Rollcage Redux, v1.3.4

[codemonkey]

Release date: 05/12/2014
Download location: http://www.codemonkey.me.uk/rollcage_redux.php

See the download location for the full changelist.

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[potterman28wxcv]

Thank you very much ! I've set up the postprocessing so that it doesn't lag any more now.

There's a little bug though, if you set up postprocessing to be the first step just above 0 ; nothing is displayed then during the race (got a full-red rendered image).

[Broseph Joseph]

Outstanding work......DX9 already wow.

[Broseph Joseph]

Just had a couple of races and wow. This new rendering is smooth, i mean silky smooth. And ive even got the post processing turned up all the way etc and its rock solid. The speed blur effect in particular is great for two reasons, it adds to the impression of speed obv and it also does a lot to hide the fact the game is still locked at 30fps. It would have been great if the gameplay could be true 60fps also but i know that would cause issues with the physics. Also alt-tab pretty much works now :D and im not getting the crash on exit i used to, probably because the autoupdate has been changed?

Two little things i noticed though. For some reason the game spawns two windows on the taskbar when i alt tab http://imgur.com/7xXrTv9 which is really strange. Both of them seem to be the same instance of the game so i dunno. Not a huge issue just a strange occurence.

And also i noticed that the sound of your own car now seems to start centered and then frequently flip between the left and right stereo channels for a moment as you drive for some reason, it should be centralised always seeing as your car in always in front of you. I dont know if that was there before but i didnt notice it. Its a little bit distracting.

Great work though rob, game has never looked better!

[codemonkey]

Yeah, the two windows are required. Once is for the game, and one is for playing video and also as like a blank screen cover to handle the transition between the game and the menu system at the end of a race. Just a side-effect of switching to DX9 unfortunately, notthing I can do.

The audio has always worked that way, as from time to time the car does move left / right with regard to the camera. I've certainly not noticed anything suspicious and unusual here with that. I'm guessing you might want to go into Windows and tinker with your speaker / headphone settings. This can enlarge / reduce the stereo separation and make the effect more or less noticable for you. You could also be confusing the sound of other cars with your own, but this is just a guess.

Anyway, glad you like changes, makes all the work worthwhile ...

[Tubers]

I just noticed you changed the Rollcage 1 car sound to Stage II

[codemonkey]

Originally posted by Frozen Potato:

I just noticed you changed the Rollcage 1 car sound to Stage II

Yes, after I ported the sound engine to use XAudio2, the car engine sounded pretty poor and nothing I did with the code to try and make it sound better worked very effectively. It was just a lot easier to use another sound sample altogether, and I just happened to have some lying around in Stage II :-)

[potterman28wxcv]

I've got some issue with the speed blur. Maybe that's because of the low quality I set it on ; but especially when there's a bright area, when there's the speed blur I can't see the number of laps anymore, due to white being on white.

That's a minor issue though, but sometimes it's disturbing. The same as when you want to see what time is it on your clock but there is fog on your clock, and as you drive you can't focus well to actually see what time is it :p

[76561198167423370]

Black screen :( The last version that I was able to download and that works properly is 1.1.9. This could remove the graphics mode option on the screen start? Where can I download all the versions? Or can someone send it to me?

[potterman28wxcv]

Originally posted by Cieslak:

Black screen :( The last version that I was able to download and that works properly is 1.1.9. This could remove the graphics mode option on the screen start? Where can I download all the versions? Or can someone send it to me?

Did you try to Alt+Tab when you have the black screen, to see if it's not just a problem of focus ?

[76561198167423370]

Yes, I tried a combination of Alt + Tab but a black screen back again and again. After the startup screen show movies, then I hear the sound and moving through the menus in the dark because I know them by heart. I don't know what to do, I tried to install DirectX several times to no avail..

[potterman28wxcv]

Originally posted by Cieslak:

Yes, I tried a combination of Alt + Tab but a black screen back again and again. After the startup screen show movies, then I hear the sound and moving through the menus in the dark because I know them by heart. I don't know what to do, I tried to install DirectX several times to no avail..

What's your PC configuration ?

[76561198167423370]

Intel Celeron 3.06GHz
AMD/ATI RV380 Radeon X600/X550 Series

Win XP SP3

[Shay]

Originally posted by codemonkey:

Originally posted by Frozen Potato:

I just noticed you changed the Rollcage 1 car sound to Stage II

Yes, after I ported the sound engine to use XAudio2, the car engine sounded pretty poor and nothing I did with the code to try and make it sound better worked very effectively. It was just a lot easier to use another sound sample altogether, and I just happened to have some lying around in Stage II :-)

If you have Stage II (or Extreme), then just copy ENGINE3.WAV from Extreme into Redux and rename it ENGINE1.WAV. It's the same engine sound as the original cars and it's my preference, as evidenced by my videos. :)

[codemonkey]

Originally posted by Cieślak:

Black screen :( The last version that I was able to download and that works properly is 1.1.9. This could remove the graphics mode option on the screen start? Where can I download all the versions? Or can someone send it to me?

Does your hardware support shader model 3?

[Xaotros]

Originally posted by Cieślak:

Yes, I tried a combination of Alt + Tab but a black screen back again and again. After the startup screen show movies, then I hear the sound and moving through the menus in the dark because I know them by heart. I don't know what to do, I tried to install DirectX several times to no avail..

i got the exact same thing tonight..