2000 Kenworth W900L Flatbed
vp900F
Mar 01, 2001

You may not use this car to build new additional cars.
You may not modify this car (this includes any tweaking of perfomance).
No part of this car may be used without written permission from the authors (see list below).
You may distribute this car only free of charge, only without modifications to this package and
only with permission from the authors.
When distributing you must leave this file intact together with the car.


Used Editors         : 3D Studio Max 2.5
                       Paint Shop Pro 5
                       Midtown Madness Vehicle Creation Kit                             
                       Notepad
                       GoldWave
                         
Authors              : TEK_Xacto, HPB_Forever
TEX_Xacto's Email    : sxdesigns@entermail.net
HPB_Forever's Email  : dbk242@hotmail.com

Studio X site        : http://sxdesigns.homestead.com/Main.html
HPB_Forever's site   : http://n2m2.cjb.net//box.html

Thanks to            : Thanks to HPB_Forever for his assistance with the tuning, much 
                       appreciated Rob! Thanks to Ashok for providing the original suggestion
                       that led to this project, and for being it's biggest fan, to Eric J.
                       for the great horn sound file, to Michael Jones for links to textures,
                       to Steven McDonald for dash reference pics, and to all the other truck
                       fans who sent me mail and patiently waited the many months it took
                       to get this thing completed.

Installation         : Copy vp900F.ar file to your Midtown Madness directory. 

Car information:
New Car Model        : Yes 
New Textures         : Yes 
New Sounds           : Yes (drive and idle are from the frieghtliner with the equalization
                           adjusted a bit and the horn is new) 
New Tuning           : Yes (HPB_Forever)
Dashboard            : Yes 
Damaged textures     : Yes 
Colors               : Red (Easton Lumber Co.) and Green (B B Wolfe)
Rendering modes      : Hardware accelerated and software model


I apologize for the length of time I made everyone wait for this truck. I had a lot going on
with my work and at other times I just lost interest in it because it was so complicated a 
project. The unexpected inclusion of a trailer to the tractor version also added to the delay.

Known issues:

-The hood that you see in the dash view cannot be changed to match the color of the body as
far as I know. I was willing to accept that problem because the dash looked really odd 
without any hood at all.

-The truck only has 6 gears, which is anywhere from 4 to 12 gears to few,  but that's what 
you get when you make a truck for a game that's set up for cars.

-The truck is slow and does not accelerate quickly. This is how large trucks are..if you
want speed, download a Ferrari, but don't write to me telling me it's not fast enough.

-The truck has no reverse lights. Reverse lights are an  option on trucks and the texture
sample for the rear lights had no reverse lights. 

-The truck uses the Freightliner drive and idle sounds. I know I'm going to get flak on
even though I tried to beef up the sound. None of the truck sounds that were sent to me or
I found sounded any better than the game sounds. I think the great airhorn makes up for
the use of the other sounds anyway. Turn up the volume and lean on that horn button as 
you blast through traffic, you'll feel better :) 

                       