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[MW] Earl's Vinyl Fix
![[MW] Earl's Vinyl Fix](/vinyl_pictures/md450/7872_1_e1684115177.jpg "[MW] Earl's Vinyl Fix")
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Description
First of all, an observation on game cars design.
It seems like the game was rushed in development (at least not as much as Carbon), so the designed cars (especially customs for the Blacklist) have their inconsistencies between body parts and wraps (more noticeable on Taz' IS 300 and Vic's Supra). This would not be a serious problem since we can change the parts and find the most suitable ones for their liveries.
Now, however, here is a thing.
The livery of Earl (Blacklist rival #9) for his EVO, wich is not the exception this rule, has an additional problem. After installing Body Kit 2, wich is the "legitimate" (you have 5-1-0 game as proof), we notice like some white slits at the upper edge of the front bumper. That is because that part of the wrap was traced accurately for car's (EVO VIII) stock grille (also on Body Kit 1 and default Earl's Body Kit 4).
Well. I just have fixed it filling up the blanks (it was simply retouched on GIMP), so now the vinyl would not look that sort of akward Body Kit 2 front(well, at least it was a little bit to my sight).
I worked over the recompiled HD vinyl (1024x1024, credits to nlgxzef), then I made an SD variant (512x512) for vanilla-like textures.
HOW TO INSTALL?!
(You do not need to do a backup, since I include the vanilla file)
1) Find the car's vinyl texture file in game's installation directory (i.e.: "Need for Speed Most Wanted\CARS\LANCEREVO8\VINYLS.BIN"), then manage it with a texture editor (I use NFS-TexEd 1.7).
2) Locate the default textures in matter ("LANCEREVO8_09PIERREDUPONT" and "LANCEREVO8_09PIERREDUPONT_MASK"), overwrite them with the respective ".dds" (taking no responsibility for a mistake) and save the changes made in the ".bin" file.
3) Run the game, watch the car in matter, and enjoy!
Changelog
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Version 1.1
uploaded May 14, 2023
Antonio Vision uploaded a new version. The new file is 3.32 MB.
I reworked the wrap significantly beyond. Apart from first fix, I have...:
- Enlarged bottom of grille's wrap just a little bit, so it can reach the upper border of front bumper vent from Body Kit 2
- Redrawn entire rear end, in order to fill up some holes/slits on rear bumper and stock spoiler borders
- Created Alpha Mask from scratch using transparent texture, not just because it is easier or quicker but also to reveal the invisible GReddy logotypes -
Initial version
uploaded April 3, 2023
Antonio Vision uploaded initial version. The original file is 23.57 MB.
Visitor Comments
doesn't even want to explain and then doesn't want the clue
that one's called a Cluen't
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