F1 2017 Modding Questions Thread

[KeisariKine]

Anyone knows how to change flags, i want to change drivers but i want the flags to be right also

you can swap flag textures, but you can't separate two drivers nationalities. So Ferrari and Mercedes will always have a driver with the same flag and McLaren and Toro Rosso will have one with the same flag, etc. You can be creative with the line-up to do it but I find it easier to just use the no flags mod.

The textures are in multiple erps in the ui_package, you'd need to go through all the texarrays and edit them all.

 

[45telliTim]

Thanks a lot!

 

[ParkYongLee]

Yep, the other way would be to edit the database but since it's not possible, oh well.

 

[rendgineer]

Anyone knows how to change flags, i want to change drivers but i want the flags to be right also

it is impossible

 

[forcendia]

Hi. I have a problem i hope you can help me. Im in mclaren for carrer mode and in the midle of the season (thanks to the 1.9 update) i decided to edit the perfomance file of the mclaren making the honda engine more powerful at the Level of renault. The question is that in the carrer mode i have improved my lap times but Alonso seems that he is still having the honda perfomance.
So in qualifing in monza i was 8th and Alonso 20th.
This only happen in carrer mode because in quick race i'm 8th and Alonso is 9th
Thanks in advance!

 

[KeisariKine]

Hi. I have a problem i hope you can help me. Im in mclaren for carrer mode and in the midle of the season (thanks to the 1.9 update) i decided to edit the perfomance file of the mclaren making the honda engine more powerful at the Level of renault. The question is that in the carrer mode i have improved my lap times but Alonso seems that he is still having the honda perfomance.
So in qualifing in monza i was 8th and Alonso 20th.
This only happen in carrer mode because in quick race i'm 8th and Alonso is 9th
Thanks in advance!

have you tried it more than once and done more than one race? It could just have been bad luck for Alonso that one time

 

[forcendia]

have you tried it more than once and done more than one race? It could just have been bad luck for Alonso that one time

Yes. I tried in fp2 fp3 and q1. Do you have ever had this problem or it is just me?

 

[KeisariKine]

Yes. I tried in fp2 fp3 and q1. Do you have ever had this problem or it is just me?

I haven't edited performance yet so I can't tell what the problem is exactly but the career AI is a bit weird from what I've heard. AI adapting to performance is odd anyways.

 

[45telliTim]

Where can i find no flags mod, and also how can i edit dds files when i have exported them from EEA

 

[ParkYongLee]

Where can i find no flags mod

Racing flags? Nationality flags? What exactly are you looking for?

 

[45telliTim]

nationality flags, like it was in f1 2016, that it dosent show nationalitys

 

[ParkYongLee]

nationality flags, like it was in f1 2016, that it dosent show nationalitys

 

[aowzone]

Hearing lots of people say that it's not possible to add certain decals to the car skins because of the way the UVW maps are done. It seems people have found ways to extract the models, which means new UVW maps could be created for the "decal" UVW's to fix things like mirroring, etc. -- is it just not possible to re-import the models once edited?

 

[KeisariKine]

Hearing lots of people say that it's not possible to add certain decals to the car skins because of the way the UVW maps are done. It seems people have found ways to extract the models, which means new UVW maps could be created for the "decal" UVW's to fix things like mirroring, etc. -- is it just not possible to re-import the models once edited?

there is no currently known way of saving files in the game's 3D model format

 

[Molda22]

Can someone who is experienced in doing mods shortly summarize whats the current status? I expected that after Codies make the modding possible again, there will be tons of mods coming out but it is very quiet just like before the patch. So is there a lot of other obstacles that prevent mods from happening? thanks

 

[KeisariKine]

Can someone who is experienced in doing mods shortly summarize whats the current status? I expected that after Codies make the modding possible again, there will be tons of mods coming out but it is very quiet just like before the patch. So is there a lot of other obstacles that prevent mods from happening? thanks

as of right now the modding tools we have are not up to date. We can open the .erp files, and import in textures but not export the in-game textures in their best possible resolution which makes it extremely difficult to make good quality mods based on the in-game textures. We can still make good mods but when making those from scratch it takes more time. The 3D models for photoshop are out of date with the 1.9 update, and 3DSimED due to the ERP Archiver problem struggles with resolution as well. We can make mods but it takes time to get used to the new chassis models and some of us are also kind of waiting for updates to the modding tools

 

[aowzone]

there is no currently known way of saving files in the game's 3D model format

start a bounty, and maybe someone over at one of the forums will find a way, the problem is most just care about ripping them and converting to other sims, which is unfortunate!

 

[Molda22]

as of right now the modding tools we have are not up to date. ...

thank you for the informations. And how does it look with the modding tools? Is there a possibility that the ERP will get updated for F1 2017? Does someone know the author? And do we have any updates if its being worked on?

 

[CW.]

Hi. I have a problem i hope you can help me. Im in mclaren for carrer mode and in the midle of the season (thanks to the 1.9 update) i decided to edit the perfomance file of the mclaren making the honda engine more powerful at the Level of renault. The question is that in the carrer mode i have improved my lap times but Alonso seems that he is still having the honda perfomance.
So in qualifing in monza i was 8th and Alonso 20th.
This only happen in carrer mode because in quick race i'm 8th and Alonso is 9th
Thanks in advance!

Engine upgrades don't apply to your Mclaren teamate for some reason even when buying the game's upgrades (see: http://forums.codemasters.com/discussion/58675/mclaren-team-mate-not-getting-engine-updates/p1) so maybe it is the same issue

 

[KeisariKine]

thank you for the informations. And how does it look with the modding tools? Is there a possibility that the ERP will get updated for F1 2017? Does someone know the author? And do we have any updates if its being worked on?

Me and some others have asked Petar about it in the Ego Engine Modding Discord, he is busy but an update is possibly going to happen sooner or later. No time frame though. You probably won't see too complex mods for a while but give it some time