Quote from spankmeyer :

Quote from South Park: "And I base my conclusion on absolutely no evidence at all."

Simply put, we have no idea how totally gargantuan rewrite the LFS source would need to ram something of that magnitude in without either horrible performance or new bugs.

For our racing games i tested :
Havok
Render Ware Physics
Novodex
ODE.

I tested :

High velocity object vs thin objects with 0 bounce param.
Multiple constraint ( contacts, hinge,balls,etc.. ) stability
CPU demanding
Resting state detection and optimisation
Penetration behaving.
Other stuff ( like API interface )

My statment is based on fact and tests I made.

I also made my own dynamics and collisions engine, so from my experience, i'm sure of my statments.

Now.. i'm pretty sure Scawen will not use this kind of stuff.
1) They are pretty expensive
2) Scawen like to do everything himself, and i respect that.

regards,

Quote from Forbin :

Plain and simple truth is Ageia fakes the physics in a way that LFS would never stoop to.

Aegia is base on Novodex physics engine, wich is one of the most accurate and efficient one i tested. The physics engine and constraint solver is as good as Havok one.

LFS would gain GREAT behaving from this engine, especialy in the collisions parts.

regards,

Hi danowat,

you know, i already have a cockpit view, the real cockpit i use to play, with steering wheel, gear shifter, etc... so i dt want to have both steering wheel in my pov
I checked this again this morning, when i'm looking the road, the dials are NOT in my field of view, also i see only top of the steering wheel, so, in my opinion, the standard LFS cockpit view is not realistic, so i prefered make my own one exactly like Infinity pov.

cheers,

Quote from Chaos :

I know this can be done! It's somewhere option/view or thereabouts... You can turn off hands and wheel separately... The button reads something like this "Driver ON, Wheel ON".. I have both on off... so the only wheel I see is the one in my hands

I think you cant do this in "custom ext 2" view :'(

Quote from Zero7 :

edit: Just thinking a bit more about the moving head comment - I guess that's what TrackIR is for! Still, assigning a keystroke to move the head would be useful.

+1 to that

Also i'd like an option to disable steering wheel display ! I already see my own logiteck steering wheel and my hands, i dt need virtual ones

Last edited by MagicFr, Wed 15 Mar 2006, 07:43.

Quote from Infiniti :

Well hard to explain, I picked the in cockpit view cause technically it is inside But just so you guys can get an idea.. here ya go see attached

Got exactly the same view This is so much realistic.
Just experience yourself in a real car, you cant see road AND revmeter at the same time without moving your eyes.
Also, when drivin i dont want to see useless stuff in my view sight like steering wheel ( i already see the one i have in my hands ), etc.

cheers,

Congratulations Scawen and Geraldine.

Best Wishes for Leo in his life, and yours.

Sincerely,

Quote from Blowtus :

Don't see why. I'm no programmer, but working out a vaguely accurate, non elastic collision is not difficult.

muhahah. joke of the year ( as math/physics programer )...

Spirit of home made stuff is very good, even if the final design is ugly

About the pedals, no way you can do heal-toe with that !

I dt need a progress report, just a word from devs saying "we are working on LFS" or "I'm not working on LFS atm, i'm fixing, kitchen , waterroom, whatever", would be 100x time better than .. nothing... right now, i'm really disappointed that there is zer0 information about what's going on ... i'm so tired with slicks temp/wear problems that i only drive TBO now...

Sorry if i sounds pessimistic, but this is no fun having no info, like Tweaker said, LFS was so great because sim is great and we have constant new stuf to test, or read.. i miss that too. !

cheers,

bah... lol, i waited for nothing LOL

Shouldnt be the server now for last qualif session ?

hi, race was funny .. not fun well a bit

- lap 6 spin in last hairpin
- lap 8 stream bug, kiss kiss, bang bang
- lap X , got stuck 2 laps in sand trap ( i tried to make a sand castle )
then, puncture at front right,

next stint, no prob

then, pit crew """"forgot"""" to change front left tire So Bastian had to stop on more time to change "this" tire

then Bastian also got a puncture on front right

So being 7th, it is just like a miracle, anyway, we lough a lot in teamspeak with Bastian, was really funny
7th.. i though we finished 6th ... anyway ...

cheers,

hi,

at work i could use 3 monitors
1 for the game i'm devolping
1 for the code itself
1 for the debug information ( var watches, memories and reg view, etc ).

sinbad, i can lean backward the chassis dt move. Remember that the racing seat have more weight in middle ( steel's seat's chassis ).

niki No url, i bought it at french car's accesories. i bought the cheapest, brend is Ektor...

hmm.. fin and url : http://www.edirectory.co.uk/pf ... +seat+various&cid=880

So myabe my shops sent it cheapest because they didnt manage to sell it to real racer

the pedals + wheel weight more than the seat

very stiff

more seriously , 1st version only had 4 wheels ( see pics ), and the chassis was bending when i was braking ( i set the brake very stiff on the FrexGp pedals ), now even with 6wheels, the chassis bend a little bit, but it is way better.
I think i'll have to fix 2 steel bars to stiffen that

Quote from felplacerad :

nice work, all i could do was try to figure out what stuff you so desperately wanna hide.

the mess in my flat because i spend to much time doing homework construction

Quote from Gabkicks :

yes very nice whats the total cost of all of that? how many man hours?

racing seat : 100€
aluminium frames : 50€
bolt/screw, etc : 25€
wood : spare stuff : 1.5€
wheels : 20€
total : ~200€ ( US$ 240 )

frexgp pedals : 500€
DFP logitech ffb : 150€
USB hub : 15€


Time to construct : 8hours.

hi,

some guys from LFS Endurance league wanted to see my cockpit :

FrexGP pedal stand alone with Plasma Lite : http://mail.ocrana.com/member/magicfr/frexgp/index.htm
Home Made Cockpit : http://mail.ocrana.com/member/magicfr/cockpit/index.htm

cheers,

2 friend have it and they dt have any problems, have you open it ? are you sure it is the new pedal set with the big metal pot ?

DFP now come with new metal pots, no more problem with the pedals

i pronounce " Leeve for Speed" hopefully french "i" is pronounced like english "e"

max speed occured AFTER finish line, so it is in Slipt 1 not Split 3 , iirc

Topi, the only, 'a it unfair" moved, hmm, iirc, i was trying to overtake and u move in my line, was a bit of blocking move, but, nothing really unfair, just a bit frustrating enough to being piss, let say, 1 second during the race now that i'm cooled down, i'd say it is more frustration from me than unfair move from you

Yes, Rudi was 1 lap behind :/ because he was in front of me with Orange spot on the track map.