F1 2015 Modding Questions Thread

Jap · Jul 13, 2015

Forest Driver said:
Okay guys, a little update. I've managed to get .tga files open somewhat reliably. I cannot guarantee anything, but I'll keep you updated.

Very good to hear.

Jap · Jul 13, 2015

humplick said:
Nice work Jap As I thought having the PC version of the game would allow us to have career mode with a little bit of editing

No worries, until we can do a bit more, that should suffice!

Kent4114 · Jul 13, 2015

Hi guys, I want ask,will make mods for cameras?

Jap · Jul 13, 2015

Kent4114 said:
Hi guys, I want ask,will make mods for cameras?

Think we're all still trying to figure out what exactly can be modded at the moment @Kent4114

HenkySA · Jul 13, 2015

TheJlfan said:
ok back on topic.

future WDC confirmed. deal with it.

JedenPes · Jul 14, 2015

Forest Driver said:
Okay guys, a little update. I've managed to get .tga files open somewhat reliably. I cannot guarantee anything, but I'll keep you updated.

Nice! Big Support!

btk150 · Jul 14, 2015

Forest Driver said:
Okay guys, a little update. I've managed to get .tga files open somewhat reliably. I cannot guarantee anything, but I'll keep you updated.

hmm, can you please make the cars tga available? I now the tool is not ready to release, but modders could at least start their projects, and as soon as you release it would be good to go

Jonix · Jul 14, 2015

I've a problem (at least I think so). I'm racing with AI set to legendary mod, I started a championship season. My quali lap times are pretty good, very close to sebastian (I'm Kimi), sometimes faster, other slower. Though the race is much more difficult:
I made a good strategy in Melbourne, was able to recover some good positions after a crash in the beginning, but I finished 1 minute after Sebastian...(P 5)

In Sepang, round 2, I qualified 3rd with Seb 2nd, but the race is a nightmare, I'm able to good 2.3 laps, then I start lapping 1-2 seconds slower. Is this a tyre wear issue?

It's okay for the game to be hard, very enjoyable, but maybe it's a little bit too hard in the race..maybe a tyre wear mod would help?
I have no experience with this, last time I played a Codemaster game was F1 2010.

But maybe I'm missing something, setup related, dunno. This is why I'm asking here.
If I'm doing something wrong, tell me, otherwise it would be great if you guys could mod it

ParkYongLee · Jul 14, 2015

It would be great if we could mod anything at all (beside the names) at the current state.

Forest Driver · Jul 14, 2015

I'm still trying to figure out if the game engine can read repacked .erp files. In theory, it should be able to, but if the game engine searches for the file hash to match one hash on their "database" of hashes before loading a file, changing any file would be impossible as the hash would change even from the slightest edit - but then again, it should not be impossible to edit that database if one exists. It would just make modding a whole lot complicated.

I highly doubt Codemasters would've put that much effort into that (or any at all), as it would've affected game loading times quite significantly on lower end computers.

ParkYongLee · Jul 14, 2015

Well, the game reads manipulated .erp files, or at least it does not crash (which the game does when you try to bypass the erp system). So I don't think there's a hash matching active.

JedenPes · Jul 14, 2015

When you delete skin.tga.erp file, you will get transparent Car

stop · Jul 15, 2015

Looks like we are getting close to being able to mod the car liveries...

Forest Driver said:
Okay guys, a little update. I've managed to get .tga files open somewhat reliably. I cannot guarantee anything, but I'll keep you updated.