Sunday, December 28, 2008

Filling In The Blanks

Well, I'm all caught up in terms of synchronizing my gamesave with the data on the website. I've put up a temporary table on the "myFleet.asp" page to show which cars I've used so far, but it's all static data auto-gen'd by MS Excel. I still need to build the Car and Event tables in the DB to get things working dynamically, but it's a heck of a lot of work.

So for now, I'm just going to update that page with cut 'n paste edits from whatever Excel builds. I still haven't gotten things worked out with the vehicle name display for the Game Status screen, as the Car tables haven't been built yet...

In any case, at least now it'll be easier for you to track my spending and mileage. All the numbers are good, and they add up correctly based on the cars I've bought, the money I've spent for mods, and the money I've earned from winning the events (and missions). I hope to have the "myGarage.asp" page up within a week or two, but I still need to figure out how best to store car name information. It's a big PITA, knowing how many different ways this game displays vehicle names, and the many little differences that appear based on where/how they're displayed. Again, I won't be able to fully populate that table until this game is completed...

I've also updated the Diary page so that it only shows one year at a time. My gamesave should be complete somewhere between Day 1219 to 1250, so I put up static links for each of the 4 years worth of diary entries. If/when I figure out a good way to determine the number of days in the diary, I'll make it more dynamic... Don't hold your breath...

Anyway, my gamesave is currently sitting at Day 299 (25 JAN, YEAR 2), and the car usage log can be found at the link below...
http://gt4.mygt4diary.com/myFleet.asp

Have A Great Drive!
RoadHazard
http://www.mygt4diary.com/

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Closing The Gap

At this point, I'm actually on Day 228. I've used 4 cars so far, and I have 64 races won, all for 200 points.

That means I've got a lot of reporting to do, and I'm working to get it done. The videos have already been uploaded, but none of the data has been updated in the website's DB. I'm still contemplating the best way to store car usage information, so anything I put up will probably be static until then...

Don't hold yer breath!

Have A Great Drive!
RoadHazard
http://www.mygt4diary.com/