0.1.76-preview136

• Version ID: 1753
• Size: 56.19 MB
• Published: 2021-10-22

Changelog

New features, options and improvements

• Dynamic weather conditions online with either a server plugin (documentation is coming soon) or custom acServer implementation;
• New WeatherFX controller that uses OpenWeatherAPI to sync conditions with real weather dynamically;
• State of wings used to hide and show additional car geometry is syncing online now;
• FSR:
  • Whole thing reworked with officially released SDK:
    • Quality presets are different now;
    • Recommended level of sharpening is used now;
    • Option for adjusting MIP bias according to recommendations;
    • Old implementation is still present in case you wouldn’t like the look of the new one;
  • Option to set lower quality setting for left and right sides in triple screen mode;
  • Optional debug mode: hold Space to quickly switch to simple linear upscaling to compare;
• Smoke fully reworked (apart from tyres heating and spawning logic):
  • New improved shading;
  • Improved smoke-cars collisions;
  • Better support for open-wheelers;
  • Tyre smoke spawns below car with extreme drifting angles;
  • Dust and splashes spawns around car, not just from wheels;
  • Dust flies off dusty wheels;
  • A bit of dust appears for some F1 cars with wooden skidpads when those touch the ground (and can be configured on per-collider basis, similar to sparks);
  • Clouds of dust spawn on collisions;
  • Smaller particles for bits of dirt and smaller splashes spawn in contact points;
  • Long-lasting smoke and dust (lasts for several minutes);
  • When on grass, instead of dust clouds, more subtle soil particles are used (color is set in track config);
  • New look for smoke from exhaust, heated brakes and damaged engine;
  • Smoke won’t show up inside a cockpit;
  • Colored smoke and dust lose saturation with expansion, with new config parameters to adjust the rate;
  • Smoke culling improved for further optimization and smoother transitions;
  • New options to adjust density and on-screen size, to balance between visuals and performance;
  • With ExtraFX, option to get smoke clipped by windows or, instead, rendered behind them;
  • Extra effect with smoke covering whole screen, to get effect of camera stuck in smoke much cheaper;
• Pieces particles update:
  • Adjusted types chances, size and shading;
  • Collision detection now uses car heightmaps instead of depth buffer for more accurate results;
• Size of sparks particles fixed, sparks no longer spawn with head-on collisions;
• TyresFX:
  • Grass and dirt on tyres reworked, textures and rendering both;
  • Soil color is taken into account;
• GrassFX:
  • Active ExtraFX pass option now properly supports fake car shadows reprojection;
  • Grass deformation updated, now takes into account grass height;
  • If you’re using original AC motion blur, it would affect grass as well now;
• Smart Shadows:
  • Smooth transition between cascades reworked and is configurable now;
  • Disk shadows filtering removed, PCF is back until I figure out how to do it properly;
• Nice Screenshots:
  • Old HDR fix thing is now replaced with brightness-based weighted average; much easier to deal with, and it produces better results;
  • Accumulation DOF: options to customize shape and samples distribution for bokeh;
• New rendering modes: 360°, fisheye, split screen (new Content Manager supports custom modes for AC video settings);
• Specify joypad index for joypads input mode;
• Support for VAO patches v5 with spatial AO samples for dynamic objects;
• New sky mesh with more evenly distributed triangles for better reflections and mirrors;
• Option to hide console;
• Option to create portals to other servers online for freeroam servers;
• Scene tweaks from new photo mode app remain active with app hidden, or without replay (in a single-player race);
• If VR failed to initialize, there’ll be a warning on loading screen (especially helpful if you accidentally chose wrong render mode);
• Similar warning would be shown if ExtraFX would fail to initialize because of AC motion blur;
• Chat shortcuts reworked: new UI system, now don’t trigger change in turbo, different approach for alternative set of messages;
• Option to unbind digit buttons from changing turbo level;
• Triple screen tweaks: option to always show driver name tags (with original system);
• Semi-transparent shadows from smoke, flames, semi-transparent objects and such improved with Bayer dithering;
• Button for manual control of speed limiter;
• Online servers can alter speed limiter parameters, disable forced limiter (with configurable penalties), re-enable collisions in pits;
• Walking out module: settings, improved transition, few fixes, selected car is the controlled one, tool for positioning cars a bit more easily;
• Custom glare for distant headlights (experimental, disabled by default for now);
• VR mirroring: option to fill the screen, new modes for anaglyph mode, additional settings;
• Support for custom track tyres raycasting with a CSP plugin;
• Option to fix audio alignment (seems like sometimes some AC cameras could break it);
• Option to hide CPU occupancy warning;
• Option to add border to AC window just in case;
• PP-filters now can access additional auto-exposure options, for example, changing how fast AE changes (filters editor got new options in a sub-section of the AE section);
• Support for secondary clutch axis (CM support is coming soon);
• Option to hide driver name tags and driver points on track map for certain cars online via server config or extended server API;
• New driver tags: option to control rendering distance;
• Small tweaks: option to alter change AC audio volume during the race with buttons;
• Option to remove 1 GB size cap for replays;
• Double precision physics engine now enabled by default;
• Freer camera: use pedals to smoothly control camera speed;

Fixes

• FSR:
  • Oculus Rift integration fixed;
  • Virtual mirror incorrectly positioned in triple screen fixed;
• Shader ksPerPixelMultiMap_AT_NMDetail is finally fixed (has been broken from pretty much first builds of CSP);
• Pieces particles occasionally breaking motion blur fixed;
• New photo mode app: setting DOF or changing camera FOV doesn’t reset to free camera anymore;
• Additional caching during loading no more messes up setup menu (there was a problem trying to load a newly made setup);
• Mumble voice chat audio orientation fixed;
• Origin shift compatibility:
  • AI recording tool fixed (didn’t render spline correctly);
  • Driver eyes positioning tool fixed (similar issue);
  • ExtraFX bounced light clip plane fixed;
  • WeatherFX clouds and flickering cloud shadows fixed;
  • Case of VR with post-processing disabled fixed;
  • Custom triple splits: misplaced driver names fixed;
  • Shadows from dynamic lights fixed;
• Fixed interior reflections masking flickering in free camera with AMD GPUs;
• Interior reflections masking no longer darkens rough reflections that much;
• AC crashing when CSP is trying to fix certain wiper animations fixed;
• Accumulation DOF works better with real mirrors;
• AC shutting down when making screenshots and such with certain mods fixed;
• Accumulation DOF no longer breaks with ExtraFX motion blur (without accumulation motion blur);
• Memory leak with SMAA fixed;
• Possible performance issues with some PP AA modes fixed;
• AC stuck in setup check with cars with extended physics fixed;
• Monitor mirrors showing headlights as red and blue fixed;
• Problems occuring when trying to save and load selected PP-filter are fixed;
• Option to draw track AO samples removed to stop people from activating it accidentally;
• VAO patches for cars no longer affect windscreen brightness;
• Switching VAO sets (with driver/without driver) fixed;
• Fur material changing scale randomly fixed;
• Disabling windscreen dirt not always working fixed;
• FidelityFX CAS now works with FXAA and FXAA 3.11 (fixed) as well as with SMAA;
• Half-resolution smoke now works with triple screen mode;
• Shader stPerPixelNM_UVflow with alpha-test now casts shadows properly;
• Low beams not working properly in replays fixed;
• Windscreen meshes drawn over driver’s visor (with something like F6 camera) fixed;
• Shaking chase cameras fixed;
• Tessellation shaders (flags, bending pieces): fog, shadows and ExtraFX effects are fixed;
• Randomized wind component getting too large fixed;
• Crash with downshift protection on older mods without audio event fixed;
• Shadowed wheels and VAO fade out when car tilts too much;
• Collision depth is stored in replays now, for deforming walls to work correctly;
• Fake Shadows generation for cars like McLaren-Mercedes MP4/13 fixed (now ignores seatbelts);
• Cached car data growing too large with repeated entries fixed;
• Car heightmap not working correctly with some cars (and resulting in, for example, sparks flying inside) fixed;
• WeatherFX:
  • PP-filter adjustments are reset when current filter is changed;
  • Default WeatherFX implementation updated and fixed (improved clouds, definitions for cold and hot weather types were missing);
• Per-pixel fog used in some shaders fixed;
• Replay clips saving is more stable now;
• FPS limiter deactivation in new performance stats app fixed;
• Loading of extra CSP data for older replay versions fixed;
• Pieces of grass and dirt not really working with car driving backwards fixed;
• Broken shading (especially shadows) of some skinned meshes fixed;
• Fake shadows from front wheels sometimes being rendered above everything else in first persion view fixed;
• Default button (numpad’s plus) for Extra D is fixed;
• Loading car names from JSON is fixed;
• GrassFX culled too early in right eye in VR fixed;
• Incorrect configuration for rotating car objects (in extra_animations.ini) would no longer crash the game;
• Car wheels jittering back and forth in rare cases when moving slowly fixed;
• Replays now can record more frames with extra CSP data;
• Bluish reflections with SSLR fixed (it still needs a lot more fixing though);
• Cars custom emissives sometimes failing to sync with light sources fixed;
• Additional replay data breaking when replays run into size limit fixed;
• Extra-long speculars of SSLR are fixed;
• Few fixes for headlights range switching with different camera modes;
• ExtraFX TAA messing up LEDs fixed (with auto-fix active);
• Python app names in Python profiler tool (and possibly more) getting messed up fixed;
• Custom raycasting (in general settings) occasionally breaking simulation into brown screen fixed;
• Extended raycasting (in custom physics) fixed once more;
• AC crashing in track day mode on some tracks because of tyres issue fixed;
• Also, AC would no longer crash if there would be meshes and nodes mentioned in camera_facing.ini and sharing the same name;
• Fixed first shadows split breaking in VR in some cases;
• Photo mode app: making a motion mode shot no longer freezes AC for a few seconds fixed at the start;
• Real Mirror no longer breaks after switching driver on and off a few times;
• Default car setup _ext_default fixed, now loads all the parameters (also now race.ini can define a custom setup to load, optionally fixed);
• New driver tags: distortion in VR fixed;
• Advanced culling causing initial skidmarks to appear with a delay fixed;
• Smaller fixes and stability improvements;

Configs

• Override car data files related to visuals, such as lods.ini or lights.ini, by creating new files in extension/data_override folder;
• Colorful shadowing: overall look improved, new parameters;
• Masking pass shading improved, doesn’t look as messy with darker textures, new parameters;
• Custom car physics:
  • Create hidden car setup items linked to some AC physics controller (for example, to create a suspension with ride height adapting to car speed);
  • Link clutch damage to exceedingly high torque;
  • Create extra links for any suspension, linking together hubs or attaching hubs to body with distance or fixed joints;
  • New inputs for dynamic physics controllers: DAMAGE_ENGINE, DAMAGE_GEARBOX (0 for original, 1 for fully damaged);
• Custom track physics:
  • Soft walls fixed, with new MAX_DEPTH option to limit softness for collisions that are too deep (docs are coming);
  • Cars spawned aligned to track surface (optional, controlled by track’s physics config surfaces.ini, enabled by default with custom track physics);
• Deformable track walls for deep collisions (with soft colliders), for tyre walls and such;
• TyresFX:
  • New DIRT_OFFSET_K parameter, similar to DAMAGE_OFFSET_K;
  • Option to set custom meshes for different tyres;
• [MESH_SPLIT_...]:
  • Set split name or material directly, or use existing material;
  • New mode COPY_FLIPPED to fix missing interior windows;
  • New INSERT_TO option to specify new parent for new meshes;
• Parameter [BOUNCED_LIGHT] AMBIENT_MULT=0.2 for reducing ambient effect on bounced light now that new VAO patches for tracks have light bounces;
• Parameter [REFLECTIONS_FX] INTERIOR_NODES=… for cars without properly set COCKPIT_HR now works better, affecting more CSP features;
• New car instrument inputs for KERS;
• Extra car switches (those extra A/B/C/D functions):
  • New extra E and extra F switches are added;
  • Switches now can have a name set in config to show in car description during loading;
  • Optionally, switch can operate in hold mode (active while button is pressed);
  • Optionally, switch can require stationary car to activate (like a speed key for Bugatty Veyron, for example), or neutral gear, or pressed brake pedal;
• CSP configs can add extra comments about car features on loading screen;
• Adjustable wings now can affect several nodes at once (easier to get LODs to work);
• New ColoredBlackSpecular parameter for car paint shader improving look of multi-colored skins, enables automatically with fourth version;
• Set soil color for tracks along with dirt and grass color;
• Option to set soil, dirt and grass colors for different types of surfaces;
• New track inputs:
  • CAR_DAMAGE_N for amount of damage of Nth car;
  • CAR_DAMAGE for maximum amount of damage of all cars (could be tied to roof lights of ambulances?);
  • ONLINE_RACE switching to 1 for online races;
  • TIME_SMOOTH: time of day in seconds without rounding;
• In condition expressions, writing condition: prefix when referencing a different condition is no longer needed;
• In places where previously track parameters could either be a number or reference a condition, now expressions are fully supported as well;
• CONDITION for track lights and material adjustments now can use expressions too (although, without color support for now);
• Issue with parameters MOVE_MESH_BEHIND and MOVE_MESH_IN_FRONT_OF unable to reorder elements within same parent is fixed;
• Track configs now can set flame emitters;
• New common/particles_track.ini with some presets for track particles (bonfire, stove, flare);
• New common/displays.ini helping to easily create new quads for digital displays in cars;
• Macro CustomEmissive_UseDiffuseAlpha fixed, now can use alpha from txDiffuse;
• If you’re using wing animations to show and hide extra bits, now you can configure it so hidden geometry would actually be hidden, saving draw calls:
  • Car lights now can be bound to wing states, referencing wing ID and using LUT for brightness multiplier;
  • For simple cases with two states where hidden bit is either scaled down or moved far away, CSP should be able to guess things automatically;
  • Tool to quickly generate such animations with corresponding config is available on CSP wiki;
• When copying coordinates from Objects Inspector, hold Shift for additional precision;
• Brakes input for cars fixed, now uses [BASIC] BRAKES_THRESHOLD as default threshold;
• Car config parameter [DATA] DISABLE_DIGITALINSTRUMENTSINI=1 to disable original digital instruments;
• Track config parameter [DYNAMIC_OBJECTS] DISABLE_ONLINE_SYNC=1 to disable syncing of dynamic objects online and get them to start from initial position for each new connected client;
• Tracks now can use custom model for static reflections or set shader replacements to act upon a default one (good for hiding trees on tracks like Monaco);
• Problem with changes to semi-transparent shadows not applying live is fixed;

Lua & Python

• Python apps:
  • Live reload for Python apps with Python apps profiler, including fully automated option;
  • New functions for time control: ac.ext_getWeatherTimeMult(), ac.ext_setWeatherTimeMult(value);
  • New functions for advanced rendering: render to texture, use custom pixel shaders, access virtual mirror texture for custom virtual mirrors;
  • Function to check if VR is active or not;
  • Result of ac.newTexture() is cached now, feel free to re-create those textures each frame (although it would still be faster to save value locally);
• Lua apps: IMGUI for UI, extra APIs, live icons, fullscreen drawing callback for optional fullscreen HUDs with custom virtual mirror, damage and fuel warning indicators (all optional);
• WeatherFX:
  • API to create and manipulate dynamic lights for more advanced visual effects;
  • New ac.setSkyV2SunSaturation(number) to adjust sun saturation;
  • New ac.setTrackConditionInput(key, value) function which also allows to override AMBIENT input;
  • Functions to adjust VAO and extra AO samples parameters;
  • New sky-covering clouds using panorama textures as an alternative way to render clouds;
  • Option to load textures asynchonously, new function to unload textures;
  • New cloud material parameter normalFacingExponent for adjusting normal calculation (default value is 0.5);
  • New cloud parameter normalYExponent for shifting whole cloud shape, to get it to look more as if camera is below;
  • New cloud parameter topFogBoost for boosting fog at the top of the cloud;
  • Implementation and controller scripts now can do some work in parallel, reducing load on main core;
  • Controller scripts got new API for making HTTP(S) requests;
• Lua scripts:
  • New module to create Objects Inspector tools using Lua, with extended API for creating various UI controls;
  • Helper functions: try(block, catch, finally), class() for creating classes easily (uses middleclass);
  • New table functions table.filter(), table.map(), etc;
  • New timer functions setTimeout, setInterval and clear… counterparts (similar to JavaScript);
  • New I/O functions io.exists(), io.load() and io.save() (only for scripts that would have access to I/O);
  • Load and store typed values with ac.storage (could be used to access string values based on keys or, for faster access, create localized holders);
  • ac.load(key) returns nil if no value with such key was stored before;
  • More functions to access more details about simulation state like type names, driver names and nationalities, etc;
  • Lua scripts being unable to find referenced files nearby fixed;
• Scriptable displays:
  • Script could be in a separate file (SCRIPT=script.lua, same as LUTs);
  • Access mirror texture to create displays with rear view camera and overlays;
  • Define new cameras (similar to rear view mirror) with optional post-processing and access them in script, for this like parking camera activating with reverse gear;
  • React to clicks on other meshes (optionally limiting area to certain UV coordinates), so they could act like buttons;
  • Change car state: switch headlights, high beams and extra toggles;
  • Control some of car inputs: alter ABS, TC, brake bias, turbo wastegate, engine brake, etc. (could be used to create a dashboard similar to one of BMWs with extra car settings);
  • New display.horizontalBar() function for simple drawing of a progress bar made out of segments;
  • API to create dynamic lights and custom audio events (including an option to load a custom soundbank);
  • API to access nodes and meshes and move them around, hide/show or change their material properties;
• Scriptable displays for tracks (similar to cars scriptable displays with access to track conditions and ability to set custom condition inputs);
• New values for car state for Lua scripts: KERS state, number of gears, number of turbos, H-shifter state and more for user controls and for specific cars;