I see, then I'm just as much considering doing a Mercedes or Aston Martin as before. But thats is unfortunately, I wish someone other than me would do GT4 mods. I like the GT4 racing series idialogy because the performance is about stock cars with minor aerodynamic tweaks. These races seem underrated to me. The cars are closer to their road legal counterparts than most other GT racing classes.
Just in case I will clarify that those of your comments with which I agree, I do not comment, so as not to take extra space and time to write\read mutual consent. And that goes for all of my past comments.
I don't think I completely agree with that. I mean, I agree that abortion is a moral issue. And we are dealing with the ethical side of this issue if we are trying to eliminate contradictions in public morality. But the question that abortion is murder might well be scientifically justified if we had objective science, simply because the zygote's its a organism that has the same species as its parents. (Homo sapiens) But even science today is largely based on political context. And what constitutes murder depends on the interpretation of jurisprudence and legislators. So it's not going to happen anytime soon.
And I don't really want to see any kind of prohibition on this issue. That in itself can cause serious harm if it's done abruptly enough. For example, abortion was forbidden in the Soviet Union, and many women died trying to have abortions on their own. There have been known cases where hangers and other unsanitised tools have been used. In an ideal scenario, the trend for having children should be from the bottom of society. But in modern societies it is rather the opposite. And besides, many people are raising the alarm that the birth index is far from 2 and the population of civilised countries is decreasing. Who would have thought? What's the reason, can anyone figure out?
That is certainly true, I was just trying to get your personal opinion on the matter.
So I seem to be a little confused and I've confused you. English is not my first language and I sometimes have misunderstandings. As I understand that you do not have strong arguments on this issue because you are still searching for your position on this issue. That's quite commendable. Many people either don't think about this topic at all, or just repeat mainstream theses without argumentation simply because they haven't thought about them. Such as the person above you.
I find the normalisation of death ridiculous. A piece of paper compared to that is just a flower. And for every sane woman, a miscarriage is a personal tragedy. Although I guess it's possible to simplify things like that. For example, to create reports in some application that will monitor your health. After all, the miscarriage rate is clearly related to this and can be useful for the doctor to better understand the health of the patient. And now such things are kept secret from everyone, including doctors, which only worsens the situation.
Yeah, murder is bad no matter when it happens. Whether it's in the mother's body in an abortion attempt or after birth. It is pro-choice usually advocated that when the baby came out of the vagina then magical power endows it with the status of a human being. It doesn't even begin to make sense, but they don't care.
I agree with the people who think it's very cruel. The insurance system of these countries is something. But in our country, people are just being charged 30% of their salary. And they think medical care is free in Russia. It's good to be ignorant. Although in our country, many surgeries or dentistry, for example, are not covered by insurance. It's hard to say which system is better. There are advantages and disadvantages to both.
By the way, I'm interested to know from what positions you advocate for the lives of people who will be executed by the state. And isn't there a contradiction with the Alfie case. Why are you in favour of life in one case but against it in another? (By the way, I am in favour of executions only in civilised countries where the law is respected, because if executions are introduced in our country nothing good will come out of it.)
My position is that human life has value in itself. If we consider the dichotomy between extrinsic and Intrinsic value, human life is fundamentally Intrinsically valuable. But that doesn't mean that human life has invaluable in itself. It's the individual who determines his or her own value. He can go out and kill a man and be killed in return. Or just commit suicide. In this ways he defines his own value.
In addition, it is possible to formulate a rational argument in favour of the protection of life. It goes something like this -
If I am a human being, it is not advantageous for me to be in a society where it is morally normal to kill people from the point of view of the probability of my survival. The less people are killed, the less likely I am to be killed. Therefore, it makes sense to advocate as much as possible for the protection of human life.
This is good to know. I wouldn't want to make mods that will already exist or are planned for publication if they are of good enough quality. It would also be nice if these mods were competitive and balanced with my N.400S GT4 so that they could be chosen at the same competitions.
I have a desire to make more mods for racing series GT4. But for now I will start with the stock version. Selected 5 cars that participate in gt4. I propose a vote. I more or less do not care what exactly it will be a car. But if the votes are divided more or less torn I leave the choice to myself.
ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE
PORSCHE 718 CAYMAN RS CS
FORD MUSTANG
MERCEDES-AMG
MCLAREN 570S
I've write several times that I don't understand you on various issues. And I got this strange response.
Sorry, but the way you formulate thoughts for some reason to me brings up associations with AI generated answers And I can't shake that feeling. Just keep it simple, what you're trying to say.
I don't understand what you mean. I did not define the human in the comment to which you are responding. I deliberately gave the wrong definition of mother to demonstrate how not to do it.
In the first post I write -
Which should make it clear that I am quite satisfied with the generally accepted biological concept of Human (Homo sapiens) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human And that's the definition I use.
Here is quote from the section on Human Life cycle - Most human reproduction takes place by internal fertilization via sexual intercourse, but can also occur through assisted reproductive technology procedures.
But I'm not making an argument from the definition. Because I also realise that Wikipedia articles can also be more or less biased by contemporary political agendas.
I don't see the connection you're talking about.
But I can tell you why I started this thread. There are several reasons.
Firstly, I just like philisophy and ethical issues. And this particular issue is one of the most frequently discussed. But the discussions I've heard tend to lack arguments. I've tried to present them.
Secondly, as I said before about politics, the world swings left and right like a pendulum in the course of history. The extremes of that pendulum are always disastrous. Now is the moment when the pendulum swings to the left again, even if not as much as before, but it is still a fact. And I'm just pointing it out. As a consequence of this swing to the left, new mainstream currents are emerging, such as the increase in abortions and their justification. But I'm in favour of balance. And I don't want people to think in terms of mainstream political agendas. But unfortunately it's probably something of an impossibility.
Third, I just came up with an interesting deductive argument that would be interesting to discuss. But unfortunately I ran into problems here because I didn't realise how few people understand what a deductive argument is and what logic and argumentation theory is in general. And unfortunately many people just use emotions and insults instead. As a separate issue it would be nice if people could understand these things a little better.
But I still don't see how it relates to the topic we're talking about.
I don't get it at all. I must have some problem understanding your comments. What answer? And how it can be correct and not the correct at the same time? And I didn't understand what was written next at all.
Well, you don't have a definition. Repeating the same word doesn't give it a definition. Besides, a definition cannot contain the word on which the definition is given. For example - "A mother is a female creature that looks like a mother."
Because it creates a referential loop that leads to more confusion. And the definition should have necessary and sufficient criteria for this notion. The concepts of necessary and sufficient conditions help us to understand and explain different kinds of connections between concepts and how different states of affairs are related to each other.Here is an article on this topic.
I agree, but I might even say that "losing" in an argumentative debate can be more valuable than winning, because it means that the loser has encountered stronger arguments and gained new information to adjust his position. And the winner has gained nothing.
So I'm trying to find out your line. So now we're looking at a human criteria for being able to sustain itself? Okay, then we're not talking about three months. it's again some years after birth. So we can postnatally abort babies. But again it looks like an arbitrary criterion to me. What does it mean to be self-sustaining, where are the clear definitions with necessary and sufficient criteria. Why do we need a vague criterion to define a human every time. Where does self-sustaining begin? Obviously, while the baby is being breastfed, he is still not self-sustaining. For many people this continues until they are 18 and beyond if we talking about those who live off their parents? And again there are many others people who can no longer sustain itself. They are mostly in hospitals, very sick people and people who have been badly injured and many old people can't sustain itself. So they're not human beings anymore by this criteria and for that reason, it's okay to kill them. I can't agree with that.
Intelligence, consciousness, individual, feeling pain, self-sustenance. It all looks to me like vague and arbitrary criteria that people look for to kill people. And if we apply these criteria to define a human being, it turns out that many people in society are not human beings.
Besides, if we really think about this question. And what are the real reasons why we find ourselves caring about certain criteria for defining a human. We will find that these criteria are conveniently suited to abortion rather than to a fair definition of a human. If we needed certain criteria for a certain action that some might consider immoral and that’s why we need exactly this criterion isn't that highly subjective or even hypocritical? We are simply redefining concepts for our convenience. We don't talk about it truthfully.
For some reason we need outside agency to define a human. It doesn't matter religion, tradition, culture or politics. Why don't we define ourselves away from all these external agendas that dictate how we think.
While I'm not arguing that abortion is bad if you have a moral position that it's okay to frivolously murder humans. That would just be more consistent and more honest than coming up with the human criteria necessary for abortion.
1. A zygote is a separate organism of the same species. (So what species is this organism?) Unlike other human cells.
2. Zygote diploid cell resulting from fertilization and is a totipotent cell, that is, capable of giving birth to others cells. Unlike other human cells.
3. Only the zygote is formed as a result of the fusion of the mother's ovum and the father's sperm that forms a complete genetic code for the formation of a human being. So a sperm or ovum separately will not be able to form a human being. That's the moment when two objects form one. That's the moment when a human being is created.
If we want a non-vague and non-arbitrary line of the beginning of human, we must take the very beginning - the zygote.
I am not a religious person, I don't care what believers think. I don't have any arguments that refer to religion or god. As I said before neither sperm nor ovum contains a complete set of genes and chromosomes to form a human being. And they individually cannot be a human being.
Sorry I misunderstood you, usually when we are talking about three months we are talking about abortions in the mother's body. So you are literally in favour of postnatal abortions up to three months? Oookay. That's an interesting pro-life stance. But what exactly is pro-life about it?
It's self-evident to me personally that postnatal abortion is murder. Then the question still remains, why three months? Now it looks even more arbitrary. And why did you cite the Alfie case? If it was diagnosed straight away, it could obviously have been resolved sooner than three months. But to me, it's a human being. But it's more debatable whether it's frivolous murder. It still is to me. And you're in favour of taking Alfie off life support?
First of all, I appreciate that you decided to try to discuss my argument from a rational standpoint, unlike almost all the other people who were making emotional nonsense. Too bad it took two months and no one but you could do it. But later is better than never and thank you for that.
Not really sure why you choose to argue with my argument then, or do you have better pro-life argument?
My thesis is that human beings begin in the zygote. I make my argument for this in my first post. You don't argue with it. You're making your own.
And you're appealing to the medicine. And why is that important? You say there's a strong argument there. But you don't give it. What am I supposed to argue? Am I supposed to come up with an argument for you? Why is it important to have an abortion before three months?
So what is "sentience"? I might well say that many adults I've met are not sentient. So they're not humans? Or what? We put this forward as a criterion for a human, you understand that these are just names of the species and doctors do not consider embryos over 3 months sentient? The same as several years after birth.
But ok if we take "sentience" as a human criterion, then we can postnally abort all newborn babies, mentally handicapped people, people in comas and maybe even sleeping people?
I would like to know your position, not the position of the medical, especially since the position of the medical profession in abortion centres is primarily concerned with the safety of the woman in labour. And especially as different countries have different abortion times. In most European countries you can have an abortion up to 12 weeks. And in England, where you are a citizen (as I understand it) you can abort up to 24 weeks. Are there already 2 different rules up to 12 weeks and up to 24. Which one is correct and why? And why isn't this arbitrary crap based on nothing to do with the embryo?
Yeah, well, at least I'm arguing that a zygote is a human being. And that you can't kill humans frivolously. Why is it important that no one has told you about this before?
For example, if I support executions by the state in a reasonably civilised society and support the pro-life position on abortion, so what? There's no contradiction there. Execution is not frivolous murder. It is a tool to punish, warn, and reduce crime for a sufficiently severe crime. Whereas abortion is done on a whim. And "we don't want a child yet", or "we're not ready", or whatever its a just frivolous murder of a innocent human.
I gave in the same first post an exception that allows abortion, like when a baby threatens the life of a woman in labour. This is no longer a frivolous murder. And that could be self-defence. People as adults can also kill people in self-defence and be justified.
Mod updated:
Enabled concealed driver for optimization.
Wheel visibility - inside covered.
Some material\texture optimization.
Some mapping fixing.
Some mesh fixing.
Muffler is back to static attachment for optimization.
Change size rear lights to more realistic.
Thank you for your time and explanation of how to better optimize the mod, I will definitely do it as soon as I have free time. But I wonder if the problem here is really in the textures or the number of subobjects. Lags during the broadcast occur during the crash of several cars. Is it possible that this is somehow related to the damage model of the high-polygonal mesh or something like that?
You are right about combining textures in one subobject.
But from this another question arises, what is the best way to optimize the mod? I should not use the same large texture in several subobjects, or make separate small textures for them. So if you use one big texture in two subobjects it double the graphics workload (or something like that) or not cuz it the same texture?
It is possible to create an option in the game to load lod2 from a certain distance? Or, for example, the option that only 15 cars (can choose how many) closest to the camera can have lod1? For mods that have good quality lod2 and not too many triangles, this should help.
That's maybe true, but to me it's more important to get a grip right here than the rate of temperature rise..
In real racing before operating range (OR) and after OR there is a decline in the grip. And the grip gradually drops to not very good and not very bad until the wear runs out tire to the cord and here already the grip falls dramatically until tire pop. In LFS, the temperature before OR is similar to the real one, and after OR disappears quite strongly and with smoke is smoothly lost grip until the moment the tire is pop. And on sport tires the grip before pop falls so hard that you feel like you're on snow or ice..(pic) This also applies to other tires in LFS, but maybe on other tires this effect is less intense. But it seems that in LFS the cord grip is sort of simulated by a low grip after the operating range of the tire and this simplification greatly affects the handling of the car after the operating range. If in LFS tire adds a cord grip like the one in the upper graph, this would correct the situation.
For racers it is not so important because driving above the OR is not accepted in races because it is not efficient. But in drifting it is very noticeable.
I often watch drift competitions (which is a good stress test for tires) There are various semi-slicks used there all the time. (In LFS it is similar to sport tires) So in real drifting there is no such a decline in the grip after the tire gerva, moreover, putting a new pair of tires on the wheels pilots constantly warm up the tire before the run, (but not only to achieve the OR, but also to remove an external slick layer of rubber). And for them there is almost no sensation of grip loss after the OR and all the way down to the cord.
Also I know real drifters who have said that at high temps the grip doesn't work right in LFS.
And indeed, in real life, temperature and wear are interconnected, the higher the temperature, the faster the wear, but pop can calmly be achieved without raising the temperature, just by wear and tire, but it will take much longer. In real life, after 200-250 degree (depending on the compound), the rubber of the tire melts. But I'm not sure if it's possible to achieve that in a normal race without drifting, probably not.. Btw, I saw that tires literally caught fire in drift competitions, just from drifting.
Most experts consider 195 degrees Fahrenheit as the “line in the sand” when it comes to tire temperature: Beyond that point, the temperature will start impacting tire life. At 250 degrees, a tire will start to lose structural strength, could begin experiencing tread reversion and the tire will begin to lose strength.
By the way yes, I remember that even before the mod system there was a common problem that people have lag when others leaving the pit. So mods were obviously not involved because they did not exist yet.
This does not concern me at the moment as I have a relatively new computer and I have no lags.
Not sure I would use that, I use the reference mostly in blender to accurately model it, and then I need it in the rim editor, but I don't know how to use it because it's a side view in a cut. And not so much the reference itself as the visibility of the spoke mesh, as I've shown in a pic, it would help more. But maybe not worth spending time on it if it's complex to develop, and I've kind of learned in rim editor to compare result to the rim in vihicle editor view and it works out pretty well, it's a matter of getting used to it.
The trick is to get the right size spokes, and if you have found the dimensions from the reference it will help a lot, I did not find them, so I had to sweat a little bit.
P.S. The same picture shows my progress on getting closer to a more correct rim shape. I reduced the diameter of the spokes and now it's better. And it's still pretty close to the reference.