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can plib do particles it probably can but I am just asking



Caleb Sawtell wrote:
> I think this is the right list isnt it??

Well, I guess it depends on what you were expecting.  If
you wanted TuxKart Developers - then this is the correct
list.  If you wanted "Cat Herding for Fun and Profit" - then
you are probably in the wrong place!  :-)

Things have been pretty quiet on this list - but it looks like
we are gonna get very busy very soon as GoTM'ers start arriving!

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Norman Vine wrote:
> Steve Baker writes: 
> 
>>Ryan Flegel wrote:
>>
>>
>>>There should be a tuxkart-commit where all CVS commits are sent to
>>>("logged"). It makes it much easier to keep track of new changes.
>>
>>That's OK by me - some of my other projects are set up that way.
>>
>>Do you know how to do that with SourceForge?
> 
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=772&group_id=1#scriptsyncmail

Thanks!

Unfortunately, I don't seem to be able to checkout the CVSROOT directory?!?
All I get is a L-O-N-G delay and a "Connection timed out" from SourceForge.

It's probably SF running slowly again. I'll try again later.

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I think this is the right list isnt it??

please tell me is it is the wrong one

Caleb



Steve Baker writes: 
> Ryan Flegel wrote:
>
> > There should be a tuxkart-commit where all CVS commits are sent to
> > ("logged"). It makes it much easier to keep track of new changes.
> 
> That's OK by me - some of my other projects are set up that way.
> 
> Do you know how to do that with SourceForge?

http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=772&group_id=1#scriptsyncmail

HTH

Norman



Ryan Flegel wrote:
> There should be a tuxkart-commit where all CVS commits are sent to
> ("logged"). It makes it much easier to keep track of new changes.

That's OK by me - some of my other projects are set up that way.

Do you know how to do that with SourceForge?

---------------------------- Steve Baker -------------------------
HomeEmail: <sjb...@ai...>    WorkEmail: <sj...@li...>
HomePage : http://www.sjbaker.org
Projects : http://plib.sf.net    http://tuxaqfh.sf.net
            http://tuxkart.sf.net http://prettypoly.sf.net
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GCS d-- s:+ a+ C++++$ UL+++$ P--- L++++$ E--- W+++ N o+ K? w--- !O M-
V-- PS++ PE- Y-- PGP-- t+ 5 X R+++ tv b++ DI++ D G+ e++ h--(-) r+++ y++++
-----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----




There should be a tuxkart-commit where all CVS commits are sent to
("logged"). It makes it much easier to keep track of new changes.

-- 
Ryan



Lance Simmons wrote:
> 
> I learned today that TuxKart has made it into Debian Sid, so I
> downloaded it and tried it out. It works fine, and I'm confident
> my kids will like to play with it. Thanks!

Did you get the *very* latest version (0.1.0) that I released just
a few days ago?   It's a fairly major improvement - lots of bugs fixed
and one new racetrack.

If you see 'Oliver's Math Class' in the list of tracks then you have 0.1.0
and all is good.  If you don't then it would be *really* good if you could
upgrade to 0.1.0 instead.

> Now if only tux a quest for herring could get debianized! I've tried a
> couple of times to install it myself, but never got it working, for
> whatever reason (a combination of laziness and incompetence, mostly).

That's bizarre.

TuxAQFH and TuxKart use all the same libraries and an essentially
identical configure mechanism and directory structure.

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FYI:  There is a new racetrack up and running (in the CVS version of
TuxKart) - it's not 100% finished yet - but it's already quite a bit
of fun.

It's a fairly exact model of my Son's 5th grade math class - minus
most of the desks and plus a few herring!

It uses a *LOT* of large texture maps - so it may not run too well
on very old graphics cards.

(Dave: This isn't the final version - so no need to make me another
build *yet*).

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Sorry for the intrusion - please ignore this message.

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(Someone reported that this list was 'broken' - so I'm testing it)

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    Hello,

    I'm love games.
    I'm new in list, my name is Leonardo and i not live in USA, Canad=E1,
England or another place with native language is English.
    I'm a programmer in C++. Musician.
    I have job to do and i do to contribute with Tuxkart. (hehehehe)

    I wait replay.

Leonardo Alves da Costa
le...@ig...




Mads Bondo Dydensborg wrote:

> The following is a patch against tuxkart-0.0.3 that adds a status text
> during start of a new game.

Thanks!
 
> It changes the "static" declaration of 2 functions, and I do not know if
> it uses pu correctly - I hacked it in to demonstrate OSS to a friend.

Could you send me the two files you changed - I can't make those patches
sync up with my current in-development version of the code.

Please send them privately to <sjb...@ai...> so we don't clutter
up the mailing list.  Thanks!

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Hi there. 

The following is a patch against tuxkart-0.0.3 that adds a status text
during start of a new game.

It changes the "static" declaration of 2 functions, and I do not know if
it uses pu correctly - I hacked it in to demonstrate OSS to a friend.

If replying, please cc me, as I am not on the tuxkart-devel list.

Thanks, 

Mads

diff -ru tuxkart-0.0.3.org/src/start_tuxkart.cxx tuxkart-0.0.3/src/start_tuxkart.cxx

--- tuxkart-0.0.3.org/src/start_tuxkart.cxx	Sun Jul  2 08:26:03 2000
+++ tuxkart-0.0.3/src/start_tuxkart.cxx	Fri Jan 12 14:03:34 2001
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 
 static ssgSimpleState *intro_gst ;
 
+/* This is to show some status during loads */
+puButton *statusButton  ;
+
 #define MAX_TRACKS 10
 
 static char *track_names  [ MAX_TRACKS ] ;
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@
 *                                   *
 \***********************************/
 
-static void displayfn (void)
+void displayfn (void)
 {
   glMatrixMode   ( GL_PROJECTION ) ;
   glLoadIdentity () ;
@@ -118,9 +121,16 @@
   int t ;
   int nl ;
 
+  /* Center the status button in the middle of the screen */
+  statusButton = new puButton( 240, 200, 400, 250);
+  statusButton -> setLegend ( "Starting Game" ) ;
+  displayfn();
+
   trackButtons -> getValue ( & t ) ;
   nl = atoi ( numLapsText->getLegend () ) ;
 
+  tuxkart_main ( nl, track_idents[t] ) ;
+
   delete numLapsSlider ;
   delete numLapsText   ;
   delete playButton    ;
@@ -129,8 +139,9 @@
   delete intro_gst     ;
   delete sorority      ;
   delete fnt           ;
+  
+  delete statusButton;
 
-  tuxkart_main ( nl, track_idents[t] ) ;
 }
 
 
diff -ru tuxkart-0.0.3.org/src/tuxkart.cxx tuxkart-0.0.3/src/tuxkart.cxx
--- tuxkart-0.0.3.org/src/tuxkart.cxx	Tue Jul  4 07:38:06 2000
+++ tuxkart-0.0.3/src/tuxkart.cxx	Fri Jan 12 14:01:42 2001
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-
 #include "tuxkart.h"
 
+/* Stuff to show status while loading first map */
+#include <plib/pu.h>
+extern puButton *statusButton  ;
+extern void displayfn();
+
 #define MIN_CAM_DISTANCE      5.0f  
 #define MAX_CAM_DISTANCE     15.0f  
 
@@ -472,6 +476,8 @@
   scene -> addKid ( kart[1] -> getModel() ) ;
   kart[1]->getModel()->clrTraversalMaskBits(SSGTRAV_ISECT|SSGTRAV_HOT);
 
+  statusButton -> setLegend ( "Loading Karts" ) ;
+  displayfn();
   for ( int i = 2 ; i < NUM_KARTS ; i++ )
   {
     kart[i] = new AutoKartDriver ( i, new ssgTransform ) ;
@@ -480,6 +486,8 @@
   }
 
 
+  statusButton -> setLegend ( "Loading Projectiles" ) ;
+  displayfn();
   for ( int i = 0 ; i < NUM_PROJECTILES ; i++ )
   {
     projectile[i] = new Projectile ( new ssgTransform ) ;
@@ -494,7 +502,12 @@
 
   sprintf ( fname, "data/%s.loc", trackname ) ;
 
+  statusButton -> setLegend ( "Loading Tracks" ) ;
+  displayfn();
   load_track ( trackb, fname ) ;
+
+  statusButton -> setLegend ( "Loading Players" ) ;
+  displayfn();
   load_players () ;
 
   return TRUE ;

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Anyone interested in taking up this offer?

------8<----------8<---------8<---------8<----------8<----------
Alexander Perry wrote:

> As you may know, I'll be running the FlightGear booth at
> New York in late January.  The organizers have issued the
> last call for other projects that would like to request
> free booth space at the show.  I thought I'd mention it
> in case PLIB, or one of the projects dependent on it,
> would like to make themselves conspicuous as well.
> 
> http://www.linuxworldexpo.com
> 
> [Please forward to relevant mailing lists (other than FGFS)]
> 
> From: Che...@id...
> Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 14:35:09 -0500
> Subject: LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
> 
> > [...] We have limited space and it is filling
> > fast. This is a first come, first serve area. Once we have recieved 24 signed
> > booth contracts we unfortunately,  will close the area.

FYI: PLIB 1.3.1 has just been released.

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Thanks to Matt Thomas, we now have a bunch of new music for
TuxKart - I've checked in a few of his contributions into the
CVS archive.

Matt is working at an incredible pace, turning out some *really*
classy stuff - please check it out - he invites comments and claims
to have a high tolerance for criticism!

One of his tracks has inspired me to produce a new racetrack (Yes,
it's unusual for the level to be designed to fit the music - but
"why not?" I say!)...that's not quite 'runnable' yet - but I should
be able to check it in in a couple of days.

I've also extended the '.loc' files to allow per-racetrack music,
so you get different (music) tracks on different (race) tracks.

I see Matt has subscribed to this list - so we can discuss this
stuff with him directly.

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Several people have asked about SigGraph...I guess quite a few
of us developer types will be there and it would be cool if we
could meet up somewhere.

The most obvious place would be the informal Birds Of a Feather
(BOF) meetings for Linux/OpenGL/Mesa:
 
|   * OpenGL Birds of a Feather - 7/26
|     6:30PM - 8 PM Hilton Hotel, Napoleon
|     Room, 3rd Floor.
|
|   * Linux 3D Birds of a Feather 7/27
|     6:30PM - 8 PM Hilton Riverside,
|     Versaille Ballroom.                                                                    

I plan to attend both of those - it would be nice to get some
face-to-face contact and instanciate some of those 'virtual beers'
that I've been promised!  :-)

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FYI:

I just committed a tiny fix for a bug in the new steadycam stuff - sometimes (once
each lap on anticlockwise laps for example) the camera would do a quick 360 degree
twirl.

(eg on BSOD's Battlements, just after you get on top of the castle and head down
inside the walls).

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The one kart game I saw had the karts sprout periscopes
while they drove underwater, and trail little bubbles.
Cute.

Regards.
Mark K Vallevand   ma...@rs...
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 Inside of a dog, its too dark to read.  - Groucho

> Anyway, an underwater gokart driving game?!?  I suppose so.
> 
> We could switch their models over to bright yellow mini-submarines
> with big bubble cockpits!
> Steve Baker 



"Vallevand, Mark K" wrote:
> 
> OK.
> I've posted some new code and a new win32 executable.
> http://vallevand.homepage.com/tuxkart/tuxkart.tar.gz
> http://vallevand.homepage.com/tuxkart/tuxkart+.exe
> 
> The tar file contains the original code that it was
> derived from, because I'm perpetually behind the latest
> CVS.  It contains the same new code for the MS VC++
> changes I posted before.  It contains the PPE test code
> that Steve posted on the PPE-Devel list.  And, it
> contains some code for underwater effects.  That code
> is purely experimental.  The executable has a different
> name because it contains that experimental code.
> 
> The underwater code is a 500x500 meter textured quad.
> Actually, its two quads, one up-facing and one down-
> facing.  There is code to change fog characteristics
> when the camera is underwater.  The 'sealevel' is coded
> as .5 meters.
> 
> If someone tries this code, I'd like some feedback.  It
> certainly is a hack.  But, it may be workable.  If the
> Tux puts on a scuba tank when underwater, it might be
> kind of fun.

That sounds exactly like I do in my other Tux game (Tux_AQFH).

The water in several levels is a pair of back-to-back polygons
with the fog coloured cyan when the camera is beneath it.

It's not a perfect solution - but it fools most of the people
most of the time.

If you ever manage to get the camera beneath one of the Lava
pools in tux_aqfh, the fog goes bright red!

Anyway, an underwater gokart driving game?!?  I suppose so.

We could switch their models over to bright yellow mini-submarines
with big bubble cockpits!

Hmmm - not *this* week!


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Kevin Cowtan wrote:
> 
> Steve Baker wrote:
> > Do you think the 0.2 and 0.1's here should actually be somehow
> > related to the time delta between frames?
> >
> > > !     steady_cam.xyz[0] = steady_cam.xyz[0] + 0.2f*diff.xyz[0];
> > > !     steady_cam.xyz[1] = steady_cam.xyz[1] + 0.2f*diff.xyz[1];
> > > !     steady_cam.xyz[2] = steady_cam.xyz[2] + 0.2f*diff.xyz[2];
> > > !     steady_cam.hpr[0] = steady_cam.hpr[0] + 0.1f*diff.hpr[0];
> > > !     steady_cam.hpr[1] = steady_cam.hpr[1] + 0.1f*diff.hpr[1];
> > > !     steady_cam.hpr[2] = steady_cam.hpr[2] + 0.1f*diff.hpr[2];
> >
> > It seems like this would look different on a high frame rate machine
> > than on a low rate system.
> 
> Oh yes, you are absolutely right. The values either need to be scaled
> proportionally to the time since the last frame, or there needs to be
> some sort of time based history mechanism (which I presume is what your
> cart history does).

Yep - I just need to change those 0.1/0.2 values into <something>*delta_t
Those hard-coded numbers seem to look good at ~30Hz frame rate - so
<something> should be about 30*0.1 and 30*0.2 or so.

> I initially meant to have a look and see if this routine was driven off
> a timer or off the frame update, and then didn't get round to it.

It's executed once per frame (unless you have a VERY slow PC) and the
timer sets delta_t to ensure your speed is not affected by the frame
rate.
 
> Also, from the code, it looks like there is the possibility
> (unimplemented?) of flipping the view between karts. My patch will cause
> the camera to spin erratically through walls if this happens.

Actually, it is implemented - page-up and page-down steps through a
number of fixed cameras and each of the karts in turn.  It's useful
when debugging (eg "Gown doesn't seem to be moving anymore - I wonder
what went wrong" - I can move the camera to follow her and see why 
she's driving around in circles or whatever).

We should implement that properly and have a 1st person view, a
far distant view, a close up view and a view looking backwards
or something.
 
It won't be hard to fix your code so that the camera can
'teleport' between views rather than interpolating it's
way across half the 'world'.

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I meant the sealevel was coded as -.5 meters.

Regards.
Mark K Vallevand   ma...@rs...
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
 Inside of a dog, its too dark to read.  - Groucho

> when the camera is underwater.  The 'sealevel' is coded
> as .5 meters.



OK.
I've posted some new code and a new win32 executable.
http://vallevand.homepage.com/tuxkart/tuxkart.tar.gz
http://vallevand.homepage.com/tuxkart/tuxkart+.exe

The tar file contains the original code that it was
derived from, because I'm perpetually behind the latest
CVS.  It contains the same new code for the MS VC++
changes I posted before.  It contains the PPE test code
that Steve posted on the PPE-Devel list.  And, it
contains some code for underwater effects.  That code
is purely experimental.  The executable has a different
name because it contains that experimental code.

The underwater code is a 500x500 meter textured quad.
Actually, its two quads, one up-facing and one down-
facing.  There is code to change fog characteristics
when the camera is underwater.  The 'sealevel' is coded
as .5 meters.

If someone tries this code, I'd like some feedback.  It
certainly is a hack.  But, it may be workable.  If the
Tux puts on a scuba tank when underwater, it might be
kind of fun.

Regards.
Mark K Vallevand   ma...@rs...
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
 Inside of a dog, its too dark to read.  - Groucho



I'm forwarding this from the PLIB developers list.

I wonder how we'd want to use automatic terrain/road
code??

It's an interesting thought.


"Vallevand, Mark K" wrote:
> 
> Great.  I'll post sample workspace and project files, too.
> They should go a long ways toward getting any MSVC6 programmer
> up and compiling.  I've got some ideas to play with myself...
> I've got some automatic terrain and road generation code lying
> around from some SimCity-clone test beds.  And some neat
> underwater effects.
> 
> Time.  I need time.
> 
> Regards.
> Mark K Vallevand   ma...@rs...
> Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
>  Inside of a dog, its too dark to read.  - Groucho

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