Installing 2010 pitcrews - GP4 crashes! [fixed]

I have downloaded the 2010 pitcrews done by Renaultfan. Now, having extracted the anim.wad, I am assuming I replace the existing original 2001 .tex files with the newly renamed 2010 files, renaming them to the 2001 .tex file names? Then, compile the wad, copy to the main GP4 directory, and all should work fine?
Well, no. My GP4 crashes as soon as the game reaches the final stage of loading any track. I can only guess I am missing a step in installing these pitcrews, as using an original anim.wad, the game runs fine.

I am replacing the tex files in both the qualifying and race\skins subfolders.....

Any suggestions on what I need to do to get the 2010 pitcrews showing in game would be very helpful! lol



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/12/2010 11:16PM by mortal.

This used to happen me if there was a missing texture.
This can sometimes happen if the texture name is spelt incorrectly.

I used to always spell benetton wrongly.
You should probably double check the names just to be sure

Qualifying Skins
-------------------
engin_arrows.tex
engin_bar.tex
engin_benetton.tex
engin_ferrari.tex
engin_jaguar.tex
engin_jordan.tex
engin_mclaren.TEX
engin_minardi.tex
engin_prost.TEX
engin_sauber.tex
engin_williams.tex

Race Skins
-------------
pitcrew_arrows.tex
pitcrew_bar.tex
pitcrew_benetton.tex
pitcrew_ferrari.tex
pitcrew_jaguar.tex
pitcrew_jordan.tex
pitcrew_mclaren.TEX
pitcrew_minardi.tex
pitcrew_prost.TEX
pitcrew_sauber.tex
pitcrew_williams.tex



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/12/2010 09:06PM by Traction.

Use Wadupdater without extract the anim.wad is the solution

Put all your new textures in a folder (the name of the folder is not a matter)
Select the wad to update (in your case an original anim.wad)
Select the folder you did (button "select a folder"
Click on the button 'Update Wad"
done

gezere Wrote:
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> Use Wadupdater without extract the anim.wad is the
> solution
>
> Put all your new textures in a folder (the name of
> the folder is not a matter)
> Select the wad to update (in your case an original
> anim.wad)
> Select the folder you did (button "select a
> folder"
> Click on the button 'Update Wad"
> done

Going to try this right now. If i am reading this correctly, the tex files will automatically find their way into the correct directory inside the wad??
And yes, it works! Thanks for the advice! Had forgotten all about Wadupdater = been years since I used that great tool....

Hi, I'm having a similar problem to shep34, but only with the engineers! Whenever they're used (Free Practice, Qualifying, etc...) it crashes at the end of the load, however the new pitcrews all work fine! :/ I've checked the names, and trying the update, but no luck. Any help would be much appreciated!