Player truck definitions can be thought of in two components:
- Vehicle parts definitions describe the characteristics of the truck and its many accessories.
- -Think of these as a set of building blocks from which the truck can be built; They don't assemble themselves!
- Vehicle configurations assemble the parts definitions into a vehicle that may be driven or purchased.
- -Think of them as the instructions for the game to assemble the building blocks (data definitions) into a vehicle when it is first loaded.
Vehicle Parts Definitions
Each truck is configured in its own folder (e.g. "<brand.truck>" in tree view below) containing:
- SII file: data.sii - defining: truck info, cameras, fallback rules for parts of the truck and required accessories. There are 8 mandatory fallback rules: chassis, cabin, interior, engine, transmission, f_wheel (or f_tire), r_wheel (or r_tire), paint_job and head_light.
- Subfolders: (chassis, cabin, interior, engine, transmission, paint_job, head_light, sound) - defining different parts and accessories of the truck. First 7 folders are needed because of mandatory fallback rules and sound folder is needed for truck mandatory sounds definitions.
- Optional folder: accessory - defining all possible accessories for the truck that the user can install in the game Upgrade Shop. This folder holds another level of sub folders for separating different accessory types that the player can install on the truck and will be listed in the Upgrade Shop once the player selects the proper accessory type. Moreover names of subfolders directly correspond to the names of model locators that the truck 3D model has to have for the ability of having those types of accessories enabled in the game.
Root game folder ├def ├vehicle ├truck ├<brand.truck> Truck main configuration folder. ├accessory Folder for defining all accessory types which can be installed on this truck. ├beacon Folder for defining accessories of the type "beacon". ├shape1.sii File defining one beacon model which can be named freely (no restriction applies on SII file naming inside accessory type). └... More beacon models definition files. └... Folders defining more accessory types and it's model definitions. ├cabin Folder with SII files defining cabin mandatory truck part; one cabin per one SII file. ├chassis Folder with SII files defining chassis mandatory truck part; one chassis per one SII file. ├engine Folder with SII files defining engine mandatory truck part; one engine per one SII file. ├head_light Folder with SII files defining head light mandatory truck part; one head light type per one SII file. ├interior Folder with SII files defining interior mandatory truck part, its animations, dashboard colors and glass data; one interior per one SII file. ├paint_job Folder with SII files defining paint job mandatory truck part; one paint job per one SII file. ├transmission Folder with SII files defining transmission mandatory truck part; one transmission per one SII file. └data.sii Defining truck global data: info, cameras and fallback rules. ├<2nd_brand.truck> Folder defining second truck having the same inner folder structure as first truck above. ├... Folders for defining more trucks. └fallback.sii Configuration of fallback truck in the case player loads save with truck that is not in game data any more (may happen when truck mod is removed).
Vehicle Configurations
There are three types of player truck configurations, depending on their use in the game:
- Dealers inside folder: "/def/vehicle/truck_dealer/" (if truck has RHD variant also in UK dealers folder: "/def/vehicle/truck_dealer_uk/").
- Desktop preview inside folder: "/def/vehicle/truck_desktop/" (if truck has RHD variant also in UK dealers folder: "/def/vehicle/truck_desktop_uk/").
- (Optional) Quick Jobs trucks inside folder: "/def/vehicle/truck_company/" (if truck has RHD variant also in UK dealers folder: "/def/vehicle/truck_company_uk/").
Root game folder ├def ├vehicle ├... ├truck_company Truck configurations for Quick Jobs. ├double Truck configurations for doubles Quick Jobs (ETS2 Only) ├heavy Truck configurations for heavy Quick Jobs ├oversize Truck configurations for Special Transport Quick Jobs ├<brand>_truck_a.sii Quick Job truck configurations. The file name up to the first underscore is used for brand sorting. └... Additional Quick Job truck configurations ├truck_company_uk Quick Job truck configurations for RHD trucks (UK related). (ETS2 Only) ├truck_dealer Contains truck configurations in brand-specific subfolders.. ├<brand> Contains truck configurations. The name of the folder should be tokenizable and will be detected as a brand. ├some_truck.sii Dealer truck configuration. └... More dealer truck configurations. Typically one per file. ├truck_dealer_uk Defines assortment of RHD trucks for dealers and has the same structure as truck_dealer. (ETS2 only) ├truck_desktop Truck configurations used in Truck Browser. ├some_truck.sii Desktop truck configuration. There are no naming restrictions, but be wary of naming collisions. └... Additional Desktop truck configurations ├truck_desktop_uk Truck configurations for RHD trucks used in Truck Browser if player started game in UK. (ETS2 only) ├truck_used Contains used truck configurations in brand-specific subfolders.. ├<brand> Contains truck configurations. The name of the folder should be tokenizable and will be detected as a brand. ├some_truck.sii Used truck configuration. └... More used truck configurations. Typically one per file. ├truck_used_uk Defines assortment of used RHD trucks and has the same structure as truck_used. (ETS2 only) └...