Dennis tracks

[Dennis]

Nice job on finding that error Dennis. Sounds like you'll be making some fine AI now!

They are ready since Sunday. The next job is making objects. But I need some free time for it.

[CowtownBob]

They are ready since Sunday. The next job is making objects. But I need some free time for it.

don't forget that objects from other tracks can be re-used

[Dennis]

Yes, I know, I will take a look on some objects for inspiration and to see, how they are built up, but I want to make my own objects to make the track really unique.

[RacerBG]

New ICR2 star is rising...

[Dennis]

I decided to place some cameras around the track this weekend, and I made this screenshot from the braking zone of the first hairpin. As you can see, it's not easy to survive the first lap :-).

   

[thestig88]

Stunning progress Dennis! What track are you making? A real layout or a fictional layout?

[Dennis]

As I wrote in my introduction post, I make my own track. There are many real tracks, made by other people, so I try something different.

Some infos about the track.
It's a combination of an oval and a road course (like Indianapolis or Daytona), at first I'm working on the road course, the oval will probably follow. The track layout has a little similarity with Interlagos, the character has also a little similarity with old Imola. But over all it's unique.
Track length: 6889m (4,279 miles)
Top speed: ~207mph
Corners: 23 (between 20 and 33, depending on how we count them)
Best lap till now: 2:02,6 (not a fast track, but there is a 23sec long flatout oval part)
And the name??? I will let the community decide after I'll finish.

[Bazmeister]

Wow, they're 6-wide almost

[thestig88]

awesome! interlagos and classic imola are favourite tracks of mine! should be epic!

[Dennis]

I tried to make objects this week, but I had no success. Now I'm at a point, where I need help.
My first object is difficult, so I decided to rebuild the example grandstand from Pavel's document. It looked good in 3doed, but after I placed it with ope, I couldn't convert the track to ICR2, I've got an error message about wrong format. I tried an object from the original Elkhart Lake track, but it was the same.
In my converted .3DO file I can't place objects. There would be 3 possible ways, but I don't know how to
1. make .3D file from a .3DO file
2. open track in ope without a .3D file
3. place new objects in 3doed
Has anyone an idea, what's going wrong or what's the solution?