GP4 MOD INSTALL DRIVER
This is done by adding the following to the variable settings in the Globalvars.ini.Īnd so on with changing Backcolor and Textcolor every time.Īs an example I will take the 2017 F1 mods driver replace "button" for "alonso" in race 6, Monaco. For example in the 1991 mod "The mod's configurables" menu has entries with changing background between white and black. You may configure more sophisicated menu displays using font settings. " of the rtf file is merged with the %trackname% picture. Preview Back =Data\Files\Preview\Tracks\2018-%trackname%.jpg This is set in the "2018.csm" in the mods main folder: If you have chosen a track, then in the menu "Load and restore mods" under the mods picture a picture showing which track is currently selected is displayed.
The VarPreview entries add pictures of the tracks. The icon is then displayed in front of the VarName. The "Varname1 Icon" sets the path and name of the icon file. You may change them here, for example you could add the tracks number changing "Australia - Melbourne" to "01 Australia - Melbourne". "Varname21" define the track names in the drop-down list at the bottom. The menu uses the values of "Name" and "Name Icon" for the selection entry in the CSM menu "The mod's configurables" while "VarName1". This creates the track drop-down selection list in the CSM menu. They will be used with the variable %trackname% in other ini or text files. Here the names (Var1.Var21) of the tracks used by the mod are defined. VarPreview1 =Files\Preview\Tracks\Melbourne.jpg All setting possibilities of the Globalvars.ini are discussed in "CSM stuff (brain goes boom)" by ZaZ.
GP4 MOD INSTALL PATCH
We will use them to examine and even patch a mod. The "Globalvars.ini" and the "Swap.ini" are most interesting. the display resolution using %hres% and %vres%, which are variables defined in the Globalvars.ini. It sets parameters in the graphics configuration file "f1graphics.cfg", e.g. In the CSM.ini the line "F1graphics" in section is interesting:į1graphics =1,%hres%,%vres%. This is the controlling center of the mod and we will examine some of the files a bit deeper. In the "Settings" folder you will find several ini files besides a MergeINI.lst. The "data" folder holds all the stuff needed as cars, helmets, teamart etc., anything except tracks. This may be different from the mods folder name.
In section a specification "Name" sets the name of the mod used in the CSM menu "Load and restore mods". You will see a list of definitions, pointing to files or folders to be used. It contains the two subfolders "data" and "Settings" and the main file "2018.csm". You can see the folder structure and the basic ini files but without any data there is not much to learn from. In CSM select and "Install new carset template". The general structure of a mod is shown in a new carset template. After finishing the GP4 program, CSM restores the files from a backup folder, supposed "autorestore" is set in. If you start an installed mod from the CSM menu, the program temporarily updates/swaps files and/or folders of the mod into the "Grand Prix 4" directory, then starts GP4 using GpxPatch. This subfolder can be chosen by the user. cuh file) in CSM, the files will be extracted into a subfolder of CSMs working directory, which is by default "Grand Prix 4\GPSAVES\Carsets". With CSM running a season using more than 17 tracks or including trackspecific data like driver replaces are possible, that are not supported by the original GP4.
GP4 MOD INSTALL INSTALL
Please download and install them into CSM.ĬSM is an extension for GP4 that supports mods with new carsets. The "2017 mod V2" bei MSchumi24 and the "2018 F1 mod v0.81" by kedy89 are used as examples. This little tutorial will help to make the first steps easier by giving a general overview and touching some aspects of CSM. As no complete CSM tutorial or even a help file exists, it may not be easy for a interested beginner, to get into this. To get some inside knowledge of CSM only one way does exist: examine as many existing CSM mods as possible and learn from them.
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