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Hi Bernhard,
Thanks for your email. i cleared TORCS_BASE or MAKE_DEFAULT(saw one of the
earlier posts about it in the archives).
Could there be any other reason?

thanks
aravind
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 9:50 AM, Bernhard Wymann <be...@bl...> wrote:

> Hi Annick
>
> > - warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'
>
> I already fixed some of those in the 1.3.1 branch, but I will leave the
> most for
> 1.3.2.
>
> >> //usr/local/lib/torcs/setup_linux.sh file does not exist, check your
> >> installation./
>
> In case you set TORCS_BASE and MAKE_DEFAULT (do not care if you didn't set
> those, just forget about it) check if they point to the correct location?
>
> Bye, Bernhard
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> Subject: Re: [Torcs-users] how to find trackeditor for torcs
> From: may...@fr...
> To: bar...@ho...
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> Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:37:37 +0200
> 
> TrackEditor is a java software.
> You can download it there:
> 
> http://www.berniw.org/trb/index.php?page=downloads
> 
> Un-tar it, cd to it then run
> ./trackeditor.sh
> to launch it.
> 
> Le mardi 22 juillet 2008 à 12:01 +0200, Bart Potters a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >  
> > In my installation of Torcs on my windows-run pc at work I found the
> > trackeditor, but at home I use Ubuntu and installed Torcs simply with
> > the add/remove function. I cannot find the TrackEditor anywhere on my
> > system. 
> >  
> > I have been browsing the web for days for an answer, but cannot seem
> > to find it. 
> >  
> > How/where can I find the trackeditor?
> >  
> > greets
> > Bart
> > 
> > 
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TrackEditor is a java software.
You can download it there:

http://www.berniw.org/trb/index.php?page=downloads

Un-tar it, cd to it then run
./trackeditor.sh
to launch it.

Le mardi 22 juillet 2008 à 12:01 +0200, Bart Potters a écrit :
> Hi,
>  
> In my installation of Torcs on my windows-run pc at work I found the
> trackeditor, but at home I use Ubuntu and installed Torcs simply with
> the add/remove function. I cannot find the TrackEditor anywhere on my
> system. 
>  
> I have been browsing the web for days for an answer, but cannot seem
> to find it. 
>  
> How/where can I find the trackeditor?
>  
> greets
> Bart
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
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Hi,
 
In my installation of Torcs on my windows-run pc at work I found the trackeditor, but at home I use Ubuntu and installed Torcs simply with the add/remove function. I cannot find the TrackEditor anywhere on my system. 
 
I have been browsing the web for days for an answer, but cannot seem to find it. 
 
How/where can I find the trackeditor?
 
greets
Bart
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Hi,
I would like to know how to compute the length of curves.
For example, in mycircuit.xml, I have this:
      <section name="curve 1">
        <attstr name="type" val="rgt" />
        <attnum name="arc" unit="deg" val="21.0" />
        <attnum name="radius" unit="m" val="189.0" />
        <attnum name="end radius" unit="m" val="156.0" />
        <attnum name="z start" unit="m" val="0" />
        <attnum name="z end" unit="m" val="0.5" />
        <attstr name="surface" val="asphalt2-lines" />

I've used the trackeditor in Java to create my circuit.

When "radius"="end radius" (the radius is constant), then there is no
"end radius" attribute and the length of the curve is easy to compute:
2 x pi x radius x arc / 360

What is the equation in the source code to make the radius change from
radius to end radius, when they are different (i.e., "end radius"
exists)?
Well, whatever the equation, what I need is how to compute the length of
such curve.

I have the feeling that simply taking
("radius" + "end radius")/2 
instead of "radius" will not give accurate results.

Is the equation used a clothoid? (or cornu spiral)
It seems to be used often to make roads in real life
cf.:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornu_spiral#Cornu_spiral
In French:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothoïde
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracé_en_plan_d'une_route

If so, how to compute the arc length knowing the start and end radius?


Reason why I need this:
I'm modeling a real mountain road (going to Chamrousse from Vaulnavey,
near Grenoble, in the French Alps), using aerial view. The altitude (z
start/z end) of each segemnt is very hard to measure accurately. But I
have ideas on how to estimate the slope of the road (in degrees) on the
real road (using a plumb-bob and a protractor printed on paper). Once I
have this, I need the length of each segment of my model to be able to
compute the altitude.
I've made a script (not the best one, with R (statistical software) and
sed...) to read these values then change "z end" and "z start" values.

Thanks for any help!
Mayeul

Hi Annick

> - warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'

I already fixed some of those in the 1.3.1 branch, but I will leave the most for 
1.3.2.

>> //usr/local/lib/torcs/setup_linux.sh file does not exist, check your 
>> installation./

In case you set TORCS_BASE and MAKE_DEFAULT (do not care if you didn't set 
those, just forget about it) check if they point to the correct location?

Bye, Bernhard

Hi!

I have a similar problem: My wheel works with jstest and supertuxkart, but not with Torcs in Fedora 7 and Fedora 8.

I have sent a message to this mailing list on 23.2.2008 17:41:34 ("torcs does not recognize a wheel (or joystick)") and I have reported this in Fedora Bugzilla as well, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433503 - but the problem is still open.

Can anybody help?

Regards, JJ

Annick et Jean-Philippe <jpm...@fr...> kirjoitti: 
> Hi, Lengyel.
> 
> > I try to drive with an analog joystick on a linux system.
> > Jstest indicate that the joystick functions properly.
> 
> So, that means that you don't have any driver issue.
> 
> > Running SuperTuxKart the joystick steers as a proper analog joystick. (One can 
> > turn the wheel gradually).
> > However in torcs even after calibration the using the joystick for steering, 
> > the steering value is only hard on or off. (Behaves as a digital (On/off) 
> > joystick). Changing the sensitivity does not help). For throttle and breaking 
> > the joystick works properly.
> 
> I can't see anything wrong about analog joystick in Torcs code ...
> 
> By the way, Torcs just uses Plib (http://plib.sourceforge.net),
> and its "js" sub-system as is, to read joysticks axes and buttons ...
> 
> So, may be there's a pb in Plib with analog joysticks ...
> 
> If I had time, I would compare jstest code to plib's one ...
> and may be google "plib analog joystick" ...
> 
> Hope this helps ...
> 
> Jean-Philippe.
> 
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Hello, "r".

> Is it possible to use "Horizontal Edge Scroll" of the synaptics (or
> similar) touchpad as a steering wheel control? I tried to setup it
> using "Control Configuration" in Torcs (on Linux) but it doesn't seem
> to see any scroll events (only keyboard, mouse move, and three mouse
> buttons events are available).

By somewhat following what's happening currently on Linux Input
mailing list (Input devices drivers and associated kernel code),
I'm quite sure that some developpements are still
to be done or tested about that kind of device ...

So it may not be a surprise if you can't see any "Horizontal Edge Scroll"
in Torcs ... as even your kernel can't see them ;-)

For more information, please dig into :
- http://www.mail-archive.com/lin...@at...
- and may be also http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-input%40vger.kernel.org/

Hope this helps.

Jean-Philippe.

Hi, Lengyel.

> I try to drive with an analog joystick on a linux system.
> Jstest indicate that the joystick functions properly.

So, that means that you don't have any driver issue.

> Running SuperTuxKart the joystick steers as a proper analog joystick. (One can 
> turn the wheel gradually).
> However in torcs even after calibration the using the joystick for steering, 
> the steering value is only hard on or off. (Behaves as a digital (On/off) 
> joystick). Changing the sensitivity does not help). For throttle and breaking 
> the joystick works properly.

I can't see anything wrong about analog joystick in Torcs code ...

By the way, Torcs just uses Plib (http://plib.sourceforge.net),
and its "js" sub-system as is, to read joysticks axes and buttons ...

So, may be there's a pb in Plib with analog joysticks ...

If I had time, I would compare jstest code to plib's one ...
and may be google "plib analog joystick" ...

Hope this helps ...

Jean-Philippe.

Hi, Aravind.

As for your compilation errors, here are some tips :

- if I remember well, the Torcs web site give a link to a source distribution
   of OpenAL that was modified for Torcs (don't know how and why, but this is
   the version I use with no trouble on a Mandriva 2008.0 x86_64 gcc 4.2.2rc) ;
   do you use this version of OpenAL ?

 > /usr/local/include/AL/alc.h:70: error: '<anonymous>' has incomplete type
 > /usr/local/include/AL/alc.h:70: error: invalid use of 'ALCvoid'

- I patched OpenAL to fix this, the following way :

   include/AL/alctypes.h : replace "typedef void ALCVoid;" by "#define ALCVoid"
   when C++ compiler :

#ifdef __cplusplus__
# define ALCvoid
#else
   typedef void ALCvoid;
#endif

- warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to 'char*'

   I've got these warnings everywhere compiling Torcs, and we should find a fix
   for it, but this is only warning for the moment, so, you can ignore it ...

As for your run-time error :

> But my installation is missing a setup_linux.sh. When I run torcs(the 
> torcs library and executable are installed correctly), I get the 
> following message :-
> 
> //usr/local/lib/torcs/setup_linux.sh file does not exist, check your 
> installation./

This is strange ... setup_linux.sh is normally created by the makefile
(see "linuxsetup" target in Makefile, and associted sub-targets
  in Make-default.mk ...)

Did you try a from scratch build again ?

make distclean
make cleanconfig

./configure --prefix=...
make
make install
make datainstall


Hope this helps.

Jean-Philippe.

Hi, Jonathan.

> We bought a San Fransisco Rush arcade cabinet (like this one
> ... the cabinet gives us all the controls we need and then some. The
> pedals, wheel, and button inputs will be sent to a PIC microcontroller
> connected via a serial cable to a desktop which will be placed in the
> cabinet.
> 
> I'd like to know if there's already a serial interface for TORCS or, if
> there isn't, the most painless way to go about creating one. If any one has
> any ideas or inputs, I'd love to hear from you.

Actually, Torcs is not directly reading controlers input at the hardware level.

It uses Plib (http://plib.sourceforge.net), and its "js" sub-system,
to read any input from joystick controlers (and friends, like wheels, pedals,
shifters, and so on).

So, to my mind, you'll have to write a serial driver for you cabinet
PIC controler ... and it should work !

If you are developping under Linux, writing a driver should not be so hard now,
as there are many tutorials about that ... even if this is still "writing a 
device driver" ;-)

Under Windows, I really don't know at all.

Hope this helps. But fear it won't be "painless" ...

Jean-Philippe.

hi vadim,
thanks for ur reply. i am aware of that. i am planning to use a software
that modifies torcs(http://cig.dei.polimi.it?page_id=5) and requires me to
install from this source.

aravind

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 11:48 AM, aravind g <ara...@gm...> wrote:

> hi all,
> i am trying to install For Linux and FreeBSD from sources (all in one
> package)<http://torcs.sourceforge.net/index.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=3#linux-src-all>on an ubuntu (hardy heron) machine.
>
> i've installed all the required software and completed the setup. I got a
> couple of make errors and make install -but those were related to sound I
> guess.
>
> *make errors
>
> **In file included from TorcsSound.h:30,
>                  from SoundInterface.h:44,
>                  from CarSoundData.cpp:20:
> /usr/local/include/AL/alc.h:70: error: '<anonymous>' has incomplete type
> /usr/local/include/AL/alc.h:70: error: invalid use of 'ALCvoid'
> In file included from CarSoundData.cpp:20:
> SoundInterface.h: In member function 'virtual void
> PlibSoundInterface::setGlobalGain(float)':
> SoundInterface.h:260: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant
> to 'char*'
> SoundInterface.h: In member function 'virtual void
> OpenalSoundInterface::setGlobalGain(float)':
> SoundInterface.h:305: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant
> to 'char*'
> make[5]: *** [CarSoundData.o] Error 1
> make[4]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
> make[3]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
> make: *** [restart] Error 2
>
> *With *make install*, i get the following messages:-
>
> *In file included from TorcsSound.h:30,
>                  from SoundInterface.h:44,
>                  from CarSoundData.cpp:20:
> /usr/local/include/AL/alc.h:70: error: '<anonymous>' has incomplete type
> /usr/local/include/AL/alc.h:70: error: invalid use of 'ALCvoid'
> In file included from CarSoundData.cpp:20:
> SoundInterface.h: In member function 'virtual void
> PlibSoundInterface::setGlobalGain(float)':
> SoundInterface.h:260: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant
> to 'char*'
> SoundInterface.h: In member function 'virtual void
> OpenalSoundInterface::setGlobalGain(float)':
> SoundInterface.h:305: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant
> to 'char*'
> make[4]: *** [CarSoundData.o] Error 1
> make[3]: *** [installdirs] Error 1
> make[2]: *** [installdirs] Error 1
> make[1]: *** [installdirs] Error 1
> make: *** [installdirs] Error 1
> *
>
> Followed by make install, I do a make datainstall.
> But my installation is missing a setup_linux.sh. When I run torcs(the torcs
> library and executable are installed correctly), I get the following message
> :-
>
> */usr/local/lib/torcs/setup_linux.sh file does not exist, check your
> installation.*
>
> My tarball doesn't have this 'setup_linux.sh' file anywhere - I tried a
> locate and couldn't find it. What could be the problem here?
> Could I be having a corrupted version of torcs-1.3.0.tar.bz2 or is this
> some other problem?
>
> thanks for your valuable advice
> aravind
>
>

Just to let you know, you can install torcs by simply clicking this link (
click <apt:torcs>) or searching for it in applications - add/remove.

hi all,
i am trying to install For Linux and FreeBSD from sources (all in one
package)<http://torcs.sourceforge.net/index.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=3#linux-src-all>on
an ubuntu (hardy heron) machine.

i've installed all the required software and completed the setup. I got a
couple of make errors and make install -but those were related to sound I
guess.

*make errors

**In file included from TorcsSound.h:30,
                 from SoundInterface.h:44,
                 from CarSoundData.cpp:20:
/usr/local/include/AL/alc.h:70: error: '<anonymous>' has incomplete type
/usr/local/include/AL/alc.h:70: error: invalid use of 'ALCvoid'
In file included from CarSoundData.cpp:20:
SoundInterface.h: In member function 'virtual void
PlibSoundInterface::setGlobalGain(float)':
SoundInterface.h:260: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to
'char*'
SoundInterface.h: In member function 'virtual void
OpenalSoundInterface::setGlobalGain(float)':
SoundInterface.h:305: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to
'char*'
make[5]: *** [CarSoundData.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
make[3]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
make[1]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
make: *** [restart] Error 2

*With *make install*, i get the following messages:-

*In file included from TorcsSound.h:30,
                 from SoundInterface.h:44,
                 from CarSoundData.cpp:20:
/usr/local/include/AL/alc.h:70: error: '<anonymous>' has incomplete type
/usr/local/include/AL/alc.h:70: error: invalid use of 'ALCvoid'
In file included from CarSoundData.cpp:20:
SoundInterface.h: In member function 'virtual void
PlibSoundInterface::setGlobalGain(float)':
SoundInterface.h:260: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to
'char*'
SoundInterface.h: In member function 'virtual void
OpenalSoundInterface::setGlobalGain(float)':
SoundInterface.h:305: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to
'char*'
make[4]: *** [CarSoundData.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [installdirs] Error 1
make[2]: *** [installdirs] Error 1
make[1]: *** [installdirs] Error 1
make: *** [installdirs] Error 1
*

Followed by make install, I do a make datainstall.
But my installation is missing a setup_linux.sh. When I run torcs(the torcs
library and executable are installed correctly), I get the following message
:-

*/usr/local/lib/torcs/setup_linux.sh file does not exist, check your
installation.*

My tarball doesn't have this 'setup_linux.sh' file anywhere - I tried a
locate and couldn't find it. What could be the problem here?
Could I be having a corrupted version of torcs-1.3.0.tar.bz2 or is this some
other problem?

thanks for your valuable advice
aravind

 Hey all,

A little background on my project... I'm an EE student and as part of a
controls and instrumentation course, my group of four has to create a racing
simulator game for the local children's hospital. We are using TORCS and the
design of the of the actual controls and interface needs to tread a line
between fun to use and somewhat realistic.

We bought a San Fransisco Rush arcade cabinet (like this one
http://www.arcadewarehouse.com/Content/Images/358/San%20Francisco%20Rush.jpg
)
with a non-functioning main board and harddrive for $100. We are on a tight
budget but the cabinet gives us all the controls we need and then some. The
pedals, wheel, and button inputs will be sent to a PIC microcontroller
connected via a serial cable to a desktop which will be placed in the
cabinet.

I'd like to know if there's already a serial interface for TORCS or, if
there isn't, the most painless way to go about creating one. If any one has
any ideas or inputs, I'd love to hear from you.

Thanks
Jon

Hi,

Is it possible to use "Horizontal Edge Scroll" of the synaptics (or
similar) touchpad as a steering wheel control? I tried to setup it
using "Control Configuration" in Torcs (on Linux) but it doesn't seem
to see any scroll events (only keyboard, mouse move, and three mouse
buttons events are available).

I imagine that using "horizontal scroll" could work much better than
keyboard or mouse and perhaps as well as an external joystick.

Cheers,
-r.