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- Short: Virtual Grand Prix 1.0d upgrade
- Author: neila@tin.it <Paolo "The Alien" Cattani>
- Uploader: neila@tin.it <Paolo "The Alien" Cattani>
- Type: game/patch
-
- Virtual Grand Prix V1.0D
-
- INSTALLING THE PATCH:
-
- You must have the original version of the game (CD version) and have it installed onto
- your HD.
-
- Copy VGP/VGP.Hi executables in the directory you have installed VGP to, then copy
- TraspBrush.data and Season.config to the Dati/ drawer. There is no more a "double-buffered"
- version of VGP, if you want double-buffering simply edit the VirtualGP/VirtualGP.Hi scripts,
- locate the "VGP" command and replace it with "VGP double"; the "double" option instructs VGP to
- use double-buffering.
- If you want to install the arcade version, copy AGP/AGP.Hi execs instead and rename them
- as VGP/VGP.Hi
-
- CHANGES FROM V1.0C:
-
- - Carbon brakes: VGP now simulates carbon brakes (like real F1 cars) and no more steel
- brakes. Carbon brakes, apart some minor differences, brake a lot more than
- steel ones
-
- - Tyre grip: VGP now simulates a better (more realistic) tyre grip coefficient, thus
- giving an even more realistic car behaviour
-
- - Better Gfx: VGP now uses better gfx for trees, they are now large polygons that can be
- used for large tree blocks. Some blocks are included in this archive in
- .geo format (so that you can use them in your own tracks while using
- TrackDesigner): if you want a taste of how they look, try out the Monza
- track included in this archive (copy it to the Piste/ drawer)
- Of course, the "old" trees are still there...
- A little bug that made the track sometime disappear was removed, too
-
- - Config Season: VGP now lets you configure the championship season; the Season.config data
- file contains the number and the names of the GPs of the season, simply
- change it to simulate different seasons. Of course, you can design new
- tracks, but a drawer with the corresponding name, containing the required
- info for the track, must exist in the Piste/ drawer...
-
- A NOTE ON NEW TRACKS:
-
- Should you design a new track, you must supply in the corresponding folder the
- Pista.config data file; this data file contains info for the track:
-
- - The first number represents the number of laps of a FULL-DISTANCE GP
- - Then, comes an hexadecimal value representing roughly the maximum speed reachable on the
- track. A value of 10000 represent 90kph, so 30000 is 270kph and 3c000 is ~340kph; this
- value is used by opponents as a rough estimate on how to set up the gear box ratios, they
- will fine-tune it depending on their car but you MUST supply a good starting figure
- - Then comes the amount of downforce of the wings: again, this is a rough estimate of how to
- setup the spoilers, opponents will do their fine-tuning on it but they must have a rough
- idea on "where" to start, so you must supply it. Valid ranges are from 260 (minimum) to
- 340 (maximum), again in hexadecimal format
- - Then comes the fuel consumption per lap; to find it, multiply the expected fuel
- consumption per lap times 218 (decimal) and then convert the result to an hexadecimal
- value. To find out the fuel consumption per lap you can use the on-board computer of your
- car, or you can find this info from magazines etc.
- - Leave the next number to 16, lower it if your track is full of hills etc. (this controls
- the "horizon" Z position)
- - The last number is the "roughness" of the track: valid ranges are from some units (very
- flat track, DON'T use 0) to 2000, again in hexadecimal (very uneven track)
-
- ***
-
- There isn't an "official" VGP www site, at the moment, so upgrades/patches
- etc. will be available on Aminet. There is anyway a VGP mailing list, there are
- already many users there, willing to share ideas / setups / hints etc. You can post
- your questions there too. To join it, simply send a blank mail to:
-
- virtualgp-subscribe@egroups.com
-
- Remember, however, that it's a "user mailing list", so for any questions about
- availability of the game, purchase orders, replacing / refunding, etc. you should
- contact Epic Marketing
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
- -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- -------------
- 105828 50263 52.5% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +AGP
- 106184 50343 52.5% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +AGP.Hi
- 835 395 52.6% 10-Jun-00 16:04:42 +AGP.Hi.info
- 835 395 52.6% 10-Jun-00 16:04:42 +AGP.info
- 2273 340 85.0% 10-Jun-00 16:04:42 +Monza.info
- 111384 40698 63.4% 10-Jun-00 16:04:42 +Ctrl1.ctp
- 84480 37438 55.6% 07-Jun-99 10:03:06 +Map.data
- 3132 614 80.3% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj01.3do
- 2652 560 78.8% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj02.3do
- 7108 1556 78.1% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +obj03.3do
- 5012 1127 77.5% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj04.3do
- 4548 949 79.1% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj05.3do
- 6572 1425 78.3% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj06.3do
- 5776 1199 79.2% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj07.3do
- 5584 1166 79.1% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj08.3do
- 7164 1538 78.5% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj09.3do
- 5708 1236 78.3% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj10.3do
- 6120 1337 78.1% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj11.3do
- 6020 1325 77.9% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj12.3do
- 7764 1609 79.2% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj13.3do
- 9188 2016 78.0% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj14.3do
- 1908 405 78.7% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj15.3do
- 7580 1526 79.8% 10-Jun-00 16:04:46 +Obj16.3do
- 7984 1756 78.0% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +Obj17.3do
- 5260 1069 79.6% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +Obj18.3do
- 7512 1187 84.1% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +Obj19.3do
- 24 24 0.0% 27-Jun-99 14:47:24 +Pista.config
- 21120 5968 71.7% 07-Jun-99 10:03:16 +Sfondo.data
- 3783 1607 57.5% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +ReadMe
- 838 313 62.6% 10-Jun-00 16:04:42 +ReadMe.info
- 153 108 29.4% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +Season.config
- 458752 186498 59.3% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +TraspBrush.data
- 2273 347 84.7% 10-Jun-00 16:04:42 +Trees_geo.info
- 126 70 44.4% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +AlBlock120ds.geo
- 128 68 46.8% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +AlBlock120sx.geo
- 155 74 52.2% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +AlBlock160ds.geo
- 155 75 51.6% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +AlBlock160sx.geo
- 199 85 57.2% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +AlBlock200ds.geo
- 199 85 57.2% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +AlBlock200sx.geo
- 88 52 40.9% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +AlBlock80ds.geo
- 88 53 39.7% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +AlBlock80sx.geo
- 113540 53891 52.5% 10-Jun-00 16:04:42 +VGP
- 113896 53968 52.6% 10-Jun-00 16:04:44 +VGP.Hi
- 835 399 52.2% 10-Jun-00 16:04:42 +VGP.Hi.info
- 835 397 52.4% 10-Jun-00 16:04:42 +VGP.info
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