Pabster's Watties Paint-Job

Nice job with Watkins Glen Tom!!! As much as an improvement as was made by DG to the GPL N'ring ( similar feel - less 'vivd' and more 'real' ) Two things - (having not seen WG on TV for N'cars this year) - are the Best-Buy ad's that garish and scarey? And I get a heavy ping tinge to the Fox Camera Tower after the hairpin - which fades to normal as it gets closer. I'm guessing this is due to some sort of alpha channel m'larkey in the texture. I have a league race there on Sat PM - it'll be my last N2k2 race - but as least it'll LOOK nice! Cheers DOug

Doug... Glad you like the WG re-textured track. I actually have an updated version which will be posted at the US Pits sometime next week. Your questions: 1. Re: Best Buy ads: Yep....those are just about exactly like the ones at the track on WC day....except the real track has about 50 of them everywhere! 2. There's no "hairpin" at WG...and there's four towers with two of them referring to "Fox" in some way (by virtue of the banners on them). Which one specifically is getting a heavy "pink" color (I know what causes that....but I didn't think it would do it "selectively" on some systems and not others.....it doesn't do it on mine)? Good luck at your league race.... TP "Doug Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:V5zc9.2908$571.250992@wards...

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> Nice job with Watkins Glen Tom!!! > > As much as an improvement as was made by DG to the GPL N'ring ( similar > feel - less 'vivd' and more 'real' ) > > Two things - (having not seen WG on TV for N'cars this year) - are the > Best-Buy ad's that garish and scarey? And I get a heavy ping tinge to the > Fox Camera Tower after the hairpin - which fades to normal as it gets > closer. I'm guessing this is due to some sort of alpha channel m'larkey in > the texture. > > I have a league race there on Sat PM - it'll be my last N2k2 race - but as > least it'll LOOK nice! > > Cheers > > DOug > >

> 2. There's no "hairpin" at WG...and there's four towers with two of them > referring to "Fox" in some way (by virtue of the banners on them). Which > one specifically is getting a heavy "pink" color (I know what causes > that....but I didn't think it would do it "selectively" on some systemsand > not others.....it doesn't do it on mine)? Well - the longish corner after the chicane. It's about 1/3rd the way down the last straight before the left - short straight - right to the finish line. My knowledge of WG geography's fairly bad! This is the only one I've noticed the pinking on - but then, I've not noticed the towers anywhere else. This really stood out in the distance. IF it helps - WinXP, GF4Ti4600 and the err, 30.something's. ( checks nvidia website) 30.82's ( not gone to 40's at home yet) I'm running at 1280 x 1024 with Quinqux AA on. Cheers Doug

Doug... Thanks, I know which "tower" you are speaking of now. That is one of the towers....that's only rendered in that one spot. So, troubleshooting this issue will be helped by that. I need to know what your mip slider setting is at...and whether you have "Compress to DXT3 instead of DXT1" is checked or not. Also, are you having this problem on any other tracks you've downloaded from me. Doug, send me an email and I will send you the file that "paints" that tower, directly from my hard drive. That way I'll insure that there's not something corrupted with your file in the download/install process. This "purple" problem has been reported to me by a few others.....I'm trying to track it down as best I can. You could help, since you are the first one reporting this as a problem at WG. Thanks, Tom "Doug Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:akvb9p$1llksu$[email hidden]... > > > 2. There's no "hairpin" at WG...and there's four towers with two ofthem > > referring to "Fox" in some way (by virtue of the banners on them).Which > > one specifically is getting a heavy "pink" color (I know what causes > > that....but I didn't think it would do it "selectively" on some systems > and > > not others.....it doesn't do it on mine)? > > Well - the longish corner after the chicane. It's about 1/3rd the waydown

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> the last straight before the left - short straight - right to the finish > line. > > My knowledge of WG geography's fairly bad! > > This is the only one I've noticed the pinking on - but then, I've not > noticed the towers anywhere else. This really stood out in the distance. > > IF it helps - WinXP, GF4Ti4600 and the err, 30.something's. ( checks

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> website) 30.82's ( not gone to 40's at home yet) > > I'm running at 1280 x 1024 with Quinqux AA on. > > Cheers > > > Doug > >

"Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:gMMc9.91462$[email hidden]...

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> Doug... > > Thanks, I know which "tower" you are speaking of now. That is one of the > towers....that's only rendered in that one spot. So, troubleshooting this > issue will be helped by that. > > I need to know what your mip slider setting is at...and whether you have > "Compress to DXT3 instead of DXT1" is checked or not. Also, are you

having > this problem on any other tracks you've downloaded from me. Not tried any other tracks unfortuantely - and now, just when I want to take a look at additional properties - Windows XP throws a fit with rundll and nvcpl.dll. I'll sort that and get back to you. DOug

Okay.....will wait for your reply... TP "Doug Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:k_Pc9.3094$571.270243@wards... > > "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:gMMc9.91462$[email hidden]... > > Doug... > > > > Thanks, I know which "tower" you are speaking of now. That is one ofthe > > towers....that's only rendered in that one spot. So, troubleshootingthis

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> > issue will be helped by that. > > > > I need to know what your mip slider setting is at...and whether you have > > "Compress to DXT3 instead of DXT1" is checked or not. Also, are you > having > > this problem on any other tracks you've downloaded from me. > > Not tried any other tracks unfortuantely - and now, just when I want to

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> a look at additional properties - Windows XP throws a fit with rundll and > nvcpl.dll. > > I'll sort that and get back to you. > > DOug > >

to know what your mip slider setting is at...and whether you have > > > "Compress to DXT3 instead of DXT1" is checked or not. Also, are you > > having > > > this problem on any other tracks you've downloaded from me. Well - mip's set to 'best image quality' Not sure on the DXT3 m'larkey - when can I find that sort of ingo? Cheers DOug