WIP Beta released - 1985 Nissan Patrol 160 SWB (Update 04/08 - Big Update) (2024)

Welcome to the Nissan Patrol 160 for BeamNG!

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Here we go again!

I once said that my 3rd car mod was supposed to be this very car, to create some kind of holy trinity of international off-roaders (Defender: European, 4Runner: Japanese-American, Patrol: Euro-Japanese) but at the very last minute I went for the 205 since I fancied doing something different for once, and so, after focusing in the 205, and the rollercoaster my life was for the last months, it meant the Patrol was kept barely started for more than 1 year...

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...but I still fancied this car of course. It's a legendary car worldwide, maybe not as much as others, but in certain markets it was a big hit, like here in Spain, in which it was built until 2001! (With a nice facelift in-between, called the 260, though) so I felt obliged to finish it.

This time around, instead of showing many progress pics in the thread, I just shown them in development pics and Discord, so I could go straight for a beta release...which is here, as you can see.

Now, bear in mind the car is 'finished', but has the bare minimum of parts and options, in fact, just one factory color is included, one config, one interior color...you get the picture.

Plans are to continue developing it and adding more stuff of course, but there is no timeline for anything right now, and I want to first try to see this base as polished as possible before moving forward.

Of course, this car had 1 billion variants, taking local and international versions alike into account, everything from a high roof version, the spanish 260 I mentioned before, the LWB version with 5 doors, firetrucks...and let's not forget about the original Safari this car is based on, but please try to keeps expectations low. Maybe, and I say MAYBE, will try the high roof one and adding as many features and parts in the mix, but don't expect crazy things.

Also, as always, I welcome all kinds of help from the community in order to improve things, as always my technical abilities are still awful, so for example the diesel 6 cilinder engine doesn't produce the figures it's supposed to have, and the car is about 200 kg too heavy, but I couldn't get the car to weight less without wreaking havoc...anyway, the car should be quite stable, without major issues.

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Right now, the list of features is as follows:

• 3D model port from Forza Horizon 5 (Nissan Safari Turbo), with Gavril D-Series mechanicals and drivetrain, and adapted jbeaming (Some bits from the Cherrier Tograc and Hirochi Sunburst were borrowed as well to fill some gaps in the structure)
• 1 config:
  • 1985 160 '6 Cilindros' (Spain)
• Skin Support (4 skins currently included):
  • 4WD
  • 4WD Patrol
  • 6 Cilindros
  • Patrol
• Custom real color choices, with 2-zone paint (main body, roof) including the following:
  • Brown
  • Butter Yellow
  • Clear Blue
  • Dark Blue
  • Dark Green
  • Grey
  • Mint White
  • Mocha Brown
  • Orange Mist
  • Platinum
  • Red
  • Thunder Black
• Added custom textures, full lighting support, including interior buttons
• Custom interior color skin schemes, with the following options:
  • Blue
  • Brown
• Fully working gauges, including water temperature, fuel and oil
• 4 engine choices:
  • 2.8L I4 Diesel Engine (Ebro)
  • 2.8L I6 Engine
  • 3.2L I6 Diesel Engine
  • 4.1L I6 Engine
• Several realistic transmissions and diff ratios
• Openable doors all around (Including Hood and Tailgate/Camper Shell)
• 0.31 Physical Mirrors support
• Foldable Mirrors
• Working analog and digital clocks
• Animated shifter/range selector movement between different gears/modes
• Correctly animated engine parts (fan, pulleys) and interior parts (pedals, steering wheel, signal stalk)
• Optional Rollcage
• Optional Radio/Digital Clock with Door Speakers
• Optional Mesh Grill
• 2 choice of Front Valance (160 and 260)

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F.A.Q.

How to install:
-Download the attached zip file at the beggining or the bottom of the post
-Open BeamNG, and in the launcher, select the 2nd option (Manage User Folder) then click on Open User Folder in Explorer
-Once the explorer window is open, enter the 'Latest' folder via its shortcut, and then paste the mod in the Mods folder

Are there plans for a (INSERT VERSION HERE) or any further versions?:
-As stated above, the current focus is getting the current base car as polished as possible, more parts, configs and features will come down the line soon, but no ETA on these yet.

Issues with textures/any weird behaviour in the mod ?:
-Delete any previous files/folders from the mods, perform a cache deep cleaning, download the latest version and try again
-Please check no other mods might be interfering with this one

Can I get the UV templates to create custom skins?:
-As stated in the features list, you'll find this file within the mod folder:
PatrolJP_UV.png
This is the UV template you can use in any graphic editor as a template for create any custom skin.

LAST UPDATED: 04/08/2024 @ 19:50GMT
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Credits (Besides me):

-Turn 10 Studios/Playground Games: Original body and interior mesh
-Fringey: Info, Colors, Parts, Diff Ratios, Fuel Tank capacities, Injection choices, and more
-Sierra-3: Engines, Suspensions tweaks​