Iced_Bullet

Nice pictures baldy :D Shame they're from a camera, but that doesn't really matter. It's the style. And I want an RUF :mad:

:eek_blue::bananamad: how dare you! You betrayer! humph. sorry for OT. *slaps wrist*

It will be in the School/College Easter Holidays *checks calendar* Mine start on 13th Feb and will probably be 1 week. Or were you taking about time in the day? They have been at 8pm GMT when it is just Europe people, and 10pm when we were including somone from Singapore (GMT+8) So there could be a shuffle round of times, to suit you. BTW what GMT- are you?

The thought counts for 20 rep points ;) YAY Im now 2nd most repped :D and I like the way you put 'Speed' at the end of the rep. HAHA and not your real name ;)

Nah lol! IDK TSS kind of reminds me of GTA for some strange reason :oook:

Nope, all online. But obviously the other people don't see your changes. Yeah, there was a lot to look at, I'll change the green thing - Thanks.

Dito :) It was tough between TSS and RB, but TSS just had something more, IDK what it was. It wasn't a graphical advantage, it was something about the style.

Glad to hear it :) I'll be seeing on on the Island I hope :) Come and sign up for the TDU:C Easter Gumball when I get round to organising it :D

Right, with me having some spare time, having let the Mod section slip a bit and being bored. I have created this thread for Mod Requests of any shape or form. Interior, exterior, sound or environmental, post it here ... If a thread is created, I will either leave it there for a few days, then shove it in here, or merge it straight here when I see it. So please don't be suprised if you see your thread has gone, it's probably in here =] [ The first few posts will be in an extremely random order, please ignore these, as several threads have been merged at once in an attempt to serious tidy up the Mod Section ... ] Please post information on what you would like to be modded on your behalf, be it: colours?, size?, amount?, which car model modded? etc And remember to say please as someone will be taking the time to complete your order best they can. Posting in here does not guarantee your request will be fulfilled. Please be aware that frequent requests from the same member get annoying as it seems spoilt and demanding. :thumbsup: - TDU Central Staff and Modders

- Car Body Swaps (painting unpaintable cars): http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s79/IcedBullet/FerrariWhite.jpg http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s79/IcedBullet/Alfa8C.jpg Make sure you back up everything, unless you want to have to reinstall TDU when you decide the paint doesn't look good. For example, if you want to get a Gallardo SE with a Maserati MC12 body, you have to: C:\Program Files\Atari\Test Drive Unlimited\Euro\Bnk\Vehicules http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s79/IcedBullet/Bnks.jpg Step 1 Delete the 'Gall_SE.bnk' file Step 2 Right click the 'Mas_MC12.bnk' file and click Copy Step 3 Paste the 'Mas_MC12.bnk' file into the same folder and rename it to Gall_SE.bnk Start the game and see your swap. If it doesn't work or crashes the game, put your backed up Gall_SE.bnk file into the C:/Program Files/Atari/Test Drive Unlimited/Euro/BNK/Vehicules directory. If the computer asks you if you want to replace the files, click Yes. That will make your Gallardo look like a Gallardo again. Thanks to HappyTreeFriend for the method ; desrat for alerting and Ferrari in-game picture and SLR_mates for Alfa 8C in-game picture - Damage Mod (not physical, only engine wise): *************************** ************************************ Warning [Damage Mod]! - Beta version. It will be buggy and might not even work at all on your system. - May be picked up by TDU anti-cheat detection!!!! - Recomended for OFFLINE USE Online use may result in IP or Account banning* ************************************ *************************** I will not be downloading this, as you have to run another .exe application along with TDU.exe, therefore I'm not trusting it, however you can do it if you want. Other people have been using it, and havn't encountered a problem. Downlaod here - http://personal.inet.fi/koti/vfgdfg/tdumod.htm - Engine gets damaged on impact (performance degrades) - Tires/brakes might also get partially stuck - Hard impact kills the engine/car completely and car needs to be changed - You may get away with no damage in small impacts - Makes driving more thrilling and challenging lifelike experience - Offroad surfaces slow down the car and are harder to drive on - Cars that have automatic gearbox (Chrysler 300C, Firepower, MB SL65 AMG, CLS 55 AMG, - Cadillac XLR-V, Chevrolet SSR) are actually automatic. Does not modify your TDU folder, the mod is one exe file which runs beside your game - Start the game by running tdumod.exe or you can start tdumod after starting TDU Works with retail 1.66a version - Works online - Use hardcore mode with tdumod for the intended experience - New features might be added in the future if there is intrest in the mod. *************************** ************************************ Warning [Damage Mod]! - Beta version. It will be buggy and might not even work at all on your system. - May be picked up by TDU anti-cheat detection!!!! - Recomended for OFFLINE USE Online use may result in IP or Account banning* ************************************ ***************************

Note: That some mods may get you banned should you use them online also. Due to EULA rules, not many modifications can be done to TDU. However there are mods around, which have not been closed on the official forums, [all except the Damage Mod - which has been removed]. This thread if for the PC members of TDU:C who do not visit the Official Forums. And may not know what they're missing out on. These are all OK with online, however the other people you are crusing with do not see your changes, unless they do exactly the same thing. The mods which I currently know of are: - Rim swapping - Offline/Online profile conversion - Making TDU Night time - Making TDU Misty - Car Body Swapping (Painting unpaintable cars) - Damage Mod (not physical only engine wise) Walk-throughs: [currently only XP][With vista Black Skin] - Rim Swapping: This is a very simple process, and requires a bit of "trial and error". You can only replace any rim file by another which is smaller in file size (bytes). Make sure you back up everything, unless you want to have to reinstall TDU when you decide the rims don't look as good. Step 1 Find the rims you wish to move to another car - and copy. [i will be placing my 'SKYGTR_F_01.bnk' Skyline rims on the 575 Maranello in this demonstration] 'C:\Program Files\Atari\Test Drive Unlimited\Euro\Bnk\Vehicules\Rim\Nissan' http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s79/IcedBullet/nissan2.jpg Step 2 Find the rims you wish to replace - paste the replacment rims into the folder and delete the rims you wish to change [i will be deleting the '[/color]F575_M_F_01.bnk' 575 Maranello rims and copying the 'SKYGTR_F_01.bnk' Skyline rims into the Ferrari Folder] 'C:\Program Files\Atari\Test Drive Unlimited\Euro\Bnk\Vehicules\Rim\Ferrari' http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s79/IcedBullet/Ferrari.jpg Step 4 Rename the Copied rims to the name of the deleted rims. [i've renamed the copied 'SKYGTR_F_01.bnk' Skyline rims to 'F575_M_F_01.bnk' (575 rims)] 'C:\Program Files\Atari\Test Drive Unlimited\Euro\Bnk\Vehicules\Rim\Ferrari' http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s79/IcedBullet/Ferrari2.jpg And there you have it. Rims have been swapped. - Misty Mod Vision: This allows you to have mist within TDU. http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s79/IcedBullet/Mist.jpg Make sure you back up everything, unless you want to have to reinstall TDU when you decide the Mist doesn't look as good. Download these files: http://stepaonline.gorodok.net/myst/Weather.ini http://stepaonline.gorodok.net/myst/Weather_HDRI.ini http://stepaonline.gorodok.net/myst/WeatherDesc.ini And replace the files within here with the downloaded ones: 'C:\Program Files\Atari\Test Drive Unlimited\Euro\Bnk\FX' http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s79/IcedBullet/FX.jpg Thanks to Detress for the method and files and penusliski for the in-game picture. - Night Mod Vision: This allows you to have night within TDU. This has synronised weather, and also has the sun moving from east to west, and not moving up and down like the default. http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s79/IcedBullet/Night2.jpg http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s79/IcedBullet/Night.jpg Make sure you back up everything, unless you want to have to reinstall TDU when you decide the Night doesn't look as good. Download this .zip files: http://www.siteupload.de/p174684-NightSunModv02zip.html Step 1 Extract the .zip into 'C:\Program Files\Atari\Test Drive Unlimited\Euro\Bnk\FX' - replacing the original files with the downloaded ones. http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s79/IcedBullet/FX.jpg Thanks to crazydoc for the in-game pictures, method and files. - Offline/Online Profile Conversions: What this is: This method will convert your offline profile into an online profile. The purpose: Allows you to repair a profile that has somehow lost its online capability (in other words, the game believes you're no longer on Gamespy) What you need: A backup of your saved files (I hope you backed up regularly!) OR Your "broken" profile, untouched. STEP 1 Make a new folder on your computer and copy your backup in there. If you haven't yet deleted your broken profile in frustration, then copy that profile. Do not just move the profile, as we'll be working on it and you want to preserve an original somewhere. STEP 2 Start the game. Delete your broken profile and create a new one. Register it online with Gamespy (the name you use doesn't matter - it can be the same name or another one entirely.) You will need to fully complete the tutorial sequence, which means: a) Rent a car b) Buy your house c) Beat the rookie race d) Return to your home, enter and exit it. You should, at this point, be back in freeride mode, with the ability to use the map and travel wherever you want to. You can now exit the game. STEP 3 Next, you will need a "Hex Editor". This will read the unreadable characters in your profiles and allow some form of "interpretation" (loose term here. You'll still be looking at gibberish, but at least it'll be recognizable characters!) As per kadettgte's suggestion, do a Google search for Hex Workshop and install that with the default settings (in other words, you don't need to configure anything) STEP 4 Now, you are ready to repair your profile. Open up Hex Workshop, maximize its window so you can better see what's going on, then go to Tools > Compare > Compare Files. In the window that appears, you get to select two files to open. Your source file will be the offline profile. Your target file will be the online profile. "Source" and "Target" are a convention - the order doesn't actually matter. We'll begin with the files playersave file. They can be found in [profilename]\playersave\. For the options just below in the window, make sure Resynchronizing Compare is selected. You can now press OK. Two windows will appear. At the top will be the offline playersave. At the bottom will be the online one. There will be highlighting here and there. Disregard it. STEP 5 Now that your files are open for comparison, go to the online file, on the bottom. In the menu bar, go to Edit > Goto. Input 50 as the offset, and select Dec as the measurement (it's below the text box). Also make sure you choose From beginning of file. Press OK. Your cursor will be placed before the 50th byte of the file. Select all the data from the beginning of the file 'till the 50th byte. Go to Edit > Copy. Next, use Goto again to go to the 50th byte of the offline file, select from the beginning 'till the 50th byte again, then go to Edit > Paste. You have finished patching this file. Save (say "yes" to making a backup, as screw-ups happen) and then close both files. STEP 6 We're almost there. Using Windows Explorer, go to the online profile: My Documents\Test Drive Unlimited\savegame\[profilename] Delete its contents. STEP 7 Using Windows Explorer, go to the offline profile you just patched, copy its contents and paste them into My Documents\Test Drive Unlimited\savegame\[profilename] STEP 8 Lastly, in this newly pasted profile, go to the playersave folder and copy its contents. Paste them into playersave2 This way, both the "current" save and the backup are marked as online, with all your goodies in it. STEP 9 You are now ready to play. Fire up Test Drive Unlimited, connect and drive around a little bit to make sure you have everything you used to have and all the bits and pieces are in their correct place. STEP 10 BACKUP! We don't want to lose this profile we just fixed. PARENTHESIS What we just did, is tell the offline profile that it's really an online profile. We preserved all the data and goodies that were in your offline profile, cars, houses, money and all, and simply replaced the little "offline" flag with an "online" one, which we salvaged from the temporary online profile you had just created. Thanks to Shurikane ; Katrina_Lansbury and kadettgte for this method.

But you can't sell for $74 million ;)

So would more RAM increase FPS when using Fraps? As mine drops from 30 normally to around 18 if I'm lucky when recording. Meaning I have to use the DVD recorder if I want something filmed.

Well Speed has 3gb RAM and as far as I know. The last time I went round his he had 2xAA and that was on 1gb RAM then. So the amount of AA may have changed.

You mean - Long Journey! Now I would say this is the only time that $9,999,000 is a reasonable figure. Maybe you could do an auction, like Diablo did.

Tell him to turn steering sensitivity down then ;)

I've saved the bored as a photshop file, so all I do now is just inesrt the picture behind the border, and save as a .jpg or .png :) IDK how it started, I was in photomode, but it eventually boiled down to this guy boasting he was a better driver and had a G25, so we mafia'd him big styly. He complained, but didn't map out, so obviously wasn't that bothered. I think it was becasue he was telling us how to do rolling pictures ;) And TSS didn't take nicely to it. Then rude words were being used (from both sides - us (not me ;)) and this F1 guy.

Urh, incorrect there my friend. Speed has that card, and so does another mate of ours (not on TDU:C) and they both get 2xAA on 1280x1024 on TDU and can record fraps.

but you started on 6th .... and y'day was 6+7 days .... = 13th. E: Ah no, the date on my PC was wrong ;) Sorry

I'd get a 360'ers point of view, or even better, someone who plays PC and 360, such as Carboy, Mb and TheScottishSpotter

Some say it's a cheat, some say it's not. You can't be found out. and it's not breaking any code, it's just rearranging files. You do it, to make the game experience better for you :D

No. silly minimum character restriction in posts.

Should end tonight (at 13.34 today technically) :) but Speed is on TF2

Rim files no - simple. Just you can only replace rims which are smaller in file size. And obviously rename them. For instance, I have skyline rims on my 575 Maranellos. But you have to remember to back up the originals. the body swpping is more complicated, and I cant even be bothered to do it. You don't gain much, as people dont see your modifications, unless they do exactly the same.

they always are ;) We've got crusing down to a fine art now :p ps. Sorry guys about my temper tantrum, I was just in a slightly bad mood, so decided to floor it for 3 miles. Was actually quite soothing ;) But I calmed down soon after that and was "normal" :twisted: