I was hoping to learn how to do this so I downloaded the .DAT file
unpacker and there I saw files I couldn't read. Is there a standard
utility that folks are using to edit these files or is it a trade secret
of software engineers much more intelligent than I am. :-)
David Martin
go to http://www.simproject.com/ , there you' ll find everything you need.
With "Winmip" it will allow you to edit those files in bmp format then
reconvert them. Make sure to read the readme.txt included in the utility, And
then send Klauss Horbrand a big thankyou for making this awesome tool.
Take Care
Michael Lee
Late Apex Racing
http://members.aol.com/xiprolx/nastour.html
NNNNNNNOOOOOOOO, people , people , people. I think he is talking about the
car bodies themselves. Now for what SIM I am unsure of. Sim project can be
useful pending.
-Jim
He' s referring to all the files contained in the .dat file of ICR2 aka CART
Racing.
There's several files inside Papyrus's .dat: pmp, mip, 3do, pcx, etc.
The Simproject is the best web site I have come across so far for understanding
these files, getting the tools needed, and learning to do one' s own editing.
http://www.simproject.com/
Hi David,
For ICR2 there's a ton of useful tools that will allow you to edit
most of the items in the sim. Some of these tools are DOS specific,
but some are available for Win95 as well.
N2's another matter all together, and editing the shapes isn't quite
as easy. Gilles Benoit has created a useful Win95 editor that works
in conjunction with an MS Excel worksheet to edit N2 car shapes, while
most of the editing for ICR2 and N1 are done using Marcelo Basino's
DOS editor.
For the images there are tools both for DOS and Win95. Win95's the
better platform to edit images because of the wonderful WinMip tool
the Klaus H?rbrand. The WinMip utility can edit pretty much all the
images from any one of the Papy sims (ICR2/CART, N1/N2, and GPL)
including the 4 and 16-bit images from the Rendition version of ICR2/
CART.
All the tools mentioned can be downloaded at The Pits or at The Sim
Project <http://www.simproject.com/>.
Cheers!
Marc
> I was hoping to learn how to do this so I downloaded the .DAT file
> unpacker and there I saw files I couldn't read. Is there a standard
> utility that folks are using to edit these files or is it a trade secret
> of software engineers much more intelligent than I am. :-)
> David Martin
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Marc J. Nelson ~to reply change confused to concentric~
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