speed-dreams-code/CHANGES.txt

Speed Dreams changes since 1.4.0

Here are the summarized changes since 1.4.0
(More details for associated milestones 2.0.0 and 1.4.1 here : 
 http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/speed-dreams/report/6)

Dxx ids refer to tasks "specified" and listed here :
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/speed-dreams/wiki/BigFeatureList

... among the planned ones for 2.0.0 :
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/speed-dreams/wiki/ActualFeaturePlanFor20

More technical details about the work in progress for some tasks here :
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/speed-dreams/wiki/TheWayToRelease2

2.0.0 Alpha 1 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

This release was build from SVN https://speed-dreams.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/speed-dreams/tags/2.0.0-a1@2720.

Tracks:
* A32, A16, A17, A19, A22, A24 : HQ texture rework + renaming + localization
  for Alpine-1 (=> Allondaz), GTrack3 (=> Charmey), Manton (=> Michigan Speedway),
  ETrack6 (=> Espie), ERoad (=> Prenzlau)
* Texture improvements + localization : Aalborg, Forza, Forza, Migrants, Ruudskogen, 
  Corkscrew, Olethros Road, Wheel1
* Texture improvements : GTrack1, Brondehach
* new Goldstone Sand (Silverstone Arena) track
* many new work-in-progress tracks (won't be all in 2.0.0, only release grade ones)

Cars:
* T01 : Work in progress LS1 setups rework
* A10 : Work in progress LS1 liveries HQ rework
* A05, A06, A08 : Improved visual realism / HQ for SC Cavallo 360
* A14 : Work in progress Rally car set (draft-level physical setups)
* A42 : Work in progress MP5 (was GP 1600) car set
* improved car model file/folder names consistency

Robots:
* D16 : Adapted Simplix and USR to the new Career mode
* Simplix improvements

Menus:
* D30 : Player Config and sons :
  - removed player car choice (becomes a race-time choice)
  - added customizable steering speed sensitivity
* D29, D30 : Driver Select and sons (D29 & D30) :
  - added skin selection and preview (may only remain for human players in the future)
    Note: Only one car has previews for the moment : SC Lynx 220.
  - added "Car Selection and Settings" menu behind the "Change car" button,
    with skin selection and preview + quick car data sheet
    (work in progress : hard coded constant Overall ratings)
* Options : added options to customize Simulation and Graphic features

Race engine / screen:
* Display average frame rate in the race screen
* Spit screen mode (multiplayer) : 
  - 'TAB' key switches to active screen,
  - sound follows the active screen selection consistently,
  - wider 3rd screen in 3-way split screen,
  - split screen configuration is now saved / restored between races.
* D13 : Dual-threaded race engine with CPU affinity 
  (can be toggled on/off in the Options / Simulation menu)
  First tests show FPS gains mainly when many opponents on medium to high end configurations,
  but CPU affinity seems to be very usefull under Windows XP (nearly no use with Linux 2.6).
* D19 : Rain simulation (visual effects + work in progress grip management)
* Customizable weather / time of day for the sky dome

Simulation engines:
* D48 : Work in progress Simu v2.1 (same a Simu V2 for the moment)
* Simu V3 won't be adopted as the official physics engine : we'll improve Simu V2
  into Simu V2.1 in the short 2.x term, while targetting at a brand new Simu V4
  in the medium term.

Other:
* D04 : CMake build system
* D03 : Replaced GLUT by SDL
* D16 : New "Career" race mode
* D17, D26 : Work in progress network/online race mode
* Improved keyboard steering behaviour (+ customizable sensitivity)
* D05 : Added JPEG image support for car and tracks previews in menus.
* D06 : Removed compile time dependency on ALUT
* Moved Windows build to modern DLL interface (no more .def files)
* D11 : Support for multiple cars with same 3D model .acc/.ac file
* D08 : Work-in-progress code profiling 
  (see http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/speed-dreams/wiki/CodeProfiling)


Known issues : see http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/speed-dreams/report/2 (version 2.0.0 alpha1).

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Below is archived uncomplete / obsolete content, but sometimes with more details than above.

Detailled changes on sdl-port branch since creation (branched from trunk SVN 70) :

Foreword : sdl-port branch is aimed at being regularly merged from trunk up to 1.4.0 is out,
           so you should first have a look at trunk CHANGES file :
	   you will find here only sdl-port-specific changes.

	   History of merges from trunk :
	   - 2008/12/04 : up to revision 378 (Mart)
	   - 2009/02/15 : up to revision 729 (Jean-Philippe)
	   - 2009/06/22 : up to revision 996 (Mart)
	   - 2009/07/14 : up to revision 1107 (Jean-Philippe)
	   - 2009/07/30 : up to revision 1220 (Mart)
	   - 2009/10/13 : up to revision 1576 (Mart)
	   - ...

Tracks:
- added Salty road track by Gabor (Xavier)
- added cameras & turnmarks to Longday (Gabor)
- added Petit gprix track by Gabor

Cars:
- added GP4 converted cars (3D models), but still needing real setups (Xavier)
- added Nascar cars (3D models), but still needing real setups (Xavier)
- 
- set fictious brand and model names for all cars, based on ideas from the whole team,
  to avoid legal issues ; the real brand name replacements follows (Andrew, Jean-Philippe) :
  * Alfa Romeo 		=> Milano		
  * Aston Martin 	=> Archer
  * Auto Union 		=> Motor Union
  * Audi 		=> Vieringe
  * Bugatti 		=> Ettore
  * Any GM brand 	=> Deckard, except for Corvettes, which will be Vultures.
  * GM/Corvette		=> Vulture
  * Dodge 		=> Taipan
  * ERA 		=> Century
  * Esperante		=> Sprite
  * Ferrari 		=> Cavallo
  * Ford 		=> FMC (F stands for ... um ... something)
  * Honda/Acura 	=> Murasama
  * Jaguar 		=> Lynx
  * Lambo 		=> Ciclone
  * Lotus 		=> Spirit
  * McLaren 		=> Conner
  * Maserati 		=> Tridenti
  * Mercedes 		=> Silber
  * Mitsubishi 		=> Minato
  * Nissan 		=> Kanagawa
  * Peugeot 		=> Lion
  * Porsche 		=> Boxer
  * Subaru		=> Kenji 
  * Toyota 		=> Aichi 
  * TVR			=> RCM (Russian Car Manufacturer)
  * Lister 		=> ?  (a Storm model for LS1 is simply called the "Fury")
  * Mosler 		=> ?
  * Saleen 		=> ?
  * Venturi 		=> ?
  * Fiat		=> ?
  * ?			=> Sector
  * ?			=> Zaxxon.

Robots:
-
- enabled Simplix and USR robots to be members of mixed teams,
  through new team management interface in RobotTools (Wolf-Dieter)
- added Kilo robots (needs more love) (Gabor)

Menus:
- added controls for time of the day and weather settings in quickrace
  and practice race configuration menu - work in progress (Xavier)
- added a "Credits" multi-page menu to list all contributors, contributions
  and 3rd party libs / code / software we use.
- resurected the "Configure player" button in the Raceman menu, to avoid returning
  to the Main menu for that (Jean-Philippe).
- select the first available player by default when entering the player config menu
  (Brian).

Program:
- applied the good old SDL patch from Brian Gavin (Xavier)
- fine tuning of the event loop to process ALL pending events
  before re-displaying (fixes lags and delays in mouse movements) (Jean-Philippe).
- fixed localized keyboard support through SDL unicode (Jean-Philippe, Brian, Mart)
- fixed splash screen crash on 7s time-out (Jean-Philippe)
- added F1 / F12 / ESC / Return shortcuts in some menus where lacking (Jean-Philippe)
- fixed detection and use of multi-sampling (for anti-aliasing)
  when available (Jean-Philippe)
- restored key auto-repeat in menus (Jean-Philippe)
- restored texture compression detection (Jean-Philippe)
- applied Cmake patch by Mart Kelder and ported it to Windows (Mart, Brian)
  * smart cmake multi-platform build system (even Windows + MSVC built-in support),
  * speed-dreams and other programs are now executables (no more scripts)
    which is nicer for debugging/profiling/... 
  * very fast unified make install (no more so slow make install and make datainstall)
- added multi-platform xmlversion user settings files installer at run-time,
  to replace old system where these files where overwriten after each build/install
  even if no associated change had occurred (Mart, Jean-Philippe).
- fix build install system not stopping on xmlversion errors
  (ex: when a versioned xml file is not loadable, it's installation/update fails,
       cmake printed some error lines, but the install process was not stopped,
       and if you didn't see these lines in the hundreds of other traces,
       you were likely to get a crashing Speed Dreams without any simple explaination).
- fixed CPU slow-down system also activated in race mode (Jean-Philippe)
- added new sky dome and time of day simulation via PLIB::ssgaSky,
  featuring really nice skies, even at night with stars and moon,
  and also allowing night races as an example - work in progress (Xavier)
- first attempt of rain simulation (water projections behind tires, rainbow visualization,
  reduced grip) - work in progress (Xavier)
- fixed ultra-slow game in qualification blind mode (something around SDL IdleFunc,
  seems CPU does nothing whereas it should run 100%)  (Jean-Philippe)
- fixed results not being saved at the end of the race because results dir
  not created in user settings dir; and also screenshot system not working
  for the same reason (screenshot dir not created) (Gabor).
- optimized race results' update & sorting through the use of STL vector (Gabor).
- race results now include pointer how much position the driver gained or lost,
	from his starting position (Gabor).
- merged career-port to this branch (Mart)
- don't load graphics in results-only mode (Mart)
- added split times (Mart)
- added 10 second stop and go penalty (Mart)
- added feature lists for robots: features are only enabled when all the robots in the
  race implemented it (Mart)
- added timed sessions (Mart)

- new modes for the race screen leader board (Gabor)
  * vertically scrolling : list of competitors, text in associated color,
  * horizontally scrolling : just as on TV.
  Note: Already merged in trunk.
- new mode for the debug board (Gabor)
  * display segment name, distance form start, current camera
- exhaust fires shown when RPM drops (Gabor)


Other:
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CURRENT (some of these may slip to post-1.5.0):
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Tracks:
- 

Cars:
- 
- fix out of bound setup parameters for SuperCars
- change TRB1 tyre textures to the new slick ones by Haruna Say

Menus:
- menu background image refresh in NG variants by Eckhard M. Jager - Work in progress
- remove remaining real brand/model names and logos from textures
  (sc-nsx, 36 GP, ...)
- remove Torcs references from textures
- move Torcs-NG references to "Speed Dreams"
- improve 36GP car gauges textures

Robots:
- 

Program: 
- F2 camera "driver" views  modified to look in the direction the car's turning
  - Still to be improved as you quickly feel sick about it (Andrew).
- Sky and day time management through plib/ssgsky (Xavier)
- First simple attempt to simulated rainy weather with fog (plib/ssgsky)
  and reduced track friction (Xavier)
- More GCC 4.3 compatibility (Mart, Jean-Philippe)
- tests and bug fixes.

Sourceforge.net:
- setup bug tracker at least for the beta/rc release
- upload nice screen shots

Other:
- 

=> Release 1.5.0 (end of 2009 ?).