The used car generator appis a tool which can procedurally generate vehicles at randomized conditions and at a random location/road on the map. It is highly configurable and can generate wear values to over 25different car parts.
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The user app
This is the tool used to generate the vehicles. Here's how to use it:
**Condition -**The overall condition of the vehicle. Leave blank for random. **Mileage -**Affects the condition of some parts. Leave blank for random. **Park Chance -**Chance for the vehicle to generate at a parking spot, IF the map contains any (otherwise it will spawn on a road). Format example: 0.5 = 50% Chance. **Use Population -**Whether the vehicle models uses it's population data (in the config .json file) to set it's chance of being picked, essentially making the selection more realistic. If turned off, all vehicles have an equal chance to be picked. NOTE: Turn off this setting if some modded cars doesn't generate even with Modded cars turned on. **Modded Cars -**Whether the generator can generate modded cars. PSA: Testing was limited with modded vehicles, some may break the game. **Max Years -**The maximum year model of the vehicle that the generator can pick. Useful for barn find roleplays. **Generation Seed -**Seed for which vehicle is chosen by the generator as well as it's spawn location. Leave blank for random.
**Condition Seed -**Seed for the Overall condition, mileage and Part Wear. Leave blank for random. **Balance Wear -**If turned on, some parts will use an exponential curve for it's wear calculations. Otherwise, it uses a linear curve. This setting can prevent vehicles with average condition to be completely undrivable. **Wear Variation -**The higher this number, the more likely parts wear will be different from the vehicle's overall condition. A high number may produce unrealistic results. **Show Vehicle Info -**Displays various information about the vehicle model that was generated. (Make sure to scroll down) **Show Vehicle State -**Displays the general condition of the car parts. See the override menu below for more info. **Show Vehicle Distance -**Displays the distance of where the vehicle was generated from the location of the player's camera at the time it was requested. **Show Seed -**Displays the Generation Seed. Will instead display the Condition Seed if conditions were applied on the selected vehicle instead. **Deformation -**Enables deformation damage, controlled by the Body Panels damage. DISCLAIMER: This feature is highly experimental and may cause very strange behaviors, such as the vehicle litterally exploding.
On the "Random Vehicle" section, click on Random Locationto generate a randomized vehicle on a random road node (or parking spot), or Camera Locationto generate the vehicle next to you.
On the "Selected Vehicle" section, click on Random Locationto generate a clone of the currently selected vehicle at a random location and Apply Conditionsto apply part conditions/wear on the selected vehicle.
The Previous Seedbutton will reset the vehicle you previously generated with all of it's condition data while Reapply Conditionsreapplies the previous condition seed on the selected vehicle. Useful if the car needed to be reset for whatever reasons.
The Overridemenu makes you tweak specific part conditions. If the field of that part is blank, it will be randomized by the overall condition instead. NOTE: Some part's displayed condition will not be fully accurate to what has been inputted, due to their wear calculation taking account mileage and/or are tied to an in-game damage mechanic.
Each parts with low condition have different effects and symptoms to the vehicle (instead of just: the car makes less power), which I documented in the discussion thread of the mod. (linked below)
Notice This is my first BeamNG mod and is still currently under development. So constructive feedback and bug reports are highly appreciated.
For a more advanced usage guide, check out this discussion thread: https://www.beamng.com/threads/used-car-generator.98516/ (NOTE: This thread is outdated, a new updated one will be made soon.)