Chevrolet Impala Taxi '03 [1.1]


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Scratchmade by Schaefft
Converted to GTA IV by BubLik
Improvements and rework by retarded_chicken

Steel wheel by Carface80, remodeled by retarded_chicken
Some stickers by Oldsmobile_85
Sticker model 'R134a' by Shady311
Front brake supports by Trall
Template by retarded_chicken

Thanks to binary_animal for helping find a good pic of 'R134a' sticker
Special thanks to Shady311 for tips and guidance

I'm sorry if I didn't mention someone whose components are used in the model.


Features:
- Supports all functions of the game
- Restored door/boot/trunk physics
- Custom camera
- Custom lights
- Custom collision
- Custom settings
- Custom LODs
- Several extras
- Hands on steering wheel, all passengers are sit correctly
- Interior lighting
- Supports the working steeringwheel and shaking exhaust from ZolikaPatch
- Model is fully adapted to Taxi2


Changelog:
- New tire model, improved disk model
- New brake supports and disks
- Fixed some mesh issues 
- Added kinda pre-AO on vertex layer
- Added additional .wtd with compressed textures
- Added support for the working steeringwheel and shaking exhaust from ZolikaPatch


In 'extras' folder you'll find compressed .wtd (in case if you have some perfomance issue)


Install:

Use OpenIV to edit vehicles.img (Grand Theft Auto IV\pc\models\cdimages)
Replace taxi2.wft and taxi2.wtd
Defragment the vehicles.img (Press the keyboard shortcut Shift+Ctrl+R)


Without applying settings, the model WILL NOT WORK correctly!


Replace vanilla colors in carcols.dat using a text editor (Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data)
Be guided by the number "# *", i.e. if the number is "# 23", then you need to replace the line with the exact same number

212,212,212,-,white			# 133 very white police 
71,1,3,-,red 				# 134 land rover rimini red 
230,150,45,-,yellow         # 135 taxi yellow 
2,2,2,-,black				# 136 true black 
8,14,76,-,blue				# 137 blue 
8,20,16,dark,green 			# 138 ford ivy green 
255,255,255,-,white			# 139 pure white
2,14,40,dark,blue			# 140 dark blue metallic 
112,116,119,-,grey			# 141 graystone metallic 
233,234,234,-,white			# 142 summit white 
79,16,27,-,red				# 143 deep ruby metallic 
192,174,135,light,beige		# 144 gold mist metallic 
171,168,169,-,silver		# 145 silver birch metallic
70,98,110,dark,blue			# 146 blue granite metallic 
237,238,237,-,white			# 147 white diamond tricoat 
97,16,31,-,red				# 148 red jewel tintcoat 
23,26,30,dark,grey			# 149 metallic midnight silver 
245,180,0,-,yellow			# 150 TBoGT SuperD yellow 
5,5,5,-,black				# 151 TBoGT black 
189,149,75,-,gold			# 152 TBoGT Gold 

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Replace taxi2 line in carcols.dat using a text editor (Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data)
Attention! This is a 3-color model!

taxi2,			135,1,136, 127,1,136, 89,1,136, 

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Replace TAXI2 line in handling.dat using a text editor (Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data)

TAXI2        1895.0	  0.5   85  0.0  0.0	-0.37		1.0  5  0.142 1.0	180.0	0.16  0.70	0.7   30.0		1.15  1.05  13.5  0.14 	0.455		1.6  0.7  1.3 	0.11  -0.15	 0.0	0.47		1.0  0.7  1.2  1.3		0.0		24600		440010		0			0

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Replace taxi2 line in vehicles.ide using a text editor (Grand Theft Auto IV\common\data)

taxi2,			taxi2,			car,		TAXI2,		TAXI2,		VEH@STD,	VEH@STD_RI1,		30,		50,		0.23,	0.23,		0.4,	3,		1.5	,1,	ext_taxi+ext_requi+livery

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ZolikaPatch

If you want a working steeringwheel, then you need to enable this option in ZolikaPatch and add this settings to the end of the taxi2 line in vehicles.ide:

+wheelangle:-17

If you want to make the exhaust shakes, then you need to enable this option in ZolikaPatch (ShakingEngineBlock option). No settings required

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Now you're good to go!

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September, 2021 (release)
October, 2022 (v1.1)