=== WELCOME TO THE ZHONGTONG RETEXTURING KIT ===
KEEP IN MIND that you MUST have the Zhongtong Base Pack installed too. If you don't have it, you should download it from https://modrinth.com/project/mtr4-zhongtong-base-pack/

This pack features two folders, under assets/retexture: ztn12_retexture1 and ztn18_retexture1, refering to the standard, 2-door version (ztn12) and the articulated, 3-door version (ztn18). Each folder contains everything necessary to make your own zhongtong bus! If you'd like to create multiple liveries, simply duplicate these folders and give them an appropriate name
KEEP IN MIND that the folder's name must be LOWERCASE and NOT FEATURE ANY SYMBOLS OR SPACES, except for underscore.

In either of these folders, you'll find a "zhongtong_base.png", with further instructions on what to change/what not. By modifying this file, you're able to add your company logo (which'll show up on the ZT18's sides/roof) and change the bus's accent primary/secondary colours!
On the Zhongtong12, there's an additional file: "zhongtong_branding.png", which gives you even more ways to customize your bus! (The ZT12's livery is based on STCP's livery which features some keywords on the bus's sides. As such, these keywords can be customized through this file)

After you retexture your buses, you have to add them ingame by modifying the mtr_custom_resources.json file under assets/mtr. By default, this file already has a configuration for each bus kind (articulated and standard, for both left and right hand drive) and you should simply change the folder's name under the modelResource that starts with "retexture:" TO MATCH the name of your folder. EVERYTHING ELSE SHOULDN'T BE TOUCHED OTHERWISE YOUR MODEL MIGHT BREAK. YOU SHOULD NOT TOUCH THE movies22_bp:m/... models nor any other property in this file. You should ALSO change the id, replacing "base" with your company's name/id IN LOWERCASE

You ARE ALLOWED to publish this resourcepack on modrinth under your own work, and for commercial use AS LONG as you do not publish/repost the Zhongtong Base Pack. Instead, you should either link the base pack in your project's description OR add it as a dependency (if you upload your pack to Modrinth)

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me on Discord: @movies22

Happy retexturing!
Movies22, March/2026
