Finally I have finished the Interlagos hi-res update. I'm soory for the delay - I thought I could manage in time for last week's Brazilian GP - but I did many modifications and I think it was worth taking my time for this.
Besides this, I for the first time also had to create textures by myself. This update is based on Ricardo Lampert's interlagos 2004 v0.99, so I advise you first to install it if you haven't yet.
I want to thank following authors for their permission to use their work:
Ricardo Lampert: Interlagos 2004 v0.99 and the two .jip files
Caelen: many textures which I have extracted from his hi-res tracks
Willb: some textures from his silverstone 2005 update and thanks for help with the .gp4 file
and of course
Lo2k for his great tools 3DEditor, WadUpdater and TexResizer.
Thank you guys!
Here the major modifications I made except updating textures and also some new features:
Modified .gp4: - pitcables and fuel rigs for eacht team in the qualifying and race added
- a traffic light at the exit of the pit lane added
- a "100 km/h" sign at the entry of pits added
- a lot of texures set to be displayed "both-sided"
Modified .dat:
1) default .dat file: - new JipMappings in pitlane
2) realistic 2004 .dat: - new JipMappings on track and in pitlane
- original positions of split times and pit speed limit on/off -> These are also the same as from 2005, so no need for changes
IMPORTANT for installation:
This Interlagos hi-res update consists of two parts. To update it correctly you have two possibilities:
1) Interlagos2004_hi-res_part1 + Interlagos2004_hi-res_part2 normal
2) Interlagos2004_hi-res_part1 + Interlagos2004_hi-res_part2 special
You see, "part1" is necessary and after that you have the choice to install "part2 normal" or "part2 special"
part2 normal: this part includes hi-res texures as used in the Hungaroring hi-res update; they are good and your interlagos2001.wad will be sized like the other hi-res tracks (about 50 MB)
part2 special: this part consists of hi-res textures edited by me and thus new and more realistic than from "part2 normal"; unfourtunately, there was an extreme loss of quality when I batched the .tga files into .tex files. Due to this, I just renamed the ending from .tga to .tex. That means: quality remains good, but the size also. So these .tex files are much bigger than the ones from "part2 normal". Because of this your interlagos2001.wad will be sized about 88 MB.
ADVICE: I dind't really notice a difference concerning PO between these two parts, so if you have enough space on your harddisc I recommend you to install "part2 special". If it extremely increases PO, than try "part2 normal", but normally it shouldn't.
Here some screenshots ("part2 special" installed) - sorry for poor quality
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Just to show the diffrence - the following has "part2 normal" installed - look at the grass and gravel
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Well, I think "part2 special" fits much better
DOWNLOAD:from Dragon Racing forums (You have to be signed into Dragon Racing forums to access the downloads.):
part1: [
www.motorsportfotos.co.uk] (10,8 MB)
part2 special: [
www.motorsportfotos.co.uk] (13,5 MB)
part2 normal: [
www.motorsportfotos.co.uk] (6,1 MB)
from RapidShare
Part1: [
rapidshare.de] (10,8 MB)
Part2 special: [
rapidshare.de] (13,5 MB)
Part2 normal: [
rapidshare.de] (6,1 MB)
I advise you to read the gp4form.txt to avoid a mess!
My next projects will be:
Shanghai update: based on Shanghai 1.0 from shutt1e
Hockenheim (new layout) update: based on Hockenheim 2005 from shutt1e
I already have permission by Caelen to use this textures
EDIT: I also want to thank
Karan for hosting the files on Dragon Racing forums.
Have fun. Feedback appreciated .
Cheers,
Ruboy
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/01/2005 01:29AM by Ruboy.