2000 NOVA LFS Bus 2nd Edition
vplfsbus2
Sept 18, 2000

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 (TEK_Xacto, Zolk, and tEchnO79).
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
                       Voyetra AudioView 32                       
                       Notepad

Authors              : TEK_Xacto, Zolk, and tEchnO79
TEX_Xacto's E-mail   : sxdesigns@entermail.net
Zolk's E-mail	     : mmz@zolknetwork.com
tEchnO79's E-Mail    : jxw269@psu.edu 
Studio X Homepage    : http://sxdesigns.homestead.com/Main.html
Midtown Madness Zone : http://mmz.nozone.net

Thanks to            : Jeff Weingrad (tEchnO79) who offered to make the SEPTA and Miami textures
                       for this project. His attention to detail and the obvious work he put into
                       this are much appreciated.
                       Zolk, the original tuner of this bus.

Installation         : Copy vplfsbus2.ar file to your Midtown Madness directory. This edition will
                       not overwrite the original Nova LFS.

Car information:
New Car Model        : uses existing LFS Bus
New Textures         : Yes: Miami and SEPTA undamaged textures by tEchnO79, Metro and all damage 
                       textures by TEK_Xacto.
New Sounds           : uses existing LFS Bus
Dashboard            : Non-transparent version of the original dash. Eliminates any gauge problems
                       and the dash now looks the way it was supposed to originally. This dash also
                       will not disable the gear indicators as the original bus does.
Damaged textures     : Yes (use "D" in the vehicle selection screen to view, the bus is hard to damage)
Color                : SEPTA (Philadelphia, PA),Miami,Metro (Generic w/ vandalism) 
Rendering modes      : Hardware accelerated and software modes

Note on the Metro scheme: I hope no one will get the wrong impression from my use of graffiti on 
the bus. Although I find some types of graffiti very interesting graphically, I DO NOT approve of
the defacing of public property ...or the burning of public buses, ;) The images are from sites that I found devoted to graffiti.

Known issues: There are some unavoidable mirroring problems with text reading incorrectly on the 
entry side of the bus. 

The steering has hopefully been improved. I made the turning radius tighter and increased the 
friction to keep it steering properly. The bus still rocks oddly when it stops or makes sharp
steering corrections, I still do not know how to eliminate this. The bus was tuned with the following settings:

Steering sensitivity 50%
Dead Zone 30%  (tested with a joystick)
Physics 50%

If you are having problems with the steering, try adjusting those settings to increase or decrease the steering response.