Rindt Lotus 72 for Spain not working (blocking Wookey story)

Hi friends,


I got a CTD testing the cars for the next race. It seems to be related with Rindt's Lotus 72, Spanish GP version.

Trace :
vehgfx.cpp   1697: Unable to read LOG\vehgen.scn: Could not locate mesh file L2A03AVA.MTS
vehgfx.cpp   1724: Could not find instance "SLOT003"

This file is not in the "TEAM.Mas" of the folder. And is not mentioned in the gen file of the car. So I'm a bit puzzled. Any idea?

There appears to be an error in "1970_L72a1.gen", that may affect the situation depending on graphic settings.

Open the .gen file and search for:
<MED>    MeshFile=<345678>va.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False LODIn=(0.00) LODOut=(1.5)

Replace <345678> with <3458>. Save and test.

This seems to be the only part of the gen file that would look for a file called "L2A03AVA.MTS". With the change, it should be looking for "L2AAVA.MTS", which is located in the TEAM.MAS file.

Thanks a lot, this sounds a promising thing to try.

GREAT ! it works ! I just need my 3rd Wookey, then I'll proceed wuth Naples race

I discovered the same mistake appears in other Lotus 72 gen. So thanks again, it worked twice

Hurray. Still fun to find all these little things after so long, at least it's easily fixable.