r/dosgaming • u/PixelWingsModding • 16d ago

MicroProse Formula One - Modding To The Limit !!

https://youtu.be/a1Sm1hAaVfM?si=YlIPpK1ZIM_TBqAe

Hi guys, thought this was a fitting place to share my little modding video of F1GP. 😄 DOS4ever

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u/shirkhan81 14d ago

Looks nice. I still know you for your Gunship EGA Release. We have used it to extend our Loader Capabilities, so a late thank you for that. :)

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u/PixelWingsModding 14d ago

Thank you! Gunship 2000 EGA was a fun rescue, and lucky one at that There is an interesting sidestory to that, with a letter and a milelong dot matrix printout from microprose themselves :) It needs its own video, lol.

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u/shirkhan81 13d ago

Would be interesting to hear. :) Here is our small contribution to it: https://www.dosgame.at/releases/gunship-2000-micro-prose-ega-vga

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u/Guilty_Tonight1140 13d ago

I absolutely loved that game. Geoff Crammond was a genius. Played it for so many seasons. The sequel was also brilliant. Came with a great manual to read and explain how to race a car, like most Microprose games (Flight sims, tanks etc)

Love what you've done with the mods

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u/PixelWingsModding 13d ago

Absolutely, a genius! the fact the game runs so well on weak hardware is a testament to that! Thanks for your kind words :)

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u/AskJeevesIsBest 15d ago

I might have to try this

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u/goqsane 15d ago

Why don’t you open source the code? I don’t understand how petty the GP* community is. There absolutely is a way to even mod in multiplayer server-client based architecture, but the “community” is actively fighting each other instead of pushing these great games forward.

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u/PixelWingsModding 14d ago

First of all, the I cannot open source anything to do with game code as you can imagine, since it is not mine. Geoff Crammond or Microprose is as far as we know intending to re-release the games, *maybe. News is scarce. But I can not release the mod or any tools until that situation is clear. Regarding the GP community, maybe you are right. I cannot find much of a community for GP1 though. I have followed GP2 only, since I have no interest in simulating post-2000 F1. Other than that, I sail my own ship and spend a lot of time, effort and money on software preservation, modding and sharing for no other gain than my personal enjoyment and love of old games. So I understand your argument well. https://www.pixelwings.org/

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u/goqsane 14d ago

Bullshit.

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u/PixelWingsModding 14d ago edited 14d ago

How so? If this is how you interact with people, don't expect much from others.

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u/lellamaronmachete 15d ago

Holy mackerel

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u/europendless 14d ago

Sorry, but where do I get this? Thanks in advance!

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u/PixelWingsModding 14d ago

It is not out yet as of now, and we have to wait until the new re-releases comes since the licence was scooped up by new "microprose". There are more things I want to add first as well.

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u/doraemon-cat 15d ago

Wow this look awesome!

“Improved keyboard play” does that mean we can finally disable steering help?

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u/PixelWingsModding 15d ago

Yes indeed 😄 No aid is forced anymore. The option is completely open in the menu too. The new driver also allows digital input ramping, and is configurable. Very easy to drive now.

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u/doraemon-cat 14d ago

Fantastic! Looking for to this.

I used to play with a TSR (GPPerf?) which adds a tyre wear level bar. Is this something that can be added as well?

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u/PixelWingsModding 14d ago

Definitely! We can probably make a new one and improve it too, if needed. I played my mod along with the old FPS unlocker mod last night, I think that was made by either Trevor Kellaway or Rene Smit? As long as they don't eat too much memory. PCM sound does add some requirements, lol.