W.I.P. Phoenix 1989 - 1991 F1 Street Circuit

[EKO Sim-Racing]

Anybody want something for FREE ???
HERE YOU GO !!!!!! (just don't shout or open your mouth about it)

https://mega.nz/#!EKpEAIhY!9s4wtM-Msg7ArC1zI4g4eoHKsCJ6acHE5SWEOXy7zHI

 

[MGMetroDave]

Lol. I was more thinking of Piquet's last minute avoidance. But anyway, I'm highly skilled at.... spinning. We just need a B190 skinned as a B191 and we'll be good to go!

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

Lol. I was more thinking of Piquet's last minute avoidance. But anyway, I'm highly skilled at.... spinning. We just need a B190 skinned as a B191 and we'll be good to go!

...and what about Alesi's avoidance on De Cesaris ? Hey, I say I prefer winning, but only in the first corner lool!
A B190 is relatively easy to reproduce, just need to do the physics... you can do something worthy no ?

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

(ps: do download my link before my account gets shut down by F1). IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL F1 SOUNDS YOU'LL EVER HEAR AT ONCE

 

[MGMetroDave]

...and what about Alesi's avoidance on De Cesaris ? Hey, I say I prefer winning, but only in the first corner lool!
A B190 is relatively easy to reproduce, just need to do the physics... you can do something worthy no ?

I've never made an AC car. Seems there's a lot to it. Maybe one day! ;-)

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

Well the day you decide to try it out let me know

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

Before I forget, I've got a few questions about an animated object: I've got to make an rotating "BUS" sign, which pivots simply on a Z axis.
How can I perform this to make it work in Assetto Corsa ? Like, do I make an animated object and then simply export it as an FBX or something that I just open up in kseditor and that's it or are there a few tricks to make this work ?

I don't want to make an animated object and then realize later that it won't work because I made it this way or that way.

Any practical advice ? I'm asking this as I know we can do it for cars, but I'm not quite sure about how to do it for track objects.

 

[MGMetroDave]

To my knowledge I don't think this is currently possible (unless Ilja has more tricks up his sleeve). Do you happen to have a photo or video of the sign? Some things can be made to appear to rotate using ksFlow by moving the texture along, but it only works for very specific situations.

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

This one:

 

[MGMetroDave]

Thanks for the photo. I see what you mean. It's a shame. I don't think that's possible in tracks (please someone tell me if I'm wrong!)

The only 3 types of animation I'm currently aware of are:

1. Dynamic Objects: for objects travelling in a constand direction and speed. The quantity and location can be slightly randomised.

e.g. (in models.ini)
[DYNAMIC_OBJECT_1]
PROBABILITY=100
MULT=5,25
FILE=swan.kn5
POS_MODE=RANDOM
RND_POS_CENTER=-5,0,0
RND_POS_RANGE=10,0,-500
VEL_MODE=RANDOM
RND_VEL_BASE=0,0,-1
RND_VEL_RANGE=0,0,0

2. ksFlags shader: for objects that sway or flap in the wind from side to side

3. stFlow shader (by Stereo) https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/stflow-shader.23999/ for occasions when scrolling the texture along/across the mesh will work. I'm currently working on a track that uses this technique. It can be used with an alpha channel for transparency (on the first Normal texture slot). @Gunnar333 has used this brilliantly in Goodwood Hillclimb (https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/goodwood-festival-of-speed-2017.26839/) on the helicopters to make the rotor blades rotate (the mesh is a fan of quads with the texture scrolling along them), but this is rotation of a different kind to what you need I think.

4. Bonus (but still not what you're after sorry): You can use stFlow (with and without alpha transparency) and ksFlags IN a dynamic object such as @Gunnar333 did brilliantly with his helicopter. Combined they can be quite cool!

Sorry it's not what you're after.

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

Thanks for the photo. I see what you mean. It's a shame. I don't think that's possible in tracks (please someone tell me if I'm wrong!)

The only 3 types of animation I'm currently aware of are:

1. Dynamic Objects: for objects travelling in a constand direction and speed. The quantity and location can be slightly randomised.

e.g. (in models.ini)
[DYNAMIC_OBJECT_1]
PROBABILITY=100
MULT=5,25
FILE=swan.kn5
POS_MODE=RANDOM
RND_POS_CENTER=-5,0,0
RND_POS_RANGE=10,0,-500
VEL_MODE=RANDOM
RND_VEL_BASE=0,0,-1
RND_VEL_RANGE=0,0,0

2. ksFlags shader: for objects that sway or flap in the wind from side to side

3. stFlow shader (by Stereo) https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/stflow-shader.23999/ for occasions when scrolling the texture along/across the mesh will work. I'm currently working on a track that uses this technique. It can be used with an alpha channel for transparency (on the first Normal texture slot). @Gunnar333 has used this brilliantly in Goodwood Hillclimb (https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/goodwood-festival-of-speed-2017.26839/) on the helicopters to make the rotor blades rotate (the mesh is a fan of quads with the texture scrolling along them), but this is rotation of a different kind to what you need I think.

4. Bonus (but still not what you're after sorry): You can use stFlow (with and without alpha transparency) and ksFlags IN a dynamic object such as @Gunnar333 did brilliantly with his helicopter. Combined they can be quite cool!

Sorry it's not what you're after.

well it’s a pretty thorough answer, a bit a shame we can’t add a regular animation :-/
But thank you very very much for your detailed response

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

Quick update, nothing much, but I reduced my edifice of Patriots' Park by three quarters to gain some FPS:

 

[Johnr777]

Quick update, nothing much, but I reduced my edifice of Patriots' Park by three quarters to gain some FPS:View attachment 3984

What’s the tri count on something like that?

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

What’s the tri count on something like that?

You mean number of polys?

 

[Johnr777]

You mean number of polys?

Yup

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

You mean number of polys?

26923....
I split them into 9 objects.

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

I don’t know how to optimize it further without it looking like crap

 

[Johnr777]

You could do a low poly LOD, and use a render of the high poly version for its texture, that would help with performance

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

Here’s the real thing :

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

You could do a low poly LOD, and use a render of the high poly version for its texture, that would help with performance

No idea how to do such a thing (yet)