Genrally - 7 Cars WIP

[jefmalta]

Not perfect... but I thing the hard part is over now.

https://youtu.be/nFjf4T4036o

[Michkov]

Interesting, what exactly are you doing here?

PS: No need to open a new thread for every post

[jefmalta]

Been coding for the last 2 months - 7 hours a day. Code and test.

[Michkov]

What is the plan, surely you arn't coding without a goal in mind.

[jefmalta]

The plan... get car 7 driving perfectly like the other cars.

Then code the point system as laps and laptime ready.

Then extend to the 8th...9th...10th..11th and 12th car

[Michkov]

Cool, what are you using to get the additional cars into the exe?

[jefmalta]

Microsoft visual studio

[CraapyTracks]

interesting!!

[jefmalta]

Working on track editor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lARuQFKmQ_0

[jefmalta]

Track Editor is ready.

1. New Track can have 7 starting positions.
2. Existing Track can have the the 7th start location placed.
3. Save and Load feature with 7th position works.

[admins pls delete the recent other threads I created on this topic - sorry]

[jefmalta]

Car movement is now complete, responds 100% to AI % Level.

NEXT:

1. Correct car 7 shadow - missing wheel shadow on the front wheels and dislodged RR wheel shadow.

2. Car7 collides with object but not with cars yet

3. GUI and Points

https://youtu.be/L6mKaim4Lnw

[Aeon]

Well, this is certainly one of the more interesting threads I’ve encountered here in a while. Something new. Did GeneRally go open source and nobody told me or are we using AI to reverse engineer stuff, or what is happening here?

[jefmalta]

Please share the news I am now more confident.

Now I have car 7 behaving properly like an AI car. Fixed the issue of the shadow. Today I implemented the collision.

https://youtu.be/i9drpSRJof0

When the time comes I will start a facebook page on this project. Share the word.

[jefmalta]

Now this is photoshop. Now that I got all the data right for car 7 with regards to fuel/damage bars, position, lap number and time. Will try to move the data for car 7 as follows.

The bottom bar does not have space for this.

[jefmalta]

Can you see the full stats for car7?

[Crowella]

Well, this is certainly one of the more interesting threads I’ve encountered here in a while. Something new. Did GeneRally go open source and nobody told me or are we using AI to reverse engineer stuff, or what is happening here?

A few of us have been having a go at reverse engineering and then modding. Nothing is open source. As far as I'm aware, Jeffery's is not using AI, nor my attempts, I think we just started getting desperate

[jefmalta]

HUD before and after race ready for Car 7. Next update HUD after race with yellow best lap for car

https://youtu.be/CuZLVc_Rujg

[CraapyTracks]

interesting. Is it super hard to do it?
Isnt there a way of just adding nother car and say "Just do the same"? haha no idea how this works
Cheers

[jefmalta]

Are you kidding? Yes I have magic wand and I say I want another car..

It is technical and a lot of trial and error. To explain short I use tracers to capture memory addresses and activity. Then I am coding a plugin in Visual Studio which adds/edits/replicate/increase loops and arrays in memory without overlapping data. Just to move the HUD I made above 100 memory tests and still not ready.

I ve been modding games (especially fifa games) for the past 35 years and have written a lot of plugins which do memory swaps. That time was hard. Today tools have improved.

Once I get car7 complete I think it will be easier for me as I have documented what I achieved so far.

[jefmalta]

Car 7 HUD completed for Points Screen

[jefmalta]

Small info website:

https://racing-game-699xfo.webnode.page/

[mike_yella]

Really interesting project! Getting extra cars working in the original game is impressive.

I’ve also been exploring the original GeneRally with AI tools and reverse engineering to build a separate Rust implementation. My main goal is preserving the original handling and compatibility with existing tracks and cars. It’s already playable with up to 24 cars, though it’s still a work in progress.

I’m considering releasing it for free and publishing the source, with users supplying their own original assets. Would people here be interested in seeing a short demonstration? I’d be happy to start a separate thread so this one stays focused on your project.