can't really go higher because flash's maximum image resolution is 2880*2880. Currently the maps are 2560*2560 (a good resolution because it fits well with LFS's coordinates)
We could create maps of 5120*5120 and cut it into 4 pieces, but i think flash will throw up then.
Tbh, I don't have any time todo research and development for the 2D/3D spectating part in RS and now i'm not going to bother I'll keep RS updated with features special for leaque races.
To keep track of the total time/Lapcount, total pitstops ect. So more an statistics tool, rather than a full graphic version.
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Two could be another option - a "outlined" view or a simplified one where the other bits of tarmac are astroturfed over.
A small minor thing : the X shaped trees - for example - which look perfectly fine when blasting past them at 200+kph, don't look very nice from a blimp. Also, there are holes in the world at some points which - as I said - don't matter when racing but aren't totally asthetically pleasing from the air. Would a little bit of photoshop work be possible? It's not a really useful feature or a bug, it's just a minor detail though.
Also, would an automatic director be possible? I.E. something that cuts to where the closest two cars are/to a yellow flag/to a pitstop?
Dunno if has been reported yet (or if its already on your list vicc), but it seems that the hostlist cuts the last host (maybe some kind of scrolling possibility needed).
This is absolutely brilliant. The best flash applet ever created
I would welcome an applet parameter that would specify the server to which the applet should connect to on start-up, instead of displaying list of hosts. This way I could fully integrate it into my LFS webpage.
Possible?
Only thing I noticed was that it didn't seem like I could zoom in far enough. Even at the maximum zoom level the cars were kind of tiny, would be nice to be able to zoom in a little more. The monitor I was using at the time was at 1600x1200 so I assume that contributed to this.
Also, would it be possible to make the name font on Spectator be the same as the in-game name font? Just felt kind of strange, not really a huge deal though.
can't zoom further unfortunately. The map just disappears then. No idea what to do about that. I tried cutting up the map into smaller pieces. That indeed gave more zooming range, but it also slowed flash down by a lot, so i reverted back to one map and a bit less zooming.