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= Recommendations =
* When basing your model on the original ones, add to your mod also <strong>ALL</strong> original /automat/ files used by it. The names of the files are generated as CityHash64 hash of theirs content so whenever we change the parameters of the material in any way, a different file will be used to store them and the original file might cease to exist if there is no other model utilizing the original parameters.
* When modifying original models, always include <strong>ALL</strong> components of the model (pmg+pmd) instead of just those you changed. Otherwise you risk crash if we change the model.
* As always when adding new objects to files which support multi-file approach (e.g. road_look.sii) it is <strong>HIGHLY RECOMMENDED</strong> to use suffix or prefix in the name to avoid conflicts with new objects we are adding in patches. Otherwise you might have to use the batch renaming functionality (see Batch renaming) to fix the conflicts when new patch appears.

= How to convert map =

* Ensure that <strong>ALL</strong> map files are updated to version compatible with 1.30 update by resaving them in 1.30 version. Otherwise you will be unable to load the map in 1.31 editor.
* Provide definitions of terrain materials 231 and 232 we removed. For example by taking them from 1.30 update.
* Load map
* Do rebuild (F8)
* Save map
* Some prefabs/models had theirs looks or variants renamed or replaced so you will eventually need to edit items referencing them and select the most appropriate new variant/look.

= Changes =

For other changes check [[Games/ETS2/Modding_guides/1.31|ETS2 modding guide]]