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Star Wars Episode I Racer Community improvement mod v0.17

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@tim-tim707 tim-tim707 released this 28 Aug 21:57
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v0.17
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How to use

Simply download and unzip the mod in the game's directory (Contains SWEP1RCR.EXE application and Smush.dll).
When running the game, you can now use F5 to open and close a menu with a lot of new features !

How to uninstall

Delete or rename the dinput.dll and assets/ directory.

Troubleshooting

Please contact us on discord in the #support channel. The mod will generate a log that can be viewed in-game and is saved in the hook.log file in the game's directory. It can contain valuable information if the game crash.
You can also contact us here directly via the Issues tab, but most issues are solved faster via the community Discord.

Features

Gameplay

  • Supports both the GoG and Steam versions of the game.
  • Add support for controller in menus and race. Also support plugging the controller in-game.
  • Support for additionnal maps and custom tracks from assets/custom_tracks. They will be available in-game down from the Invitational Podracing Circuit menu.
  • Lap time can exceed 50 minutes and tracks can exceed 5 lap in free play.
  • Quick Race menu: Start a race quickly from this menu by selecting a track, pod, number of laps and additionnal settings.
  • Audio Menu to adjust the master volume, cutscenes, sound effects and music. This setting will persist when closing the game.
  • Cheat menu directly available. This menu exist in-game but needs a cheat-code. The options are now available directly in this menu.
  • per-player pod upgrades
  • better controller support with gamepad, auto-detect, better navigation
  • 5+ Laps in multiplayer and free-play, with a longer timer

Graphics

  • Runs in a window or borderless window ! Also support resize
  • FPS Counter and limiter in-game ! Since the game physics is framerate dependent, most players use 24 or 30 fps.
  • Optional assets directory via shader embedding.
  • HD Font: Loaded from the assets/ directory. Replace most text with a crisp one.
  • AI full level-of-detail.
  • Fog like the n64 version.
  • Wide-screen support with FOV slider and UI-scaling slider.
  • UI support for wide screens, window re-render and resize, FOV and aspect ratios
  • Fog rendering
  • Pod cable rendering is now correct

Multiplayer features

  • No more lag when playing with friends !
  • Disable collisions with other players ! Stop crashing into other players for the most competitive races.
  • Choose upgrade level
  • Nametags instead of number displayed on top of each player
  • Fixed "Skylocker" bug, where players could not swap character after playing two races.

HD Models and new OpenGL renderer

  • Use gltf models from Blender to replace in-game models by placing them in the assets/gltf directory. Some community pack exist and can be found on the discord.
  • Physically based rendering with Image-Based lighting.
  • Base game replacement textures.
  • MSAA (Multisampling anti-aliasing) support (Better rendering quality)

New in this release / Fixed in this release

  • More cheats in the debug menu
  • crash file with timestamp and game freeze reporting
  • Better graphics performances (caching)
  • Fixed n64 textures for Oovo IV tunnels and Ord Ibanna plates
  • PNG / JPG texture replacement
  • Better cutscene skip/restore + cinematic letterbox
  • Weather rain / snow
  • No more crash on shader miscompilation (logging and default minimal shader instead)

Thanks to @louriccia for the work on this latest release !

Contributors

louriccia
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