If you want to add the Coastguard Maverick Model to the game, you'll need to follow these steps carefully 

Step 1: Assigning Helicopter Colors
You can edit the carcols.dat file included in this download, look for the vcnmav entry in the lower part of the file, and then change it for this value.


vcnmav, 20,1



Step 2: Adding the collision mesh
You must drop the vcnmav.col file into the Models/coll folder. After you have done that you must go to the data folder and edit default.dat, in that file you have to look for the section called "collision data" located in the lower part, copy one of the existing entries, paste it below the line and change the last part to VCNMAV.COL

REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO BOTH CHANGES ON THIS STEP AT THE SAME TIME. OTHERWISE THE GAME WILL CRASH ON LOAD



Step 3: Naming the Helicopter
if you are using modloader and you are placing the whole mod in a folder, there is an additional file called vcnmav.fxt that you can drop into the TEXT folder this mod contains, which allows the game to show the "Coastguard Maverick" name on screen. In case you are doing a traditional installation, use a GXT Editor to change the name entry in Text/american.gxt but make sure to backup everything. 

