BTB v0.7.0.6 released

[Brendon Pywell]

http://www.bobstrackbuilder.net/news.aspx


Added/Changed

• Racer support http://www.racer.nl
• Hierarchal Objects. Allows things like:
  • Complex objects.
  • Lights (Normal, Start, PitIn, PitOut).
  • LOD Objects.
  • Invisible Collision Objects surrounding a more complex drawn object.
• New Object planter tool that makes adding thousands of objects to the whole track easier.
• Material now has a “Render Normals Up” property that is used for tree leaves in Hierarchal Objects.
• Track Nodes Smooth by height formula refined.
• Function to smooth Control Points by height only, leaving their direction unchanged. It’s in the popup menu when editing the control points.
• Reduced redundant information in rFactor GMT’s.
• RBR plugin
  • now supports Level Of Detail resulting in large frame rate increase
  • Support for long long tracks.
  • RBR plugin faster loading
  • Fog
• Some Shadow properties moved to within XPack control, not BTB user.
• Save format now occurs in binary format instead of XML.
  • This is faster.
  • Uses much less disk space.
  • Improves load/undo times.
  • Reduces memory required when loading a project.
• Using the middle mouse button to scroll will now float over the landscape making it easier to navigate rough terrain.

Patch 0.7.0.1 is up ...

Fixed
• Cameras not initially showing up in the right place.
• SObjects not immediately displaying their randomness properties.
• RBR DiffuseSpec shader fixed.
• RBR Pacenotes – add two more (Flat Left/Right), fixed bug with Variation.

Patch 0.7.0.2 is up ...

Fixed:
• Wall LOD not being kept when changed.
• Wall cross-section point “grounded” flag not immediately activating.
• Shadow properties not read in from old v0.6 projects.
• RBR Fog –controllable via the scattering.h (thanks again to black f).

Patch 0.7.0.3 is up ...

Fixed:
• SObject LOD not being kept when changed.
• BObject planter would not work correctly near last node of closed circuit.

Patch 0.7.0.4 is up ...

Changed:
• Slight improvement to complex object rendering speed in BTB.
• Changed Panning rate to make moving closer to object easier.

Fixed
• XPacker not showing light properties for LightGlow object.
• Adding Terrain by click and drag would not finish off last terrain area properly if mouse dragged away from the terrain.
• Older graphics cards that don’t support instancing were not showing Complex Objects.

Patch 0.7.0.5 is up ...

More shadow setting for Walls, Objects and SObjects. Now there are the following:

- Shadows = Yes/No.
- Quality = how clear/fuzzy the shadow is.
- Shadow falls on car = Yes/No.
- Shadow Cast = Solid/Texture
- Shadow Object = Regular/Shadow Only (the object is not drawn, only its shadow).

Patch 0.7.0.6 is up ...

Fixed
• Evo AIW checkpoints not working.
• Some texture mapping on SObjects not correct when exported to rFactor / Evo.

 

[liquido]

Thanks for 0.7, much better framerates in RBR
One problem though, my blended materials are blue in RBR, all other materials look ok but foggy at distance:laugh2: Anyone else getting this blended texture problem?

i have a blended texture problem, but i´m my case the blending desapear in RBR... i solve it changing the format of the file from JPG to DDS.

 

[Brendon Pywell]

Patch 0.7.0.1 is up ...

Fixed
• Cameras not initially showing up in the right place.
• SObjects not immediately displaying their randomness properties.
• RBR DiffuseSpec shader fixed.
• RBR Pacenotes – add two more (Flat Left/Right), fixed bug with Variation.

 

[eno72]

Originally Posted by Kytt

Thanks for 0.7, much better framerates in RBR
One problem though, my blended materials are blue in RBR, all other materials look ok but foggy at distance:laugh2: Anyone else getting this blended texture problem?

Can you please send me your BTB Venue.

The fog will improved and customiseable in a future version.

I notice this problem (v 0.7.0) with blended materials in RBR (see pic).

I love the LOD feature in RBR and I'm happy that fog will be customiseable, since my first comment would have been: "please give us the option to enable/disable fog". I find fog a perfect trick to avoid extensive landscape modelling, but it is a curse for people who already did extensive landscape and far scenery, sigh... (in shot7.jpg see what I mean; think of upcoming Jay's UK xpack with superbowls, they would look plain grey)

Another problem, given for sure that fog will have soon the option to be disabled at will :wink2:, I use a massive cylinder for far scenery, see the attached venue (just add the default xpack in it to make it work).
In v 0.6 I could at least select it by clicking on it and so I could adjust height by dragging with Y. Now I can't select it and I can't move it, sigh... furthermore it appears grey in RBR.
http://rapidshare.com/files/225115578/farscenery.zip

hope this helps, regards

 

[Greg Wyatt]

Is anyone else having a problem with exporting to rFactor with V7 ??

I'm not sure if it's something little that I am missing but basically I can view my track in 3dsimed (no errors), I can open no worries in BTB but can't play my WIP..

I will try 7.01 and see if that will fix anything that was a miss but thought I would mention it..

 

[Greg Wyatt]

No still the same It must be something to do with my xPack.. I added some items (no different to what I normally do) but now it just won't load in game, works fine viewing in 3dsimed and btb..

All other tracks I have work fine in rFactor.

 

[jay_p_666]

BTB seems to crash when we change screen resolution. For example, I have minimize BTB and modify resolution from 1024x768 to 1600X1200, and then trried to maximize and it crash with error message. Thanks.

 

[woochoo]

did the option for shadows being solid or alpha based disappear?
Headlights work on my trees again (did in v5, not in v6), but only in a hotspot fashion, there is no falloff. the area which the light points at is either fully lit, or not lit at all. only on textures with transparency apparently, solids have falloff.

 

[Greg Wyatt]

No still the same It must be something to do with my xPack.. I added some items (no different to what I normally do) but now it just won't load in game, works fine viewing in 3dsimed and btb..

All other tracks I have work fine in rFactor.

Found my problem..

It was in the xpack, I was creating a startlight and had ticked the box 'Keep Material Name'. I had also ticked it for a few other objects that did work before.. Anyway new test track, put one in that wasn't ticked, exported and tested fine, put in the one that was ticked and crashes rFactor..

Deleted the second object, exported, tested fine.. Ticked the box 'Keep Material Name' for the first item on the track and it crashes rfactor again..

Probably not for rfactor anyway :rotfl:.

 

[Martin Weare]

Ive got a majot problem with BTB7. I Edit the LOD (in/Out) for walls but as soon as i save and relaod, they go back to the default 0: 1000

 

[krunch]

I've not tried the patch yet but after loading up my track in v0.7 nothing is set to cast shadows anymore. Looks like I'll have to go through each object again and select 'cast shadow'. Anyone else had this problem?

I also noticed the problem with values being reset for SObjects although I'd only noticed it with the offsets.

Apart from that v0.7 is a fantastic improvement .

 

[Davesta]

Thanks for fixing the randomness on SObjects, but the 'grounded' option on walls is still being shown as if the checkbox were unchecked when a project is re-opened.

 

[woochoo]

I've not tried the patch yet but after loading up my track in v0.7 nothing is set to cast shadows anymore.

yep, and i can't see where i can change from solid shadow to alpha texture shadow. was this moved to the xpacker? if so, why?

 

[Brendon Pywell]

Thanks for fixing the randomness on SObjects, but the 'grounded' option on walls is still being shown as if the checkbox were unchecked when a project is re-opened.

Do you mean the "grounded" checkbox (on the Shape tab) that is for the points in the cross-section or "rest on ground" checkbox (on the Properties tab) that applies to the whole wall?

 

[Davesta]

The 'grounded' checkbox on the shape tab.

It appears to be checked, but I have to uncheck it and then check it again before it works.

 

[Brendon Pywell]

Patch 0.7.0.2 is up ...

Fixed:
• Wall LOD not being kept when changed.
• Wall cross-section point “grounded” flag not immediately activating.
• Shadow properties not read in from old v0.6 projects.
• RBR Fog –controllable via the scattering.h (thanks again to black f).

 

[Martin Weare]

Thank you Brendon.

btw, is it possible to have a measuring tool added to BTB ?

Unless I'm missing something it seems the only practical way so far is to use a temporary piece of track.

 

[krunch]

Thanks Brendon.

Is there any chance we can have back the option to choose between solid and texture based shadows within BTB? Why not allow it to be changed within BTB as well as Xpacks? Just gives more flexibility to the track maker that way.

 

[Martin Weare]

Bug: Object strings LOD not being kept when changed.

 

[Kytt]

No more Blending problem after 0.7.0.2. Thank you

 

[Luis Viveiros]

I´ll have to upgrade my graphiccard, but i´m pleased to see everibody enthusiasm!:dance2: