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=      QFS to BMP Converter for SlideFiles     =
=      for The Need for Speed 2 (NFS2 SE)      =
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=	    Written by Mike 'Thommson'	       =
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=	      1997 Mike 'Thommson'	       =
=	E-Mail:  nfs2editor@hotmail.com	       =
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=    http://members.tripod.com/~nfs2editor/    =
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Please report Bugs!

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DISCLAIMER
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No warranty of any kind comes with this file ! Its contents are
totally *unofficial*, and Electronic Arts has no responsibility in all of
this (they just made a fine game :-) Also, it is illegal to use the 
information contained herein for commercial purposes.

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INTRODUCTION
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	This is QFS to BMP Converter for the EA game Need For Speed 2 (SE). This program
was written by request of many people, who want to edit the Slides in the game. This is
usefull if you have made a new Car and want to show few Photos of this Car, maybe with
credits, etc.  
NOTE: You don't need any additional DLL files to run this program.  

	The QFS to BMP Converter is FREEWARE.        

	Special thanks to Ian Brown for his description of the QFS file format.
	And to Denis Auroux for QFS-Encoder and BugFix in QFS-Decoder. Great Work! 

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REQUIREMENTS
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 -Full/Medium Installation of NFS2
 -ImageEditor (PaintShopPro, PaintBrush, etc)

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HOW TO USE THIS PROGRAM ?  
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1. The Slides you can find in your <NeedForSpeed2>/FeData/Pc/Art/Slides/ directory.
Take a slide (any file with QFS extension) and copy it to the directory, where you
have installed QFS2BMP.EXE;
TIP: You can also install this program to the Slides directory.

2. Now you have to convert QFS slidefile to BMP. Go to the directory, where you have
QFS2BMP.EXE and write:	QFS2BMP.EXE  -d    <name>.qfs   <name>.bmp
			-----v-----  -v-   ----v-----   -----v----
                         program    decode   InputFile   OutputFile
			   name     option  (SlideFile)  (BitmapFile)

3. Now you have in the same directory a new file, <name>.bmp file. Start a Graphic
Program and load this file in it.

WARNING: The Optimization works sometimes badly!
4. After Editing it's very IMPORTANT to optimize the Image to 16bit colormode.
(i.e. PaintShopPro)

5. Finaly you have to convert the edited BMP file to QFS SlideFile. Do folowing:
			QFS2BMP.EXE  -e     <name>.bmp    <name>.qfs
			-----v-----  -v-    ----v-----    -----v----
                         program    encode   InputFile    OutputFile
			   name     option  (BitmapFile)  (SlideFile)   

6. Copy the created QFS file to Slides directory in Need For Speed 2.
NOTE: don't forget to rename this QFS file to SlideFileName, if you have changed
the name during the convertion.

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BUGS IN THIS PROGRAM !!!
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 Bugs were found by editing the BMP files with some colors
(i.e. by smudging). The cause is by Converting BMP->QFS (24bit->16bit)
the colors won't optimize.
 Solution: do the optimization to 16bit in your GraphicProgram (i.e. PaintShopPro) 
WARNING: The Optimization works sometimes badly!

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FINALLY
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	If you like this program and you want to get some latest information about next verisons,
or if you want propose some good ideas for the editor or to help me,
e-mail to: nfs2editor@hotmail.com      

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