Another update preview with fixes (and a few new features) (Patreon)

UPD: New build preview92 is here: fixed sky with low-quality mirrors, fixed issue with digits drawn over things with reordered rendering, fixed issue with smoke not showing if soft particles are disabled.

Thank you so much for testing! Maybe this time I’ll be able to release a public update which wouldn’t require that much fixing. 😅

Here is a new build with, hopefully, most of the reported bugs fixed. Also, I changed default FSR quality preset to better reflect presets from 0.1.75 and added a new custom quality one (I think presets from official SDK guide a bit too low-res for Assetto Corsa). And there are a few new features that might be interesting too.

First, a bit of an update to Python apps. Now CSP allows to reload an app live, so you can edit it without restating AC. A bit of an experimental stuff, might not always work that well, but I tested it with apps I have installed and it seems to run well. Also, Python apps now can access virtual mirror texture, so it can be used to create a custom look for rear view mirror or add rear view mirror to VR. And they can also create custom render targets and render things in there, and then use those render targets as textures, optionally with custom shaders for some advanced effects. Might be helpful for creating a more complex UI.

Also, scriptable displays for cars are updated with some new APIs. They too can access mirror texture now, allowing to create custom mirrors with overlays. Plus, they can react to user clicking on certain bits of certain meshes, as well as simulate certain user inputs like setting ABS level, and with that you can create something like this. And it’s possible now to create custom cameras with optional postprocessing, activating in some cases, and with that something like this can be done. All documentation is coming very soon.

There are some other changes, here is an updated changelog (comparing to 0.1.75, not to the previous build). Please give it a test, and if everything is fine, hopefully I’ll be able to release a next public update tomorrow. Thank you very much for all the support and testing!

(Update for Content Manager with some additional fixes, including a fix for real conditions online, is coming very soon.)