Hi there Simon.
We've been following your activities
As NFS Shift is an EA product it's not within our rights at SMS to support
or not but what I will do is discuss the possibility of giving you guys
support with EA and see what the reaction is.
Cheers!
Ian Bell
-----Original Message-----
From: Simon [mailto:sommergemuese(@)googlemail.com]
Sent: 04 October 2009 03:56
To: link removed to avoid spam
Subject: Need for Speed: Shift Modding
Hello!
Modding is already possible, whats really really great. Because of
Modders — I love Shift more than GTR 2 now (because Real Cars Mod) You
are genius SMS
with enabling Modding — we had only to unpack the BFF's
But may I ask you guys some Questions?
Could you provide us (the community) with car *Templates* like GTR 2 ones??
It's really easy to create new Skins (Replace DDS or create another one
and edit the corresponding *.rcf File)
But to create really great high res skins we need your help with nice
Templates because they looking like crap without proper Shadow/Shading
Okay we could use Tools like 3D Ripper DX to get the models and
render then the Shading in Max or Maya (or Blender...) and create our
own Templates... but it would be sooo nice with Great Templates from you
— and I think looking better
(Yeah what about 4096x4096 for really high res fotos *g*)
And ... I heard you plan to support NFS Shift a long time and it's no
secret that Games with Mods are living really longer
(rFactor, GTR 2, GT Legends, Half-Life 2, Oblivion, Gothic 2 ....)
And what we could need too: 3D Import/Viewer to create brand new rides —
I have some new cars in my pipeline (Alpina B6 from German VLN and much
more) which would look perfect in NFS Shift
And here some another Ideas (maybe with a Patch?): Rain, Night Races
(It's possible with modding but without lights for now), Training
Sessions, Fuel consumption, Tire Wear (I read about these things in your
files
)
Okay thats enough text for now, PLEASE PLEASE Support Modding Slightly
Mad Studios
If you not allowed to Publish Modding Tools/Templates ... just send them
to me and I dont say any word about the origins
I have got a German Blog about me and Shift and another great things —
since 10 Days and 10.000+ Daily Unique Visits now!! You see Shift
Modding is really important and popular!! Oh and heres the link:
sommergemuese.klee.in/
Greetings Simon Kaminski,
PS: Please answer my mail