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[EKO Sim-Racing]

I'm doing an experiment on my track (trying new humps and bumps accordingly to what was there back in the day), so I made a brand new mesh, renamed it accordingly, and then I got a little issue here...:

in the log:
\Content Manager (0.8.1865.34943)\ReadMe.txt
19:01:07.198: … [StarterBase:99] WaitUntilGameAsync(): Game is already here!
19:01:07.250: → [ExtraHotkeysRaceHelper:594] .ctor(): Extra key bindings: 0
19:01:07.251: → [ExtraHotkeysRaceHelper:595] .ctor(): Extra joystick bindings: 0
19:01:35.524: → [GameWrapper:340] StartAsync_Ui(): Result: <NULL>
19:01:35.532: [LapTimesManager:176] OnRaceFinished(): Race finished, but PlayerStatsManager.Instance.Last is missing
19:01:35.533: … [RhmService:93] KeepAlive(): RHM will be killed after: 00:30:00
19:01:35.544: ⊕ [QuickDrive:981] Go()

What does all this mean ? And how can I resolve this ? Am I looking at the correct log file ?

 

[Johnr777]

I'm doing an experiment on my track (trying new humps and bumps accordingly to what was there back in the day), so I made a brand new mesh, renamed it accordingly, and then I got a little issue here...:
View attachment 3470

in the log:
\Content Manager (0.8.1865.34943)\ReadMe.txt
19:01:07.198: … [StarterBase:99] WaitUntilGameAsync(): Game is already here!
19:01:07.250: → [ExtraHotkeysRaceHelper:594] .ctor(): Extra key bindings: 0
19:01:07.251: → [ExtraHotkeysRaceHelper:595] .ctor(): Extra joystick bindings: 0
19:01:35.524: → [GameWrapper:340] StartAsync_Ui(): Result: <NULL>
19:01:35.532: [LapTimesManager:176] OnRaceFinished(): Race finished, but PlayerStatsManager.Instance.Last is missing
19:01:35.533: … [RhmService:93] KeepAlive(): RHM will be killed after: 00:30:00
19:01:35.544: ⊕ [QuickDrive:981] Go()

What does all this mean ? And how can I resolve this ? Am I looking at the correct log file ?

If you redo the physical mesh, you’ll also need to re-do the AI line, or delete for now while you are adjusting things

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

Well... I don't have an AI line, even before when I was testing with the older mesh.
EDIT: I take that back, I did have one.. and it works once again , thanks man

 

[luchian]

Also don't try the track in Race mode with AI ?

 

[Johnr777]

Well... I don't have an AI line, even before when I was testing with the older mesh.
EDIT: I take that back, I did have one.. and it works once again , thanks man

I think it auto generates a file if there isn’t one. Look in the folder, I’m sure there’s something there

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

All is working well, you were right
This track feels even better now and I still haven't done the physical mesh (the real crème de la crème) yet

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

Also don't try the track in Race mode with AI ?

Never have, I know I don’t have a proper AI so I’m thinking why bother deliberately make my sim crash?

 

[AccAkut]

Regarding your transparency issues on the last page, if you got heaps of transparent stuff using alpha_test is probably better. No draw order issues with that mode, and better performance.

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

Regarding your transparency issues on the last page, if you got heaps of transparent stuff using alpha_test is probably better. No draw order issues with that mode, and better performance.

Ok I'll give that a try, thank you very much

 

[LilSKi]

Fences close to the track often don't work well with alpha_test. So blend is likely your best bet even if it comes with a bit of a performance hit.

 

[Prototype]

Fences close to the track often don't work well with alpha_test. So blend is likely your best bet even if it comes with a bit of a performance hit.

Other than hard edge on test, what are the advantages of blend? @LilSKi

 

[Gunnar333]

Other than hard edge on test, what are the advantages of blend? @LilSKi

I noticed a moiré pattern effect on bright textures with alpha_test

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

Any advice of shader values for the grandstands? It looks to me too... bright.. barely visible... then when I modify the values it becomes too crisp and too edgy.. Maybe someone can lend a helping hand on the values ?
ksAmbient ? ksDiffuse ? ksSpecular ? etc ?

 

[Johnr777]

Any advice of shader values for the grandstands? It looks to me too... bright.. barely visible... then when I modify the values it becomes too crisp and too edgy.. Maybe someone can lend a helping hand on the values ?
ksAmbient ? ksDiffuse ? ksSpecular ? etc ?
View attachment 3472

Maybe lower specular values?

Also try a shader with a normal map, might help!

Trust me, we all have issues getting objects to look good in game, this engine has lots of little annoyances

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

I tried ambient diffuse specular all at 0.3... looked a bit too jagged

 

[Johnr777]

I tried ambient diffuse specular all at 0.3... looked a bit too jagged

Could also mean your KSEDITOR isn’t set to use anti-aliasing, you have to set that yourself in one of the inis

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

And that changes the in game aspect or just the aspect in kseditor ?

 

[Johnr777]

And that changes the in game aspect or just the aspect in kseditor ?

Just the editor, it’s got its own independent inis, not sure which one but it’s the video.ini that inside the SDK folder

 

[EKO Sim-Racing]

Hmmm.. is there something I need to add to the video.ini below?

[VIDEO]
WIDTH=1280
HEIGHT=720
REFRESH=59
FULLSCREEN=0
ANISOTROPIC=4
AASAMPLES=2
VSYNC=0
AAQUALITY=0
SHADOW_MAP_SIZE=2048
DISABLE_HDR=0
FPS_CAP_MS=30

[EFFECTS]
MOTION_BLUR=0
FXAA=0
3D_GRASS=0

[CUBEMAP]
SIZE=512
FACES_PER_FRAME=1
FARPLANE=500

[MIRROR]
SIZE=512

[ASSETTOCORSA]
HIDE_ARMS=0
LOCK_STEER=0

 

[Johnr777]

Hmmm.. is there something I need to add to the video.ini below?

[VIDEO]
WIDTH=1280
HEIGHT=720
REFRESH=59
FULLSCREEN=0
ANISOTROPIC=4
AASAMPLES=2
VSYNC=0
AAQUALITY=0
SHADOW_MAP_SIZE=2048
DISABLE_HDR=0
FPS_CAP_MS=30

[EFFECTS]
MOTION_BLUR=0
FXAA=0
3D_GRASS=0

[CUBEMAP]
SIZE=512
FACES_PER_FRAME=1
FARPLANE=500

[MIRROR]
SIZE=512

[ASSETTOCORSA]
HIDE_ARMS=0
LOCK_STEER=0

WIDTH=1920
HEIGHT=1080
ANISOTROPIC=16
AASAMPLES=8

Try that