SAAB 9000 CSE 2.3Turbo Anniversary (1997-1998)

# Info & features

Installation instructions for GTA Vice City

Installation instructions for GTA Vice City mod – Liberty City

Using CamHack

Other

# INFO:

In game name – SAAB 9000 Anniversary

Version – 1.0 release

Author – SDX (Latvia)

Made for – GTA Vice City, GTA Liberty City, GTA San Andreas (will be made)

(does NOT work in GTA 3)

Project started – October 7, 2003

Project finished – March 17, 2005

Released – March 17, 2005

Programs used – Zanoza Modeler v1.07b

Adobe Photoshop 7.0

ACDSee 3.1

## TXD workshop 3.0

## IMG Tool 1.3

GTA Mod Installer 5.0beta

RW analyze 0.4beta

CarEd 1.3

Car stat editor 2.0

VC CamHack 2.4 & 2.9

GTA VC Ultimate Trainer 2.0

DMagic1 Wheel Mod

DiCanio reflection map tutorial’s samples

WinRAR 3

Opera 7

a lot of Microsoft’s stuff…

a lot of online tutorials, thanks to all the authors

Polycount – Hi detail model with wheels – 25048

Total (with damage & everything) – 31757

Texture size – 3.69MB (uncompressed ~28MB)

Total size of projects files – ~1.7GB

# FEATURES:

- Scratch-made
- Highly detailed all 3D interior
- As precise and stock as possible (all details fit this model, original audio system, special original textile mats, stock Michelin Pilot Primacy tires, all original factory colors in carcols.dat)
- Original car bottom texture
- All new textures except reflection maps and scratch tex.
- Uses compressed textures

# Installation instructions for GTA Vice City:

Ø I highly recommend using GTA Mod Installer 5.0beta or higher, you can download it from www.thegtaplace.com or gtaportal.kulichki.com.

Ø I highly recommend replacing Admiral in game, this model was tested and tweaked on Admiral.

Ø If you wish to install the files manually, you still can do it, but remember to install DMagic1 Wheel Mod.

## Complete n00b’s guide, using GTA Mod Installer 5.0beta:

1. Open GTA Mod Installer and press “Continue”

2. Leave “Install a Custom vehicle into Vice City” selected and press “Next”

3. If you read this, you have already extracted the archive with the model, so select “I want to select a folder that contains all vehicle’s files” and press “Next”

4. Now you should select directory where the game is installed using “…” button next to the input window, then select the directory where you have extracted the model the same way and press “Next”

5. You should leave “Admiral” highlighted to replace it and press “Next”

· If the “Dmagic1 Wheel mod Needed” dialog pops out, you Must chose “Yes”, it is essential for this model.

6. In the dialog prompting whenever you want to change the name of the car in game you should select “Yes” and type in the name like “SAAB 9000 Anniv.” Note – do not type the name longer than recommended, because it could not show up correctly in game. Note2 – this function may result in an error if you are installing the model over some kind of a mod, it means the name will not be changed, but the car will work fine anyway. Press “Next”

7. Now you should select which language do you use in game, in most cases select “English” and press “Next”

8. In “Vehicle Physics” window you do not need to edit anything, because the Mod installer have already found all the needed data, just press “Next”

9. In “Create Backups” dialog, you can choose to make a backup for this model, so you can uninstall the SAAB 9000 later back to the original Admiral in case of any problem or if you wish so, probably you won’t be using those backups anyway, so you can select “No”, but remember use at your own risk!

10. That’s it, press “Exit” and go look for SAAB 9000 in the game : )

# Installation instructions for GTA Vice City mod – Liberty City:

Ø First of course you need the mod, if you haven’t got it already. You should at least try it, GTA3 on GTA-VC engine rocks.

Ø This model was tested in Liberty City beta 2 test version, but it should work in Any version without problems.

Ø In Liberty City it is highly recommended to replace Kuruma (again Admiral.dff), so you should replace Admiral’s files.

Ø The installation process for Liberty City is Exactly the same as for regular Vice City, so you can follow this guide.

# Using CamHack:

This model was made with a great attention to the interior. To experience the full potential of this model you should try the interior views. To use custom views in GTA Vice City I recommend VC CamHack 2.9 by Racer_S. The 3.0c version doesn’t have the Readme included and has almost no improvements over v2.9, but you can always try any other version if you like.

# OTHER:

This is my first 3D work ever – first mesh, first textures, first texturing etc. – don’t judge too harsh 8 ]

This is a fan work. SAAB is my favorite brand.

The .dff file is open for examination, I am not afraid to show it, because all modeling was made very precise.

Anniversary edition is a special edition of CSE model devoted to SAAB’s 50th anniversary in 1997. It has Aero exterior, two-tone sand beige leather seats with embedded anniversary logos and wood and leather steering wheel.

Known bugs:

- White dots on object borders – hard to tell how they all appeared, but I just cannot fix all of them
- Engine compartment and texture – I don’t care, this model was never meant for fun of destruction

· Deleted front brake supports – decided to sacrifice them for bugging front wheels on turns

- All my textures & texturing – I know that they should be better, but that’s it, I hate picture editing, hate Photoshop and had no experience, anyway I went through all of that to get somewhat good result
- Car colors do not look good enough – GTA-VC has a very inflexible color selection. 9000s are mostly painted in great dark colors, but VC offers only rubbish colors when it comes to dark ones.
- I am very slow : ) , but at least dedicated.

Special thanks to:

- Oleg (ZModeler creator) – for help in forums and program that can do it all,
- my cat Snickers/Nik – for… well, just for being my cat,
- _RicH_ – for a lot of help in ZModeler’s forum,
- Krazymond – for making me feel miserable with his models,
- Sin5k4 – for indirectly setting me an example to keep up to with his Porsche 928,
- All the freaks in www.gtaforums.com who judge your harsh opinion depending on “what have you done?” – when I see crap, I name it and there is no difference in have I made something better or not.

If someone is making any SAAB model and needs Any textures, up to ridiculous ones, I can help to get the pics.

Converting, Modding and Hosting:

If you wish to convert this model to another game, you must contact me for permission, and if you do not modify it, have the skills to make a quality conversion (have made some of your own models before) and include me in credits you most likely will get the permission.

Any use of any part of this model & textures for anything but free of charge computer game mods is prohibited.

If you wish to modify this model you must contact me with the idea and of course you must have experience. I am willing to help anyone who wants to create 9000 Aero, 9000 CSE, 9000 CD or 9000i of any kind, but you must keep at least the same level of quality as the original. You might get the permission to use parts of this model for other projects as well, but I won’t let anyone to make any “ricers”, rice is not bad, but not for SAAB.

You may host this model wherever you like as long as you keep the “SAAB 9000 Anniversary” name on it, include all the files in the archive, mention “SDX” as the author and contact me with the link to the file. (Please do not add it to the “others”, put it in “SAAB” directory)

Use at your own risk

Do not contact me directly with requests or asking for help!

pm to SDX at Zmodeler forum (preferred)

send mail to SDX