Hack76 FAQ - By bIGfreek & ReVoLt
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Version 1.0
05/10/97
Q - When I select weapons in the editor they do not appear on the car! What
can I do?
A - they have gotten all of the weapons in Hack76 to work, if you find a weapon
that is not working it is usually because that weapon is not available in
single player mode, you can only use it on a networked game. To test try
broadcasting a private game on the net. If you don't know which weapons
aren't available in single player mode, just look in the I76 vehicle
configuration program. If you can't find the weapon there, then you can't
use it in single player mode.
Q - Why can't I change my weight, gravity, or vehicle name?
A - Sorry, they forgot to tell you, you must get the I76 1.06 patch. This patch
will put the vdf files required for these hacks in the addon directory.
To get this patch go to www.activision.com.
Q - After using Hack76 other people can't see me and I can't hurt anyone in net
play. What is wrong?
A - First go to http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/vista/6951 and get v.65b
This was a mistake on our part, all car varients draw on one Vehicle
Definition File, and to change the base weight, gravity, or vehicl name
you have to edit the vdf. The only problem is that this will change all
of your varients based on that vdf (all you manta's will fly, not just the
one you wanted). To get by this, they had the program make a copy of your
default vdf and save it under the same name as your varient, and made the
varient call on this new hacked vdf (now only one manta flew). This
worked great, as long as you weren't playing a networked game. When you
are playing a networked game, other people's cars call on the vdf in your
computer, so if everyone doesn't have the same varient as you, then you
car is calling a vdf that doesn't exist on their machine, so you don't
exist on their machine. they have now fixed this problem, but now if you
make on of your manta's fly, they all will. Sorry, it just has to be that
way. If you saved a car with version .60 and one of the latter hacks, you
will have to delete your varient and recreate it to get it to work
properly, sorry. Anyway, delete the vcf (vcmanta04.vcf) and the vdf
(vcmanta04.vdf), these are just example filenames. In the previous example,
do not delete the vcmanta.vdf, this is your default vdf.
WARNING: if you hack the base weight of you car, you may not be able to get
it back to the default value. In a future version, they will include the
default values, so you can go back to a legal vehicle. BACK UP YOUR CARS!
Q - Can I edit my car for trip mode?
A - As far as they know, no. It may be possible, but they have not looked into it yet.
Q - Is there a way to add more weapons then there are supposed to be?
A - they currently do not know of any way to do this. And yes they have tried ;)
Q - Is there a way to select different car types (tank, milk truck, tractor,
helicopter, skeeter's van...)?
A - Hack76 does not currently support this, but they are looking in to adding it.
Q - Is there any way to make your own paint files?
A - they currently do not know of any way to do this.
Q - Is there any way to edit the car bodies?
A - they currently do not know of any way to do this.
Q - Can you use the Hack76 on for the I76 demo?
A - they don't know, buy the program. :)
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