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Nice choice. I like the DBS a lot, too. We all like to see Butch at work i guess. And i have to agree Spectre, the P29 is totally lit

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Just because some random virus application flags a non-virus as a virus doesn't mean that the file is not downloadable. When the link is dead, then it's not downloadable anymore WHEN archive.org didn't save it

True, but it's still quite sad that AV software do mess all of this up when it comes to nfscars archiving. My rim pack is still downloadable, but NFSU1 cars I uploaded on NFSCars are no longer downloadable on archived copy of the site due to inclusion of NFSU-CfgInstaller. It's like AV softwares do hate nfsu360 (the person who made NFSU1 ModTools, which would be eventually replaced with NFS-CarToolkit for geometry and textures, and NFS-CfgEd for wheel positions, which would be replaced by Binary), thinking he was making viruses/trojans/whatever despite the fact that this is just a false positive and his tools bring no harm to your computer.
Since NFSU-CfgInstaller is all the same, this affects every NFSU1 mod featuring that file in the downloaded archives. NFSU2 mods that originally used an older version of NFSU2-CfgInstaller, like all of SPYKE's and RuubW's mods, will disappear from the internet and become lost media afterwards if not saved in time due to false positives found in that tool, which, of course, did eventually happen in 2016 when NFSCars showed us the final redesign, and sadly, almost none of most of old modders have returned (except for cobra0281, and even then, their old missing mods were not even reuploaded, not even by themselves), and most of the modders back then didn't bother uploading their mods to anywhere else than NFSCars (remember: if you want to keep your mod online, remember to upload it on anywhere else as well, since uploading only on a site that will eventually shut down will turn the mod into lost media (especially if you eventually go dormant as well), which, of course, did happen with Driving Passion (formerly GTRCars), taking every Porsche4ever/VictorSE's and Normo's mods with it (Porsche4ever/VictorSE's mods would be later reuploaded to his own blog, while Normo didn't even resurface)).

Oh damn i thought you were talking about your own computer's anti-virus software. That Herman Õunapuu is a moron to let virustotal.com handle the files of his own website

you both are being dumb

virustotal didn't remove the files, herman himself did because he wanted to be on the safe side) (and you can still contact him if you want the file or explain to him the cfginstaller yields false positives)

I didn't say that virustotal.com deleted them, i said that the website owner has decided to take them down and yeah, it would be much work to have a look at every single mod to see if it's an actual virus, but it's not his responsibility to decide for his website visitors wether to block (many) mods or let the users or their antivirus software decide. This is not good. A commonly used tool which is known to the community shouldn't be blocked due to a faulty antivirus software (all new softwares detect anything as a virus which doesn fancy things to any files)

[did happen]

Just because some random virus application flags a non-virus as a virus doesn't mean that the file is not downloadable. When the link is dead, then it's not downloadable anymore WHEN archive.org didn't save it

True, but it's still quite sad that AV software do mess all of this up when it comes to nfscars archiving. My rim pack is still downloadable, but NFSU1 cars I uploaded on NFSCars are no longer downloadable on archived copy of the site due to inclusion of NFSU-CfgInstaller. It's like AV softwares do hate nfsu360 (the person who made NFSU1 ModTools, which would be eventually replaced with NFS-CarToolkit for geometry and textures, and NFS-CfgEd for wheel positions, which would be replaced by Binary), thinking he was making viruses/trojans/whatever despite the fact that this is just a false positive and his tools bring no harm to your computer.
Since NFSU-CfgInstaller is all the same, this affects every NFSU1 mod featuring that file in the downloaded archives. NFSU2 mods that originally used an older version of NFSU2-CfgInstaller, like all of SPYKE's and RuubW's mods, will disappear from the internet and become lost media afterwards if not saved in time due to false positives found in that tool, which, of course, did eventually happen in 2016 when NFSCars showed us the final redesign, and sadly, almost none of most of old modders have returned (except for cobra0281, and even then, their old missing mods were not even reuploaded, not even by themselves), and most of the modders back then didn't bother uploading their mods to anywhere else than NFSCars (remember: if you want to keep your mod online, remember to upload it on anywhere else as well, since uploading only on a site that will eventually shut down will turn the mod into lost media (especially if you eventually go dormant as well), which, of course, did happen with Driving Passion (formerly GTRCars), taking every Porsche4ever/VictorSE's and Normo's mods with it (Porsche4ever/VictorSE's mods would be later reuploaded to his own blog, while Normo didn't even resurface)).

Oh damn i thought you were talking about your own computer's anti-virus software. That Herman Õunapuu is a moron to let virustotal.com handle the files of his own website

The problem is that all of my NFSU1 cars are no longer downloadable from nfscars archive anymore, because it contained NFS-CfgInstaller that is recognized by Anti-Virus Softwares as virus, but this is actually just a false positive.

Just because some random virus application flags a non-virus as a virus doesn't mean that the file is not downloadable. When the link is dead, then it's not downloadable anymore WHEN archive.org didn't save it

My interest in cars in NFS4 is not that big. I only added the car functions back then because we needed something like that for the expansion pack. Interestingly, the code for the car functions is much better written than for the tracks. Simply because I added them much later.
The ZIP/RAR archives are unpacked without subfolders. Because there is no standard how they are structured. So the mixer finds all files and can move them.

Hey Jim, you've uploaded a new version about a month ago. I'm wondering what are the changes?

@JimDiabolo: Hey Jim, I noticed the Mixer available on this site is still the old one that uses the registry install. Are you able to upload the portable version please or perhaps update the MagentaCloud link?

Just need to download the NFS_HS_Mixer_Setup_(V1.3.0.461) which is the portable version

There's a 2nd big disadvantage: When you install a car with a readme like from AJ, the Mixer won't apply and go with the same folder structure. Instead, it takes every file it finds inside the archive and places it in the car's folder. Which is bad for such kinds of Readmes

I'd say tough luck. Just install it manually like you used to. Don't be so stupid and let the mixer do everything. I installed cars manually myself as a 12-year-old child.

The thing is that you have a very good overview about your mods with the HS Mixer. And (in theory) you can export a specific set of cars into ZIP files and then reimport them to another game folder (modpack for example) and this only takes a few seconds if not a minute. Unfortunately, it would mix up the showcase slide files for the cars.

I noticed something when installing a car: if the car has car showcase slides (SL****##.QFS files), these are copied to the data\feart\vidwall folder instead of the data\showcase\art folder

I noticed that too long ago. I manually put them in art folder. I'm not sure but in the past (I use the mixer for over 15 years I guess) it was working correct.

Maybe the portable modern patch update has killed the order

Any siren mod is welcomed. Tell me if you need any help in creating siren.bnk's

I thought i already asked about it but i can't find it anywhere. What do you think about the Volkswagen SP2?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGA_k6uiagc

I think i've found'em

Oh i think i've found something already. For some reason, the function will take the next right edge here as the virtual road point middle. Maybe it is only good as an alternative way of calculating virtual passable lanes. Actually, both ways are needed and important. For normal tracks, the initial calculation is perfect, but for tracks like Autobahn 3, maybe the newer way of calculation should be used because of the very thin divided road sections. I will keep both versions for calculation i guess

Here is another beta with new VRoadLanesRecalc function. I tested which Autobahn3 (Block 0 & 1) and it seems to be good now.

YESS it works now!! Great update. I've tried to double check on different sections but i think it works now in a very good way. Needs further testing i guess but if i find anything i will tell it to you. Still need to try out your new way of placing VR floats. Will do that, too

Yes thats the Problem. The exe ist damaged. Ich can try to ASK nfsfan83. One day one another Problem

AgentMulder, have you been successful in retrieving the car?