It's Xmas time - time for a new GP4Builder 1.991 XE ! :)

Hi Everyone,

It passed a whole year and I haven't released any new revision of GP4Builder during all this time.
I worked on it indeed but on a chaotic way, working on it 2 or 3 consecutive week-ends and then not touching it for months.
But all in all, changes are stacking to this almost 2.000 version but not yet as this release is "only" 1.991.

I hope you will enjoy the changes, even if there are still so much waiting on the todo list...
But for today, it's already an improvement so enjoy this unattended Xmas gift !

Best regards and Merry Christmas to you all !

Lo2k



And here is the changelist with the almost 80 changes :

1.991XE (24th december 2014)

New : Track Flag list now detects CA commands in Track0 sector
New : Track Flag list now detects if pitlane0 position is correct
New : Track Flag list filters
New : track flag list now lists sectors far from 16 feet long (0.5m and more)
New : Concave edge detection in track flag list
New : CTRL+F1 shortcut switch "show 1 object" toolbar icon
New : CTRL+F2 shortcut switch "show 1 scene" toolbar icon
New : Option to auto-open last edited file at opening
New : Option to reopen last file with the same camera view
New : Viewport Cameras are not in a tab anymore
New : Propagate sector Move/rotation to all of the following sectors
New : Perfectly placed pitlane0 sector if force 16 feet to past sector is enabled
New : Set Z rotation value directly in Z label
New : .dat bank edge snapping
New : Pitlane width ratio information is displayed in initial sector
New : Save/Load all "Track from .dat" settings
New : GP4Builder now directly reads jip file from track folder
New : View all jip file data
New : jip width and height is diplayed for E8 command
New : Add and delete jip files linked to the .dat
New : E8 command now displays an interactive image of the real jip file
New : Snap parts and objects vertice to other parts and object vertice
Enhanced : Full Sector highlight
Enhanced : "Tiles Width offset" setting is now correctly used
Enhanced : near perfect pitlane jip mapping preview (for all tracks but S1CT08.dat)
Enhanced : Jip mapping is only displayed between pitlane start and end commands
Enhanced : jip displayed in commands is now at full size
Enhanced : Track Flag list now shows jip ID for E8 commands
Enhanced : better preview of jips in tight corners
Enhanced : jip can now be selected with mouse when creating new E8 command
Enhanced : mouse selection didn't work properly depending on camera direction
Enhanced : Car far object could disappear if a very closed object was selected
Enhanced : Last camera position is also saved for Car files
Enhanced : New GP4Builder GUI creation time in file details
Enhanced : Add command always shows current command settings
Enhanced : Option to delete current command when adding new commands
Enhanced : New semi-transparent cc-line visualization
Enhanced : Fix cam button is engaged after a camset was loaded
Enhanced : .dat C9 command is now available
Fixed : last camera position was used whatever the file opened
Fixed : error at attempting to auto-reopen a file that was deleted/displaced
Fixed : enabling auto open last file was enabling auto save
Fixed : .gpb file crashed since multi jipmapping support
Fixed : selected camera label color was never reset (since v1.938)
Fixed : Using Alt to orbit around a sector didn't work
Fixed : cases where Alt+mouse didn't focus selected sector
Fixed : zooming with mouse was not always properly focused on selected item
Fixed : Selected cc-line was not at the center of the view (since 1.961)
Fixed : Cc-line was not centered if fixed orientation camera option wasn't checked
Fixed : Selected sector/object was not at view center with fixed direction on
Fixed : New fence was created even for sectors with fence gate flag (since 1.841)
Fixed : Correct display of sector numbers for sectors with banking
Fixed : "Pitlane is fine" message each time track flag list is refreshed
Fixed : World bound was not displayed when skybox was selected
Fixed : error when hitting rotate mode button with any file but a .dat (since 1.961)
Fixed : move/rotate modes were disabled when switching from track to pitlane with .dat
Fixed : New commands were always set as 00 Unused
Fixed : Updated unavailable options in the Force 16 feet windows
Fixed : incorrect offsets in complete dat debug file if file was saved before saving log
Fixed : error when loading tracks with jips defined to repeat above pitlane sector limit (Monaco)
Fixed : Force 16 feet with past sector not working anymore
Fixed : propagate changes now works without force 16 feet option
Fixed : Completely disable snap computation if snap value is 0
Fixed : Local palette .jip files can now be read
Fixed : Incorrect .jip.jip extension when adding a jip file to a .dat
Fixed : error if a new E8 command was created with an unknown jip ID
Fixed : Error if a sector has 0 command
Fixed : Incorrect .col quad creation (Since v1.856)
Fixed : .dat bank edge displacement was slower if forced 16 feet distance was one
Fixed : Move/Rotation sector propagation
Fixed : Too much restrictive alpha generation for jip tga alpha layer
Fixed : error if specified jipID doesn't exist in jip list
Fixed : .dat file can't be accessed by the game if it was also opened in Gp4 Builder
Fixed : .gp4 file can't be accessed by the game if it was also opened in GP4 Builder
Fixed : no warning to save file after some .dat command was added
Fixed : .dat add new command window was not closed when going up one level
Fixed : F2 (texture mapping) options doesn't work when skybox is displayed
Fixed : Track from .dat pitlane default range is now set from first to last sector
Fixed : C:\debug.txt file is no more generated when duplicating objects along track
Fixed : You can now import a .md3 file even if .dat has no magic data embedded
Fixed : Fence were displayed in garages for counter-clockwise tracks
Fixed : Pit Start command was 88 instead of 89 (since 3DEditor 16.0 !)





Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 12/24/2014 06:40PM by Lo2k.

Thanks...Merry Christmas...

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Thank you very much, Santa Laurent!
Another great features and improvements for this version!

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

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Hi Laurent

Thanks for another update for this great programme and Merry Christmas!

I wasn't expecting an update even though I did read that you had found some things throughout the year and you were spending some time on that.

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New : Snap parts and objects vertice to other parts and object vertice

My favourite new tool
A nice surprise indeed. Thank you very much.

I hope you continue to enjoy coding for the GP4 Builder, enabling us to edit update circuits to the current season's graphics and add to what was already a brilliant work for its time.

Merry Christmas, Lo2k.

great stuff, thanks a lot

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GREAT GREAT!!!!! most anticipated gift

lo2k is my idol !!!

many thanks and Merry Christmas

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What a fantastic Christmas tradition, thanks so much and best wishes to you and your family!

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Thanks to you all !

Thanks Laurent for this gift, Merry Christmas to you!

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Thanks fo sharing the update.

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Thanks Laurent !!

Thanks Laurent !!!

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Keeping alive the GP4

Thank you very much. Especially for the many .dat-related changes.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! It seems that you have made many changes to GP4Builder. I'm happy to see that you still add new features to Builder to make it even better. ..Sadly i don't have any intrest to come back to GP4 anymore. Hopefully you buy Assetto Corsa, because it's very "cheap" now and you can see why i'm big fan of game atm.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/26/2014 09:05PM by TTM.

Thanks Everyone again

@Tero : Yep, I'm still working on it It's sad you went to AC but it's the way it is. I'm glad you found a new game and I'm sure I will hear about your mods for AC for quite some time
Enjoy your track building time, as always !
BTW, For those who didn't see the same news as me, TTM is now working on AC mods, as you can see here.





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/26/2014 09:20PM by Lo2k.

Thank you very much

Wow, that's a very big list of changes. Some nice changes there, like the jip enhancements. And not having to close GP4Builder to unlock the .dat file

I wish you a happy 2015.

René Smit, Independent Software Developer.
Download my GPx tools here.

Another fine Christmas gift Laurent, thanks!

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