Tracks Lausitzring 1.71

[Sascha Guenther]

Unfortunately CM is crashing back to desktop with your new version. Any advice how to fix it? Camera facing.ini maybe the culprit?

 

[Mascot]

Thanks for the update @Fuzo. It's great to see animated track objects start to make an appearance, they add a lot of atmosphere to the environment.
As I said back in September (above), I really do think the proportions of your big wind turbine look out of place. It looks like a much smaller wind turbine that's simply been scaled up, so the mast, turbine blades and head are all a lot 'fatter' than they should be. I tried getting a similar angle to a real photo, and hopefully it shows the discrepancy. If you could update this big wind turbine for a 'slimmer' one that has proportions closer to the real one then I think it'd make a world of difference to the track.

 

[Mascot]

Unfortunately CM is crashing back to desktop with your new version. Any advice how to fix it? Camera facing.ini maybe the culprit?

Try disabling Merge Meshes and/or Flatten Nodes in the CSP 'general patch' settings in CM - one of these was causing me crashes when I was testing wind turbines on another track earlier today.
Merge Meshes is the likely culprit, try disabling that one first.

 

[Sascha Guenther]

Thanks Mascot. That was indeed the culprit. I would have never considered turning these off in CM without your hint.

 

[Mascot]

Thanks Mascot. That was indeed the culprit. I would have never considered turning these off in CM without your hint.

It took about two hours of trial-and-error testing, crash dumps, log files and finally a suggestion from @Please Stop This to solve this today, so glad to pass on the knowledge.

 

[Fuzo]

@Mascot you are indeed right, that wind turbine is a little odd, but since this is a convert from another author I didn't make any big mesh modifications, but in next update I will try to make it a little more real If someone have some real measures of those turbines let me have them

 

[Roberto Geminiani]

Merge Meshes disabled and works

 

[Den_88]

When you start a session on this track, the game crashes.
Log:
-----------END RACE INI-----------
[SESSION_0] TYPE: 1
[SESSION_0] DURATION_MINUTES: 0
Creating physics track: tmm_lausitzring [layout_dtm]
ADDED TRACK SKIN OVERRIDE: default
LOADING MODEL content/tracks/tmm_lausitzring/tmm_lausitzring.kn5
VERSION=6
Loading 305 textures
ERROR: Material::getVar CANT FIND VAR bo for shader ROAD_BR_WET
ERROR: Material::getVar CANT FIND VAR boh for shader ROAD_BR_WET
ERROR: Material::getVar CANT FIND VAR bo for shader WATER
ERROR: Material::getVar CANT FIND VAR boh for shader WATER
ERROR: Material::getVar CANT FIND VAR boh for shader EUR_BUI18B_D
E

 

[Mascot]

When you start a session on this track, the game crashes.
Log:
-----------END RACE INI-----------
[SESSION_0] TYPE: 1
[SESSION_0] DURATION_MINUTES: 0
Creating physics track: tmm_lausitzring [layout_dtm]
ADDED TRACK SKIN OVERRIDE: default
LOADING MODEL content/tracks/tmm_lausitzring/tmm_lausitzring.kn5
VERSION=6
Loading 305 textures
ERROR: Material::getVar CANT FIND VAR bo for shader ROAD_BR_WET
ERROR: Material::getVar CANT FIND VAR boh for shader ROAD_BR_WET
ERROR: Material::getVar CANT FIND VAR bo for shader WATER
ERROR: Material::getVar CANT FIND VAR boh for shader WATER
ERROR: Material::getVar CANT FIND VAR boh for shader EUR_BUI18B_D
E

Try disabling Merge Meshes.

 

[Den_88]

Try disabling Merge Meshes.

Oh yes. Until I wrote the answer and did not notice how the solution to the problem appeared. Thank you, everything worked out.

 

[AccAkut]

@Mascot you are indeed right, that wind turbine is a little odd, but since this is a convert from another author I didn't make any big mesh modifications, but in next update I will try to make it a little more real If someone have some real measures of those turbines let me have them

Enercon E-126 6.000 - 6,00 MW - Windkraftanlage

Datenblatt • Leistungskurve • Fotos • Broschüren • Modelle

www.wind-turbine-models.com

Hub height should be around 135m, for a full height of 200m including rotor

 

[Mascot]

@Fuzo it might be a good idea to put a clear warning on the download and update pages for people to disable MERGE MESHES in CM/CSP general settings.

 

[Mascot]

@Mascot you are indeed right, that wind turbine is a little odd, but since this is a convert from another author I didn't make any big mesh modifications, but in next update I will try to make it a little more real If someone have some real measures of those turbines let me have them

Further to @AccAkut 's data above, there are lots of free (or cheap) models out there which might save some work.
eg.

Free 3D Wind-Turbine Models | TurboSquid

Free 3D wind-turbine models for download, files in 3ds, max, c4d, maya, blend, obj, fbx with low poly, animated, rigged, game, and VR options.

www.turbosquid.com

Free Wind turbine 3D Models | CGTrader

Download 52 Wind-turbine free 3D models, available in MAX, OBJ, FBX, 3DS, C4D file formats, ready for VR / AR, animation, games and other 3D projects.

www.cgtrader.com

 

[AccAkut]

Further to @AccAkut 's data above, there are lots of free (or cheap) models out there which might save some work.
eg.

Free 3D Wind-Turbine Models | TurboSquid

Free 3D wind-turbine models for download, files in 3ds, max, c4d, maya, blend, obj, fbx with low poly, animated, rigged, game, and VR options.

www.turbosquid.com

Free Wind turbine 3D Models | CGTrader

Download 52 Wind-turbine free 3D models, available in MAX, OBJ, FBX, 3DS, C4D file formats, ready for VR / AR, animation, games and other 3D projects.

www.cgtrader.com

hmm there sure are, but it should really be easy enough to make a lowish poly model from some photos that is set up for the intended use, with the right height and diameters etc

 

[Kyuubeey]

Redoing those models and making them low-poly and setting up materials to work in AC would probably take twice the time of just modeling one.

 

[Mascot]

To clarify, I know how hard it can be to convert models to AC - I suggested them for reference only.

 

[Fuzo]

Fuzo updated Lausitzring with a new update entry:

Update 1.3

Updates and fixes in version 1.3
- replaced the whole windfarm with new models
- added some skidmarks to GP and DTM layouts
- fixed some issues with cameras in GP camera sets
- added AI hints for T1 for GP and DTM layout to make T1 more safe for AI
- fixed some textures in pit area
- improved some additional materials around the track
- updated CSP config's windmill section

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Fuzo]

so guys I started to model the new windmill and ended up replacing the whole wind farm Now the windmills should be very close to real counterparts And as always, the more I am playing with it the more issues I am finding so there are some other fixes as well. I was quite in a hurry so if you guys will find some issues with the track, let me know, I would like to consider this finished and move to another projects

 

[Cote Dazur]

Fuzo updated Lausitzring with a new update entry:

Update 1.3
Read the rest of this update entry...

with this update do we still need to disable merge meshes to make your track work?

 

[Mascot]

so guys I started to model the new windmill and ended up replacing the whole wind farm Now the windmills should be very close to real counterparts And as always, the more I am playing with it the more issues I am finding so there are some other fixes as well. I was quite in a hurry so if you guys will find some issues with the track, let me know, I would like to consider this finished and move to another projects

The new main wind turbine looks spot-on now - many thanks!
Also, love the slowly-rotating blades on the chopper. Good stuff!