Project CARS – Build 360 Released.

Project CARS – Build 360 Released.

A new weekly build of Slightly Mad Studios’ WMD-powered Project CARS title is out.
Build 360 for all members to enjoy.

Build 360 (3014:43 30/11/2012/11/12, Junior+)

Common: 

• * Player reset "track clear" distance set at 150m (was 30m).

Online:

• * Fix for 360 attributes changed callbacks not working correctly
• * 360 Host Migration work, Host Migration now working. Roundtrip work, can now enter and leave games and roundtrip to different lobbies etc without crashing
• * Xbox 360 stat submit fix
• * Fixed stat flag to correctly contain information about non-default setup in multiplayer races.
• * Labels for disconnected participants will not be painted.

Audio: 

• * Possible fix for reported tranny whine issues with Ariel Atom

Tracks:

• * Milan Short: Add radiotower into master scene
• * Milan GP: Add radiotower into master scene
• * Milan Short: Add wip big glass grandstand and merge latest TomT stuff
• * Milan GP: Add wip big glass grandstand and merge latest TomT stuff
• * Milan: Add new textures
• * Moravia: Texture update for the tower
• * Moravia: Reworked whole pit building, added emissive
• * Moravia: New textures addition
• * Heusden: Fixed shadow issues, added part back side of podium building, fixed gaps
• * Heusden: Added pitbuildings, assets, bridges
• * Azure Circuit: Reworked the whole part below the pitarea, red asphalt, so tobac corner area-piscine-rascasse
• * Azure Circuit: Added new textures
• * Static Objects: Reduced count of aerial assets

Vehicles:

• * BMW Z4 GT3: boosted FFB tyre force multiplier. Default setup change for less corner-exit oversteer

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Build 359 (29/11/12, Senior Manager)

GUI: 

• * Fixes for dialog instance quad deletion
• * Fixed list item colour issues
• * Fixed weather text not working in browse screen, incorrect return from a changed GUICareerHelper function
• * Updated screenshot code to save to the project documents folder on PC (F12)

Online:

• * PS3 and Xbox 360 Invitation functionality added. Supported are: accept invite when in-menus, driving, from active and inactive controllers (on 360), join via party (360 only), join via game in progress (360 only), and cross-game boot invite on PS3
• * Disconnected participants will be removed from the track

Weather: 

• * Code to show the current rain drop levels in tweakit

Physics:

• * Fixed vehicle Ids sent to physics as part of retire/DQ notifications
• * New small prototype tire. Street tire design change – similar to the small prototype tire with some ‘street’ification.

Tracks:

• Wisconsin: Missing viewer static files for night lighting
• * Wisconsin: New Dressing + Night Lighting
• * Wisconsin: Lightrig Lamp Orange Material file, for Wisconsin night lamps
• * Wisconsin: Dressing changes
• * Heusden: New texture maps

Vehicles:

• * Bodywork_carbon runtime shader – adding rain support
• * BMW M1: added windscreen banner
• * BMW M1: Added custom livery support
• * BMW M1: Merged in UV mapped body meshes, updated CPIT body meshes
• * JPLM: Adjusted FFB weight (made heavier)

Build 358 (28/11/12, Senior Manager)

Online:

• * Fixed incorrect login error codes and messages for various login situations

Physics:

• * PhysX objects updates – export files + physics system files

Tracks: 

• * Derby: Ground Cover files
• * Azure Circuit: Textures update
• * Wisconsin Raceway: Updated crowds placement
• * Wisconsin Raceway: New sitting crowds for stands 8 and 9
• * Heudsen: New texture maps
• * Milan: Added textures for warehouses and building02

Build 357 (27/11/12, Team Member+)

Online:

• * Fixed code storing the remote round results from participant finsihed events, which, if combined with large sessions and high latencies, eventually resulted in depletion of the whole array and a crash
• * Player participants from disconnected nodes are removed from the race. (Work in progress.)
• * Post-race screen will no longer display a zero-time hurry up timer 

Physics:

• * Updated collecting of contact points to obtain more exact results for wheel-to-wheel and vehicle-to-vehicle processing
• * Updated processing of wheel-to-wheel contacts.

GUI:

• * Cleared leaking textures from dialog manager

Tracks:

• * Heusden: Fix for mis-applied test material on grandstand seats
• * Milan Short: Add pitwall, update collisions, improve concrete pitlane road texture and merge latest TomT stuff
• * Milan GP: Add pitwall, update collissions, improve concrete pitlane road texture and merge latest TomT stuff
• * Milan: Update textures
• * Milan: Add new textures (pitwall) 
• * New dynamic brake markers for US tracks
• * Eifelwald GP: Scene updates (statics and lights placed)
• * Wisconsin Raceway: Textures for the build
• * Blimp: Removed said logo 

Build 356 (26/11/12, Senior Manager)

Render: 

• * Removed excess carriage return from logging calls to improve log file formatting

Tools:

• * Added basic keyboard shortcut implementation for zoom to selection

Tracks:

• * Derby: New Dynamic Advert Panels + fix for Thrustmaster panel – Export files and.xml scene files, .dds textures, .mtxmaterial files, .vhf .xml .meb _dep.xml

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