Yuri's fabulous guide to making fabulous roofless cars!
wow pastel uwu so kawaiiHi there, it’s me Yuri, this will be a (hopefully) not-too-long but (hopefully) not-too-rudimentary guide on how to make roofless/topless cars in Automation.
So you’re here for one of a few reasons probably.
There’s some ongoing convertible challenge and you want to dethrone that one good-looking car made by someone else, or you’ve seen a Quezon roadster and you’ve suddenly somehow drained half your entire sack at it, or you just want to make a good looking roofless car.
Well whatever your reason is, I don’t give a fuck!
You want that good looking convertible? You’re gonna have to earn it.
Pour your blood, sweat, tears, cum, whatever bodily flui-
Okay yeah my sense of humour is nonexistent. Sorry, let’s get on with it.
please fucking save me its almost 2am
Designing a convertible is much more simple than most people think it is.
I could probably split it up into the following:
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Planning Phase
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Chopping Phase
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Interior design Phase
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Finalizing
This is the order that I like doing things, and its the order a lot of other people probably do it as well. And so with that out of the way, let us begin!
Planning Phase
Like literally everything else, you’re going to have to plan ahead in order to get the best result. this is especially true for when you’re about to have a child, not that i can relate.
Now in this planning phase, I’d usually have a car that’s ready to chop the roof off and turn into a fully-fledged targa/t-top/converible.
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…That aside, you’re first going to have to decide on whether or not your car is to be a targa/t-top or a convertible.
Targa tops are recommended for cars with sloping roofs, such as that of kammbacks or fastbacks, as they allow the car to maintain a smooth and sleek ??? design while still being able to pop the roof off.
Normal convertibles are more or less decided by the body you’re using. But if for whatever reason the body you’re using has no convertible variant, then usually cars that have normal convertible variants are those without sloping sleek roofs and instead have a regular old decklid.
Makes sense? Okay, good.
Now that you’ve decided on a car, you’ll need some mods for this.
The mods in question are Negatape by Gizmo_Props, Patchwork by Chickenbiscuit, and Interior Pack by Simmer22
Installed? Alright, lets get on with it then.
Chopping Phase
So the differences for chopping off roofs of cars through the years aren’t really very different. It all follows a workflow that you can bend to your preference.
Let’s start with normal convertibles. I’ll be doing it with this little guinea pig AKA a 2006 Quezon Cordova.
If you paid attention, you will notice that this car would make much more sense as a normal convertible than a targa because of its roofline.
So let’s begin.
First of all, we’re privileged enough to have a choice between one of two modes of deletion. Patchwork and Negatape.
For this tutorial, I’ll be using Patchwork (on the left) as it is easier to visualize and already comes mirrored.
We’ll start by placing the square “Cut away” fixture onto the car, and stretching it to cover the lower part of the window.
We’re gonna hit Shift while dragging that bit of patchwork to clone it and cover the rest of the lower roof.
Next, we’ll use the circular “Cut away” fixture to cover the edges.
Continuing onto the edges, we can shrink the square "Cut away"s to more precisely cover up as much as we can. It is okay to leave some regular window edges as they will likely not be visible in the final product.
For the roof, ensure all extra unnecessary details are removed before proceeding.
Once the roof has been cleared, return to the square “Cut away” fixture and stretch it to reach the other bits of patchwork you have added onto the sides of the roof of the vehicle.
We will again be using the circular “Cut away” fixture to smoothen out the edges.
Be sure to check for any extra imperfections that might need sorting out!
Once you have done so, make all the “Cut away” fixtures materials to transparent and bring them forward by about one layer.
An easy way to cycle through these is to use the “,” and “.” keys!
And we’re done!
Just kidding, no we’re fucking not.
To remove the windshield, we can use all the same techniques for the rest of the roof, using the square and circular "Cut away"s and setting the materials to transparent when finished.
Final step is to take the “Patch” fixture from Patchwork and to stretch it so it covers the entirety of the front windshield. If you were a good boy/girl and you properly followed my instructions carefully, the Patch will naturally fall below the roof cutouts making a clean windshield.
Oh, and make sure to set the material to glass!
Interior Design Phase
Now this is the part where the Interior Pack by Simmer22 really comes into play. Do note that this interior pack is not guaranteed to work for all bodies, as that is simply a limit of the mod and the game.
Interior fixtures are found in the Miscellaneous or Misc section.
We’ll start with adding a dashboard. You can pick any of these depending on the era of the car.
Select this red stick fixture to begin placing your dashboard.
You can move the red stick around and switch back and forth between that and the dashboard you picked for fine-tuning. There are multiple depths for all dashboards, so you can find one that will suit the car you’re making.
Next we can move onto the seats, the process is the same. Just pick the yellow dot first to approximate the location and where you will be placing them. You can also resize the seats and dashboard in order to change their heights. The process is identical for backseats.
Be sure to mirror your seats!
The process is the same for steering wheels and whatever that thing is in the back.
Now for interior panels. If you select this square gray fixture, you can add interior paneling that is more or less the same for adding other interior pieces.
You can also use this steel pipe thing also in Misc. You can change its material, stretch it and use it to add more depth to the interior of the car and to make sunvisors.
Oh, and don’t forget your rear view mirror!
And we’re pretty much done! It’s up to you if you’d like to detail it more!
Finalizing Phase
Now to add the extra nitty gritty details that add just a little bit of extra depth.
Bumperbars are your friend here when adding in some extra tidbits such as an outline around the roof (for
both modern cars and older cars) or whatever that thing is on the right (mostly for older cars).
And with that, we’re pretty much done! That’s how you make a normal convertible roof car in Automation!
Finished Product
uwu more pastel
I’ll be leaving the .car file here for people to look at.
Cordova_-_2_2_6MT_Convertible.car
Targas and T-tops
wow more pastel uwu more kawaiiSo the difference between a convertible and targa/t-tops are the fact that in contrast to a full convertible, a targa/t-top only has 1 or 2 panels that remove from the roof of the car, versus a full convertible which has the entire roof that can be removed.
And so the difference between making them isn’t really much, which means i don’t have to use the entire process above to show how its done.
So here’s a quick guide for targas/t-tops!
We’ll just use this car because its the only thing i have with a sloping roof.
If you were a good boy/girl earlier and you listened carefully to my instructions, then this should be a walk in the park. Just cut out the windows like normal.
Now using this fixture (also a part of patchwork), you can make an outline of your targa roof/t-bar.
And all the same steps as with the regular convertible will be followed. Once you’ve done that, well, there you go I guess.
Hope this helped people!