I'm sorry, I haven't done a thing after i released it. Busy with other things. tbh, a 'completly' automatic race viewer would be hard to create, but a help tool to let the 'broadcaster' know where the fights/ crashes are, would be easier to create.
I hope I can find some time, but can't promise anything.

Quote from XCNuse :

I hate to ask this because I'm sure it has come up somewhere, has anyone else noticed the "CT" in the F9 and F10 displays?

Clutch Trouble?
or Clutch Temperature.
The clutch is cooled down after 10/12ish minutes.

No, the 3D is not finished. Next year :P

You were right. I checked the code again, did some through testing and fixed the bug.
Did multiple take over with either stay on the server, or reconnect to the server.
Release will be in a few weeks though. Before the MoE races

Quote from Dajmin :

Fantastic news.
Thing is, I can't install DivX here at work and I want to see it. Any chance of a screenshot of the new car?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b26HuguLwFI

It works fine here, try to hit refresh couple of times. It should start after a few seconds.

Good news

I'll keep that in mind. But I don't have much time continue developing/improving it. I'll try to do some stuff, when I can but time is really the factor.

slowly
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nNZ6mEw1e5c
Track rendering is done (was the easiest part tbh). The camera and model stuff is a bit more challenging.

Ah right, I see the bug already
Team 10=LFSLA,locovich,diego fr,becker,nach
and
Team 16=LFSLA,-javif-,ariel_eb,nexxus,germangoose

Both has the same 'team name'! I think the teamname should be unique so it ignores the 2nd entry. "LFSLA A" or "LFSLA 1" should fix it.
I'll see if i can display an error message orso, so if someone has this problem again, they know where to look.
Edit: Same this as "MCS720" & "Racing Minds" & "n1 - NordicOne Racing"

Last edited by FireFox86, Sun 4 Nov 2007, 11:11.

Updated

1. Track view zooming by + & - keys
   
2. Fixed Admin/Spectator Password bug.
   

Download

haven't experienced that myself when I was focused at the driver swapping.
More info would be ideal

Quote from paXton :

very nice.

BTW: I've noticed a bug in version 0.2.
The spectator password doesn't seem to work anymore. It always says: "Error, Wrong Admin Password". Only when I enter the admin password of the server, I can spectate.
The same spectator password works with Race Spectator 0.1.

paXton

i've got that fixed in the latest version.

Quote from BenjiMC :

Thanks for this update, it's got some really great features!

I dunno if it's a bug or me just inputting things wrongly but whenever i try to add a team i get the first team added as team 21 then i add another team but i then get two teams called Team 21 with the same name and so on and so forth.

Yeah, haven't put much attention to the interface of the teams settings. The best thing is to edit the config file with notepad. Make sure there are no spaces between the usernames.

Quote :

username,username,username

and update the teamcount to the amount of teams.

Small preview update. I managed to render the (smx file) track succesfully.
Its not yet available. It takes some time to display the cars and other information nicely.
preview:

Relay server is back online

here too
Relay server down?

Quote from wsinda :

You can do that by editing the first post. No mod needed.

Not really. I can't update the thread title, only the title of my first post.

Quote from Krammeh :

what do we do, if we dont have a mouse wheel?
I use a trackerball *boo hoo*

I see an scrollwheel there?
Gonna release a small fix in a few days, with the keys + and - for zooming, just incase you don't have a scrollwheel.

Version 0.2 is ready


See some screenshots here and to download it click here
Your ideas & criticism are more that welcome.

Edit: Can a mod update the thread title to 0.2. Thanks

Well RS 0.2 is more race tracking/following/statistic based, not really graphic rendering. I tried to render the smx track file and i can display the track, but i'm getting 1 frame every 5 seconds.
Maybe for RS 0.3

Update: Race Spectator 0.2 is almost finished. I expect to release it next weekish.
Race Spectator now exist of 1 main window, with smaller windows inside. Each window shows its own information. So there is an window that displays the track, 1 for the overall results, chat log and many more. You can choose which one you want to see.

This version of Race Viewer is quite basic, and stupid
The algoritme looks for the closest gap of the whole field and focus at it. If you where the only one close to another car,then you would have the attention of RV. If there are other racers close together it would focus at those and not to you. Its quite hard to implement some human thinking into software. There are different aspects, how many racers are fighting close together, the position they are fighting for ect.
So I'm busy atm with Race Spectator. When thats finished I'll try to improve Race Viewer.

Race Spectator 0.1
This program allows you to follow an live LFS race without being connected to the host.
After selecting a racer from the list it displays: splittimes, bestlap, current position, pitstops. When a racer has a yellow or blue flag, the flag will appear infront of the racers nickname.
The drawing of the track with the racers seems a bit basic. I'm working to display the track based on the smx files, but i have some problems with smooth rendering.
I've release RS because the old lfsspecator didnt work with the X update. It might not look as lfsspectator, next release will contain more features. The main thing is that the basic is released.

Edit: Race Spectator 0.2
Right, after some hard work, and hunting bugs RS 0.2 is done. I've splitted the program in several windows.
You can make each window visible and hide it too, you can decide which information you would like to see.
I've included an team tracking feature. In the config file you need to add the lfs usernames of each 'team member' which is going to drive in the 'team race event'. It doesnt matter who is driving, the teamlaps will be counted.
Unzip the rar file and execute RaceSpectator.exe
You need .net Framework 0.2 to make it work. link: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=543212#post543212

See the Race Spectator manual and for more screenshots.

Download

Screenshot of the main window.

Download mirror (felplacerad)

Victor made an 2D spectating tool -> http://www.lfsworld.net/remote/

Last edited by FireFox86, Tue 15 Jan 2008, 16:53. Reason : Added mirror

Quote from Sven Menkhoff :

Seems like you have started a Server on your PC and have entered an Admin-Password.

Have you tried to clear the password?

Quote from FL!P :

- In one of the replays I watched, a drivers crashed after a few laps, pressed shift+p then return, so his car was in a garage. Then he stayed there without moving for 5 or 10 minutes (I suspect he used tab to spectate other cars or went AFK). But LFS Race Viewer stayed focused on his car, and came back to it as soon as I switched manually to another car. It's only when he spectated that LRV started showing other cars again.

Was there another car next to him in the pits? If so then the cars where close together. Gonna fix that in the next version. If not, could you sent the mpr file?

Quote from FL!P :

- How does it choose which car to watch at the start? It's often one near the back of the grid. It would seem more logical to me to watch the pole man until something "catches LRV's attention".

the focus is still very basic, so random battles are focussed on. I hope to get some priority in the next version.

Quote from FL!P :

And it would be great to have a hotkey to enable/disable LRV from within LFS, so during a replay you could switch between LRV and manual control, and back.

Note, gonna be in the next version.

Quote from wsinda :

This looks very interesting! Some remarks:
- The names list suggests that you can also switch focus manually, by (double-)clicking on a name. But nothing happens, so I guess that feature isn't included. Would be very nice to add it, though. (It does conflict with the auto-switching that LRV does, tho. Maybe that should be disabled when you switch manually.)

Gonna find a solution with the feature above.

Quote from wsinda :

- I like to watch the race from various views (in-car, helicopter, chase). But when LRV switches focus, it resets the view to default.

yeah, I could make the camere type random. It could choose different camera types for the focus. Driver view, Chase View, tv camera, and custom view.

Quote from wsinda :

- What function do the password and prefix have (i.e., in what situation are they used)?

I've used the password for some admin commands. Restarting the race ect. I think you can connect the local lfs without password. So I guess i can remove the Password.

Quote from wsinda :

- Adding statistics to the player list would be very nice. For example: current lap number, fastest lap, latest split time (for each player).

You can get the information from LFS itself. current lap number, split times. Another idea is to display the info in LFS with some buttons. Like F1 or CCWS. But its not high on my todo list.

Quote from wsinda :

- The names in list of drivers differ from the driver names in-game (account name vs. player name, I guess).

Correct, I used them for selecting player information. Next version will have nicknames, so when you want to focus at a racer its less trouble finding the right person.

Quote from wsinda :

About the focus-switching algorithm:
- It should ignore cars whose speed is close to zero.
- Basing it on distance is OK, but a battle is less interesting when the cars are not in the same lap.
- "When a crash occurs and causes an yellow flag, the camera focuses on it immediately". I couldn't test it, but what does it do at the T1 carnage? Does it switch focus like mad?

For now T1 is kinda pain in the ass for Race Viewer. Like you said, if there are more crashes, the camera will focus to the next one.
Because the whole field is close together, a more overview camera shot is need to view the carnage.

Quote from birder :

Hi

I see you have released LFS Race Viewer 0.3,

Is this your version of spectator?

No, sorry for the confusion. Race Viewer is used within LFS itself.
I will release Race Spectator in a few hours. It hard to work at 2 different project at the same time and I found some bugs which I had to solve.

Edit: Birder: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=538081#post538081

Last edited by FireFox86, Fri 31 Aug 2007, 15:13. Reason : Release of Race Spectator

Quote from danowat :

I can see how "crashes" are focused on, but how does the program determine "battles"? what things does it "look" it to decide what battle to focus on?

For now the distance between the cars. I use the difference of the nodes to calculate distance.