My First Repaint

Mark28189 · Feb 24th 2021

Hi all this is my first post, AND my first reskin for Fernbus. Tourist bus coming soon,

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So here is where i need help, I’ve mastered the .PNG side, but I really need help with the PSD side such as reskining the comfort class, I am not sure how I go on about that as they are PSD not png can anyone offer a glimmer of information or maybe a link to how to do the PSD files over the PNG please?

Thanks in advance

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not the best quality as this last one was taken on the phone ?

ben.m · Feb 24th 2021

A PSD is Photoshops workfile and is layer based. It can be opened and edited quite widely and edited in programs such as Photoshop or Paint.net (if you need a free alternative)

Use the PSD to add things in layers and paint your repaint. You can then hide the UV map layer and the export the image to a PNG.

Ben

Mark28189 · Feb 24th 2021

Morning Ben, hope your well and thank you for your reply.

mod.cfg and repaint.info the same ? E.g the image mounting and also,

Do I save it as PNG or PSD as the command lines in the cfg and .info are PNG

Finally do I need the alpha file ticked on paint.net when saving?

thank you in advance.

ben.m · Feb 24th 2021

Use the PSD for editing and save as PNG for your final mod.

You .CFG should have .PNG files linked in them.

As for the alpha layer, I would imagine so because most of the vehicles have windows on the same UV (except Base game MAN Lions Coaches - which use an extra file) and you want the windows to be transparent.

Mark28189 · Feb 24th 2021

Thank you Ben. It completely threw me off when I saw the PSD files rather than the .PNG.

Thank you for the information

ben.m · Feb 24th 2021

Yeah.

You can edit a PNG but it isn't very convenient.
And you need to have layers (not possible with a PNG) to be able to toggle on and off the visibility of the UV map

Mark28189 · Feb 24th 2021

Sorry to be a pita, so I finally get the mod to show in the mods list but no repaint, where have I gone wrong please ?

ben.m · Feb 24th 2021

Check the .repaintinfo and that it is referenced properly in the .cfg

Mark28189 · Feb 25th 2021

That’s exactly what it was, thank you once again

Mark28189 · Feb 25th 2021

Ben, can you confirm if there is anyway to reskin the interior eg the seats at all please ?

Quarney · Feb 25th 2021

No, you can only repaint the exterior of the vehicle

Mark28189 · Feb 25th 2021

Quote from Quarney

No, you can only repaint the exterior of the vehicle

that’s a big shame

Mark28189 · Feb 27th 2021

Hi guys again I am in need of help again so I’ll keep it on this post, I’m really struggling to reskin the comfort class I’m doing everything as per the VDL with the MOD.cfg and info file to no avail. Any help or a mini guide would be really appreciated please.

thanks in advance

ben.m · Feb 27th 2021

Hey!

To the repaintinfo files are specific to the vehicles since they reference the vehicles materials. In download with the comfort class templates you will find the ComfortClass repaintinfos.

File

ComfortClass HD - Repaint Templates

Official Repaint Templates for the ComfortClass HD buses.

UndergroundBerlin

Dec 1st 2017

You can also copy the cfg lines too into your mods cfg and have the all together.

As for a guide this is the official repaint guide. The process is correct but is missing some vehicle names from the more recent DLC https://steamcommunity.com/sha…iledetails/?id=1687469689

Mark28189 · Feb 28th 2021

Thank you once again Ben.

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