Automatically Generated Track (Distance Challenge)

what language are you guys coding in? - i'm gonna give it a blast in VS C# - see if I can get my head around base 32!!

OK - there seem to be a lot of base32 systems, Can someone confirm that it is base32 Hex I should be encoding into?

 

OK, so I have answered my own question, it is Base 32 Hex !!

Here is my first auto generated track using a simple loop with offsets for X and Y position. Track Code as follows:

If anyone wants any C# code for this I will gladly post - (i'll tidy it up first!!!!)

-18 1i 18 1i,1i 1s 4m 1s,50 26 84 26,8e 2g bi 2g,bs 2q f0 2q,fa 34 ie 34,io 3e ls 3e,m6 3o pa 3o,pk 42 so 42##

 

hmmm... i sniff a bitmap converter coming on - ha ha

 

which version of free rider? This would be fun

 

I am SO getting into this.

 

Yeah, wonder if you could find where this was?

 

It would be cool to create some sort of 'minecraft like' auto generated track based on a 'seed'. Definitely possible to do. It would create endless gameplay.

 

It's on BHR, so we cant post a link here since it's a bad illegal website

 

You seem really interested in the community's involvement with creating code that interacts with FRHD.. Ever thought of releasing an API? ;D
Note: dove into developing some sort of track code manipulation program but for some reason Java is giving me a hard time when splitting strings. It's late so I will finish up tomorrow. (I have a whole day to do absolutely nothing.. Totally going to waste away my day working on this. ).

 

Ah yeah. I saw what it was. Kind of cool. Definitely like the mini game ideas.

 

I would love to release some sort of mini game api that people could create different games. It would probably be a year or two before that came out tho. Im not sure.

 

OH MY GOODNESS I CANT WAIT

 

lol just saying 'I would like to'

 

Well you should :3

 

Just realized something interesting. How come a zero degree angle in the game is referred to as a 90 degree angle in the code?
And a bomb is referred to by the letter O? Obstacle, maybe?
And why is a goal referred to by the letter T? Twinkle twinkle little star?

 

1) The code is stupid.
2) No. When ever you hit a bomb you make an :O face
3) YOU ARE RIGHT!

 

Who knows what it is that way, had to keep it that way for compatibility.
The letters in the track code are arbitrary.
Goals were actual referred to as "Targets" , thus the T .

 

I refuse to accept this. I motion that we re-evaluate the meaning of the T due to FRHD being the new and improved version of Free Rider.
For all in favor of the T representing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", say I.

 

Motion granted

 

PROGRESS REPORT
I have a bit of code that generates the start line (boring, but somewhat necessary)
I also have some code that generates a circular path that currently allows the setting of XY coords, Radius and inclusion angle - handy for building up auto-ramps
I also make sure that each piece of code that generates coordinates always returns the last coordinates that it generated so that these can be used for the start coordinates for the next path segment - handy for blending different generated segments together.

I'm gonna blend a few path segments together next and see if I can come up with a small auto generated track. i'll randomize it later

EDIT: Oh, yeah, i'll do a sine wave track for ya Jacob