New 3DEditor 17.4 is online

I hoped to release the new version for christmas but it finaly needed to wait for today to be finalized.

So here is the new version that had for first priority to fix most of the numerous bugs of the 16.4 version but that finaly also adds many new changes and handy features to edit your GP4 files.

The history log is quite long, so the best is maybe to try the tool directly and check for your most loved feature to see if it was enhanced

Enjoy !


v17.4 (january 2nd 2006)
New: Direct Sector Description editing
New: Rotation on X,Y or Z axis
New: Choose textures to apply on .gp4 objects created from .dat
New: Kerb Start offset display
New: left and right verge heights are now displayed
New: Edit .col vertice coordinates
Enhanced: Reworked Surface Properties window
Enhanced: wrong cc-line display with some custom tracks
Enhanced: axis independant lock button states sets
Enhanced: current argument keep focus when next/prev button are used
Enhanced: selected sector is now highlighted in Track Profiler
Enhanced: .gp4 track and kerbs objects created from .dat now have TRACK class by default
Enhanced: automaticaly set fence height to 840 for new F5 commands
Enhanced: Align and Group object list are now sorted by scene and by object name
Enhanced: Lights rays are now disabled by default
Fixed: re-enabled multiple undo with .gp4 files
Fixed: When grouping an object, first object of the same scene was also deleted !
Fixed: error when trying to save a file that has been moved or deleted
Fixed: Suffix "_Copy" was added to objects moved from one scene to another
Fixed: The choice to have wide .bin files or not was never taken in account
Fixed: .gp4 pitlane slices were not matching .bin pitlane slices anymore
Fixed: Error message if any new command settings was not an integer
Fixed: Weird case causing generated .gp4 track from .dat was crashing game at the end of track loading
Fixed: .dat track could be displaced for each .gp4 object move
Fixed: Track heights can't be changed in Track Profiler if track was completely flat
Fixed: corrupted .bin and .gp4 track when .dat sectors number was finishing by '1' (ie: 941)
Fixed: rotate part undo
Fixed: Prevent from detaching the last face of a Part (causing empty Part)
Fixed: camera view now stops correctly when leaving camera level
New .dat knowledge :
F2,F3: Kerb Start offset
F7: Left and right external heights

Clic my signature pic below to download as usual





Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/02/2006 04:53PM by Lo2k.

Thank you very much, Lo2k.

Again many new useful features as usual

Thanks again Lo2K.

thanks

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Tony

nice to see this version laurent...but the Displace whole dat feature doesn't seem to work for me on this .......



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/02/2006 06:27PM by jimbob1.

thanks everyone

@Jimbob: What do you mean by "the whole dat feature" ?

[edit] I just saw that due to precision issues, cc-line is not perfectly conserved when you displace the whole .dat. Well, I can't do anything for it. If that's what you spoke about, you will need to adjust the cc-line again once you will have displaced the .dat, sorry.[/edit]





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/02/2006 06:42PM by Lo2k.

Excellent work, big improvements.

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My Grand Prix 4 Files
I'm a total dick. How many people can say that?

@lo2k....remember with my last track laurent....the dat file was mistakenly built out side the gp4 world boundary limit...so in 16.4 you included displace whole dat feature to correct this......

yep, and this feature is still there and works as it should now afaik.

Thanks!



[1991] [2003] [2004] [gp2 world series]

Hi There, Laurent!

Great job, what a 2006 start!

Congratulations...

Just let me ask you: is there any advice to whom - like me - has started a track on an older 3deditor version?

Cheers, and thank you once again!

My only advice is to make a backup of your track (in case it would not work anymore after being saved with v17.4) and try to work with the new one.

This version has been designed to be more reliable and I believe it is safe to use it with confidence. So go with the 17.4, at least, features should work as they should now (compare to 16.4).





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/02/2006 10:25PM by Lo2k.

I'll be playing around with it in the next few weeks and I'm sure I'll find some funky things to do with the new features

well , anyone can give a download link working....

A Racing and Rail fan.

@Enzojz:
I'll send it to you. Check your mail.

@Lo2k:
Patrick told there was a bug in cc-line coding (that's why any new cc-line for the Canon Test Circuit crashes). This isn't solved yet, is it? I tried to continue the cc-line with v17.4 but it still isn't possible





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/03/2006 10:46AM by Ruboy.

Thanks!Ruboy.

A Racing and Rail fan.

@Ruboy: Yep, 17.4 has the very latest cc-line code, so it should work as it has been designed...else it could come from another place...unregular sectors, not recomputed track pitch direction/cc pitch and cc direction, etc...

It is not possible to have more cameras with 3DEditor in the near future?

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My Grand Prix 4 Files
I'm a total dick. How many people can say that?

It should be possible but I still havn't found the way right now.

i like how the box stays active when you hit next/previous, but it seems the heights in bank descruption dont work always.

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Tony