TheDorStor
28-09-2017, 18:28
Hi folks, since Project Cars 2 hit the shelves I've been working on a little tool for planning longer simulated race lengths with changing weather and it's now in a state that I'd like to release the first version of it.
With the tool you can set the start time, race length and the time progression, as well as up to 4 weather slots from Project Cars and the weather progression. The program then displays the simulated race length and weather changes within that time accordingly:
241189
By the way, the idea was blatantly stolen from:
http://pcars.grtn.de/weather/
You can also get a few additional information on how the weather slots in PCars seem to work on the website. Note that the weather slots in my program are displayed with a length of one hour, rather than half an hour + half an hour transition.
Not all of the initially planned features were implemented, like the "sync to race" mode, simulated time presets and adding sessions for practice and qualifying. I cannot guarantee that these features will be implemented in the future, that depends on the feedback I get from you guys.
Update: Version 0.2
Known issues:
Small window sizes can get the UI to bug out, just don't make the window too small and you'll be fine.
At larger numbers for the simulated race time the display can get a bit unprecise, which I think is a bug due to mathematical rounding. But you should still be able to read the information displayed and since I made a bit of a mess of the code I don't know if I will ever fix it.
Whenever the simulated race time is under 1h, the labels for the weather slots are incorrectly positioned. The colored bars are correctly placed though, just follow them. Hopefully fixed in v0.2
I coded in Java, so the program is an executable .jar file which means you must have Java Runtime Environment installed on your System to run it. I'm not really sure what the best way to create a Java-independent Windows executable is. Any tips would be welcome.
Java has apparently no support for 4k resolutions, which results in the program window not scaling up. I created a 4k-workaround-version with all the font sizes doubled, so 4k users may at least be able to read the text properly. Checkboxes for the weather slots still don't scale, you have to be precise with your clicks. Note v0.2 with 4k workaround in Downloads
DOWNLOAD
Regular Version: 241278
4k-Workaround: 241279
I hope some of you guys find my little tool helpful, any feedback would be highly appreciated! And of course, feel free to report any further bugs and issues.
With the tool you can set the start time, race length and the time progression, as well as up to 4 weather slots from Project Cars and the weather progression. The program then displays the simulated race length and weather changes within that time accordingly:
241189
By the way, the idea was blatantly stolen from:
http://pcars.grtn.de/weather/
You can also get a few additional information on how the weather slots in PCars seem to work on the website. Note that the weather slots in my program are displayed with a length of one hour, rather than half an hour + half an hour transition.
Not all of the initially planned features were implemented, like the "sync to race" mode, simulated time presets and adding sessions for practice and qualifying. I cannot guarantee that these features will be implemented in the future, that depends on the feedback I get from you guys.
Update: Version 0.2
Known issues:
Small window sizes can get the UI to bug out, just don't make the window too small and you'll be fine.
At larger numbers for the simulated race time the display can get a bit unprecise, which I think is a bug due to mathematical rounding. But you should still be able to read the information displayed and since I made a bit of a mess of the code I don't know if I will ever fix it.
Whenever the simulated race time is under 1h, the labels for the weather slots are incorrectly positioned. The colored bars are correctly placed though, just follow them. Hopefully fixed in v0.2
I coded in Java, so the program is an executable .jar file which means you must have Java Runtime Environment installed on your System to run it. I'm not really sure what the best way to create a Java-independent Windows executable is. Any tips would be welcome.
Java has apparently no support for 4k resolutions, which results in the program window not scaling up. I created a 4k-workaround-version with all the font sizes doubled, so 4k users may at least be able to read the text properly. Checkboxes for the weather slots still don't scale, you have to be precise with your clicks. Note v0.2 with 4k workaround in Downloads
DOWNLOAD
Regular Version: 241278
4k-Workaround: 241279
I hope some of you guys find my little tool helpful, any feedback would be highly appreciated! And of course, feel free to report any further bugs and issues.