Is there a "CarHelper" mod for MSC?

[CadNav]

Like I don't want a compelted savefile. Just something that helps my tune the car, says what's not installed, maybe a setting to highlight missing screws,
Stuff like that
Does that mod exist?

[DieselMerc]

Not really. As far as I know the only mod that helps you build your car is the bolt size mod.

[CadNav]

Originally posted by DieselMerc:

Not really. As far as I know the only mod that helps you build your car is the bolt size mod.

They should make that mod
It would be great
And it would be pretty easy (I don't know anything about mods so take this with a grain of salt) but like
It checks for the parts you have uninstalled
Then it checks for the parts you have installed
Then it highlights green where to install it
and there's text on the right telling you like (Uninstall Head gasket) or whatnot. And for tuning it can just say (tighten 1 more time) using the same system as the bolt size mod
IDK. Would that be hard to mod?

[Noob]

You can check:
- installed and uninstalled parts
- missing bolts
- condition of your parts
- fluid levels
in MSC Editor. It also tells you if you tuned the car correctly. However, it not allows you to check/change those things in game. But except that it is what you want.

Originally posted by little kid on the internet:

it can just say (tighten 1 more time)

How would it know what do you want to achieve? You may want to have high performance, or low fuel usage, or maybe you want your car to be a piston dropper, or anything else.

[CadNav]

Originally posted by Noob:

You can check:
- installed and uninstalled parts
- missing bolts
- condition of your parts
- fluid levels
in MSC Editor. It also tells you if you tuned the car correctly. However, it not allows you to check/change those things in game. But except that it is what you want.

Originally posted by little kid on the internet:

it can just say (tighten 1 more time)

How would it know what do you want to achieve? You may want to have high performance, or low fuel usage, or maybe you want your car to be a piston dropper, or anything else.

How do I check what's the right value for MSC editor

[Noob]

Open defaultES2File, click tools, then Satsuma report, then maintenance on top left.

[=M$= Oroberus]

MSCEditor is indeed the way to go

It CAN be used to cheat massively but it has not to be used this way. It's a great overall database in regards of the Satsuma Report and can even help you fix some of the more annoying bugs (like Teimon not restocking if you save at a specific time).

Also helps if you lose items because of random physics glitches (like my exhaust-muffler just getting outright deleted from the game as Fleetari installed my roll cage ...)

If you're looking for a general guide, more in the line of a traditional user manual for cars (like they still exist to this day) or a mechanic manual, check for the Electrical Boogaloo Guide, it doesn't really tell you anything that wouldn't be told by said car manual back in the day (the ones these days are way less in depth *sigh*) and something that, imho, is indeed missing in the game.

EDIT: I can, to this day, remember the user manual for my first car, it even had shifting tables/RPM tables in case of the clutch breaking and taught how you can manually shift without using a clutch and without your shifting causing more damage ... good times :D

[male_07]

Damn. I was able to build the car by memory by the third try. Just use guides and learn how to tune the car by sound. Its a lot easier if you know how to do it.