From f4e1b25031836e28e7b61b3610975d351195f5ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: beaglejoe Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 15:15:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated for 2.3.0 --- README.txt | 6 +++--- packaging/windows/readme_for_user.txt | 28 ++++++++++++--------------- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 4d9d28ea9..be09d36b2 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Getting Help During the game press F1 (do it as well during the ride to learn about the options). -For more in depth information visit http://www.speed-dreams.org, +For more in depth information visit https://sourceforge.net/projects/speed-dreams/, you'll hopefully find there some information (documentation, HOWTO, FAQ ... work-in-progress). If you are stuck please report problems through speed-dreams-users mailing list @@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ You can have you own version on the car setups for the human driver - Windows : \speed-dreams-2.settings\human\... depending on the car used. You can change them with a text editor, for more information look into the robot tutorial chapter 5 -(http://www.berniw.org/torcs/robot/ch5/properties.html). +(http://www.berniw.org/tutorials/robot/). Creating Tracks --------------- -There is a track editor in development, have a look at http://www.vmarti.es +There is a track editor in development, have a look at https://sourceforge.net/p/speed-dreams/discussion/ Robot programming diff --git a/packaging/windows/readme_for_user.txt b/packaging/windows/readme_for_user.txt index 755f42d0d..79783806c 100644 --- a/packaging/windows/readme_for_user.txt +++ b/packaging/windows/readme_for_user.txt @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The whole distribution is licensed according to the GPL 2+ and the Free Art Lice Installation instructions ------------------------- -Among the 5 binary packages (speed-dreams-xxxx-2.1.0-rYYYY-win32-setup.exe), +Among the 5 binary packages (speed-dreams-xxxx-2.3.0-rYYYY-win32-setup.exe), only the "base" one is mandatory : it contains the core components of the game. It is also a kind of "demo" package, as it also ships 1 track (Espie) and 1 car set (the Supercars), plus the relevant AI drivers : @@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ Completing the installation --------------------------- After installing Speed Dreams and starting it, if you get and error box -that says something like "Can't find MSVCR80.dll" or so, -try installing the MS Visual C++ 2005 redistribuable package : +that says something like "Can't find MSVCxxx.dll" or so, +try installing the MS Visual C++ redistribuable package : - Be carefull to use the x86 (32bits) version, - release 2.0.50727.762 (matching with Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 x86) - (the one shipped with VC 2005 Express doesn't work). - You can download it here, at Microsoft's official web site: - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=200B2FD9-AE1A-4A14-984D-389C36F85647&displaylang=en + https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist Game Requirements ----------------- @@ -50,17 +48,15 @@ Running the game ---------------- - Read the "User manual" : - * Simon's great online tutorial videos http://www.youtube.com/user/mungewell/feed?feature=context - * WIP online manual http://sourceforge.net/p/speed-dreams/wiki/SD2.0Manual + * Simon's great online tutorial videos http://www.youtube.com/user/mungewell/feed?feature=context https://www.youtube.com/user/mungewell/videos + * WIP online manual http://sourceforge.net/p/speed-dreams/wiki/SD2.0Manual https://sourceforge.net/p/speed-dreams/wiki/SD2.0Manual/ * Windows : Start menu / Programs / Speed Dreams x.y.z / User Manual - (Note: Now out-dated, as was written for 1.4.0 ...) - * Others (soon available online at http://www.speed-dreams.org) : + * Others (soon available online at https://sourceforge.net/projects/speed-dreams/) : - source distribution : open speed-dreams-x.y.z-src/doc/userman/how_to_drive.html in a web browser - SubVersion repository : download a GNU tarball of the user manual here : http://speed-dreams.svn.sourceforge.net/p/speed-dreams/code/HEAD/tree/tags/x.y.z/doc/userman then uncompress it and finally open how_to_drive.html in a web browser - (Note: Now out-dated, as was written for 1.4.0) - Start the game : * Windows : Start menu / Programs / Speed Dreams x.y.z / Speed Dreams @@ -80,7 +76,7 @@ Running the game Getting Help ------------ -See here : http://www.speed-dreams.org +See here : https://sourceforge.net/projects/speed-dreams/ Car Setups ---------- @@ -91,18 +87,18 @@ For the player driver, the default car parameters are located in the files You can have your own customized version of these files by copying them to /speed-dreams-2.settings/drivers/human/car*.xml and changing them with a text editor ; for more information look into the -robot tutorial chapter 5 (http://www.berniw.org/torcs/robot/ch5/properties.html). +robot tutorial chapter 5 (http://www.berniw.org/tutorials/robot/). Creating Tracks --------------- -There is a new track editor in development (by Mart Kelder) : -have a look soon at Speed Dreams SVN repository (in the 'subprojects' folder). +There is a new track editor in development (by Robert) : +have a look soon at Speed Dreams SVN repository (https://sourceforge.net/p/speed-dreams/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/src/tools/trackeditor/). Robot programming ----------------- -You'll find a robot programming tutorial at www.berniw.org in the TORCS section. +You'll find a robot programming tutorial at http://www.berniw.org/tutorials/robot/ in the TORCS section. Wolf-Dieter is also starting a new "Robot Programming Academy" : soon news !