Posts made by Scott Przybylski

@Mickey Thanks Mickey, that's awesome, I love the intro!

Server is currently bumped up to 0.5.3.2 for testing

It seems I introduced some worse bugs in the last patch. In the meantime, the server is currently running 0.5.3.0.

Thanks guys!

There's a new update up with some bug fixes.

v0.5.3.2

Fixed:

• Bug causing laps to not count on server.
• Potentially fixed other bugs introduced in last patch, needs testing.

v0.5.3.1

Fixed:

• Bug with admin menu not being editable after hiding it or going out on the course.
• Bug where re-joining the server was adding duplicate drivers.
• Rule changes don't take affect until the session changes or is restarted.

Added:

• Fly camera mouse look is disabled by default, can be enabled with End key.
• Fly camera can now be zoomed in and out with [ and ]
• Added ability to configure the key bindings for the above inputs and some others.

v0.5.3.0

Fixed:

• Changing drivers in private qualifying follows invisible boat
• Admin controls stop working if you leave and re-join server
• Buoys start levitating on client after changing session
• Driver names in replay menu display beyond the max height of the drop-down

Added:

• Madison race course
• Allow server admin to adjust race rules
• Do not remove drivers from the standings until session is changed
• Show who is admin on the server

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@Beau-Rarig U-22 Great Scott Presents Matrix Systems 2012

@Beau-Rarig oh sorry, I'll go with the U-22 Great Scott!

U-1 Miss Home street 2018

@Beau-Rarig what's the plan with this many drivers registered? Tough to fit everyone in one server. Not sure if the server can even handle that many. It's capped at 20 right now.

@TyEchols Fanatec has some good wheels too, but they can be a bit pricey https://www.fanatec.com/us-en/. I have one of their older wheels that is discontinued now, but works really well.

@TyEchols System requirements are sort of difficult to figure out. I can only test the game on hardware that I own.

The game runs well on my computer, I can generally get above 100fps.

My main system specs are:

Windows
Intel i7 3930k (High end 7 year old CPU)
Radeon R9 290
32gb ram

The performance on Mac will be worse than Windows or Linux due to OpenGL driver support. I also do not own a Mac, so most of my testing is on Windows and Linux.

From what I can tell, the most important thing for the game to run well is a good GPU.

I've only briefly tested on Mac, most of the time I can't seem to get the water to show up at all. I have found that MacBook's tend to run extremely high screen resolutions which will negatively impact the performance of the game. I run 1920x1080 on my computer, I'd recommend setting the game's resolution to that or even lower to help with performance.

@PensiveDolphin Cool I'll take a look at it soon. LOD stands for level of detail. Typically games will have a few models at different resolutions that will swap out at further distances to lessen the load on the GPU.

I'll take a look at the texture mapping and try to give some tips.

For the flag, Unity has cloth simulation, so that can be setup in game, just need a flat plane for the flag. The cloth simulation in blender won't be used unless you save it out to a looped animation. Eventually I'll setup wind in game though.

I will try to race, might be a little difficult with the newborn though.

Nice, that's really good for only just starting in Blender. I tried measuring the bridge in google maps. Looks like its 1145 ft long and about 70ft wide. I'm not sure how tall it is though.

The road might need to be tiled a bit more, so the stripes aren't so long. Any idea what the triangle count is? We may need to make differen't LODs.

Also if the flag is flat, can probably make it into cloth in Unity and have it actually wave around.

Edit: Hmmm, wikipedia says 2,520 ft long.

Shoot me an updated model when you get a chance, I can try importing into the game, so we can see what needs to be adjusted.

Another edit: Found some more dimensions here: https://bridgehunter.com/wa/benton/4195A0000000/

Dimensions

• Length of largest span: 520.0 ft.
• Total length: 2,521.1 ft. (0.5 mi.)
• Deck width: 63.3 ft.
• Vertical clearance above deck: 18.3 ft.

@PensiveDolphin wow, that's looking pretty good. I see you already emailed it to me.

Did you set up texture maps for it?

Also, I used an asset called easy roads in Unity to make the San Diego bridges. I just made a small section of the bridge and a pillar. Then it procedurally generates it with a road using splines.

The blue bridge would be more difficult since it has that large blue truss section. That could easily just be a separate model though.

@doublejays18 I've been having issues getting it to show up on Mac in the Standalone build, I can't figure it out, it shows up in the Unity Editor on Mac and the other Standalone builds. I don't have a Mac, so its hard to test, I've been trying to borrow my co-worker's any time I get a chance.

@DJ-Miller Ah yeah, you are correct, I will fix that.

@nlj04 You're ok man, don't fret, I messaged you some more detailed instructions.

@jeffdewalt Yeah, I agree its a bit difficult to find your bearings without landmarks. I'll eventually get to it. For the Roostertail turn, just look for the yachts for now ;-)

@craigmont said in HydroSim Alpha v0.5.2.1:

@nlj04 You don't need rfactor to run HydroSim.

Correct, HydroSim is a standalone game, you don't need anything else to run it.

HydroMod is the old "game" that was a mod for rFactor. I wouldn't worry about that if you're new.

@Mickey Oh sorry, I'll bug Kallen then, haha