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Is there a winxp pro patch for Tracked2? I was wondering because I don't have win98 on any comp in my house their all
Xp!!!!

There's no updates or patches for TrackEd2, period. Usually it will still run under XP (or any other flavour of Windows), though. I find I sometimes have to double-click the .exe a few times before it will actually launch, but it does work (XP Home here).

If Tracked2 consistently refuses to run, one thing you can do that might help is to go into the game, and change your graphics settings to software mode. Then exit and try running Tracked2 again.

But when i load the body or another part it just exit out of the program! That's the problem!

Well, then you need to say that! You didn't give any info so I assumed you were having troubles getting Tracked2 to run.

Umm, I know Tracked2 is a bit finicky about loading body models, tyres and the like. If it starts okay but is crashing when you try to load models, it's because it can't find the file you've specified - generally because you haven't typed it correctly. A patch isn't going to fix that.

Tell us in more detail what you're trying to do and we can pinpoint the problem and solution.

I'll tell you more later, when i run it.

BUT I MADE SURE THAT ITS WAS CORRECTLY SPELLED. Plus it still wont load.... I type in toy_tund.bin. problems

there no need to yell grim!
hes just saying double check your spelling, b/c its a common mistake.

now as for your problem. make sure, dont assume, that both your model and act/raw files are in there respective folders and that tracked2 is the the mother directory.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Monster Truck Madness 2\TRACKED2.EXE
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Monster Truck Madness 2\ART
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Monster Truck Madness 2\MODELS

Tracked2 MUST be in the mtm2 directory to work properly. it used some of the settings from the game.

try it out, check it out , and see what happens, then get back to us.

and dont tell us "it didnt work", let us know what happened.

I wasn't yelling I was stressed out!!! But thanx Legwon, I forgot to put the act and raw int he art folder, thanx for all youre help!!!

Ummmm...Legwoon and Drive2survive..... The game never crashed it loaded the body but when i save it what do i type in? .pod, .trk?

http://mtm2.com/~mtmg/cpod/

this might help
its easier newer and still has support unlike tracked2.

I don't know how to really use it, but i'' give it a try!

Oh, for goodness sakes. Don't be afraid to read a little. It probably won't kill you.

Instructions for tracked2
http://cownap.com/~mtmg/trucks/tracked2.html

Instructions for cpod
http://cownap.com/~mtmg/repaint/
http://cownap.com/~mtmg/cpod/

First of all Grim, dude, lose the attitude, the all caps post, exclamtion points, all that garbage, and relax.

Now, with that said, fire up Tracked2. If you want to build your truck by using the stock Bigfoot spinning in there, that's fine. Then hit 4, which I think you know, once you get the correct body loaded onto it, hit 9.

The screen will go all black, except the text at the top of the screen, the first thing it'll ask you for, is the Truck name, which means the .TRK name. So type in any name you want, as long as it's 8 characters or less long. So type in the name, "TRUCK.TRK", or whatever name you want to call it. Hit Enter. Then the next thing it'll ask for is the Pod name, so then you type in "TRUCK.POD".
Hit Enter again. Then it will ask you for another name, but I always skip that, you can too because you don't need it, it's purely author choice. So just hit Enter, and it will skip it and ask if you want to build it, hit Enter again, and it will build your truck.

Exit out of Tracked2, and click out of that folder, then back into the MTM2 so the folder and your pod can be refreshed, and you should have your new truck with your new body on it.

Sometimes with Win XP, Tracked2 doesn't always work. That is because of the screen resolution of XP. So, fire up the game, go into your Graphix Options, and if your game's display is set to high, you may have to drop it down to Software mode, and save it that way. Then fire up Tracked2, and it should work. But you said that you got it to work, but that is an issue for some people. If anyone can't get Tracked2 to work and you're running XP, you'll have to do that before you run Tracked2. Then when you want to play the game again, you'll have to put it back up where you had it.

But if your model is loading then crashing, that is a bad texture issue, if that's the case, then I'll go into it if need be. But baby steps first. I think you just didn't know what to type in to get the truck built, so I hope that helps you.

I tried setting the graphics back, made sure the name was right, i got the truck parts off bigdogge and legwon's garage, i typed in grimtruk.trk, i keeps on crashing out, i'm sorry for all the frustration this all caused you!

Well, if Tracked2 crashes, it leaves an error message, take a shot of it, and post it so we know what we're dealing with.

You probably have a bad texture of some sort, but I'm tired of guessing now, after I typed all that out up there, so just get a shot of the message.

Or just type out here what the thingy says then.

My guess is the file name contains spaces, or it's longer than eight characters.


Btw, rep, I type things once, then link for the rest of my life...
http://cownap.com/~mtmg/trucks/tracked2podding.html
just no way I'll do it over and over and over and over...

Not always.....If I try to pod a truck, and tracked2 can't find all the files to it, then tracked2 just closes on my machine. No error messages.

Check your TRK file, and make sure all the models and their textures listed in it are in the right MODELS and ART folders.....If a BIN or ACT/RAW file is missing, then Tracked2 will not work.

That includes models and textures for the wheel and axle models.

If you can open the body model in Binedit with no problems, then next try opening all the WHEEL and AXLE models in B.E. as well, one at a time (including the medium and low-resolution tire models)...If so much as one tire won't open in Binedit, then it most likely has a missing texture or more.

One easy test for this is to try podding the truck with stock axles and tires first....

Okay, this is what I did.......................

1)Unzipped The Ford Expedtion from Bigdogge's site.
2)Unzip the Art
3)Opened Tracked2
4)Opened the Truck Editior
5)Typed in Body Model
6)Pressed 9
7) It said Please enter truck to save (.TRK)

As i was saying what I does is on the topic above!!!!!!!!!!!!

I explained it in that really huge post I made above, and I refuse to help you if you aren't even going to try to help yourself.

We've all posted links to where to look for the info you need. Do some reading.