Sparrow Starfighter v2.0 Final Release
By Weirdfish
Leviathanenterprises.com


Updates in this version. 9/28/03

Reflection maps
Collision File
Handling

-Install Guide-

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**BACK UP YOUR FILES**                |
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It's a good idea to back up your      |
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../Grand Theft Auto Vice City/models  |
../Grand Theft Auto Vice City/data    |
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folders before modding		      |
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Tools needed:

IMGtool.exe
CollEditor.exe or any other collision editor which allows you to import *.col files.
Notepad/emacs/vi or any other text editor

If you need tools, check google.com

Manual Install

A. Model/Texture Install: 	Installs model and textures
B. Handling Update:		Updates handling 
C. Collision Install:		Installs collision file


A. Model/Texture Install: Installs model and textures

	1. Open ../Grand Theft Auto Vice City/models/gta3.img with IMGtool.exe
	2. Find sparrow.dff and delete it
	3. Add the sparrow.dff from the zip file
	4. Find sparrow.txd and delete it
	5. Add the sparrow.txd from the zip file

B. Handling Update: Updates handling file

	1. Open ../Grand Theft Auto Vice City/data/handling.cfg with a text editor.
	2. Find the line that starts with "SPARROW     " 
	3. Replace the whole line with

SPARROW         10000.0 4.0 10.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 75  0.65 0.9  0.5  1 600.0 30.0 4 P 5.0   0.45 0 30.0  1.5  0.1  0.40 0.50 99000 0.20 -0.15 0.5  0.0		8028000		0  1

	4. Be sure to have "word wrap" off, and be sure to get the whole thing, the line runs off the page
        5. Find the line that starts with "$	SPARROW	" 
	6. Replace the whole line with
	
$	SPARROW		100.0	0.85	-0.0008	0.004	0.50	0.0065	 1.0	0.009	3.0	0.3	0.006	0.997		0.820	0.850	0.990	0.0		100.0		2.0

	7. Be sure to have "word wrap" off, and be sure to get the whole thing, the line runs off the page

*note* Helicopters have two seperate lines in the handling file, be sure to replace each with the right one from above.


C. Collision Install: Installs collision data

	1. Load ../Grand Theft Auto Vice City/data/models/coll/vehicles.col with a CollEditor.exe
	2. Find and select sparrow in the top menu (menu opens when you load the file)
	3. Select "replace" from the side menu and choose the sparrow.col file from the zip
	4. Select sparrow from the list, it will be the only option
	5. Save the vehicles.col file

D. Open Vice City and fly like never before.

	

