ReVolt stiff distant hood camera

patch_camera.py

import re
import os
import glob

CAMDATA = """
;====================
; Custom Camera
;====================

CAMATTACHED {
HoodOffset   	0.000000 -130.000000 -450.000000
HoodLook     	0.010000
RearOffset   	0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
RearLook     	0.000000
UseDefault   	false
}

"""

# Before you run the script, backup original car data to `cars_backup` dir.
os.system("cp -r -T cars_backup cars")

pattern = re.compile("^([^{]*{.*}[^}]*)(}[^}]*)$", re.DOTALL)

for path in glob.glob("cars/*/parameters.txt"):
    print(f"Patching {path}...")
    with open(path, 'rb') as f:
        # Some files use non-unicode characters in comments.
        data = f.read().decode('utf8', errors='ignore')
    count = 0

    def repl(m):
        global count
        count += 1
        return m.group(1) + CAMDATA + m.group(2)

    data = re.sub(pattern, repl, data)

    if count != 1:
        raise RuntimeError(f"More than 1 match in file {path}")

    with open(path, 'w') as f2:
        f2.write(data)