Hockenheim Track Question

I have just loaded the Hockenheim track that I downloaded from this web site into my "GTP\trackD" folder. Is the majority of the track supposed to be surrounded by high, dark walls on both sides of the track or have I done something wrong? I only ask because former versions of the Hockenheim track on which I have raced do not have these high, dark walls.

I have just joined H.S.O. as a result of having raced with some of your members at the VT Endurance 24 Hours of Le Mans event. My teammate (Dave Fiedler) and I look forward to racing with you in this series. See you at Hockenheim!

Mmmh this is kinda weird Rich...

My advise is that you delete all your Hockenheim folder(s) in the TrackD folder, and then reinstall it from our site. You shouldn't get this problem again.

BTW, here is a copy of the graphic enhancing topic you asked me about

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Optimisation graphique de NR2003

Ouvrir le fichier "core.ini"
Location: lecteur:\papyrus.......
Trouver
[FileLRUCache]
Cachesize=4194304
Modifier
[FileLRUCache]
Cachesize=14194304
Trouver
[Memory]
Maxblocksize=131072
Modifier la valeur suivant la qty de ram, rappelle 1Mo=1024
Exemple: pour 512Mo vous obtenez 512*1024 = 524288
[Memory]
Maxblocksize=524288
Fermer et sauvegarder le fichier "core.ini"
Ouvrir le fichier "rend_ogl.ini" si vous jouer en OPENGL ou "rend_dxg.ini" si vous jouer en DIRECT3D

Location: lecteur:\papyrus.......
Trouver
TextureSetSize= "????????"
Modifier suivant les tables ci-dessous
Mettre la valeur correspondant à la résolution utilisée ainsi que la texture graphique
Texture 16Bit avec une carte de 32Mb
640x480= 31096832
800x600= 29714432
1024x768= 27262974
1152x864= 25591801
1280x960= 23724032
1600x1200= 18194432
Texture 16Bit avec une carte de 64Mb
1024x768= 60817408
1152x864= 59146240
1280x960= 57278464
1600x1200= 51748864
Texture 32bit avec une carte 64Mb
1024x768= 54525952
1152x864= 51183616
1280x960= 47448064
1600x1200= 56388864
Texture 16bit avec une carte 128Mb
1024x768= 127926272
1152x864= 126255104
1280x960= 1246387328
1600x1200= 118857728
Texture 32bit avec une carte 128Mb
1024x768= 121634816
1152x864= 118292480
1280x960= 114556928
1600x1200= 103497728
Texture 16bit avec une carte 256Mb
1024x768= 262144000
1152x864= 260472832
1280x960= 258605056
1600x1200= 253075456
Texture 32bit avec une carte 256Mb
1024x768= 255852544
1152x864= 252510208
1280x960= 248774656
1600x1200= 237715456
Trouver

AnistropicLevel=8
Modifier

AnistropicLevel=0
Sauvegarder et fermer le fichier
Ouvrir le fichier "player.ini"

Location: lecteur:\papyrus\players\votre nom\
Trouver[Graphic Opitions]
texture_quality= -1
Modifier
[Graphic Opitions]
texture_quality= 100
Sauvegarder et fermer le fichier

Just ask for help if you encounter any understanding difficulties

I did as you instructed, Antoine, and removed all Hockenheim tracks from my trackD folder and then installed both the track and the INI file that I downloaded from your site. The "walls" are still there. Below is a reduced image captured from the sim after exiting the pit road. The "walls" are on both sides of the track nearly all the way around the track. Are they supposed to be there? Do you see them when you load Hockenheim?



PS ... thank you for the memory config info. I will see if that sharpens up some of the images on other tracks.

My core.ini settings already matched those specified in this article.

Regarding the rend_dgx.ini modifications:

My graphic settings are 1680x1050x32bit (16:10 ratio wide screen) with a 512MB GeForce 8600GTS video card.

Please advise correct TextureSetSize= "????????" I cannot figure it out.

Thank you.

Mmhh actually these "walls" are a normal feat of this kinda ugly track. They're supposed to be trees ! At least it really gives you the impression to be right in the middle of the forest


Concerning the Texture size, I'd try that with your settings :

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Texture 32bit avec une carte 256Mb
1024x768= 255852544
1152x864= 252510208
1280x960= 248774656
1600x1200= 237715456

Make a backup of you file before just in case it wouldn't work. BTW, no need to calculate with 512Mb, it wouldn't work, 256 is the maximum

oh one more thing, I love the messages on your dashboard and the yellow and red rev zone! How did you get these?

Antoine de Mautor wrote:

oh one more thing, I love the messages on your dashboard and the yellow and red rev zone! How did you get these?

The messages are made to look like they were made with a "Dymo" label maker, which embosses letters into a black ribbon of adhesive backed plastic. If you look at the dashboard of the Toyota GTP car, you will see that the gauges are labeled with embossed tapes like that. I simply made my own custom label tapes and applied them graphically to the dashboard.

To do this, I had to use a program called WinMip to open the Jagdash.mip file in the RDgtp folder and convert it to a TGA file, then modify the TGA file using a graphics program like Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop, and then convert it back to a MIP file using WinMip. WinMip also allows you to adjust the "priority" of the MIP file. Increasing the "priority" of the MIP file makes your graphic rendering within the GTP sim give that file greater clarity.

I also modified the jagtach.mip and jagwater.mip files the same way, by converting them to TGA files, painting them and converting them back to MIP files. That is how I added the the yellow and red areas to those two gauges. I do this to all of the gauges I use in racing to make them easier to read at a quick glance while driving.

If you would like me to modify any gauges or the dashboard for you, just let me know which chassis and what changes you would like to see and I would be happy to do it for you. I can also modify trackside billboards and other graphics in much the same way if you would ever like any modifications to those.

Antoine de Mautor wrote:

BTW, here is a copy of the graphic enhancing topic you asked me about

Thank you very much, Antoine. Those settings cleared up all of my GTP graphics problems both in the car and with the Hockenheim and Sebring tracks. Two years studying French about 45 years ago was enough to get me through the instructions.

J'ai fait quelques tours sur le circuit et outre le fait que je le trouve assez mal fichu (avis personnel et dénué de reproche, je n'ai moi-même jamais fait de circuit...) ce qui m'étonne et me rends la tâche plus difficile, c'est qu'il n'y a pas de panneau de distance avant les virages et les chicanes...

Cette version est-elle la dernière ou existe-t-il un patch pour ce circuit?

Merci pour le renseignement.

Salut Philou, désolé j'avais raté ta question ! (Les vacances, tout ca... ).

C'est vrai que cette version est plutot moche, mais hélas c'est vraiment la seule qui existe ! Aucun patch ou amélioration n'existe à ma connaissance, désolé

Antoine de Mautor wrote:

... mais hélas c'est vraiment la seule qui existe !

Antoine. I have another version of Hockenheim which I have raced on in a Trans-Am series in the PTA mod. It is essentially the same layout except with much better graphics and even the distance markers (panneau de distance ?) that Phillipe would like to see. Would you like for me to e-mail it to you? It would be about an 8MB attachment. It really is a far better looking track than the one you have linked on your site.

My French is very, very bad but here is the best I can offer as far as a translation is concerned:

J'ai une autre version de Hockenheim que j'ai emballée dessus dans Trans-Am série dans le mod de PTA. C'est essentiellement la même disposition excepté avec des graphiques bien meilleurs et même les marqueurs de distance (panneau de distance ?) ce Phillipe voudrait voir. l'aimez-vous pour moi à l'email à vous ? Il serait au sujet d'un attachement 8MB. C'est vraiment une voie de regard bien meilleure que celle vous ont lié sur votre emplacement.

Oh Rich you just made my day !

I'm looking forward to seeing this version ! please send it to me at HistoricSimracing (at) gmail.com !

Thanks mate

It's on the way. Check your gmail. Glad I could help. I really hope you like this version. It is much more pleasant to race than the "ugly" version. LOL

J'espère que l'on pourra utiliser la version dont parle Rich (very good trouvaille!).

Attendons ce qu'en dit notre Antoine

Oh heck ya thats much better. Just ran a couple laps. Still not any faster and I wreck in the same places.!!!LOL
Got anything that will help that Rich??? LOL Thanks Rich.

Guy Pitra wrote:

Still not any faster and I wreck in the same places!!! LOL Got anything that will help that Rich???

Sure do, Guy!! It's called "practice, practice, practice" and I'll be glad to give you some in exchange for advance notice whenever FSB is going to have their GTP server open for Hockenheim practice. I hate practicing against AI or ghosts!!

Thanks Rich I will keep you in the loop. We are all set up with the new track, its getting close we will be on soon. Thanks Again.

The HSO server is up already if you guys want to practice !

Server : 91.121.135.76
pass : wollek/boss

Thanks for making your server available for Hockenheim practice.

1) What time(s) of day or night am I most likely to find others practicing on your server? Running there alone is no different than running on my hard drive alone. Practice in traffic is valuable.

2) What days/nights/times is the server not available due to other races/practices?

Thanks!

Our server is up permanently, save for a few Mondays over the year, the list of which you will find here .

About people on the server, the fact that part of the field is stateside and the other in Europe doesn't help re meeting each other on the serveur I guess ... But maybe we can try and determine a few dates & times where we could try and do some collective training ?

Thanks for the nice Hockenheim version btw !

I don't care whether it's stateside drivers or European ones ... day or night. Just looking for a time when there might be some others on the server practicing so that I can get to know some of the other drivers' driving styles, etc. as well as practicing in traffic.

Thanks!

I meant that we Europeans usually practice week nights, i.e. when most of you guys are at work I guess .

I knew what you meant, Frank. But remember ... thanks to that idiot "King George the Prevaricator" (Bush), the US economy is in the tank and many of us are unemployed and available to practice during the day. Like me!

Haha ! Same here ! So we are bound to meet each other one of these days on the server . But it is holiday time here, and tbh I don't plan to practice until, roughly, 10 days before the race.

I understand. You Europeans get a nice, long holiday every summer. The only people that get that in the USA are teachers! They are off for almost 3 months. I have been out of work since late February when my job was eliminated due to the economic conditions. The job market is bad enough. Then you add in the age factor (I'm 60) and that makes it even tougher.

I wish I could wait until 10 days before a race to start practicing. I absolutely love road racing. But I'm not a natural born racer. I need to practice and practice and practice until the track becomes second nature and as familiar as the drive to the local grocery store. Than I have hopes of competing. So I started practicing for this race (and the Sebring race at VTE) within days of the end of the 24 Hours of Le Mans at VTE. Of course, I'm piloting a Toyota at VTE and a Jaguar here, which are both terribly fast monsters but handle considerably differently. So I'll be practicing plenty in preparation for both races.

Hope to see you on the track when your summer vacation is complete. Enjoy!!