NFS:HS - updated EP / SP

[Freak-DS]

Updatet Expansion / Stock Pack available

You can download the updated Expansion Pack / Stock Pack files from Tippi's NFS4 Corner.

http://tippinfs4corner.de/index.php?categ=104&parent=0&p=downloads&area=1

His website is in german but the downloads are easy to find, just directly in the tools section.

Here are the most important changes, for the EP :

- Mixer : Impoved car management functions : add car, add multiple cars, delete car(s), export cars to zip, etc.
- Mixer : Fixed Player/Config.dat management bug.
- manifest files for Vista support added.
- All folders ("...\Savedata\cars\...") for EP cars will be created.
- Addictional menu entry "Set NTFS rigths". Grants full access to HS folder for users.
- Mixer : Player/Config.dat management hidden on Vista (Don't works there)
- config.dat will now patched by diretly SP/EP setup to enable all cars & track. (nfstr.exe doesn't work on Vista.)
- New shortcut for EP cars & Tracks added
- Allow only one instance of SP/EP setup running
- On Vista : UAC asks for administrator rights
- On Vista : grant read & write access for users on hosts file
- New program NFS HS Starter. It launches HS (NFSHSGame) with -PatchRestart on Vista and hides the taskbar if Glide (Vodoo Card emulation) is used.

[JimDiabolo]

I've uploaded the latest Stock / Expansion Pack to some file sharing sides. The Stock Pack is a collection of updates & patches for NFS HS with the IP Lounge for online play. The Expansion Pack has all from Stock Pack and additional cars & tracks with the Mixer program to manage it. It's testet on Win98, XP & Win7.

Latest Changes:
3.0 Build 1.64
- Pacific Spirit updated to 3.1
- Mystic Peaks 3 now works with bots in backward direction without game crashing. (Bots are still dumb)
- IPLounge Primary adress updated
- Added WinPCap 4.1.1 as default for 64 Bit systems.
3.0 Build 1.65
- Primary server adress updated again.
- Ferrari 512 TR (with Demons settings) replaces the Testarossa

I've uploaded them to some filesharing sites :

http://depositfiles.com/folders/SMUM8BCC3 or

http://www.filefactory.com/f/3d3daf3adb391b66/

[Cooya!]

Nice to see that SP ans EP are always in developing...

But I wanted to let you know that the new version of the stockpack does not run proper on my Vista64. NFS4 runs completely laggy and like in slowmotion... ~ 10 - 15 fps only...

the version I am using (V2.2 build 1.44) runs like a charm... so something went wrong with developping it

PS: I don´t like the new versions of PacificSpirit and MysticPeaks either... the "new" old skymap of Pacific does not fit to the water around the track... the offset does not fit. And Mystic is sooo dark now

[Remko]

Thanks for the update here, Jim. I grabbed the latest versions of both when I visited the IPL forums last week. I never looked at it that much because I don't play online, but I think I'm getting the hang of the NFS HS mixer for both cars and tracks now.

For some reason 4 of the stock cars remain de-activated when I load the EA or Original carlist, though: The SLK, the CLK-GTR, the 550 Maranello and the F50.
Do you know if there's a reason for this, or do you think I accidentally did something wrong?

[JimDiabolo]

But I wanted to let you know that the new version of the stockpack does not run proper on my Vista64. NFS4 runs completely laggy and like in slowmotion... ~ 10 - 15 fps only...

the version I am using (V2.2 build 1.44) runs like a charm... so something went wrong with developping it

PS: I don´t like the new versions of PacificSpirit and MysticPeaks either... the "new" old skymap of Pacific does not fit to the water around the track... the offset does not fit. And Mystic is sooo dark now

I haven't tested the latest packs on Vista, only on Win7. But I'm not sure were the difference is. PacificSpirit may requires some more ini tweaking. But I haven't changed colors of MysticPeaks only the speed files have been changed.

For some reason 4 of the stock cars remain de-activated when I load the EA or Original carlist, though: The SLK, the CLK-GTR, the 550 Maranello and the F50.
Do you know if there's a reason for this, or do you think I accidentally did something wrong?

If some of the stock cars are de-activated when selecting EA / Original list, that mean they got a diffrent checksums of their car.viv files. Are you sure that they are original cars ? You can recalculate checksums using the data menu in the car manager. (They are stored in '..Need for Speed\Data\Cars\mixercar.ini' so the mixer don't has to recalculate them every time)

I hope this helps,

JimDiabolo / GER JimD