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Carcols & Carvariations

How emergency lighting kits and livery slots are wired together.

These two files work together to define how your vehicle looks and lights up in-game.

carcols.meta — Kit structure

<Item type="CVehicleModelInfoVarGlobal__Lights">
  <id value="1234" />
  <Kit>
    <id value="1234" />
    <name>my_vehicle_siren</name>
    <lightSettings>
      <!-- Each entry: position, color sequence, flash pattern -->
    </lightSettings>
  </Kit>
</Item>

The kit ID must match the one referenced in vehicles.meta — or use Easy Meta to wire them automatically.

carvariations.meta — Livery entry

<Item>
  <modelName>my_vehicle</modelName>
  <variationData>
    <Item>
      <liveries0>
        <Item>my_vehicle_livery1</Item>
        <Item>my_vehicle_livery2</Item>
      </liveries0>
    </Item>
  </variationData>
</Item>

Each string in liveries0 is the name of a texture inside the vehicle's YTD. They must match exactly (case-sensitive).

Livery texture names in carvariations.meta are case-sensitive and must exactly match the texture names inside the YTD. A mismatch causes the livery slot to appear blank in-game.

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