[REL] Top Gear TT - Dunsfold Aerodrome (Multi Layout)

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Hey Martymoose. Thanks for your help and sorry for the late response.

Btw, you don't need to open any GMT/MAP files in other apps nor putting the track in 3dsimed or max. You need just to put the track in devmode as it is, and create cams using the devmode itself. Main track files aren't encrypted so you can just add a cam file. I guess this should work fine.

If you need some helps please contact me at tuttle @ entropyxel.com

Thanks again. :)
 
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Lol thanks surprised I didnt try that but as I used 3Dsimed in the past for my cameras (manually setting locations for cams and then basic txt file editing to fine tune them later) I only used devmode for AIW's before in RF1 and with RF2 its all new to me still lol. I assumed you also needed to decrypt all files as they are in the Joesville example track, good to know that as I may work on a few AIW files for other tracks too if its that easy to put tracks into dev mode.

I assume you can just add the cam or AIW files back into the main locations directory later to try them in the regular game modes?
 
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I assume you can just add the cam or AIW files back into the main locations directory later to try them in the regular game modes?
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I guess you'll get mismatches if you put extra files in the main \rFactor2\Installed\.. folder but you can do this in devmode without any problem. :)
 
I have set all the cam locations in pretty much the same place as the top gear TV cams. Just need a bit of work on activations and the crossover is the tricky bit as you actually drive one the exact same patch of road a fair bit. I think best solution here is to have it as 2 cam sets with all cams and the crossover from the first part in set one and set 2 will have the other crossover cams.

As the locations here are pretty critical if you wan pt a reply to have that top gear look to it. Its the camera locations that most people are most familiar with on this track, many first time drivers even if familiar to the show will be a bit lost from the in car view lol.

The dev mode cam editor is quite useful with lots of options for the cams I am still playing with, but setting activation points and locations is a bit tedious and slow. Plus o had the program crash with over an hours activation points lost lol. Need to save the file more often after that initial mistake.

Much quicker in a program like 3ds max or even 3dsimed but getting the actual cams in view in realtime is a big plus for setting up angles and zoom to match the BBC footage.

Putting the cam file directly into the dunsfold folder in the main game section didn't work. Not a huge issue but I will sort this out so I can also make a video showing the cams once done. For some reason my driving sucks in the dev mode so I will try and do this in the regular mode later.

I was hoping for this method so that others could just get the cam file and run it along with the current version with no issues online. If that's not possible I will need to make sure i get it as good as possible and Tuttle can add to the next verision of the track if it works well enough that is.
 
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Here is the first attempt at some cameras for this great track by Tuttle in a little 2 lap preview vid showing both camera sets. The handheld cams are a bit shaky maybe the BBC cameraman are big drinkers or I need to fine tune some settings lol.

Cam packs 1 and 2 are needed as the track is a figure 8 shape there is no other way to set most of the angles used on the TV show that I know of, I also added a few other locations as most top gear videos cut to onboard a few times a lap. I tried to make both camera sets still useable but for the top gear type look its best to start with cams1 and then switch to 2 just before the follow through.

Driving is AI stig and I think he also went out for some beers before the laps along with the cameramen lol. As I cant use the cams in the regular mode only devmode with which I only have the not quite right trainer car that I suck at driving lol I left the driving to AI stig here.



Video should be up in a few minutes as its still uploading.
 
camera man is drunk for sure xD cool cameras. some are too far away for too long but even those are not bad
 
There arent all that many cameras used by top gear, They mostly just have cams in the corners and use a fair bit of onboard stuff or just cut out the longer straight sections in the slower cars.

I will tweak the activations for a few of them as they arent quite cut properly yet and maybe add one or 2 more cams in there somewhere. I will try and figure out what all the other cam options are and how they work,as there is plenty I dont understand in the cam editor still lol. The shaky cams are good if its much more subtle but the dev mode is rather unstable for me and has crashed out quite a bit which is a little annoying as the game itself has never crashed on me.
 
If you can't get him to lay off the bottle, just get two people to help hold him steady.. then the cams will be acceptable.
Every time cams wobble, we will know it wasn't your fault.
You did what you could.
 
I sent the cams to Tuttle, he had some issues with them when trying to repackage. Not sure if it got sorted but I sent a second version as the first had a couple odd additions in the cam file.

He is quite busy with something so not sure when he will be able to take another look at it.

It would be much easier if it worked like rf1how we could just drop a new cam file into the track folder and it would use that instead of the one packaged in the track.

Dev mode was a little unstable for me in the cam editor, but they worked there but as i never tried them in the regular mode I don't know what could be causing the issue Tuttle had with them.
 
Morning guys.

As Martymoose said I'm encountering some problems with the cam file as i can't find a way to package them in a small update as already done for the .90b. BTW I do not have tried yet the new file Marty sent me so I'll try to re-package asap.

Of course, for what I saw, the camera set is not something perfect and it needs some fix and tuning to look properly....but you're pushing to get a cam set so this is the one you'll get as it is, until Marty (or me) find the time to make it perfect.

Honestly this is not they way I like working, I know you want want want (and this is nice), but I would like to release when is the time to release. When everything is working as expected. ;)
 
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Tuttle, your working methods have produced some fine work. I think you should stick to the methods you're comfortable with.
 
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