F1 2018 Modding Questions Thread

Michael Sandee · Sep 10, 2018

I have a question for anybody who uses my track mod. My game hangs in time trail when I try to go back to the main menu, this seems only to happen in Melbourne. I verified the integrity of the files but it even happens in the vanilla game.
I have a 1080 TI which is updated although I do believe that the lastest update screwed over the game. Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

y00pdl · Sep 11, 2018

Bruce Banner said:
I'm trying to change the colour of the number on the Mercedes for my career butwhen I paint bucket the number it always messes up the alpha behind it which just fills in colour in a rectangular block ( I HATE working with Alpha channels as I can't get to grips with them . Ive tried using Kris's video from last year regarding shark fins as some kind of guide but 1 - with the exported number file it's a dds file rather than a layered psd file and 2 - Kris is so fast on Photoshop in the video that I can't keep up or understand it being no Photoshop genius . Can anyone help please ?

Did you see my video about (the alpha channel on) gloves? It's virtually the same for every file that uses alpha-channels. Numbers on cars are even easier as they don't use normal maps, so you just need the first half of that video.

If that doesn't help, let me know and I'll make a specific tutorial for editing car decals

Bruce Banner · Sep 11, 2018

Thanks , but I dont want to change the shape , in fact I don't want to affect the alpha at all . I just want to change the colour of the main channel that you see . But when I use the magic wand tool to select the colour inside the number and then fill it with the paint bucket with my colour of choice it fills in a whole rectangle of colour in the channels behind and that bleeds through behind the number in game and I cant fathom why .

filipos6 · Sep 11, 2018

Then, select the alpha channel (click on it in the channels panel) and then select the inside of a number (color). Once you have it selected, click on rgb channel and paint it.

y00pdl · Sep 11, 2018

Bruce Banner said:
Thanks , but I dont want to change the shape , in fact I don't want to affect the alpha at all . I just want to change the colour of the main channel that you see . But when I use the magic wand tool to select the colour inside the number and then fill it with the paint bucket with my colour of choice it fills in a whole rectangle of colour in the channels behind and that bleeds through behind the number in game and I cant fathom why .

I see what you mean. I'll try to sort you out with a video.

Bruce Banner · Sep 11, 2018

Thanks y00p

And cheers for the info filipos , I'll give that a try

EDIT - Ive just tried that filipos but when you select the number in the alpha channel and then switch to the rgb chasnnel it hasnt selected the number INSIDE the black border of the number because the alpha channel of the number doesnt have a black border . It might have worked if the number was just one solid instead of having a border but it doesnt work because of the border .

filipos6 · Sep 11, 2018

Bruce Banner said:
Thanks y00p And cheers for the info filipos , I'll give that a try

EDIT - Ive just tried that filipos but when you select the number in the alpha channel and then switch to the rgb chasnnel it hasnt selected the number INSIDE the black border of the number because the alpha channel of the number doesnt have a black border . It might have worked if the number was just one solid instead of having a border but it doesnt work because of the border .

Ok... if you want to change the color, if youre using photoshop, you can make a new adjustment color layer or you can just click ctrl + u and then alternate the color.

Bruce Banner · Sep 11, 2018

I got it working thanks filipos . I just clicked the number on the wrong page before . Thanks again

and thanks y00p

Ryosuke Takahashi · Sep 12, 2018

Hello everyone, I have a helmet in pssg format that I converted to dds, and then I do not know what to do to be able to introduce it in f1 2018, if someone could explain to me that it will be nice because I am really lost, and I do not want to start a career without my helmet.

Thank you for your understanding, hoping for help from you.

Kenia10

Bruce Banner · Sep 12, 2018

https://www.racedepartment.com/media/videos/f1-2017-custom-career-helmet-tutorial.27611/

Works for 2018 game . If youre not bothered about super hi-gloss finish helmets then use unbranded com 6 ( the 6th helmet along in the competition winning helmets from last years game ) otherwise you'll have to experiment with other helmet replacements .

KeisariKine · Sep 12, 2018

Bruce Banner said:
https://www.racedepartment.com/media/videos/f1-2017-custom-career-helmet-tutorial.27611/

Works for 2018 game . If youre not bothered about super hi-gloss finish helmets then use unbranded com 6 ( the 6th helmet along in the competition winning helmets from last years game ) otherwise you'll have to experiment with other helmet replacements .

you can also just use the _s file from the com_06 helmet on any other career helmet and make it work

Ryosuke Takahashi · Sep 12, 2018

Well, I had already seen this video but the person speaks too fast, I did what is say, I put my headphones com 1 and gen 1 but it does not work, it puts me the headphones of basic game.

I really do not understand...

Rodriggo · Sep 12, 2018

What are the chances the language file ever pops up? Maybe after the 2019 update April/May next year? Never?

Ryosuke Takahashi · Sep 12, 2018

Which file are you talking about? I'm talking about the video or the person is talking too fast for me, I'm sorry not to speak your language, I'm really sorry, and the translation of youtube is really very bad.

So I do not know how to do it.

I select the .erp file, I chose the helmet gen 1 or com 1.tga import the textures .dds and I save the .erp where it should be. I start the game, I choose the first helmet, I put against the clock to try and I have the basic helmet, not the one I want to have.

I'm not saying it does not work, I'm just saying I can not do it, it's not the same.

I would have liked to succeed, I could have put the 5 helmets that is close to my heart, the worst is that I can not even ask if someone will be kind enough to do it to me, because we will say that it takes the authorization of the creator, while it is for me personally.

I have to do something wrong, but what?

;-(

scottm0351 · Sep 13, 2018

Ryosuke Takahashi said:
Which file are you talking about? I'm talking about the video or the person is talking too fast for me, I'm sorry not to speak your language, I'm really sorry, and the translation of youtube is really very bad.

So I do not know how to do it.

I select the .erp file, I chose the helmet gen 1 or com 1.tga import the textures .dds and I save the .erp where it should be. I start the game, I choose the first helmet, I put against the clock to try and I have the basic helmet, not the one I want to have.

I'm not saying it does not work, I'm just saying I can not do it, it's not the same.

I would have liked to succeed, I could have put the 5 helmets that is close to my heart, the worst is that I can not even ask if someone will be kind enough to do it to me, because we will say that it takes the authorization of the creator, while it is for me personally.

I have to do something wrong, but what?

;-(

What program and plugin did you use to save your .dds file?

Ryosuke Takahashi · Sep 13, 2018

Hi, I used Ego PSSG Editor to convert to .dds.

scottm0351 · Sep 14, 2018

Ryosuke Takahashi said:
Hi, I used Ego PSSG Editor to convert to .dds.

Try to load a F1 2018 helmet texture either a mod helmet or a current drivers helmet from the game and see if that loads. If that loads in the game it’s an issue with your .dds file if it doesn’t load then its how you are loading the file.

KeisariKine · Sep 14, 2018

Ryosuke Takahashi said:
Hi, I used Ego PSSG Editor to convert to .dds.

that will be the wrong format and size then, as the old games used different DDS formats and also had smaller texture sizes

Moshys · Sep 14, 2018

Hey im trying to get a helmet mod into the game and it says in the ERP archiver minimaps not found. the helmet then comes out distorted like this. Can anyone help? (I didn't make the helmet so I cant edit the file myself)

KeisariKine · Sep 14, 2018

Moshys said:
Hey im trying to get a helmet mod into the game and it says in the ERP archiver minimaps not found. the helmet then comes out distorted like this. Can anyone help? (I didn't make the helmet so I cant edit the file myself)

set your game directory to the F1 2018 folder in the settings and it'll find the mips automatically