Monday 27 March 2023

All Downloads now Updated to V1.12

The V1.12 rollout is now fully complete and all remaining scales and downloads have been updated.  Now is a great time to update if you haven't done so already.

Check out the downloads page to get the latest versions.

Next on the schedule is a 'pure' version that basically strips out all the 'flavour' calls and pairs the mod right back to core.  This has been requested by a few people who prefer a more minimalist approach.  It will essentially be a patch that can be applied on top of any of the current scales.

It should (hopefully) be available in a few days time.

Tuesday 21 March 2023

V1.12 Standard Numeric Released

 

 

I'm pleased to announce that V1.12 is now available for Standard Numeric.  Other scales will follow over the next few days so check the download page for updates.  Unlike 1.1 this doesn't contain any dramatic changes but it does have a number of refinements that are worth having.

 

V1.12 Changelog:

  • Added another call variant for each of the major calls
  • Removed Medium Long and Extra Long to clear up corner length subjectivity
  • Corrected a few errors in the ini files that were stopping some calls variants from being played
  • Extra flavour on a few other calls
  • A few extra recordings for upcoming corner scale releases
  • Cleanup and re trimming of a few samples
  • Minor Readme changes

Hopefully this will provide a nice alternative to Steve or Janne for those who want something different and/or Luppis pacenote compatibility.

Be sure to read the Readme! page for extra info and installation instructions.

A huge thanks Janne and tobier for their assistance.

Please get in touch with me on discord if you have any comments or questions.

RBR ‘Darren’ Co Driver Discord
https://discord.gg/tAfZFCZmWM
Private Message
https://discord.com/channels/Darren Blythe#8502

I hope you enjoy it and most of all have fun! 

Darren




Thursday 9 March 2023

V1.1 Released

 

V1.1 Changelog:

  • Audio Remaster.  Based on feedback from my Discord group.  Vocals more forward with minimal clipping.  Louder and clearer.
  • Porridge V5 corner scale available
  • Janne V2 English numeric scale available
  • Numeric 1-7, Flat scale available
  • Blythe Numeric corner scale available
  • Descriptive corner scale available
  • Reid descriptive corner scale available
  • A couple of samples re-trimmed
  • Some samples re recorded for better flow
  • Readme Changes

Hopefully this will provide a nice alternative to Steve or Janne for those who want something different and/or Luppis pacenote compatibility.

Be sure to read the Readme! page for extra info and installation instructions.

A huge thanks Janne and tobier for their assistance.

Please get in touch with me on discord if you have any comments or questions.

RBR ‘Darren’ Co Driver Discord
https://discord.gg/tAfZFCZmWM
Private Message
https://discord.com/channels/Darren Blythe#8502

I hope you enjoy it and most of all have fun! 

Darren



Wednesday 8 March 2023

V1.1 Now Available via Discord Only

V1.1 of my Co Driver is now available via my discord.  It will get a full public blog release here along will all currently completed corner scales on Friday10th March.

For now, if you want the latest V1.1 (and you should!) head over here:

https://discord.gg/tAfZFCZmWM

V1.1 Changelog:

  • Full Audio remaster. Vocals forward. Increased loudness with minimal clipping.
  • A couple of extra call variations
  • A few other samples reworked for better flow
  • Added calls for descriptive corner scale (only used if using descriptive version)
  • Added calls for porridge scale (only used if using porridge version)
  • Added calls for other corner scales (to be used in the future)
  • A few minor ini tweaks Minor amendments to readme

Monday 6 March 2023

Beyond 1.0

Firstly a huge thank you to everyone who has downloaded and tried the mod.  I've had some really great feedback and just wanted to share my future plans for 'Darren'.

The core concept of the mod will remain unchanged.  I think the Luppis notes along with Janne or Darren co drivers gives the most complete 'out of the box' co driver experience in RBR. 

My short term goal is to reach a point where i consider Darren to be complete.  1.0 was a massive step towards that but there's more on the horizon.

A few people struggled with the volume levels and being able to hear the calls clearly.  In response to this, all future versions will have remastered audio with the balance shifted towards the mid/high end.  It now has a much similar tone to other codriver mods and has gone down very well in testing.  I'm quite keen to roll this out in the coming days.

I have been working on adding other pacenote systems.  I am currently testing descriptive and also the porridge corner scale which will help people migrating from his mods.

The new audio and these two new systems along with some other tweaks will be version 1.1 which should be released towards the end of the week. 

Following on from that, I plan to continue working on other systems with numeric swapped, numeric descending, numeric descending swapped and rbr arriving in the coming weeks.  If there are other scales you are interested then let me know.

Some minor tweaks/fixes/improvements will likely occur after this but in terms of main functionality things will  then stabilize until the release of Luppis/Janne V3.  This will be another step up in complexity and i will start looking towards Darren V2.

If you want to keep up to date with development and help test out experimental and beta versions hop over to the Darren discord.

https://discord.gg/tAfZFCZmWM

Thanks again for everyone that has taken the time to give feedback or just say hello.  Always great to hear from you!

Darren