NASCAR PAINTKIT "Using PaintKit to Import/Export Individual Cars" DESCRIPTION: The NASCAR Racing Paintkit allows you to import and export individual cars in the .PCX file format. SOLUTION: (NOTE: Before making any changes to a car, we suggest that you make a new car set instead of changing the original cars. Please follow the instructions below if you have not already done so.) Making your own cars set ------------------------ 1. From the C:\NASCAR> prompt, (if your directory is on a different drive or directory substitute in the correct one) type PAINTKIT MYCARS and press . The following will appear if the MYCARS directory does not already exist: DOS/4GW Professional Protection Mode Run-Time Version 1.97 Copyright (c) Rational Systems, Inc. 1990-1994 NASCAR Paintkit v1.01 Testing Drive...ok Directory cars\mycars does not exist. Do you want me to create the directory (Yes/No)? 2. Press Y for yes and . File cars\mycars\mycars.dat does not exit. Do you want me to create the file (Yes/No)? 3. Press Y for yes and . 4. The computer will spend some time making the file and then enter the paintkit with a car set for you to change as you wish. Exporting Cars -------------- You may wish to Export cars to edit them in other paint programs or to complete your changes at a later date without changing the current car set. We will use the MYCARS car set made in the previous section in the following example. Feel free to substitute the name of your cars set if it differs from MYCARS. 1. From the C:\NASCAR> prompt, type PAINTKIT MYCARS. and press 2. You will now be in the NASCAR PAINTSHOP. Click PAINT CARS. 3. Use the PREVIOUS CAR and NEXT CAR buttons to cycle through the cars to find the car you wish to export then the click the SELECT button. 4. Once in the paint area click the EXPORT button. That car has now been saved in your C:\NASCAR directory as one of the .PCX files listed below: PACE_0.PCX NASC94.PCX NASC50.PCX SKOA_1.PCX MILL_2.PCX KODA_4.PCX KELL_5.PCX VALV_6.PCX EXID_7.PCX RAYB_8.PCX SLIP93.PCX ETER88.PCX VENT74.PCX OCEA70.PCX HIST58.PCX SPIN56.PCX PHOS48.PCX OKEL47.PCX DILP25.PCX QUIC09.PCX FAMI16.PCX HOOT19.PCX CITG21.PCX MAXW22.PCX DUPO24.PCX SKID00.PCX FATM69.PCX QUAK26.PCX TEXH28.PCX HEIL90.PCX OLIV71.PCX FOOD64.PCX PETR55.PCX ACDE52.PCX PENN30.PCX HARD31.PCX SKOA33.PCX REDC38.PCX MEIN41.PCX COUN51.PCX Notice the car's number is the same as it appears in the filename. (NOTE: Any car you wish to import back into the car set must have one of these names.) 5. If you wish to modify the car at this time, click the QUIT button and then EXIT. If you wish to EXPORT another car return to Step 3. You may now load the PCX file into another paint program that supports the PCX file format that is used by NASCAR and make your changes there. CAUTION -- Do not use the PAINTBRUSH program that came with Windows version 3.x or any other paint program that does not maintain the integrity of the PCX file exported by NASCAR. You will not be able to run the PAINTKIT again after you have IMPORTED that car back into the PAINTKIT. NOTE: Although the Windows 3.x PAINTBRUSH program does not work for editing NASCAR .PCX files, the PAINT program that comes with Windows 95 does seem to work well at maintaining PAINTKIT'S color palette. Importing Cars -------------- After you have edited the PCX file in another paint program, or if you have downloaded a car from another source, you will need to import the car back into the NASCAR PAINTKIT in order to use it in the game. Please follow the instructions below. 1. It is important that the file you wish to IMPORT has one of the names listed in the section called Exporting Cars. If it is the car you want to drive, it should be named NASC94.PCX . If you are trying to IMPORT a car that you didn't paint but obtained from another source, you will need to rename that file to one of the names shown in the list in previous section; or if you wish to drive that car rename it NASC94.PCX. 2. Make sure that the newly changed PCX file is saved in the C:\NASCAR directory. 3. Type PAINTKIT MYCARS and press 4. Click the PAINT CARS. 5. If you have named the car to be imported NASC94.PCX, find the #94 car and click SELECT. If the car is to replace one of the other cars in the cars set then find the appropriate car and SELECT it. 6. Click the IMPORT button and the changes should appear on the car shown. 7. Unless there are more changes you wish to make to the car, you can SAVE the car and QUIT. Using the New Car Set in the Game --------------------------------- 1. At the C:\NASCAR prompt, type NASCAR and press . 2. At the MAIN MENU, select DRIVER INFO and press . 3. Select CAR SETS and press 4. Now select the MYCARS car set, or the appropriate name if it differs, and press to select the set for use in NASCAR Racing Your newly painted car should appear as the PLAYER car or one of the OPPONENT cars if you changed one of those cars. You can now race with your new CAR SET. NASCAR will always start using the last CAR SET loaded.