Sometimes a season has got more than 17 races, especially 2005 and
those since 2009.
GP4 can only handle 17 tracks at the most, but in a CSM mod it is
possible to provide a selection for all tracks and group them into
tracklists.
We will now learn how to create gpaedia with GPaediaMaker (version 1.07
or higher needed) for such a mod.
The F1 2013 CSM mod by kedy89
will be our example.
As in the previous tutorial part we will examine the mods structure
first.
The globalvars.ini file shows how special features like track selection
and/or driver replace are implemented and which variable to use for
this.
There isn't much to tell about the performance files team and driver
data as they completely stick to the real order and the number of teams
is 11 - the GP4 standard. Only one driver exchange occurred, Heikki
Kovalainen (Lotus) replaced Kimi Räikkonen in races 18 and 19.
Track selection is controlled by the globalvars.ini variables
%trackname% and %tracklist%.
2013mod kedy89
tracks and tracklists
[trackname] Allowchange =1 Name =Grand Prix of ... Name Icon =Files\Icons\gp2.ico VarCount =19 Var1 =Melbourne Var2 =Sepang Var3 =Shanghai Var4 =Sakhir Var5 =Barcelona Var6 =Monaco Var7 =Montreal Var8 =Silverstone Var9 =Nürburgring Var10 =Hungaroring Var11 =Spa Var12 =Monza Var13 =Singapore Var14 =Yeongam Var15 =Suzuka Var16 =Buddh Var17 =YasMarina Var18 =Austin Var19 =Interlagos VarName1 =Australia - Albert Park Circuit VarName2 =Malaysia - Sepang International Circuit VarName3 =China - Shanghai International Circuit VarName4 =Bahrain - Bahrain International Circuit VarName5 =Spain - Circuit de Catalunya VarName6 =Monaco - Circuit de Monaco VarName7 =Canada - Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve VarName8 =Great Britain - Silverstone Circuit VarName9 =Germany - Nürburgring VarName10 =Hungary - Hungaroring VarName11 =Belgium - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps VarName12 =Italy - Autodromo Nazionale Monza VarName13 =Singapore - Marina Bay Street Circuit VarName14 =Korea - Korean International Circuit VarName15 =Japan - Suzuka International Racing Course VarName16 =India - Buddh International Circuit VarName17 =Abu Dhabi - Yas Marina Circuit VarName18 =USA - Circuit of The Americas VarName19 =Brazil - Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace ... Modify =tracknum,tracklist,racenum,driver07,compounds,physics,gptracknum,tweakpos5,tweakpos6,tweakpos9,tweakpos10,tweakpos19,tweakpos20 ;driverXX,teamnameadrivera,teamnameadriverb,teamnamebdrivera,teamnamebdriverb [tracklist] AllowChange =0 Name =Tracklist VarCount =19 Var1 =2013a Var2 =2013a Var3 =2013a Var4 =2013a Var5 =2013a Var6 =2013a Var7 =2013a Var8 =2013a Var9 =2013a Var10 =2013a Var11 =2013a Var12 =2013a Var13 =2013a Var14 =2013a Var15 =2013a Var16 =2013a Var17 =2013a Var18 =2013b Var19 =2013bAs you can see, in this mod the track order is the same as in the real season. Of course you could also choose another order and put your favourite tracks into tracklist 2013a.
[gptracknum] AllowChange =0 Name =Track Number (Gpaedia) VarCount =19 Var18 =1 Var19 =1
We will now create the driver-, team- and track-tables with the seasons
data.
At this point we need not yet care about the track selection, but will
input all necessary data at once.
The team.csv gets 11 columns, the driver.csv 22 + 1 replacing driver =
23 columns, the track.csv 19 columns.
Examples: drivertable,
tracktable
Together with the 3 CSV data files we also need 3 CSV format files that
are necessary, because we use a track file format slightly different
from standard, i.e. rows 5 (City) and 6 are added, while driver and
team format are standard.
We put all CSV files into "2013mod_kedy89", a subfolder of the exe
files folder.
As subfolders of "2013mod_kedy89" we create the folders "GPaedia",
"ini" and "Menu".
Now we generate the ini files that control the output and put them into
the "ini" folder.
We will create four ini files, two for the GPaedia and two for the Menu
(one for each of the two tracklists 2013a and 2013b).
The ini file for the 2013a gpaedia creates 5 gps files
GP2013_english.gps, ..., GP2013_italiano.gps in the folder
GPaedia\2013a:
;--- gpaedia_2013_ff_mod_kedy89_a.ini --- ;--- GP4 GPaedia Maker configuration file --- ; language variables (0 to 4): ; %ln% ==> en, de, es, fr, it ; %language% ==> English, Deutsch, español, Français, italiano ; gps: language files to create ; create: yes=1, no=0 (optional, default is 1,0,0,0,0) gps = 1,1,1,1,1 ; define season variable %season% season=2013 ; input path for constant txt files in_path = %program_path%\data\ ; input path for edited csv and txt files var_path = %program_path%\%season%mod_kedy89 ; output path for created gps files out_path = %program_path%\%season%mod_kedy89\GPaedia\2013a_ ; gps file names (normal) ln_gps = GP%season%_%language%.gps ; gps file names trackspecific track_gps = GP%season%_%language%-%tracknum%.gps ;track_gps = GP%season%_%language%-%trackname%.gps ; Process cornerdata 1=yes, 0=no (default: 1) ;corner_data = 0 ; English teamlink names as capitals ;teamlink_caps = 1 ; Use user defined format files (default = 0) user_format = 1 ; driver 9/10 switch for gp4 with 9.6 patch sw_driver 9=10 sw_driver 10=9The ini file for the 2013b gpaedia creates 5 trackspecific gps files GP2013_english-1.gps, ..., GP2013_italiano-1.gps in the folder GPaedia\2013b:
;--- gpaedia_2013_ff_mod_kedy89_b.ini --- ... ; output path for created gps files out_path = %program_path%\%season%mod_kedy89\GPaedia\2013b ; gps file names (normal) ;ln_gps = GP%season%_%language%.gps ; gps file names trackspecific track_gps = GP%season%_%language%-%tracknum%.gps ... > ; track switches (20=none) sw_track 1=18 sw_track 2=19 sw_track 3to17=20 ; first track of driver tables replace lines (default = 1); only used with a second tracklist track_1=18The menu ini files create 5 str files each in the folder Menu\2013a resp. Menu\2013b:
;--- gpaedia_2013_ff_mod_kedy89_menu_a.ini --- ;--- GP4 GPaedia Maker configuration file --- ; language variables (0 to 4): ; %ln% ==> en, de, es, fr, it ; %language% ==> English, Deutsch, español, Français, italiano ; gps: language files to create ; create: yes=1, no=0 (optional, default is 1,0,0,0,0) gps = 1,1,1,1,1 ; define season variable %season% season=2013 ; input path for constant txt files in_path = %program_path%\data\ ; input path for edited csv and txt files var_path = %program_path%\%season%mod_kedy89\ ; output path for created gps files out_path = %program_path%\%season%mod_kedy89\Menu\2013a ; Use user defined format files (default = 0) user_format = 1 ; Generate str menu files (default: 0, no menu files created) ; 1: make str files with gp names from track.csv ; 2: like 1, but gp name of track 1 is always "Albert Park"; compatible with CSM using TSM make_str = 2Note: As the Australian GP is the first race normally make_str=1 would be the choice here, but the circuit name in the track table is given as "Melbourne" instead of "Albert Park".
;--- gpaedia_2013_ff_mod_kedy89_menu_b.ini --- ... ; output path for created gps files out_path = %program_path%\%season%mod_kedy89\Menu\2013b ... ; Generate str menu files (default: 0, no menu files created) ; 1: make str files with gp names from track.csv ; 2: like 1, but gp name of track 1 is always "Albert Park"; compatible with CSM using TSM make_str = 2 ; track switches (20=none) sw_track 1=18 sw_track 2=19 sw_track 3to17=20To run all four ini files at one stroke, we use a batch file (put into the exe path):
REM --- gpaedia_2013mod_kedy89 batch --- txt2gps_ff.exe 2013mod_kedy89\ini\gpaedia_2013_ff_mod_kedy89_a.ini txt2gps_ff.exe 2013mod_kedy89\ini\gpaedia_2013_ff_mod_kedy89_b.ini txt2gps_ff.exe 2013mod_kedy89\ini\gpaedia_2013_ff_mod_kedy89_menu_a.ini txt2gps_ff.exe 2013mod_kedy89\ini\gpaedia_2013_ff_mod_kedy89_menu_b.ini
[Swapfiles] ... File4 =GPaedia\%tracklist%\GP2013_English.gps,MenuData\PC\GP2001\GP2001_English.gps File5 =GPaedia\%tracklist%\GP2013_Deutsch.gps,MenuData\PC\GP2001\GP2001_Deutsch.gps File6 =GPaedia\%tracklist%\GP2013_español.gps,MenuData\PC\GP2001\GP2001_español.gps File7 =GPaedia\%tracklist%\GP2013_Français.gps,MenuData\PC\GP2001\GP2001_Français.gps File8 =GPaedia\%tracklist%\GP2013_italiano.gps,MenuData\PC\GP2001\GP2001_italiano.gps File9 =GPaedia\%tracklist%\GP2013_English-%gptracknum%.gps,MenuData\PC\GP2001\GP2001_English.gps File10 =GPaedia\%tracklist%\GP2013_Deutsch-%gptracknum%.gps,MenuData\PC\GP2001\GP2001_Deutsch.gps File11 =GPaedia\%tracklist%\GP2013_español-%gptracknum%.gps,MenuData\PC\GP2001\GP2001_español.gps File12 =GPaedia\%tracklist%\GP2013_Français-%gptracknum%.gps,MenuData\PC\GP2001\GP2001_Français.gps File13 =GPaedia\%tracklist%\GP2013_italiano-%gptracknum%.gps,MenuData\PC\GP2001\GP2001_italiano.gps File14 =GPaedia\Menu\%tracklist%\english.str,ldata\english.str File15 =GPaedia\Menu\%tracklist%\deutsch.str,ldata\deutsch.str File16 =GPaedia\Menu\%tracklist%\español.str,ldata\español.str File17 =GPaedia\Menu\%tracklist%\français.str,ldata\français.str File18 =GPaedia\Menu\%tracklist%\italiano.str,ldata\italiano.str