The Sign Editor: Tutorial

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22 Apr 2019 12:29

Besides the 5 minute waiting I'm not able to manage creating any fucking new sign (editable signs are not a problem). Either they doesn't appear in the map or the map editor crashes. Now I tried the old way (pmd-editing with SCSEditor) with model2-signs (company logo). But as soon as I want to see it in browser, the program crashes with access violation (C0000005).
In this tutorial mandelsoft wrote about the new way how signs work. I thought that this belongs to navigation signs (model).
My question: Is this right or is pmd-editing complete out of time?
Another question: In an older video tutorial I heard that file names of the mat files (automat) must be 32 bytes long. But in actual base.scs they only have 16 characters. Is this correct?
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Crash log created on: Mon Apr 22 12:51:42 2019
Build: 1.34.0.34s 681a4ae447f4
OS: x86_64 / Windows 7 x64 (version 6.1) / Service Pack 1
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790K CPU @ 4.00GHz at 4000000
MEM: Phys:16326 Virt:8388607
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Mem:2048 Ver: 25.21.14.1694

AvailMEM Virt:8384395 Phys:8749 Total:22760
TotalMEM Virt:8388607 Phys:16326 Total:32651
Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION
EXE Base address: 000000013FF30000
Fault address: 000000014040C6EF 0001:004DB6EF C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Euro Truck Simulator 2\bin\win_x64\eurotrucks2.exe

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25 Jun 2019 15:17

Is it possible to remove a board off of a gantry frame?

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27 Jun 2019 12:48

How to add a new sign model, is it possible to edit .dds file of existing sign and also .pmd, .pmc, .pmg and .tobj files.

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27 Jun 2019 20:32

To make new signs you need Blender where you'll model them.
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28 Jun 2019 10:52

Actually, I succeed to make a new sign without a blender. I took .dds file of one sign which has a similar size to sign which I needed, converted .dds to .bmp, then edited file in photoshop, convert from .bmp to .dds, change def files, change paths in pmg, pmc, pmd and tobj files, then, copy-paste .mat file and define it.

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28 Jun 2019 11:44

That works for similar-sized signs indeed, but it's a very limited way to make new signs.
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01 Jul 2019 17:57

hmm..how to create or edit a map overlay..?

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01 Jul 2019 18:46

Go to material/ui/map/road and see how SCS did it. You need .dds, .mat and .tobj files there.
Also, you define them in def/world/overlay.yoursuffix.sii
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11 Aug 2019 15:32

I have one question for you.
Can other characters, such as Hangeul(Korean Alphabet) and Chinese characters, not Latin, Greek or Cyrillic characters, be normally printed on the sign? If not, should I save it as a png and load it separately?
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12 Aug 2019 01:40

Chinese characters -- should be possible, since there is China & Taiwan map mod containing Chinese traffic signs



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