Thank you so much for this topic.

I've seen some other posts that say that certain numbers should be multiplied to be used in game. Does this make sense to you? I'm working on a realistic handling mod for these cars, and these are some of the values I'm using.

Am I way off base here?

Examples entry:
https://pasteboard.co/IOUDaRx.png

Regarding variations, the indices are color codes which are available online in a big handy jpg image.

Each line colors a separate part of the vehicle. I believe the first is car's primary color, and the third line is the rim color.. from what I can ascertain. Could be wrong.

What do the liveries = true/false control or affect?

I think I I figured it out. I had commented out some but not all of the cars in popgroups.ymt that I was not testing. I'm sure some of those cars spawn with mods, so they were expecting stuff in carcols? I found by just leaving in the cars I'm testing right now, LSC appears and works fine. I will add in all my cars and address the issue later if I can figure it out more in depth.

@Reyser
Yeah so at some point, I did get the LSC options back, after adding in the carcols.meta. Then I added in a third car, the F812 Superfast, and all of a sudden the options disappeared. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Is LSC sometimes just not available?

I went through and edited my files and they all look very clean and tight. My carcols.meta looks like your codeblock there now, so I can't fathom what went wrong.

I zipped my files and uploaded them here: http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=00936187855424249261 is it too much to ask you to take a look at them? Maybe you can see what I'm doing wrong?

@Reyser I'm not at home to test. I'll add the carcols.meta back in and see what happens. I think most of the cars I've added in have a lights value or id somewhere in their definition. Ok to keep that at its default value, I'm assuming, unless it looks really messed up.

@Reyser I thought I could leave out the carols.meta completely.... oops! Do you think that was why I wasn't seeing any option for LSC? I think you can see my goal is that all the cars I add-in just have the "standard" modding options, like bulletproof tires, engine upgrade, turbo, etc.

Also, is there a default setting for lights? What should I do if the headlights on an add-in car don't seem to work right (i.e. the light appears on the roof of tunnels instead of a cone lighting the ground in front of the vehicle). I can link a screenshot if you need to see it. Should each car have its own light settings, or can they all share a general one? If so where should I define that?

Thank you again for all your help dude. I want to release this mod back to the community when I finish it and you definitely deserve credit.

@Reyser Wait a sec... does this remove all of the Stat Mods, then? So you cannot use LSC at all? I noticed upon entering my spawned car that LSC wasn't an option on the map. I also entered a random traffic car, and it wasn't an option for that vehicle, either....Does the 0_default_modkit include the stat mods? Or no?

@Reyser So just to be clear, then, I could have an empty/not supplied carcols.meta?
In the carvariations, should I still give each car its own individual entry? Just, they will all be the same, except for the "modelname" will be different, and they will all say
<kits>
<Item>0_default_modkit</Item>
</kits>
And everything is gravy?

This is good news and simplifies things a bit if that's the case.

Thank you sir!!

I saw this posted in another area and thought it should be moved to here.... I think this is a swell idea, anybody with the skills to take it on?

https://forums.gta5-mods.com/topic/23686/any-mods-to-remove-ai-vehicle-rubberbanding

I also suggested to OP to relocate the thread here. I didn't copy/paste because I don't want to be accused of plagiarizing.

Please think, digest, and respond

I never knew what the name for this phenomenon is, but I whole heartedly agree, there should be a mod made that address it. Could be as simple as editing/setting a flag, something like "vehicle.isInLOS = true"... of course there could be other complications with LODs and such, but it's a worthwhile endeavor in my opinion.

Have you thought about moving this to the request section?