Cambird
for GTA: Vice City

Created by: Juha "Turpuli" Laaksonen
All textures from Rockstar's GTA: VC (phoenix.txd)
e-mail: turpuli@hotmail.com or turpuli@mbnet.fi
website: http://storm.prohosting.com/turpuli/index.html
	 http://koti.mbnet.fi/turpuli  (in finnish!)

Release date: 10th October 2004
	updated: 16th October 2004
	for Myriad Islands: 31st October 2004


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============ INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ============
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If you already know how to install the car, open readme.txd!

Recommended car to replace: banshee

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=============== TABLE OF CONTENTS =================
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1. Car settings
2. Installation instructions
  2.1. Installing mesh and textures (.dff and .txd)
  2.2. Installing car settings
  2.3. Installing collision file (.col)
3. Stuff

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=============== 1. Car settings ===================
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handling.cfg:
 
1400.0 2.1 5.0 1.8 0.0 -0.05  0.1  70  1.05 0.8 0.52 5 200.0 25.0 R P 6.8  0.52 0 23  1.1  0.08  0.3  0.5 20000 0.15 -0.10  0.5  0.5		0000102		1  1



The last two fields of default.ide:

253, 0.71



carcols.dat:

1,1, 3,3, 4,4, 7,7, 14,14, 28,28, 47,47, 75,75


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========== 2. Installation instructions ===========
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You need these programs:

- Notepad (or any other text editor)

- IMG Tool
  you can find it from any major GTA 3/VC site
  (for example: gta-action.com, www.theborggaming.com)

- Steve-M's CollisionFileEditor
  Get it from Steve's homepage:
  http://people.freenet.de/steve-m
  or any other colfile editor (no instructions for
  them here, though)

Of course you can choose not to install the new
collision files but that's not recommended.


NOTE:
REMEMBER TO BACK UP THE ORIGINAL FILES BEFORE INSTALLATION!
And remember to uncheck "read only" for the entire GTA VC
folder and every file in it.


In this little guide I'm using banshee as an example.
You don't have to replace pony if you don't want to.
You can replace any car with this if you use the new
collision file!


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2.1. Installing mesh and textures (.dff and .txd):
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This car uses the original phoenix textures, so
you can use that.  In case you have lost it, I 
included it in the zip file (renamed as banshee.txd).

1. Open IMG Tool.  Open gta3.img with it.
   (File > Open)
   The gta3.img is located in "GTA VC/models"

2. Back up banshee.dff and banshee.txd by extracting them.
   (Edit > Find / Find Next)
   (Commands > Extract)
   Then delete banshee.dff and banshee.txd from the .img
   (Commands > Delete)

3. Add banshee.dff and banshee.txd from the folder
   where you have unzipped the zip file.
   (Commands > Add)

4. Rebuild the archive.
   (Commands > Rebuild Archive)


Done!


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2.2. Installing car settings:
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1. Back up handling.cfg, default.ide and carcols.dat
   They are located in "GTA VC/data"

2. Open handling.cfg in Notepad.  Search for banshee.  Replace the
   line of numbers between words "BANSHEE" and "BUS" with the
   line above.  (look at 1. Car settings > handling.cfg)

3. Open default.ide in Notepad.  Search for banshee.  Replace the
   two last fields in the line (by default: 237, 0.7) with these:
   253, 0,71
   (253 is the id number of the wheel and 0,71 is the size of the wheel)

4. Open carcols.dat in Notepad.  Search for banshee.  Replace the
   numbers with these: 
   1,1, 3,3, 4,4, 7,7, 14,14, 28,28, 47,47, 75,75

Done!


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2.3. Installing collision file (.col):
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1. Back up vehicles.col.
   It's located in "GTA VC/models/coll"

2. Open Steve-M's Collision File Editor.  Load vehicles.col in it.
   (File > Load)

3. Search for banshee and then click it.  Now click "Replace" on the
   right.  (or Coll > Edit > Replace)
   Find and open cambird.col.

4. Now you should have a new box titled "Replace Collision Object"
   in front of you.  Select the only item on the list and click
   "Replace".

5. Save.  (File > Save)

Done!
Now you have everything installed!  Just run GTAVC and enjoy!  ;)




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=================== 3. Stuff ======================
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You may upload this to your site if you want but
only if you don't chance the contents of the zip 
file in any way!  And please do send me an e-mail
if you add this to your site!  I insist!  :)

If you want to 
 - modify and release the modified car
 - convert the car to another game
 - make the car a part of some mod
e-mail me and ask for permission first!  I might not
answer in the same day or even in the same week, though.
