Mini Mania - What is to come... (Patreon)

Good afternoon,

The objective of this post is to give you a general feel for the goals of the mod moving forward for the rest of the year. This is subject to change, but I feel it will help communicate where it is currently at, and where I hope to see it in the coming months.

The first thing to mention is what was mentioned in the most recent update. That is to add new parts to existing vehicles to get them past the stock builds and into semi-weld/weld class type builds as well. The trucks/mini trucks have already seen this sort of update with the addition of the “limited weld” frames. I do want to go into more detail with those in the future. Though that will likely wait until I get the compact cars up to speed with weld parts.

As far as new vehicles; I would like to have an average of a new vehicle every 3 months. This will flux due to different variables; the type of vehicle and what is needed to go into the testing to get them bending correctly, any sort of modeling needing to be done, etc. Going based on the average of 3 months, that means I hope to add 3 new vehicles by the end of the year.

As I have stated, I have begun modeling one of those vehicles. This is a mighty mini (mini truck class) that I have started. Most of the exterior modeling is pretty well complete. I have begun the process of adding it into the game and functioning. There is still some work needed to be done here before I am able to actually start testing the vehicle. In the next couple of weeks, I will start a series of polls to determine what will be the next vehicle after that. I for sure want one more compact before the end of the year.

The beam vehicles will eventually be going away; this will likely happen in a couple of waves. First the compact/midsize will be removed and then the trucks. I have been keeping up with the Roamer and the Pickup, however, the BeamNG Original vehicles are slowly falling behind and will continue to do so with the new weld parts added to the Camry and Pinto. I don’t want to remove the vehicles quite yet until I get at least one of each added.

However, they will not be gone forever. There will be a change to the file for the Patreon version so you’ll be able to have both the repo and Patreon version. There are some parts that will have to remain as strictly Patreon parts just so that there is no conflict of same-named parts, but the beam vehicles will be available if so desired.

Lastly, I have been thinking about having an exclusive Mini Mania show. This would be near the end of the year or early next year. I myself don't have the greatest internet to host, so I'll have to work out with someone who is able to host and coordinate a date/time with them as well. It wouldn't be solely Mini Mania vehicles, I for sure would have at least one full-size class. I don’t have many details worked out but I have classes/rules in mind. (Hint: check the #rules-suggested tab on the discord channel)