Build a custom car dash
If you plan on driving your custom car in cockpit view in Midtown Madness, you may also want to
create a custom dash to go along with the rest of your custom car.
Creating a custom dash is not
required: You can successfully create a custom car and export it for use in Midtown
Madness without creating a custom dash. In fact, to avoid possible problems with your custom
car, we recommend that you don't create a custom dash!
To build a custom car dash, follow these steps:
- In 3D Studio MAX, open the file vpredcar_s_dash.max located in
c:\vck\vehicles\vpredcar\vpredcar_dash\. You can use this file as a template for the new custom car dash you are
creating.
- On the File menu, click Save As.
- In the File Name box, type a new name (including the vp prefix and the _dash suffix) for
the file to reflect your new car's name, and then save it in the folder you created for this purpose.
- Work with the max and texture files to create a new custom look for your car's dash.
- Copy the dash textures, eport the dash, and verify the dash textures -- much as yuou did earlier
for the car model itself.
- When the Texture Properties dialog box is displayed for each texture, confirm that, for the
_DASHL, _DASHR, _DASHM textures, the Chromakey and Clamp U or Both options are
both checked, and that the Transparent option is NOT checked.
- Confirm that, for the _DASHWHL texture, the Transparent option is checked and
Chromakey is NOT checked.
- The dash model is not viewable, so you can't review your dash model. When the browser
window opens, press ESC to close it.