Hello,
Does anybody know about anything that might enable the tracks for GP2 to be used in GPL ?
Because with the original tracks in GP2 it would be good, aNd there are HUNDREDS of extra tracks for GP2 which we could use in GPL....
Maybe some code genius could use the track editor available for GP2 (it works fine, even I could make a tracks) and "patch" it to make the GP2 tracks GPL-compatible...
I would BUY this util if it existed....
Not possible, sorry. It's two games developped by two different companies.
Apples and Oranges. A track is not a track is not a track because there is
two racing games on the market, unfortunately.
100% impossible. The only thing (but that won't happen as it takes months
for a -team- of people to create 1 tracK) is to replicate the tracks. Won't
ever happen, be sure of that.
--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."
the formats were different enough that it'd be quite a job, but they were
both 'a series of sections' kind of definitions. (is there any other type?)
i thought you'd be able to write a GP2->TDIF convertor, and a
TDIF->GP2 convertor, and do the same for all sims.
the result of the up-conversion would loose a fair bit of information,
and the down-conversions would be a bit rough, but it'd surely be
enough to give the track editor artists something to start from. and
over the years the format would evolve and the convertors would get
better.
but when i realised it'd take more that a day or two i gave up, and went
back to practicing the 'ring. sorry!
martin.
I didn't follow up how GPL track editing is doing, but one thing is
for sure: Paul Hoad, the man coding the GP2 track editor (with the
help of many trackformat-researchers) has also worked on a GPL editor.
The fact that there is no converter yet, means that it is NOT trivial
at all IMHO.
JoH
========================================
Jo Helsen EDP Operations BF Belgium
========================================
