Quote from mcintyrej :

Updating now for my ancient AGP 5700 FX.

I was on 93.71, wonder what these will do.

*will update post once installed*

Well that makes ME feel a little better I'm using a 5900 FX. I'm running guru3d's 97.46 on Vista. For the most part I'm at the vsync ceiling during a race, except for a little choppiness on the start grid.

Unfortunately, I believe nvidia is phasing out support for these old relics. I don't really expect a new driver version until I upgrade my card.

I would think that with as much money as you've invested in 3ds max that you'd be able to get some basic tech support from autodesk? Sounds like an install problem.

Edit:
Oh - You're talking about a 3rd party plugin... disregard!

Completely subjective question. Define real?

ZOMG I want these wheelz plz k thx!!

If I remember, I'll let one go overnight tonight. Is your intent to just have one AI by his or herself?

Quote from toad_toes :

Hi, Here is a PROBLEM Windows Vista issue

My old computer messed up on me so i had to get a new computer and i am now currently using windows vista. When i got LFS downloaded onto my new hard drive.I Could race online but i was then told to install test patch W_17 to get into a server running on this version, so i did and then I went to race LFS Player's online but came up with a error message{ unable to connet to master server} This was not due to my firewall, because i made changes to these setting allowing LFS though....after a very hard atempt i got online. I have now installed Patch W_37 and now i have the same issue, I have made no change's to my Network..etc just INSTALLED PATCH W_37 over W_17

It suck's and i need answer's ASAP because i now cannot RACE!!

Cheers Springer

I've installed every test patch I can get my hands on on Vista and have never had Windows Firewall complain. What firewall software (or hardware) are you using? And confirm you're still able to access the rest of the internet when this occurs?

Quote from The Man :

Next thing on the list after patch X is to sort out the AI drivers.

Quoted for posterity

HOoray! I'm really looking forward to that. I think it'll be interesting to see how their individual "personalities" develop after they've learned to drive.

Haha that's cool. I'm staring at my mom's San Francisco apartment. They haven't done my town yet though. I live just northeast of SF across the bay. Google's headquarters is about an hour south of me.

Well, yeah.

Kind of a silly question. Of course we're all biased.

You could lower the braking force in your car setup. You really need some kind of analog input though - a gamepad at least.

LMAO Elderado. You guys don't even want to know what I thought he meant.

Nice! Year old bump!

Better yet, what if high-speed impacts in LFS killed the wreckers in real life?!1?!

If you don't have time to read, you don't have time to post.

That's been brought up several times - it's working as intended.

Quote from Cue-Ball :

I'm not a hotlapper. I only really use hotlapping for setup testing and learning the tracks. That said, I agree with Tristan and the other guys who want to see cars always start from the pits. This is how it would be in real life and this is how it should be in LFS.

I want immersion and realism. Being magically transported to the other side of the track ruins that, IMO.

I don't understand why you don't use Single Player mode for this rather than Hotlapping mode then. As has been so eloquently put before, hotlapping and racing are basically two different games with two different mindsets. I think it would be terrific if all these "realism" features like starting from the pits (and... and... I can't remember if there was something else) were added to the Single Player and Multi Player racing modes, but to make hotlapping even more tedious than it is is just silly. I have almost 100 hotlaps online, with many more that I never felt were worth uploading; I'm no top 10 nutter or anything, but I have spent a lot of time in hotlap mode.

Because that would be stupid.

Why would you want a cookie car?

I have a shite computer and I haven't had a single issue with Vista yet as far as gaming, music production, or just regular day-to-day use. If I had to reformat again I definitely would not go back to Vista.

But, that's just me. And my guardian angel I guess?

I did them all when I first got S2, haven't looked at them since.

I don't own a PS3 nor do I intend to invest in one. It's funny, you guys are going on about how it “looks amazing” and is the “next level” and comes in different colors and such, but are the games even “fun”? How deep does that beauty run?

I got a Wii on launch day and I love it to pieces. I've got 6 wii games that I have to force myself to rotate between or else I'll just never stop playing whichever one. They're all fun in ways I've alwsys imagined video games should be like. Not to mention all the virtual console games I'm getting to love all over again. I had to make an agreement with myself about those too: I can't download more until I actually beat one. (I just got another batch after finishing Bomberman 93.) I've even gotten my fiancée and mother to both play games with me which is another dream come true lol!

For me a game is just plain more fun when you get to interact with it in a more realistic way. Like LFS with a ff wheel vs. a keyboard, or Guitar Hero and it's guitar controller. Or DDR and it's dance pad thingy. I just can't imagine wanting to play a game with a regular old controller anymore, given the choice.

Oh and did I mention I'm posting this from my Wii? (Wirelessly?)

Last edited by Dumpy, Sat 31 Mar 2007, 03:09. Reason : Premature submission

Surprised and excited.

lmfao... bored much?

The cheaper kind.

There are a handful of companies that claim rights to mp3 technology. I don't think they care about open source/free mp3 software, but LFS would need to get a license to be cool.

You know what would rock? Some kind of OGGSynth program. There's this movie editing software called AVISynth where you make up a little script with a .AVI extension and load it up in some software that supports AVIs, and through the script and AVISynth it streams some other video file and transcodes/edits it on the fly. If there were some open source software that transcoded mp3s on the fly and sent it to a program as an ogg, you could cheat the system! Probably wouldn't be practical irl, but it sounds good on paper

Sorry for digging up graves here, but this thread was just linked to =-p

Quote from jtr99 :

While I'm at it, one feature I would love to see on the setup menu -- which would mean squeezing even more info on to the screen -- is to highlight the differences between two setups. I often want to look at where a recently donated or downloaded setup differs from my old one. Wouldn't it be convenient if there was a way to show both setups side-by-side, and even use colour-coding to indicate options on which they differed to a greater or lesser extent?

+1

Quote from thisnameistaken :

*head explodes*

All I want is - when I select a setup - it says "This is the one you picked last time"

+1

Quote from Elektrik Kar :

Another nice touch could be a button which gives a descriptive rundown of each car, revealing it's history, the why of it's design, its cababilities (strengths/weaknesses), quirks, setup advice (like in the last chapter of Bob's setup guide) recommended or fun track configs, trivia, and the like. Doesn't matter if the car's real or not, if it is- use real history/data. If not, I'm sure you guys could write up a good bit of fiction that brings out the personality of each car.

Something which is fun/educational for the noobs, and helps add a bit of extra depth/background to the cars. (?)

+1 - Next: track biographies on the track selection screen!

In the top left corner where it says "LX6" or what have you, I think it should say "LX6 @ BL1." Or am I the only one who forgets what track I have loaded/have been racing Or when I've just joined a server, I'll go to the garage and think "Bah wtf track is this again?"

Personally, the addition of more options is intimidating. Making a setup from scratch is difficult enough for me. I fully support the addition of more information though! Torque curves, spring frequencies, critical damping values, etc would all be extremely helpful I think.

Great work Hyper.

Great video! Good choice of music. I could feel the tension. For some reason that closeup of the taillights where you could see the skyscrapers really stood out to me; very cool.

Quote :

IDKFA

That's my plate number =-/

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