Next update

#1 here's some free music posted last week.
nooless music pack

#2 This is looking good, but a few suggestions. The camera in 3rd person mode slips too much - the lag should be tighter. I think it's this...
cameraLag = 0.0;

There is an error when tryng to load the city..."you do not have the correct version of the fps starter kit or related art..."

here's the console...

*** LOADING MISSION: Game/data/missions/city1.mis
*** Stage 1 load
*** Stage 2 load
Executing Game/data/missions/city1.mis.
*** Mission loaded
Missing spawn points group MissionGroup/Bot
Object 'Taillight' is not a member of the 'GameBaseData' data block class
Game/server/scripts/car.cs (296): Register object failed for object (null) of class StaticShape.
Object 'Taillight' is not a member of the 'GameBaseData' data block class
Game/server/scripts/car.cs (300): Register object failed for object (null) of class StaticShape.
Game/server/scripts/car.cs (302): Unable to find object: '0' attempting to call function 'setHidden'
Game/server/scripts/car.cs (303): Unable to find object: '0' attempting to call function 'setHidden'
Set::add: Object "0" doesn't exist
Set::add: Object "0" doesn't exist
Game/server/scripts/carbot.cs (14): Unable to find object: 'CarPath' attempting to call function 'getObject'
Game/server/scripts/carbot.cs (16): Unable to find object: 'CarPath' attempting to call function 'getCount'
...
*** New Mission: Game/data/missions/city1.mis
*** Phase 1: Download Datablocks & Targets
Mapping string: MissionStartPhase1Ack to index: 0
Could not locate texture: demo/data/environment/lightning1frame1
Could not locate texture: demo/data/environment/lightning1frame2
Could not locate texture: demo/data/environment/lightning1frame3
Mapping string: MissionStartPhase2 to index: 8
*** Phase 2: Download Ghost Objects
Mapping string: MissionStartPhase2Ack to index: 1
Could not locate texture: creator/data/water/water
Could not locate texture: creator/data/water/water
Sending request for file creator/data/skies/sky_day.dml
No such file 'creator/data/skies/sky_day.dml'.
Connection error: Invalid packet..

#3 Looks like the mission file should have set the skybox path to the "Game" folder instead of the "creator" folder.

#4 shapeFile = "~/data/shapes/vehicles/tire2.dts";
staticFriction = 5;
kineticFriction = 1.25;
friction = 3.0;

ah ha! add the friction line and BAM! you have some serious gravity!

#5 Okay I just played this latest version. I picked a red car and some tires and moved some sliders around and then did the Robot Example track and I could not steer my car. In fact I could barely see my tires since the red car was so huge but the tires were small.

The steering seemed just fine until I went around the corner and was heading to the jump and then I turned too far and started going up a hill. Then I tried to turn back but it didn't seem to go right, so I backed up, tried to turn left and it wouldn't. I'm not sure what was going on and I never figured it out but I did manage to almost jump the little canyon.

Then time ran out or the AI won the race or something. So I tried again on the Big Jump level. The texture for the first part of the jump was like a rainbow of colors and seemed very out of place. I'm not sure if that was intentional or not but since you mentioned texture fixes I figured I'd tell you about that.

My car never got going fast enough up the jump to make it even half way across the gap. I turned around and tried again but the steering was so loose I couldn't ever line up the jump again. I don't think it would have mattered anyway since the fastest my car seems to go is 40. I never get the feeling that I'm going fast in this game. It's not really very fun and the sloppy/slippery controls don't help.

I'm sorry to sound so negative about it, please don't take it personally. I'm sharing my feedback as a player to try to help you find the parts that need work.

#6 He needs to implement auto-centering for the steering, pretty easy to do.

#7 here's the recentre resource
www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg&mod=resource&page=view&qid=6305

#8 friction = 3.0;
just add that line on your tire springs trust me

#9 Wade, what file do I edit to add that line of code?

#10 In your car.cs file on the tire like this,





datablock WheeledVehicleTire(defaultCarTire)
{
// Tires act as springs and generate lateral and longitudinal
// forces to move the vehicle. These distortion/spring forces
// are what convert wheel angular velocity into forces that
// act on the rigid body.
shapeFile = "~/data/shapes/vehicles/tire2.dts";
staticFriction = 5;
kineticFriction = 1.25;
friction = 3.0;
// Spring that generates lateral tire forces
lateralForce = 16000;
lateralDamping = 4000;
lateralRelaxation = 1;

// Spring that generates longitudinal tire forces
longitudinalForce = 16000;
longitudinalDamping = 4000;
longitudinalRelaxation = 1;
};

datablock WheeledVehicleSpring(defaultCarSpring)
{
// Wheel suspension properties
length = 0.85; // Suspension travel
force = 800; // Spring force
damping = 100; // Spring damping
antiSwayForce = 1; // Lateral anti-sway force
};

#11 Looks like interesting.