hey everyone ..

i've been changing lfs edits for ages and i can't reach my aim !

i've LFS version V .. i know it's old version but i prefered it than the others because it's quick and it is not as slow as the new versions ..

so i tried to copy those files from version Z28 ( veh - skins - dds ) to version V because i want to change the cars .. so this is the result :



the car is ford grand marquis..

i don't know why it comes like this on version V !!!!

this is my dream i want to change the cars in vasion V .. please HELP ME !!!

Last edited by Silent Scream, Wed 9 Mar 2011, 22:49.

It's not the SP1 , as I have it.

Your only problem is with the settings on your graphics drivers. Look for dds configuration o mipmaps and set them to quality instead of performance

Just download everything and extract into a folder to view them with the DDS viewer or Photoshop, and see what there is, and so you can remember what you put into LFS. And why wouldn't the high res pack be suitable for patch Z?

Hey, I'm looking for an FXO interior which looks quite old. I don't mean like an old muscle car but just like an interior that looks shabby, worn out etc. I know it's possible but my DDS editing skills just aren't good enough, please try

Thanks in advance

Hey,

How does this work, as I'v tried unpacking the .dds files to the dds folder and run the .exe app and selected the rims I wanted, however does not come up on my XR?

Regards

back with my problems again

i backed up my .dds folder so i have working textures, but the way i have LFS to look right now, the dashboard in the XRT and the RB4 are waayy too dark. anyone have some not-so-dark textures for the interior i can have?

any time i try to install any textures the door panels are gray, so i need some textures that are after the update.

EDIT: i got those .dds problems squared away with the stock files, but now sounds. i can not find the proper files to do a good skid sound.

attached i have the 4 that i have been tinkering with trying to get it to sound the best, but no avail.

Last edited by logitekg25, Fri 25 Feb 2011, 19:35.

Then please search first if you're new, and post to correct part of forum, DDS and file formats are easy learn to use computer and PS first.
PS exports to DDS itself or use Nvidia tools, uncle google is your friend.

delete this Thread

You can use the NVIDIA Photoshop plugin for dds files

you can get this program and use it to open the jpeg and save it a a DDS

http://www.btinternet.com/~mnwright/programs/dxtbmp.htm

Mr.Positive , anyways I have no idea thought they had to be saved as dds.

What brand is you card?

I personally never had that problem, but I know it has something to do with dds settings in the driver

Go to your graphics card configuration (the icon next to Windows clock) and check what's your dds mipmap configuration. You have to set it to quality instead of performance

Where would I extract it to because I tried doing it into the dds folder and it didn't work

Regards

Quote from Silverracer :

Interiors are made by editing .dds file: A bit of help here: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=676 I haven't tried it, but I don't think it'll be as easy as making a car skin!

Making a thread is easy; but do search, search and search (bump threads if necessary) for topics already discussed before making a new thread

Say you want to create a thread in the Misc Addons sub forum (http://www.lfsforum.net/forumdisplay.php?f=39) Look for the "New thread" button.

Thank you!

I have edited the interior of the .dds file, however it is a .jpeg, so how can i convert this to .dds


Regards

Last edited by hcp_123, Mon 21 Feb 2011, 17:10.

Interiors are made by editing .dds file: A bit of help here: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=676 I haven't tried it, but I don't think it'll be as easy as making a car skin!

Making a thread is easy; but do search, search and search (bump threads if necessary) for topics already discussed before making a new thread

Say you want to create a thread in the Misc Addons sub forum (http://www.lfsforum.net/forumdisplay.php?f=39) Look for the "New thread" button.

extract it into dds folder

So I wrote a bit with a friend of mine, and it appeared that we both wanted yellow tinted lights for the GTR cars, now here's a little example of something I quickly made in GIMP, it's not very good, but it makes the front lights of the FZR and FZ5 yellow...

*Note that these DDS files are not perfected yet, you can easily spot that the yellow is not perfectly colored to all sides yet, feel free to do that yourself if you want.

here's a sample of the FZ5
http://i51.tinypic.com/2rp9zpj.jpg

And here's a sample of the FZR
http://i51.tinypic.com/2mfm9g7.jpg

Just noticed that I forgot everything about adding the file itself, lololololololol big fail...but here it is.

Last edited by NewAssault, Thu 17 Feb 2011, 09:38. Reason : Forgot to add a detail

You can try saving the FZR_DEFAULT.jpeg as FZR_DEFAULT.jpg on an graphics editing program (Paint might work!)

Edit: scratch that.

Edit 2: AFAIK, the data/skins/ folder is empty (except for the SKINS_readme file). So the FZR_default.jpeg is a file you've saved. Its odd that you can't find it, but LFS is still trying to recall it... LFS will convert .jpg files in to .dds (LFS uses .dds file as the skin - it can't convert .jpeg files iirc).

Edit 3: I have saved a skin as .jpeg, but I don't get any errors. It just fails to show up in-game.

Edit 4: Found it. Somehow you're missing the FZR_DEFAULT.DDS file from your /lfs/skins_dds folder. Save the following attachment (the .dds file) in your /lfs/skins_dds folder and it should work

PS: I replicated the error by deleting my FBM_default.dds and trying to open LFS
Who knew LFS wouldn't start without the _DEFAULT.DDS files? :P

Last edited by Silverracer, Wed 16 Feb 2011, 01:56. Reason : Edit.

I downloaded the file to check it and there's no infected files whatsoever. There's just the vob and dds, so there's no virus or anything.

Since I am running SoftTH I can't alt tab to start the program (it crashes, different story).

Can i just pick one of the dds files and replace the original with the one i like?

Did you put the files in the "DDS" section within the "DATA" folder?

The older version of rims manager worked fine for me, but this one is giving me some problems

When I try to change the wheels, It just doesn't do anything. Any ideas? Unpacked all the .dds files to the data folder. Thanks

Quote from mr.hotrod :

Why when i use this do i get a "cannot load steelies" message about 10 times even though its loaded them and i am drifting?

You probably didn't put .dds files in your data/dds folder and game is saying that texture is missing.

My pc spec:


I dropted that .dds file, but its not help. Reinstalation too.