That's an issue with a pirated copy of the game that is very broken and (for some reason) very common. I can't really help you any more than just telling you to buy the game on eBay or Amazon.

this is one of the best mods ive played in any game ever, amazing work

No file called h_jbox_m.p3d exists in the vanilla game, and this mod shouldn't try and access it at any point. To me, that sounds like an issue either with another mod you have enabled, or your game install. You can try disabling any other mods you have or running the Install Verifier to make sure if your game install is fine.

Retexture give me road rage vibez, last screenshot has wrong link btw

Went ahead and fixed that a whole day later. Apologies about that! Not sure how I initially overlooked it while previewing the thread, but I assure you it isn't too much to look at. Probably a poor screenshot choice since the house still needs to be finished up, but pretty much all of Level 1 is in the bag.

The reason it probably gives you Road Rage vibes is due to several of the textures originating from the Road Rage E3 prototype, prior to art style direction shift. I wanted a more cartoony vibe for the first Level and initially started out using textures from Taz: Wanted as a base, but it looked extremely poopy and smelly so it was junked almost immediately. Tappie ended up suggesting a much better reference point that I fell in love with instantly, so I began crafting textures that matched the prototype's style. Really glad to see so many people like how this Level is turning out!

The mod also has some small nice quality of life features I neglected to mention in the original post that were achieved using Additional Script Functionality:


Checkpoints are now a thing in every main story mission and Bonus Mission, complete with some .pag modifications to indicate when you've reached one! Nifty. Don't expect them to pull you out of a jam in a Street Race Challenge though. Those are short enough that you can do without them. You can probably use these checkpoints and some clever resetting to clear missions a wee bit quicker, but who's timing you?...Oh. That's right. The game.


Payouts for every mission! Story Missions now pay out 200 Coins for completing them, with 150 for the Street Races and Bonus Missions. If you find yourself low on funds to buy a new ride later down the line, and exploring the Level doesn't interest you, you can return to missions to grind out some coins. Go ahead and replay the missions you liked with your own self-imposed challenges, such as using the Terrible Truck to complete them. Every mission in Level 1 has been tested to be beatable with it, but best of luck. A truck with the stats of the Monorail will test your driving skills.

Prices will likely start out pretty fair and will only really require that you beat all the Story Missions in that Level to afford everything, but later on you're going to have to do some exploring and try out the other missions in order to get more coins. If that doesn't float your boat though or you get caught up in one too many Hit & Runs, you can always go back to these guys. No more Wager Race grinding. Huzzah!

Here's the questions we missed in today's status update:

Will there ever be a way to add more enemy types? The wasp cameras are iconic but more variety would really spice up the mods.

There's no plans for this currently, but it would be pretty cool!

Do you have any plans on improving DT discord server? 82 unused emoji slots feels like a waste and currently that server is mainly used for #modding-help

Yes! I actually meant to include in the status update that if anyone wants to submit any emojis, you can send it over and we might approve it!

Do you have any plans on filling DTdocs TODO's? Feels weird that there's so much documentation for an unreleased model builder, but almost all pages for 18-year old vanilla SHAR script commands are empty. Maybe you could implement community-driven wiki that allows certain members to contribute to it?

We're still working out the details, but we do have plans to open a git repository that other people can submit pull requests for.

What plans do you have for DT forums system? Will we finally be able to see a full list of every single "content system" mod (maybe sorted by playtime, release date, upvotes etc.) Any plans to deal with very old threads being bumped? (I think I suggested a "bump this thread?" checkbox some time ago)

The Content System is being moved to a new part of the site. I've teased some of this in the #website-feedback channel of Discord. And we have some plans in the works for bumped topics including if a topic is bumped for no reason, a moderator will be able to unbump it and also not allowing bumps from certain users until their reply is approved.

Have you ever gotten a fish bone lodged in your throat?

Can't say I have. I really aspire to though.

Related to the DMs system, will we be able to add other users as friends & block certain users from communicating to us?

Not at first, but that is in the pipeline!

Will there ever be a thing such as "a mod creator program", similar to the Discord group rank, but having an icon on the profile?

Stay tuned, the April status update will probably give you this information... :)

Lastly, regarding badges, are there plans for having user badges in the future?

Yes. Badges are actually being moved into the new Projects system and users will be able to upload their badges for a player fulfilling certain requirements.

Update!

Just another small bugfix update.

Changelog

• Fixed a missing piece of intersect collision in L3R5.
• Updated the Skybox model to be much less of a mess internally (this was mostly for my own sanity as it was incredibly hacky beforehand).

Enjoy!

@RubbishBinMan it says on the mission briefing screen whether or not a mission has a medal.

Update!

Wow, it's been nearly a year since the last update for this mod. That feels really weird, though I suppose 2020 kind of all blended together after a while. Anyway, there's a loooot of stuff in the changelog this time. That might partly be because I actually took notes of everything I actually changed rather than relying on memory (though I probably still forgot to add something) but there's still a ton of fixes and improvements to check out.

Changelog:

• General
  
  • Updated the mod's icon.
  • Various improvements to the mod's CustomText.
  • Added a setting to change which stage Duff Defenders begins on.
  • Made Level 2 accessible from the mission select.
  • Added checkpoints to most missions.
  • Made the fonts used on the title screen consistent with the ones used in-game.
  • Added a poster on the floor of the title screen, so that the 'View Movies' option doesn't pan onto a blank carpet.
  • Added a message to the 'View Movies' screen (since it doesn't work as intended).
  • Updated the Scrapbook to account for Level 2 being unlocked.
  • Added a message to the 'Game Stats' page of the Scrapbook (since it doesn't work as intended).
  • Added anti-piracy.
  • Improved the radar sprites.
  • Increased the resolution of the Hit & Run ticket sprite.
  • Fixed medals in Level 2 using the vanilla descriptions instead of the custom ones.
  • Fixed some texture mapping issues on the NPC Police Car/Louie's Sedan
  • Fixed a texture mapping issue on the wheel of Fat Tony's limo.
  • Fixed a collector card sprite that wasn't changed to a medal.
  • Updated the Chief Wiggum P.I. costume to be more detailed.
  • Made Louie's model no longer clip through the roof of his car.
  • Added a single line of dialog for Wiggum at the request of @Borb
• L1M0
  
  • Set the Max Traffic to 0 for the investigation stages.
• L1M2
  
  • Removed a pointless timer stage when reading the note.
  • Added a death trigger and an animated camera to the "stealth" segment.
• L1M3
  
  • Quimby's model now has blinking animations and is no longer hollow.
  • Increased the video quality of the Town Hall cutscene quite significantly.
• L1M4
  
  • Added additional dialogue for chasing Snake.
• L1M5
  
  • Adjusted the position of the trigger for the first Snake chase.
  • Added some new stages to the end of the mission to better show how Wiggum ends up crashing.
• L1M6
  
  • Increased the timer after being warped into the conversation with Homer to hopefully fix the bug where his character model doesn't show up sometimes.
• L2M1
  
  • Moved the Power Coupling models to the TERRA file to fix a game crash if you leave and re-enter the region during that stage. (this bug also affects Blind Big Brother in the vanilla game)
    
    • Unfortunately this didn't fix a game crash you get when resetting the mission if a coupling is only half destroyed. So watch out for that one, I suppose.
• L2M2
  
  • Remodelled the ship interior from scratch.
  • Made it so that Legs and Louie don't chase the player during the 'Follow Fat Tony' stages.
  • Updated the vehicle CON files so that each vehicle uses the correct shadow sizes.
  • Made the music switch to the 'drama' variation on the final stage of the fight.
  • Fixed a bug where a FadeOut was mistakenly placed on the same stage as the credits are activated, which caused...weird behaviour.
• L1BM1
  
  • Moved the position of one of Krusty's waypoints to make his AI slightly less...reckless.
  • Rotated the placard collectible model 180 degrees so that it actually faces the right way.
  • Made the mission use 3 different placard models as opposed to 1 with a random texture.
• L1SR1
  
  • Fixed an assert message appearing upon loading the mission if you had the -testing Mod Launcher command enabled.
  • Increased the steering on Otto's School Bus so that it doesn't get stuck in a corner as frequently.
  • Improved the model for the bullies' car.

Enjoy!