[Help] Make a New Track... Tips & Ticks Required...

DjDiabolik · Post by **DjDiabolik** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:03 pm

I have an idea for make many track for Stock Car Racing but i have serious problems with make a track.

I try to create a track named "Eight.trk":
1)Start the Editor
2)Create a New Empty Track with resolution 1280x800
3)Now i try to create a new Tile with the design of track

Now... how i can put this tile in empty track ?? I want to use same technics used for make the TSB F1 Pack 2.0.....

dby · Post by **dby** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:14 pm

Check out Hengaris http://www.sliderpoint.tk/ for some good guides on how to make tiles, and check the turbo sliders documentation in Jollygood Games\Turbo Sliders\doc folder.

DjDiabolik · Post by **DjDiabolik** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:13 pm

dby wrote:Check out Hengaris http://www.sliderpoint.tk/ for some good guides on how to make tiles, and check the turbo sliders documentation in Jollygood Games\Turbo Sliders\doc folder.

ok.. I know this site. but I do not succeed.
When i try to insert the .png of track the result is not never what I want.

i don't speak very well english...in order to explain my problem I would have need of an Italian forum.

benzinfurz · Post by **benzinfurz** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:16 pm

probably u can send or make a screenshot of your .trk-file
it makes answering much easier

DjDiabolik · Post by **DjDiabolik** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 2:04 pm

benzinfurz wrote:probably u can send or make a screenshot of your .trk-file
it makes answering much easier

Ok.. i try:

1) Open an Editor with option "-ar 1"
2) Make a Empty Track Named "Number-Eight.trk"

When i make new Empty Track i have a new file named "Number-Eight-pat.png":
3) Trying to use the same technique used from TSB (for make TSB F1 Pack 2.0) I copy these Empty png file in one new image named "Eight-pat.png"

Now i want to make track in the original png file "Number-Eight-pat.png":
4) Open this file with GIMP and make the tracks and open a pat file from TSB F1 Pack to pick the correct color for road and other object like sand etc. etc.(Es. TSB_Imola-pat.png)

5) With this color make a road in my "Number-Eight-pat.png"

Now i saved this file and try to open this track with Editor of TS for add some Rock... grass.. ecc. ecc. :
6) The Editor Appears ALL BLACK... and the created tracks with GIMP not appears.... because ??

What it's this the road maked with GIMP ???

Post by **Tijny** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 2:20 pm

Apparently you don't really understand how pattern files work, so I'll try to explain:
The pattern file needs to be an indexed PNG-file.(or, a PNG file with a color pallette) Every color id represents a terrain in terrains.ter. For example, color id 2 represents terrain id 2, in this case normal tarmac. Therefore, every pixel filled with color id 2 (usually #6e6e6e, as you have found out) will be treated as tarmac. So, it's not about the color itself, not at all. Instead, it's about the color id in the pallette the color has.
Hope that helped.

DjDiabolik · Post by **DjDiabolik** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 8:28 pm

Tijny wrote:Apparently you don't really understand how pattern files work, so I'll try to explain:
The pattern file needs to be an indexed PNG-file.(or, a PNG file with a color pallette) Every color id represents a terrain in terrains.ter. For example, color id 2 represents terrain id 2, in this case normal tarmac. Therefore, every pixel filled with color id 2 (usually #6e6e6e, as you have found out) will be treated as tarmac. So, it's not about the color itself, not at all. Instead, it's about the color id in the pallette the color has.
Hope that helped.

yes.. it's correct.. for make road in the my -pat.png i have used same color used by TSB for make our tracks... but because for me doesn't work ??
After i make this TSB make use a . png tile for track to paste in -pat.png file...

DjDiabolik · Post by **DjDiabolik** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 10:16 pm

i have find a new tech for make my track:
i can make the track this the original editor... after this i can make a new tile with only road of track and use this tile on original pat-.png...

but i have an problems in the editor:
Because when i then hold press the left button of mouse i can't make road ??

DjDiabolik · Post by **DjDiabolik** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:42 pm

I have make a track with editor.. but i have make error to place a tile... how i can delect a determinate texture ???
i have make error to place start grid....

dby · Post by **dby** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:23 pm

If I understand right, you want to remove a misplaced tile after it's too late to use backspace?

You can use a text editor. First check in the track editor which id nr the tile has, and it's coords. Then use the search function in the text editor to find the right line to erase.

Or you could possibly try Jazzy's track editor... I think you can select and erase any tile with it: http://www.jazzyclub.net/

DjDiabolik · Post by **DjDiabolik** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:47 pm

dby wrote:If I understand right, you want to remove a misplaced tile after it's too late to use backspace?

You can use a text editor. First check in the track editor which id nr the tile has, and it's coords. Then use the search function in the text editor to find the right line to erase.

Or you could possibly try Jazzy's track editor... I think you can select and erase any tile with it: http://www.jazzyclub.net/

ok thanks for suggestion... i deleted to wrong tile

How i can search in this site ?