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Ok finally i have got v0.97 ready for release, i have learnt alot from the work on the MXU remakes and some of that stuff has been put into D2. Texture formats and generation are improved, new functions in MCM2 animations have been discovered, of course you can now use larger textures if you really need to. You can also use the MXU textures and trees (we need to release the EST files before the trees can actually be used but that will be soon) if you have the MXU Res updates installed. Bale placement assistance has been improved, and the conversion of the mouse position to 3D world position has been improved so now you don't have to work in the middle of the screen all the time.

So if you want it you can get it here:

http://www.twisteddirt.com/mcm2boys/DilloToo97.zip

Have fun,
Laurie

Sweet, nice work!

Thanks i have been looking so forward to this

Great job Laurie,  I hope all the MCM 2 track creators really appreciate the tremendous amount of work that you have put it to this excellent program.

Bruce

Sure seems like a good candidate for news on the TD main web page.

Jeff

Quote from: AMA_DirtTwister on January 11, 2005, 09:54:40 AM
Great job Laurie,  I hope all the MCM 2 track creators really appreciate the tremendous amount of work that you have put it to this excellent program.

Bruce

Well I apreciate it! Starting working on a track right after donwloading haha 

Will you guys be able to export objects that they used as well for us to use in Dillo?

I can soon say thks to TD guys everydays lol, great work !

I wanted to add that with this version you no longer have to switch the new MXU "Models.res" file back to the MCM2 original.

Great program Laurie!  Thanks!

Jeff

Thanks Jeff, i forgot about that, and thanks to all of you for your thanks it is always good to be appreciated, and without people like you who use it it wouldn't be so much fun to write.


Laurie

Wow the MXU detail textures look great, any chance of custom ones tho? A long time ago some people (including me) tried to do that and if I'm right 1 did it but he couldn't remember how 

Can't wait for the freaking MXU est files either, now that would be saweeeet! 

I tried adding custom detail textures, the only ways to do it would be add it to the track file or add it to the RES files. I tried the ENV file option and couldn't get it to work however i tried - so for me that means custom texs for each track isn't possible. If you find a way to do it i will add it to D2 if possible.

We could add more to the RES files but then everyone has to update the RES files again each time a new one is added, so i would suggest if you have some good texs then submit them to TD and when we have collected a few good samples we can make a big update and distribute it. I think the MXU files offer a big new selection to keep us going for a while before we need to start updating them.

I wanted to test all the EST files thoroughly before release but that will take some time, so since 7 nats have already been released (there is 1 EST for each track with trees in) i think we will start by releasing those, sometime today. Then as they get tested with each new track we can release the new ones.

Hope that works for everybody.

Laurie

I think he made a new folder somewhere and changed a line a the .scn file to get cutsom track detail in, i tried it but it didnt have any. How big can they be?

...will you be able to export the objects for us to use?

Quote from: VMX_GravityX2 on January 13, 2005, 04:15:56 AM
...will you be able to export the objects for us to use?

Well, I'm sorry but no.  There is a small chance that we could make an extended RES file someday that has these objects in them but we won't be extracting them and handing them out.  Even the SLTs are not safe to distribute (we found that out the hard way!) and that's why the bikes are packaged for use with BikeSwitcher.

Sorry, I know you really want to use them but handing out objects would be like handing out disp maps and textures, and we don't want to do that.

Jeff

His right...i know... meybe u can make stock object replacements?

A lot of things are possible, who knows.  But the limiting factor right now is time.  We have so many ideas and things we want to do but never enough time to do them.  Right now we are committed to getting these MXU tracks out, after that, who knows what's next.  Anyways, didn't mean detour this topic.

Jeff

Well you guys did it.

I had taken everything off the PC that had to do anything with MCM2 because of a reformat.  I wasn't really going to put it back on for a while if ever.  Then I saw the MXU tracks and the new d2 and well.....it's back on now!

I gotta learn some of the things you guys did on those tracks.  I don't care about the animations or really about the objects even thought I would love to have them in a creation pallet to put into projects later.  I like the textures...I mean that's my focal point on a track I design anyway.  That and the realism in the dis maps not too mention the trees.  You guys got me hooked again I think.....I just need some of this new stuff to inpisre me into another creation and bring my projects to a new level to meet the level of perfections you guys protrayed through your talents in these tracks.  I have been elevated once again by the TD crew to seek a higher standard of creation.


Thanks.........

I may only make 1 track every 2-4 months but I promise this community one thing for sure.  If I don't think it comes to the level of the MXU tracks in detail and experience I won't release it!

Ummm.....
Shadows have a pink outline on tetures and object have pink lines in them...why?
What do I do now?

Thanks for the update Laurie!, this has given me some motivation to finish off my track with the higher res texture support and all, thanks