Hello all you mod geniuses, first time poster hoping for some help.
Trying to get involved in this modding malarkey and having a bit of trouble. Pre-made mods all work fine - in fact I've been using these for quite some time on previous games - but in trying to make my own changes i'm struggling somewhat, have combed all the pages in here for guidance but cannot resolve this issue. (though a big thanks to all those who've contributed excellent info, it's been a huge help)
In the absence of the 2018 mod which was recently removed I've been updating pieces individually to my own liking, so have updated language files and installed other people's car mods without issue. I successfully swapped Renault engine and Audio into the Mclaren ERP (Using this team in career) and all that is left for total immersion is to change sponsor boards and team cushions in the hospitality area so far unsuccessfully
Here's what I have done using EEA 6.1(with directory linked) I unpacked textures from the various hospitality suites under asset groups - environment package - second world I modified various mclaren respective textures within various erp's but using the cushions as an example i opened this dds file in GIMP 2.8 with a dds plugin, amde changes then exported as DDS with DXT1 generate mipmaps and SRGB ticked, reimported in EEA and saved.
No changes appeared in game, In fact after changing a bunch of textures; career would crash on loading until I deleted the second world folder and copied in a backup file. I went for a second attempt at this point only to find that - at least in the case of the cushion - all my changes are there in erp preview!?
I would hazard a guess that this change remains in the preview due to something with mipmaps being separate and maybe i need a clean install to resolve that.
Essentially after this entire novel, I'm just hoping someone can help point me in the right direction of where I am going wrong? I'm as eager to forget Honda as Mclaren are so when I stare into my laptop screen I'd love to NOT see Mclaren Honda on the cushions or umbrellas
TA in advance guys