Content Manager - Discussion Thread

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Content Manager - Discussion Thread

x4fab

76561198030188166 Hi, thanks for the report, I’ll check and fix the issue with nationalities! I think AI slider is meant to scale levels set in race grid editor, I think it kind of makes sense. Changing AI in Content section is meant for event creators, and that slider in Drive is for participants, that was the logic.

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Thanks a lot, yep once I figured out it makes sense how the slider works

Fat-Alfie

I'm not sure if anyone else has suggested this (there is a LOT to read!) but how about enabling the user to disable the camera_facing spectators on tracks? Tracks mostly use 2 textures, "people_stand.dds" and "people_sit.dds". These are either located in the track's data folder, or in C:...\assettocorsa\content\texture. If you were to replace these with 2 null textures the spectators would be rendered invisibly. It wouldn't help FPS but a checkbox to switch people on/off might be nice in CM

x4fab

Fat-Alfie oh, right, it was somewhere in some TODO list. Thanks for reminding!

By the way, could you please check, could you do it with track skin (without replacing files in content/texture, but instead putting them in a skin)?

Fat-Alfie

I can test that, sure. But also, Kunos tracks use the texture from "content/texture/people_sit.dds" rather than the track's data folder.

x4fab

Fat-Alfie I just think, maybe it switches to content/texture/people_sit.dds only when texture has not been found in KN5 file or in track skin?

TreaHok

Is there any chance for some VR features in the already brilliant CM? The biggest for me is the VR replay system. AC VR replays are fully stereo 3D - like gameplay, but have no zoom and TV and spectator cams are all but useless, especially with the current gen resolution problems - cars are too far away and hardly legible.

The suggestion is to make replays like in rFactor2 VR where replays are rendered in 2d on a massive VR cinema screen. So you do not need to take the headset off and still enjoy replays in lots of detail.
Alternative is to add zoom functionality to trackside cameras to current AC VR replays. It will probably make people who are new to VR sick a bit, but those who are already to used to it should

x4fab

TreaHok interesting idea… Maybe something like Virtual Desktop and AC running in windowed mode and not in VR mode would work like that? I’m not really familiar with VR at the moment, unfortunately, sorry.

Kavoriken I must say, I don’t know where to fit it, but I like the idea! Might be interesting to see it in action, those brake points truly ridiculous sometimes.

Kavoriken

I'd love to see a random Ballast and Restrictor slider in addition to the AI Strength and Aggressiveness ones in the Drive section for SP races. All AI strength does is move the brake points, which can reach quite ridiculous levels. Random Ballast and Restrictor values would do a much better job at simulating AI drivers having different kind of setups without compromising on the AI driver's skill to brake at the right time.

TreaHok

x4fab Thanks for the reply Yep, Virtual Desktop or Bigscreen do this already, but you need to exit race, go into settings, change your video output from Oculus to monitor and then launch the saved replay. You can't pause the race and watch the replay or watch the replay immediately after the race and start another race... You always have to exit, change video output, watch replay, change output back again...

If CM had an option that , when ticked, would function like "
if race: rendering mode = Oculus;
if replay: rendering mode = single screen"
Then Virtual Desktop/Bigscreen would take care of the rest and make replays integrated into VR experience.
I think I should have suggested this straight away, but this simple idea has only just occurred to me

76561198030188166

Hey,
Quick question, does the CM after a race generates the race_out file in Documents\Assetto Corsa\out?

I had a issue with a couple of tracks, where if I start a race with CM, despite Assetto Corsa showing the correct laps and gaps at the end of the race, the laps, times and gaps are missing in the race_out file, so all is 0.

If i start the same race on the same track, without using CM race_out is generated correctly, trying to figure out why.

Thanks and have a great week-end!

x4fab

76561198030188166 hmm, and it’s track-related? Never encountered it, so strange. What are those tracks? Thanks, you too!

TreaHok oh, well, I’ll look around, but I must say, it could be way too difficult. Most likely, whole AC rendering pipeline is initialized to render stuff in a specific manner for a special device, and all internals (such as loaded textures) are being initialized just once within that pipeline.

But you don’t mind exiting the race to watch replay, you can already assign a specific video settings preset for replays, I personally use it to raise resolution to 4K (for DSR).

DonutThing

76561198030188166 @x4fab I think I have the same problem too. When I exit out of the race, it shows all of the times as 0 with the usual awards presented normally.

Edit: Seems to be unrelated with tracks also, I don't think I've had any race where it shows the times properly after I end a race

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x4fab

Kinda strange indeed, I do not remember the first track I had it with, but I can replicate it with this one:
https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/donington-park-grand-prix-circuit-1938.17313/

I tested the previous version of that track, and with that one no issue, if you just want to try a quick race to see if you the same issue, otherwise it may be conflicting with something else, but if is just with this one I would not lose my time around it.
Have a good one!
Franco

76561198030188166

DonutThing @x4fab So far I have it just with Donington, using the older version of that tracked seemed to work for a couple of times, but now I got all 0 again.

x4fab

DonutThing 76561198030188166 thanks, I’ll try to fix it. What starter do you use, by the way?

76561198030188166

x4fab Sorry, not really sure what you mean by starter.

x4fab

76561198030188166 in settings/drive. Please, try to switch it to AppID, maybe that’ll help?

76561198030188166

x4fab Found it, changed it, I will test it out. Thanks!

DonutThing

x4fab I didn't realize that my launcher was switched back to the default Official launcher, maybe it must have reset when I updated Content Manager.

Well it works now, I guess I will have to keep in my mind to check my launcher after each update.

x4fab

DonutThing oh, that was the problem? Great, I’ll just change the default mode to AppID now when AC’s development is finished and I don’t think there’ll be any more surprises which could break AppID starter.