is there a way to make a xtr an convertible if so hav or is there a modd out there allready

Quote from smokenyall :

is there a way to make a xtr an convertible

Well, I think you mean the XRT. Yes, it is possible. Don't ask me how, I don't know.

no its not possible

Quote from XCNuse :

no its not possible

Well, if Kegetys got a mclaren into LFS, then it is very possible just to edit the cmx, and then put it into LFS.

LFS doesn't use CMX files, only the viewer does. LFS is done a completely different way.

well i did some picture searthcing in google i found a fiew but i dont kno how to do it this is the place i found stuff about it http://skinnerz.proboards26.co ... lay&thread=1142092207

Marcel was reffering to making scenes in 3DS MAX for rendering pourpases, not for in game use.

i meant for in game use

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Well, if Kegetys got a mclaren into LFS, then it is very possible just to edit the cmx, and then put it into LFS.

Oh as easy as that then !

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i meant for in game use

There is no existing method for achieving what you would want too, any 3rd party attempt would be deeply involved and complex and also could not be published as it would violate LFS forum regulations.

Modifying the car shape can yield an ingame advantage and for this reason LFS does not permit it or make it easy.

Quote from MAGGOT :

LFS doesn't use CMX files, only the viewer does. LFS is done a completely different way.

Grrrrrrrr...... I know that! You download the cmx, edit it in 3dsmax, and then import it somehow (kegetys has imported 3d files).

Quote from smokenyall :

i meant for in game use

The link at Master Skinnerz that you posted was about 3D rendering. Right now, these types of modifications are not permitted by the LFS devs, and as such, you will not find information on how to do so. Kegeteys has said that he will not publish his work, nor tell anyone how to do it. AFAIK, he is the only person to have gotten a third party car into LFS.

Quote from wheel4hummer :

Grrrrrrrr...... I know that! You download the cmx, edit it in 3dsmax, and then import it somehow (kegetys has imported 3d files).

I thought you were insinuating that it was as easy as modifying the CMX and then plopping it in a folder in LFS or something. My mistake

so theres no way to modify it but i moddifird the dds and i got a way of the headliner and the lide things in the back

Quote from smokenyall :

so theres no way to modify it but i moddifird the dds and i got a way of the headliner and the lide things in the back

Before you ask, that DDS file can only be viewed by you. Noone else can see it.

theres the messed up way, where ur car will look like wagon lol...heres a Screenie... http://screenshot.xfire.com/sc ... dcabab39a0c6e6bd871dd.png

thats the funny way, the complicated way would be to edit the dds files and crap...

.. dds files are textures, you wont get anything done with textures

all they did was launch their car and have it land upside down in the BL car park by dropping it off the building you can get to

i kno i am the only one who can see it but what dds. do i have to eddit to make it work

forget about the dds files. the moddels are somewhere else....

lets just make this clear

DDS files do textures ONLY, you couldnt edit them to make it a convertible

what does it mean by rendering like tyhe skinn viewer thing

Quote from smokenyall :

what does it mean by rendering like tyhe skinn viewer thing

not quite, using alot harder to use 3d moddeling tools

Hi, I know nothing about 3D stuff and textures, but it is not possible to make some parts of the texture (the roof in this case) transparent?

Quote from blaze-WrX :

theres the messed up way, where ur car will look like wagon lol...heres a Screenie... http://screenshot.xfire.com/sc ... dcabab39a0c6e6bd871dd.png

thats the funny way, the complicated way would be to edit the dds files and crap...

funny pic,yea THATS a nice way to make convertrible cars

crashers will love it

Quote from hinirags :

Hi, I know nothing about 3D stuff and textures, but it is not possible to make some parts of the texture (the roof in this case) transparent?

Depends on the car, and depends on the way LFS uses the Alpha channel on those textures. Some games use the alpha to control the light mapping, some use it for transparency. Some cars (XR cars for instance) use a tiled texture for the dash and the roof. It would look really funny to have an invisible dash :P

Also, you would only see through the roof then from in car. Outside it would appear normally.

I'd like to add something; Without a rollcage, just about no convertible streetcar would have a stiff enough chassis to be able to compete with other cars.

Even with a roll bar a convetable is rather flexable through the mid section. My miata with a 4 bar still twists the chassis as much as the suspension deflects when crawling over speed bumps at a diaginal angle. You make a roadster or convertable have acceptable chassis flex I think you will need to completly box the chassis with braces. Upper and lower systemtion front and back, a good cage and a center tunnel brace.

Besides the XRT is already ugly why make it worse by removing its top?

can some 1 put the thing for rendering cuz i just wanna see it with my skinns