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Let's
say you've downloaded a bunch of cars (for example the 1978 F1
cars) and you want to use them
together in F1C . . . or you want to combine some existing
cars to run together . . .
Step
#1: Create a carset .gdb file
When
you start the main F1C game and go to edit your player you
will come to the season selection menu where you can select
the F1 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 seasons. All that the game
is looking for here are the .gdb files in the main SeasonData
folder. What we need to do is create a new one that will
only recognize our new carset.
Copy
the F1_2002.gdb (in the SEASONDATA folder) and paste it back
in so it's now "Copy of F1_2002.gdb". Then rename it
to something that you want to call your new carset . . . let's
use MODMANIA. So now rename the file to: MODMANIA.gdb.
Then open it up with wordpad and change these two lines:
Game Name = F1 2002 Season
Game Filter = AND: 2002
to
Game Name = Mod Mayhem Mania *you
can put anything here
Game Filter = AND: MODMANIA
Step
#2: Create a carset team icon
Now
that we have the season .gdb file, we need to have an icon
that will show up in the menu. Go back into the
SeasonData folder and copy an existing season icon like . . .
F1_2002Icon.bmp. Copy this back into the SeasonData
folder and then rename it . . . MODMANIAIcon.bmp. Then
use a graphic editor like Photoshop, or even Windows Paint,
and paint the icon to represent your new carset.
Painting the icon is not absolutely necessary because the name
will show up at the bottom of the menu so you can recognize
it.
Step
#3: Copy vehicle folders and change the .veh files
If
you have downloaded single stand-alone cars, then install them
in the main F1C SeasonData folder as instructed by the
author. Or you can use existing cars that are currently
in your Vehicles folder.
Now
go into each car folder that you want added to your carset and
open up each .veh file with wordpad. Look at the
"Classes" lines and add your new mod name:
Classes="FormulaOne, OpenWheel, 2002"
change it to
Classes="FormulaOne, OpenWheel, MODMANIA"
Step
#3: Change the track .gdb files
However now we don't have any tracks associated with our new
carset so you need to go into each track folder and add the
new mod name to the .gdb filter properties. Open up a
track .gdb file with wordpad and add MODMANIA to the filter
properties:
Filter Properties = 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, MODMANIA
That's
it. Now just start the main F1C game and go to edit your
driver profile and select the new carset.
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