Re: GPL BAPOM Project released!

"John Bradley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:MPG.1402efdf3fa46b8d9896d2@news...

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> Not to distract y'all from the burning issues associated with GP3 and NH, > but I thought you might be interested in some new stuff for GPL (the only > sim that matters!) :). > > What It Is > ---------- > BAPOM (Big-Ass Pile Of Maps) is a complete set of thirty-six consistent, > high-quality programs for all the Dave Noonan 'converter' tracks, and a > couple of his originals (Imola & Road Atlanta) that hadn't been done yet. > >....

Great stuff, thank you! I will copy the track.ini improvements in the next version of my 1x1 grids set which I hope to do in September. Bart Westra

On Tue, 15 Aug 2000 11:09:19 GMT, John Bradley <[email hidden]> wrote: >Not to distract y'all from the burning issues associated with GP3 and NH, >but I thought you might be interested in some new stuff for GPL (the only >sim that matters!) :).<snip> Very nice, thanks! (allthough I still prefer the babes covers from http://gpl.ga-sports.com/legends.html, historically accurate or not :)) Andre

Great job!!! I'm d/l now. buzard "John Bradley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:MPG.1402efdf3fa46b8d9896d2@news...

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> Not to distract y'all from the burning issues associated with GP3 and NH, > but I thought you might be interested in some new stuff for GPL (the only > sim that matters!) :). > > What It Is > ---------- > BAPOM (Big-Ass Pile Of Maps) is a complete set of thirty-six consistent, > high-quality programs for all the Dave Noonan 'converter' tracks, and a > couple of his originals (Imola & Road Atlanta) that hadn't been done yet. > > So What? > -------- > The key word is 'consistent'. I feel that there shouldn't be any obvious > dividing line between the 'real' GPL tracks and the add-on GPL tracks. > Inconsistent, poorly-produced, or simply *different*-looking programs > spoiled the effect for me. > > Each one of the programs in this set contains 'page1', 'page2', and > 'event' files that are identical in appearance to the GPL originals. > Two-thirds of the covers were done by Don Hodgdon, the rest are new, > never-seen-before covers of my own creation. Also, each program contains > a 'bwpic' taken from the track in question. (That's the image used in > the post-race newspaper.) > > Also, the programs come with fixed 'track.ini' files for all the tracks > that claimed to have 4 turns, but clearly have more (or less). > > Many thanks to Ian Parker for hosting the project! > > Where Is It > ----------- > Right here - http://www.ianparker1.plus.com/gpl/bapom/ > > Enjoy! > > --John Bradley

I wonderful, high-quality product it is! Thanks a Lot guys! :-D -- Roland