Re: [Top10-devel] kart simulator

[johann . deneux]

Lars Segerlund wrote:
>  Interesting, I'll be watching also !
>
>  / regards, Lars Segerlund.

Bruno and I have been exchanging mails in french. I will put back the 
old code that allowed to load a track from a lightwave model, and extend 
it to load 3ds models. The advantage of such models is that you can 
model tracks more faithfully.
The current scheme consists in specifying only straight sections of the 
track. Turns are computed to join them. The point of using this kind of 
description is that it makes some tasks easier. For instance, it's easy 
to express the position of a kart relatively to the circuit (how far it 
is + lateral position).
This should make the implementation of an AI easier. It's more 
meaningful to know you are 60m from next turn, 2m from the left side of 
the track, than to know that you are located in X=123 and Z=-45.
Moreover, it can be used to put back a kart in the center of the track 
after an accident, for instance (right now, my karts have an annoying 
tendancy to tip over quite easily). That's also easier to do if you know 
that you are 300m far from the starting line.

The solution is probably to use a combination of both. There should be a 
way to compute a "path" from a track made of polygons. At least in a 
semi-automatic way.

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Johann