Supercars 3 Maximum Tune

SUPERCARS 3 - Maximum tune

Done - New rotating music for race, tweaks to all screens and intro music
To be done - New levels, cars 5 + 6 (Ford rs cosworth + suzuki swift)
A Supercars (Magnetic Fields) remake with many features by JOTD

Features:

• high-resolution graphics (enhancements to original graphics, rendered graphics, 256 color
  screens ripped from Supercars International)
• enhanced sound
• 2 player mode
• joypad and keyboard control
• rendered & multicolored cars
• all 21 Supercars 2 circuits
• all 10 Supercars circuits (with high cpu cars aggressivity for more fun!)
• custom circuits
• car selection
• full range of animated weapons
• powerful circuit editor
• shades/shadows
• moving gates
• trains
• fully localized
• shop & repairs
• 256 color localizable communication screens
• Tries to keep up with the Supercars II "spirit"
• optional in-game music
• optional remixed title music
• works on Windows XP, Windows 7, MacOSX
• has a dedicated Pandora port (by Seb: http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=supercars3_ptitseb)

!!!!! Please read below before writing me about a bug. It is very likely to be on either of
the lists below !!!!!

High-priority To Do:

• sc1 course test
• hard course test
• better computer car guidance when collided

Medium/Low-priority To Do:

• if music is set to "in menus", escaping does not reset the title music
• differentiate skid according to sceneries (rock, grass, snow)
• oh and... maybe even a lil weapons counter so you know how many ... whatever you have left
  (like on supercars international)
• ah, yeah- maybe have the background music a lil louder as default... and allow users to set the
  levels in the options :>
• finish supercars 1 locale
• credit the original SC2 people: Communication Section Characters by Jeremy Smith, Additional Work Peter Liggett, joystick code, additional music
• fix hiscore remixes
• add more new circuits in the "remix" circuit set
• zone test should be better when car is reappearing (if zone too small then can explode at once)
• car behaviour: slope acceleration/deceleration is not right (should add/sub, not multiply)
• gfx: full-screen snapshot (F2) has problems
• editor: add desynchronized gate system (for hard level 2), rewrite region editor using visual editor to do so
• management: Support repair with random damage
• AI: fix the problem when the computer car goes backwards and is stuck against a wall
• second player joystick control

Minor To Do:

• gfx: change font in shop
• auto car selection
• check if sound threads are really killed when exiting the game
• gfx: explosion in a tunnel: not properly clipped
• sound: sometimes races start at once (no horn)
• text: finish french localization of communication screens: insurance, reporter, sponsor, arms dealer
• editor: when creating a route, renumber points to put last point as the last point of finish zone
• gfx: car start under a tunnel problem: completely hidden (race 7 of hard level)
• keys not responding properly in menus
• AI: variable aim for computer cars (not for homers)
• AI: "smart" option for enemy cars (for weapon firing depending on the weapon, train jumping, overtaking)
• sounds not played on some slow machines
• no supercars 1 in-game music tracks!: not in mod format but "Ben Daglish" format: no replayer => won't be done!

not confirmed bugs To Do:

• find out why braking is still framerate/update freq. dependent
• CPU spin to fix (if angle too sharp then brake)
• management: add the money BEFORE money-stealing comm screens deduct the money (so it's harder, and faithful)
• sometimes car engine does not stop on game exit

How to start:

• Windows: Just run the Supercars3.bat command file located in the "bin" sub-directory
• Linux/Unix: run the Supercars3.sh command file located in the "bin" sub-directory

Requirements:

• Java Runtime 1.5 or higher (Else you get "cannot find main class, program will exit" message at startup)
  (I recommend 1.5 instead of 1.6 when playing in full-screen mode)
• Windows or Linux (use .bat files on Windows, .sh files on Linux)

Controls:

To play, press SPACE to activate options screen.
Use arrows to select, TAB to switch option pages, RETURN to start the game.

• Arrows+Space or joypad control player 1, numeric pad+0 control player 2
• ESC: quits the game and return to titles.
• P: pauses the game.
• F1: screen snapshot
• F2: full circuit snapshot (mainly for debug purposes, but still...)
• F10: quit the application anytime.
• right arrow: skips to next demo screen (during rolling demo)