Release 2025_01_22

• Added config INI in release ZIP
• Added options in INI for reflection resolution and update rate control

Release 2024-11-02 (a)

Initial release for GitHub

What does mc2hook do exactly?

• Up to 200 extra vehicles can now be added
• Fixes missing N/R gear in manual transmission
• Automatic loading of all .DAT files in the game folder (for mods)
• Keyboard steering smoothing (command line paramater -smoothsteer)
• Fixes a crash on exit
• Built in OpenSpy support (you can play online without any other 3rd party software, no port forward required)
• Debug console enable-able in the config file
• Removes forced arguments so you can setup your own
• Adds arguments for borderless window, and for disabling joystick support (-borderless, -nojoy)
• Improved error handing with a pop up message box which can help in diagnosing crashes

A couple important notes:

• mc2hook by default runs the game in multi .dat packed mode, you can return to unpacked mode with the -unpacked command line
• you can return to the default single .dat with the arguments -path .\ -archive assets_p.dat
• Custom vehicles don't have any carpal data yet, they simply show up as if their carpal entries were 1 2 3 4
• Custom vehicles are not supported in multiplayer yet
• The career menu is rather crashy when custom vehicles are selected, you have been warned.
• There's no easy way to use existing vehicle replacements without still using an unpacked game, I hope at some point they get converted into addon vehicles so people can run packed and manage mods with .DAT files
• .DAT load order is determined by name, !mymod.dat will be loaded on top of mymod.ar for example

Requirements

• Windows 7 or above
• Up to date MSVC redistributables

How do I install this?
Simply put the archive contents into your Midnight Club 2 game folder