That is the exact issue bud. You will find a majority of AMS tracks use the same BKA,BKB files such as VeloCitta, Caruaru, Oulton, and many more. Patrick used many of the same files in tracks like Fontana, Road America, Road Atlanta, Snetterton, ValdeVienne.
One thing I have been doing is using their scn and gdb values to get the AMS skies right, then either using their backgrounds or swapping back in the backgrounds from the original ported track. This is a primitive way to mod as I do not know how to do it properly. Some of the aforementioned files slightly vary as well so you can swap them around to better match your ported tracks.
Here is an example. Let's say you ported an RF1 track and you want AMS skies and better backgrounds. Carolina has the basic files you need.
1. Extract these files from the CMP_gmt.mas & CMP_text.mas files and put them in the same directory as your ported track's mas files:
BKA.DDS
BKB.DDS
SKYBOXI.GMT
SRPL_SKY3_DOME1.GMT
SRPL_SKY3_SUN1.GMT
2. Copy/overwrite these values to your scn file:
SearchPath=ReizaCommon
//-------------------------------------------------------
MASRandomFile=CloudsRandomA
MASFile=CloudsDefault.MAS
MASFile=SkyNorth.MAS
And this:
//-------------------------------------------------------
View=mainview
{
Clear=False
Color=(0,0,0)
Size=(1.00, 1.00) Center=(0.5, 0.5)
FOV=(55.25, 31.25)
ClipPlanes=(0.5,15000.00)
View=rearview
{
Clear=False
Color=(0, 0, 0)
Size=(512.00, 64.00) Center=(256.00, 32.00)
FOV=(55.25, 31.25)
ClipPlanes=(0.50, 3000.00)
}
}
//-------------------------------------------------------
GroupMethod=Dynamic
MaxShadowRange=(550.00)
AmbientColor=(125,125,130)
FogMode=LINEAR FogIn=(0.00) FogOut=(1500.00) FogDensity=(0.01) FogColor=(123,134,153)
//-------------------------------------------------------
Light=FDirect01
{
Type=Directional Dir=(0.338743,-0.883505,-0.323532) Color=(255,255,255)
}
//-------------------------------------------------------
Instance=skyboxi
{
Moveable=True Render=False
MeshFile=skyboxi.gmt CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
Instance=Sky
{
Moveable=True
MeshFile=SRPL_sky3_dome1.gmt CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
MeshFile=SRPL_sky3_sun1.gmt CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
}
}
Instance=skyboxj
{
Planes=(4)
MeshFile=skyboxi.gmt CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
}
//-------------------------------------------------------
3. Copy/overwrite these values to your gdb file:
SkyBlendSunAngles=(-20.0,-5.0,10.0,25.0)
ShadowMinSunAngle=5.0
Latitude = 34
NorthDirection = 0
RaceDate = October 5
SunriseAmbientRGB = (150,150,175)
SunriseDirectionalRGB = (180,155,145)
SunriseFogRGB = (113,123,152)
SunriseFogIn = (0)
SunriseFogOut = (700)
DayAmbientRGB = (135,135,140)
DayDirectionalRGB = (255,250,240)
DayFogRGB = (123,134,162)
DayFogIn = (500)
DayFogOut = (1550)
SunsetAmbientRGB = (171,172,190)
SunsetDirectionalRGB = (223,157,117)
SunsetFogRGB = (90,85,50)
SunsetFogIn = (0)
SunsetFogOut = (1000)
NightAmbientRGB = (22,30,42)
NightDirectionalRGB = (10,10,16)
NightFogRGB = (15,12,10)
NightFogIn = (0)
NightFogOut = (1000)
MaxDayTemperature=21
MinDayTemperature=16
MaxNightTemperature=12
MinNightTemperature=8
TimeOffsetMinutes=30
Now your ported track will have the Carolina skies and backgrounds - which are the basic sky setup files for most AMS tracks. You can follow the same steps to copy backgrounds and skies from any other Reiza or AMS modded track. We cannot see all of the Reiza scn files but the Caruaru values
usually work.
Hope this helps and you can always reach out to me directly for more help.
