Was talking with the guys that race Sunday night and we decide to start hosting the FOv3 mod for Flatout 1, too. So we will alternate hosting FOJ Community mod for Flatout 2 and FOv3 mod for Flatout 1 every other Sunday.
You will need to check this thread to see for sure which one we will be hosting with. If Rusty get setup to host FOv3 mod this week, then we will race FOv3 mod this coming Sunday. Oct 11.
Now for the details of what files you need to download to run the FOv3 mod. First need to have Flatout 1 ( either Euro version patch to v1.1 or US version v1.2 ) and to make Euro and US compatible online, you need to use the Euro v1.1 exe or the FlatOut v1.1 no-CD.exe (goto GameCopyWorld.com and get FlatOut v1.1 [ENGLISH] No-CD). The Gold Edition come with the Euro v1.1 noCD exe.
Next need to download Heddly
FO1 - FOV3 Mod (GOLD Edition) (
I got a good download of Gold version last night, so I fix the link. Be sure your donwload is 874 MB, not 74 MB or 763 MB 
)
After downloading,
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1= Create an FOV3 Folder.
2= Copy your common1.bfs and the common2.bfs files from your FlatOut game folder to the FOV3 Folder. Can also download this
New Player Save Game Folder and copy to the FOV3 Folder to use as player 1. ( note: Jake computer did not like using my savegame folder, computer would not shut down afterwards )
3= Move the FOV3EXE_installer.exe to the FOV3 folder.
4= Double click the FOV3 EXE. This will install the files needed to run FOV3.
Probably best to test your Fov3 mod now and see if game load ok. It get error when starting mod, make sure you have a
fov3options.cfg file in your \savegame folder. That the only file you need to have in \savegame folder, the game will make the rest when you do the setup window and make your first profile.
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Now that you got a working Fov3 mod, It time to add some custom cars. We are going to add "
Heddly's FOV3 Custom Car Pack ", "
Heddlys_FOV3_MuscleCar_Pack" and the "
'70 Buick GS 455 Stage 1 v1.1, renumbered to car 5". We had to renumder the car_24 Buick to car_5 so Buick would play nice with Heddly's 2 carpacks. Here link to Buick if want to read about the car, but don't download the car_24 version to use with Heddly's carpacks:
linkAfter downloading these 3 car bfs files, unpack and place the files (
HeddlysFOV3Pack.bfs, Hedllys_FOV3_CP2.bfs and 5buickgtsfov3.bfs ) into the \FOV3-CustomCars folder.
Now you need to download "
Figure 8 and Asphalt Track Pack for FOv3" and unpack rar and put
fig8 track pack.bfs file into the \FOV3-Patches folder.
This is what your new patch.ini file will look like:
Archives = {
[1] = "FOV3-Patches/fov3.bfs",
[2] = "FOV3-CustomCars/HeddlysFOV3Pack.bfs",
[3] = "FOV3-CustomCars/Hedllys_FOV3_CP2.bfs",
[4] = "FOV3-CustomCars/5buickgtsfov3.bfs",
[5] = "FOV3-Patches/fov3overrite.bfs",
[6] = "FOV3-Patches/fig8 track pack.bfs",
}You will need to replace your cars.ini file ( \FOV3-Files folder ) and your patch.ini file ( main FOv3 mod folder ) With these 2 new files.
New FOv3 patch and cars iniNow after doing all that, hopefully your FOv3 mod will start right up. Now to see the custom cars offline, you will need to do 2 things, go to FOv3 Options and turn Custom Cars setting to ON. And then need to go to the career garage menu > career options menu > cheats menu. Then select the menu items GIVEALL and GIVECASH. To unlock all the tracks and cars.
Best to do this with a new profile 2-8. Leave profile 1 along. If use custom cars with profile 1 and it cause an error, then game wont start.
When racing online, host will need to enable custom cars online for all to see. If host has Custom Cars option set to OFF, then no players will see custom cars to choose from, just the stock cars.
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Now for the online part. To host Flatout 1 online, host need to forward port 23757 or nobody will be able to join his host. And all players need to use the same flatout.exe. That why you need to be using Euro v1.1 exe or the noCD version of Euro v1.1 exe if have US v1.2 version of Flatout 1.
If you want to read more about racing online with Flatout 1 and the problems we have run into, give this a read:
Racing online with Flatoutnet I decide it be best to use Flatoutnet for joining online. FlatoutnetPro is better but some have troubles getting it to run and Flatoutnet is pretty easy to setup, just set game path to your FOv3 mod\flatout.exe file and your ready to go join a FO 1 online host,
if host in the lobby. If host is racing, you will not be able to join host. You may have to keep trying for 5 mins until host get back to the lobby before getting in.
http://www.paha.net/index.php?page=softat&page2=flatout Download link for Flatoutnet is at the bottom of the page.
Warning, do not join a stock or FOv2 mod host with the FOv3 mod.Here some pics to show you how to use Flatoutne and turn ON Custom Cars:
OK, that it for getting ready to race FOv3 mod online. Not sure yet if Rusty will be ready Sunday. So check back Sunday and see if we will host FOv3 mod or stay with old patch file for FOJ Community Mod for FO 2. If got questions, be sure to post them.
Rusty like to start his host around 9:30pm eastern time.I will post new patch file for FOJ Community Mod for FO 2 next week.
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