Custom Track Tutorial

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This tutorial will explain you how to create your own custom track. If you only want to create a Texture Hack, you only need to follow the Texturing tutorial.

What You Need

• SZS Modifier

This program will let you edit all the files required for custom track making. It's required.

• SZS Explorer

This program will let you manage the files inside a SZS archive. It's optional, but you'll need it if you want the track to be much different from it's base.

• KMP Modifier

This editor will let you edit things in the KMP files that the SZS Modifier can't. Consult the KMP editing page for more info.

• For making the tracks thenselves, you choose between:
  • MS Paint
  • Google Sketchup
  • Any other 3D modeler program; must be used along with Blender
• Hex Editor

For experienced hackers only. You might need this for some parts of the guide.

• The track's files. How do I get then?

If you are only going to texture hack the track, you only need the SZS Modifier and the track's files (along with maybe the image editor of your choice).

Tutorials

• Modeling
  • How to model your track and import into SZS Modifer
• Texturing
  • How to change the colors and textures of your track to be the way you want to. This is the only one you need to follow if you're going to texture hack.
• Important Stuff
  • How to make the minimap
  • How to make a cannon
  • How to texture and model hack things other than the course (e.g. objects, skybox)
• KMP editing
  • Will explain to you all the sections of the KMP file, and what each does