well, it's probably mobo dependent. my P5W DH DLX had it enabled by default, but it's always the first thing when installing vista that you need to check.
you need to turn off RAID on the mobo, as vista does not come with RAID drivers at the beginning, and it locks up trying to access the harddrives. if you are wanting to use RAID, you have to load the raid driver on a separate floppy to load up when prompted to press a keystroke to load the driver.
i had the same problem when i first got vista for my E6600, P5W DH DLX mobo. updated the BIOS and turned off the RAID, and it worked. i turned it off, as i wasn't going to use RAID.
for the next iteration when you post it, remember to include the dll file that's needed to run the program. tried to run it right now, and it's missing that dll file.
the program doesn't know if you've "entered" the pits if you just shift+p/s. it does if you actually enter it when driving, but i don't think that that is really a bug.
did you make sure the right IP address was in the config.ini file? you would use 127.0.0.1 if you have the program on the same server as the dedi host. otherwise, if you are running it from your own computer, get the IP address from either the setup.cfg file of the dedi host, or ask the hoster for it.
then i spin out . i think the set's as far as i can get it to be stable and fast for me. i'm sure someone else could take the same set, no changes, and blitz my time, or change something small and also blitz my time. but meh, hey, i beat Zolt, that's all that matters .
first question is, is the safety car being driven by a person, or you making the safety car an AI car?
for this, you could try out a program i already submitted which allows you to control the condition of the track and pitlane. http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=40857
could possibly be done, though there may be problems, as explained below.
problem with this is, when two cars are really close together, during a safety car period, LFS starts to report them as switching places numerous times, depending on acceleration and braking, etc. so you would end up probably with numerous false-positives, thus maybe giving a black flag to possibly everybody.
same thing here.
for something like this for your league, which is a great idea BTW, i still think that you would need real people as marshals. though being a demo league, you're limited to the number of people on the server, but you may be able to get away with at least 2 people as marshals on the server. then afterwards, review the replay for penalties that were not caught during the race.
that's the Clutch Pack LSD for ya. i find that i like it a lot, allows me to get on the power as soon as i can, without drifting the car too much. specifically, it's 45%/65% and i vary the preload based on testing at the track. although, yes, i'm sure i am loosing a bit of time whenever i hit the curbs and spin the inside wheel.
i'd have to reupload the video to the LOTA media page right? i'd say go ahead and download the highres one, and upload it to the LOTA media page, as i'm sure you've only allowed certain people to upload it. otherwise, if you can show me how to either copy or move the video, that'd be cool.
thanks for the compliments guys. it was a very fun race. both ZoltUSA and I were involved in a Lap 1 Turn 1 incident, and subsequently came out of that last place. so we both had a good fight to get up to 6th place, but it only got better once i caught up to him those last two laps. for the LOTA GTCC, there are series-wide intake and ballast restrictions, to increase the competition. he was running less intake and ballast than me, but it did seem that i had more speed on the straights, probably because of the XRR maybe.
after seeing the parody movie made about the closest finish on here, it reminded me of Race 2 of the LOTA GTCC, and how ZoltUSA and I had a drag race at the end of the race. so, i made a movie showing the last two laps of the race from the roof camera of my car, plus some other shots of the finish line.
thank DeadWolfBones, he was bugging me to make him a "custom" version for him to use in IGTC, and so took some of the ideas and put it in the "production" version. any other ideas are always welcome.