RELEASE - FreeDrive 0.52 PLUS II

**RoyN** · 05-08-2005, 08:01 PM

I confirm it will work for 2 letter "types"...

Av,
Al,
" R"

all work fine for reversing.... the number would be the next step if at all possible in my case... (Number needs to be in the end)

**RoyN** · 05-08-2005, 09:31 PM

after updating to the latest exwe the menu is now broken for me... it isnt in the center of the screen, and the buttons arent correctly mapped... when I click next it will just switch to 3d, clicking cancel will take me to "History" I dont know what gives... any idea?

(Tried Default and DefaultTouch skins)

Thanks!

**CdRsKuLL** · 05-09-2005, 06:20 AM

Originally Posted by RoyN

after updating to the latest exwe the menu is now broken for me... it isnt in the center of the screen, and the buttons arent correctly mapped... when I click next it will just switch to 3d, clicking cancel will take me to "History" I dont know what gives... any idea?

(Tried Default and DefaultTouch skins)

Thanks!

Hi RoyN, this release wasnt for you.. it was for netsuo to check he sdk was working right.

**RoyN** · 05-09-2005, 07:08 AM

Originally Posted by CdRsKuLL

ok.. heres a quick update for u to try.. see if it sorts your prob out RoyN.. Also I have corrected a bug that should help Netsuo out.. sorry about that. I have altered the sdkexample to make sure it works this time.. so if you alter the sdk to send info to FDEXAMPLE then you will see it working when you select a route :-)

grab it at -
http://www.x-digital.addr.com/freedrive/FreeDrive.exe

cheers lads

CdR

p.s I will get round to making a offical release soon, just need to finish afew things.

oh, thought it was this one.... I hadnt managed to try it out until yesterday

**CdRsKuLL** · 05-09-2005, 05:52 PM

ok.. heres one you can try RoyN.. I've played around with this one abit, getting ready for the next release.. would you mind testing it. I dont have a carputer here at the moment.

ok, you will need to do a couple of changes, first you will need to change the following line in which ever skin you use.

#STREET and DIRECTION INFO BAR - dayfont,dayback,nightfont,nightback
info =14068380,0,14980463,0
direction= 14068380,0,14980463,0

The extra bit.. the directionbar is a bar that sits at the top of the map, which shows your next movement. Once you have added this, you then need to alter the destiniator.ini file which is in C:\DestinatorApps\Destinator\Common\Interface\Visu al\All

you need to edit this line, its about half way down...
edit it to ::V,0,70,40,65,Tahoma,30,500,14,700

This will remove the top bar from D3 when in routing mode.

As I said I cant test it, but it should pick up your next turn as soon as its anounced.

I have fixed a couple of other bits, and its getting ready for speedcams also. I have also added some more sdk commands all of which will be in the readme in the proper release in the next few days.

get it at
http://www.x-digital.addr.com/freerive/FreeDrive.exe

cheers..

O btw if any one else wants to play, please do and let me know what you think.

CdR

**RoyN** · 05-09-2005, 06:49 PM

You gotta typo in the URL.... /freerive/ should be /freedrive/...

I'm getting it now, I'll let you know about it all

Do you have good knowledge of destinator.ini? I was wondering if it was possible to make the "stick type" roads, that look just like a thin black line on my map be like the birds-eye roads... thicker and lighter in color, so as to appear more "road-like" on the map? kinda like google-map roads? I was wondering if the road thickness and color could be set via ini...

**RoyN** · 05-09-2005, 06:55 PM

Hey CDR,

I havent tested this in the car yet.... but just testing at home, I chose an address and was routed to a different one....

I wanted to go to "Escocia R" house number 253... It made the destination (due to the other changes I didnt see the destinator next maneuver bar anymore, but followed by draggin the map to the end-point, and clicked on the end point to see what address it took me to...

E R S. Paulo 03152
# 252, E R, S. Paulo

Have you already fixed this issue? (Or did you think you had?)

**RoyN** · 05-09-2005, 06:57 PM

Trying to navigate to Cristovao Diniz R, house number 21, takes me to: # 273, Manuel Araujo Aragao R, S. Paulo

weird stuff!

**CdRsKuLL** · 05-10-2005, 01:57 AM

will have a look at the route again, thought I had fixed this problem.. cheers will be a update in a few hours

**CdRsKuLL** · 05-10-2005, 06:36 AM

Originally Posted by RoyN

Trying to navigate to Cristovao Diniz R, house number 21, takes me to: # 273, Manuel Araujo Aragao R, S. Paulo

weird stuff!

yep can confirm what you said is true.. defo wierd stuff. I have managed to sort it out anyway.. if you didnt put the house number in it routed fine. So now I find the coordinates before I stick the house number in, then once I have these find the coordinates again and it seems to work fine.. O well its fixed anyway. I have also removed the map changing dialog and replaced it with a verison of my own.. I'm thinking of getting rid of the poi dialog and creating one of my own, then freedrive will be d3 dialog free :-) The only downside of this is you would need to create your own poi.. which isnt to hard really and theres loads of sites with them on. I will also be doing a better freedrive website which will hold poi including speedcams and stuff just for d3. Members of the site will be able to add / download these free of charge. What do you think ?

cheers

CdR