Revs Editor available ?

[lovebug]

I was wondering if a track editor was used when making revs and has it ever been released ?

would be nice to make a new set of tracks

[RobC]

I've often wondered about this - I did think about looking into Revs 4 tracks to see how the data was stored but have never got round to it.

I feel Revs is a bit overlooked these days (not getting as much attention as Elite or Exile) but it was a seminal Beeb game back in the day.

[iainfm]

I've often wondered about this - I did think about looking into Revs 4 tracks to see how the data was stored but have never got round to it.

I feel Revs is a bit overlooked these days (not getting as much attention as Elite or Exile) but it was a seminal Beeb game back in the day.

It certainly was! I really struggled with it either with keyboard or (digital) joystick, until I had the idea of making an analogue steering wheel using the volume wheel of an old radio. Throw in a small footboard with switches for gear, brake and accelerate, and my lap times tumbled

Only slight snag was that being a volume control it was a logarithmic potentiometer. A linear one would have been even better.

[lovebug]

30 years back I did get as far as decoding the checksum routine that validates the track files allowing me to poke random values into a track and revalidate it

the result of this was sometimes weird angles in the track but mostly it just crashed the game XD

i never did work out how the data represented the track, I might have another go at it and would love to make some crazy roller coaster style tracks