Thanks for your reply.
Do you think it would help if I let the AI practice a bit? Don't remember exactly what it's called, but that test day thing where the AI tries to optimize its lap time.
I've just done some testing for F3 AI calibration and then tried them in a race weekend.Thanks for your reply.
Do you think it would help if I let the AI practice a bit? Don't remember exactly what it's called, but that test day thing where the AI tries to optimize its lap time.
I've just done some testing for F3 AI calibration and then tried them in a race weekend.
The Spark F2 with the wing sort of improved. It was able to take the corner really gently. Quite slow. In testing they were stopping well before the corner and crawling around. In the race it was just slow and wide missing of the apex.
The other Spark seemed to just manage to keep away from the hay, but was still on the dirt. About as fast as the winged spark.
The Eve F2 didn't seem to learn anything. In the test days, the first time it just got worse and worse, going along the fence as far as the ambulance (that's why it's there, from the rF1 days and the CSGT 917 AI..). The second time i think they were just hitting the hay... I don't think any of there were failing to at least turn as far as the hay after the learning though. None seemed to hit the tree or go left of the tree and around the back, so maybe there was some learning.
My premises/reasoning/excuse for not bothering with separate AI paths for them:
Most cars work well enough.
The Spark and Eve F2s don't work out of the box, but some calibration might help them.
Neither the Spark or Eve F1s will make the corner either (calibration might help), though the BT20 does work ok.
It could take me many hours or a day or two before i decide/realise that a hacked AI path does or doesn't help.
If a hacked AI path does help, then at some point if there is a code-change to the AI or cars that fixes the problem, the cars that I've hacked an AI for will then be slow and broken.
So I'm going to right ahead and assume that tweaking the cars or the AI code is the best and most correct option, and neither of those are things that I have to do
Therefore I can avoid tearing my hair out over things i don't understand or have required access to, and get on with... you know... making the track.
).Hi JP, thanks for the idea, but it was my own failure to tick the No Render box for the sun blocker. One way or another the underground sun blocking mesh was interfering with every other shadow blocking object in the scene. With No Render checked it still blocks the sun at dawn/dusk as well as it ever did, but no longer messes up the other stuff. From now on I'll be double-checking that all my shadow-only objects are set for No Render too
The track is absolutely stunning! Great work woochoo!
The only thing I've noticed on my first run is that "heavy rubber" doesn't do anything, it's still green. Don't know if it's track or build related though!
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The track is absolutely stunning! Great work woochoo!
The only thing I've noticed on my first run is that "heavy rubber" doesn't do anything, it's still green. Don't know if it's track or build related though!
Thanks for the support, Mat, A13, sg333 - glad the track is still being enjoyed
Hi JP, thanks for the idea, but it was my own failure to tick the No Render box for the sun blocker. One way or another the underground sun blocking mesh was interfering with every other shadow blocking object in the scene. With No Render checked it still blocks the sun at dawn/dusk as well as it ever did, but no longer messes up the other stuff. From now on I'll be double-checking that all my shadow-only objects are set for No Render too
Having looked at the problem for a little while trying to figure what was actually happening, it turns out something like this was happening:
The 50cm or so of the model that was closest to the ground was being completely ignored by the shadow system (that's how it appeared anyway). I tweaked some shadow bias settings in the viewer which helped, but they didn't persist in the cam files or into the game. Then it came down to the old "hide almost everything and see if it still happens". Hiding everything but the road, terrain, and some buildings did fix the problem. Happily, one of the first few things I tried turning back on was the sun blocker, and then it was a matter of examining it's settings. A few clicks later and it was all working properly. So, there's a little tech writeup in case anyone has the same problem in the future.
