Importing Racer tracks - Revision history

Timo 6: Update categories

2012-09-01T10:48:59Z

Update categories

Timo 6: Formatting style updates

2012-08-27T13:43:44Z

Formatting style updates

Timo 6: 5 revisions: Import from old wiki (on 15 May 2012)

2012-08-26T17:24:40Z

5 revisions: Import from old wiki (on 15 May 2012)

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==Directions for importing Racer tracks==

{{note|These instructions are meant for Linux}}

* Unzip and put racer files in temporary folder RACER_TP (temporary track path). Make sure the path has no spaces (dof2joe doesn't like spaces).
* Create new folder for track in track editor folder TRACKEDITOR_TP.
* Convert all texture names to lowercase in RACER_TP via

find . -type f -name \*.tga|sort -r|awk '{f=tolower($1);
if(f!=$1 && p[f]!=1){print "mv "$1" "f}p[$1]=1}' | /bin/sh
* Make folder TRACKEDITOR_TP/objects/
* Run the following command:
dof2joe/dof2joe -p TRACKEDITOR_TP/objects/ RACER_TP/*.dof
If there are thousands of .dof files, you may have to do this in steps to avoid a "too many arguments" error from your shell. This will take a while. Textures are automatically converted using nconvert. No filenames should have spaces.
* Open track editor /data/tracks/editor.config and set active track to TRACKEDITOR_TP.
* Run the track editor. Trace the roadways and mark the starting position (press H for help).
* CD to the TRACKEDITOR_TP/objects folder (this is important, the packfile stores relative paths) and run
joepack/joepack -c objects.jpk *.joe
* Copy TRACKEDITOR_TP into the main VDrift tracks folder VDRIFT_TP. Erase VDRIFT_TP/objects/*.joe (since they are in the pack file).
* Add your VDRIFT_TP to VDrift/data/tracks/track_list.txt
* Add VDRIFT_TP/about.txt and ensure that the first line is the name of the track.
* Run VDrift and check out what the track looks like in-game. Note that you will only be able to drive on the roadways you defined in the track editor since no other surfaces have been flagged as collideable. Also take a screenshot for the track selection screen.
* Add the track selection screenshot to VDrift/gui/tracks/VDRIFT_TP.png (hopefully these png files will be moved into the folders of the individual tracks soon).
* Open up all of the texture files in TRACKEDITOR_TP/objects and review which textures belong to objects that should be collide-able (roads and walls), have full brightness (trees), be mipmapped (fences and fine transparent objects should not be mipmapped), or be skyboxes.
* Any textures that have transparent areas are usually colored #FF00FF in the Racer textures. You'll need to make these truly transparent in the PNG files. An easy way to do this is to use ImageMagick. Use the commands
mogrify -transparent rgb$255,0,255$ *.png
mogrify -fill rgb$128,128,128$ -opaque rgba$255,0,255,0$ *.png
This can be scripted to speed things up of course.
* Set the correct object properties using the VDrift-tracked/listedit [[Listedit tool]].
* Done!

[[Category:Tracks]]
[[Category:Operating Systems:Linux]]
[[Category:Review]]

Venzon: /* Directions for importing Racer tracks */

2009-02-24T16:58:45Z

Directions for importing Racer tracks

Venzon: /* Directions for importing Racer tracks */

2009-02-24T16:08:38Z

Directions for importing Racer tracks

Venzon at 05:03, 24 February 2009

2009-02-24T05:03:18Z

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==Directions for importing Racer tracks==

{{note|These instructions are meant for Linux}}

* Unzip and put racer files in temporary folder RACER_TP (temporary track path). Make sure the path has no spaces (dof2joe doesn't like spaces).
* Create new folder for track in track editor folder TRACKEDITOR_TP.
* Convert all texture names to lowercase in RACER_TP via

find . -type f -name \*.tga|sort -r|awk '{f=tolower($1);
if(f!=$1 && p[f]!=1){print "mv "$1" "f}p[$1]=1}' | /bin/sh
* Make folder TRACKEDITOR_TP/objects/
* Run the following command:
dof2joe/dof2joe -p TRACKEDITOR_TP/objects/ RACER_TP/*.dof
If there are thousands of .dof files, you may have to do this in steps to avoid a "too many arguments" error from your shell. This will take a while. Textures are automatically converted using nconvert. No filenames should have spaces.
* Open track editor /data/tracks/editor.config and set active track to TRACKEDITOR_TP.
* Run the track editor. Trace the roadways and mark the starting position (press H for help).
* CD to the TRACKEDITOR_TP/objects folder (this is important, the packfile stores relative paths) and run
joepack/joepack -c objects.jpk *.joe
* Copy TRACKEDITOR_TP into the main VDrift tracks folder VDRIFT_TP. Erase VDRIFT_TP/objects/*.joe (since they are in the pack file).
* Add your VDRIFT_TP to VDrift/data/tracks/track_list.txt
* Add VDRIFT_TP/about.txt and ensure that the first line is the name of the track.
* Run VDrift and check out what the track looks like in-game. Note that you will only be able to drive on the roadways you defined in the track editor since no other surfaces have been flagged as collideable. Also take a screenshot for the track selection screen.
* Add the track selection screenshot to VDrift/gui/tracks/VDRIFT_TP.png (hopefully these png files will be moved into the folders of the individual tracks soon).
* Open up all of the texture files in TRACKEDITOR_TP/objects and review which textures belong to objects that should be collide-able (roads and walls), have full brightness (trees), be mipmapped (fences and fine transparent objects should not be mipmapped), or be skyboxes.
* Any textures that have transparent areas are usually colored #FF00FF in the Racer textures. You'll need to make these truly transparent in the PNG files. An easy way to do this is to use ImageMagick. Use the command
mogrify -transparent rgb$255,0,255$ file.png
This can be scripted to speed things up of course.
* Set the correct object properties using the VDrift-tracked/listedit tool (more documentation to come).
* Done!

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 ==Directions for importing Racer tracks==
 {{note|These instructions are meant for Linux}}
-* Unzip and put racer files in temporary folder RACER_TP (temporary track path). Make sure the path has no spaces (dof2joe doesn't like spaces).
+* Unzip and put racer files in temporary folder ''RACER_TP'' (temporary track path). Make sure the path has no spaces (dof2joe doesn't like spaces).
-* Create new folder for track in track editor folder TRACKEDITOR_TP.
+* Create new folder for track in track editor folder ''TRACKEDITOR_TP''.
-* Convert all texture names to lowercase in RACER_TP via
+* Convert all texture names to lowercase in ''RACER_TP'' via
   find . -type f -name \*.tga|sort -r|awk '{f=tolower($1);
   if(f!=$1 && p[f]!=1){print "mv "$1" "f}p[$1]=1}' | /bin/sh
-* Make folder TRACKEDITOR_TP/objects/
+* Make folder '''''TRACKEDITOR_TP''/objects/'''
 * Run the following command:
   dof2joe/dof2joe -p TRACKEDITOR_TP/objects/ RACER_TP/*.dof
 If there are thousands of .dof files, you may have to do this in steps to avoid a "too many arguments" error from your shell. This will take a while. Textures are automatically converted using nconvert. No filenames should have spaces.
-* Open track editor /data/tracks/editor.config and set active track to TRACKEDITOR_TP.
+* Open track editor '''data/tracks/editor.config''' and set active track to ''TRACKEDITOR_TP''.
 * Run the track editor. Trace the roadways and mark the starting position (press H for help).
-* CD to the TRACKEDITOR_TP/objects folder (this is important, the packfile stores relative paths) and run
+* cd to the '''''TRACKEDITOR_TP''/objects''' folder (this is important, the packfile stores relative paths) and run
   joepack/joepack -c objects.jpk *.joe
-* Copy TRACKEDITOR_TP into the main VDrift tracks folder VDRIFT_TP. Erase VDRIFT_TP/objects/*.joe (since they are in the pack file).
+* Copy ''TRACKEDITOR_TP'' into the main VDrift tracks folder ''VDRIFT_TP''. Erase '''''VDRIFT_TP''/objects/*.joe''' (since they are in the pack file).
-* Add your VDRIFT_TP to VDrift/data/tracks/track_list.txt
+* Add '''''VDRIFT_TP''/about.txt''' and ensure that the first line is the name of the track.
 * Run VDrift and check out what the track looks like in-game. Note that you will only be able to drive on the roadways you defined in the track editor since no other surfaces have been flagged as collideable. Also take a screenshot for the track selection screen.
-* Add the track selection screenshot to VDrift/gui/tracks/VDRIFT_TP.png (hopefully these png files will be moved into the folders of the individual tracks soon).
+* Add the track selection screenshot to '''''VDRIFT_TP''/trackshot.png''' (hopefully these png files will be moved into the folders of the individual tracks soon).
-* Open up all of the texture files in TRACKEDITOR_TP/objects and review which textures belong to objects that should be collide-able (roads and walls), have full brightness (trees), be mipmapped (fences and fine transparent objects should not be mipmapped), or be skyboxes.
+* Open up all of the texture files in '''''TRACKEDITOR_TP''/objects''' and review which textures belong to objects that should be collide-able (roads and walls), have full brightness (trees), be mipmapped (fences and fine transparent objects should not be mipmapped), or be skyboxes.
 * Any textures that have transparent areas are usually colored #FF00FF in the Racer textures. You'll need to make these truly transparent in the PNG files. An easy way to do this is to use ImageMagick. Use the commands
   mogrify -transparent rgb\(255,0,255\) *.png
   mogrify -fill rgb\(128,128,128\) -opaque rgba\(255,0,255,0\) *.png
 This can be scripted to speed things up of course.
-* Set the correct object properties using the VDrift-tracked/listedit [[Listedit tool]].
+* Set the correct object properties using the '''trackeditor/listedit''' [[Listedit tool]].
 * Done!