As they are no new helmets in the Expansion pack for PCM 2014 I decided to put one in myself. I copied the helmet files to the appropriate file and added a new helmet to STA_equipment_model. I then assigned this helmet to my team in fkID_equipment_marques_helmet (number 123) and saved everything. Yet when I went to a single race mode, the helmet was not the one I have assigned.
So I wonder, have I made a mistake anywhere in the process, or is it simply the fact that the helmets are randomly decided and that the numbers in the .cdb file mean nothing?
Haven't found anything. I know that Cyanide with their wonderful sense for logic decided that choosing a helmet in-game was not "realistic". But at least give us the chance to change it in a DB. In 3D mode helmets seem to be picked completely at random and I hate that. I admit, I am a bit of a design and aesthetics freak and I cannot allow the game to decide what kind of helmet my team is going to wear.
So now I created a new brand of helmets in STA_brand. The helmet doesn't appear in DYN_brand_contract until you actually race in 3D (and then it is random for the first time).
I have managed at least get some teams not to have a helmet. But I still haven't found a way to link the brand to the actual helmet. I wonder if someone has tried to implent a helmet and if it worked, how did he do it.
well i have been trying some stuff around this new equipment system and i might say its rubish.
even if you choose the brand in dyn_team and dyn_brand_contract before you start the carreer, for some reason the game will choose ramdomly the helmets and even some frames and wheels once you start the carreer itself, it happened to me that bmc started racing with giant frames and i had the lock option on when i started the carreer.
i tryed to change them mid season in the dyn_brand_contract but it didnt worked, but i saw there are 2 more tables that also control the equipment selection and i will modify them to try and fix it.
if i come to some conclusion i will post here, but any input anyone can give about this would be beneficial
i played a bit more and i finally found a way of doing this changes and making everything right,
1- you need to edit the "DYN_team" table with the brand you want to use
2- create the contract between the team and the brand you shoose in 1 in the "DYN_brand_contract" table
3- relate the specific models of the brand to your team in "DYN_equipment_techno" table, make sure all the brands models are in this table
4- just to be safe use a clear (no lines, except for the column titles) "DYN_equipment_selection" table
i did this and i was able tro finally relate all the items i wanted to use, except for the tt front wheel (the so called batton in the db), for some reason this wheel only shows up in the rear wheel spot and nefer in the front wheel one
Edited by icewarrior on 11-09-2014 18:30
