Mod question about meshes and textures:

[Malidictus]

How does one go about modding those things, or at least finding them? The object config XML files are easy enough - they're all in initial.pak, with DLC vehicles separated in their own subfolder, but beyond that I'm at a loss. I was able to find DDS texture files under editor.pak/[textures], specifically for trucks and trailers, though those only seem to cover base game items. I can't find textures for DLC vehicles or trailers.

What's even more confusing, though, is that boot.pak/[textures] also appears to have texture files, but those are in PCT format, which seems to be an Apple QuickDraw format, near as I can tell. These seem to be mostly for things like clouds and effects, so... animated textures, maybe? I don't know.

Checking the XML files to makre sure, it's pretty clear that you can't set a truck's textures through its config file. My best guess is those are baked into the meshes, or rather referenced in the mesh files. In theory, a copy of a mesh file should be able to use modded versions of its own textures, right? I don't know where to find the mesh files either, though

I've found some of them in shared.pak/[meshes], including meshes for DLC vehicles, though I don't know if that's all of them. I'm not sure where to look for meshes for cargo, however, or indeed textures for it.

Worst of all, I'm not sure if finding those things will actually let me in any way alter them without going through a 3D modelling software... which I neither have nor know how to use. I'm kind of stabbing in the dark here, but I figured it's worth asking at least.

[mendel]

There's a modding subforum on the official Snowrunner forum, and several modding channels on the official discord.

[Malidictus]

Originally posted by mendel:

There's a modding subforum on the official Snowrunner forum, and several modding channels on the official discord.

Thanks. I'll look into that.