addon-liveries
I was looking for a way to add liveries "properly" by making a .yft file, couldn't find a guide and if I asked around everyone said I should just add the livery to the .ytd file as a texture.
Finally figured it out and thought someone would find this guide helpful! :)
"Credits"
Step 1 Download Texture Toolkit https://www.gta5-mods.com/tools/texture-toolkit
Step 2 Download my .yft and .dds files https://github.com/Curiosity-GitHub/addon-liveries
Step 3 Make your livery. Use the .dds file you downloaded (Make sure to not change the file name or the picture size)
Step 4 Open Texture Toolkit and Load the .yft file you downloaded.
Step 5 Import the .dds file you edited to your liking. (!MAKE SURE THE FILE NAME IS elegy1_livery1.dds!)
Step 6 Export your new livery.yft file (Name the file CARSPAWNCODE_livery1.yft) (Examples: gtr_livery1.yft, skyline_livery1.yft , rs7.yft etc.)
Step 7 Drop the car_livery1.yft file into your vehicle's stream folder
Step 8 Modify your carcols.meta
<Item>
<modelName>car_livery1</modelName>
<modShopLabel>BLANK</modShopLabel>
<linkedModels/>
<turnOffBones />
<type>VMT_LIVERY_MOD</type>
<bone>chassis</bone>
<collisionBone>chassis</collisionBone>
<cameraPos>VMCP_DEFAULT</cameraPos>
<audioApply value="1.00000000"/>
<weight value="0"/>
<turnOffExtra value="false"/>
<disableBonnetCamera value="false"/>
<allowBonnetSlide value="true"/>
</Item>
Step 9 Modify your vehicles.meta < flags > - Remove the flag "FLAG_HAS_LIVERY".
IF YOU HAVE "FLAG_HAS_LIVERY" THEN REMOVE IT
< flags >FLAG_SPORTS FLAG_AVERAGE_CAR< /flags >