quote from Aleksandr_124rus :

Look update

Looks very nice. And don't forget to remove the Nissan logo on the android auto

It's been a long work, thanks to everyone who's been following, I've submitted the mod for review.https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/100300-N-400S
I will be glad for your support.
As promised, I will make the mod public for everyone. And the final look of the first version.

Great job!

So it published now, waiting for your feedback.

Very good mod. Great attention to every detail. Managed to catch your streams from time to time. It was a pleasure to watch the progress. Noticed only one thing. Interior textures are flipped when you use RHD postion. Otherwise, everything seems okay.

Quote from CV95 :

Very good mod. Great attention to every detail. Managed to catch your streams from time to time. It was a pleasure to watch the progress.

Thanx, very appreciated.

Quote from CV95 :

Noticed only one thing. Interior textures are flipped when you use RHD postion. Otherwise, everything seems okay.

Yeah, i know that, but dont know how to fix it yet.

Isn't it have 6speed transmission ? other than it looks nice good job

Thanks for this mod!! A masterpiece.
Also it would be nice to have a Nissan S15 Spec-R

Like this ^_è

Quote from LOXISLOXIS :

Thanks for this mod!! A masterpiece.
Also it would be nice to have a Nissan S15 Spec-R

There's NPFV JD99 mod with Derivatives are allowed : YES so u can tune it urself


I tested N.400S and the model is amazing but setup needs some polishment. For example brakes doesn't really exist ;p

Changed default setups, changed gearbox to 6 gear, removed front wing aerodynamics.

Drove a few laps and I'm amazed. Amazing looking and handling

10/10 and 5 stars is too low to rate this

We had race with these last night. Great car. Really nice job with both modeling and physics. Only thing that was a problem is that the clutch seems to overheat quite easily when you put down more laps.

Added some mappings to more realistic look.
Changed gear ratio to real one in cruise setup.
changed weight to real one (1550 kg)
and weight distribution like on 370z/350z - (53/47) (i dont find weight distribution info for 400z)
Changed engine redline to more realistic. (6800 rpm)

Worst car brakes ever made....but car looks great

Is it possible you could make a skin template for this?

Add skin support, add default skin, change steering wheel size and position, changed animation, add fictional logos, add new mappings

Quote from kentwolf :

Is it possible you could make a skin template for this?

Done

Quote from Aleksandr_124rus :

Done

It doesn't accept the skin you made for it O_o plus then you want to generate a skin tempplate it doesn't do it.

Quote from kentwolf :

It doesn't accept the skin you made for it O_o plus then you want to generate a skin tempplate it doesn't do it.

Works for me.
On first choose skin, (second color) and then press "Generate skin tamplete" and it copied in your clipboard, and you can just Ctrl+V it in Photoshop or something.

That's why people normally use white default skin on non-paint schemed colors. In your case player is forced to make a skin when he wants a car in simple one color (red for example) which isn't available in the colors list.

Fixed mirrors

Quote from Eclipsed :

That's why people normally use white default skin on non-paint schemed colors. In your case player is forced to make a skin when he wants a car in simple one color (red for example) which isn't available in the colors list.

I understand it, I just don't like it, increase the weight of the mod, and have a white sheet, from the message in the lfs it is obvious that you need to switch the coloring to the skin in order to generate it, I do not see this as a big problem.

Great job, man. But the steering angle... ewwww.. I don't think it's like that IRL.

update:
I mean steering wheel tilt.

the center panel display gets flipped if you use RHD

Some updates:
Added muffler animation
Lights split into side lights/inds/fogs
Added new lights icons in dashboard
Added Safety car lightbar in second configuration
Added lod2

Different RPM reading between LFS UI and in-car engine speed

Quote from Ayoub2016 :

Different RPM reading between LFS UI and in-car engine speed

I fixed it, but my tachometer numbers placed a bit different from the texture, so it is still misaligned, but now the revs that are close to the cutoff are more correct. But if you pay attention to the 2,000 rpm, they are in different places.

It's great mod, I think the interior could be a little brighter though.