> Reuben Pearse wrote:
>
>> Can anyone point me at some POV code to enable me to add a realistic
>> dirt track for the Mini Off-roader to drive along?
>
> You could always have a look at some of the TORCS off road circuits :-).
> (see from Torcs to Pov thread)

   Yes, sorry: I overlooked this request. You are right that TORCS dirt
tracks could be what Reuben was asking for.

> Could be a cool thing to bear in mind if Jaime writes his tutorial.

   I'm on it... but as usual it will take some time due to work, and also due
to my diffuse creative process.

   I have almost ready the "basic" tutorial, which simply describes how to
import stock tracks and cars, and how to create a spline for the track so
you can place the cars and the camera along it. The import part is easy, you
only need Blender and the .acc import plugin, then export to OBJ and convert
to POV-Ray either with Wings3D or Poseray. The difficult part is getting the
spline with Wings3D... well, it's really more tricky than difficult, and
needs some detailed explanations with screenshots that I didn't write yet.

   Apart from this basic tutorial, I'm also creating another one on how to
add roads to existing scenes, using some of the tools included with TORCS
(trackeditor and trackgen). Hopefully I will have it ready before the year
end... :)

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Jaime

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