How to custom the default dashboards?

[KingAndy]

Hi guys, well my Mad max Interceptor is almost done, but miss something that in my opinion is one of the most important things on a MM2 car: the dashboard. In internet I learned how to use Zmodeler and how to convert a car, but not how to make a dashboard, so I have no idea about making dashboards. My idea to make the things more simple is modify the default Mustang Fastback dashboard, but I don't know how to open the tex. files to make the changes, or how to make it all work. Somebody can tell me how to do it?

[Franch88]

Here are the main steps in taking and editing one of the default cars dashboards.
Extract the *_dash.pkg, *_dash.mtx .tex and *_dash.asnode files of the dashboard which you're interested from the default .ar game files by using DeAR2 program; move all these files in the respective folders of your add-on vehicle in making; convert the .tex files in .tga by using TEX to TGA Converter program; delete the .tex files and rename all these files changing the basename part with the one of your car; edit the .tga textures with your photo editing program; edit the .pkg file with the MM2 City Toolkit program's File Browser tool changing the basename part of all the textures files names written (takes a while); provide for a dashboard camera file and edit the position values in it to fit your vehicle, it can be taken from the many add-on cars available; make the .ar file and check in-game.
Successive things that can be done are: night version of the dashboard through the "_ni" suffix copies of the textures; a tweaking of the needles rotation and dashboard height by using the MM2 Dashboard Placer program.
More info about dashboards making in this tutorial.

[KingAndy]

Thanks for your help