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Post by marvinwankerstein on Nov 7, 2014 2:49:35 GMT -5
I have had a look at the Aston Martin V8 and it is a mess. I can't believe what I've found in its .mas file. It might take longer than I thought to make it run with these cars. I think I'll work on the patch first and then the Fatboy.
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Post by marvinwankerstein on Nov 8, 2014 16:12:09 GMT -5
Two cars are now giving me fits. First, the Celica's brake lights are being difficult. I have tried the brake lights, unchanged, from three different cars on it and they all cause instant CTDs. WTF? Second is the Fiat 131. I have converted the helmets from two others cars and replaced the .cam and cockpitinfo files and no matter what I do the helmet sits on the floor next to the driver's seat. I don't know what the hell is going on with these things.
My patience is wearing very thin. I think it's time to look at something else for a while. As I wrote, I am going to dig into the Aston Martin.
BTW - anyone else is more than welcome to check these things out. The Fiat has been uploaded and I'll upload the Celica as it is if anyone is interested in it.
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Post by marvinwankerstein on Nov 14, 2014 2:27:42 GMT -5
I have been taking a break from converting lately and just racing. It's been a lot of fun too. I still have tons of tracks I haven't even got around to trying yet. Today I took a little closer look at the Aston and it is unbelieveable. I used the report option in SE3D and it found 220 textures and meshes that the car does not use in its .mas file. I have never seen anything like this.
On the good side, there is a solid color body texture that will make it very easy to paint more skins with if you decide you want to. I think only one of these cars ever raced so they would be fictional but that's OK. There are lots of cool designs that can be borrowed if you want to do that. It will make an interesting competitor for the Jaguar.
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Post by zychotic1 on Nov 14, 2014 8:09:53 GMT -5
I've already started...  should have some screenshots of a couple more jags and the first of the Astons(still on the LM77mod but I'll be able to convert the skin over easily) I too have been doing more racing than working on things so don't feel bad for it at all |
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Post by zychotic1 on Nov 23, 2014 16:21:47 GMT -5
Well I did something stupid and crashed my computer... had to rebuild and restart.. luckily I had alot backed up... but here's a teaser  only a couple hrs into it... it will be set up with its own team with all info when its done... |
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Post by marvinwankerstein on Nov 26, 2014 15:09:26 GMT -5
Very nice! That looks really good. I can have the blue wheels ready for it in short order.
The text on the rear fender looks odd. Is the mapping weird there?
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Post by zychotic1 on Nov 26, 2014 20:37:23 GMT -5
mapping is very weird there, I've got the logo straightend out but the stripes leading up the sail panel is being the real pain to get lined up.. I'm getting there..
also having major issues with the purple on the silk cut cars...its just hard to get the hue right in game...
the castrol cars... well I havnt even tried to get them in game yet
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Post by marvinwankerstein on Nov 28, 2014 0:53:21 GMT -5
Terrific! Let me know if you want any other custom wheels like maybe purple for the Silk Cut car. It's fairly easy to do.
The green ones should work nicely for the Castrol car.
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Post by zychotic1 on Nov 28, 2014 18:49:46 GMT -5
just a few tweaks left... unless someone can identify the logo behind the bendix logo I think i'm just going to leave it blank.  thats the best the stripes up the sail panel are ever going to get unless someone wants to remap the thing, not worth it IMO, and the logo on the hood is nearly impossible to get much better than it is now as the cowel is a seperate map area... the other cars both of these areas do not cause any problems.... I'd say I should have this one as well as the 60 and 61 castrol cars all wrapped up by the end of the weekend. the silk cut cars... I'm still fighting the purple but I'm getting there |
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Post by zychotic1 on Nov 28, 2014 19:52:11 GMT -5
and another little teaser... LOTS more to do yet  |
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Post by marvinwankerstein on Nov 29, 2014 2:36:16 GMT -5
Those look really good !
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Post by cheeveer on Jan 5, 2015 14:57:59 GMT -5
Thanks for pointing me onto this forum, marvinw, looks great all of this
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Post by marvinwankerstein on Jan 5, 2015 16:13:19 GMT -5
I am glad to see that you found your way here.  One caveat I should warn you about these cars - I think the 'all cars' mode is the best way to use them. I have nothing but troubles when I try to add them to other mods and they work great in the 'all cars' mode. The other nice thing is you can easily add in any other cars you want. As I have written, I love racing them with the DRM cars. I am going to try the GTs from the GTPC mod next - 928s, 930s, 934s, and M1s. That should be fun. If you want links please ask via PM. |
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Post by marvinwankerstein on Jan 8, 2015 4:23:55 GMT -5
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Post by cheeveer on Jan 10, 2015 7:44:14 GMT -5
No glitches on your side either? I still haven't had anything when I've put your cars into GTPC (still with the original GEN-files). That's a relief, considering how HistoriX + DRM have acted.
Had you converted the Esprit BTW?
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should have some screenshots of a couple more jags and the first of the Astons(still on the LM77mod but I'll be able to convert the skin over easily) 
