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SLX 180



updating..

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A replacement mod for BlackwoodGrid made for Rally edition.the change is it has text with Blackwood logo, "Welcome to Blackwood".

i made the screenshot with black background as the Alpha channel could make it hard to see the white text on transparent.
i also included a version made for snow edition in inverted colors.
Text will show on track on start grids and in pitlane pitboxes.
it says blackwood in two directions so its readable from both sides.
it is now hard to be in doubt what track you are on when going out from garage.


DOWNLOAD: (Packed in Winrar).
Download From Nexus
Download From Mediafire

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COQUETTE F69~001 overhaul By The Wizard DK.

install: copy the folder named COQUETTE F69~001 to LFS/Mods/Vehicle (back up your existing folder so you can revert to that in case you do not like this overhaul).
Skins.dds folder have Default skins and a PNG Template folder for skin makers & if you like to see my skins in high resolution 4096x4096 copy the skins from the 4096x4096 folder which goes to LFS/Data/Skins. fire up LFS.
Skins:





The overhaul came to be as rear lights is not really visible with default textures.
(was hard to see when car infront was braking, and indicator lights not working at all).
to try and make some "useful" lights from the default textures, i made them ALOT brighter, almost too bright to make them even visible. it is far from perfect but they will show when the car is infront and braking now. known bug is in some lightnings from the game world it appears the lights is just on and not showing the brake lights so profound as in shadow areas. in other words can be hard still to see it braking in cases where sun is in the rear, or if you got lights turned on. then it shows as just being ON.

Giving you a little different carpet(unique).
this overhaul will also change engine sound to a non clipping a bit changed engine sound.(deeper).
i also stuffed some skins i made for this in there.

Ban one trans am. smokey & the bandit trans am. plus in blue/white.
indycar 500 original pace car skin from 1978(this is still work in progress)made as close to original as im able to.

this is not made for VR in mind. and i am not a pro at doing this. i just did because this particular car somehow needed brake lights to be visible!

website link to original mod by NENE87 who made the car model for LFS.
https://www.lfs.net/files/vehmods/709195



Download From Mediafire:
Mediafire Download

PS: If NENE87 see this post maybe consider to use something like this for rearlights. (just a suggestion)

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Showcase Rally Edition Overhaul:

New made mud track for Fernbay test. and test of how it looks in all lightning.
Trees are merely just some templates and is yet to be made fully still.(that goes for blackwood too).

Clear Day:




Overcast Dusk:




Cloudy Sunset:




EDIT:
Full thread with Vanilla friendly textures to be found here :
TC Forum Thread

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Showcase of test files for Fernbay Race Track.

Clear Day :



Overcast Dusk:



Cloudy Sunset:



Cloudy Sunset plus Rallycross Track:




Curbs and trees are still to be made. just showcasing a possible scenery with the road files.

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Second test now with cruise center lines.

Showcasing new made road files with gravel look(physics do not change)
but on these files i spent a full day making worn centerlines for cruising.
in this video the cruise layout is from TC City driving for the showcase.
made pitlane and start squares and totally failed the pitlane text saying fernbay race track with a small palm tree. however it turns out the file mirrors itself so gonna get that fixed. changed some other files too here and there. some were a tad too dark so made them a bit brighter.
made beach sand a bit more aligned in color and brightness to the rest of the track as it shined up like torchlight. looks a bit more natural blending now.
rocks and trees are still to be made so look away from those currently used in this video. for some weird reason i forgot to add my own fixed files from Lynches pack on the bridges. (Lynche was glad i updated those) so those are back in use now, with a bit more shine than the original ones and perhaps a bit more coloring too. on this tc layout you pass really close by them so hopefully looking okay even i had to downsize to default size simply because Fernbay was never made for truly high res files(it halt loading). in case someone wants them in high res i got them in 4096/2048 versions too.
these i also use now for other tracks i editted them to fit. like kyoto westhill and south city. my credits to lynche for that file. they are really amazing looking.

LFS Rally Edition 2024 Fernbay Showcase Centerlines
(This video link keeps telling me its a private video, but it is not private,but if it still showing as such i think youtube or TC forum have hiccups.dont wanna waste more time with that now).



LFS Rally Edition 2024 Fernbay Showcase Centerlines 2



Rally Edition showcase playlist:

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All minimaps black.
i noticed some time ago some people asked how to make minimaps black.
as i already had that made for night edition might as well share it.
arrows on minimaps can be colored in options/display for your liking.
default works too. no more white too bright minimap.
Enjoy!

packed in winrar and goes to lfs/data/dds .
remember to back up your original files before overwriting.

Mediafire download

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i noticed an increasing interest for night skies in this LFS Forum thread Night-Sky-Textures-For-Blackwood

as they were literally made on my request for night edition i have reuploaded them to mediafire as it looks like Sti228B is no longer active.

DOWNLOAD From Mediafire

even if the links were active the files in that thread is in .RAW format which LFS no longer uses. you will get Trakah123´s original night mod files in this winrar packed reupload named orgnight in the end of file names. the blue is one i made myself and the rest is Sti228B .

you can see the WIP versions of night and snow editions in this YT playlist Various mods WIP the rally edition has been updated since those videos. and snow edition is not a priority and i sort of stopped with night edition due to nightcycles coming. in case someone wants to check them out i can repack them all in their current WIP state. my focus is currently on rally edition but slow progress. its almost there though.
the "dark mode" realistadam refers to in the last post in the thread has nothing to do with night edition. they are 2 different mod overhauls. i got permission years ago from trakah123 to update his mods which includes Desert,night,future,snow,autumn mods. but i decided to make my own and this is where rally edition comes into the picture.

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Last edited by Flame CZE, Sun 4 Aug 2024, 16:00. Reason : new download link.
Huge thanks to FlameCZE for attaching the file download link in the LFS thread here : https://www.lfs.net/forum/thread/91269-N...-Blackwood since the link was dead. Sti228 made those skies on my request for Night edition, so now they are back in the correct thread. Thank you for that Flame


EDIT:
aha. i couldnt find the mention of my request. turns out it was in another sky thread for westhill.
specifically this post :
https://www.lfs.net/forum/post/1926559#post1926559

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Experiment building with an old worn look.
for rally edition but these screenshots are from vanilla lfs test.
it uses a medievil wall and broken windows. having a rusty door and old window. added small went too. maybe grass growth up the wall later.

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Rally Edition new Hemi Skin for challenge St And new Container bins look.
the bins are also made for default lfs in LFS blue. they got recycle signs and westhill logo is far better resolution.

this is from Rally Edition teaser screenshot


Container front:

4 types of Hemi skins

Non clipping engine sound for Challenge ST Wiz made 4:
(File can go to LFS/Data/Engine(use ingame SHIFT+A to put it on)or to LFS/mods/vehicles/CHALLENGE ST~005/Engine(Rename to 86 2 if you want it permanent on this car))
Mediafire Download
EDIT: changed muffling on starter as it was set to 90. now zero in v5:
Challenge ST Wiz 5 Engine Download
currently reworked all markers in game to have color on them.

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Progress made for Rally Edition Westhill.
new signs, new road markings,new grand stands.
weird looking roof has been changed since this video to an Asphalt roof with sand.
still need to fix some bushes as the rose ones is way too big.
need to make i think 2 more buildings + plus new trees for Westhill.
LFS Rally Edition 2024 Showcase:




EDIT:
working on new adverts for all tracks.
yes its the developers in the uf1:

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Skins for Challenge ST.

these are in 4096x4096
Goes to LFS/data/skins
sure lets make them public to use.

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just made flowers on rally edition barriers:

Blackwood Lake(Mud pit)

blackwood lake 2

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XR GT TURBO LIGHTBAR~001 :

Made some rims OZ in black.
it needs to be renamed for Lightbar.

Download(Mediafire):
XRGT_Alloy2 Download
How it looks on car ingame:

also works for XRG which is the filename.
it may also fit on other MOD cars but be sure its a 5 spoke wheel.
made another file for 6 spoke wheels.

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Am Challenger / Challenger ST :

New lights, more visible than default(but still not so visible when sun directly into them).
this pack also contains new brake pads(Challenger)made last night.race green and black.
there is a few more modded files like seat in the rear, headlights in yellow.
if you drop the mod folders into Vehicles you should know they will change deafult skin on challenge st,to a Hemi,and both cars will get my own made engine sounds.
alternately you can just grap the first file in both car folders to get more bright lights. (nothing was changed to the lights except alot more brighter,transparency and juiced it up with a tiny tad of more color.
files inside this pack named _org in the end of filenames are the original files.
*note* not all files are present in this pack so its a good idea to copy/paste it into your own folders with same mod car names in:
LFS/data/vehicles.
Download Mediafire:
AM Challenge / Challenge ST light fix Download

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Black Wood adverts/Billboards.
with actual blackwood companies
right click to save as: install to, LFS/DATA/PIC folder. back up your current ads with same name.

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a little more progress on Rally edition:
video description:
fixed a few things on roads. got rid of some of the incredible huge leaves on track and made new tarmac for the mid section of go-kart tracks/backroads.
made new file that fits more proper to the rest of the mod, with the backroad file(going above tunnel2).
starting to come together to form a whole.
weather: Cloudy Sunset.
Car: Challenge St(WizBarnfind skin).
track: Westhill openconfig.
Layout: Wonderful Westhill by the wizard dk.

video1 outside of cockpit(tv cam)



Video2 inside cockpit(passenger cam)

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Rally Edition Adverts:
Made a few changes and added some more adverts for Aston/AutoCross.

next up Fernbay that has no logo.
but i been thinking how to make one.
so hopefully people will like it when done.

here is for Blackwood/Aston/Autocross:

the themes with companies that uses a LFS trackname will continue throughout all tracks.
these are real life companies. idk why i made 2 BLW adverts in 2048 but the rest is in 4096.
(maybe little heavy if you got an older machine)

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Fernbay Logo:

for unknown reasons Fernbay (which is one if not the oldest track in LFS) has no logo for the track. so here is 4 options for some sort of Fernbay Logo, which i think captures the spirit pretty well. both to the default track but also for Rally Edition which this will be used for. its a 4096 filesize images, and placements are set as how Carrib Air advert was made.used that as template to make this.



files are in PNG but not sure if site converts it to Jpeg.