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= Tasks & Plans =
= Tasks & Plans =


== Achieving OTI ==
== Achieving UTI ==


This is little thinking about torcs/openracing interdependencies...
[[Achieving UTI]]
The goal of this thinking is to simplify the code, by getting rid of as much C++ as possible, especially if it is useless.


=== The facts ===
== Tasks ==


* The only ''hard'' dependency that OR does have on Torcs' C++ code is simuv2 ('''simuv2 works with tTrack, tCarElt and tSituation''').
=== Ogre renderer ===
** This in turn create a dependency over '''torcs track plugin''', which is required '''to load a tTrack''' properly.
* Automatic car 3D model conversion. (can be called "automatic AC3D to Ogre conversion").
* The '''robot interface depends on tCarElt''' for compatibility with Torcs AI, this '''can be dropped''' for now (we have C# robots), and we can find a cleaner solution later on.
* Automatic track 3D model conversion from Torcs-NG's data (starting from trackgen). Should warn about unsupported geometry and such.
** The robot itself is responsible for loading the car informations (via an XML GfParm file).
===  Driver ===
* '''RaceManager inits tCarElt''' using informations given by the Robot's XML, then associate the car with the robot (see '''Q1''').
* Load sharpy's driver, make it run a car
* '''RaceManager inits tSituation'''.


=== Quick remainder ===
=== User interface ===
* Make a GUI designed for our needs (load a track, evaluate drivers, run simulation in background, ...) : ''WIP''
* Work on the installation process


* tTrack is the logical track as stored and manipulated in C++ by Torcs (i.e. track trajectory and width basically as a list of segments)
== Screenshots ==
* tCarElt is the information about a car. positions of elements, wheels, fuel, driving commands, etc... (hundreds of fields in the structs)
* tSituation describe the situation of a race. List of cars, the track, some global infos.


=== The questions ===
Bellow, you'll find some screenshots showing work in progress of Ogre renderer and GUIs.


'''Q1''': Should the robot decide the features of his car?
<gallery caption="OpenRacing gallery" widths="200px" heights="150px">
 
Image:WIP-TorcsOgre-12.jpg|2008-sep-08, high-quality skybox, back to stencil shadows
It seems more natural to me to build a car then put a driver into the car (instead of the opposite). Maybe some AI are very specific to drive a particular car, let's forget about that first: we simplify!
Image:WIP-TorcsOgre-13.jpg|2009-feb-12, minimalist main menu
Image:WIP-TorcsOgre-14.jpg|2009-feb-25, chasing camera
Image:WIP-TorcsOgre-15.jpg|2009-mar-14, speedometer, tachometer, detect and remove alpha-blended objects
Image:WIP-TorcsOgre-16.jpg|2009-mar-18, free-ride</gallery>


== Old tasks ==
== Old tasks ==


== Ogre renderer ==
=== Ogre renderer ===
* Automatic car 3D model conversion. (can be called "automatic AC3D to Ogre conversion").
* Automatic track 3D model conversion from Torcs-NG's data (starting from trackgen). Should warn about unsupported geometry and such.
* <strike> Make a camera follows a car (from behind)</strike> : ''DONE''.
* <strike> Make a camera follows a car (from behind)</strike> : ''DONE''.
== Core engine ==
=== Core engine ===
* <strike>Load a complete track using C++ plugin</strike> : ''DONE''.
* <strike>Load a complete track using C++ plugin</strike> : ''DONE''.
* <strike>Initialize OgreDotNet graphic plugins to display the track</strike> : ''DONE''.
* <strike>Initialize OgreDotNet graphic plugins to display the track</strike> : ''DONE''.
* <strike>Load cars / physics engine</strike> : DONE.
* <strike>Load cars / physics engine</strike> : DONE.
* <strike>Load a C++ driver / create C# interface</strike> : ''DONE''.
* <strike>Load a C++ driver / create C# interface</strike> : ''DONE''.
==  Distribution ==
===  Driver ===
* Compile libsimulator from unmodified Torcs-NG repository. ''No hurry for this. They aren't going to start using our code soon, anyway.''
==  Driver ==
* <strike>Implement user controlled vehicle</strike> : ''DONE''.
* <strike>Implement user controlled vehicle</strike> : ''DONE''.
* Load sharpy's driver, make it run a car : ''Keith will do''
===  User interface ===
==  User interface ==
* Make a GUI designed for our needs (load a track, evaluate drivers, run simulation in background, ...) : ''WIP''
* <strike>Port to MyGUI's C# interface</strike> : ''DONE''.
* <strike>Port to MyGUI's C# interface</strike> : ''DONE''.
* Work on the installation process
=== Merging Imre's work ===
== Merging Imre's work ==
DONE
 
<strike>Order:
<strike>Order:
* Identify hardcoded stuffs : ''WIP''
* Identify hardcoded stuffs : ''WIP''
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* Full merge
* Full merge
* Clean</strike>
* Clean</strike>
== Screenshots ==
Bellow, you'll find some screenshots showing work in progress of Ogre renderer and GUIs.
<gallery caption="OpenRacing gallery" widths="200px" heights="150px">
Image:WIP-TorcsOgre-12.jpg|2008-sep-08, high-quality skybox, back to stencil shadows
Image:WIP-TorcsOgre-13.jpg|2008-feb-12, minimalist main menu
Image:WIP-TorcsOgre-14.jpg|2008-feb-25, chasing camera
Image:WIP-TorcsOgre-15.jpg|2008-mar-14, speedometer, tachometer, detect and remove alpha-blended objects
Image:WIP-TorcsOgre-16.jpg|2008-mar-18, free-ride</gallery>

Latest revision as of 20:13, 5 March 2011

Tasks & Plans

Achieving UTI

Achieving UTI

Tasks

Ogre renderer

  • Automatic car 3D model conversion. (can be called "automatic AC3D to Ogre conversion").
  • Automatic track 3D model conversion from Torcs-NG's data (starting from trackgen). Should warn about unsupported geometry and such.

Driver

  • Load sharpy's driver, make it run a car

User interface

  • Make a GUI designed for our needs (load a track, evaluate drivers, run simulation in background, ...) : WIP
  • Work on the installation process

Screenshots

Bellow, you'll find some screenshots showing work in progress of Ogre renderer and GUIs.

  • OpenRacing gallery
  • 2008-sep-08, high-quality skybox, back to stencil shadows

    2008-sep-08, high-quality skybox, back to stencil shadows

  • 2009-feb-12, minimalist main menu

    2009-feb-12, minimalist main menu

  • 2009-feb-25, chasing camera

    2009-feb-25, chasing camera

  • 2009-mar-14, speedometer, tachometer, detect and remove alpha-blended objects

    2009-mar-14, speedometer, tachometer, detect and remove alpha-blended objects

  • 2009-mar-18, free-ride

    2009-mar-18, free-ride

Old tasks

Ogre renderer

  • Make a camera follows a car (from behind) : DONE.

Core engine

  • Load a complete track using C++ plugin : DONE.
  • Initialize OgreDotNet graphic plugins to display the track : DONE.
  • Load cars / physics engine : DONE.
  • Load a C++ driver / create C# interface : DONE.

Driver

  • Implement user controlled vehicle : DONE.

User interface

  • Port to MyGUI's C# interface : DONE.

Merging Imre's work

Order:

  • Identify hardcoded stuffs : WIP
    • openracing.in -> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/mulder/projects/openracing/cleaned/src/libsimulator/.libs
    • src/ode/OdeLoader.cs -> mCtx.RegisterResourcePath("/home/mulder/projects/trunk/track/Barcelona/");
    • my_config doesn't have to be in the repository
    • src/core/RaceManager.cs -> InitStartingGrid
    • src/graphic/OScene.cs -> mCtx.RegisterResourcePath("/home/mulder/projects/openracing/cleaned/data/tracks/road/icy");
    • src/ode/OdeMesh.cs -> XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader("/home/mulder/projects/openracing/cleaned/data/tracks/road/icy/Mesh.mesh.xml");
  • Full merge
  • Clean
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