Assetto Corsa PC Mods General DiscussionPC

[Camill08]

Can someone explain me what Ambient Occlusion (AO) VAO do exactly what they mean for Assetto Corsa and how they affect the game? And if I don't ask too much why there are different LOD for cars, such as the lod_a, lod_b and so on...? Thanks in advance

 

[DavidDGA]

My guess being that you have never been to Spain, nothing strange about that 'Osborne' bull overlooking the environment/surroundings.
You can see these in several places irl...

Ole oleee el toro de Osborneeee

 

[RMi_wood]

Myogi Circuit - Initial D. Street Stage

ripped by Guki, converted to AC by RMi

changelog / features:
- 2 pit/start + hotlap (pits are untested w/AI)
- lap timers working
- AI (its very fast)
- smoother mountain mesh
- skin with higher res textures from alternate IDSS source (still very small res) + better edge grass texture
- grassFX, lightsFX (flashing markers)
- removed cars TSO from pits

todo:
- more pit/starts (how many will depend on pit area)
- cameras (need)
- rainFX (need)
- better trees / treewall
- surface tweaks
- higher res textures

bugs:
- car can "stick" in some walls on collision
- speedbump roadmesh in pits, untested w/AI

:: DOWNLOAD ::
note: please delete previous version completely due to name change.

 

[martin786]

can somebody help me with the Col de Turini track the new CSP above 1.5 XX did this to it grass and trees are black

https://www.racedepartment.com/down...nerated-rally-league-stage-demo-pack-1.19270/

Before:

After :

 

[Sodemo]

The new CSP flames look ok, I had high hopes after seeing how good the rain looks. I hope the flames can be customised, for me, they are a little underwhelming at present.

 

[djtopa]

The new CSP flames look ok, I had high hopes after seeing how good the rain looks. I hope the flames can be customised, for me, they are a little underwhelming at present.

Does new rain works with sol weather presets or its part of CSP and nees to be turned on or of with CSP?And rain configs are still manual download and install or?Thanks

 

[gergerger]

Does new rain works with sol weather presets or its part of CSP and nees to be turned on or of with CSP?And rain configs are still manual download and install or?Thanks

It's fully integrated! As soon as you select rain in-game, it starts raining, and it stops when you go back to sunny-overcast weathet on the fly.

 

[ClaudioWRC74]

It's fully integrated! As soon as you select rain in-game, it starts raining, and it stops when you go back to sunny-overcast weathet on the fly.

to have the rain you always need the paying CSP ? now I have SOL 2.0 RC4 + CSP 0.1.68 public version

 

[Sodemo]

I dont see any rain, nor does the track get any slower as a result. I am on a much older version of SOL if that has anything to do with it (with the pre-baked clouds). I chose heavy rain and it just looks foggy to me.

 

[justin cheney]

With so many updates, you may have missed it...

The search function on this thread reveals the following info on the Ferrari P4/5...
...go to page #1921, Report #57627 from K E N N E T H (Nov 16, 2020) and join his discord channel to download...

the link in his discord doesn't work anymore

 

[DaBaeda]

Cams for Oulton Park (all layouts)
Does not overwrite the existing cams.
Have Fun.

 

[DaBaeda]

2 Cams for Myogi Circuit - Initial D. Street Stage v0.72
Thanks to RMi_Wood for the track.
Have Fun.

 

[ApexVGear]

can somebody help me with the Col de Turini track the new CSP above 1.5 XX did this to it grass and trees are black

https://www.racedepartment.com/down...nerated-rally-league-stage-demo-pack-1.19270/

Before:
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After :
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It's very likely you have two conflicting config files.

Check to see if there is an ext_config.ini or *trackname*.ini (trackname=folder or kn.5 file name of track) file in these locations...

1. In an extension folder within the track folder and if it contains an ext_config.ini file
2. In the assettocorsa/config/tracks folder and if it contains a *trackname*.ini file
3. In the assettocorsa/config/tracks/loaded folder and if it contains a *trackname*.ini file

You should have only one config file, so if you find multiples, keep the latest version and move the others to a backup folder and test.

Most track config files should be stored in the loaded folder (#3 above), or they can be in the track's extension folder.

 

[Ema]

Speaking of

Sidelines and new pit for Misano:
https://mega.nz/file/uwownI6Z#dPyF-kOl5PEhkJxNzB5VeNO5U19ZKLTN_aKCimMWX50

4. The only graphical issue I notice is with the crowds. Some grandstands are filled, others are completely empty.

Otherwise, this track is f@ckin' great.

Thanks a lot
About grandstands, crowd is missing on the original ones (i put some new stands that comes already with crowd)... Actually i'm serching some easy way to add it, even with the native "camera facing" feature, but i'm stil not able to make it works correctly

I`ve spent some time with the track as its one of my favourites. All I can say is that your graphical upgrades ar on point. I compared it with real thing on normal track day analyzing on-board videos and there is really only couple of things different (like more billboards in certain areas, san marino graphics on the last corner and currently additional building is in construction on the main straight). Everything alse is close enough for me. Even the trees placement and shape is similar.

I like it to the point that I lost my interest in ACC conversion. Frankly speaking ACC track is slightly over the top. There are additional trees, flags and some structures that are not present in real life. Surely mesh is more accurate and this is probably the only thing for me.
Many, many thans for this fantastic update !

Nice to hear it.... I've used the ACC version as reference, i try to reproduce the side tracks objects as near as possible.
I've tryed also to add the other two artworks, san Marino and Sic58, but is a bit difficult for my skills, i wasn't satisfied with the result and i give up.
Waiting for @CrisT86 config file, now we have cameras and sidelines, so we are near to a good new release, thanks to the GTP community

 

[ApexVGear]

Cams for Oulton Park (all layouts)
Does not overwrite the existing cams.
Have Fun.

All this camera work you're doing is awesome.

One request, could you name all your "content.zip" files to match the track name with "cameras" after it? For example "rmi_idss_myogicircuit_-_v0.72 cameras.zip."

This saves users some time and makes archiving the files easier.

 

[eRKafan]

Hey : )

Someone have some issues with new CSP and sol 2.4 or it's just like me ? I mean shadows on wet road are moving for no reason. I mean I can see tree shadow on road and this shadow is moving like tree is moving with high speed - if you know what I mean : DD Also I noticed that on replays rain is droping only in the middle of the screen and I have dirt splash under tyres.

 

[nVIceman]

I dont see any rain, nor does the track get any slower as a result. I am on a much older version of SOL if that has anything to do with it (with the pre-baked clouds). I chose heavy rain and it just looks foggy to me.

You have to have the latest SOL 2.0 RC4 for it to control Rain FX.

 

[Ema]

Please SIC58 grandstand

where it is exactly?

 

[ApexVGear]

you have screen or video please ? failed to reproduce your problem

Sending you a PM with a video link.

 

[Masscot]

The new CSP flames look ok, I had high hopes after seeing how good the rain looks. I hope the flames can be customised, for me, they are a little underwhelming at present.

Based just on the photos or have you actually seen them in motion?

 

[browser]

Thanks for this, I like this track @shi. It's pretty challenging to learn- undulating surfaces, a few blind turns, an oval style sweeper, and long straights. The ai was borked so I went ahead and fixed it, and also added 3 drs zones. The readme says there is a problem with a pit spot but I didn't notice anything. Of the two layouts, I think I like the "sprint" version best.

Something I noticed- there's a strange spectator over looking the track, It's a little intimidating:View attachment 977288

AI for La Dehesa:

https://mega.nz/file/zlxkgAjD#GaiXqOLj6xrFiQVI7Cd93NsTCVKqiZW8XihEPgWMi0E

what Formula car was this in this post? View attachment 977288

 

[GIBBONS]

Can someone explain me what Ambient Occlusion (AO) VAO do exactly what they mean for Assetto Corsa and how they affect the game? And if I don't ask too much why there are different LOD for cars, such as the lod_a, lod_b and so on...? Thanks in advance

Taken from Wikipedia: "In 3D computer graphics, modeling, and animation, ambient occlusion is a shading and rendering technique used to calculate how exposed each point in a scene is to ambient lighting."

For AC, this means that cars and tracks looks more realistic as features become more defined in each lighting condition. The necessity of it depends on your standards and the content you have installed. Cars without mapping can still look alright with good textures and shader properties, but I generally won't hesitate to sacrifice certain things to get an AO map done. For example the recent Mustang Mach 1 by MrDK wasn't mapped and I couldn't work out a quick way to map it while keeping the vinyl stickers, so I sacrificed the unique skins in order to have the car AO mapped.

LODs are simply lower detailed models that are used at longer distances to make life easier on your computer. Just check these in the CM showroom for some of the Kunos cars and you'll see the difference in objects and triangles between each one. As a car gets a certain distance away it will switch to LOD B, then LOD C. The configuration for when a car switches LODs is in the lods.ini in the car data folder.

 

[RMi_wood]

2 Cams for Myogi Circuit - Initial D. Street Stage v0.72
Thanks to RMi_Wood for the track.
Have Fun.

Thank you for this, it will really push a final release!

I now have Usui Circuit in-game and driving (no walls yet!). It is a super-fun track, lets hope it comes out ok

 

[Ken134]

Cams for Oulton Park (all layouts)
Does not overwrite the existing cams.
Have Fun.

Brilliant. Going to download now. Many thanks.

 

[Nogoodname]

I see encrypted tracks are now becoming a thing.

It's easy to see why. I can only imagine the harm that track skinners have done to this game and community.

I can only imagine the harm asset stealers have done to peoples motivation do even work on anything

 

[TheRealCeeBee]

Kyalami 67 RainFX
(Note also 2 shader replacements in here to fix the concrete looking road marbles and the yellow grid lines that were set to KSGrass and wave in the wind.)

 

[KevinK2]

what Formula car was this in this post? View attachment 977288

Formula Agile

https://www.racedepartment.com/downloads/formula-agile.29991/

Great driving car, ai not that great though. Wish he'd look at it, tends overshoot corners especially when aggression is mid to high.

 

[MrLonguinha17]

New "livery", for the Jaguar XJR9-LM (serves for 1988 and 1989), and XJR12-LM (1990 and 1991).

 

[safi hellie]

I can only imagine the harm asset stealers have done to peoples motivation do even work on anything

Turn 10 are still very busy, I don't think they have let it bother them too much. Bigger fish and all that...

 

[Rusty_Chest]

Can someone explain me what Ambient Occlusion (AO) VAO do exactly what they mean for Assetto Corsa and how they affect the game? And if I don't ask too much why there are different LOD for cars, such as the lod_a, lod_b and so on...? Thanks in advance

Adding on to what was said before me,
Assetto Corsa uses "baked AO" as it doesn't have realtime ambient occlusion in the base game meaning that one needs to UV Map a mesh and run it through an Ambient Occlusion "bakery" to generate a texture that has premade ambient shading. Without this ambient shading, cars and tracks will look straight out of 2005, most low-level modders are clueless about this and often release cars that aren't AO'd at all.

VAO is Vertex Ambient Occlusion, rather than baked AO found on cars this VAO is made by using a standalone bakery from either x4 or NVIDIA to find vertices on cars/tracks which have overhangs/places that need shading and put shadows under them through the .vao-patch file. This method of Ambient Occlusion is dynamic, meaning shading can be added or removed entirely at will depending on lighting conditions; baked AO will remain 100% of the time as it is a static texture, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

The controversy with the latter was that the first releases of the OptiX bakery did not support bounced light and as such every other patch it generated was way too dark. Another minor controversy happened over ideologies of what constitutes as bad practice or not, someone from this thread decided that UV Mapping was too retro for them and started making VAO patches to crutch along some of the worst mods one could find, then contacting the authors and egging on their non-UV'd antics by allowing them to bundle the patch with their car(s).