New GP4 Builder version is online

Hi everyone,

11 months. That's the time passed since latest GP4Builder revision. Quite a long time for sure.
Not that I completely stopped working on it during all this time but development was spread amongst some week-ends, some holidays and suffered from a few unwanted delays.



But things progressed with time and this new version finally has more than a hundred changes compared to 1.406.
So if you are used to 1.406, you can expect a lot of changes with this one : UI changes (unified Move To menu, texture thumbnails...), new features (be sure to check new .gpb file format capabilities), enhancements and a lot of bugfixes.
So much changes that I won't copy the whole change list in the post for the first time but let you look at it from RealGPx GP4Builder page.

Here are the most important new features anyhow :

New : .gpb file format support
New : 3D View camera settings are now stored in .gpb files
New : .dat layout is now stored in .gpb files
New : Individual Sector Subdivision settings are now stored in .gpb files
New : .gpb now supports scene and part custom names

New : Unified Merge/Ungroup/Detach/MoveToScene features in one menu
New : Merge two scenes
New : Rotate a scene
New : Merge two parts
New : Displace one Face
New : Duplicate one Face
New : Add one face
New : Weld one vertex
New : Unweld one Part/Face/vertex

New : beta fence mapping function
New : Part Texture Thumbnails in the left list
New : Individual Sector Subdivision settings
New : Recover lost parts and remove 0-face parts
New : Show Selected object only
New : Select which scene(s) to display
New : Only display objects visibles from selected sector (based on object distance property)
New : Apply relative changes to multiple sectors
New : Zoom with mouse wheel
New : Keeping Alt key pressed temporary sets rotate/zoom mode
New : Directly open part texture in your Drawing program
New : Full GP4Infos Data support
New : Export partial .dat
New : convert .GP4 stripe object to .dat track coordinates
New : Track flag list now checks if Start/end pitlane sectors positions are correct
New : Part Texture mapping streching information (texel size)
New : Directly mouse pick last sector for Multiple sector edition or partial .dat export
New : Directly select ccline section with mouse


I hope it will continue to help modders to create and share for the GP4 community.

Have a good time with it,

Lo2k

PS : I added major new features anyhow.





Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 04/25/2011 04:43PM by Lo2k.

grateful...

AYRTON SENNA FOREVER!

thanks for all the hard work and nice new features Laurent !

Thank you Laurent!

Track-Packs 1988-1991-1993-1994-1995-1997-1999

thank you very much for everytime new improved GP4 Builder, Laurent

Good news, thanks!

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X (@ed24f1)

Thank you very much, Laurent!

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You deserve a statue by now Laurent.

Thanks once again.

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

great timing......cheers.....

awesome, thanks a lot

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used to be GPGSL's Nick Heidfeld

wonderful news laurent !
thank you

Thanks Laurent !!!

@ Laurent: When I click on the download button, a new window opens on the google page only...

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Thanks everyone

@Excalibur : That's because you have a download manager like DAP.

Lo2k écrivait:
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> Thanks everyone
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> @Excalibur : That's because you have a download
> manager like DAP.


No, I don't use any download manager... Strange.. Well, I will try later.

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A new GP4B version is always great news, thanks again Laurent.


My unfinished tracks: [www.grandprixgames.org]
Send bug reports and track editing questions to f1virtualblog@gmail.com

Thanks a lot!

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PLEASE VISIT: Grand Prix Mods Blog

Every single update expands track making into an upper level.

I HAVE to learn how to make gpb files useful in my track making process, as well as new convert .GP4 stripe object to .dat track coordinates feature.

Hope you all do the same. Every new app added to this tool is helpful in many and different ways to everyone interested in creating tracks.

Thankfully Laurent is an open-minded man.

Thank u master, and all hails to you!

=) GREAT LAURENT! merci beaucoup!!!

Samuele
32BOBO32

I'm glad new releases were still so well received thanks guys.