Cars 1999 Nissan Primera BTCC 1.1

[Chris Kennedy]

Circumstances had it that I'm yet again back on Primera for some final touches, and since I'm at it, I was wondering if you guys have any issues with the model/textures/shaders that you would like me to look into ?

seems pretty spot on to me

only comments:
driver head should be hidden (driver3d.ini) - guessing it may have already been sorted
the seating position feels kind of awkward in vr, like you are a really short person pressed right up against the steering wheel
brake lights could maybe emit a bit more glare
edit: perhaps the footwell is a bit too well lit, would expect it to be darker

looking forward to the update

 

[Patrik Marek]

the seating position feels kind of awkward in vr, like you are a really short person pressed right up against the steering wheel

that's kind of exactly what it is, but there isn't really more room for sitting further away from the wheel, so it led me to assumption that they didn't have the best seating position in those cars
until someone can prove me wrong, I suppose that's what I'm going to go with

talked with the team and one of the cool potential updates will be the plate on the rear rims , so that the rims will be unique between front and rear

and also, I will try to figure out new backfires to create something more in-line with latest on Kunos cars

the driver thing .. this is probably - yet again - courtesy of Kunos updating their driver model, so they renamed some parts and it no longer gets hidden :-/
which reminds me that they also changed UV mapping, so I can't re-use driver suits ... so yep, something I will have to update as well :-/

hopefully AC v1.8 won't change things yet again

 

[Patrik Marek]

I didn't realize that the driver got broken again (other then the texture) so for all of you that want to hide his head, change the last line in driver3d.ini to

[HIDE_OBJECT_1] NAME=DRIVER:GEO_Driver_FACE

that should do it!

 

[aphidgod]

An update to this will be most welcome. One of the all-time great car mods for this game.

 

[Matthew Roberts]

They did always sit right up close to the wheel in the Nissan's in particular in those days so the seating position is probably about right

 

[Patrik Marek]

They did always sit right up close to the wheel in the Nissan's in particular in those days so the seating position is probably about right

thank you! yeah I really think it should be close to fine, I might tweak it a tiny bit althought that would mean new driver animation and I don't really think it worth it

maybe after I try it myself on Rift, I might change my opinion

 

[Patrik Marek]

engine is getting update,
also part of this update will most likely be new rims for the rear, with the plates on them, which is somewhat signature thing for super tourers,
I will also rework driver skins (again) , hopefully kunos will keep them the same for a while

 

[Ben O'Bro]

That looks stunning! All the opening parts are for the showroom purposes ?
Or can it be animated after an accident as well and/or lose the parts ?
(fun fact; i drive a 99 primera...just, less stickers, and maybe less power as well p)

 

[garyjpaterson]

That looks stunning! All the opening parts are for the showroom purposes ?
Or can it be animated after an accident as well and/or lose the parts ?
(fun fact; i drive a 99 primera...just, less stickers, and maybe less power as well p)

Bit of both; the animations are just for showroom purposes (also now we have the ability to add 'extra_animations' with up to 3 separate buttons to assign).
However, because the panels are hooked up to proper dummys, its very easy to make them 'open' after damage. They can't really open properly, but you have a small degree of flexibility (here is a couple examples, see the bonnet and doors slightly open after a crash).

For your Caterham, you could have the bonnet crack open when damaged, wheelarches etc.

 

[Patrik Marek]

In AC currently no, not to a degree where you could detach it

It will be re-used elsewhere though and who knows maybe Kunos will update it one day ( eventhough I doubt that, it would mean lot of additional work)

 

[Ben O'Bro]

So, the damage part is a different mes. Meaning if you have a transparent one, it would be as if you lost the part. Except it won't fall and will simply disappear...

 

[Patrik Marek]

not possible, damage in AC is done with textures only ( excluding aplha channel stuff) , so you can't really do this

again, to make this more clear, adding this detail to the cars, as seen from AC point of view, will be only ever seen in showroom,

however, having this detail there will be good for me portfolio, and also for other sims that support more advanced damage model where you will see this detail , and therefore it needs to be added at some point

 

[Patrik Marek]

finally got some time to update the driver skins ( again ) , hopefully for the last time
still some small work on the gloves
(and then obviously another ones for Neal)

 

[Patrik Marek]

new sounds
new backfires
some 3D/ VR adjustments ( I recently bought Oculus rift and it highlights some issues here and there, that I would normally not noticed ! )
heavily updated physics !!!!
reworked driver skins to work with new Kunos driver

no ETA on the release yet, but we're doing our best to release THIS YEAR !!!

 

[Ben Lee]

Just to follow on from Patrik's post..

Whilst progress has been slower than we would ideally like at PM3DM, we haven't stopped working on the cars. Work is still progressing on the BMW and Altis SP3. In the meantime we are putting together the finishing touches to a much needed update to the Primera with new sounds, massive physics update and an updated model from Patrik. Hope to release this year, or maybe early 2017.

Recordings have been re-worked and we have used some different samples taken from the real car.

Preview of new sounds.

 

[M41k_R]

I lohe this car and i hope that some other touring cars will find their way into this game.
I know that you worked on a 320i right? What about that car
Keep up the good work!

 

[Patrik Marek]

this got bit delayed, but are back on track now,
2017 will be a great year for historic touring cars, .. hang in there

won't spoil the surprise just yet, but it' going to be awesome!

 

[M41k_R]

That sound pretty good
Thanks for the reply

 

[Epistolarius]

Doesn't the mod need an update to work properly? I was patiently waiting and following development here...

 

[M41k_R]

For me the lastest version works pretty well yesterday, but as you see above, a update is in the making