Driver Madness

I have figured out a way to get PS1 textures! I am so awesome!

Ok, so I found this neat little program called PSXVRAM. It basically loads a blank file you get by opening up an ePSXe save state file and then extracting the blank extension file. You then drag this file onto PSXVRAM and it loads a big window full of miscolored textures. You have to find the correct palettes that accompanies a texture, and trust me, there's ALOT of them. I had to find multiple palettes to create this:



It's not one image - it is compromised of 11 layers, with a little section cut out of the other layers (basically so it shows the texture under it).

I already found the civ car palettes, teal purple and blue so far. I'm trying to find brown. I will get to work on these a little bit later, they're hard to do. Here is one of them using an old method before I figured out the photoshop one -




And yes, I found the palette for the beta cop car too (I'm using the training garage level for this one).

For those who don't believe me for any reason...



IM SO FREAKING HAPPY. If anyone wants help, let me know.

That is godly amazing, seriously!

But I do have a question: in that last image, is that BLOOD?

Nope, miscolored palette is all.

Oh, I hate when that happens. I see that a bit.

But it's still creepy.

Evil GSX from Hell, prehaps?
Also, we may be able to find the beta GSX texture and other beta player car textures.

About 20 - 22 layers, not including fix layers.

It looks so real from this angle...

I'm afraid the Beta GSX is gone forever...I have figured out that the textures were OVERWRITTEN by the team. As in, they completely changed the texture, kind of like how the DTE works. The Beta GSX is gone, but forever lives in screenshots...

I found part of an unused texture palette in New York -



It's the front fender - you'll see it.

Don't believe me? Here is a screenshot showing the BLUE car -

Overall, we probably only have around 60% of the game fully mapped out.

Well, I can tell you that this doesn't show EVERY texture in the game - only the ones that are currently loaded into the game, so therefore, I can't get all of the car textures that may exist in the game...I could only get them if they were loaded into the game.

Just... awesome!

Got another one. It's the strange "Monte Carlo" from New York -



Turns out it's the Regal from Miami, just with a different body shape/texture mapping...

MOAR!



I couldn't find certain ones, so there are some textures missing...22 layers

On a roll here, lol.



11 Layers.

EDIT:

Decided to put them in game.

Sweet, if only we could extract the PS1's Fairlane model.

You know, now that I can easily find the textures and put them in the PC version...this isn't so much fun anymore...

A simple photoshop reveals that the van on the PC is essentially the pickup from Miami, but with a different body shape -



Yes, it's photoshopped - but the texture on the van is not - I imported the PS1 civ textures (I had to turn off colored cars).

Dr. Doom wrote:A simple photoshop reveals that the van on the PC is essentially the pickup from Miami, but with a different body shape -



Yes, it's photoshopped - but the texture on the van is not - I imported the PS1 civ textures (I had to turn off colored cars).

Why does the pickup only spawn in the garage,anyway? Beta traffic vehicle they just decided to leave in, parked in the garage?

Dr. Doom wrote: I am so awesome!

It kind of looks that way. Where is the emoticon thing showing the little yellow circle prostrating itself on the ground as if before a god?

It is hard to believe that a decade later, there are still people as dedicated to DRIVER and DRIVER 2 as you guys are, keeping things fresh. That is pretty cool, man.

Awesome stuff! I'm thinking of putting in some of those Civ car textures, but I'm not sure how much I'd have to modify the textures to make them work properly.

I already did that, if you look at my picture above, that van has the PS1 textures on it xD

Looks pretty cool

Dr. Doom wrote:I already did that, if you look at my picture above, that van has the PS1 textures on it xD

Looks pretty cool

I wasn't asking about that, I was asking about the skin next to the beta cop car skin.

Im looking through the PS1 yellow and black buick demo textures at the moment using this program, severe lack of a palatte at the side, how do i go about fixing that, is there more than one version or what? im on windows 7

EDIT: heres a pic, sorry about the size. I tried compatibility mode but still no joy

Wow.... the beta St.Regis and GSX look awesome ingame on the PS1(this case, the emulator.)

MAVERICK, PUT THE GAME SAVE IN A ZIP FILE AND SEND IT TO ME. OMFG!!!!!

I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE PALETTE IS!!!!

It's Fantastic!

Dr. Doom wrote:MAVERICK, PUT THE GAME SAVE IN A ZIP FILE AND SEND IT TO ME. OMFG!!!!!

I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE PALETTE IS!!!!

HOLY sh*t!
THE ACTUAL PS1 GSX TEXTURE IS OURS!!!!!!!!!!

WOOHOO!

f***ing HUZZAH!!!