About

This project provides data extraction utilities for the following Need for Speed 4 HS asset files:

• tracks
• cars

Additionally, Blender addon is provided to directly import track and car data.

Recommended setup

1. Download the latest ZIP file from Releases.
2. Open Blender.
3. Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Get Extensions.
4. Click v in the top right corner of the window.
5. Click Install from Disk....
6. Select the downloaded ZIP file.
7. Activate the addon in the Add-ons panel.

Old setup instructions

Warning: Use instructions from this section only if you have problems with the recommended setup.

1. Create new empty Blender project

2. Open the Scripting tab

3. Copy-paste the following two commands into the Blender console:

   import sys, subprocess
   subprocess.call([sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "install", "speedtools"])
   

   This command will install the speedtools package to your Blender Python installation.

   Note: Python installation that comes with Blender is completely separate from the global Python installation on your system. For this reason, it is necessary to use the Blender scripting console to install the package correctly.

4. Copy and paste the content of this file to the Blender scripting window.

5. Click the ▶ button.

6. You should see Track resources and Car resources under File > Import.

Setup (command line version)

Install the package from PyPI:

pip install speedtools

Currently, the command line version does not provide any useful functionality.

Development dependencies

This setup is needed only if you plan to modify the add-on.

To develop the project the following dependencies must be installed on your system:

• Kaitai Struct compiler

Make sure the binary directories are in your PATH.

Re-make project

This tool is a part of the re-make project. The project source code is available here.