Hidden Props

[Matthias King 348]

I've asked around about this a little bit, but since no one has brought anything out (that I know of) I thought I'd put this question out there.

Can someone make it so we can access the hidden props in the asset editor?

The hidden props I'm referring to are the neon signage and animated billboards. They sometimes appear on certain buildings at random, but they are hidden in the asset editor. I would really like to be able to have access to those signs and billboards when I'm customizing a building in the editor, and I'm hoping someone can come up with a solution to unhide them.

Thanks.

[boformer 3,169]

You can use ModTools to plop them. Use the lower search box in the scene explorer to find all "PropCollection"s.

[Matthias King 348]

I've never used ModTools. What is it exactly? And what is scene explorer? Is that part of ModTools or something else?

[boformer 3,169]

On 23.6.2016 at 4:28 PM, Matthias King said:

Is that part of ModTools or something else?

Yes. You can open it ingame with CTRL + E.

[Matthias King 348]

Thanks. I'll try, but I have one more question.

When you say you can plop with it, does that mean they'll only plop on the ground like with More Beautification, or I can use the hidden props just like any other?

[boformer 3,169]

On 27.6.2016 at 6:25 AM, Matthias King said:

can use the hidden props just like any other

 

[Matthias King 348]

Thanks. I'll check this out. If this works, I'll have some assets to decorate.

Just to be clear, is this what you're referring to:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=409520576

Or is it:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=450877484&searchtext=modtools

[Avanya 2,605]

You'll want the one in the second link

[Matthias King 348]

I figured, given the second one is by BloodyPenguin, but I wanted to make sure. Thank you.

[Matthias King 348]

I'm using ModTools now, and I used the search box, but now I'm not sure what to do. What I'm looking at is a bunch of commands I don't know what to do with. I looked under Billboards and Expansion 1, along with everything else, and didn't find anything that seemed to stand out. 'Enabled' was active on all of them, so what am I missing to show the hidden props?

Thanks for helping me out with this.

[Judazzz 1,936]

I think you need to search for - off the top of my head - PropCollection: this should list all prop categories in the left column, below the search box. After you've found the right category, you can dig deeper in the right panel, where all the properties of the selected PropCollection are displayed. One of the properties is an array of all props belonging to that category: this list can be expanded to show all all props within that category. Each of the listed props can be expanded separately to reveal all prop properties as well as options to plop, preview, dump mesh/textures, etc.

[Matthias King 348]

Alright, I found them. It took some searching, but I finally realized you have to go up through the start-end index. It only displays 32 items at a time, so I wasn't finding the new assets, but I found them now. Thank you to everyone for your help!