Post by doo2002 on Feb 5, 2005 10:17:59 GMT -6
Copied from Trucksims.com, for community help purposes. Created by:Topdog
WARNING! FOR ADVANCED USERS ONLY! IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR WAY AROUND A COMPUTER DON'T EVEN ATTEMPT THIS!
All of my tutorials are for the more advanced users. Outlaw's tutorials cover the smaller things and are for beginners. the stuff I do, aside from the tutorials he made things for, are harder to do than painting a truck or unzipping the base.scs.
also if you mess something up real bad and don't know what you did please don't contact me. I can help you get things right ONLY if you know WHAT YOU DID! if you made numerous copies of things and messed up a ton of files and don't know what you did chances are neither do I.
Legend:
Bold lettering: Points of interest
Bold and Italics: actual copied and pasted lines from game files
Now let's begin. First you must already have the base.scs file, as well as the patch.scs file if your game is patched, unzipped before we proceed. If you need to see the picture(s) more clearly please clcik on the link below that picture. it'll open a full screen view.
OK so you want to add a "new" truck to your game ehh? For example Matt's tri-axle Mack. well here's what you do.
For this tutorial I will be using the Peterbilt 379. Please READ this and not just skim it. fully read it. read it multiple times if you need to. read it with an open and clear mind and let it sink in.
Step 1.
Navigate (go to) your my documents\18WoS Across America\makes folder.
Once there you'll see 16 folders. each one has an "oddball" name. such as p379. p379 folder is for the Peterbilt 379. I will show a list of what all the names mean at the very bottom of this tutorial.
Copy the entire p379 folder. rename it to whatever you like but keep it small. example: p3792
Step 2.
Once you copied that folder, and renamed it, open it. Inside it you'll see 2 things. A folder named acc and a file named description.def. We want the Description.def file.
Step 3.
Open the description.def file in wordpad. You'll see a line that says:
name:"Pacific 937"
Note it will be different for each truck. But we're usin the Pete 379 in this tutorial so bare with me.
We need to change that line and that line ONLY. For this tutorial I changed it to 1985 Pete 379. see pic:
Step 4.
OK now we're done with what we have to do in the makes folder. now go to my documents\18WoS Across America\defs folder.
Step 5.
Once in dealers folder you'll see a few def files. They are Dealer1 through 9.def. Here's the tricky part so MAKE SURE YOU PAY ATTENTION HERE!
Inside each def file there's 4 trucks listed. not all of the defs list the same truck. AND you CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN 4 TRUCKS PER DEF FILE!. Also you cannot make anymore dealer.def files unless you open the map editor and add a new dealer. but don't even do that cause you'll have to create a few more files and this is not the tutorial for that. nor will it ever be. that's a seperate tutorial on it's own.
OK let's get back on track. for this tutorial I'll be using dealer7.def. In it it has a few lines that look like this:
p352;fcl;fln;p362
Here's dealer8.def's layout:
Step 6.
Now here's what I changed in dealer7.def's file (note dealer8 and dealer7 have the same listings. hence why I showed dealer8 above. so I didn't have to change my lines to get a pic. )
Once you change the line so that it matches the folder name you gave your copied truck (remember I copied the p379 folder and renamed it p3792?) your almost done. 1 last step.
Step 7.
Load up the game and go to the showroom first! check to make sure it shows on the list. if it shows in the list then it'll work in the game. if it doesn't show in the showroom then it aint goin to work ingame.
That's it! Well done my pupels. now your on your own. I will offer help but only to those that know what "goofs" they made. I cannot help you if you don't know what you did. I can't see over your shoulder and I'm no mind reader.
Now here's the folder names I promised and what truck they belong too.
vvn = Volvo VN770
slt = Sterling (Kenworth T600 look alike)
p379 = Peterbilt 379
p362 = Peterbilt 362 cabover
p351 = 1952 Peterbilt 351
fln = Ford LN9000 Daycab
fcl = Ford CL9000 Cabover
flcc = Freightliner Century
kk100 = Big Kenworth Cabover
kt2000 = Kenworth T2000
kw900 = Kenworth W900
mch603 = Mack 603 Daycab
mch613 = Mack 613 Sleeper Version
ws = Western Star
There you go. just remember you can read this 500 million times but if you don't get your hands dirty your never going to get it. you've got to try it on your own. And please try it on your own before imin or pmin me 500 times sayin "I need help" when you haven't even tried it yet. Please try it out on your own first.
Topdog
WARNING! FOR ADVANCED USERS ONLY! IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR WAY AROUND A COMPUTER DON'T EVEN ATTEMPT THIS!
All of my tutorials are for the more advanced users. Outlaw's tutorials cover the smaller things and are for beginners. the stuff I do, aside from the tutorials he made things for, are harder to do than painting a truck or unzipping the base.scs.
also if you mess something up real bad and don't know what you did please don't contact me. I can help you get things right ONLY if you know WHAT YOU DID! if you made numerous copies of things and messed up a ton of files and don't know what you did chances are neither do I.
Legend:
Bold lettering: Points of interest
Bold and Italics: actual copied and pasted lines from game files
Now let's begin. First you must already have the base.scs file, as well as the patch.scs file if your game is patched, unzipped before we proceed. If you need to see the picture(s) more clearly please clcik on the link below that picture. it'll open a full screen view.
OK so you want to add a "new" truck to your game ehh? For example Matt's tri-axle Mack. well here's what you do.
For this tutorial I will be using the Peterbilt 379. Please READ this and not just skim it. fully read it. read it multiple times if you need to. read it with an open and clear mind and let it sink in.
Step 1.
Navigate (go to) your my documents\18WoS Across America\makes folder.
Once there you'll see 16 folders. each one has an "oddball" name. such as p379. p379 folder is for the Peterbilt 379. I will show a list of what all the names mean at the very bottom of this tutorial.
Copy the entire p379 folder. rename it to whatever you like but keep it small. example: p3792
Step 2.
Once you copied that folder, and renamed it, open it. Inside it you'll see 2 things. A folder named acc and a file named description.def. We want the Description.def file.
Step 3.
Open the description.def file in wordpad. You'll see a line that says:
name:"Pacific 937"
Note it will be different for each truck. But we're usin the Pete 379 in this tutorial so bare with me.
We need to change that line and that line ONLY. For this tutorial I changed it to 1985 Pete 379. see pic:
Step 4.
OK now we're done with what we have to do in the makes folder. now go to my documents\18WoS Across America\defs folder.
Step 5.
Once in dealers folder you'll see a few def files. They are Dealer1 through 9.def. Here's the tricky part so MAKE SURE YOU PAY ATTENTION HERE!
Inside each def file there's 4 trucks listed. not all of the defs list the same truck. AND you CANNOT HAVE MORE THAN 4 TRUCKS PER DEF FILE!. Also you cannot make anymore dealer.def files unless you open the map editor and add a new dealer. but don't even do that cause you'll have to create a few more files and this is not the tutorial for that. nor will it ever be. that's a seperate tutorial on it's own.
OK let's get back on track. for this tutorial I'll be using dealer7.def. In it it has a few lines that look like this:
p352;fcl;fln;p362
Here's dealer8.def's layout:
Step 6.
Now here's what I changed in dealer7.def's file (note dealer8 and dealer7 have the same listings. hence why I showed dealer8 above. so I didn't have to change my lines to get a pic. )
Once you change the line so that it matches the folder name you gave your copied truck (remember I copied the p379 folder and renamed it p3792?) your almost done. 1 last step.
Step 7.
Load up the game and go to the showroom first! check to make sure it shows on the list. if it shows in the list then it'll work in the game. if it doesn't show in the showroom then it aint goin to work ingame.
That's it! Well done my pupels. now your on your own. I will offer help but only to those that know what "goofs" they made. I cannot help you if you don't know what you did. I can't see over your shoulder and I'm no mind reader.
Now here's the folder names I promised and what truck they belong too.
vvn = Volvo VN770
slt = Sterling (Kenworth T600 look alike)
p379 = Peterbilt 379
p362 = Peterbilt 362 cabover
p351 = 1952 Peterbilt 351
fln = Ford LN9000 Daycab
fcl = Ford CL9000 Cabover
flcc = Freightliner Century
kk100 = Big Kenworth Cabover
kt2000 = Kenworth T2000
kw900 = Kenworth W900
mch603 = Mack 603 Daycab
mch613 = Mack 613 Sleeper Version
ws = Western Star
There you go. just remember you can read this 500 million times but if you don't get your hands dirty your never going to get it. you've got to try it on your own. And please try it on your own before imin or pmin me 500 times sayin "I need help" when you haven't even tried it yet. Please try it out on your own first.
Topdog
