How to create a car body mod (no tutorials)

[elisonia220]

I want to create more truck bodies to make a 2020 Gavril D15 (or even 2004)
With many variants itself

[nukedathlonman]

What I've been doing is divvying up my pick up truck up into multiple models since I can't offer 2wd/4x4 choices, different cabs, boxes, wheel base lengths, etc. all under one truck model. So I have 6 variants of the same truck with about 16 trims each... It's the only way to act like GM/RAM/Ford. (Admittedly, currently I'm only making a quarter ton - it be worse if I also did a 1/2 & 3/4 ton). Yes you can give them all the same name along with repeating trims. Hope it helps - have fun! :-)

[HorseMeat]

Originally posted by nukedathlonman:

What I've been doing is divvying up my pick up truck up into multiple models since I can't offer 2wd/4x4 choices, different cabs, boxes, wheel base lengths, etc. all under one truck model. So I have 6 variants of the same truck with about 16 trims each... It's the only way to act like GM/RAM/Ford. (Admittedly, currently I'm only making a quarter ton - it be worse if I also did a 1/2 & 3/4 ton). Yes you can give them all the same name along with repeating trims. Hope it helps - have fun! :-)

You can offer different cabs (body shape), box lengths (morphing), and 2wd/4wd (check your transmission page) all under one family, just as variants. It's the same as having a sedan, coupe, and wagon all in the same model.
You can't change the wheel base, frame, or panel materials, under the same family, the same way you can change the insides in variants, but not the heads, on engines.

[nukedathlonman]

"You can't change the wheel base"

I rest my case. My truck is offered in regular cabs, extended cabs, quad cabs, different drivelines, different suspension types (the 4wd trucks have solid axles on the front not IRS), all of which do end up with different drive line lengths - enough differences that a simple body morph isn't going to cut it)... It's fine, it only would take longer to scroll though the trims variants under one family. Besides it does allow for some flexibility if I want to make running changes to certain trucks that won't take the others that didn't get changed out of production. There a certain 'Merican madness going on with my single truck line. :-)

[HorseMeat]

Originally posted by nukedathlonman:

"You can't change the wheel base"

I rest my case. My truck is offered in regular cabs, extended cabs, quad cabs, different drivelines, different suspension types (the 4wd trucks have solid axles on the front not IRS), all of which do end up with different drive line lengths - enough differences that a simple body morph isn't going to cut it)... It's fine, it only would take longer to scroll though the trims variants under one family. Besides it does allow for some flexibility if I want to make running changes to certain trucks that won't take the others that didn't get changed out of production. There a certain 'Merican madness going on with my single truck line. :-)

Oh I have nothing against what you're doing and totes understand it.
But as it stands right now, if you have more than about 4 trims in a single factory the efficiency starts to drop off faster than the difference in spreading the truck out, and at 6 it falls off completely.
That only matters if you play campaign, one of the many things that needs address.
You and I both know that car companies put out hundreds of combinations from one factory without major detriment to efficiency. I mean, forget american car makers for a minute. Think of VW, they make what, 12 kinds of the golf (just in branding alone), with a half to full dozen submodels for each variant.

[nukedathlonman]

Yea, been a while since I was in campaign mode. I know I wouldn't and never did have a single factory produce all variations and trims. The targeted market segments for the sub models combined with quality and price targets plus the production targets usually means I wind up needing multiple factories just among the sub models. I never really looked at the efficiency drop off though I know that's another factor one does need to consider.