Pretty much no one but Ilja himself AFAIK, he's actually pretty friendly and can easly be reached on Telegram or Discord (I chatted with him a year ago via the former about my stance towards model encryption in the entire community).
Not only that, how about making it completely open source too? Steam recently opened the entire source of Team Fortress 2 and gave it away publically on Github, same thing with Electronic Arts with 2 or 3 of their Command & Conquer games, so why isn't Kunos' turn to give Ilja the keys to their old AC already, now that they're focusing on developing EVO and let us have all the free real estate once he finds a way to rip open its source a new one so that we can either make spin offs of our own (a-la rFactor 1) or unanimously fix all of its bugs and add new content which IMO desperately needs, besides a makeover and its own identity to make it standout from other driving titles alike.
The reason for this, I believe, is that there's no native motion vector data for non-car based objects in AC.Actually I did made a attempt to create an DLSS4 mod for AC, as you could read a couple of messages ago!
I did thought my theory could do it, but even with the help of two members here with knowledge, we did not succeed in getting the DLSS4 in the game. I did get the message that DLSS4 was enabled in AC, but I could not see/notice any effects, only performance loss.
Yes my advice to @X4Fab he should making its user interface more logical, less more/KISS and concentrate on the real major aspects like DLSS4, the new FSR4 maybe DX12.2 etc etc. While now making this software more and more complex by introducing all kinds of extra minor stuff, that can even be contra productive, is the wrong direction. Read at GTplanet all the problem some members have here, which eventually is an hidden adjustment somewhere that should be unchecked or an update that's one step forwards and two backwards. Being thankful, for what I did pay for, no need for that, only my respect to @ilya. Notice what he is actual getting paid for every month, he could buy the AC rights from Kunos.
But who knows a member that has an proven knowledge on .dll files in DLSS4 or @IlyaJusupov can always contact me for my DLSS4 ideas and who knows we can create something (=DLSS4 mod) that will work for the AC community.
Have a nice day.
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edit making things clear that I’m talking about DLSS4.
Well, if it ever were to be delisted from Steam one day, then maybe licensing wouldn't be much of an issue, As for the IP, it could easly change name to something else as to not be confused with EVO most likely.
So is this how BallisticNG was born?
I've never ignored rain in AC as in these last 8 months, I don't even check for cars' automated wipers anymore.The reason for this, I believe, is that there's no native motion vector data for non-car based objects in AC.
Some guy named SnowyMoon attempted to add a DLSS mod via ReShade a year or two ago - and while it did work, it only worked on the cars themselves. The track, background elements, trees, lighting and textures all went untouched by DLSS. So it was basically a waste of time (and SnowyMoon added DRM to the DLL - which he is apparently notorious for).
It is much harder to do, it seems, than to just slap it into the already-lackluster TAA implementation in AC. In engines like Unreal (blech), everything is motion-vector based from the off - so DLSS/DLAA/XeSS/FSR is a simple plugin to replace the (sh**ty) TAA/TAAU. Not the case with AC. It'd require a major overhaul of the graphics backend, I believe.
TL;DR don't expect it short term - especially since Ilja is much more inclined to pursue whimsy and fancy. He started rain, so much so that the visual implementation is excellent - but just dropped the physics halfway through, so much so that the track goes from "basically the same grip as dry" to "undriveable" in an instant.
He loves this Rally stuff, and has plans to continue it. He (finally) started attempting to alter/improve AI behavior, perhaps the sim's biggest need, with his last preview - but has seemingly abandoned it again on this one.
It's a blindfolded monkey throwing darts when it comes to CSP improvements, unfortunately. Only 71 more patches to go before 1.0! (I kid).
And of course, wait a few days to make sure the bugs don't eat your AC install alive.
Rain looks so good, still drives so bad. Such a shame it's been left in limbo - especially for Rally.
No, Ballistic was built from scratch actually - everything in Unity over 10 years ago. WipEout Phantom Edition was birthed from the source code - and while it's a fantastic port of the original game, it is just that and nothing else. Pure vanilla 1995 WipEout - bad AI, visual glitches, the whole thing.
Porsche 997 RSR got an update, Link has been updated lmk if it's broke.
Absolutely.
i mean, we already had 70 test builds but i am sure we were not able to test everything. We have already found one issue with ABS effects.
Cooper T52.
Rain looks so good on the windshield and in photos, but looks horrendous in replays.
Here’s a challenge:
Forza Horizon IMO is childrens stuff and AC EVO is leaning towards that. Everyone can use AC how they want to as its modding is huge.
in content manager go to settings/controls/force feedback and turn ABS effects to zero. This is something that is conflicting with the new ABS implementation.
He also posted this about it yesterday
