"Racer" update!

ghost_user_name · September 23, 2002 2:07AM

Some of you may recall the freeware game <a href="http://www.racer.nl"; target="_blank">Racer</a> (NOT OpenSource, but source code is available) being ported to Mac OS X several months ago. At the time, the game was pretty buggy. You couldn't even *move* with the default track and car. You had to do some trickery in the Terminal to even get it to run. There was no sound output at all.

Well, an updated version was posted on VersionTracker yesterday. I've been testing it for the past few minutes... It's still painfully buggy in some areas (still frozen in a static window, you can still "fall" through the track a lot) but it's showing great potential for progress.

You can download the latest version (0.5.0 beta 6) from:

<a href="http://www.racer.nl/dl_mac.htm"; target="_blank">http://www.racer.nl/dl_mac.htm</a>;

Thoughts? Comments?

Mmmm... donuts...

edit: correction: you can enable sound in the racer.ini file. You can also switch mouse and keyboard controls in the various ini files.

[ 09-23-2002: Message edited by: Brad ]</p>

sapi · September 23, 2002 3:03AM

thx for yr help ..

yeah iChat is grrrrrrreat!

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ghost_user_name · September 23, 2002 3:25AM

To use keyboard controls, edit the racer.ini file. remove the ; from the line that reads "controls=keyboard.ini" and add one in front of "controls=mouse.ini". You then might want to edit the keyboard controls in the data/ctrlsets/keyboard.ini file. I like using arrow keys for the throttle and brake; so, here's how mine is set:

[code] steerleft

{

controller=0

axis=x

min=0

max=1000

key=left

sensitivity_rise=15

sensitivity_fall=20

}

steerright

{

axis=x

min=0

max=1000

key=right

sensitivity_rise=15

sensitivity_fall=20

}

throttle

{

axis=x

min=200

max=1000

key=up

sensitivity_rise=10

sensitivity_fall=20

}

brakes

{

min=1000

max=2500

key=down

linearity=1

}

shiftup

{

button=0

key=a

}

shiftdown

{

button=0

key=z

}

clutch

{

key=q

negate=1

}</pre><hr></blockquote>

If you poke around in the various ini files, you'll find that you can set a LOT of preferences. For example, you can set the display size in gfx.ini. It rocks in full-screen mode.

And for anyone not familiar with the "falling" bug I mentioned (or if you just want to see the game in action before downloading), here's a nifty video clip I just made.

<a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/.Movies/racer-02.mov"; target="_blank">http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/.Movies/racer-02.mov</a>; (608 KB, 27 sec long)

<a href="http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/.Movies/racer-04.mov"; target="_blank">http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/.Movies/racer-04.mov</a>; (3 MB, 1 min 29 sec long)

edit: changed the config a bit

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sapi · September 23, 2002 4:01AM

how did you get the sound up?

ghost_user_name · September 23, 2002 4:07AM

See my first post.

In the racer.ini file, look for the audio block and switch enable=0 to enable=1.

You can also put background music in your game. Man, there are all kinds of cool controls in here... /me is happy.

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