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mcgas001
S3 licensed
Quote from chanoman315 :no lol, wasnt banned because everyone lol was flaming him lol.

It was locked because lol he told mods to lock it lol.

Whats with all this lol? The thread was prolly locked as I reported it as a flame fest, not because he told mods to.
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Quote from the_angry_angel :You've misinterpreted my meaning here. There was no threat, just a simple confession that I'm finding it hard not to fill my posts with ****, **** and bastard, or just saying "you smell funny" or "so's your face" and then leaving it at that.

Awww, Tough old world isnt it.

Quote from the_angry_angel :
I actively encourage you to post replays of offenders.

OK, These are just _some_ ive got from this very forum.

Must I continue......?
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Quote from the_angry_angel :The DEMO has always had problems. LFS as a whole has seen wreckers, cheaters, drifters and a whole host of other things.

I agree to that, but not to the extent where every server is impossible to race on.

Quote from the_angry_angel :
Whilst I rarely get in servers these days I can tell you that things like this tend to happen in cycles. I've been around LFS longer than most so I can remember most of the exploits, arguments and other issues over the recent years. So you'll have to please forgive me if I'm not quite as frantic or concerned about the situation as I apparently should be?

I'm not saying that I know everything that goes on because I obviously don't, and I'll happily admit that. However the DEMO has always been a problem and by it's nature it's been uncontrollable. The changes have that been introduced recently in test patches should help significantly to give DEMO racers a little bit of accountability and should help stem this behaviour.

Maybe you need to wake up a little, Seen as LFS is prolly the most popular race sim around, Or should I say...was?

Quote from the_angry_angel :
I'm not here to defend sides and I obviously can't comment for the developers. The moderation team know nothing more about the development of LFS than the general public. However, I am here to keep the peace, so don't mistake me for being a fanboy or eternally optimistic. It's not in my nature. Nor is being polite.

Ahh, I see. Cant be nice, Nor polite, So you will just threat. Great idea! Im really scared.

Quote from the_angry_angel :
I've also been getting a faint itching between a pair of my toes. I thought it was just atheletes foot, but it could be I'm due for some travel perhaps?

Fire away, Maybe as far away from the UK as possible?

Quote from the_angry_angel :
No one has said that it's not gone on long enough, but I'm trying to put it in perspective.

An annoyance it is, but end of the force it is not.

If the community deam that any work on a barricade system is a waste of time I'll happily stop working on it. I've got other things I'd rather do, quite frankly.

Whilst your barricade might be a good idea, As I said above. It doesnt hide the fact LFS has a big hole that needs fixing, Or else it will hurt LFS.
mcgas001
S3 licensed
OK, Let me tell you something. Demoers like to have a few racing tests before downloading the game. I know, I did for 3 months. Currently on Patch Y demo (As advertised on LFS.Net!) You goto a demo server and you cannot race for love nor money. There is a hacker in every server. Now, Please tell me, Would you buy a game if that was the first impression?

Im just saying, I sent this hack to Victor a long time ago, and still nothing has been done. Makes no difference to me, I rarely play now anyway....

Oh, Im also not the only one thinking this is been going on for too long. Look at birders post...
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Im not saying this in a bad way, but people making stuff to report hackers still doesnt hide the fact lfs has a hole in it. Which should be fixed, I have no clue why it isnt already tbh.
mcgas001
S3 licensed
How often does it happen? Are there any signs of a pattern?

One thing I will say, How much are you sending at a new user? Judging by that, You have a full server. It could be you are sending so much data with all the people driving, and then the 32nd connection just happened to make LFS spurt the insim out.
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Quote from shaun463 :IMO this is pontless. Why not just use the cruise tutorial which worked for me as an InSim tutorial.

Disassemblers are your friend. This IS the cruise tutorial, Just smartened up a bit.

Also, Why not make the admin pass and insim port selectable? It would make it better and easier in the long run.
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Quote from dev :And where exactly is the problem with www.lfs.net??

LOL, Have you seen the date of that post you quoted?
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Quote from Nock44 :How can I not read them, they are on my thread...

Not _your_ thread. This is a public forum. Everyone with an S2 licence has as much right to post as you.
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Quote from _EvoLuTioN_ :Because a "Programmer" has made the insim

OK - Great idea dude, Im now gonna release all my programs in the programmers forum. JUST because, I(A PROGRAMMER) made them.

Also, Maybe Scawen will now release all the test patchs in the programmers section too, Just because a programmer made them.
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mcgas001
S3 licensed
Sam, Some of your threads just lately are starting to bug me. Why the heck do you want to know about driving at 15? Maybe think about a moped or something? Its completely useless you learning anything now. By the time you come to do your test it will be different. Please wait untill a few months before your 17th(Maybe 18th), Then start getting info.
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Attention seeker, *sigh*.
mcgas001
S3 licensed
ROFL @ Your sig James.
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Quote from Heiko1 :lol thats the complete WRONG code ^^

LMFAO
ROFLCOPTER !!!

LoL

ok sry for that but i can help ya
if you ask me NICE

Was that helpfull? No it wasnt. If you remember correctly, I got your 'km' working in your insim app. So dont try and "show off" to sun with something you didnt do.
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Intresting results to this poll. Can I ask, Do any of you use my media players? (I want to know how liked they are :shy
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Thread is acutally irrelevant now as I have just found out. It can be done via commands. (/rstmin X , /rstend X).

Mods: Feel free to lock/delete.
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Quote from Danke :I did run into some errors tonight. Somehow insim got turned off in my LFS dedi, which of course brought down your app. I was able to restart it, and it worked for a while, then it started dying with this error...

LFS Admin & Race Rotator V1.0.4.3
Connecting to InSim....
Connected

Unhandled Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at ConsoleBase.Program.MSO (IS_MSO MSO) [0x00000]
at (wrapper delegate-invoke) System.MulticastDelegate:invoke_void_Packets/IS_MSO (LFS_External.InSim.Packets/IS_MSO)
at LFS_External.InSim.Events.CallEventMSO (IS_MSO MSO) [0x00000]
at LFS_External.InSim.ParsePacket.DoParse (System.Byte[] data) [0x00000]
at LFS_External.InSim.clsTCP.DoListen () [0x00000]

Not sure if that's the restart bug you mentioned above or not. I tried to re-initialize insim on the dedi and restart the app, but the same thing happened again.

Not sure what that is tbh, Dont know why it kept happening even after a restart. That said, The next version should have an auto reconnect feature.

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In version 2 Im working and rewoking on a lot of stuff. I have removed all the !kick, !ban, !spec commands. Im reworking them into an interface, As seen in the pic attached.

PS: You will not see yourself and the host in the release version, I changed the code purely so I could show you.
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Vain, He uses C#.


On a side note, Could I get the source to that pitspotter? Im taking on the scary language that is C++ and I need all the help I can get.
InSim: Packets to control restart time
mcgas001
S3 licensed
I would like to see some packets added to insim. If not new packets, Then sub types of SMALL. My suggestion is to be able to control the "no restart within X seconds of race start" and "no restart within X seconds of race finish". I would like to see this in insim as I cannot remember how many times I have been in CTRA and the Track is ment to change. due to people voting restart, The track doesnt change when its ment to. People might think, "Why not use VTC in insim", basically... its crap. Everytime Ive tried to use it in multiplayer. It didnt work. Simple as. Anyway, What do you think?

E: I should add, I know this is suggested in "Server options wishlist" thread as commands, but im thinking via InSim maybe easier.
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mcgas001
S3 licensed
TBH, I dont mean to be rude, but your making a mountain out of a molehill. You could update the player(All of them on the track 8+) in a very simple way.


private void MCI_CarInformation(Packets.IS_MCI MCI)
{
for (int i = 0; i < MCI.NumC; i++)
{
Players[GetPlyIdx(MCI.Info[i].PLID)].position = ++MCI.Info[i].Position;
}
}

That code WILL work for more then 8 players, Its cleaner and its a lot smaller. Unless im missing something, why not just do that.
mcgas001
S3 licensed
MSI Isnt a packet? I think you mean MCI. You are best off using the MCI packet to maintain the positions. Then you will have a constantly updated list of positions. You can turn them on in the ISI packet, Or in LFS_External the connect method. All you have to do, In the MCI method, Is make a for loop and iterate through the MCI packet.


for(int i = 0; i < MCI.NumC; i++)
{
Players[GetPlyIdx(MCI.Info[i].PLID)].position = ++MCI.Info[i].Position;
}

If your wondering why I have put ++MCI.Info[i].Position, Thats because LFS counts from zero (Example: 1st = 0, 2nd = 1; 3rd = 2..etc etc) So it makes your life a little simpler. That also should work if there is more then 8 players.

HTH
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Tiscali acutally arnt bad for me. Ive had them about 1 and 1/2 years now. Never had a connection go down, Never needed to contact support. The speed is quick, Im constantly at around 6.5mb (8mb advertised, but meh). That said, I dont get to enjoy much of it with this stupid D-Link Wireless box..
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Quote from danowat :What the hell is it?

The best bit - I have no clue, but its cheap! LOL!
mcgas001
S3 licensed
This is cheap!

E: You might not want it, But its still cheap!
mcgas001
S3 licensed
Quote from Scawen :That is against the license agreement. If we find out who your friend is we will ban her user name either temporarily or permanently.

IMO, You should ban that demo guy too. The other person may have lent there licence, But they didnt force this demoer to use it, did they?
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