Meet the Modder: Boynya
Hello Runners!
Today, we're pleased to chat with Boynya, who's working on a variety of awesome mods, both vehicles and maps!
[h3]How did you get into gaming?[/h3]
When I was a child I played Super Mario a lot with my grandmother. I had a lot of consoles growing up and as a young adult but a little over a year ago I bought a PC so I would be able to play Snowrunner with mods. This is actually what gave me the urge to try out modding, myself!
[h3]Could you tell us a little bit about your background?[/h3]
I’m from the province of Quebec in Canada and I’m 31 years old. I’ve been a forklift driver for 13 years in a factory and recently I’ve gotten contracts to operate a Skytrak in one of the largest gold mines in Canada, the Canadian Malartic Mine.
[h3]What got you into modding?[/h3]
Well, as mentioned above, playing with mods strongly made me want to make my own, even if I had no knowledge at the time. I learned everything with my very good friend Frankthepilot and I must say that without him I would never have succeeded because he is very good at programming and is perfectly bilingual unlike me who is French with some basic English. For the modeling and texturing parts I learned everything using Youtube and mod.io tutorials.
[h3]What's your favorite SnowRunner mod?[/h3]
My favorite mod by me is the Norinco VP11 aka Boyaco. This is the mod I spent the longest on because I made it from scratch. For another person’s mod I would say the Mercedes Benz Zetros from Rng3r and all those mod from it.
[h3]If someone could only download one of your mods, which would you suggest?[/h3]
To be honest the Keny C-500 because it’s the most popular of all my mods.
[h3]What would be your dream change or addition to SnowRunner?[/h3]
More documentation for modders, since a lot of xml attributes aren't documented. Also, the possibility to have a real bitrain trailer.
[h3]What’s your favorite thing about SnowRunner?[/h3]
The physics, environments, and mods of course.
[h3]What advice would you give to people who would like to get into modding?[/h3]
You have to know that modding is not as easy as buying or making a model then putting it in the game, piff paff pouff success… No, you have to know how coding works and how texturing works too. It's a lot of work but in the end it’s more than satisfying. To start I would tell you to look at all the tutorials available on mod.io to give you the knowledge base and don't hesitate to ask questions or help other modders.
[h3]Working on any exciting mod at the moment?[/h3]
I work on a lot of vehicles at the same time. I’m also currently on my second map which I’ve been working on for a whole year (Boynya Creek).
[h3]What’s your all-time favorite real life vehicle? What about SnowRunner vehicle?[/h3]
The Mercedes Benz (Brabus) G63 6x6. For the SnowRunner vehicle it's the Western Star 6900 Twinsteer.
[h3]Wildcard Question: Favourite movie or TV-show?[/h3]
La Casa de Papel because the story and the unfolding and incredible.
[h3]Might have to give that a watch, then![/h3]
[h3]Check out and play Boynya's mods on mod.io[/h3]
If you have questions you'd like to see added to these interviews, feel free to suggest them and we may add them! 🙂
Today, we're pleased to chat with Boynya, who's working on a variety of awesome mods, both vehicles and maps!
[h3]How did you get into gaming?[/h3]
When I was a child I played Super Mario a lot with my grandmother. I had a lot of consoles growing up and as a young adult but a little over a year ago I bought a PC so I would be able to play Snowrunner with mods. This is actually what gave me the urge to try out modding, myself!
[h3]Could you tell us a little bit about your background?[/h3]
I’m from the province of Quebec in Canada and I’m 31 years old. I’ve been a forklift driver for 13 years in a factory and recently I’ve gotten contracts to operate a Skytrak in one of the largest gold mines in Canada, the Canadian Malartic Mine.
[h3]What got you into modding?[/h3]
Well, as mentioned above, playing with mods strongly made me want to make my own, even if I had no knowledge at the time. I learned everything with my very good friend Frankthepilot and I must say that without him I would never have succeeded because he is very good at programming and is perfectly bilingual unlike me who is French with some basic English. For the modeling and texturing parts I learned everything using Youtube and mod.io tutorials.
[h3]What's your favorite SnowRunner mod?[/h3]
My favorite mod by me is the Norinco VP11 aka Boyaco. This is the mod I spent the longest on because I made it from scratch. For another person’s mod I would say the Mercedes Benz Zetros from Rng3r and all those mod from it.
[h3]If someone could only download one of your mods, which would you suggest?[/h3]
To be honest the Keny C-500 because it’s the most popular of all my mods.
[h3]What would be your dream change or addition to SnowRunner?[/h3]
More documentation for modders, since a lot of xml attributes aren't documented. Also, the possibility to have a real bitrain trailer.
[h3]What’s your favorite thing about SnowRunner?[/h3]
The physics, environments, and mods of course.
[h3]What advice would you give to people who would like to get into modding?[/h3]
You have to know that modding is not as easy as buying or making a model then putting it in the game, piff paff pouff success… No, you have to know how coding works and how texturing works too. It's a lot of work but in the end it’s more than satisfying. To start I would tell you to look at all the tutorials available on mod.io to give you the knowledge base and don't hesitate to ask questions or help other modders.
[h3]Working on any exciting mod at the moment?[/h3]
I work on a lot of vehicles at the same time. I’m also currently on my second map which I’ve been working on for a whole year (Boynya Creek).
[h3]What’s your all-time favorite real life vehicle? What about SnowRunner vehicle?[/h3]
The Mercedes Benz (Brabus) G63 6x6. For the SnowRunner vehicle it's the Western Star 6900 Twinsteer.
[h3]Wildcard Question: Favourite movie or TV-show?[/h3]
La Casa de Papel because the story and the unfolding and incredible.
[h3]Might have to give that a watch, then![/h3]
[h3]Check out and play Boynya's mods on mod.io[/h3]
If you have questions you'd like to see added to these interviews, feel free to suggest them and we may add them! 🙂