NFSMW Recompiled Vinyls (512x / 1024x)

NFS Most Wanted - Recompiled Vinyls
v1.0.0.1337 (Build 1; Rev.00)
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Description

NFSMW Recompiled Vinyls is a game file mod which fills all the vinyl slots and optionally re-adds the cut vinyls for every tunable car.

To do that, the mod simply adds textures for these VINYL car part entries, for the cars which don't already have them:

01RAZORCALLAHAN - Used for Razor's 2005 Ford Mustang GT (S-197).
02TUROSATO - Bull's vinyl from BETA. (Yes, his 2004 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren had one.)
03RONNIEMCCREA - Used for Ronnie's 2004 Aston Martin DB9.
04JOEVEGA - Used for JV's 2003 Dodge Viper SRT-10 (ZB I).
05WESALLEN - Used for Webster's 2005 Chevrolet Corvette C6.
06HECTORDOMINGO - Used for Ming's 2003 Lamborghini Gallardo Coupé.
07KIRANAZAKATO - Used for Kaze's 2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK 500 (C209).
08JADEBARRETT - Used for Jewels' 2005 Ford Mustang GT (S-197).
09PIERREDUPONT - Used for Earl's 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII CT9A.
10KARLSMIT - Used for Baron's 2005 Porsche Cayman S (987C).
11LOUPARK - Used for Earl's 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT (4G).
12ISABELDIAZ - Used for Izzy's 2003 Mazda RX-8 (SE3P).
13VICTORVASQUEZ - Used for Vic's 1992 Toyota Supra RZ (Mk4).
14VINCEKILIC - Used for Taz's 1999 Lexus IS300/Toyota Altezza JCE10.
15TONYHO - Used for Sonny's 2004 Volkswagen Golf GTI (Mk5).
BMW_24 - Unused Motorsport vinyl for 2001 BMW M3 GTR E46 GT ALMS.
BODY08 - The paintable body vinyl with spider nets. For some reason, EA didn't make this vinyl available for all cars.
COPGTO - Unused vinyl texture for State Pursuit Vehicles. EA probably wanted to make it a vinyl for them, but they ended up making the texture a preset skin.
CROSS - Unused vinyl texture for Cross.
CROSS_HENCHMEN - Unused vinyl texture for Federal Pursuit Vehicles.
PSRTEST - Hero vinyl. It has the famous blue stripes for most of the cars. Only for RX8 and RX8SPEEDT, it has Mia's gray stripes.

If you choose to add entries for cut vinyls and fix the names for existing ones, these vinyls will be available as well:

09JADEBARRETT - Jewels' vinyl from BETA.
BODYFLAME09 - A cut body flame vinyl. Vinyl texture file for the 350Z, which is cut (CARS\350Z\VINYLS.BIN), still has it - so we were able to restore it.
PRECOM_FLAME01 - Upscaled version of Precompiled Flame 1 vinyl from a car-specific unused texture file (CARS\CARNAME\PREVINYL.BIN).
PRECOM_FLAME02 - Upscaled version of Precompiled Flame 2.
PRECOM_TEST - Upscaled version of Precompiled Test vinyl.

NOTE: The vinyls are completely untouched. But strangely**, some vinyls may fit the car you're using.
This mod doesn't aim fixing the fitting of the vinyls - it only aims making them available.

* = For cars which don't get used by Blacklist bosses. Every boss uses the car decreases this count by 1.
** = If the UV mapping is close enough.

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Where should I go?

First, let's select a resolution:

512x - Default vinyl resolution of the vanilla game. Normal quality. Even a potato can handle it.
1024x - Vinyl resolution of the X360 version of the game. High quality. Requires a high-spec PC.

If you're unsure, select 512x.

Now, let's select an installation method:

Simple - Big file size. Takes 2-3 minutes to install. DOESN'T REQUIRE anything additional.
Advanced - Smaller file size. Takes 30* minutes for 512x / 150* minutes for 1024x to install. REQUIRES an older version of Recompiled Vinyls or High Quality Vinyls by nfsu360 (609 MB) for 1024x resolution.

If you're unsure, select Simple Installation.
* = On AMD FX-8320 & 24 GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM. It may vary according to your PC specs.

After you have made your decisions, download one of the four packages available:

512x Simple Installation - .7z, LZMA2 with Ultra compression (Archive size: ~71,3 MB; Extracted: ~108 MB)
512x Advanced Installation - .zip, Deflate with Standard compression (Archive size: ~1 MB; Extracted: ~26,1 MB)
1024x Simple Installation - .7z, LZMA2 with Ultra compression (Archive size: ~724 MB; Extracted: ~1,46 GB)
1024x Advanced Installation - .zip, Deflate with Standard compression (Archive size: ~11 MB; Extracted: ~374 MB)

Now, follow the instructions in the package you have downloaded to install the mod.

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Technical Information

I exported all required vinyl files using Binary by MaxHwoy.

For most of the cars, importing the new textures and saving the file is enough.
But some lacked lots of vinyls, so I decided to rehash them from the closest car possible and import the textures they already had on top of it.

Note: I have created some quick & dirty batch files to automate the end script creation process for adding the vinyls and rehashing the texture packs.
They aren't included in this pack, but you can contact me if you want to have them.

Rehashing is done by changing texture names in the vinyl texture packs, according to this format:

Vinyl Itself >> CARNAME_VINYLNAME.dds
Vinyl Mask >> CARNAME_VINYLNAME_MASK.dds

CARNAME must be replaced with the car you want to use.
VINYLNAME is the texture name for the VINYL car part entry, which can be seen in the name section in Debug Car Customize, while tuning VINYL_LAYER0 slot.

You can also use the provided "NFSMW Vinyl Texture Names.txt" file in the archive, to see all possible vinyl names.

And I used Binary again, to rebuild the vinyl texture packs.

Finally, to make it into a simple installation: I've ran the 512x Advanced Installation script on a vanilla copy of NFSMW and took the files from there. For 1024x, I've installed High Quality Vinyls by nfsu360 and ran the 1024x Advanced Installation script on it.

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Availability

Recompiled Vinyls are currently available for:

Vanilla cars:

911GT2 - 2001 Porsche 911 GT2 (996)
911TURBO - 2004 Porsche 911 Turbo S (996)
997S - 2004 Porsche 911 Carrera S (997)
A3 - 2003 Audi A3 3.2 V6 quattro 8P1
A4 - 2004 Audi A4 3.2 FSI quattro (B7)
BMWM3GTR - 2001 BMW M3 GTR (E46) Strassenversion
BMWM3GTRE46 - 2001 BMW M3 GTR E46 GT ALMS
CAMARO - 1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS 396
CARRERAGT - 2004 Porsche Carrera GT (980)
CAYMANS - 2005 Porsche Cayman S (987C)
CLIO - 2003 Renault Clio V6 Renault Sport
CLK500 - 2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK 500 (C209)
COBALTSS - 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt SS
CORVETTE - 2005 Chevrolet Corvette C6
CORVETTEC6R - 2005 Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GT1 ALMS
CTS - 2003 Cadillac CTS (Gen. 1)
DB9 - 2004 Aston Martin DB9
ECLIPSEGT - 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT (4G)
ELISE - 2004 Lotus Elise 111R
FORDGT - 2004 Ford GT (Gen. 1)
GALLARDO - 2003 Lamborghini Gallardo Coupé
GTI - 2004 Volkswagen Golf GTI (Mk5)
GTO - 2005 Pontiac GTO (Mk5)
IMPREZAWRX - 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STi GD-D 4JJ
IS300 - 1999 Lexus IS300/Toyota Altezza JCE10
LANCEREVO8 - 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII CT9A
MONARO - 2005 Vauxhall Monaro VXR (Mk3)
MURCIELAGO - 2001 Lamborghini Murciélago
MUSTANGGT - 2005 Ford Mustang GT (S197)
PUNTO - 2005 Fiat Grande Punto 1.4 8v Fire
RX7 - 1992 Mazda RX-7 (FD3S)
RX8 - 2003 Mazda RX-8 (SE3P)
RX8SPEEDT - 2003 Mazda RX-8 (SE3P) Mazdaspeed
SL65 - 2004 Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG (R230)
SL500 - 2001 Mercedes-Benz SL 500 (R230)
SLR - 2004 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren
SUPRA - 1992 Toyota Supra RZ (Mk4)
TT - 2003 Audi TT 3.2 quattro (8N)
VIPER - 2003 Dodge Viper SRT-10 (ZB I)

Vanilla cars that require modding to use vinyls:

BMWM3* - 2001 BMW M3 (E46) by EllisRacing
COPGTO - 2005 Pontiac GTO (Mk4) (State Pursuit Vehicle)
COPSPORT - 2005 Chevrolet Corvette C6/C6.R GT1 ALMS (Cross)

Mod cars*:

BMWM3CSL - 2003 BMW M3 CSL (E46) by EllisRacing
350Z** - 2003 Nissan 350Z/Fairlady Z (Z33) by Zvott96/Skeleton
SKYLINE** - 1999 Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec (R34) by Zvott96/Skeleton

*: Recompiled Vinyls doesn't aim providing support for modded cars. On most cases, it's better to use the vinyl texture file came with the mod instead.
**: Old versions of Recompiled Vinyls were available for 350Z and SKYLINE.

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Changelog (+ Addition, * Change, ! Attention, - Deletion)

v1.0.0.1337 (Build 1; Rev.00):
! Rebuilt the mod from zero.

Old versions

v1.0.0.400 (Build 1; Rev.00 BETA):
+ 1024x (Xbox 360) Vinyls Pack is now available!
+ Added vinyl texture packs for 350Z, BMWM3CSL, COPGTO, COPSPORT and SKYLINE.

v1.0.0.200 (Build 1; Rev.00 ALPHA):
+ Added vinyl texture packs for 997S, A3, A4, CLIO, CAYMANS, CLK500, CTS, ECLIPSEGT, ELISE, FORDGT, MONARO, MURCIELAGO, SL65, SL500 and TT.

v1.0.0.103 (Build 1; Rev.00, Milestone 3):
+ Added vinyl texture packs for 911TURBO, BMWM3, BMWM3GTR, CAMARO, CORVETTEC6R, DB9, GTI, GTO, IMPREZAWRX, IS300, RX8SPEEDT and SLR.

v1.0.0.102 (Build 1; Rev.00, Milestone 2):
+ Added vinyl texture packs for 911GT2, BMWM3GTRE46, CARRERAGT, COBALTSS, CORVETTE, GALLARDO, LANCEREVO8, PUNTO, RX7, RX8, SUPRA and VIPER.

v1.0.0.101 (Build 1; Rev.00, Milestone 1):
+ Initial release, only available for MUSTANGGT.

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Credits

1024x

v1.0.0.1337 and onwards:

379Felipe and elaymm4 for Jewels' BETA vinyl texture.
EA for the vinyls.
MaxHwoy for Binary.
Nagadomi for waifu2x.udp.jp, which is used to upscale the precompiled test vinyl.
nfsu360 for High Quality Vinyls mod, which is used as a base.
trackmaniamatt for Bull's BETA vinyl texture.

Old versions:

ASC for making a custom version of NFSU2/MW Texture Compiler, which can pack ARGB (A8R8G8B8) and/or Palette 8 (P8/X8R8G8B8) DDS files in.
EA for the vinyls.
Kim Jensen for Advanced Renamer, which I used to remove 1-nfsu2_mw-P8- prefix from DDS files exported using NFS-TexEd (v0.9.1).
MWInside for making a custom tool to add vinyls into texture packs.
nfsu360 for NFS-TexEd.
trackmaniamatt for Bull's BETA vinyl texture.

512x

v1.0.0.1337 and onwards:

379Felipe and elaymm4 for Jewels' BETA vinyl texture.
EA for the vinyls.
MaxHwoy for Binary.
Nagadomi for waifu2x.udp.jp, which is used to upscale the precompiled test vinyl.
trackmaniamatt for Bull's BETA vinyl texture.

Old versions:

ASC for making a custom version of NFSU2/MW Texture Compiler, which can pack ARGB (A8R8G8B8) and/or Palette 8 (P8/X8R8G8B8) DDS files in.
EA for the vinyls.
Kim Jensen for Advanced Renamer, which I used to remove 1-nfsu2_mw-P8- prefix from DDS files exported using NFS-TexEd (v0.9.1).
nfsu360 for NFSU2 Mod Tools and NFS-TexEd.
trackmaniamatt for Bull's BETA vinyl texture.

And you, for downloading it.

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Final Notes

You can use these files in your mods, and you don't need to credit me for that!
With enough patience and skill, anyone could do it.

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See ya!
©2022 nlgzrgn @ ExOpts Team - No rights reserved. ;)

Comments

nlgxzef (July 09, 2019 @ 11:17)

@Zephyr4040404, hi! Make sure that you use NFS-TexEd v1.1 and convert the textures to P8 (Palette 8, XRGB) or ARGB 8.8.8.8 DDS.

Zephyr4040404 (July 09, 2019 @ 07:05)

Hi nlgzrgn,
Seems that this mod does not support beta textures pack by 379Felipe. I tried to replace Jewels' BMW vinyl with her beta vinyl but it says "import texture is 8 bit while expected texture is 32 bit". Is there a way to get over this?

nlgxzef (July 03, 2019 @ 06:37)

@voidturbulence, hi! Make sure that you have downloaded 1024x full pack v1.0.0.400. It should have a TEXTURES.BIN file in the CARS folder. Replace it with yours and the vinyls should work just fine.

voidturbulence (July 03, 2019 @ 04:12)

Hi nlgzrgn,

I followed all the instructions but I have stripes over my vinyls. No game crash though. I have a picture - are you able to take a look and see what's wrong?

https://ibb.co/0jYkcWQ

Thanks.

Adrian