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This tutorial assumes you already know how to >access and use modded versions of the LEGO Racers game files and have downloaded WillKirkby's >LR1 Binary File Editor. As the title suggests, it is possible to mirror or unmirror any of the game's existing tracks, even the Test track. Here's how to do that. Note: All line numbers refer are based on a clean, unmodded file. Load the Binary File Editor and open MENUDATALEGORACE.RCB Press Ctrl + F and search for the keyword "k_2C" (be sure to remove the quotes!). You should end up at line 223. This is the first instance of a mirrored track (Imperial Grand Prix), as shown in the following structure. "igp2" { k_2B // Name Index (/MENUDATA/<lang>/CIRCUIT.SRF) 5 k_29 // Folder (/GAMEDATA/<this>/) "racec0r1" k_2A // Circuit ID "c3" k_28 // Position in circuit 3 k_2C // Mirrored k_2D // Theme string "pirate1" k_2E // Mascot character "GB" } As can been seen from the comments the tool adds, the keyword k_2C controls whether or not a track should be mirrored. Since mirroring occurs dynamically (as previously discovered), we can add or remove this keyword to any track (even the Test track). This permits mods such as switching up the order mirrored tracks occur, instead of a racing all six normally then all six again in mirrored mode (just as in a clean, unmodded installation). For this tutorial, we are going to set the Test track to be mirrored and remove the mirroring on the second instance of Imperial Grand Prix (IGP). Because we are already looking at the mirrored IGP structure, we will start here. Select line 223 in its entirety (including the comment) and either cut or delete it. The structure should look as follows. "igp2" { k_2B // Name Index (/MENUDATA/<lang>/CIRCUIT.SRF) 5 k_29 // Folder (/GAMEDATA/<this>/) "racec0r1" k_2A // Circuit ID "c3" k_28 // Position in circuit 3 k_2D // Theme string "pirate1" k_2E // Mascot character "GB" } Skip down to line 446. Here, you will find the Test track structure. k_27 // Track "test" { k_2B // Name Index (/MENUDATA/<lang>/CIRCUIT.SRF) 16 k_29 // Folder (/GAMEDATA/<this>/) "test" } With your cursor at the end of line 446 ("test"), press the Enter or Return >key and type k_2C. Do not surround this in quotation marks! Type it exactly as shown. The structure should now look as so (comment added for clarity). k_27 // Track "test" { k_2B // Name Index (/MENUDATA/<lang>/CIRCUIT.SRF) 16 k_29 // Folder (/GAMEDATA/<this>/) "test" k_2C // Mirrored } Save the file and load LEGO Racers. If your edits went well, the Test track should now be mirrored and the normally mirrored version of Imperial Grand Prix should no longer be mirrored! Demonstration video coming soon!

This tutorial assumes you already know how to >access and use modded versions of the LEGO Racers game files and have downloaded WillKirkby's >LR1 Binary File Editor. As the title suggests, it is possible to use any of the game's existing tracks as the Test track. Here's how to do that. Note: All line numbers refer are based on a clean, unmodded file. Load the Binary File Editor and open MENUDATALEGORACE.RCB Scroll all the way to the bottom of the file or press Ctrl + F and search for the word "test" (with or without quotes, both will work). You should end up at line 426. The Test track's location and strings are located in this small structure. k_27 // Track "test" { k_2B // Name Index (/MENUDATA/<lang>/CIRCUIT.SRF) 16 k_29 // Folder (/GAMEDATA/<this>/) "test" } As can been seen from the comments the tool adds, the string "test" (line 447) below the k_29 keyword (line 446) controls from what folder the Test track files should be loaded from. If we were to take a quick peek at the GAMEDATA folder, we would find there is a folder that has the same name. To use any of the available tracks as the Test track, we simply need to change the string to be the same as any of the track folder names. If wanted to practice on Rocket Racer Run for example, the same code would now read as so: k_27 // Track "test" { k_2B // Name Index (/MENUDATA/<lang>/CIRCUIT.SRF) 16 k_29 // Folder (/GAMEDATA/<this>/) "racec3r0" } You can also enter "RACEC3R0" (matching the case of the folder). I have tested both and either work. It comes down to personal preference, but I lowercased the name for consistency with the rest of the file. Be sure the folder name is surrounded in a single pair of double quotation marks! Single quotation marks will crash the Binary Editor, multiple pairs will not work at all, and omitting them all together will halt LEGO Racers with an error message. Save the file and load the game. If your edit went well, you should now be able to practice on your favorite "Test" track! Demonstration video coming soon!

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