github gro-ove/actools v0.8.1159.24085
Bugfixes, bugfixes, bugfixes

6 years ago
  • Car analyzer:
    • New diagnostics for cars about missing or empty LUT-files;
      With those issues, AC’s “log.txt” can easily reach gigabytes in size.
    • If there are any critical issues with car (from analyzer), there’ll be a warning in Quick Drive next to Drive button;
  • Custom Showroom and previews:
    • Object-space normals support;
    • Materials dialog improved;
    • Save and load (optionally) camera position with presets;
    • Load camera from any other preset, including previews preset;
    • Camera tilt option;
    • Press F8 in Custom Previews style editor to create a 1920×1080 screenshot;
    • Specify file name for preview images;
    • New option to hide ground at all, apart from shadow;
    • With PNG extension of previews file name, result image will be semi-transparent;
    • New tone mapping functions;
    • Tone mapping functions are synced to have similar brightness with similar input params;
    • Blurred reflection are independent from reflections resolution now;
    • Brightness of visuals for area lights now should me more accurate, and also, just in case, customizable;
    • A couple of buttons in settings to reset heavy settings for previews as well;
    • Live reloading for animations, driver position and driver model;
    • Shifting animation;
    • Move driver around and save its updated position to “steer.ksanim” (should exist before that);
    • Copy driver position from “steer.ksanim” to “driver_base_pos.knh” (should exist before that);
    • Bloom on-off option renamed to “HDR” since this is what it is;
      Use “Bloom” slider option on “Misc” tab to adjust bloom.
    • CPU consumption fixed;
    • Hi-res screenshots montage fixed;
    • Windscreen shader with area lights fixed;
    • Car auto-alignment for previews fixed (thanks to Schnipp for pointing out, very slippery bug);
    • Movement speed fixed;
  • The Setup Market integration:
    • Disabled by default;
    • Lifespan of caches doubled (but now you can decrease it);
    • New enabled by default option for taking setups list from a small proxy-server to decrease TSM server overload;
      Very sorry about it.
  • Quick Drive:
    • Random time fixed;
    • Missing car skins issue fixed;
    • Last position races fixed;
    • Car description fixed;
  • Online:
    • Context menus in online section for car and track;
    • New option to fix server names even more;
  • Interface:
    • Loading progress in Windows taskbar;
    • No more car description in online section or in race grids editor to avoid messing up UI;
  • Shareable RHM presets (just need to specify its settings location);
  • Odometer by Stereo integration;
  • Sidekick’s odometer integration;
    For both apps, the larger value will be used. If something will get messed up, use “Recaulculate” button in Stats section to fix it.
  • New AI limitation feature allowing to prevent AIs from using specific tyres and more;
    Very unreliable and questionable solution, still deeply WIP, and might not be around for a long time. For more information, please, go to About section.
  • New batch actions for car skins: set names from IDs, add a prefix to names;
  • Processing inline LUTs improved;
  • New option to display car’s steer lock;
  • Now, if RSR app is enabled, minimum temperature will be set to 10 °C to avoid banning (optional);
  • Race results dialog:
    • Total time/delta (make dialog wider to see details about laps);
    • Remarkable things per driver;
  • Additional content installation:
    • If installation of downloaded content failed, press a button to install it manually;
    • No more auto-deleting for content failed to install;
    • Warning about missing 7-Zip plugin if needed;
    • Ctrl+V will work at that window as well;
    • Apps installation fixed (now, empty folders will be included as well);
      Sorry for issues with Sidekick! Please, make sure folder called “odometers” is there if you installed it via CM.
  • Hold Ctrl while opening car skins or setups section to force it to open in a separate dialog;
  • Hold Ctrl before opening color picker to immediately go to pick-a-color-from-screen mode;
    And hold left mouse button in process. Try it in Livery Editor, for picking colors from preview!
  • Sidekick optimal ranges integration fixed and improved;
  • Same for RaceEssentials;
  • Generic mods disabling fixed;
  • Saving of race grids’ additional params in non-custom modes fixed;
  • Steam overlay laggy integration fixed (might consume a bit of CPU now when window is active);
  • Encoding support fixed;
  • Message about syntax error in LUT-file fixed (now it shows car ID);
  • UV export issue fixed;
  • Accumulating DOF with hi-res shots fixed (it will take a lot of time though);
  • Content download fixed;
  • A lot of smaller UI/core improvements and fixes.

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