So it started like that (see attached pic) at about 18:05 CET.

I thought it was Becky testing some stuff for the devs so I didn't pay much attention, but I was surprised enough by the version letter to make a screenshot.

Quote from Aquilifer :

I've had my thoughts who is behind this, but just saw something in black and white...

Notice the server name, player count and version number

Maybe that's the reason why LFSW is going nuts at the moment, showing only few servers online while there are many up and running and populated

I couldn't join it anyway, maybe because I don't allow connection on unusual ports.

Edit:
Bah, I've read these threads too late:
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=30262
http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=30263

Last edited by Lotesdelere, Mon 27 Aug 2007, 17:10.

Quote from ajp71 :

If you go into the sound editor (shift+A) you can adjust the engine volume.

No you can't adjust the whole sound volume.
And if you lower all sliders it doesn't sound the same anymore.

Quote from The General Lee :

Maybe we should have some sort of engine volume leveler

Yep, I agree

A master volume for each engine sound would be nice.

Because we may find a sound we like when we fiddle with the settings but sometimes it's too much on the clipping limit or too low.
And moving all of the sliders up or down destroys the balance, thus the sound, so I think we need a master volume for each sound.

Happened at least three times yesterday afternoon.

Quote from Dillyracer :

I reported Tulio trough the Mail Us system. And I got a mail back with " thanks for letting us know ! "

Don't worry, I'm sure the devs are pretty well aware of what is going on about server crashers and other cheaters. It's now just a matter of time before we'll get a fix.

Quote from N I K I :

Victor or some other admin, why don't you delete it already?

Yes, these WR must be removed ASAP.

Quote from wsinda :

Well... According to LFSW the cheater in question is only 12 years old. Let's say he needs to grow up some more.

I can see every day on our servers very young drivers learning and trying to do their best.
I believe it's not about age but about state of mind.


No mercy for cheaters.
At all. Never.

I believe since patch X there are some messages missing in the replays such as:
- some system messages (eg kick/ban votes)
- messages sent by admins (/msg)
- custom RCM messages (sent by admins or insim apps)

I have replays from patch U+ where I can see all of the above messages.
We can now hear the sounds of some of the messages but they are not shown at all.

These messages are quite usefull in some cases (for admins and for league races) and I'd wish to be able to see them all.

Quote from r4ptor :

Found the colored markers on LFS Database:
http://www.lfs-database.com/in ... onid=93&p13_fileid=16

Thanks a lot for the info

Suggestion: your WMV videos are using M$ VC-1 codec so they can't be played on older PC's or on PC's not having WMP10-11 installed (you need at least WMP 9 + the VC-1 codec if you know where to find it).
So maybe you should stick to WMV9 codec for best compatibility

Speed hack cheater caught this morning on ConeDodgers 1:
345 km/h on the main straight with the FZR.

You can clearly hear when he activates the cheat.
Screen name Tulio, LFS username Funnybone2.
Reported to Barricade, of course.

Replay attached.

I believe since patch X there are some messages missing in the replays such as:
- some system messages (eg kick/ban votes)
- messages sent by admins (/msg)
- custom RCM messages (sent by admins or insim apps)

I have replays from patch U+ where I can see all of the above messages.
So is it now done on purpose ?
Or am I missing any setting ?

These messages are quite usefull in some cases and I'd wish to be able to see them all.

Good job R4ptor, nice video

BTW where did you get the coloured distance banners (I mean the 50m, 100, 150m coloured panels) ?

Quote from The Moose :

I totally agree. Cheats should be named and shamed every time.

This dick was on the GFC server yesterday doing 51 second laps in a FOX at BL1.

Orangina:
0:52.23 with FOX @ AS2

Whilst the WR is actually 1:00.20 :rolleyes:

Why only one track ?
Laguna Seca AND Spa-Francorchamps

Quote from J.B. :

VLC is no good for interlaced stuff

Deinterlace is disabled by default in VLC. You have to manually enable it through the Video menu (usually use BOB) and it works pretty fine for me

Button is the British Alési

Good drivers but bad career. Wrong teams at the bad moments, wrong choices, bad luck.

Quote from J.B. :

Maybe it's just not possible to have two equally strong drivers in one team without these kind of problems?

Ron Dennis already tried that twenty years ago with Prost and Senna.
Ideally and theorically it's a good idea to have two of the best drivers of the moment in the same team. And I believe that Ron Dennis, thus the wole McLaren team, is giving equal chances and technical support to both Alonso and Hamilton, like he did with Prost and Senna.

But pratically it doesn't work. There are other things involved and Ron Dennis should have learnt from the past.

Quote from Gunn :

I'm a bit dirty on Hamilton being craned out of the gravel last week though. I don't have the exact wording of the rule in question, but I believe it to be that: if you keep your motor running and are stranded in a dangerous position that you can receive assistance from the marshals who will push your car back on to the track so that you may remove the car from the dangerous position. It is the only time you are allowed to continue after receiving outside assistance AFAIK.

However, if the race was red flagged (a restart was imminent) I don't consider Hamilton to have been in a dangerous position at the time they removed his car via crane. I seem to recall many instances where a car was stranded in a risky spot but never craned out and allowed to continue. When Schumacher called for assistance once in the past he was beached on a ripple strip in a very dangerous spot under double waved yellows. The Marshals gave him a shove and away he went. I don't see much similarity to Hamilton's situation last week where he was craned out under red flag conditions.

I believe it was not directly related to Hamilton himself but more like to the use of a Mercedes engine in Germany.
For sure, being one of the drivers who can win the championship helped a lot.

I'm a baaaad booooy with naughty thoughts...

Quote from Clownpaint :

This is stuff we haven't seen since the Senna/Prost era.

And the funny(?) thing is that they were also driving a McLaren at the time.
Looks like Ron Dennis has learnt nothing...

Quote from Intrepid :

schumacher at monaco

That was a mistake, check attached pic

Quote from uttoro :

You wont be kicked, you can do it in 2-3 meters. Just when LFS sends a message "x entered pitlane for completing the drive-tru", you set it in reverse, cross the line again, and you get a message: "x completed the penalty".

The point of this maneuver is when you collected a drive-tru, and you have a planned pitstop. Both of them canbe completed in one lap.

Yes, confirmed.

Quote from Toddshooter :

I had a "C" license but now when I try to access the CD4 server it tells me I don't have one. So I went to your website and did a license check and my license is gone. Was I deleted for some reason?

Not that I know
Are you sure you have done the target time ? Check !stats

And if so, please try to join the server again now.

Quote from The Very End :

If this is going to continue, then I would like to say that I belive that the complete Tour De France is a great dope-fest, where everyone or most of the riders use some kinds of illegal drugs to imrpove.

At least they have been caught.

I wonder if there are any professional sports which are absolutely doping free...

Please, allow RAR and 7zip formats for sending replays because some of them are quite big now and old ZIP has a poor compression ratio.

On a sidenote I got a SQL syntax error message. Looks like the 'Additional information' input box doesn't like single quotes in the text.

Quote from srdsprinter :

Frenchman defending a french driver. Nothing against that, but honestly:

Champcar is just weak. He's on the best team, which has a lot more to do with his sucess than his talent. He won't do anything noteworthy at a low-funded F1 team, so why not just enjoy being sucessful in a second-rate series?
...
Also, he's too old. He's already 28, not the age to be starting a F1 career. Teams want young talent.

Believe it or not but I don't care about nationalities. There are idiots everywhere and good people everywhere.
I may know a bit more about Bourdais and his results because I'm french but really this is not the point.
For instance, in the past years, I've always said that Hamilton should go to F1 as soon as possible. At the beginning of this season I even told my friends that Hamilton will be champion next year. I may be wrong, he may be champion this year

Mistakes ? Every driver I know did at least a mistake one day.
Check latest GP as an example, there are many many other ones... ;-)

Age ? I call that experience
Damon Hill won his first F1 championship at 36, Nigel Mansell at 39 and Juan Manuel Fangio won his first F1 championship at 40 and his last one at 46 (even though it was another era I'm not sure things were easier than today).

Quote from srdsprinter :

so WHY does everyone keep saying he "Deserves" a F1 seat?

Because he does ?

And who else is worth going to F1 ?