[Released] Minicar Race Creator

Thank you lorddweeb for your review on the Unity Asset Store it is very important for us .

 

had some trouble importing to 2018.3 , had to reset package manager but I am not sure if it was due to project settings or just a random unity thing. Anyway I got it working and modified a car, happy with the results. Wanted to make some adjustments to the camera but wasn't sure exactly how it's set up, from what I can see the tute scene has the p1_cam not attached to the vehicle, and with a target script, but also follows the movement of the vehicle in 3d space. I haven't yet taken a look at the scripts, but is there somewhere in particular I should look for, and also if I intend on having a static cam that views the whole track, am I still able to control the vehicle? or does it rely on camera forward for directional input? (I don't think it does seeing as it's accelerate, brake and left/right )

Also I noticed that despite selecting controller from the start menu, the buttons didn't work in game, it still defaulted to the keyboard but made me use the start button on the controller to bring up the menu. I will test it out again and see if i can replicate the issue.

 

Hi,
When the scene starts, the camera P1_Cam (spot 1) follow the Cam_target that can be find in the Player 1 car (spot 2).

If you want you can change the position of Cam_Target inside each car (spot 2).
You can modify how the camera follow the car using the parameters in script car_Follow.cs (spot 1).

Hope it helps .

 

1. Anyway, I can add my own vehicle with it's own physics?

2. always just an idea,traditionally once race is over, the cars usually continues to drive around track, while showing results. Anyway, you can make that possible. I'm assuming for AI cars once they place they continue on their path, and for player, (disable controls), and make player's prefab be controlled by AI, so player can followed path intill race is over.

 

1-If you want to add your own car controller, you will have to recode a lot of things yourself (Mobile/ desktop/ joystick Inputs connexions, ...). For the moment, the asset is made to use the car controller included in the asset.

2-We take your suggestion into account and add it to the list of potential additions for updates.

 

Agree, this would be a great classic-touch add!

Only after the possibility of the guns/powerups update

I think that in fact the asset at this point would be having all the condiments of the great racing games.

 

Hi, this asset is amazing! Im going to wait for the networking instead of doing it myself. since its on the Devs plans, but I do really need ASAP to make some power ups, so I will make them.
Any ETA for the Networking?
Our game is planned for consoles.
Cheers,
Arcanebits

 

Hi,
Thank you for your very positive feedback .
We hope to be able to do the NetWorking by the end of February/Mid March.
But we can not guarantee it.

 

Amazin! if you need testers for that, we are more than pleased to help!

 

I am planning to buy your asset but want to know can i use my own environment in the game easily?

 

Hi,
Yes you can import and use easily your environment with Minicar Race Creator.

 

Hello, is it possible to add a jump button?

 

Hi,

For mobile, you can add a UI button and add your jump feature when the player press that button.
But on desktop, for the moment it is not possible to add a new button in the Input remap editor.

So if adding new buttons is an important feature we can add it to the roadmap.

To be honest I don’t really figure out your jump feature. Would you like something like in Rocket League game?

 

Yeah maybe like a bounce option, so you press it and the car flies up into the air by an amount. Effectively just adding an upwards force. I think rock and roll racing did it, and maybe like a speed racer style, so you can dodge other cars etc.

 

Hi I am interested in your asset. I'm curious if you would briefly explain the difference between Championship and Solo?

 

Thank you for your interest about the asset .

Solo is for 1 player only.
Versus is for 2 players splitscreen.

Championship (available in Solo and Versus):
You must finish the first of a selection of circuits.

Arcade (available in Solo and Versus):
You have to play against the computer on a specific track.

Time Trial (solo only):
You are alone on the track. You have to make the best time possible on a specific track. It is possible to save the score in a local leaderboard.

Don't hesitate to test the demo available on the store page:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/minicar-race-creator-105901

 

Thanks for the quick reply. I did try the demo and the game is quite addicting. I meant to ask what's the difference between championship and arcade (not solo), but your answer was thorough enough that it answered my question. So thanks for that.

 

Hi Pixelnovo,

You must use the Ready for Mobile action (Tools -> MCR -> Switch Platform -> Ready for Mobile) in the menu scene, but you must also do it on each of the track scenes you use in your game.



You can have a look to the documentation section 7 Export to mobile Step 14 (page 49)

Hope it helps .

 

Hello Guys! Any news about networking add on to the game?
Aldo

 

We are very late on our current project. We hope it will be over in two weeks. Then we will work on Minicar Race Creator .

 

can car ai works on loop track ?

 

No sorry but it doesn't work with looping.

 

Hey just a question before i buy will you be adding a guns/weapons feature to this? and if you are any ETA

 

It is planned to add a weapons system .
We hope to be able to propose the feature within a few months. But we do not have a date yet.
We will post a message on the forum when this feature will be done.

 

Hi Is there a way to make the cars have a boost mode? Like nitro for a shot time?

 

Hi,
You can use the variable MaxSpeed in the CarController.cs to increase or decrease the car speed.

For example you can create a coroutine to change car speed for a short time.

Hope it helps .

 

Thanks and if I want to make the split screen horizontal instead of vertical how can I do that?

EDIT: I found it in the player 2 cam view port rect.

 

and one request: Can you add skid marks when the car brakes or corners ?

 

I'm making a game for Apple TV, and the controls are not setup up optimal, I'm trying to get it to work, It says I must use joystick 1 but I have the extra game controller and its not joystick one. and I cannot configure it.

 

Is there a way to display KMH speed?

 

Thanks and if I want to make the split screen horizontal instead of vertical how can I do that?
EDIT: I found it in the player 2 cam view port rect
Do you have find a way to do what you want?

And one request: Can you add skid marks when the car brakes or corners ?
For the moment it is not plan to add this feature.

I'm making a game for Apple TV, and the controls are not setup up optimal, I'm trying to get it to work, It says I must use joystick 1 but I have the extra game controller and its not joystick one. and I cannot configure it.
It is difficult for us to help you on this point because we have no Apple TV to test. But you’re right the player 1 must use joystick1 and player 2 must use joystick2.

 

Open the script CarController.cs and add the method below at the end of the script.
MCR -> Assets -> Scripts -> car -> CarController.cs

Code (CSharp):

1.  public float MCR_KMH()
2.     {
3.         //Max magnitude corrseponding to the max car speed.
4.         //(this value is arbitrary)
5.         float MaxMagnitude = 5;
6.         //Max Speed corrseponding to the max car KMH.
7.         //(this value is arbitrary)
8.         float MaxKMH = 220;
9.  
10.         //Calculate the current KMH
11.         float KMH = Mathf.RoundToInt(rb.velocity.magnitude / MaxMagnitude * MaxKMH);
12.  
13.         //Debug.Log("KMH: " + KMH);
14.  
15.         if (KMH < 1) KMH = 0;
16.         return KMH;
17.     }

Open a track scene. Example Track_01_CactusCounty.
MCR -> Assets -> Scenes -> Track_01_CactusCounty

In the Hierarchy create 2 UI Text (spot 1)
Canvas_MainMenu -> Page_Pause -> InGameInformation.

In the Hierarchy Create an empty object (spot 2)

Add the script KMH.cs to the empty object (spot 3)
You find the the script as attachement to this post.

Drag and drop Game_Manager (spot 4)
Drag and drop UI Text for Player 1 (spot 5)
Drag and drop UI Text for Player 2 (spot 6)

Now when you starts the race the KMH is displayed on screen.

Hope you like .

 

Thanks for answering my questions.

When switching between mobile and desktop I have to edit each scene, this takes a long time, is this really necessary?

Perhaps for the next version this can be optimised.

 

@TargetSoundFx : your asset is great, I managed to build a simple game (one track), and let my kids (7 years old and 4 years old) play with it and a joystick on a TV. The game was built for a tiny windows box strapped to it.
I noticed however that while the controls are 'okay' for an adult that wants a bit of a challenge from an arcade game, they are too difficult for a young kid like them for the moment.
Is it possible to add a 'kid' or 'young kid' mode ? That would means more dampening on the rotation of the wheel, I think, an 'auto-accelerate' mode (it's difficult at 4 years old to press simultaneously on a button while doing something else), and an AI that is 'easier to beat'.

 

Hi,
First we are happy to see that you like the asset .
Don’t hesitate to post a review on the asset store it is very important to us .

If you want to test other values for car speed and car rotation speed.

Open the script CarController.cs and add the code below in the Start method line 263.
MCR -> Assets -> Scripts -> car -> CarController.cs



This code change the value for all the car in the race.

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. if (carAI.enabled)    
3.     MaxSpeed -= 1.0f;   // Decrease Car AI speed
4. else
5.     MaxSpeed -= 0.5f;   // Decrease Player 1 and 2
6.  
7.  
8. if (carAI.enabled)
9.     CarRotationSpeed -= 0.1f;   // Decrease Car Rotation speed
10. else
11.     CarRotationSpeed -= 2.0f;   // Decrease Car Rotation speed
12.  

 

I'm trying to use joystick control analog for steering.
so the player has control over how fast the steering is, Where in the script do I need to change?

 

I want to integrate a shop in the car selection menu to buy cars with coins, do you have any ideas how can i?

 

thank you for answering my question

 

@Lars-Steenhoff
First thank you for your review on the Asset Store page .
The asset has not been designed to do what you want. To have a system that works for all input types the carController.cs script only detects if the player presses a key.
To modify the system of inputs you can have a look to the script carController.cs and in the method MCR_carV1 () line 727

@marincaspaul
Some people ask us the possibility of unlocking cars. The asset is not designed to do it. For the moment, you can only unlock tracks. We add this feature to the list of features that can be added in future updates. But we can't guarantee that we can add it to this asset.

 

how can I increase the Max car speed from 6 to a higher number in the public inspector of each car?

 

Hi,
Open the script CarControllerEditor.cs (spot 1)
(Project Tab: MCR Creator -> Assets -> Scripts -> car -> )

Line 215 change the value 6 (spot 2)

 

hello,
why my car roll forward like i hit something infront of my car but nothing there?

 

Hi,
You probably push too much customization settings of the car.
Try to restore the default car settings. Do not use too many "extreme" settings.
For example, the Center Of Mass Z Axis setting should be changed carefully.

 

hi
Minicar Race Creator and
Compatible with Minicar Race 4 Environments
considering buy both as beginner how easy is to integrate this two can i see documentation on that

 

Hi,
Send us an email and we will send you the documentation .
Best regards.

 

Hello! im just curious about network, is it done yet? (Insert childish repetitive and anoying same question here, multiple times)
Cheers!

 

Hi,
We are very very late on our current project .
We hope we can get back to working on Minicar next week.
The multiplayer is still one of our priorities on the roadmap. However we can not give you a date.
You can be sure that we will tell you on the forum as soon as it is done .

 

I am interested in making a 4 player top down racer for android using this asset. Would it be a lot of work to convert the template?

 

Sorry but the asset is not design to make a top down.

 

I just installed the android demo on a Xiaomi Redmi 4A device. It ran perfectly without any lag or sluggishness considering that this phone is not a fast one. I can’t say the same with other racing kit that I have tried. Other racing kits are just too bloated and a resource hog that even caused my phone to heat up so fast. But this racing kit doesn’t do that at all! I am truly impressed. I will be purchasing this first thing tomorrow. Keep up the great work guys! I will be waiting for the network multiplayer and weapons from you guys.