rec.autos.simulators

> Please help...
> I am having trouble importing a paintjob from Windows 95
> Paint program.  From Paintkit (working with cars96 -car set),
> I exported my car, NASC94.PCX and exited Paintkit.  The file
> appears as NASC94.PCX in my C:\NASCAR directory.  I then go into
> Win95's Paint program and load NASC94.PCX and redo the paintjob
> and then save it as C:\NASCAR\NASC94.PCX. When I go back to Paintkit
> and try to import the new paintjob, nothing happens.  The original
> paintjob remains.
> From web sources, I have understood that one can use the Windows95
> Paint program to modify the pcx file.  What gives?  Any help would
> be greatly appreciated.

> I've also understood, that NASC94.PCX is my car in the game. Is this
> true even when using the new car set, cars96 ?

> --Andy Houghton

> > From web sources, I have understood that one can use the Windows95
> > Paint program to modify the pcx file.  What gives?  Any help would
> > be greatly appreciated.

> > I've also understood, that NASC94.PCX is my car in the game. Is this
> > true even when using the new car set, cars96 ?

> Yes the filename remains nasc94.pcx for whatever carset you decide to
> use.  If I'm not mistaken, the Win95 paint program only allows you to
> save files as bmp's, not as pcx's.  Since the extensions of registered
> file types are by default hidden, you don't see the .bmp extension.  I
> believe you actually have a file called: nasc94.pcx.bmp.  To test my
> theory out, right-click on the nasc94 file and select 'properties'.  It
> will tell you the file type.

> --
> Eric T. Busch

> Emory University