Re: [tuxracer-devel] Roadmap

[Jasmin P. <jf...@mu...>]

On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Steve Baker wrote:
[snip heightmap meshing discussion]
> Better still (IMHO) is to go to irregular triangle meshes and generate
> more triangles in areas of high curvature, etc.  This is a REALLY deep
> subject though and it gets you into dynamic skinning techniques where
> you use more triangles close to the eye, etc, etc.

That's basically what I've done.  It's still not perfect; the triangulation
pattern is fixed (at the highest level of detail) like this:
              ...
           +-+-+-+-+       
           |\|/|\|/|      
        ...+-+-+-+-+...  
           |/|\|/|\|    
           +-+-+-+-+
              ...

At least now it's symmetric.  People should also be able to design their
courses at higher resolutions, with only a small performance hit.  (I haven't
tried this yet, though).

> * Scheme where you need to reach a certain time in order to 'beat'
>   a level so you can go onto the next one.
> 
> * 'Ghost' - most racing games can record your last game and replay it
>   as you play again (usually with your last run shown as a translucent
>   version of yourself - hence the term 'ghost').  Thus you play against
>   your previous run. This is VERY useful for improving your play and
>   tuning your run to beat a tough level time.

Both good ideas.

Cheers,
Jasmin