Re: [Top10-devel] kart simulator

[Johann Deneux]

Hi everyone (anyone still there listening?)

There's been some progress since this mail, sent a long time ago.
Some of the changes include:
- Tracks are now modeled using an external modeler, such as 3d studio.
- As a result, old tracks have been removed. Currently, there is only 
one track, but it's good! The track models a real track, located at 
Mariembourg. This track was entirely made by Bruno. Thanks to him!
- The kart itself looks much better, thanks to a contribution by Bruno
- Additional information is added using a home-made track editor, called 
tracked. Currently, tracked uses QT, and therefore works only on linux. 
If anyone has a license for QT win32, please feel free to help and build 
binaries of the editor for windows.
- Collisions with scenery objects (podiums, poles, wales...) are handled.

There is a binary version for windows available there:
http://user.it.uu.se/~johannd/top10-release.zip

I'll make a linux version if there is popular demand for, I'm assuming 
that linux users will know how to compile it (download, configure, make...)

Johann Deneux wrote:
> Bruno_Roche wrote:
>  
> >  
> > My project, at this time, is to reproduct existings karting tracks, as 
> > realistic I can.
> >  
> > Are you interested? please answer me on address@hidden 
> > <mailto:address@hidden>
> >  
>
>
> Oh yes, that seems very interesting. As it is now, top10 can only read 
> lightwave models, but I can certainly find some code to load 3ds models.
> The go-kart picture you attached looks great, much better than my own 
> model :)
>
> Modelling tracks cannot really be done in 3ds, I'm afraid. I started a 
> track editor, but it's far from being usable (it can only show tracks 
> for now, not edit them).
>
> However, there is still need for lots of decorating objects:
> people, fences, borders, trees, shields, hills...
>
> I also lack a model for the driver himself.
>
> The track is described in terms of sections, not in terms of polygons. 
> Right now, top10 reads this description, generates polygons and shows 
> them using OpenGL. That means there is no tree, no object, no landscape 
> shown. Just a grey track. I need to find a way to describe track + 
> landscape.
>
> I would love to cooperate with someone to make top10 more realistic and 
> more attractive!

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Johann