torcs-devel Mailing List for TORCS - The Open Racing Car Simulator

Eric Espie wrote:
> 
> Remi Coulom wrote:
> 
> > There are at first two things I would like to do in the simulator:
> >  - Fix collision code so that cars do not cross each-other anymore. I
> > have done this for RARS already. I guess the problem is similar here,
> > though a little more complex.
> 
> Have you tried the last version ? There should not be any overlap of the cars anymore.

No, I have not.

> 
> >  - Incorporate my engine sound generator. I have already plenty of ideas
> > to improve it.
> 
> I think I can provide the charge of the engine in order to adapt the sound.
> I thought to use OpenAL instead of PLIB for the sound.

I know nothing about sound in linux. I will have to study that part too.

Remi

Remi Coulom wrote:

> There are at first two things I would like to do in the simulator:
>  - Fix collision code so that cars do not cross each-other anymore. I
> have done this for RARS already. I guess the problem is similar here,
> though a little more complex.

Have you tried the last version ? There should not be any overlap of the cars anymore.

>  - Incorporate my engine sound generator. I have already plenty of ideas
> to improve it.

I think I can provide the charge of the engine in order to adapt the sound.
I thought to use OpenAL instead of PLIB for the sound.

> 
> I think this would be a good way for me to get familiar with the source.
> Then, I am sure I will have hundreds of ideas of things to do.

good.

> 
> Remi
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Eric.
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                       TORCS
            The Open Racing Car Simulator
                 http://torcs.org
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Eric Espie wrote:
> 
> Cool,
> 
> I'll try to clean up a version this WE to submit the new
> track from Christophe.
> 
> I was thinking of packaging the simulator with just a small
> number of tracks, and additional tracks/cars/drivers separately.

Yes, I think that would be a good idea.

> 
> Currently, I am trying to update the transmission simulation to
> handle correctly the 4WD and after that on my todo-list
> there are the damages and tire wear.
> 
> The Pit-Stops are possible (you can refuel with the human
> driver) but for the robots there should be a set of API
> to help the pit-stops.
> 
> For the CVS on sourceforge, I can do that so the team-work
> can be possible.
> 
> If you want some changes in the directory structure, just tell
> me.
> 

There is no special change I would like. I do not know the directory
structure well, in fact, since I only worked on my own driver so far. It
is just that moving directories around in a CVS repository is not that
convenient, as far as I have understood (I am no CVS expert). So if
anybody has changes in mind, they should be done before building the
repository, I believe. In particular, if you split the source into
torcs-core and torcs-extras, then it should be possible to retrieve each
of them independently (CVS modules should be able to do that, I guess).

There are at first two things I would like to do in the simulator:
 - Fix collision code so that cars do not cross each-other anymore. I
have done this for RARS already. I guess the problem is similar here,
though a little more complex.
 - Incorporate my engine sound generator. I have already plenty of ideas
to improve it.

I think this would be a good way for me to get familiar with the source.
Then, I am sure I will have hundreds of ideas of things to do.

Remi

Remi Coulom wrote:
> 
> Eric Espie wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just put a pre-version of TORCS on sourceforge
> >
> > ftp://torcs.sourceforge.net/pub/torcs/torcs-1.0.0-pre5.tar.bz2
> > or
> > ftp://torcs.sourceforge.net/pub/torcs/torcs-1.0.0-pre5.tgz
> >
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Good news: I now have a stable working OpenGL environment at home
> (Mandrake 8.0 (XFree 4.0.3) / GeForce2 Pro GTS 64 Mb / Celeron 400 MHz :
> 150-200 fps on average with TORCS !). One of the main reasons I stopped
> working with TORCS is that my old ATI Rage Pro with Utah-GLX drivers
> crashed my machine badly all the time. I can now have fun again with it
> and am motivated to participate in the development.
> 
> I think it would be necessary to set-up a CVS repository at sourceforge.
> It would make cooperative work much easier. Especially since the TORCS
> source is growing really big and I have a 33.6 kbit/s modem at home. I
> think that if you give me developer rights for the project (my handle at
> sourceforge is rcoulom), then I would be able to do this myself. It
> might require a little bit of thinking before we settle on a directory
> structure. Just let me know what you think.
> 
> Remi

Cool,

I'll try to clean up a version this WE to submit the new
track from Christophe.

I was thinking of packaging the simulator with just a small
number of tracks, and additional tracks/cars/drivers separately.

Currently, I am trying to update the transmission simulation to 
handle correctly the 4WD and after that on my todo-list
there are the damages and tire wear.

The Pit-Stops are possible (you can refuel with the human
driver) but for the robots there should be a set of API
to help the pit-stops.

For the CVS on sourceforge, I can do that so the team-work
can be possible.

If you want some changes in the directory structure, just tell
me.

I'm glad to see more interrest in TORCS those days,
Eric.
-- 
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
                       TORCS
            The Open Racing Car Simulator
                 http://torcs.org
=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

Eric Espie wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I just put a pre-version of TORCS on sourceforge
> 
> ftp://torcs.sourceforge.net/pub/torcs/torcs-1.0.0-pre5.tar.bz2
> or
> ftp://torcs.sourceforge.net/pub/torcs/torcs-1.0.0-pre5.tgz
> 

Hi,

Good news: I now have a stable working OpenGL environment at home
(Mandrake 8.0 (XFree 4.0.3) / GeForce2 Pro GTS 64 Mb / Celeron 400 MHz :
150-200 fps on average with TORCS !). One of the main reasons I stopped
working with TORCS is that my old ATI Rage Pro with Utah-GLX drivers
crashed my machine badly all the time. I can now have fun again with it
and am motivated to participate in the development.

I think it would be necessary to set-up a CVS repository at sourceforge.
It would make cooperative work much easier. Especially since the TORCS
source is growing really big and I have a 33.6 kbit/s modem at home. I
think that if you give me developer rights for the project (my handle at
sourceforge is rcoulom), then I would be able to do this myself. It
might require a little bit of thinking before we settle on a directory
structure. Just let me know what you think.

Remi