circuit ricardo tormo Beta released v0.1
Posted by jimbob1
Turbo Lover Wrote:
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> I can work also on the cc-line. Making the track
> cams and magic data would be nice also.
ok thanks......i've just completed another tricky section of dat file...when the dat file is in a better state
i'll send it you
cheers...
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> I can work also on the cc-line. Making the track
> cams and magic data would be nice also.
ok thanks......i've just completed another tricky section of dat file...when the dat file is in a better state
i'll send it youcheers...
fantastic track!
heres an example of what amount of work goes into a dat file...the section here albeit around a complicated turn
took me the best part of three hours to do.it's hard work to follow a section of rail as a few fellow track makers
will appreciate from their past efforts.i'll try & post here with progress as it goes..
on a different note....does anyone want to be in the crowds in this track ? if yes..send me a standing photo of good quality of a single person or a group of people in a straight line.
took me the best part of three hours to do.it's hard work to follow a section of rail as a few fellow track makers
will appreciate from their past efforts.i'll try & post here with progress as it goes..
on a different note....does anyone want to be in the crowds in this track ? if yes..send me a standing photo of good quality of a single person or a group of people in a straight line.
Indeed one of the least fun parts to do in a .dat file, since the early days
Just keep up the pace and you'll be fine.
My unfinished tracks: [www.grandprixgames.org]
Send bug reports and track editing questions to f1virtualblog@gmail.com
Just keep up the pace and you'll be fine.
My unfinished tracks: [www.grandprixgames.org]
Send bug reports and track editing questions to f1virtualblog@gmail.com
oh no! Trackcams is my field.. I want that assignment!! 
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Ice Hockey is my Religion!
SkaaningeN Wrote:
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> oh no! Trackcams is my field.. I want that
> assignment!!
easy enough to include alternate cams with release pack. as before when dat file is near completed i can send you the files.....
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> oh no! Trackcams is my field.. I want that
> assignment!!
easy enough to include alternate cams with release pack. as before when dat file is near completed i can send you the files.....
hehe it was a bad joke! But I would like to make some trackcams if you let me.
I can also wait until the track is released if you don't want to send the .dat to more than one person
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Ice Hockey is my Religion!
I can also wait until the track is released if you don't want to send the .dat to more than one person
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Ice Hockey is my Religion!
Prblanco Wrote:
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> Indeed one of the least fun parts to do in a .dat
> file, since the early days
>
> Just keep up the pace and you'll be fine.
thanks paolo
it soon came back to me why i had become to dislike making dat files over the years, talk about slow tedious work
head down & push on is the only way with this work sadly......hard to keep motivation though.....
anyway,more progress..i'm thinking this is my best dat file since zhuhai
this could make a nice winter test track or alternative spanish gp ?
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> Indeed one of the least fun parts to do in a .dat
> file, since the early days
>
> Just keep up the pace and you'll be fine.
thanks paolo
it soon came back to me why i had become to dislike making dat files over the years, talk about slow tedious work
head down & push on is the only way with this work sadly......hard to keep motivation though.....
anyway,more progress..i'm thinking this is my best dat file since zhuhai
this could make a nice winter test track or alternative spanish gp ?
Hmm, I wonder how much time was needed to make this second part but it sounds painful so I was wondering if you were aware of 2 GP4builder specific features for this job :
- Bridge fences (from the modify sectors window) : this creates straight fences between 2 sectors bank edge vertices whatever the track layout (like the one you build on top of 2 corners). It's also a good tool to quicky give a raw shape to banks by only placing a few key sectors banks position and bridging them. Then you can refine them precisely with
- Direct bank edge manipulation : you can directly pick a sector bank edge vertex with mouse and hit F6 (move) to displace it just like a .gp4 vertex. It's again not very precise but it helps tuning things without dealing with distance/angle values for each and every sectors. You can also use this to quickly place key points for bridging.
I hope this could help but that's just my 2 cents anyway
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/2011 12:09PM by Lo2k.
- Bridge fences (from the modify sectors window) : this creates straight fences between 2 sectors bank edge vertices whatever the track layout (like the one you build on top of 2 corners). It's also a good tool to quicky give a raw shape to banks by only placing a few key sectors banks position and bridging them. Then you can refine them precisely with
- Direct bank edge manipulation : you can directly pick a sector bank edge vertex with mouse and hit F6 (move) to displace it just like a .gp4 vertex. It's again not very precise but it helps tuning things without dealing with distance/angle values for each and every sectors. You can also use this to quickly place key points for bridging.
I hope this could help but that's just my 2 cents anyway
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/2011 12:09PM by Lo2k.
Lo2k Wrote:
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> Hmm, I wonder how much time was needed to make
> this second part but it sounds painful so I was
> wondering if you were aware of 2 GP4builder
> specific features for this job :
>
> - Bridge fences (from the modify sectors window) :
> this creates straight fences between 2 sectors
> bank edge vertices whatever the track layout (like
> the one you build on top of 2 corners). It's also
> a good tool to quicky give a raw shape to banks by
> only placing a few key sectors banks position and
> bridging them. Then you can refine them precisely
nope....i hadn't kept up with gp4 builders progress......thanks for the pointer....the amount of time it took to add the updated rails/banks in previous screenie i did this with your suggested new feature
really takes a lot of pain from the dat file building...if your wip feature that computes dat sectors from .3ds comes to reality this would make it a hell of a lot easier for the creation
of this type of track......
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> Hmm, I wonder how much time was needed to make
> this second part but it sounds painful so I was
> wondering if you were aware of 2 GP4builder
> specific features for this job :
>
> - Bridge fences (from the modify sectors window) :
> this creates straight fences between 2 sectors
> bank edge vertices whatever the track layout (like
> the one you build on top of 2 corners). It's also
> a good tool to quicky give a raw shape to banks by
> only placing a few key sectors banks position and
> bridging them. Then you can refine them precisely
nope....i hadn't kept up with gp4 builders progress......thanks for the pointer....the amount of time it took to add the updated rails/banks in previous screenie i did this with your suggested new feature
really takes a lot of pain from the dat file building...if your wip feature that computes dat sectors from .3ds comes to reality this would make it a hell of a lot easier for the creation
of this type of track......
Wow, very fast improvement Jim.
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Turbo Lover Wrote:
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> Wow, very fast improvement Jim.
thanks ruben
if' i'd kept up to date with gp4 builder & it's new features i would probadly have finished the dat file already
it speeds up the work for sure . for the time i spent yesterday building that last section with the old fashioned value input for rails/banks/height etc i'd be near completed today i think ....anyway......progress has gone well still have a bit to do then refine the rails in places...
i think you'll probadly be getting this track sooner rather than later to do your work on....
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> Wow, very fast improvement Jim.
thanks ruben
if' i'd kept up to date with gp4 builder & it's new features i would probadly have finished the dat file already
it speeds up the work for sure . for the time i spent yesterday building that last section with the old fashioned value input for rails/banks/height etc i'd be near completed today i think ....anyway......progress has gone well still have a bit to do then refine the rails in places...
i think you'll probadly be getting this track sooner rather than later to do your work on....
still loads to do but this is first shots ingame.....
had a pig of a time trying to get the track to load
had a pig of a time trying to get the track to load
Lo2k Wrote:
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> - Direct bank edge manipulation : you can directly
> pick a sector bank edge vertex with mouse and hit
> F6 (move) to displace it just like a .gp4 vertex.
> It's again not very precise but it helps tuning
> things without dealing with distance/angle values
> for each and every sectors. You can also use this
> to quickly place key points for bridging.
I didn't know that, and looking at the changelog it's been around for a year
(Though we've been warned when it happened, in bold)
My unfinished tracks: [www.grandprixgames.org]
Send bug reports and track editing questions to f1virtualblog@gmail.com
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/2011 11:32PM by Prblanco.
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> - Direct bank edge manipulation : you can directly
> pick a sector bank edge vertex with mouse and hit
> F6 (move) to displace it just like a .gp4 vertex.
> It's again not very precise but it helps tuning
> things without dealing with distance/angle values
> for each and every sectors. You can also use this
> to quickly place key points for bridging.
I didn't know that, and looking at the changelog it's been around for a year
(Though we've been warned when it happened, in bold)
My unfinished tracks: [www.grandprixgames.org]
Send bug reports and track editing questions to f1virtualblog@gmail.com
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/2011 11:32PM by Prblanco.
Prblanco Wrote:
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> Lo2k Wrote:
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> -----
> > - Direct bank edge manipulation : you can
> directly
> > pick a sector bank edge vertex with mouse and
> hit
> > F6 (move) to displace it just like a .gp4
> vertex.
> > It's again not very precise but it helps tuning
> > things without dealing with distance/angle
> values
> > for each and every sectors. You can also use
> this
> > to quickly place key points for bridging.
>
> I didn't know that, and looking at the changelog
> it's been around for a year
>
> (Though we've been warned when it happened, in
> bold)
same as.....this new feature really speeds up the work of dat file building...
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> Lo2k Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > - Direct bank edge manipulation : you can
> directly
> > pick a sector bank edge vertex with mouse and
> hit
> > F6 (move) to displace it just like a .gp4
> vertex.
> > It's again not very precise but it helps tuning
> > things without dealing with distance/angle
> values
> > for each and every sectors. You can also use
> this
> > to quickly place key points for bridging.
>
> I didn't know that, and looking at the changelog
> it's been around for a year
>
> (Though we've been warned when it happened, in
> bold)
same as.....this new feature really speeds up the work of dat file building...
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