Game Suggestions

[Mbutler183]

a Baja 1000 race addon. With the entire race. one stage would equal 2hrs. you could save ur progress. just a though.

yea because that wouldnt take months and months and months to do.

[Voutare]

What about having rectangular maps?

Having a 256x4XXX map, instead of the regular 1024x1024 would allow for much more realistic enduro races.

[yzmxer608]

Can't you do that already? I thought you could change the res of the map in the....crap now I can't find the file you set the terrain res...

[Pumaxcs]

It's the terrain.hf file that messes with that.

[Voutare]

Yea, that is the file, but it needs to be a perfect square map. Having rectangles would help so much with some tracks. (Donington and Glen Helen are perfect examples).

[DJ99X]

No game uses a rectangular map. I cant see the point in it anyway. And most enduro races are a loop, so a square map is more realistic.

And there is no way you could make a 2 hour race like that. Battlefield 1943 that is coming out soon, uses a game engine that can have a 32x32km map. If you were making a straight line race, this still wouldnt be enough for 2 hours.

[BenDexter]

I think we need to come up with a solution to people continually re-starting.

[DJ99X]

Well, on our own servers, thats not so much a problem, cos you can just kick them if they piss you off

[Voutare]

No game uses a rectangular map. I cant see the point in it anyway. And most enduro races are a loop, so a square map is more realistic.

And there is no way you could make a 2 hour race like that. Battlefield 1943 that is coming out soon, uses a game engine that can have a 32x32km map. If you were making a straight line race, this still wouldnt be enough for 2 hours.

You could with MvA. (I believe), and most rally games are like that too. But Baja/stage races could benefit from a rectangular map, and I don't think it's too out of the question either. It would be extremely helpful for Daytona, Donington, and general replicas that don't fit right on a square one.

[jlv]

The terrain engine uses a quad tree subdivision algorithm which is square by definition. A non square map would only save you 50% for a 2:1 aspect ratio anyway. A better approach would be to put in some kind of compression or variable level of detail scheme so you could have a huge map while still keeping detail in important areas.

[Phathry25]

I can still use the rear brake when my right left is off of the footpeg. I can also shift when his left leg is out. And you call this a simulator! ...pfft... LOL

[Mbutler183]

The terrain engine uses a quad tree subdivision algorithm which is square by definition. A non square map would only save you 50% for a 2:1 aspect ratio anyway. A better approach would be to put in some kind of compression or variable level of detail scheme so you could have a huge map while still keeping detail in important areas.

Could you repeat that in english please?

[Wilmx829]

a Baja 1000 race addon. With the entire race. one stage would equal 2hrs. you could save ur progress. just a though.

yea because that wouldnt take months and months and months to do.

Yeah I know that but it was just an Idea.

[Garasaki]

You could with MvA. (I believe), and most rally games are like that too.

MvA is one a square map, it's just that you had different tiles to work with, and you could choose to use tiles that formed a rectangle if you wanted. This game dosent need that because it has basically infinate resolution to work with.

If you want rectangular tracks, just put em on a square canvas. It is a waste of processing power to have it there but thats the only downside.

EDIT - so how bout those savable bike setups...

[Mutt]

be able to save setups, so u can have different setups for each track. so u just can load and save them. dont know if its been suggested but i think it would be pretty handy.