Custom AI grid creator Hello! A few days ago I saw that John Ellis on this forum recreated pretty much every racing series out there with over 1900 driver. I've also seen a lot of user creating custom AI grids and thought that, hey that could actually be done a lot easier on the web than sitting in notepad. As this project came to idea just 4 days ago there is obviously lots of improvements to be made and features to be added and I'd gladly keep building on this if there is any interest out there. Website AMS2 Features right now Create custom AI grids with John Ellis built in database consisting of several real world drivers. Easy drag sliders for every property. Validation of livery, driver names and racing class to reduce manual errors. Ability to export a XML file where you just copy and past the content into your chosen XML file. Upcoming features Ability to import a previous XML file to make changes for each driver property. Ability to select a driver and edit properties. Livery images Sleek UI Big thanks to @john Ellis for gathering all the data. NAMeS: Real Drivers for AMS2
Thanks, @TKracer, for getting starting on this. Obviously, at this point "this" is very much a work in progress and more of an idea or statement of potential of what is possible. Perhaps the community may prefer to generate another method of unifying the various .xml files (e.g., liveries, AI, FFB, custom seasons, etc.) and their corresponding datasets under a single, comprehensive editor. If I were an ace at C++, I would have liked to code a plugin for Notepad++ to handle everything, as it's open source and has many great features. But a website that ultimately contains a complete database of AMS2 and historical information and helpful tooltips and guidance to easily import, edit, generate, and export various types of .xml files would certainly do the trick. On the other hand, a separate app or program could permit users to select from a selection of .xml and file arrays to pick between various custom liverysets, for example, and automatically activate and deactivate relevant liveries, etc. prior to launching AMS2. For my part, I can't do the coding, but I can help with the data and the organization.
I think this is the way to bypass the Madness Engine livery limitations and allow multiple championships/series with different custom liveries to be playable without too many shenanigans. If that solution can be pluggable so presets can be exported/shared with appropriate livery files we'd have a winner and a valuable additional interface to make it more manageable for multiple series and classes. Imagine selecting few checkboxes and pressing apply and voila, your selected liveries are activated. Run AMS2 and enjoy.
That’s the idea; the entire extent of managing all available mods for AMS2 is merely an array of .xml files and livery files. From a coding/development standpoint it really should be feasible and relatively elegant.
Want to race against Reiza AI? Done. Jusk’s historical AI? Done. Want an app that explains what every line in a custom FFB means (as defined by the community) and then change a value to see what happens on your end? Done. Potentially, everything moddable within AMS2 could be specified within one program.
