This update was released on October 2nd, 2018.

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Highlights

• Additional Script Functionality: Vehicle Character Commands
• Language Localization Support for the Mod Launcher's Interface
  • The Mod Launcher still only ships with English.
• Lens Flare Hack
• Video Texture Support Hack

Launcher

General

• Added "dbghelp.dll" to the DLLs folder. This is used to save crash dumps.
• Added the -debugloadhacks command line argument.
• Added the -loadhackspause command line argument.
• Fixed a crash when using "-launch" with "Start in Correct Resolution" enabled (as is the default).
• Made the game only start in the correct width and height when starting windowed.
• Made the Mod Launcher restart if the shift key is held down when reloading all mods.
• Made the unhandled exception message have an error icon instead of no icon.
• Removed limitations on how many mods, hacks and mod settings could be injected into the game.
  • You don't want to know.

Main Window

Made the main window re-centre to the screen the loading window was moved to if it was moved to another screen while reloading. Made the main window start on the screen the loading window was last on. Made the error message shown when failing to load mods show after the main window. Made the loading window appear on the screen the main window was on when reloading.

Mod Info

Made "Size" on the Advanced tab of the Mod information panel available when using -noscanmodfiles for hacks and compiled mods.

Mod Settings

Fixed an issue where the icon of the Mod Settings window when using "-settings" where the default .NET icon instead of the Mod Launcher's Icon.

Launcher Settings

Added "Limit to Single Core" to the "Game" tab.

Localisation

Added support for Language Localization.

Hacks

Additional Script Functionality

This update brings about the ability to add characters to the player's car or stage vehicles.

You can use this exciting new functionality to have passengers accompany the player in missions and just have characters present in a car.

CON Commands

• Added the AddVehicleCharacter command.
• Added the SetVehicleCharacterAnimation command.
• Added the SetVehicleCharacterJumpOut command.
• Added the SetVehicleCharacterScale command.
• Added the SetVehicleCharacterSuppressionCharacter command.
• Added the SetVehicleCharacterVisible command.

MFK Commands

• Added the AddStageVehicleCharacter command.
• Added the RemoveStageVehicleCharacter command.
• Added the SetStageVehicleCharacterAnimation command.
• Added the SetStageVehicleCharacterJumpOut command.
• Added the SetStageVehicleCharacterScale command.
• Added the SetStageVehicleCharacterVisible command.
• Added the SetStageVehicleAllowSeatSlide command.
• Updated SetStageCharacterModel to default the second argument to the player's current animation set instead of requiring the argument.

Bug Fixes

• Added "Actors" > "Restore Wasp Collision".
  • This fixes an issue where destroying a certain number of wasps disables their collision until the level is fully reloaded.
• Changed the tooltip for "Character Rotations" to be more specific about what it does. The hack's description was also updated to reflect this change.
• Made "Fix Steering Animations" also fix the steering/swaying animation cancelling immediately/starting again repeatedly.

Custom Audio Format Support

Added support for Lua Path Handler Redirections on RSD files to FLAC and Ogg files.

Custom Files

General

• Made CustomFiles.lua execute after all hacks that are supposed to be loaded are loaded.
• Made this hack only mount "CustomFiles" folders that exist.
  • This change can dramatically improve performance if you have lots of mods enabled but only a few have CustomFiles folders (like Mod Hacks for instance).

Lua Scripting

• Added GetLauncherVersion. This returns the current version of the Mod Launcher.
• Added GetMainMod. This returns the InternalName of the current main mod (if there is one).
• Added GetSettings. This returns the settings of the current mod (or the specified mod) in a Lua table.
• Added IsTesting. This checks if the user is has the Mod Launcher's testing mode enabled.
• Added UseCallbacks. This is an advanced function for handling files with Lua that may or may not have a use case.
• Fixed an issue where "ComparePaths" was always case sensitive and always slash sensitive.

Debug Text

General

• Made Ctrl+C copy the current page text to clipboard.
  • Also added "Allow Copying with Ctrl+C" to the "Advanced" tab of the hacks settings to disable that.

"actors" Page

Added this page.

"cams" Page

Made this page exclude null cameras.

"characters" Paege

Added this page.

"intersects" Page

Made this page not say "Y: " before the Y and "Z: " before the Z of "Intersect triangle pos 3".

"loaded characters" Page

Added this page.

"missions" Page

Made this page exclude null missions.

"mission" Page

• Made this page show "null" for null objectives instead of crashing.
  • This is helpful for debugging in the event the stage's objective is not getting added.

"traffic" Page

Made this page render the segments of the road the car is currently on (and the previous roads segments if the car is on an intersection).

"triggers" Page

• Made this page include the type number of locators in brackets after the type name.
• Made sphere triggers render as spheres now instead of boxes.

Debug Test

General

Removed the F9 dialog to list all entered triggers.

Menus Page

Made "Main Menu" > "No Glow Hide" work in the demo version of the game even though this version skips the Main Menu entirely.

Graphics Page

• Added "No Texture/Alpha Operations/Arguments".
• Added "PDDI Windowed".
• Added "No Force Back-faces".
• Removed "Lens Flare".

Speedometer Page

Made "Use Miles Per Hour" and "Show Units" work in the demo version of the game.

Vehicles Page

• Added "Lisa Y Offset".
• Made "Target Player" work in game versions other than Release English.

Sky Page

Made "Scale" and "Position" work in game versions other than Release English.

Miscellaneous Page

• Made "Cursor" > "Show Windows Cursor" work in game versions other than Release English.
• Made "No Splash Screen Loading" work in the demo version.

Interprocess Communication

Fixed an issue where the Pure3D Editor would hang when selecting locators or right clicking on 3D views in some cases with the following changes:

• Made this hack still respond if the game is in a blocking modal loop or minimized while in fullscreen mode..
• Made this hack uninitialise if the game crashes.

Modern Computer Support

Fixed an issue in the game where the border was not removed when in fullscreen (particularly noticable on Windows 10).

Lens Flare

Added this new hack. This makes Lens Flares work just like the console releases of the game.

Resizable Window

• Fixed issues when switching from a resizable window to fullscreen.
• Made the game not change its resolution when loading its settings if the window size is changed before then.
• Made the game maintain its center when changing resolution instead of re-recentering on the screen.
• Made the game continue processing and rendering when a Windows context menu (like you'd get when right clicking the caption of the window) is open.

Screenshots

Added the -debugscreenshots command line argument.

Video Texture Support

Added this new hack. This allows you to use BIK files as textures.