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fo0k

28 Feb : 21:44

Cool to hear, Donnie. I notice it’s down atm. How was it?

DonnieBrasco

10 Feb : 22:50

btw the TDU World server is public since the last weekend. I already did a small testrun.

Asg16_4

06 Jan : 05:42

Here is a rough preview. It's not even a months worth of progress. [Clickety Click]

I have a rough understanding of 3D concepts due to school and OG help from Nobby on teaching me basic concepts back in the day. I'm learning something new every time I work on the mod

Asg16_4

06 Jan : 05:29

I'm a beta tester as well. In addition to beta testing I'm making my first car mod. An Acura Integra Type R with a JDM front end conversion (what I drive in irl haha)

fo0k

14 Dec : 23:29

Would love to hear some news on it. I saw that it had moved to turbo duck but couldn't really find info.. Its alive?
Any info would be interesting, Audrey thanks!

Audrey8

11 Dec : 18:31

Anybody on this site involved with the TDU2 World Beta? I will be testing so let me know if you guys have questions about features returning!

chance420

08 Jul : 06:26

Yooo it’s been a phat minute. Hope y’all are doin good. Saw that test drive is makin a comeback which is so dope. Cant wait to see what they come up with

Nobby76

06 Jul : 17:41

Cool

fo0k

06 Jul : 17:16

Audrey8

05 Jul : 20:54

New game being announced on July 7th! Exciting times. Finally a return to the series!

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Nobby76

Fri Jul 13 2012, 02:06PM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 01:06PM
Posts: 1890

I couldn't for the life of me see a link for the paint shop unlocker anywhere on here, so ill post it here in the tools section..

Simply extract to your main game folder.
Run the paintshop unlocker, it will say something about " first time run" and create a patched EXE file. It will then ask you if you want to run the game or quit, choose Quit. you wont need to use the patcher again...
Replace your existing EXE with the patched EXE ( rename it to Testdrive2.exe.. remember to backup the original first )
Then just run the game with universal launcher and all paint shops will be accessible to all cars and bikes.
The game must be ran in OFFLINE mode, then when you are finished painting your car, swap the exe's back and you can go online with your newly painted/stickered car. if you do not, TDU will say it cannot find any game servers and return you back to the start screen.

paintshop unlocker All credits go to Tomsolo

Have fun.

Nobby76

Tue Aug 28 2012, 01:41AM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 01:06PM

For those that still can't seem to use the paintshop unlocker properly. Heres a video showing exactly what to do..

p51

Tue Aug 28 2012, 08:46PM

Registered Member #8
Joined: Sun Jun 26 2011, 12:46AM

what if we download the unlock sticker shop, and the exe itself is dated at "11/13/2011"

EDIT it works now, had to replace some files

Nobby76

Tue Aug 28 2012, 11:34PM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 01:06PM

p51 wrote ...

what if we download the unlock sticker shop, and the exe itself is dated at "11/13/2011"

What difference does it matter what date it says? its the thing you was told to use, so just follow the instructions that were given to you.

p51

Wed Aug 29 2012, 12:29AM

Registered Member #8
Joined: Sun Jun 26 2011, 12:46AM

i got it to work... forgot to copy the Mod stuff back into it, along with the folder...

thanks for posting the vid, Nobby. It's helpful.

Audrey8

Thu Nov 22 2012, 02:14AM

Registered Member #756
Joined: Mon Oct 29 2012, 07:03AM

Well, I guess the version is a bit outdated now, Atari has somehow blocked it, in the menu it says "TDU2 servers are unavailable" But when I started the game with the regular .exe I logged in just fine...

Nobby76

Thu Nov 22 2012, 03:58PM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 01:06PM

Nope its not outdated, no atari hasnt blocked it either

That would require a new update, which hasn't happened. Some people can still go online with the unlocker, some can't (some people cannot load Texmod in online mode either, it gives the same error) . I can.... so thats how i know it still works, in fact the video in the first post shows me loading in online mode and you even see Fo0k's ( head admin of this site ) name pop up near the end. But if you cannot then do it the simple way, use universal launcher (you should be anyway) and set it to offline. Then when you have finished stickering the car, switch your exe back to the original and go online again.. I suggest once you have made the patched exe you keep a copy of both the locked and unlocked exe's that way when you need it again, its just a case of renaming both exe's and running in offline mode

If you are doing anything you are not supposed to be doing, including (but not limited to) stickering cars/bike, changing the upgrade levels, car swaps, money hacks or any other kind of modding what so ever, you should always be doing it OFFline anyway as to avoid any detection by the atari servers. When i did that video i wasn't really paying attention and forgot to switch it to offline, normally i would for any modding.

But yeah, the unlocker still works fine on some computers in online mode, if your not one of those people, you will have to do your stickering offline, then go online when you finish (same for any modding you do)

Hope that helps.. Nobby

AgentP

Thu Nov 22 2012, 09:40PM

Registered Member #750
Joined: Thu Oct 25 2012, 12:20AM

Since last week I have the same issue, Servers are unavailable when I run TDU2 on the patched exe. So I#m 'forced by Atari to work the way Nobby described here (constantly swapping the .exe files)... Nothing to really worry about

Audrey8

Mon Dec 03 2012, 02:49AM

Registered Member #756
Joined: Mon Oct 29 2012, 07:03AM

Thanks Nobby

ultimateM

Tue Jan 22 2013, 12:52PM

Registered Member #950
Joined: Fri Jan 04 2013, 08:36PM

Got one that unlocks sticker shops? If so that would be great.

Nobby76

Tue Jan 22 2013, 03:58PM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 01:06PM

THIS is the one that unlocks sticker shops. Paintshops and sticker shops are the same places, you do both painting and stickering from the same place (at the same time)

Look at this image ( click to see bigger) It shows what each icon does, you can see that Paint and stickers are the first and second icons. When you use the unlocker BOTH of those icons will be available for all vehicles ( both cars AND bikes)

Also this is now the 3rd time you have asked about this. You posted here, in the chatbox and you PM'ed me asking almost exactly the same thing each time.
ONCE is enough to get our attention, make your post and wait, if you don't get an answer within a few hours, then please dont go bumping or reposting, sometimes we don't see posts until we get home from work. So a delay is usually expected. But someone will eventually see it and answer if they can help.

Nobby76

Tue Jan 22 2013, 07:08PM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 01:06PM

Heres a pic Showing the GTR in the paintshop with me waving a sticker over it

Just to show that it does actually work as intended

Asg16_4

Tue Jan 22 2013, 07:11PM

Registered Member #856
Joined: Mon Dec 03 2012, 07:25PM

oh now i know what it does damn thats so cool

Nobby76

Tue Jan 22 2013, 07:17PM

Joined: Mon Oct 24 2011, 01:06PM

As the name suggests.... it unlocks the paintshop (to all cars and bikes) although they are few and far between we do actually have a few pre-made bike skins, mainly for the harley.

Asg16_4

Tue Jan 22 2013, 07:21PM

Registered Member #856
Joined: Mon Dec 03 2012, 07:25PM

Omg i wish i could get this so bad but i can't

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