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An interesting conversation

Lara

An interesting conversation

by Lara » Sun, 16 Jun 2002 12:33:38

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:
i wanna produce games... ones that people will play... a universal racing
engine

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

something that can encompass the proper physics for anything that can be
driven on the road

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

and would be easy to switch from track to track to car to car.

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

you could import a F1 car into a swamp buggy race, and do it with the
gravity of mars, and add weapons to the car...

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

and because it uses a standard engine, it would work!

Mama, I have come home to die | GP4 IS F*CKING "A" AWESOME! says:

too much to ask for

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

but more likely... import a 1970's ear F1 car against the modern ones, or
take the modern one back to the tracks in '67

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

*era

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

its possible with todays computing power.... forget the super-graphics, make
good graphics, and a great engine.

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

good controller supprt and nice multiplayer features

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

very easy to do. problem is all the companies are afraid to do it, because
other people will then modify their products.

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

but all you need are small modifiable modules... one for gravity, one for
car stats, one for power stats, one for tire stats, etc... same with the
tracks and common data type for the tracks, and then you could make any
track or car or whatever work with the game.

Mama, I have come home to die | GP4 IS F*CKING "A" AWESOME! says:

true, but mucho time and effort

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

bring an indy car onto an F1 track.

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

no more time than to do a normal game... the beauty is you do it once, and
you make many games from it!

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

then all you need is the code for each game utilizing that engine.

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

EA is doing it already with their cars, that's why you can import the need 4
speed cars... sierra is doing it with tracks... but what you need is a more
flexible dataset so that everything is customizable.

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

from how many gears on the car, to its centre of gravity, to the weight
distribution..

Mama, I have come home to die | GP4 IS F*CKING "A" AWESOME! says:

<oh god, why did i let him start>

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

all numbers that the engine could pre-process b4 the game starts so that it
wouldn't affect game play.

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

quake has an engine... now its time for a racing engine.

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

talk to your geek buddies that made GPL, cause I'm sure you've talked to
them.

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

also grab the guys that did Indy500: The simulation.

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

that's still the best racing game.

Mama, I have come home to die | GP4 IS F*CKING "A" AWESOME! says:

actually, this conversation is going to cut and pasted

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

good, post it to the newsgroups with the gpl guys...

Mama, I have come home to die | GP4 IS F*CKING "A" AWESOME! says:

rec.autos.simulators

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

they will understand and respect me.

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

i demand to be heard.

Mama, I have come home to die | GP4 IS F*CKING "A" AWESOME! says:

<lord, he's off again>

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

you betcha i am.

Mama, I have come home to die | GP4 IS F*CKING "A" AWESOME! says:

<cloud 9 cloud 9, come inplease, your time is up>

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

what are you trying to say?

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

you wouldn't like a game like this?

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

i'm going to start making flowcharts for this game engine... i need to
determine all the modules necessary.

Mama, I have come home to die | GP4 IS F*CKING "A" AWESOME! says:

have fun...........lol

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

and there will need to be 6 parts.

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

1. track

2. vehicle

3. ground physics

4. air physics

5. damage

6. envirnment

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

and no invisible walls... fully interactive envirnment...

Auslieferung vor F?en Deutschlands! says:

you can go through fences in my world

Carol Bekke

An interesting conversation

by Carol Bekke » Mon, 17 Jun 2002 00:03:38

Who is this person.
Lara

An interesting conversation

by Lara » Mon, 17 Jun 2002 00:58:00

He's a friend who with every new F1 game moans about how realistic it
isn't...

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Neale


ymenar

An interesting conversation

by ymenar » Mon, 17 Jun 2002 02:13:50

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Thanks for the laugh.

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Coma

An interesting conversation

by Coma » Mon, 17 Jun 2002 02:53:04

But perhaps they have a point.   Why hasn't anyone made a game with a
"quake" like universal engine that could be adapated to any type of
racing...   Surely computers are powerful enough for the math needed for the
proper physics.   The GPL team could do it, I'm sure... Those guys are gods!

Coma


J. Todd Wass

An interesting conversation

by J. Todd Wass » Mon, 17 Jun 2002 03:53:27

Well, there's Racer, there's my stuff, I'm sure Ashely's working in this
direction, and I can think of at least one more besides X-Plane's developer,
who just announced he's working on X-Automotive.  Not a new idea really, there
are a few of us I think that have been moving towards this capability for at
least a couple of years now... Am I wrong?  

Todd Wasson
---
Performance Simulations
Drag Racing and Top Speed Prediction
Software
http://PerformanceSimulations.Com

My little car sim screenshots:
http://performancesimulations.com/scnshot4.htm

J. Todd Wass

An interesting conversation

by J. Todd Wass » Mon, 17 Jun 2002 03:54:19

 I'd be interested in knowing too..  Wonder if they'll have an engine
simulation though ;-)

Todd Wasson
---
Performance Simulations
Drag Racing and Top Speed Prediction
Software
http://PerformanceSimulations.Com

My little car sim screenshots:
http://performancesimulations.com/scnshot4.htm


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