
SPORTS CAR GT CAR AUTHORING TEMPLATE V1.0
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Title                 : Ferrari 250 GTO (MAD ASSIE MOTORSPORTS)
SCGT Version          : full install of 1.551 or higher
Description           : 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO
Vehicle Base          : NFS model by NFSCHaS, converted to SCGT by Neil Bainbridge.
Filename:             : Ferrari250GTO-00.ZIP
Included Files        : S00FGDa.VEH, S00FGDa.MAS, S00Fb.BMP, this ReadMe file,
                        WCTIRE.BMP, WCTIRE00.BMP, WCTIRE01.BMP, WCTIRE02.BMP.
Version               : 2.2
Last Modified         : 2001-08-15
Note                  : Sound files for this car are distributed separately.
                        This car is designed for use in the HTCC class, thus it has
                        been given better performance than the real car has.
Author                : JPS
Email Address         : none
Web Site              : none
Site URL              : none
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Misc. Author Info     : I don't typically do cars, but I couldn't resist making
                        some adjustments to this model.

Additional Credits    : NFSCHaS for base body from NFS4;
                        Neil Bainbridge for converting the car to SCGT;
                        extreme "Thank You" to DC Racing for doing most of the painting
                        and fixing a flaw in one of the meshes;
                        Chris Ward for applying the motion blur to the wheel animations;
                        Pat Painter, Carol Cray, Dave "Farmland Engineering",
                        Marc J. Nelson, TigerII and Ruud Zuiderwijk for helping me get
                        the details of the 250 GTO more accurate;
                        Pat Painter for tire tread pattern;
                        Ruud Zuiderwijk for his Maserati sound sample;
                        "Fuzzilla" for helping me with the sound settings;
                        Mika Hirvonen for his car editing tutorials and SCGTfn program;
                        Car Authoring Template by Robin Tice & Marc J. Nelson.

Photo Credits         : N/A

Editor(s) used        : 3D Studio MAX 3.0, Paint Shop Pro 6.02, HexWorks32, NotePad,
                        MASpuce 1.0 BETA, VRL2VRML 1.5, CoolEdit 2000 1.1, GTVE 4.0 beta 2.

Known Issues          : The headlight ports are a little oversized for the headlights.
                        The car rides a bit too high.
                        The sounds are not from a Ferrari GTO.

Work in Progress      : Fiorano track.
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HOW TO USE:
Unzip all the files (including all 4 WCTIRE##.BMP files) into the SCGT\PATCH folder.
Sound files for this car are distributed separately.


Optional: To make the wheels fully animated with proper motion blur you can also
add an animation rule to the ANI.ANI file. You will find the ANI.ANI file inside
the SCGT\DAT\SCENE.MAS file, or in the SCGT\DAT folder if you use the "Ban Scene.mas"
patch or the "TCDT Touring Car" patch. The ANI.ANI file is just a text file and can be
edited using Windows NotePad.


** Optional **
How to add wheel animation to ANI.ANI with any of the above patches installed:
1. Open ANI.ANI in Notepad
2. Add the following to the end of the file (you can copy & paste it from here)

//Added for Ferrari 250 GTO wire wheels
AnimRuleName=wctire
{
  AnimBaseName=wctire  
  AnimFrames=(3)
  AnimSequence=(2,1,0)
  AnimMethod=manual
  AnimRate=(3.0)
}
// End GTO wire wheels wheels

3. Save ANI.ANI


How to add wheel animation to ANI.ANI without any of the above patches installed:
1. BACKUP YOUR SCENE.MAS FILE FIRST!!!!
2. To extract the scene.mas open it in MASpuce and extract all files to a temp folder,
   name the PCK file scene.pck
3. Find ANI.ANI and open it in Notepad
4. Add the following to the end of the file (you can copy & paste it from here)

//Added for Ferrari 250 GTO wire wheels
AnimRuleName=wctire
{
  AnimBaseName=wctire  
  AnimFrames=(3)
  AnimSequence=(2,1,0)
  AnimMethod=manual
  AnimRate=(3.0)
}
// End GTO wire wheels wheels

4. Save the ANI.ANI file
5. Start MASpuce
6. Choose "Create MAS from PCK-file"
7. Find the scene.pck in your temp folder
8. Press "Execute" and type "scene.mas" as the filename, then click "Save"
9. Copy the new scene.mas to your SCGT\DAT folder.


Start SCGT, and purchase the #00 Ferrari 250 GTO from Career Mode. The car
is set to GT3 class, so if you're stuck in a lower class, you can select
the car by using the SCGT cheat codes to enable all cars and tracks
(isi-cheeseman and isi-tbone). If you don't have the funds needed,
you can use the isi-aardvark cheat to get more money.

** SPECIAL NOTE IF THE CAR DOES NOT WORK:
The car works for me and for everyone who tested it for me. If this car
doesn't work for you then that's just too bad, don't bother me about it.
Delete it and move on with your life. There are plenty of other cars in the
world to play with. I have no desire to spend my personal time trying to
figure out what's wrong with your system.
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BACKGROUND:
 This car now bares little, if any, resemblance to the original Need for
 Speed model it started as. Virtually every single polygon has been either
 deleted, replaced or substantially reshaped to make the car look the way it
 does now. I made a lot of adjustments to the body to make it more accurate
 and added some much-needed 'jewelry' to the car. I also gave the car a whole
 new skin, all new wheels, fixed the lights and shadow, gave it a more
 appropriate sound, and made the car FPS-friendly. I have engineered the car's
 performance specifically to compete in the HTCC class against cars like the
 Ferrari 250 LeMans, Ferrari 330 P4, Ford GT-40 and Lola T70.

 Everyone is free to take this car (and the files inside it) and do whatever
 they want with it, you do not need to ask my permission to use it as a base
 for your own projects or to include it in a car set you are putting together.
 However, I offer no support for this car or any other car anyone is trying to
 make.

 I have named the car files in compliance with the SCGT AllDash Car Naming
 Standard. Although there is no dash available for this model at this time,
 perhaps someone will make one someday since the car is already prepared to
 use it.
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COPYRIGHT/PERMISSIONS:
 Sports Car GT copyright Electonic Arts 1999
 Ferrari is a registered trademark of Ferrari (www.ferrari.it)
