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 The Stand-Alone Car Designer is a place to come and play with the car body design system. You might want to do this because you enjoy it, or you might want to test out your new 3d models. Or maybe you want to make some premade designs, so you don't have to make them while playing. Whatever your reason, you have access to every piece of artwork in the game from this room.
-This page mainly covers the Stand-Alone designer's GUI. Use the [[GameManual:HowTo_Vehicle_Body_Design|Vehicle Body Designer]] page to learn how to design vehicle bodies in the Stand Alone or Research and Development designer.
+This page mainly covers the Stand-Alone designer's GUI. Use the [[gamemanual:gui_rnd#vehicle_body_designer|Vehicle Body Designer]] section of the [[gamemanual:gui_rnd|RnD]] page to learn how to design vehicle bodies in the Stand Alone or Research and Development designer.
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+==== Top Bar ====
+At the top of the screen is the Help Menu. See the [[gamemanual:gui_top_bottom_menus#stand_alone_car_designer|Top Bar]] and the [[gamemanual:gui_help_menu|Help Menu]] pages for more information.
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 ==== Design Menu ====
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 Body Designer, Tires and Body Parts, and Paint are covered in the [[GameManual:HowTo_Vehicle_Body_Design|Vehicle Body Designer]]
-  - Save
+  - The Save button opens the save window. You will use this if you want to use the body design in the future. The game will save a .car file to the SavedCars folder. You can use these files in the game when designing vehicles, or in the Stand Alone designer.
-  - Load
+  - Use the Load button to load a previously saved .car file. This button will open the Load Design menu.
-  - Design Menu
+  - The Design Menu will return you to the Base Vehicle Design selection menu.
-  - Return to Main Menu
+  - Return to Main Menu will exit the Stand Alone Designer and return you to the Main Menu.
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 ==== Saving Design ====
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+{{ :gamemanual:standalone_savecarwindow.png?direct&200|}} If you want to use your design in the future, you'll need to save it. When you clicked Save from the Body Designer Menu, it opens this window. To use the design in the future, set a unique name for the design in the text box (#1). And then click the "Save" button (#2).
+The game will save the design as a .car file in the GearCity/SavedCars folder. After that point, you can load the design any time from the Stand Alone Designer. The design will also appear in the Research and Development, Load Design system if the base model is available for the year and vehicle type you are designing.
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 ==== Loading Design ====
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+{{ :gamemanual:standalone_loadcarmenu.png?direct&200|}} When you want to load a saved design, you'll need to use the Loading Menu. In the Stand Alone Designer, the game will load every .car file in the SavedCars folder into the list (#1). Selecting a file from the list will load it into the designer.
+To use the selected design with the Vehicle Body Designer, click the "Load" button (#2). If you want to delete the .car file, click the "Delete" button. Please note, you can not undo this. Finally, if you decided you don't want to load any design, click the "Return/Close" button (#4).
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