License plates with registration
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Modells:
	Blacky_BPG
Scripts:
	Blacky_BPG
Textures:
	Blacky_BPG
Tests:
	SP:
		Blacky_BPG
		buchhauer
	MP:
		Blacky_BPG
		buchhauer
Texts:
	DE:
		Blacky_BPG
	EN:
		chromachio

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 Description for the installation of the license plates with registration
 Description for the installation of the license plates without registration
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1. Copy the folders "textures", "shader", "i3d_shapes", the 4 color i3d-folders, the interface.dds
	(for german number plates) or the interfaceAustria.dds (for austria number plates) and the
	script you want to use into the Mod folder of the desired vehicle that you want to use the license plate with.
2. Open the vehicle / equipment I3D with the GIANTS Editor (at least 5.0.3)
3. Import the desired license plate number and place them on or in the vehicle
4. Note the index values of the registration. Also note whether one or more badges/seals should be hidden and for which license plate.
5. Save the vehicle / equipment I3D and close GIANTS Editor
6. Open XML of the vehicle / equipment and make the necessary entries (see {COUNTRY}_Vehicle_XML_Entrys.txt)
7. Save the vehicle / equipment XML and close
8. Open modDesc.xml of the vehicle / equipment and make the necessary entries (see {COUNTRY}_modDesc_XML_Entrys.txt)
9. Save the vehicle / equipment modDesc.xml and close
10. Delete the i3d_shapes directory and the three color directorys (i3d_{COLOR})
11. Compress the whole mod again in a ZIP-archive and test in-game


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Notes:
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The individual index values for lighted license plate, the individual letters and the badges/seals
are pre-set in the user attributes of the respective license plate. Normally, these values
 must not be changed, they have already been all set correctly by me.



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 Use the license plates in the game
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We will assume that the installation was done correctly!!!

After the purchase of a vehicle or machine, only the plate holder with no labels is visible, this is correct.

If you enter the vehicle or connect the equipment, the Help window (top left) will show the "Register vehicle"
option with the corresponding key configuration.

By pressing the indicated key a license plate overlay with directional arrows and a red cross
(to abort the registration process) and a green check mark (to complete the registration process) will appear.

Clicking the directional arrows, the 8 alphanumeric characters (Strict, according Highway Code and
Road Traffic Regulation for Germany) can be chosen freely, spaces are also possible.

After complete the registration (green tick) the license plate numbers are automatically fixed onto the
plate holders and become visible.

This applies ONLY to the license plate which are registered, follow-up or additional license plates adopt
exclusively the license plate of the connected vehicle or equipment!
(An example that everyone knows: on a bike rack is the license plate of the carrier vehicle without badges/seals)

Each license plate with registration number on ONE and the SAME vehicle receives the selected (in the registration process)
license plate, as said before, only follow-up or additional license plates are an exception.

Additional (follow-up) license plates work for all connected equipment which can be attached!

They make sense if the actual license plate of the carrier vehicle is covered by the equipment, for example by
a large weight in front or an sowing machine on the back, etc.

Of course, you can also attach the license plates anywhere else on the vehicle / equipment, make it as funny as you like.

Also, you don't have to use the Highway Code or Road Traffic Regulation licenses, you can create
any imaginable plate set, I leave that to your discretion.

