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Hi all,

I think I found a way to fix the M O T H E R F * C K I N G crash that many users have experienced since 2006 when playing this game on laptops with onboard graphic cards [like Intel GPUs]

>>>> NOTE: the following workaround was discovered today 1st of september 2018 around 2AM by me EL NEGRO ANTONIO [a.k.a The Black Anthony] after years and years of hard work and testing.. so if this sh*t works for you too, be polite and at least say thanks, comprende amig@? <<<<



OK, so these are the steps you should follow in order to enable the fix in your computer. In case you need help, reply to this post, ok?

STEPS:

[1] Get the awesome MULTI-EX COMMANDER game modding tool at: http://multiex.xentax.com/
                                                                                                                   ... and donate if you consider MultiEX useful, ok?...

[2] In order to learn how to open\unpack\repack .PAK files, you should watch this video by one of the best modders this game ever had > FALLGUY 104: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fU3HpptJjo
                                                                                                 ... and sub to his channel if you consider his help useful, ok?...

[3] Now that you know how to open, unpack (extract) and repack .PAK files, go to "C:\<GAME ROOT FOLDER>\MX vs. ATV Unleashed\data" and choose whatever race track you like [eg, the first motocross track named LAGO a.k.a. Nat05.pak] and extract all of its files to a folder in your desktop.
Tip: make a backup copy of the Nat05.PAK file in case something goes wrong

[4] Navigate to your desktop-> locate the folder that contains the newly extracted files -> find the only file with .TOY extension in the folder [eg, C:\Users\<YOUR USERNAME>\Desktop\<FOLDER WITH EXTRACTED FILES>\Data\Env\Nat05\Nat05.TOY].
Tip: use the search bar to find such file

[5] Open the .TOY file -> find this line: NumberOfSunFlares=1 and replace 1 with 0.

[6] Now find this other line: FlareAlpha= and replace whatever number you see after the = with 50.

[7] Now watch again the above video and repack all the files you unpacked in Step 3.

[8] Now paste your new Nat05.PAK file in "C:\<GAME ROOT FOLDER>\MX vs. ATV Unleashed\data" and replace the old Nat05.PAK

[9] Now run the game to see if this workaround works


Regards,
EL NEGRO ANTONIO QUE COME KONIOS

Hello pokeboy97, I appreciate the work you've gone into in trying to correct the crash that occurs to laptop users (I assume it's the integrated graphics issue). I did my best to follow your written instructions, and watched the video by Fallguy, but I'm afraid that's where I got quite lost. There's a program mentioned in the video that he doesn't explain how to get, and the overall instructions are a bit too complicated for me I'm afraid.

If the fix is as simple as unpacking and repacking the .Pak files, wouldn't it be simpler and save everybody's time if yourself or someone else could just upload their repacked .Pak files onto Dropbox or something similar, so that less technical minded gamers such as myself can just download them and simply paste them into the game directory? Surely that would be a simpler solution.

Just trying to get this great old game to run again. Kind regards.

I found a much simpler way to edit the files using this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVD2PVLjCr4. He uses a hex editor called XVI32 and it isn't hard to use at all its just time consuming since there are so many tracks. As the first reply suggested though I've uploaded them to MediaFire so anyone else stumbling across here doesn't have to bother. I didn't double check though so if any of the tracks are still broken you can follow the video I linked to fix the specific one(s).

Here are the files  : https://www.mediafire.com/file/1mbc4bbt3c9izn8/MX_Vs_ATV_Unleashed_Patched_Tracks.zip/file