3. How to merge vehiclelayout.meta files of two seperate addon cars..??
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How to merge vehiclelayout.meta files of two seperate addon cars..??


  • How do i merge vehiclelayout.meta files of two seperate addon cars if i want to combine them into one dlc.

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    @Al3x_M3rc3r
    Pick the biggest/most complicated of the two files & then work section by section inputting the '<Item type=' to '</Item>' parts from the smaller/less complicated file into the correct sections of the more complicated one.

    Note:
    These examples are just one section of two files I chose at random. You have to do the same for all sections that exist within both files.

    If the smaller/less complicated file doesn't have any info for a particular section, then just skip it & move on to a section where it does have info.

    If the smaller file has a section that the bigger one does not have, just add it in including the name of the section of info that sits above the top '<Item type=' & below the bottom '</Item>' of that section (for example, in these examples below, the named section is from '<VehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfos>' to '</VehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfos>' so you would include those lines as well if they didn't exist in the file you are pasting the info into)
    If they themselves are within a subsection of another section, make sure they go within the same section in the new file. It's all about syntax & hierarchy, grab yourself a copy of Notepad++, that way if you left click on a '<Item' or section name line it will give you a little red vertical line on the left indicating where that section starts & ends, which will help keep you right :thumbsup:

    File A 'VehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfos' Example:

      <VehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfos>
    <Item type="CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo">
      <Name>F82_COVER_OFFSET_INFO</Name>
      <ExtraSideOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraForwardOffset value="-0.150000" />
      <ExtraBackwardOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraZOffset value="0.100000" />
      <CoverBoundInfos />
    </Item>
    <Item type="CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo">
      <Name>F82ST_COVER_OFFSET_INFO</Name>
      <ExtraSideOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraForwardOffset value="-0.150000" />
      <ExtraBackwardOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraZOffset value="0.100000" />
      <CoverBoundInfos />
    </Item>
    <Item type="CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo">
      <Name>F82DUKE_COVER_OFFSET_INFO</Name>
      <ExtraSideOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraForwardOffset value="-0.150000" />
      <ExtraBackwardOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraZOffset value="0.100000" />
      <CoverBoundInfos />
    </Item>
    <Item type="CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo">
      <Name>F824SLW_COVER_OFFSET_INFO</Name>
      <ExtraSideOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraForwardOffset value="-0.150000" />
      <ExtraBackwardOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraZOffset value="0.100000" />
      <CoverBoundInfos />
    </Item>
    <Item type="CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo">
      <Name>F82LW_COVER_OFFSET_INFO</Name>
      <ExtraSideOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraForwardOffset value="-0.150000" />
      <ExtraBackwardOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraZOffset value="0.100000" />
      <CoverBoundInfos />
    </Item>
    <Item type="CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo">
      <Name>F82HS_COVER_OFFSET_INFO</Name>
      <ExtraSideOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraForwardOffset value="-0.150000" />
      <ExtraBackwardOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraZOffset value="0.100000" />
      <CoverBoundInfos />
    </Item>
  </VehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfos>

    File B 'VehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfos' Example:

    	<VehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfos>
		<Item type="CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo">
		  <Name>GT40_COVER_OFFSET_INFO</Name>
		  <ExtraSideOffset value="-0.050000" />
		  <ExtraForwardOffset value="0.050000" />
		  <ExtraBackwardOffset value="-0.300000" />
		  <ExtraZOffset value="-0.200000" />
		  <CoverBoundInfos />
		</Item>
	</VehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfos>

    Combined A+B 'VehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfos' File Example:

      <VehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfos>
    <Item type="CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo">
      <Name>F82_COVER_OFFSET_INFO</Name>
      <ExtraSideOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraForwardOffset value="-0.150000" />
      <ExtraBackwardOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraZOffset value="0.100000" />
      <CoverBoundInfos />
    </Item>
    <Item type="CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo">
      <Name>F82ST_COVER_OFFSET_INFO</Name>
      <ExtraSideOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraForwardOffset value="-0.150000" />
      <ExtraBackwardOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraZOffset value="0.100000" />
      <CoverBoundInfos />
    </Item>
    <Item type="CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo">
      <Name>F82DUKE_COVER_OFFSET_INFO</Name>
      <ExtraSideOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraForwardOffset value="-0.150000" />
      <ExtraBackwardOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraZOffset value="0.100000" />
      <CoverBoundInfos />
    </Item>
    <Item type="CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo">
      <Name>F824SLW_COVER_OFFSET_INFO</Name>
      <ExtraSideOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraForwardOffset value="-0.150000" />
      <ExtraBackwardOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraZOffset value="0.100000" />
      <CoverBoundInfos />
    </Item>
    <Item type="CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo">
      <Name>F82LW_COVER_OFFSET_INFO</Name>
      <ExtraSideOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraForwardOffset value="-0.150000" />
      <ExtraBackwardOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraZOffset value="0.100000" />
      <CoverBoundInfos />
    </Item>
    <Item type="CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo">
      <Name>F82HS_COVER_OFFSET_INFO</Name>
      <ExtraSideOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraForwardOffset value="-0.150000" />
      <ExtraBackwardOffset value="-0.100000" />
      <ExtraZOffset value="0.100000" />
      <CoverBoundInfos />
    </Item>
    <Item type="CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo"> <!-- File B 'CVehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfo' has been added into File A's 'VehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfos' here... -->
      <Name>GT40_COVER_OFFSET_INFO</Name>
      <ExtraSideOffset value="-0.050000" />
      <ExtraForwardOffset value="0.050000" />
      <ExtraBackwardOffset value="-0.300000" />
      <ExtraZOffset value="-0.200000" />
      <CoverBoundInfos />
    </Item> <!-- ...to here -->
  </VehicleCoverBoundOffsetInfos>

    "Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise." - Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)

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  • @a63nt-5m1th ok, will give it a try and see if it works for me or not. Thanks a ton for explaining it to me.

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    @Al3x_M3rc3r
    :thumbsup: Keep backups & take your time, it's easy to get lost in those vehiclelayout files.

    "Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise." - Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland)

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