Version 3.66 of GPL Replay Analyser released

Hi everybody! Exacty one year (or 366 days) ago we released the first version of GPL Replay Analyser (or GPLRA), we thought we should celebrate this with an "Anniversary Version". Therefore we release version 3.66 today. :) This is the new stuff: *Added Personal Best Laptimes Viewer, lists all best times for all cars and all tracks. Sort of Export Records without the need to do the html-files. *Added visual markings for where the split times are in the trackmap. *To make it easier for people using the Lap Chart report to do their own reports "Lap 0" is now also listed for the race. This is the time from session-start to when the car crosses start/finish for the first time. *PB Viewer, GPLRank calculator and Export Records now remembers the last player used and defaults to that. *Some leagues are awarding points for least laps marked "Off Track", included stats for this in Race Report. *Added stats for Race Laptime Consistency in Race Report. *Added rpy->grv (groove) export. Only useful for people using GPLEA's racktools. *Fixed these bugs: -Changed Murasama to Honda in a couple of places (forgot those last time) -Removed the blank lines in the exported reports -Driver names in Export Records are now presented correctly on Win NT/Win2k -'Open most recenlty added replay file' now hopefully does that all of the times. Download and more info at: http://www.bigfoot.com/~GPL_Replay_Analyser/ Cheers, /Martin and Jonas

On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:53:36 GMT, [email hidden] (Martin Granberg) wrote:

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>Hi everybody! > >Exacty one year (or 366 days) ago we released the first version of GPL >Replay Analyser (or GPLRA), we thought we should celebrate this with >an "Anniversary Version". Therefore we release version 3.66 today. :) > >This is the new stuff:

Guess what I'm going to say... A big THANK YOU! :)) Andre

Happy Anniversary, and thank you for the great utility. Bob G Andre Warringa wrote:

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> On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:53:36 GMT, [email hidden] (Martin Granberg) wrote: > > >Hi everybody! > > > >Exacty one year (or 366 days) ago we released the first version of GPL > >Replay Analyser (or GPLRA), we thought we should celebrate this with > >an "Anniversary Version". Therefore we release version 3.66 today. :) > > > >This is the new stuff: > > Guess what I'm going to say... > A big THANK YOU! :)) > > Andre

no@spam (Martin Granberg) wrote in <[email hidden]>:

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>Exacty one year (or 366 days) ago we released the first version of GPL >Replay Analyser (or GPLRA), we thought we should celebrate this with >an "Anniversary Version". Therefore we release version 3.66 today. :) > >Cheers, > >Martin and Jonas

Thanks guys, and excellent utility gets even better! -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -5.40 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

This tools is fantastic but i still prefer GPLDump for 2 things that are VERY important to me : 1) You can change size of telemetry's window, generaly i put it full screen ;o) 2) Time diff is more precise IMO regards, -- Seb Game Developer GPLRank -37.10 http://magicfr.multimania.com

In article <[email hidden]>, =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= Tixier <[email hidden]> wrote: > This tools is fantastic but i still prefer GPLDump for 2 things thatare > VERY > important to me : > 1) You can change size of telemetry's window, generaly i put it full > screen ;o) Yep, you can't imagine the amount of suggestions and requests for improved graph we get! :) We haven't done it yet for several reasons. GPLDump is great for this, why should we reinvent the wheel? And we would have to rewrite a lot of the graph to include new features, this time can be spent on other stuff instead. Perhaps we will do it, but it's not a top priority ATM. > 2) Time diff is more precise IMO GPLDump illustrates this in a different way, that's true. Don't think it is more precise though. It might look more precise due to the fact that I think GPLDump interpolates Y-values for X-values not existing in the replay (bad explanation...) Cheers, /Martin Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/

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> In article <[email hidden]>, > =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= Tixier <[email hidden]> wrote: > > This tools is fantastic but i still prefer GPLDump for 2 things that > are > > VERY > > important to me : > > 1) You can change size of telemetry's window, generaly i put it full > > screen ;o) > > Yep, you can't imagine the amount of suggestions and requests for > improved graph we get! :) > > We haven't done it yet for several reasons. GPLDump is great for this, > why should we reinvent the wheel? And we would have to rewrite a lot of > the graph to include new features, this time can be spent on other > stuff instead. > > Perhaps we will do it, but it's not a top priority ATM. > > > 2) Time diff is more precise IMO > > GPLDump illustrates this in a different way, that's true. Don't think > it is more precise though. It might look more precise due to the fact > that I think GPLDump interpolates Y-values for X-values not existing in > the replay (bad explanation...)

I know what you mean, some years ago i've made a Replay Analyser for ICR2 ( i never released it because i did'nt know Internet at this times ), it was only a telemetry graph. And i remember that in the files you could get longitudinal position and lateral position. So if in the game you pass a turn at constant speed but with a trajectory outside-apex-outside then in the telemetry when calculating speed from ONLY longitudinal pos, then speed wasn't constant. And at this times i din't know how to calculate speed from longitudinal AND lateral position. regards, -- Seb Game Developer GPLRank -37.10 http://magicfr.multimania.com

Hi, In article <[email hidden]>, > > GPLDump illustrates this in a different way, that's true. Don'tthink > > it is more precise though. It might look more precise due to thefact > > that I think GPLDump interpolates Y-values for X-values notexisting in > > the replay (bad explanation...) > > I know what you mean, some years ago i've made a Replay Analyser forICR2 ( > i never released it > because i did'nt know Internet at this times ), it was only atelemetry > graph. > > And i remember that in the files you could get longitudinal positionand > lateral position. So if in the game you > pass a turn at constant speed but with a trajectory outside-apex-outside > then in the telemetry when calculating > speed from ONLY longitudinal pos, then speed wasn't constant. And atthis > times i din't know how to calculate > speed from longitudinal AND lateral position. Yes, this is true. It wasn't what I tried to explain above though, I ment GPLDump interpolates all the graphs (not just the speed graph) - therefore it looks smoother. I think it fills in "missing" values to make it fit the "resolution" of 0.25 or 0.5 meters it supports. GPLRA works with the "resolution" the values in the replay has, not a fixed one.(probably even worse explanation! :) ) About speed: GPL Replay Analyser calculates speed from both longitudinal and lateral position, don't think GPLDump does this. It is very hard to calculate this without having the complete track "drawn" and calculate the distance between the car's locations from one "tick" to the next. You have to think about longtitude, lateral, radius of the corner etc. We still have some rounding errors in corners (due to Papy strangeness) but it is a lot better than simply looking at distance from start/finish. Cheers, /Martin Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/

> Yes, this is true. It wasn't what I tried to explain above though, I > ment GPLDump interpolates all the graphs (not just the speed graph) - > therefore it looks smoother. I think it fills in "missing" values to > make it fit the "resolution" of 0.25 or 0.5 meters it supports. GPLRA > works with the "resolution" the values in the replay has, not a fixed > one.(probably even worse explanation! :) ) Nono, i had understand with the first explanation but this one is more precise :o) > About speed: GPL Replay Analyser calculates speed from both > longitudinal and lateral position, don't think GPLDump does this. It is > very hard to calculate this without having the complete track "drawn" > and calculate the distance between the car's locations from one "tick" > to the next Well, i don't know how GPLDump works but if GPLRA is more precise then it will be a GREAT helps if We could change telemetry's window size :o)))) > . You have to think about longtitude, lateral, radius of the > corner etc. We still have some rounding errors in corners (due to Papy > strangeness) but it is a lot better than simply looking at distance > from start/finish. regards, -- Seb Game Developer GPLRank -37.10 http://magicfr.multimania.com

On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 14:01:52 +0100, =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E9bastien?= Tixier <[email hidden]> wrote: >Well, i don't know how GPLDump works but if GPLRA is more precise then >it will be a GREAT helps if We could change telemetry's window size :o)))) And there you have a reason to make a sizable telemetry window Martin! <G> Andre

[email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote in <[email hidden]>: >And there you have a reason to make a sizable telemetry window Martin! ><G> Speaking of sizable windows. I LOVE your new "Personal Best Laps Viewer" function. Being able to see all your times for every track loaded is fantastic. As is, the window is only big enough to show 14 tracks, while I have 26 loaded, it would be nice to size the window to have them all visible at once to allow a screen capture so you could save it to a file, or even better, include a "save to file" or "print" command in the window. Also, not a problem really, but when loading laps, I get about 10 error windows pop up when it comes across certain, but not all, replays of two laps merged with SpyGirl. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -5.40 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 14:01:52 +0100, S�bastien Tixier <[email hidden]> wrote: >Well, i don't know how GPLDump works but if GPLRA is more precise then >it will be a GREAT helps if We could change telemetry's window size :o)))) More precise when it comes to speed, the rest should be the same. We'll see about the resize... :) Cheers, /Martin

On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:59:19 GMT, in rec.autos.simulators you wrote: >Speaking of sizable windows. I LOVE your new "Personal Best Laps >Viewer" function. Being able to see all your times for every track >loaded is fantastic. As is, the window is only big enough to show 14 >tracks, while I have 26 loaded, it would be nice to size the window to >have them all visible at once to allow a screen capture so you could >save it to a file Should be pretty easy, I'll look into it. >, or even better, include a "save to file" or "print" >command in the window. Sounds like you should try the "Export Records" feature. It has much more info about the records and is automatically saved and can be printed. > Also, not a problem really, but when loading >laps, I get about 10 error windows pop up when it comes across certain, >but not all, replays of two laps merged with SpyGirl. All should be SpyGirl laps or corrupted in some other way. If not, mail it to me (if it isn't a large replay!). On the "to-do" list is an option not to show these messages. Cheers, /Martin

no@spam (Martin Granberg) wrote in <[email hidden]>:

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>On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:59:19 GMT, in rec.autos.simulators you wrote: > >>Speaking of sizable windows. I LOVE your new "Personal Best Laps >>Viewer" function. Being able to see all your times for every track >>loaded is fantastic. As is, the window is only big enough to show 14 >>tracks, while I have 26 loaded, it would be nice to size the window to >>have them all visible at once to allow a screen capture so you could >>save it to a file >Sounds like you should try the "Export Records" feature. It has much >more info about the records and is automatically saved and can be >printed.

Just tried it. WOW! what an excellect feature. It does WAY more than I would have expected. You guys are good. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -5.40 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

Any ideas why a replay at Snetterton would not 'play' correctly? I tried to view it last night and the map zoomed and just sat at the start and flasshed. or is it just me? Thanks for the great addition! SLG PS anyone have a link for a file that will fix the AI at Snetterton? [email hidden] (Martin Granberg) wrote:

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>On Wed, 24 Jan 2001 14:01:52 +0100, S�bastien Tixier ><[email hidden]> wrote: > >>Well, i don't know how GPLDump works but if GPLRA is more precise then >>it will be a GREAT helps if We could change telemetry's window size :o)))) > >More precise when it comes to speed, the rest should be the same. >We'll see about the resize... :) > >Cheers, > >/Martin >

(All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are due to too many English classes/teachers)

On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 14:50:55 GMT, [email hidden] (Steve Garrotto) wrote: >Any ideas why a replay at Snetterton would not 'play' correctly? I >tried to view it last night and the map zoomed and just sat at the >start and flasshed. or is it just me? Either you are trying to view an online driver with missing data or you found a bug. >Thanks for the great addition! Glad you like it! :) Cheers, /Martin

I'd like something added to the PB and Export functions: a date marker for times. As far as I can see this is absent from gpla and is only available in gpl BestLaps view. Why? I have several gplrank accounts and as I improve want to revisit tracks+class records and redo them for a better time. Date markers allow me to 'flag' a time as old and worth running again. In fact, a sorting option that would place the oldest track PB at the top of the list as most needing attention would be nice. rms [email hidden]

On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:31:07 GMT, "Roger Squires" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I'd like something added to the PB and Export functions: a date marker for >times. This is planned. Probably not in PB Viewer, but in Export Records. Cheers, /Martin

> This is planned. Probably not in PB Viewer, but in Export Records Consider it for the PBV. I avoid running the Export function because of the whole loading the browser thing and all the files it creates. rms [email hidden]