Installing the Vehicle Creation Kit (VCK) & the Red Rocket

Please read the Angel Studios License Agreement prior to installing the VCK on your computer. The license agreement contains important information that should be reviewed and understood prior to continuing.

Installing the VCK:

  1. Double-click vck11.exe to unzip the VCK files and extract them. They will be automatically extracted to the c:\vck folder. (Note: you must have WinZip installed to complete this step).
  2. Install the 3D Studio MAX plug-in by copying c:\vck\angel\artsexp.dle into your 3D Studio MAX plug-ins directory. When you start 3D Studio MAX, you should see the artsexp.dle plug-in initialize.
  3. Install the Angel toolroot.ini file by copying c:\vck\angel\toolroot.ini to c:\.
NOTE: If you want to install the VCK in a directory other than "c:\vck", you will have to modify the toolroot.ini and maxpaths.ini files. The toolroot.ini file contains one line specifying the path to the Asset Manager (am.exe) and Texture Editor (te.exe). The maxpaths.ini file contains four fields which must be modified to reflect the new location of the install directory: Gold, Shop, Log, and Verify.

Adding the Red Rocket to Midtown Madness:

You must extract the VCK files before you can access the Red Rocket. After extracting the VCK files, use the following procedure to add the Red Rocket to Midtown Madness:
  1. Locate the file: vpredcar.ar ( c:\vck\build\ )
  2. Copy vpredcar.ar to the directory where you installed Midtown Madness (by default, the location is c:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Midtown Madness\ )
  3. Start Midtown Madness. The Red Rocket should appear in the Vehicles list on the Vehicles screen.