rec.autos.simulators

Recently purchased NASCAR2 and am totally familiar with NASCAR1 and its
Paintshop capabilities but lack full understanding for NASCAR2.

The NASCAR2 Users Guide has no explanation on how to use the Export/Import
shown on the bottom control board of the Paintshop Paint Car screen.
1.  Can one "export" a car so it can be painted with another paint program?  
2.  Can other cars be "imported" to replace an existing one?  
3.  In NASCAR1, cars can be swapped within the Paintshop Program, - can this
be done with NASCAR2 Paintshop?
4.  In NASCAR1 Paintshop, decal items etc. could be cut and copied from one
car and placed on another, - can this be done in NASCAR2 Paintshop?

Finally, how does one change the "position"  of drivers in the Entry List? For
example: Moving a drivers' name from position number 1 to say position number
5 and vice versa?

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks

Yes, like N1 the PCX will be exported to your root Nascar2 folder.

Yes, but the naming convention is different than N1.  Once in the
paintkit, press the import button to see the name of the PCX Nascar2 is
looking for (for The Player it will be XT_PLAYE.PCX).  Once you know the
name, rename your PCX and place it in your Nascar2 folder.

Not really.

Again, not really.

In the original version you'd have to start a new list with the correct
order, but with the version 1.03 patch you can move drivers up and down
the list.  FYI, you always drive the first car listed.

--
Eric T. Busch

http://ebusch.akorn.net

Yes, the car and pit colours that is.  Make sure that the pallette is ok
though, export a car and make sure that the car you plan to import has
the same pallette.  The pit sign will be the roof design of the car.

No.  Nascar 2 has got rid of the car set thing.  each car is it's own
and to make a set you make a new list and put all the cars you want into
that list.

No, it's really annoying, but if you want to do that, you'll have to
export both cars and cut and paste externally.

you have to remove that driver from the list (the < arrow in between the
drivers and the current list) then remove all the drivers including and
after the position you want to put the new driver in, put him in and
then put all the others back.

Why are the cars, in the paintshop, not symetrical?

Quentin.

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and all will be well...              -\/
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As a followup to moving drivers' names on the entry lists,  - presume you
already know about using the "<"  or  ">" to move names up or down on the list
and to use the "A" to sort names on the entry lists by name, and "S" to sort
names on the entry lists by number.

dmac

for decals you have to right click on the button that looks like a
stamper.
hope that helps, dont know how else to explane it  :)

Steve

Only if the file name for the car you want is changed to the one you
want to replace.

Not with paint shop. See #5 for more.

If it can be done I haven't come across it yet. You can get a Data
pack\unpack program
at http://www.theuspits.com/archive.html
that will allow you to alter the Decal stamp. This program
"decompresses" your layout.dat
file allowing you to use a graphics program to cut and paste from the
cars you exported.
Once you have done the altering pack it up and copy the dat file back to
N2.
Also get the Paintkit assistant by Chris Frederick. That will help with
the paint process.
Only advice that I can give is create a copy of the dat file in case
something goes
wrong. You will find many pcx files in the layout.dat including the dash
which you can
"personalize" with your own logo. There is also another addon for
changing the dash,
rollbars, colors, etc. The link can be found at
http://www.public.usit.net/stempty/

You will want to use N2 Headquarters by Dane Johnson also found at THE
PITS archive
page. I haven't used it too much but when I did I wish I had it from the
start.
I haven't found anything that wasn't worth the download time at THE PITS
I am sure uf there is more someone will let you know. Have Fun.