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Hi Tolis

> How can i compile it to make a stripe.exe cause accc seems to need a
> stripe.exe file.

I think you need to put together a project file:-( Andrew, do you have created one?

Bye, Bernhard.

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Thanks Bernhard,

I didnt search there.....

But now i have another problem....

How can i compile it to make a stripe.exe cause accc seems to need a
stripe.exe file.

I am using windowsxp...

Hi Tolis

> Ive tried to find the stripe utility but with no luck.....
> Can anyone send it to me please?

There is a link on the credits page.

Bye, Bernhard.

-- 

Visit my homepage http://www.berniw.org
Official TORCS racing: The TORCS Racing Board, http://www.berniw.org/trb

Hello all,

Ive tried to find the stripe utility but with no luck.....
Can anyone send it to me please?

Thanks in advance.

Tolis

I've installed lots of drivers. Many result in windows crashing with gnarly
errors and then I revert back to the default Windows drivers. Go ATI. I'll
see if I can dig up some OpenGL stuff. I don't have many games, I just play
F1 2002 and have been itching to see what torcs did to rars :-)

-Bob

On 9/19/05 4:50 PM, "Bernhard Wymann" <be...@bl...> wrote:

> Hi Bob
> 
>> F1 2002 plays fine and at the highest res it will let me configure.
> 
> Yo, but that uses Direct3D, so the OpenGL driver can still be broken. Did you
> install the latest drivers?
> 
> Bye, Bernhard.

Hi Bob

> F1 2002 plays fine and at the highest res it will let me configure.

Yo, but that uses Direct3D, so the OpenGL driver can still be broken. Did you 
install the latest drivers?

Bye, Bernhard.

-- 

Visit my homepage http://www.berniw.org
Official TORCS racing: The TORCS Racing Board, http://www.berniw.org/trb

> 
> Penguin in the car, do you really use TORCS from the TORCS site or am I blind,
> please explain? Just a little joke?
That splash screen. Whatever it is :-)

> The default is to run TORCS in a Window, so there must be something totally
> screwed with your system if even that does not work. If I understood you
> correct 
> you do not even get the menu? Weird...
Correct, no menu.
 
> What about other OpenGL games? Do they work? For me this sounds like a problem
> with your system (driver, BIOS setup, overclocked, too weak or broken power
> supply, forgotten to plug in additional power connector to your graphics
> board, 
> ...).
F1 2002 plays fine and at the highest res it will let me configure.

> 
> What you can try is to edit "screen.xml" in the "config" directory, set the
> frequency lower (the funny thing is that it does not matter if you do not use
> full screen), but it should NOT help.

I'll give it a whirl but won't expect miracles.

-Bob

Hi Bob

> Now I'm running Windows XP. I grabbed the Torcs binary installer late last
> week. The install went smooth. I then tried to run torcs. The little
> ~640x480 window popped up with the penguin in the car. Then it tried to do

Penguin in the car, do you really use TORCS from the TORCS site or am I blind, 
please explain? Just a little joke?

> something to my display and it just turned off the display instead. Same as
> what was happening in Linux.

The default is to run TORCS in a Window, so there must be something totally 
screwed with your system if even that does not work. If I understood you correct 
you do not even get the menu? Weird...

> So the common factor here is my hardware. I have an AMD XP 2800+ and an ATI
> Radeon 9600 XT video card. My sound card is one of the original SB Live
> cards.
> 
> Note that in neither of these cases did I screw with the configuration. It's
> out of the box.

What about other OpenGL games? Do they work? For me this sounds like a problem 
with your system (driver, BIOS setup, overclocked, too weak or broken power 
supply, forgotten to plug in additional power connector to your graphics board, 
...).

What you can try is to edit "screen.xml" in the "config" directory, set the 
frequency lower (the funny thing is that it does not matter if you do not use 
full screen), but it should NOT help.

Bye, Bernhard.

-- 

Visit my homepage http://www.berniw.org
Official TORCS racing: The TORCS Racing Board, http://www.berniw.org/trb

I had tried to get torcs to work several months ago under Linux (the distro
is rather un important at this point). I could never get it to work. The
system would always go into some sort of video failure mode and I would have
to power off my machine to get it back to normal. I gave up, figuring it was
something wrong with my setup.

Now I'm running Windows XP. I grabbed the Torcs binary installer late last
week. The install went smooth. I then tried to run torcs. The little
~640x480 window popped up with the penguin in the car. Then it tried to do
something to my display and it just turned off the display instead. Same as
what was happening in Linux.

So the common factor here is my hardware. I have an AMD XP 2800+ and an ATI
Radeon 9600 XT video card. My sound card is one of the original SB Live
cards.

Note that in neither of these cases did I screw with the configuration. It's
out of the box.

-Bob

Hi

Look at the FAQ: 
http://torcs.sourceforge.net/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=30#c4_2_8

Bye, Bernhard.


r_v...@li... wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've experienced this problem trying to compile TORCS 1.2.4 with the full source tarball downloaded from the torcs.org site. The problem was "libm not found". I attach the config.log after this error and I'll finish this mail with a summary of my system:
> 
> Gentoo Linux 2005.1 with Linux 2.6.13-r1 glibc 2.3.5, bash 3.0, gcc-3.3.5 and finally plib 1.8.4, zlib and pnglib updated, and openAl downloaded from the site and specific for TORCS 1.2.4
> 
> I'd like to receive some answer :)... If not, I'd also like to have been useful reporting this "trouble".
> 
> See you! :)
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
> running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
> 
> It was created by configure, which was
> generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59.  Invocation command line was
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> 
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> 
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> configure:1423: result: /usr/bin/install -c
> configure:1434: checking whether build environment is sane
> configure:1477: result: yes
> configure:1542: checking for gawk
> configure:1558: found /usr/bin/gawk
> configure:1568: result: gawk
> configure:1578: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)
> configure:1598: result: yes
> configure:1813: checking for gcc
> configure:1829: found /usr/bin/gcc
> configure:1839: result: gcc
> configure:2083: checking for C compiler version
> configure:2086: gcc --version </dev/null >&5
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> Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> 
> configure:2089: $? = 0
> configure:2091: gcc -v </dev/null >&5
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> configure:2274: gcc -c   conftest.c >&5
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> configure:2303: checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler
> configure:2327: gcc -c   conftest.c >&5
> configure:2333: $? = 0
> configure:2337: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
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> configure:2343: test -s conftest.o
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> configure:2365: checking whether gcc accepts -g
> configure:2386: gcc -c -g  conftest.c >&5
> configure:2392: $? = 0
> configure:2396: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:2399: $? = 0
> configure:2402: test -s conftest.o
> configure:2405: $? = 0
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> configure:2433: checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C
> configure:2503: gcc  -c -g -O2  conftest.c >&5
> configure:2509: $? = 0
> configure:2513: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:2516: $? = 0
> configure:2519: test -s conftest.o
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> configure:2564: $? = 1
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> |   choke me
> | #endif
> configure:2708: checking for style of include used by make
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> configure:2764: checking dependency style of gcc
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> configure:2876: checking how to run the C preprocessor
> configure:2911: gcc -E  conftest.c
> configure:2917: $? = 0
> configure:2949: gcc -E  conftest.c
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> | 
> | #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
> | #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
> | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
> | #define PACKAGE "torcs"
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> | /* end confdefs.h.  */
> | #include <ac_nonexistent.h>
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> configure:3018: gcc -E  conftest.c
> configure:3024: $? = 0
> configure:3056: gcc -E  conftest.c
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> configure:3062: $? = 1
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> | 
> | #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
> | #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
> | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
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> | /* end confdefs.h.  */
> | #include <ac_nonexistent.h>
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> configure:3207: checking for C++ compiler version
> configure:3210: g++ --version </dev/null >&5
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> Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> 
> configure:3213: $? = 0
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> configure:3223: $? = 1
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> configure:3250: g++ -c   conftest.cc >&5
> configure:3256: $? = 0
> configure:3260: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:3263: $? = 0
> configure:3266: test -s conftest.o
> configure:3269: $? = 0
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> configure:3309: g++ -c -g  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:3315: $? = 0
> configure:3319: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
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> configure:3328: $? = 0
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> configure:3391: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
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> configure:3397: test -s conftest.o
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> conftest.cc:15: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for 
>    each function it appears in.)
> configure:3432: $? = 1
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> | /* confdefs.h.  */
> | 
> | #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
> | #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
> | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
> | #define PACKAGE "torcs"
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> | /* end confdefs.h.  */
> | 
> | int
> | main ()
> | {
> | exit (42);
> |   ;
> |   return 0;
> | }
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> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
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> configure:3426: g++ -c -g -O2  conftest.cc >&5
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> configure:3436: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:3439: $? = 0
> configure:3442: test -s conftest.o
> configure:3445: $? = 0
> configure:3470: checking dependency style of g++
> configure:3560: result: none
> configure:3618: checking for ranlib
> configure:3634: found /usr/bin/ranlib
> configure:3645: result: ranlib
> configure:3670: checking for a BSD-compatible install
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> configure:3743: checking how to run the C++ preprocessor
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> configure:3780: $? = 0
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> configure:3818: $? = 1
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> | /* confdefs.h.  */
> | 
> | #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
> | #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
> | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
> | #define PACKAGE "torcs"
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> | #endif
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> configure:3887: $? = 0
> configure:3919: g++ -E  conftest.cc
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> configure:3925: $? = 1
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> | /* confdefs.h.  */
> | 
> | #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
> | #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
> | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
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> | #define VERSION "1.2.4"
> | #ifdef __cplusplus
> | extern "C" void std::exit (int) throw (); using std::exit;
> | #endif
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> configure:3984: checking for ANSI C header files
> configure:4009: g++ -c -g -O2  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:4015: $? = 0
> configure:4019: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:4022: $? = 0
> configure:4025: test -s conftest.o
> configure:4028: $? = 0
> configure:4117: g++ -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.cc  >&5
> configure:4120: $? = 0
> configure:4122: ./conftest
> configure:4125: $? = 0
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> configure:4151: checking for an ANSI C-conforming const
> configure:4218: g++ -c -g -O2  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:4224: $? = 0
> configure:4228: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:4231: $? = 0
> configure:4234: test -s conftest.o
> configure:4237: $? = 0
> configure:4248: result: yes
> configure:4258: checking for inline
> configure:4279: g++ -c -g -O2  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:4285: $? = 0
> configure:4289: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:4292: $? = 0
> configure:4295: test -s conftest.o
> configure:4298: $? = 0
> configure:4310: result: inline
> configure:4329: checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included
> configure:4354: g++ -c -g -O2  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:4360: $? = 0
> configure:4364: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:4367: $? = 0
> configure:4370: test -s conftest.o
> configure:4373: $? = 0
> configure:4384: result: yes
> configure:4397: checking for ar
> configure:4424: result: ar
> configure:4433: checking for ld
> configure:4460: result: ld
> configure:4468: checking whether byte ordering is bigendian
> configure:4495: g++ -c -g -O2  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:4501: $? = 0
> configure:4505: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:4508: $? = 0
> configure:4511: test -s conftest.o
> configure:4514: $? = 0
> configure:4538: g++ -c -g -O2  conftest.cc >&5
> conftest.cc: In function `int main()':
> conftest.cc:23: error: `big' undeclared (first use this function)
> conftest.cc:23: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once for 
>    each function it appears in.)
> conftest.cc:23: error: parse error before `;' token
> configure:4544: $? = 1
> configure: failed program was:
> | /* confdefs.h.  */
> | 
> | #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
> | #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
> | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
> | #define PACKAGE "torcs"
> | #define VERSION "1.2.4"
> | #ifdef __cplusplus
> | extern "C" void std::exit (int) throw (); using std::exit;
> | #endif
> | #define STDC_HEADERS 1
> | #define TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME 1
> | /* end confdefs.h.  */
> | #include <sys/types.h>
> | #include <sys/param.h>
> | 
> | int
> | main ()
> | {
> | #if BYTE_ORDER != BIG_ENDIAN
> |  not big endian
> | #endif
> | 
> |   ;
> |   return 0;
> | }
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> configure:4699: checking for X
> configure:4804: g++ -E  conftest.cc
> configure:4810: $? = 0
> configure:4860: g++ -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.cc -lXt  >&5
> configure:4866: $? = 0
> configure:4870: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:4873: $? = 0
> configure:4876: test -s conftest
> configure:4879: $? = 0
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> configure:4998: checking for sys/types.h
> configure:5014: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5020: $? = 0
> configure:5024: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5027: $? = 0
> configure:5030: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5033: $? = 0
> configure:5044: result: yes
> configure:4998: checking for sys/stat.h
> configure:5014: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5020: $? = 0
> configure:5024: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5027: $? = 0
> configure:5030: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5033: $? = 0
> configure:5044: result: yes
> configure:4998: checking for stdlib.h
> configure:5014: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5020: $? = 0
> configure:5024: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5027: $? = 0
> configure:5030: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5033: $? = 0
> configure:5044: result: yes
> configure:4998: checking for string.h
> configure:5014: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5020: $? = 0
> configure:5024: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5027: $? = 0
> configure:5030: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5033: $? = 0
> configure:5044: result: yes
> configure:4998: checking for memory.h
> configure:5014: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5020: $? = 0
> configure:5024: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5027: $? = 0
> configure:5030: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5033: $? = 0
> configure:5044: result: yes
> configure:4998: checking for strings.h
> configure:5014: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5020: $? = 0
> configure:5024: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5027: $? = 0
> configure:5030: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5033: $? = 0
> configure:5044: result: yes
> configure:4998: checking for inttypes.h
> configure:5014: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5020: $? = 0
> configure:5024: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5027: $? = 0
> configure:5030: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5033: $? = 0
> configure:5044: result: yes
> configure:4998: checking for stdint.h
> configure:5014: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5020: $? = 0
> configure:5024: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5027: $? = 0
> configure:5030: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5033: $? = 0
> configure:5044: result: yes
> configure:4998: checking for unistd.h
> configure:5014: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5020: $? = 0
> configure:5024: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5027: $? = 0
> configure:5030: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5033: $? = 0
> configure:5044: result: yes
> configure:5066: checking GL/gl.h usability
> configure:5078: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5084: $? = 0
> configure:5088: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5091: $? = 0
> configure:5094: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5097: $? = 0
> configure:5107: result: yes
> configure:5111: checking GL/gl.h presence
> configure:5121: g++ -E  conftest.cc
> configure:5127: $? = 0
> configure:5147: result: yes
> configure:5182: checking for GL/gl.h
> configure:5189: result: yes
> configure:5212: checking GL/glut.h usability
> configure:5224: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5230: $? = 0
> configure:5234: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5237: $? = 0
> configure:5240: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5243: $? = 0
> configure:5253: result: yes
> configure:5257: checking GL/glut.h presence
> configure:5267: g++ -E  conftest.cc
> configure:5273: $? = 0
> configure:5293: result: yes
> configure:5328: checking for GL/glut.h
> configure:5335: result: yes
> configure:5358: checking GL/glx.h usability
> configure:5370: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5376: $? = 0
> configure:5380: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5383: $? = 0
> configure:5386: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5389: $? = 0
> configure:5399: result: yes
> configure:5403: checking GL/glx.h presence
> configure:5413: g++ -E  conftest.cc
> configure:5419: $? = 0
> configure:5439: result: yes
> configure:5474: checking for GL/glx.h
> configure:5481: result: yes
> configure:5504: checking X11/Xlib.h usability
> configure:5516: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5522: $? = 0
> configure:5526: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5529: $? = 0
> configure:5532: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5535: $? = 0
> configure:5545: result: yes
> configure:5549: checking X11/Xlib.h presence
> configure:5559: g++ -E  conftest.cc
> configure:5565: $? = 0
> configure:5585: result: yes
> configure:5620: checking for X11/Xlib.h
> configure:5627: result: yes
> configure:5650: checking X11/Xatom.h usability
> configure:5662: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5668: $? = 0
> configure:5672: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5675: $? = 0
> configure:5678: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5681: $? = 0
> configure:5691: result: yes
> configure:5695: checking X11/Xatom.h presence
> configure:5705: g++ -E  conftest.cc
> configure:5711: $? = 0
> configure:5731: result: yes
> configure:5766: checking for X11/Xatom.h
> configure:5773: result: yes
> configure:5796: checking X11/keysym.h usability
> configure:5808: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5814: $? = 0
> configure:5818: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5821: $? = 0
> configure:5824: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5827: $? = 0
> configure:5837: result: yes
> configure:5841: checking X11/keysym.h presence
> configure:5851: g++ -E  conftest.cc
> configure:5857: $? = 0
> configure:5877: result: yes
> configure:5912: checking for X11/keysym.h
> configure:5919: result: yes
> configure:5942: checking plib/ssg.h usability
> configure:5954: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:5960: $? = 0
> configure:5964: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:5967: $? = 0
> configure:5970: test -s conftest.o
> configure:5973: $? = 0
> configure:5983: result: yes
> configure:5987: checking plib/ssg.h presence
> configure:5997: g++ -E  conftest.cc
> configure:6003: $? = 0
> configure:6023: result: yes
> configure:6058: checking for plib/ssg.h
> configure:6065: result: yes
> configure:6088: checking AL/al.h usability
> configure:6100: g++ -c -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES  conftest.cc >&5
> configure:6106: $? = 0
> configure:6110: test -z 
> 			 || test ! -s conftest.err
> configure:6113: $? = 0
> configure:6116: test -s conftest.o
> configure:6119: $? = 0
> configure:6129: result: yes
> configure:6133: checking AL/al.h presence
> configure:6143: g++ -E  conftest.cc
> configure:6149: $? = 0
> configure:6169: result: yes
> configure:6204: checking for AL/al.h
> configure:6211: result: yes
> configure:6231: checking for sin in -lm
> configure:6261: g++ -o conftest -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES   -L conftest.cc -lm   >&5
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.5-20050130/../../../crt1.o(.text+0x18): In function `_start':
> : undefined reference to `main'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> configure:6267: $? = 1
> configure: failed program was:
> | /* confdefs.h.  */
> | 
> | #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
> | #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
> | #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
> | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
> | #define PACKAGE "torcs"
> | #define VERSION "1.2.4"
> | #ifdef __cplusplus
> | extern "C" void std::exit (int) throw (); using std::exit;
> | #endif
> | #define STDC_HEADERS 1
> | #define TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME 1
> | #define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H 1
> | #define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H 1
> | #define HAVE_STDLIB_H 1
> | #define HAVE_STRING_H 1
> | #define HAVE_MEMORY_H 1
> | #define HAVE_STRINGS_H 1
> | #define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1
> | #define HAVE_STDINT_H 1
> | #define HAVE_UNISTD_H 1
> | /* end confdefs.h.  */
> | 
> | /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
> | #ifdef __cplusplus
> | extern "C"
> | #endif
> | /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
> |    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
> | char sin ();
> | int
> | main ()
> | {
> | sin ();
> |   ;
> |   return 0;
> | }
> configure:6293: result: no
> configure:6303: error: Can't find libm. Please check config.log and if you can't solve the problem send the file to tor...@li... with the subject "torcs compilation problem"
> 
> ## ---------------- ##
> ## Cache variables. ##
> ## ---------------- ##
> 
> ac_cv_c_bigendian=no
> ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu=yes
> ac_cv_c_const=yes
> ac_cv_c_inline=inline
> ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu=yes
> ac_cv_env_CC_set=
> ac_cv_env_CC_value=
> ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=
> ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value=
> ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=
> ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=
> ac_cv_env_CPP_set=
> ac_cv_env_CPP_value=
> ac_cv_env_CXXCPP_set=
> ac_cv_env_CXXCPP_value=
> ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_set=
> ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_value=
> ac_cv_env_CXX_set=
> ac_cv_env_CXX_value=
> ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=
> ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=
> ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=
> ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=
> ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=
> ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=
> ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=
> ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=
> ac_cv_exeext=
> ac_cv_have_x='have_x=yes 		ac_x_includes= ac_x_libraries='
> ac_cv_header_AL_al_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_GL_gl_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_GL_glut_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_GL_glx_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_X11_Xatom_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_X11_Xlib_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_X11_keysym_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_inttypes_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_memory_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_plib_ssg_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_stdc=yes
> ac_cv_header_stdint_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_stdlib_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_string_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_strings_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_sys_stat_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_sys_types_h=yes
> ac_cv_header_time=yes
> ac_cv_header_unistd_h=yes
> ac_cv_lib_m_sin=no
> ac_cv_objext=o
> ac_cv_path_install='/usr/bin/install -c'
> ac_cv_prog_AR=ar
> ac_cv_prog_AWK=gawk
> ac_cv_prog_CPP='gcc -E'
> ac_cv_prog_CXXCPP='g++ -E'
> ac_cv_prog_LD=ld
> ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC=gcc
> ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CXX=g++
> ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB=ranlib
> ac_cv_prog_cc_g=yes
> ac_cv_prog_cc_stdc=
> ac_cv_prog_cxx_g=yes
> ac_cv_prog_egrep='grep -E'
> ac_cv_prog_make_make_set=yes
> am_cv_CC_dependencies_compiler_type=none
> am_cv_CXX_dependencies_compiler_type=none
> 
> ## ----------------- ##
> ## Output variables. ##
> ## ----------------- ##
> 
> ACLOCAL='${SHELL} /var/tmp/torcs-1.2.4/missing --run aclocal-1.9'
> AMDEPBACKSLASH='\'
> AMDEP_FALSE='#'
> AMDEP_TRUE=''
> AMTAR='${SHELL} /var/tmp/torcs-1.2.4/missing --run tar'
> AR='ar'
> AUTOCONF='${SHELL} /var/tmp/torcs-1.2.4/missing --run autoconf'
> AUTOHEADER='${SHELL} /var/tmp/torcs-1.2.4/missing --run autoheader'
> AUTOMAKE='${SHELL} /var/tmp/torcs-1.2.4/missing --run automake-1.9'
> AWK='gawk'
> CC='gcc'
> CCDEPMODE='depmode=none'
> CFLAGS='-g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES'
> CPP='gcc -E'
> CPPFLAGS=''
> CXX='g++'
> CXXCPP='g++ -E'
> CXXDEPMODE='depmode=none'
> CXXFLAGS='-g -O2 -Wall -fPIC -O2 -DUSE_RANDR_EXT -DGL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES'
> CYGPATH_W='echo'
> DEFS=''
> DEPDIR='.deps'
> ECHO_C=''
> ECHO_N='-n'
> ECHO_T=''
> EGREP='grep -E'
> EXEEXT=''
> INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644'
> INSTALL_PROGRAM='${INSTALL}'
> INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}'
> INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM='${SHELL} $(install_sh) -c -s'
> LD='ld'
> LDFLAGS=' -L'
> LIBOBJS=''
> LIBS=''
> LTLIBOBJS=''
> MAKEINFO='${SHELL} /var/tmp/torcs-1.2.4/missing --run makeinfo'
> OBJEXT='o'
> PACKAGE='torcs'
> PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
> PACKAGE_NAME=''
> PACKAGE_STRING=''
> PACKAGE_TARNAME=''
> PACKAGE_VERSION=''
> PATH_SEPARATOR=':'
> RANLIB='ranlib'
> SET_MAKE=''
> SHELL='/bin/sh'
> STRIP=''
> TORCS_BASE=''
> VERSION='1.2.4'
> ac_ct_CC='gcc'
> ac_ct_CXX='g++'
> ac_ct_RANLIB='ranlib'
> ac_ct_STRIP=''
> am__fastdepCC_FALSE=''
> am__fastdepCC_TRUE='#'
> am__fastdepCXX_FALSE=''
> am__fastdepCXX_TRUE='#'
> am__include='include'
> am__leading_dot='.'
> am__quote=''
> am__tar='${AMTAR} chof - "$$tardir"'
> am__untar='${AMTAR} xf -'
> bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
> build_alias=''
> datadir='${prefix}/share'
> exec_prefix='NONE'
> host_alias=''
> includedir='${prefix}/include'
> infodir='${prefix}/info'
> install_sh='/var/tmp/torcs-1.2.4/install-sh'
> libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
> libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
> localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
> mandir='${prefix}/man'
> mkdir_p='mkdir -p --'
> oldincludedir='/usr/include'
> prefix='/usr'
> program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
> sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
> sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
> sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
> target_alias=''
> 
> ## ----------- ##
> ## confdefs.h. ##
> ## ----------- ##
> 
> #define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1
> #define HAVE_MEMORY_H 1
> #define HAVE_STDINT_H 1
> #define HAVE_STDLIB_H 1
> #define HAVE_STRINGS_H 1
> #define HAVE_STRING_H 1
> #define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H 1
> #define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H 1
> #define HAVE_UNISTD_H 1
> #define PACKAGE "torcs"
> #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
> #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
> #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
> #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
> #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
> #define STDC_HEADERS 1
> #define TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME 1
> #define VERSION "1.2.4"
> #endif
> #ifdef __cplusplus
> extern "C" void std::exit (int) throw (); using std::exit;
> 
> configure: exit 1


-- 

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Official TORCS racing: The TORCS Racing Board, http://www.berniw.org/trb

Hi,

I've experienced this problem trying to compile TORCS 1.2.4 with t=
he full source tarball downloaded from the torcs.org site. The problem wa=
s "libm not found". I attach the config.log after this error and I'll fin=
ish this mail with a summary of my system:

Gentoo Linux 2005.1 with Li=
nux 2.6.13-r1 glibc 2.3.5, bash 3.0, gcc-3.3.5 and finally plib 1.8.4, zl=
ib and pnglib updated, and openAl downloaded from the site and specific f=
or TORCS 1.2.4

I'd like to receive some answer :)... If not, I'd also =
like to have been useful reporting this "trouble".

See you! :)

:-) thx

Tolis Christomanos wrote:
> Thank you Eric!
> It was the xml file that caused the problem.....
> 
> Well now ive already made 8 cars!!
> 
> God i love this game!!!
> 
> 
> Tolis

Thank you Eric!
It was the xml file that caused the problem.....

Well now ive already made 8 cars!!

God i love this game!!!


Tolis

Hi,

Just two remarks:

You should follow exactly the instructions when using tools
and when there are instructions of course ;-)
The additional tools have been done for the developpers by the
developpers so not for a use by a large public, I think that now
every one is aware of that ;-) that's why the robustness was not
a target for the tools.

For your problem, may be the free.xml is out of date,
this category is no more in use currently.

Bye,
Eric.

Tolis Christomanos wrote:
> Hi all!! I hope youre doing well,
> 
> I am trying to make a car from needfromspeed and ive made the textures, 
> made the model but when i am trying to open
> categories\free.xml or anything from that folder with nfsperf the 
> nfsperf crashes. My OS is winxp..I dont know if this is the problem.
> 
> i am typing this "nfsperf -c categories\free.xml -i carp.txt -o bmw.xml
> 
> The paths are ok.(i think)
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Tolis

Hi all!! I hope youre doing well,

I am trying to make a car from needfromspeed and ive made the textures, mad=
e=20
the model but when i am trying to open=20
categories\free.xml or anything from that folder with nfsperf the nfsperf=
=20
crashes. My OS is winxp..I dont know if this is the problem.

i am typing this "nfsperf -c categories\free.xml -i carp.txt -o bmw.xml

The paths are ok.(i think)

Thanks in advance,

Tolis

Eric Espie wrote:

>
> May be a file containing the commands and parameters used to generate 
> the track should be present in the track sources to help understanding 
> the tools.
>
Thanks for all the comments - very helpful. Any documentation on track 
creation is good!

I have managed to get the relief file to work and that seems to solve 
the most pressing problems on the inside of the map.

I've been trying to add more "lines" to the outside of the map to give a 
more "realistic" appearance and I've hit a SIGSEGV in easymesh.cpp. 
Previously I've hit issues at the realloc() line but this one looks a 
little more concrete. Here's some of the output along with some quick 
poking around with gdb. I do wonder whether there is some dodgy casting 
of int->pointer somewhere which might only be visible in 64bit.

GenerateMesh: right, reverse order, interior
Relief: 89 vtx, 79 seg
Load Chains
Segments = 1165
xmin = 43.765198   ymin = 38.189392
xmax = 1353.757202   ymax = 736.139404
Chains = 11
1273 Nodes
Renum Nodes, Triangles, Sides
GenerateMesh: left, normal order, exterior
Relief: 147 vtx, 136 seg
Load Chains
Segments = 1226
xmin = -286.002258   ymin = -114.283569
xmax = 1593.978638   ymax = 991.731812
Chains = 13
1678 Nodes
Renum Nodes, Triangles, Sides

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 182965663216 (LWP 6114)]
0x000000000041c4bd in insert_node_in_group (nod=0x1051f98, 
group=0xf90f50) at easymesh.cpp:1668
1668            if ((group->vertices[i].x == nod->x) &&
(gdb) bt
#0  0x000000000041c4bd in insert_node_in_group (nod=0x1051f98, 
group=0xf90f50) at easymesh.cpp:1668
#1  0x000000000041c6c5 in insert_elem_in_group (elem=0x2a9b835160, 
nods=0x1051e30) at easymesh.cpp:1719
#2  0x000000000041cb8e in groups () at easymesh.cpp:1813
#3  0x000000000041d6cc in GenerateMesh (Track=0xc2c690, 
rightside=5394476, reverse=0, exterior=1) at easymesh.cpp:2212
#4  0x000000000041f2ae in GenerateTerrain (track=0xc2c690, 
TrackHandle=0xc2b3d0,
    outfile=0xf8fc60 "tracks/road/Oulton/Oulton-msh.ac", AllFd=0xf76ab0, 
noElevation=-1) at easymesh.cpp:2275
#5  0x00000000004045d7 in Generate () at maintrackgen.cpp:388
#6  0x00000000004042da in main (argc=8, argv=0x7fbffffa08) at 
maintrackgen.cpp:299
(gdb) list
299         Generate();
300         return 0;
301     }
302
303     #ifdef WIN32
304     #define INSTBASE "./"
305     #endif
306
307     static void
308     Generate(void)
(gdb) up
#1  0x000000000041c6c5 in insert_elem_in_group (elem=0x2a9b835160, 
nods=0x1051e30) at easymesh.cpp:1719
1719        curSurf->ref[0].vtxidx = 
insert_node_in_group(&(nods[elem->i]), curGrp);
(gdb) down
#0  0x000000000041c4bd in insert_node_in_group (nod=0x1051f98, 
group=0xf90f50) at easymesh.cpp:1668
1668            if ((group->vertices[i].x == nod->x) &&
(gdb) print i
$1 = 0
(gdb) print nod->x
$2 = 66.039697445095044
(gdb) print group
$3 = (group *) 0xf90f50
(gdb) print group->vertices[0]
Cannot access memory at address 0xffffffff
(gdb)


Thanks,
Toby Haynes

Hi Christos

> The track how to is currently at
> http://www.idiap.ch/~dimitrak/torcs/track-howto.html
> 
> maybe I should put it somewhere on the CVS tree.

I think the goal would be in the end a "track tutorial", so I think the right
place would be in doc/tutorials/track/ . Please do add a license header before
you commit (I would suggest FDL without front and back cover text, the same as
the robot tutorial).

Bye, Bernhard.

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The track how to is currently at
http://www.idiap.ch/~dimitrak/torcs/track-howto.html

maybe I should put it somewhere on the CVS tree.

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Christos Dimitrakakis wrote:
>> If a <track>-relief.ac file exists in the directory it will be used 
>> for the terrain generation by trackgen.
>>
> Whether or not I have
> <attstr name="relief file" val="track-relief.ac"> in the .xml ?
> 
> 
oops, you're right, I did not remember that... I did not find
it in the trackgen options so I thought it was implicit.
So I confirm that "relief file" the file have to be declared in the XML
description to be used.

Eric.

> If a <track>-relief.ac file exists in the directory it will be used for the 
> terrain generation by trackgen.
>
Whether or not I have
<attstr name="relief file" val="track-relief.ac"> in the .xml ?


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IDIAP (http://www.idiap.ch/~dimitrak/main.html)

Thanks Eric, I'm adding this to the track HOW-TO.

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IDIAP (http://www.idiap.ch/~dimitrak/main.html)

Christos Dimitrakakis wrote:
>>
>> While I can use a knife tool and a lot of vertex merging to reform the 
>> landscape inside the circuit into something more reasonable, I'm 
>> wondering if I'm missing something. I've noticed there are plenty of 
>> options in trackgen that I don't understand! I've also noticed that 
>> some of the tracks I've downloaded seem to have better triangulation 
>> inside the track than I've acheived.
>>
> 
> There are a couple of fields inside the track .xml that could help. I 
> think the one you want is:
> 
> <section name="Terrain Generation">
>    <attnum name="group size" val="200"/>
> </section>
> 
> The problem with the inner mesh being triangulated badly probably 
> appears on tracks where there is a very large empty inner area. If the 
> above does not work, then the only other thing you could do is to modify 
> trackgen to generate meshes differently (perhaps a grid-based generation 
> in the inner terrain)
> 

The group size is used to split the terrain in smaller objects to help
the scene graph make his job. If all the terrain is done in one object,
it will never be culled and the performances will be awful. This is done 
after the mesh generation and don't participate in the mesh geometry.

You can use additional ac3d files (see e-track-6-relief.ac in the 
sources) initially for setting altitude on the terrain but as the points
are used in the generated mesh, it can be useful to give better mesh.

If a <track>-relief.ac file exists in the directory it will be used for 
the terrain generation by trackgen.

The mesh generator stops on closed polys, so if you want a hole in the 
mesh, you can draw closed polys, else you draw lines and they 
participate to the mesh.

If you supply the external border in the "relief" file, you can used
the trackgen option "-B" to use it as external border instead of 
generating the default rectangular border.

last note, you have to set properties to your lines and polys in the 
"relief" files : "internal" for the inner mesh and "external" for outer 
mesh.

May be a file containing the commands and parameters used to generate 
the track should be present in the track sources to help understanding 
the tools.

Bye,
Eric.

>
> While I can use a knife tool and a lot of vertex merging to reform the 
> landscape inside the circuit into something more reasonable, I'm wondering if 
> I'm missing something. I've noticed there are plenty of options in trackgen 
> that I don't understand! I've also noticed that some of the tracks I've 
> downloaded seem to have better triangulation inside the track than I've 
> acheived.
>

There are a couple of fields inside the track .xml that could help. I 
think the one you want is:

<section name="Terrain Generation">
    <attnum name="group size" val="200"/>
</section>

The problem with the inner mesh being triangulated badly probably 
appears on tracks where there is a very large empty inner 
area. If the above does not work, then the only other thing you could 
do is to modify trackgen to generate meshes differently (perhaps a 
grid-based generation in the inner terrain)

-- 
Christos Dimitrakakis
IDIAP (http://www.idiap.ch/~dimitrak/main.html)

With the track I've been building using Trackeditor, I've noticed that 
while the landscape mesh outside the circuit looks good and is well 
triangulated into fairly regular triangles, the landscape inside the 
circuit is a horror of very long, very thin triangles often stretching 
from the track edge on one side of the map all the way to the track edge 
on the other side of the map.

While I can use a knife tool and a lot of vertex merging to reform the 
landscape inside the circuit into something more reasonable, I'm 
wondering if I'm missing something. I've noticed there are plenty of 
options in trackgen that I don't understand! I've also noticed that some 
of the tracks I've downloaded seem to have better triangulation inside 
the track than I've acheived.

So - this is what I've been using to get the AC3D mesh.

/usr/local/lib/torcs/trackgen-bin -L /usr/local/lib/torcs  -a -c road -n 
trackname

Should I be adding anything else?

Thanks,
Toby Haynes

Bernhard Wymann wrote:

>
> Ok, that is a delicate thing and depends as well on the country where 
> you actually use TORCS I guess... I suggest and head to the following:
> - Removing all real company/model names/logos which are in the game 
> over time.
> - New content is a bit easier: Do not use it from the beginning.
> - For inclusion into TORCS you must license according to the:
>     - GPL (Code)
>     - Free Art License (Artwork)
>     - FDL (Documentation)
>
> I will not accept other licenses because it becomes cumbersome for the 
> user if we use 100 licenses, there are too much already. E.g. the 
> "non-free" cars are a tragedy, because we cannot maintain/improve it 
> over time.
>
That seems fair enough. Any material (maps/graphics) I've released in 
the past (and there isn't a lot of it!) has been under the Creative 
Commons Attribution-Share-Alike license but I don't have any problems 
with the FAL.

Is there an effort underway to provide a central repository of 
graphics/models for Torcs? Obviously there are the data files currently 
in CVS. It would be good to build up a well structured library of logos, 
signs(like the distance markers), photographic textures and models for 
track builders to use.

I've done some graphic design in my time and could easily produce some 
new logos with motoring/racing themes which could be placed around the 
tracks and on buildings. My background is more in image processing than 
image production but I taught Graphic Design to adults for a while so 
I'm not completely hopeless :-)

Getting good textures isn't particularly easy, especially for trees 
which tend to be difficult to find in an isolated context and which are 
difficult to create really good alpha maps. On the other hand, Arbaro 
seems to make realistic tree models and could be used to create good 
trees by rendering them in Blender.

That said, I do have a digital camera :-)

A lot of the textures in TORCS have been around for a long time. It 
would be possible to go through and update a lot of the textures with 
photographic replacements (although it would be a TON of work). 
Perspective and lens distortion can be taken out of photos using Hugin 
(http://hugin.sf.net/).  Perfectly tiling natural textures can be 
produced using the Homogenizer and Resynthesizer GIMP plugins 
(http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/resynthesizer) if such a makeover is 
needed. It looks to me as though the AC3D format used for the models 
looks to be resolution insensitive, so if I replaced a texture with a 
higher resolution replacement it would still work.

Anyway, enough rambling. I make no promises of any variety for producing 
any of this stuff but it does look like an interesting project. And with 
the TORCS 1.2.4 release driving really nicely, it's tempting to spend 
some more time adding bits to it ;-)

Cheers,
Toby Haynes