Quote from neilmichaelcasey :

Hi - Just tried installing patch and I'm getting an error with the Extraction.

I Click the LFS-V2.exe File & an 'Extract to' box comes up, then Click Extract & getting error '7-zip' diagnostic message >> LFS-V2.exe is not supported archive.

Hmmmm - Am i missing something, could it be an associations issue? THX.

re-download the patch just in case.

Can you open the archive with winrar? (Right Click on it>Open With Winrar)

NOD32 is the best, -light and effective. Many benchmarks have proved it and it's users are really happy with it.

But it isn't free Although it's not expensive either, it's just no free.

I use avast which is free and light and does a good job also.

Quote from shiny_red_cobra :

Hey cool mirrors!

Scawen I know you said not to request things here, but I just have to put this out there. When driving using the chase view, all the split times and warnings that appear on the screen block my view of the track and the car in front. Is there any way you can move them out of the way, maybe up towards the sky, so I can see the road in front?

Similar issues have been reported to the improvement suggestions before also. They all are relevant with the custom HUD request, but for this particular, an option to customly assign vertically the postion of the messages and/or the chattbox would do the job.

Actually, I like them lower from their current position, so I can be focused down the road, without looking up to the sky to see my split time.

Quote from Tweaker :

Thx for the patch Scawen. Setup sorting helps a bunch, but I have soo many sets, it really needs sorting per track

Aren't we getting a little greedy? lol

ps
someone please remind us that "THIS IS NOT A REQUEST THREAD"

Quote from KMSpeed :

keep in mind though that in short time, with the next update, the devs will implement a standard Windows combo the "Ctrl+S" to save a screenshot.

Done already!!!

Install patch V2 http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=20237 and just tap ctrl-s and a screnshot is saved in your LFS\data\shots\ folder.

Quote from K.David :

How badly is performance affected by the higher resolution mirror? I don't have much FPS to spare

I did a test right now.

Westhill-BF1. Me first and 10 AI behind me.
I saw NO difference at all with V and V2. 64 FPS at start/finish line on both occasions.

Tested on P4 3.2, 6800GT, 1GB ram
resolution: 1024x768x32bit, 16AF 8AA

I had to unlock also

People, hurry up... (no kidding)
Install the patch and unlock it before the end of February.
Why to spare your March unlock for just few hours?

Yes, it is LFS Lapper http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=3241 and it works in Single Player with no problem at all.

Make sure you read the first post of the above link and you follow these instructions (pasted from there to make sure you don't miss them )


Quick start

1. Make sure you have .NET Framework installed (Mono will work, too).
   
2. Extract archive to arbitrary directory.
   
3. Open cfg/LFSLapper.cfg with Notepad and modify value in line Password = Pass, so that Password matches Admin password of your LFS server.
   
4. Start LFS server and type /insim 29999. Do not expect any confirmation from LFS.
   
5. Start bin/NETStartDefault.bat and ignore warnings about some files not being created yet...

There are some events or championships where you can go as a team and race against other teams. There you can gather points for your team and for yourself, so it's really challenging.

Also there are unofficial events between teams.

Check for OLFSL, OWRL, Battle Of The teams etc and generally the Leagues & Events section of this forum http://www.lfsforum.net/forumdisplay.php?f=22

I'm thinking about joining these races soon, starting from the "STCC1 NEW & BRONZE" XFG/XRG.

Is there a pattern about the rotation of tracks, or are they random all the time?

keep in mind though that in short time, with the next update, the devs will implement a standard Windows combo the "Ctrl+S" to save a screenshot.

Quote from Michizzel :

Well yeah basically I have the problem that the skins which are made by others cant be opened in the game. I place them in the skins folder and when I try to make a new paintscheme, go to xrt, there are only the original skins and not the skins I've added. I hope someone knows whats wrong. Cheers, Michizzel.

Hi, are they renamed properly? eg for the xrt car

Quote :

XRT_TEST

Attach a "problematic" skin file here so we could try also.

Have you seen this thread? http://www.lfsforum.net/showth ... mp;highlight=LFS+monitors

It appears that the AGP itself is a bottleneck and that you need some goo gear too after all

Kegetys has some nice posts there also

The 9700 Pro was my previous graphics card (until it died ) and I can assure you that it is very powerful. It doesn't have a big difference with the 9800 PRO, so if the 9800 Pro is adequate so is the 9700 at about 5% less I guess.

Quote from smokenyall :

i would give it a go but i dont have s2

If you have the skills, there are two options here

A. Buy S2
B. Use the CMX Viewer http://www.liveforspeed.net/?page=addons
You can make skins for every car and review it, but you cannot drive it

Which brings us back to option A again

Quote from l1k3z0mg :

I don't have any unlocks though...
So i don't want to do that because then i am stuck ON THE DAMN DEMO!
I will when i get a unlock...

You don't have to unlock you new installation then.

Just try it on the demo cars.
Unless you want to check on a specific S2 combo only

Very nice tool

I like that the mouse movement controls the position of the car on track, so it is very easy to assign the graph values to the track corners.

Congratulations, fantastic job

Quote from Scawen :

Well, to avoid confusion and to prevent the need to ask questions, I'll just paste you the list of changes here. I'll probably do another couple of compatible things as well but I must point out now, that I am very busy and absolutely will not be taking requests for the test patch, so please don't ask. I will also unsubscribe from this thread right now just in case.

Small list of a few compatible changes done for a minor update :

Higher resolution image in mirrors
Another small reduction in pit-out glitch
Setups can be sorted by name as well as date
CTRL+S saves a screen shot to the shots folder
Same distortion regardless of the volume setting
No need to type edit_eng before using sound editor
New PACK button in sound editor to load a sound pack
Master port is now selectable in cfg.txt (29339 or 8080)

FIX : Unlocking issue with AMD Athlon 64
FIX : Unlocking should now work on Cedega
FIX : Small renaming bug when saving replays

There are some FANTASTIC, HIGHLY ANTICIPATED features here

THANK YOU

You are talking about a TFT monitor right?
I did some research on the subject recently, cause I might purchace a 2nd monitor for myself soon.
I recommend a 19'' LG, at 1280x1024. Don't get a widescreen cause many games have problems with those resolutions. LGs have some good value for money scores generally.

I own a Samsung CRT 19" myself, but i checked LFS on a friend's house on a LG 19" TFT with native 1280x1024 resolution and run LFS at 1024x768 with no problem at all.

I didn't notice any ghosting or distortion due to the different resolution.

Some features that would be nice to check are:

1. Zero burnt pixel warranty
2. Response time 8ms and lower
3. Not Widescreen (just my preference on this one)
4. DSUB & DVI input

I'm not a guru on the subject, so wait for some more answers too

EDIT
About the graphics card question, the 1600 and most modern cards can run too monitors with no problem. You 'll arrange those preferences from the control panel of the card.

Last edited by KMSpeed, Sun 25 Feb 2007, 03:28.

Disable or even remove zone alarm, antivirus etc. Does LFS work now?
It's obvious that there is something wrong at your end with your firewall or security settings, cause the Master Server has no problem.

Can you ping the master server as bob suggested at earlier posts?

Re-download lfs and extract s new copy to a different folder.
Is the problem is still there?

Very nice update thank you

Btw, I noticed an unexpected behaviour. The last track info in the cfg file is changed every time the Go! button is pressed.

Imo it would be better the cfg file to get updated only when you click on the Go Race! button instead.

The way it is now does too much read/writes to the hard drive with no reason, because only if you launch LFS you'll have to load the new track.

It's Shift-F but it hides everything

It has been posted to the improvement suggestions that a configurable hud would be nice.

Quote from Nathan_French_14 :

i can get about 200-250 on single player, 180-200 on a full grid, and i average at about 220 when in multiplayer with a couple of cars by me.

I'm too curious about your rig... Can you post your hardware?

Hi, I see there is a lot of progress since the first release and it looks and feels much better now.

I read in the readme file that there is a known bug.
"Never yields track on first randomization"

I don't know why this happens, but maybe you could automatically generate a click event on the Go! button, after the main form loads for the first time.

Then when the user clicks on the Go! button it will be actually the 2nd time the button clicked and that would solve the problem to the eyes of the user. Is this possible?

Other than that very nice program, keep up the good work

No, I'm not telling that the psu IS the problem.
I just suspect this might be it.

Don't spend your money for no reason buying a new PSU if you're not sure that this is the problem. I'm just dropping some ideas on the table.
By the way just removing the two fans alone is not enough. Remove as much hardware as you can to test....

So you already have disabled the auto restart feature and instead of getting a BSOD you're getting a restart?

Then, PSU really might be the problem, cause in all cases of an error you should see an error message or a BSOD. If the machine restarts no matter the above seeting, the most probable thing might be lack of power supply.