http://www.ozoneservices.com/p ... /sx00-extras/cat5-01b.jpg

Being a wire, they're the opposite of wireless.

Race stats <- lovely lap-by-lap graph.

Combo really was random this week, 1 hour of MRT5 @ Westhill is probably quite unique.

I don't think the MRT is a boring car but i couldn't help nodding off after about 5 laps, Hyperactive had a spin in the chicane and i wasn't really paying attention, just managed to avoid a crash but spun myself. Quite a few close laps with Hyper, Jimmy and Mooney. Sorry again to Mooney for ze crash, it looks really weird in the replay, i think the low pps'es missed the impact. Great driving by Lococost crossing the line over 30 seconds before anyone else.

Quote from Humbleridderen :

Well, I didn´t get the password through PM, even i registered in lfs.forum.dk, so lost todays race. Now i try here? please send me password for next race.

Sorry, i didn't have time to check all the forums FEL had posted on. You're very welcome next monday. :sorry:

Quote from xenoa :

Still change to race tonight ?)
or next week ?

Next week.

I'll switch to the webpage signup for next week, it's very simple, works sort of like OLFSL's password pages, you basically just click a button to get the password. I'll post more details in a bit.

Last edited by filur, Mon, 18 Dec 2006 21:31.

Shameless triple-post :bump: Server online.

*Edit: ok so it's an hour early, timezones confuse me. qualifying starts in ~2 hours.

Well that's about a million times more complicated than what i meant/had in mind.

What i meant was ..


Service provider would probably be using a local cache of the hostlist.

The new status buttons can be used with just HTML, more info could be served using dynamically created javascripts with document.write()'s, new feature for LFS World perhaps? (i think Victor likes javascripts )

I don't know much about wireless stuffs, but a simple forum search for "wireless" brings up results such as these:

lag problems
Constantly Disconnecting from Server (without error message)
Disconnection problems
Spinoff : Internet connection issues
Online problem, lags!
problem connecting with a server
Server Disconnects - Urgent help needed
Losing connection constantly please HELP!
Sudden Disconnection
Disconnected too often: Any ports I should forward?

etc.

I've been toying with some new ideas on how to organize these events, i won't be moving to the new stuff for this monday but i might give it a try for the next one (25th). The new system consists of getting an account for FLP's "interwebs", going to What's Cookin' and selecting if you'll race, not race or you don't know (yet). The password will then be found on the page if you have selected that you are racing, ie. you're supposed to confirm your participation each week and be able to get the password without PM's. If anyone wants to try it out (it'll be set up for this event even tho it won't be required), send me a pm.

Anyway, for this monday (tomorrow), this is how it'll go down.

• Same password as before, people who have raced before are welcome to join.
  
• New drivers who have signed up for this monday will get the password by PM.
  
• Drivers who want to sign up can post here or send me a PM, but with the 18:30 UTC deadline (tomorrow).
  
• First come, first served, server will open at about 18:00 UTC
  

I'll be hosting since FEL is on vacation, sadly my bandwidth is about 0.1% of his so i'll need to limit the grid to about 16 drivers.

I have no bind for sorry, for the exact reasons Gimpster argues you shouldn't. I also pretty much never apologize if i don't know what caused the incident, feels just a bit too random and insincere.

In short i agree with everything Gimpster said, one of my least favorite things is the type of driver who gives you a nudge, a push, a big bump then finally a big crash along with "im sorry" in various colors.

New sound sounds like the old sound sent thru a lowpass filter with some added resonance, with gearbox whine on top, outside the filter. I only watched a replay of a full grid LX6 start and drove a few cars very briefly, but the overall impression is that everything is quieter, muffled, blurred, skid sounds way less audible, engine sounds of surrounding cars much quieter. I don't like the new sounds.

Quote from HondaCivicSI :

ok the thing is that I record them with fraps but the file is huge (20sec is 235MB) and it is too large to upload on youtube. what can I do? to I have to buy fraps?

You compress the video using a suitable codec in a suitable program.

Quote from (SaM) :

Start up VirtualDub. http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/. Open the avi file you recorded. [...] go to Video > Compression and choose one of the codecs (XviD or DivX are recommended). Press F7 to save it and it's done.

Last edited by filur, Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:40.

Quote from sweetreid :

I'd like to race on the 18th! :mr-t:

Quote from wimpie :

Can I join next monday?

If there's room (which there'll be for sure) you're both welcome to join.

On another note. Since FEL has taken to the skies and is slacking around somewhere in east Asia, i now have to organize this thing for the next two weeks. Problem is he didn't really tell me all the details of how he went about things. It'd be great if some of you who have previously taken part could drop me a PM, i'm mostly interested in if he used the same password or if he changed it for each event (i always joined using the server admin pass), so if anyone remembers any old passwords click here.

Happy Birthday.

Quote from Gunn :

Trying to delete an entry:

XML Parsing Error: no element found

Fixed, i think.

Another small update, a "withdraw this suggestion" (delete) should appear in the "Your suggestion" box if ...

• Your suggestion has no positive votes ("undo").
  
• Your suggestion has a score of -5 or lower ("i've got a better one").
  

Quote from Tweaker :

... have something so you can make sure you've voted for all the submissions possible.

The "auto" browser will tell you if there's nothing left to vote on, i'll add a better way if i can figure one out.

Quote from Tweaker :

You won't get very far (or get very good results) if you don't let your ideas expand.

Thing is we're not trying to get "very far", the purpose (at this point) is not to slowly gather the final names on which everyone agrees, the idea is to see if this has any chance of working whatsoever. For this purpose, the results are already very good.

As i posted earlier there will probably be atleast one more "phase" of the project, in which we'll probably do things a bit differently.

Quote from Flycantbird :

In the end, do you want it to be successful and fully implemented ?

The way i see the results of this thing being used is something like pretty track maps with the "winning" names being stored somewhere, at the Wiki perhaps, along with a bit of text explaining where the maps and names came from. I don't think the names will be added to the game.

From my point of view the current system has been extremely successful, approaching a thousand suggested names and already over 10,000 votes.

I also sort of have an idea of how to wrap things up, i've been thinking about dropping all but the top 2 or 3 names for each corner, disabling new suggestions and letting everyone vote a second time, one track at a time would work good at this point along with any needed discussions / polls on the forum. Gathering suggestions will stay just as it is, all tracks at once.

Quote from Flycantbird :

There is no need for immediate results, after all.

While the results will be "finalized" for this project, there's nothing stopping people from continuing without the website, i'm sure there's atleast a few pretty decent suggestions you could carry over to a new project, if you'd want to. It's just a big idea collector, use the ideas for whatever you want.

Quote from Gunn :

That would also be a disaster. No way am I ever going to name a corner "T1" or "turn one". Despite the fact that it lacks any imagination or creativity it would make the whole community look silly. Also, that turn is the final turn in reverse config.

"Car number 42 exits turn one and crosses the finish line!"

I did actually elaborate a bit more on why it wouldn't be such a disaster, car number 42 would exit turn last, etc.

Tweaker is right, if it ends up being "T1" i guess most people would agree the corner is still unnamed.

Luckily the hardest part of adding straights is figuring out a new title for the site. FEL handles all the maps and he'll be travelling to some distant lands for some time, upon his return we'll probably add a few straights.

• For naming sections, suggest the same name for multiple corners. As for some corners "not being a corner", maybe it can become part of a section/area instead.
  
• Config-specific corners - probably not. Most corners probably won't need it, the few that do could be discussed separately.
  
• Comments at the site - no. I'm trying to keep the amount of database queries as low as possible, i don't want arguments on every page, and the forum provides alot better messaging features then any comments system i could add.
  
• One track at a time - no, it'll take too long and the site needs alot of content to keep people interested while the project is running. Discussing one track at a time could work when it's time to wrap things up.
  
• Multiple suggestions - no. I'll be adding a delete button letting you delete your own suggestion if it has received zero positive votes or has a low enough score.
  

If "T1" ends up winning a poll, i guess the corner could be named "Turn one / Turn last" or something similar.

Quote from Bob Smith :

I'm still getting that error Josh reported.

That error was caused by the ampersand character, it only occured when the site tried to ask for your opinion on a suggestion containing an ampersand. It's also been fixed. All things considered, it would be very strange if this particular error is the one you're getting. The generic "not well-formed" error shouldn't be the case either since the pages pass validation and seem to work fine for most people.

In short: i don't know what to look for (or where), please be more specific (browser / page / exact error).

Quote from Jonas8431 :

Hi, so guys how does it (LFSWorldSDK) see?, not in codes just in one of webpages or a pic. thanks

If i'm not mistaken, you're asking for an example of what LFSWorldSDK looks like when used on a webpage? Simple answer is it doesn't look like anything at all. It works sort of like database communication functions, hopefully letting you grab the information you want and present it in the way you want to.

LFSWorldSDK creates no page output whatsoever, it only helps gather data so you can create the page yourself.

As FEL has foretold, i forgot to turn a few quite important things back on last night after the LXCC race. Things should be working now, pm's should have been sent out to those who registered during the day.

Somewhere around lap 2 or 3 i figured out i had forgot to switch setups, running on my quali tyres. A spin, overheated tyres for about 10 or so laps, then a lot of laps chasing Hyperactive for 4th, i seemed to gain a bit in the last chicane so i started trying to go just a little bit faster thru it, rolled, roofed and reset.

DSQ for me i guess, was an exciting race tho as the tyres started to work somewhere in the middle.

Replay
Stats

Small update, at corners where you've made a suggestion you'll now get an info box with vote stats instead of the add-new form. A delete button will be placed here later on, letting you delete suggestions with zero positive votes and / or a low enough score.

FLP

LX4 - M.Forsberg (filur)
LX6 - T.Svensson (felplacerad) (probably)

Quote from Bob Smith :

Worked fine for me until I signed up, now all I get is that...

Any chance of a more detailed report?

Quote from Slartibartfast :

...and just to make things more difficult for you: Perhaps some way of naming straights and complexes of corners.

You can suggest the same name for different corners, which could be a way of naming complexes.

I'd also like to suggest for suggesters to avoid adding names like "esses 1" and "esses 2", unless you actually mean the name is supposed to include the number just go with "esses" for both corners.