Cars editing

[LordTimzor]

Hey'all

So i recently started playing MM2 again and i got interested in editing cars. Well. I want to edit cars. Point is. I cant find the right program to do so. All i want to do for now is change the/add a colour for the 2012 Lamborgini aventador. And maybe change the sound as well. Where do i start. All the programs on here doesnt seem to work. The one with the orange UI contains a virus and gets stuck when started up. I downloaded zmodeler but that doesnt open AR files. Now. I really hate to be that nooby guy who just started and screws up already but all help for this is welcome.

Greets. Tim.

[Diatosta]

Ok. First, as said in the other topic, if you download the Skin Changer (guessing that's the program with the orange UI you're talking) from MM2x, it surely is a false positive.
Second, to them tutorials:

Step 1:

[Franch88]

For most of the times, to change the colors of a car add-on is enough open the .ar file with WinRar or 7-Zip to be able to see the textures file names, individuate the ones for the colors, create a little (usually 16x16) texture with the plan color that you want, save it with the same file name and file format of the first color file, put it in a new folder called Texture and create a ZIP compressed archive calling it something like !!!!!customcolor.ar.

The MM2 Car Skin Changer is designed especially for the HQTM-Team add-on cars; it can also work for other add-on cars, but the procedure is complicated and it's specific to who's making a car for MM2 and wants to let use that program for the additional color.
HQTM-Team's programs can be recognized as virus, it happened also to me with Avast Antivirus, but that's an obvious false positive to add in the exclusions list.

[LordTimzor]

It sais .ar files cant be opened as archive.

Edit: Tried with a special AR file 'opener' sais its zipped and must be unzipped. wich cant because it cant be opened with 7zip.

Edit for mm2csc (orange UI thing) Even when i add it to exceptions it still gets stuck while loading and doesnt do anything.

Yet another Edit: files can be opened with winrar. not with 7zip. just found that out. But, as soon as i try to change something it sais the file is corrupted leaving me with 1 folder that can be opened but stays empty

[Storm_Sullivan]

Well then, it's possible it is corrupt, or you might be attempting to open a locked file. Try redownloading the file, and if it still gives you errors, its likely locked, as the others stated.

And btw, just being a noob doesn't mean you're screwing up. Q&A is all part of the natural learning process, as well as trial/error. I'm still having to do both a lot even though I've been working on models for a couple months now

[LordTimzor]

Thats nice to read. Thank you. And you are right. Most cars on here are locked to prevent customisations. (tho i want it for personal use but okay) Im currently working on a toyota supra and a nissan skyline. Self made skins, trying to change sounds etc.
Starting from the bottom.