*****GP4 Track editing*****

Lo2k Wrote:
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> @Maverick: OK, I note it to remind it when I will
> come back from hollidays :P


done, does this mean that new version is allmost ready for release as you cant add it now? :+

[grand-prix-4.foren.4players.de]

here you can have a look at pictures from satellites

tobeast Wrote:
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> here you can have a look at pictures from
> satellites

nice, but unfortunatly useless for trackmakers, the only places using a usefull resolution are in the USA, and there is only indianapolis, wich is old, as the f1 layout isn't even build yet in this sat picture, the rest of the world is not detailed enough.

Nice program though... does it work in real-time?

Anyone who is making the new hockenheim look at this website

[images.google.com]

it has all of the corners from an aerial view, really reall good

what is it I need to edit to get a track out of 3d editor and into z modeler. I have been playing about with the dat files but want to change the track graphically.

Keiran


vMax.Keiran
Velocity Maximum Simulation Racing
www.vMaxSR.com
www.liveforspeed.net LFS Status:

The track is broken into many objects... just extract them one by one and fit them together.

that sounds like a lot of work :s Will have a go soon though Did you just build the track from scratch ??

Keiran


vMax.Keiran
Velocity Maximum Simulation Racing
www.vMaxSR.com
www.liveforspeed.net LFS Status:

keiran Wrote:
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> that sounds like a lot of work :s Will have a go
> soon though Did you just build the track from
> scratch ??
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> Keiran
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go ahead and attempt the impossible :P
i have been working on monza 1995 and starting again from scratch would be a ludicrous waste of time

Is there any chance anyone has done a working version of Melbourne, with the pit entry as a straight road, and working ok with the cc line, that is possibly ready to post, with just that modification done to it??
That pit entry really sucks in GP4! No worries if there isnt a working version able to be posted, but geez it would be nice!

@all who use the add sector function (in the dat files) : Since i use this function on my dat file, my pit garage has change of position Have you notice that ?

cf screen : bug ???

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/02/2005 06:47PM by Duffer.

never noticed it i'm sorry, but never really looked into it either, i'll check it some time tonight.

well, i took my new hungary track (seen the vid duffer? :+ ) and thought lets start a practice session so i can clearly see it, this is what i saw;


I'll put it on my "list for lo2k when he gets back from his vacation"

Ouf, i am not the only one :D But i must rebuild my dat file now

I am going to work on the GP4 file, before rebuild the dat file, i think it the best way at this time

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/02/2005 07:38PM by Duffer.

well, i'm not 100% sure totaly rebuilding the dat file will be nescesary, when building my "oval" i noticed that the cars where not standing straight on the grid, and other strange problems when entering the pitlane, when i editting some of the "orientation" values those side-effects changed, the problem is, i dont know wich vallues are good for orientation, so really solving it cant be done, but lo2k was working on auto calculationm all orientations of the track, just like for instance the pitch etc. i have a descent hope that that can solve a lot of strange problems.

(btw duffer, how do i make a text linking, like you did in your signature, i can only place a link, not make it appear like text or something)

oki, i go to made some test to resolve this trouble

Else for the link, [ URL=http://www.blabla.com ] the text [ /URL ] (Without space near the []

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It's a known problem that adding and deleting sectors corrupts the garage and grid positions... I think lo2k will be looking into it when he gets back.

Thanks for the reply Xero? I haven't follow all of the topic

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I mentioned it recently, but I don't think Laurent had time to investigate before he went on holiday. Unfortunately, it seems all track dats that has been created using add/del will have to be redone once/if the problem is sorted. Stretching and compressing works fine though.

I've also found making the dat results in very bumpy tracks... i've been trying to smooth out Barcelona for ages! I think a snapping tool to the .gp4 mesh would be handy, if possible.

Xero Wrote:
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> I've also found making the dat results in very
> bumpy tracks... i've been trying to smooth out
> Barcelona for ages! I think a snapping tool to the
> .gp4 mesh would be handy, if possible.

yes, dats can get very bumpy when manually displacing stuff, hopefully when the generating of new sectors works fine we wont have to do that manually anymore. doing it by hand is almost impossible.
about snapping, lo2k said it can be done, but will be pretty cpu consuming, think he was looking into it before he went off, so lets hope he has good news about it when he gets back