------ "Enhanced Declasse Merit Civilian/Police/Taxi" V 1.0.a by Vx5 Voltage ------

A quality of life improvement to one of GTA IV's most Iconic sedans, the Declasse Merit! 
The aim of this mod was to take some more inspiration from the 8th Gen Chevrolet Impalas, while still being true to Rockstars original lore/designs, and enhancing the base Merit model with better details and fixes.

As of V 1.0.a this mod includes the following models:

Declasse Merit (merit)
Declasse Merit Police Patrol - LCPD Cruiser (police2)
Decalsse Merit - L.C.C Taxi Car (taxi2)

Features:
* All basic vehicle functions full dirt mapping, proper LODs etc
* Overhauled Merit model, bug fixes, model and texture improvements, new interior textures and details, etc
* Various toggleable vehicle extras for greater model variety
* All models are fully livery mapped with a template provided for skins!
* Lore Friendly Chevrolet style steelies for Police/Taxi models
* Optional models that will bring back the vanilla GTA IV wheels
* Optional model that gives the Police2 plastic door trim to match the Civilian and Taxi Merits
* Optional textures that give Police2 more PCT/Unit codes 
* Optional texture to revert back to GTA IV's vanilla Taxi ads
* Optional textures to add Lore Friendly tuning liveries to the Civilian Merit

The Police2 model uses the vanilla lighting system, Non-ELS and it will stay that way! Please don't ask for an ELS conversion, I have no interest in working on any ELS models at this time.

NOTE FOR ANY LIVERY MAKERS: While I have provided a 4k template for use with the model, I highly advise that you lower any liveries you may make down to 2k resolution (2048x2048 at DXT5 or DXT1 compression for example) as this is the optimal
size/compression ratio that GTA IV can handle loading into the games memory without issues, while still maintaining good texture quality for your liveries in-game. Anything higher than 2k can lead to severe memory issues or even the game crashing entirely!

Installation: 

1. Launch OpenIV

2. Navigate to: GTA IV / PC / models / cdimages / vehicles.img 

3. Drag and drop the vehicle model files from this mods "Install" folder into vehicles.img

3.5 Do the same method for any models/texture files found within the "Optionals" section of this mod 

4. Now within the "Install" open each vehicle models "Readme" file

5. Follow the instructions from each models own "Readme" file to install the relevant data lines for said models slot (carcosl, vehicles.ide etc can be found in: GTA IV / common / data /)

6. Enjoy, vehicles replace Merit, Police2, and Taxi2 slots

------ Change Log ------
V 1.0 	- Initial Release

V 1.0.a - Fixed an issue with all models that caused them to have the "Lower camera bug" Model VehOff.csv values have been fixed and reverted back to ones from vanilla IV, the vehicle handling should also be fixed slighty as a result of this
        - All wheel models now use their vanilla IV scale values (which are actually more accurate to 8th Gen Impala wheel sizes)  

------ Credits ------

[2D ARTISTS:]
- AlexanderLB - Higher Quality Declasse Merit Badge Textures

- Vx5 Voltage - Various Textureworks and Enhancements, LCPD/L.C.C Taxi Liveries 

- Vx5 Voltage - 4k Mapped Template

- M4k3 - New Merit Interior Textures

- TheSecretPower - Lore Friendly Merit Tuning Liveries 

[3D ARTISTS:]
- Rockstar Games - Original Car Model, Textures, & Various Vehicle Parts

- Vx5 Voltage, Model Improvements, Bug Fixes, Livery Mapping 

- ThunderSmacker/GCT - Lore Friendly Chevrolet Style Police Wheels 

[OTHER:]
- Vx5 Voltage - Screenshots 

DISCLAIMER
As of V 1.0.a I have locked all model files within this mod, that means you will no longer be able to open any of these files within programs like Zmodeler to use for your own projects etc.

Enjoy!