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Repaints of BN B30-7AB into both phases of the model.  


CREDITS:


Original model courtesy of Streamlines.

See www.Streamlines.ca for the free download that contains the necessary shape file.








REQUIREMENTS:


SLI BN Pack from the Streamlines website




Notes:


***THIS PACK DOES NOT UTILIZE INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORIES FOR EACH CAR. It places all contents into
one directory ***

***The person downloading this MUST BE FAMILIAR with decompressing/modifying/recompressing the
original shape files that are included with the Streamlines BN Pack.***





Directions:

Unzip the contents of this archive and place them in the SLI.BN directory

Copy the shape file BN_B30_7AB_4062.s and name the copy BN_B30_7AB_4075.s

Decompress the BN_B30_7AB_4075.s file with your favorite compression utility


The first part of the installation procedure is to create the shape files for the 3 additional Phase 2 
B30-7ABs (those identical to the 4062), and then modify the working copy of the text file for the phase 1
B30-7AB features, then create the additional copies of shape files for the 4 phase 1 road numbers.



Part 1:


Edit the image section of the decompressed shape file, replacing b307a.ace with BN_B30_7AB_4075a.ace
and b307b.ace with BN_B30_7AB_4075b.ace    Save the text file as BN_B30_7AB_4075.txt


Edit the same lines again, replacing BN_B30_7AB_4075a.ace with BN_B30_7AB_4109a.ace and 
BN_B30_7AB_4075b.ace with BN_B30_7AB_4109b.ace.  Save As BN_B30_7AB_4109.txt


Edit the same lines again, replacing BN_B30_7AB_4109a.ace with BN_B30_7AB_4118a.ace and 
BN_B30_7AB_4109b.ace with BN_B30_7AB_4118b.ace.  Save As BN_B30_7AB_4118.txt




Part 2


The next step is to find these lines at the top the shape file



	shader_names ( 2
		named_shader ( TexDiff )
		named_shader ( BlendATexDiff )
	)




And alter it to read


	shader_names ( 2
		named_shader ( BlendATexDiff )
		named_shader ( BlendATexDiff )
	)




Then locate the following lines




	)
	prim_states ( 8
		prim_state 1_-_Default ( 00000000 0
			tex_idxs ( 1 0 ) 0 0 0 0 1
		)
		prim_state 1_-_Default ( 00000000 0
			tex_idxs ( 1 0 ) 0 1 0 0 1
		)



And alter it to read


	prim_states ( 8
		prim_state 1_-_Default ( 00000000 1      
			tex_idxs ( 1 0 ) 0 0 1 0 1
		)
		prim_state 1_-_Default ( 00000000 0
			tex_idxs ( 1 0 ) 0 1 0 0 1
		)





Part 3


Then edit the Image section lines, replacing BN_B30_7AB_4118a.ace with BN_B30_7AB_4004a.ace and 
BN_B30_7AB_4118b.ace with BN_B30_7AB_4004b.ace.  Save As BN_B30_7AB_4004.txt


Edit the same lines again, replacing BN_B30_7AB_4004a.ace with BN_B30_7AB_4011a.ace and 
BN_B30_7AB_4004b.ace with BN_B30_7AB_4011b.ace.  Save As BN_B30_7AB_4011.txt


Edit the same lines again, replacing BN_B30_7AB_4011a.ace with BN_B30_7AB_4037a.ace and 
BN_B30_7AB_4011b.ace with BN_B30_7AB_4037b.ace.  Save As BN_B30_7AB_4037.txt


Edit the same lines again, replacing BN_B30_7AB_4037a.ace with BN_B30_7AB_4050a.ace and 
BN_B30_7AB_4037b.ace with BN_B30_7AB_4050b.ace.  Save As BN_B30_7AB_4050.txt



You should end up with 7 text files named for units 4004, 4011, 4037, 4050, 4075, 4109 and 4118.


Compress these 7 files with your favorite compression utility. You should end up with 3 additional
phase 2 B30-7ABs with the dynamic brake hatch, and 4 phase 1 B30-7ABs without the dynamic brake hatch.