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astro83 said:
Can some one please tell me how to make skins? This would be real fun! 

If someone feel they have the time, please wrote a guide or something so I can try it out. :)
hey mate - there's a lot to cover, most of which has been covered already throughout various posts / articles you can google.

A few of the key starting points for you are:
Basic How To: https://www.reddit.com/r/dirtgame/comments/37vqyo/tutorial_how_to_make_custom_liveries/
A useful video if you like to see stuff done: http://decimatedpixels.blogspot.co.nz/2011/06/how-to-paint-dirt-3-liverys-video.html 
Read this blog, some really useful tips around colour levels, speccocc files etc: https://rallymeerkat.wordpress.com/author/meerkat80z/
At some point in the future, if you want to see your car modelled without going in game, i've put a tutorial here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dirtgame/comments/3snium/question_about_producing_liveries_for_dirt_rally/

If you have any questions as you go, feel free to flick me a message or ask any questions here if you can't find answers via google :)

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edgenz said:
astro83 said:
Can some one please tell me how to make skins? This would be real fun! 

If someone feel they have the time, please wrote a guide or something so I can try it out. :)
hey mate - there's a lot to cover, most of which has been covered already throughout various posts / articles you can google.

A few of the key starting points for you are:
Basic How To: https://www.reddit.com/r/dirtgame/comments/37vqyo/tutorial_how_to_make_custom_liveries/
A useful video if you like to see stuff done: http://decimatedpixels.blogspot.co.nz/2011/06/how-to-paint-dirt-3-liverys-video.html 
Read this blog, some really useful tips around colour levels, speccocc files etc: https://rallymeerkat.wordpress.com/author/meerkat80z/
At some point in the future, if you want to see your car modelled without going in game, i've put a tutorial here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dirtgame/comments/3snium/question_about_producing_liveries_for_dirt_rally/

If you have any questions as you go, feel free to flick me a message or ask any questions here if you can't find answers via google :)
Thanks! Will check this links, and see if Im smart enough to make a livery! :hushed:  :smiley: 

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astro83 said:
Thanks! Will check this links, and see if Im smart enough to make a livery! :hushed:  :smiley: 
You'll definitely be smart enough :) it's pretty simple - the only thing that might be tricky is figuring out how to use photoshop/gimp if you've never used it before - if that's the case, i'd highly recommend watching videos of people editing Dirt Rally / Dirt 3 liveries :)

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chuly82 said:
peugeot 208 in gales                                
  Is it the whole car (engine/handling)?
If yes, which files did you modify/copy?

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astro83 said:
Can some one please tell me how to make skins? This would be real fun! 

If someone feel they have the time, please wrote a guide or something so I can try it out. :)
I remember making skins for ToCA 2 in MS paint. Ahh, the late 90's...
I used to do the same for Rally Championship. 

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BrySkye said:
When putting a DiRT Rally car from one mode to another, you can rename ALL the files, since all the required DiRT Rally files are there, so a Hill Climb or Rally Cross car can have all the power, drive and sound exactly the way it does in another mode.
When I put the Celica/Impreza on Pikes Peak, it didn't have 500+ BHP and massive downforce!
So I just renamed every file from \cars\models\aqp and put it into \cars\models\aqb.
Did the same with \cars\interiors\models\aqp.
But I get an infinite loading loop?!
What did I do wrong? Are there some other files I have to rename/copy?

It's basically trial and error as you strip them away one at a time.
That's the 'fun' of figuring these things out. :p
If you've done anything with the interiors, those can be a problem.

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astro83 said:
Can some one please tell me how to make skins? This would be real fun! 

If someone feel they have the time, please wrote a guide or something so I can try it out. :)
I remember making skins for ToCA 2 in MS paint. Ahh, the late 90's...
I remember making boxes and squiggles in MS paint. Ahh, the late afternoon yesterday.

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BrySkye said:
Same story really. Backup the car you want to replace, and copy over a few key files, renaming them so DiRT Rally thinks they are a different car.
Key files for the exterior are "(carname)_highLOD.pssg", "(carname).nd2", and a texture folder. Don't touch the car physics files (*.ctf), you'll probably end up in an infinite loading loop.
For the interior, only file you want to replace is "int_(carname).pssg". Others will probably cause a CTD when the stage is loading.
Maybe I'm just dumb, but it doesn't seem to want to work for me. Ends up just going infinity on me. Bummer, I was hoping to finally actually enjoy Pikes Peak.

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more wip
i plan on posting for this first suit a couple of combinations witch includes carbon, white, black, red, green and blue helmet, white, black, red, green and blue variations of this suit, shoes and gloves (gloves shown here are not final)


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JZStudios said:
BrySkye said:
Same story really. Backup the car you want to replace, and copy over a few key files, renaming them so DiRT Rally thinks they are a different car.
Key files for the exterior are "(carname)_highLOD.pssg", "(carname).nd2", and a texture folder. Don't touch the car physics files (*.ctf), you'll probably end up in an infinite loading loop.
For the interior, only file you want to replace is "int_(carname).pssg". Others will probably cause a CTD when the stage is loading.
Maybe I'm just dumb, but it doesn't seem to want to work for me. Ends up just going infinity on me. Bummer, I was hoping to finally actually enjoy Pikes Peak.
Which car are you trying to convert?

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On watching an Impreza 555 replay last night, I couldn't help but notice that on the exterior rear facing Go-Pro shots, although its maybe coincidental or unofficial, but its a very Kris Meeke lookin dude driving the car!! :)

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KevM said:
On watching an Impreza 555 replay last night, I couldn't help but notice that on the exterior rear facing Go-Pro shots, although its maybe coincidental or unofficial, but its a very Kris Meeke lookin dude driving the car!! :)
The driver for all the cars is Jon Tucker, That's who Paul co-drived for in the real life DiRT 3 rally car and he's a consultant on DiRT Rally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45CeinwNdu4

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I've added another livery for the kiwi rally fans out there: Possum Bourne's SWRT WRX from the 1995 Rally of NZ: http://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/subaru-wrx-possum-bourne-rally-of-nz-95.8058/.

*** Full credit entirely to meerkat80 for his brilliant SWRT 1995 livery upon which this is built ***

All modifications from his livery specified on the racedepartment page.

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A question ? Can anyone mod the blue "Dirt" air thing that is over jumps in Finland and in Germany to a Red Bull one??

Is it possible to mod that one? Cant say the name of it in english... :tired_face: 

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It's a texture, so sure it's possible. A lot easier than the Finland Summer Mod as well.
Thing is, changing that one texture might well require a massive download of a PSSG for a stage.

As for the modding car issue, it seems things have gotten a lot more difficult since v0.4 when I put the Celica on Pikes Peak.

Swapping out the car .ctf files back then was straight forward, but now it's one of several things that will trigger an infinite loading loop, even if you're just swapping around native DiRT Rally cars compared to importing ones.
So getting a car onto Pikes Peak that doesn't handle like a Hill Climb car was easy before, but is now very difficult, if not impossible.

It might be possible with editing of the CTF files themselves, but Ryders website has been offline for ages.
Happened soon after he put out the newest version of the CTF editor.

The only files I would say are completely safe to swap out in the cars model folder are the *.nd2 file, the "_highLOD.pssg", your *.bdl sound file and textures.

We'll just have to hope for an official version of mixing up car types between Rally, Hill Climb and hopefully even Rally Cross.
Although it's one of the oldest requested features, I don't really have much hope for it any more though.

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Would love to see a red bull air bridge then if its possible to create! Would be so nice or some other real looking ones..  :)

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ds3 and polo in greece                                                            

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Has someone figured out if you can mod wheels so gravel tracks can be done with tarmac wheels?

Also this would maybe enable driving grid2 cars on gravel stages since they appear without wheels now...

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astro83 said:
A question ? Can anyone mod the blue "Dirt" air thing that is over jumps in Finland and in Germany to a Red Bull one??

Is it possible to mod that one? Cant say the name of it in english... :tired_face: 
ill make you one but you need to know how to change textures on a pssg with Ryder PSSG Editor
 because each pssg for each stage is 60MB, also it cant be too realistic due to how the texture is mapped i can mostly change the colors and the logo in the middle

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Cool to see the RX cars like that, with a co-driver. Can I ask if they:

a) have light pods at night (I assume not)?

b) have tarmac suspension in Germany/MC?

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astro83 said:
A question ? Can anyone mod the blue "Dirt" air thing that is over jumps in Finland and in Germany to a Red Bull one??

Is it possible to mod that one? Cant say the name of it in english... :tired_face: 
ill make you one but you need to know how to change textures on a pssg with Ryder PSSG Editor
 because each pssg for each stage is 60MB, also it cant be too realistic due to how the texture is mapped i can mostly change the colors and the logo in the middle
so i made 4, but they need to be installed manually (there is a little tutorial in the file) because the pssg file where the texture goes is around 60mb for each stage and each stage has its own so it would be too big to upload them all, also there are PSDs to make your own
http://www.mediafire.com/download/nkcvpokw93fx9kw/Custom_Arches.7z


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