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- * *
- * TDCarEd v1.1 (04-Feb-1995) by Per-Olof Yliniemi *
- * *
- * Copyright © 1995 - All Rights Reserved *
- * *
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- * *
- * DISCLAIMER: No responsibility can be taken on the part of the author *
- * for any consequences that may occur as a result of using this *
- * program. Every part of the program has been thoroughly tested to *
- * to its specified limits and any known specific limitations of the *
- * the program are stated within this documentation. *
- * *
- *************************************************************************
- * *
- * COPYRIGHT: This program is DISKWARE. If you use it, send me one or *
- * more disk(s) with freely distributable programs (PD, Shareware, *
- * Freeware, ???ware). The program may be freely distributed as long *
- * as all files are distributed and unmodified. *
- * *
- * The program may not be sold for any profit (a nominal fee for *
- * copying is accepted). *
- * *
- * This program may not be used as a part of any commercial packages *
- * without my permission. The source code for this program may not be *
- * reproduced by disassembling or reversing the development process in *
- * any way. *
- * *
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-
- Purpose:
- ~~~~~~~~
- This program is a simple editor for the cars in Test Drive 1 and 4D Sports
- Driving. With this program, you can change the gear ratios and acceleration
- of all cars in TD1 and 4D SD.
-
- Requirements:
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This program requires v2.04 or higher of the operating system to run. To
- actually have any use of it, you must have a copy of TestDrive 1 (TD1)
- and/or 4D Sports Driving (4D SD).
-
- Usage:
- ~~~~~~
- This program can be started from both Workbench and CLI. Double-click on
- its icon to start it from Workbench. To start it from CLI, you must enter
- the full path and the name of the editor (TDCarEd) and press return. If
- you are going to change the cars for 4D SD, you may change the current dir
- to the one that contains the game. This makes it easier to find the car
- data files. Test Drive 1 uses an absolute path for its files, because it
- isn't programmed to be installed on a hard drive.
-
- Gadgets:
- ~~~~~~~~
- Once started, the program will open its window, that contains a lot of
- (disabled) gadgets. Here is an ASCII picture of something that should
- look a bit like the window.
-
- All gadgets except the Load, Quit and About gadget are disabled when
- there is no car in memory.
- ______________________________________________________________
- | | Test Drive 1 & 4D Sports Driving Car Ed © 1995 MCA | |
- |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
- | _______________________________ |
- | Max Rpm: X______________________________| 0 |
- | ________________________________ |
- | 1:st gear: X______________________________| 0 |
- | ________________________________ |
- | 2:nd gear: X______________________________| 0 |
- | ________________________________ |
- | 3:rd gear: X______________________________| 0 |
- | ________________________________ |
- | 4:th gear: X______________________________| 0 |
- | ________________________________ |
- | 5:th gear: X______________________________| 0 |
- | ________________________________ |
- | 6:th gear: X______________________________| 0 |
- | |
- | The gear value represents the engine's rpm at 200 MPH |
- | ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- |
- | | Load car | | Save car | | Quit | |
- | ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- |
- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
- | | Edit acceleration | |
- | ------------------------------------------------------ |
- | ----------------------------- ---------------- |
- | Game: |@| Test Drive 1 | | About | |
- | ----------------------------- ---------------- |
- | |
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- All gadgets from top left to bottom right:
-
- Max rpm: TD1 only. Specifies at which rpm the engine should burn.
- If this gadget is set to max, the engine will never burn.
-
- 1:st gear: Gear ratio for the first gear. All these gadgets specifies
- the engine's rpm at about 200MPH.
-
- 2:nd gear: Gear ratio for the second gear.
-
- 3:rd gear: Gear ratio for the third gear.
-
- 4:th gear: Gear ratio for the fourth gear.
-
- 5:th gear: Gear ratio for the fifth gear.
-
- 6:th gear: Gear ratio for the sixth gear. 4D SD only, since no TD1 car
- have more gears than 5.
-
- Load car: Load a car data file. The type is specified below. If you have
- a loaded and changed car data file in memory, it will be loss
- without warning.
-
- Save car: Save a car data file. You must overwrite the old file, so make
- sure you are using a backup copy of your original disks. If
- you have the game installed on the hard drive, and you haven't
- lost your original disks, it's safe to overwrite the old file.
-
- TD1: This game could be installed on a hard drive, but you
- have to assign "Test Drive:" to the drawer that contains
- the game. If you don't install it, make a copy of the
- Test Drive disk and save your edited files on that disk.
-
- 4D SD: This game is directly hard drive installable, and you
- should install it if you have a hard drive. If you don't
- install it, make a copy of the SECOND disk for this game
- and save your edited files there. The first disk have no
- car data files, and you can use your "normal" disk 1.
-
- Quit: Exits the program to where it was started from. You can also
- exit the program by clicking on the close gadget in the upper
- left corner of the window.
-
- Edit Acceleration:
- Allows you to edit the acceleration curve for the currently
- loaded car. This gadget will open another window, that,
- depending on the selected game, will contain a lot of gadgets.
- Test Drive 1 uses a maximum of 80 values to specify the cars
- acceleration, while 4D SD uses up to 100 values. Don't edit
- values that may not be in use.
-
- You can see the values that is in use by looking at the curve.
- The used values begins with a rising curve to then slowly go
- down to zero again. Editing values outside the curves range
- may crash the game when that car is used.
-
- The acceleration values seems to be more sensitive in 4D SD
- than they are in TD1. Be carefully to not move the gadgets
- too much, since it can destroy that car.
-
- The window's title will change to show you the current value
- of the gadget you are working with.
-
- If you destroy a data file, just replace it with the original
- file and start over.
-
- Game: This gadget allows you to select which game to edit a car data
- file for. Currently available games are only Test Drive 1 and
- 4D Sports Driving.
-
- If you select 4D Sports Driving, the window be a bit higher to
- make space for some new gadgets. These have something to do
- with 4D SD:s automatic gear system. The values tells the game
- when to shift to the next gear, but I haven't quite figured it
- out how these works. Generally the first value should be the
- smallest one, the next one a bit higher and so on.
-
- Edit Info: 4D SD only. Allows you to edit the text that is displayed while
- selecting a car. This gadget opens a little window with the
- current text. The string gadgets can contain any text, but the
- labels gives you the default contents type. The last line is for
- the highscore list. The first string is the car name that should
- be shown as the car you used, and the second string is the short
- name that shows which car the opponent used.
-
- About: Gives you some information about the program and my address. My
- address can also be found below.
-
- Some things to try (4D Sports Driving):
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Lamborghini LM-002: (filename: carlm02.res)
-
- 1:st gear 31744
- 2:nd gear 25384
- 3:rd gear 20116
- 4:th gear 15966
- 5:th gear 12676
- 6:th gear 10852
-
- Auto gears: 2016, 8416, 12016, 13344
-
- Acceleration: All gadgets at $FF (all the way up)
-
- The LM-002 has only 5 gears, but maybe I will make it possible to
- change the number of gears in the next version of this program.
- Use only gears 1 to 5 to test this configuration.
-
- Audi Quattro Sport: (filename: caraudi.res)
-
- 1:st gear 32496
- 2:nd gear 25996
- 3:rd gear 19768
- 4:th gear 14352
- 5:th gear 11914
-
- Auto gears: 1082, 3520, 7310, 10560
-
- Acceleration: All gadgets at $FF (all the way up)
-
- Note:
- The file format of a saved replay file depends on the time. I don't
- know the format of the replay file, but if you have changed a car
- between saving and loading a replay file, the replay will not look
- like the one you saved. Include the used cars with the replay file
- whenever spreading a replay file to friends etc.
-
- Some things to try (Test Drive 1):
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- All cars:
-
- Set max rpm to 32766 (max) and leave everything else. This will make
- the engine impossible to burn. For best effect, pull the joystick
- forward in about 5 seconds before start driving. To make the car go
- faster, without changing the gear ratios, shift the gear one step back
- at a high speed, and continue to drive.
-
- Acceleration curve:
-
- Change to whatever you want. The acceleration for TD1 is less sensitive
- than it is for 4D SD.
-
- Lotus:
- Gears: 65523, 34392, 17330, 8124, 3248
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-
- All kinds of freely distributable programs (new software...) are accepted
- as a contribution for this program. If you are a programmer, send me some
- of your own code.
-
- Contributions for this program and bug reports should be sent to:
-
-
- Per-Olof Yliniemi
- Muoniovaara
- S-980 64 Muodoslompolo
- SWEDEN
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