In need of help!!

Eat Dirt · Post by **Eat Dirt** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:50 pm

Blarg!
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Okay....My problem is, have basicly just finished a...."First draft" of my truck, when i pod it onto MTM2, it cant read the .TRK file...So if anyone can help me, Please do!! thank you

Post by **Phineus** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:58 pm

What can't read the trk file? The game, cpod, winpod? Are you getting any messages that can help clue us in.

Note. No spaces allowed in file names, and a trk file can only be 19 characters long. Oh, and you should use a text program like notepad or editpad. Using wordpad or a word processor usually saves in the wrong format.

Eat Dirt · Post by **Eat Dirt** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:07 pm

Game wont open the trk file....x.x
..For some stupid reason....My note
pad dosent work, its pretty funny. Hmmm....ll try it again..

Eat Dirt · Post by **Eat Dirt** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:16 pm

.....*pounders riping apart his computer*...It still wishes to wage war....Hmmm...

Post by **Phineus** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:18 pm

My note pad doesn't work properly either. I highly recommend editpad. It's freeware and it works brilliantly. I've been using it several years now and I don't think I'd use anything else. Give it a try.

<a href="http://mtm2.com/~mtmg/downloads/evo/EditPad.zip">EditPad.zip</a>

There's a few other things that could be causing problems too, so let us know how it goes.

Eat Dirt · Post by **Eat Dirt** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:20 pm

I shall see, Thank you for all your help ^^, Ill post a picture or something if it works....Back to the war!

Eat Dirt · Post by **Eat Dirt** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:27 pm

....Hmmm...Seams it still is being a bum....Jeez...This IS tough....

Eat Dirt · Post by **Eat Dirt** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:30 pm

Dosent want to open D:\METAL\CRUSH2\core\RACE.CPP
...

Post by **Phineus** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:44 pm

Zip it up and email it to me. If there's something obvious I hope I can pick it out quickly enough, and I'll let you know what I find.

Eat Dirt · Post by **Eat Dirt** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 9:54 pm

Sent away, Good luck

Eat Dirt · Post by **Eat Dirt** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:08 pm

Hmm...I know...Ill give the body a proper paint job while waiting!

Post by **Phineus** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:13 pm

First. Take the space out of your pod file name. That'll always cause you problems. No spaces allowed.

Now, for the trk file. Three minor things.

<table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0"><tr><td class="quote">MTM2 truckName
Eat-Dirt
truckModelBaseName
95ran.bin
tireModelBaseName
BLADE
axleModelName
i2kaxle.bin
shockTextureName
shock2.raw
barTextureName
BLACK.raw</td></tr></table>
Adding the ".bin" to the truck name will get rid of the messages if you are using cpod.

For the tire base name, you don't need to include the size and side numbers. That is, the stuff like 08L, 08R, 10L, 10R, 16L, and 16R are not part of the "base" name so you don't include those things in the trk file.

Last, file names should be unique. So, names like black.raw are guaranteed to conflict with other stuff. Names like 95ran and i2kaxle are generally much better.

For your errors, tho, it was the space in the pod file name, and the tire name that caused the problems. Soon as I fixed those up, it worked like a charm. And a pretty good job you've done so far, too.

Eat Dirt · Post by **Eat Dirt** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:27 pm

....I feel like such a dolt XD, Thank you very much ^^, Expect a better version to be rolling your way in about...oh 30 mins, one hour tops...Hopefuly the colors dont blind you....XD, And the bar texture....The bar is the frame or transaxle....I am confuised there

Eat Dirt · Post by **Eat Dirt** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:45 pm

I need a sponsor or something on my truck....Can i use MTMG?

Post by **Phineus** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:50 pm

Most times you can use the stock texture, but occassionally you'll want something to match your truck. It's nice to have the choice.

<center><img src="http://mtm2.com/~forum/images/whatisanaxlebar.gif" width="381" height="293"></center>

> Can i use MTMG?

Sure.

Eat Dirt · Post by **Eat Dirt** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:08 pm

Just about done!

Eat Dirt · Post by **Eat Dirt** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:17 pm

....Crap...looks like its refusing to work...

Eat Dirt · Post by **Eat Dirt** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:22 pm

...alright then... fixed up everything...but mtm2 just...dosent open...i get the error thingie in like five minutes after..it just dosent want to be made or my computers just odd..o.o

Eat Dirt · Post by **Eat Dirt** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 11:35 pm

Well...It wont work...I am going to bed now...school tomrow...ill leave whats done right now here....

MTM2 truckName
EatDirt1
truckModelBaseName
95ran.bin
tireModelBaseName
BLADE
axleModelName
i2kaxle.bin
shockTextureName
shock2.raw
barTextureName
Gtrans.raw

Hopefuly you can tell me where i went wrong, theres no spaces in the file...

Post by **Phineus** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 12:28 am

You haven't said how you're podding the truck. I assume cpod because that's the best one. If there's something wrong, it should give messages to clue you in. Don't ignore those messages, they're important. If you're podding the truck a different way, then you'll have to say what it is.

For now, all I can suggest is that you double check all the files are in the correct folders.

Oh, and when the game refuses to start up, always check the close program box (ctrl+alt+del) and make sure mtm isn't running. If it is, stop it before trying to run it again.

You do have the patch installed, right? Too many pods can cause problems, but the patch raises the number you can use to 99.