dude, put FE4_ on the start of the layout file name, otherwise it doesn't work

Quote from Btoryo :

Hey guys I uploaded Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, as its my favorite out of all

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RNWNM5pJDO0

:eek: where's my skin??? it would have been curtious to at least show my team skin, so could you redo it with my skin or take it off please? thanks

either that or i'll upload them

Quote from deggis :

Believe me, the tune is originally a song called Jessica by The Allman Brothers Band. Obviously someone re-wrote the song in 2002, that's the rip off I was talking about previously. The song was released in 1973 normally just like any other rock song back then... in 1977 when Top Gear started it used the original version in the intro. In 2002 with the show re-launch the intro changed to this new version.

stop calling it a rip-off, they obviously pay the original writers of that song a lot of money in royalties, they wouldn't just steal it.

Quote from JO53PHS :

I think we should start another thread where everyone can post their BF1 music

why not do it here?

Quote from lerts :

its amzing yesterday at 10 pm gmt i was trying to play a tune with my formula engine

some telepathy here

um... it just hit me, you're a demo racer, how can you be playing music on a BF1 engine? or do I smell a pirate? pirate:

Don't worry Garph, we have each other's msn usernames. It'll be sorted. I reacted a little harshly there i guess.

that's a very immature way for a NiTRa team member to act, with the name calling and all (Oscar). Oh! Well he must not be in our team, he's got another tag in his sig! My mistake...

Last edited by Nitwon, Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:41.

Quote from Viper93 :

ROFL!! AWesome! All you need now is an H shifter =)

Even if i did have one, the BF1 only has a flappy-paddle gearbox, so it wouldn't let me use it.

heheh i know a few people who have tried while they're bored, but never been bothered to do it properly like i did :P

Quote from Darkone55 :

Hehe, nice stuff! Would be cool if it had at least 24 gears.. :P

I tried the setup, great fun! Altough it wasn't really in tune with my penny whistle (also has 7 notes, and 15 if you over-blow it), didn't really tune well. So editted it a bit, if you don't mind. 7th gear is middle C. 1st gear is B3.

I recorded the C and used it in my sequencer, works ok to make harmony's and stuff. Sound a little noisy and dirty, but it's ok. A bit like an organ. :P

Hmm, I wonder, if you make the final drive ratio half the value it is now, will it be an octave lower? In that case you could get more tones with more cars. 3 cars = 3 octaves. :P

I was aiming for 6th gear to be middle C, and do C major scale from there. But as I said, I didn't une it perfectly to anything, just did it by ear.

For this three-part harmony i'm planning, I have tuned the three setups to my electric keyboard.

Quote from The Very End :

Nitwon, so, when does the Dragonforce song comes?

check back in a couple years

samjh: press 4 on your keyboard it shows the perfect (almost) raceline, green is accelerate, red is brake, yellow is coast.

The only time i use a high-lock clutch pack is when banger racing, super high lock on acceleration means i can still drive with one wheel off the ground

Quote from Bumpdrafter :

It would be easier to do it with the NES sound chip than on the BF1

WUHT? (off topic here -->)I also happen to write NES music! It's fun creating the feeling that there's a whole orchestra playing with only 2 square channels, a triangle channel and a noise channel.

Quote from shadeless :

wait, does h-shift mode even work with the bf1 ?

nope, i've tried that

it's ok, if i let go of the throttle and shift real quick you don't notice so much, or it doesn't hinder the tune anyway.

i'm working on a 3-part harmony right now, going to try doing it multiplayer.

the lag won't matter so much since the notes are very slow and long, but since it's a harmony t'will still sound good

eh... Fang The BF1 only has 7 gears, rofl did I say only? Well i suppose in terms of musical notes it it only 7. We are the champions has more than 7 notes in it i'm afraid, and i don't know the other songs you're on about i'll have to look em up.

yep, XCNuse, that's the car that inspired me

I may try some more tunes soon, but it's hard shifting fast enough when you have to jump 3 or 4 gears.

lerts, locked diff makes the car more stable, and therefore easier to drive quickly, which is why most people use it.
With a loose diff, the car has the potential to go faster, but if you make a mistake it can go horribly wrong.

There, the truth in a nutshell. So shut up lerts *slaps face*

Last edited by Nitwon, Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:13. Reason : Spelling and punctuation

The idea hit me when I watched an episode of Top Gear in which a Renault Formula 1 car "sung" God Save The Queen (British National Anthem) with its engine. I've been trying to do it with throttle control for a while, but then I thought why not just use gears and the pit limiter?

So that's what I did, I've played three tunes with my musical setup, all of which are listed below, I also put the setup on there.

The setup is basically a major scale starting at gear 6, notes getting higher as you shift down. I'm not sure what note scale it is as I didn't tune the gears to a piano or anything, just did it by ear.

P.S. I'm open for requests

Chatting in-race is ok if it's only one or maybe two lines about something race-related and necessary.

Some examples of accepted chat:

• "Sorry" or "Sorry, my bad" etc
  
• "np", "no problem" or "" etc. by the person who was affected by driver who said sorry. If multiple drivers were affected, do not say anything if you were one of them.
  
• If you lost connection, your reason for it, "wireless cut out", "power cut", "rats nibbling on my cables" etc. but keep it to one short line of text then be quiet and spectate or re-join the race.
  
• "good pass". If someone says this do not respond to it.
  
• Pretty much anything said by an admin/marshall. They will have a good reason for it.
  
• A reply to something an admin/marshall has said to you personally, try to keep to the point.
  

Examples of forbidden chat:

• "lol", "rofl", "lmao", "hahaha". This just takes up a line of chat for pretty much nothing.
  
• "you got owned", "i pwn you all", "i am teh l33t". Okay, stop chatting and prove it.
  
• "wah i flipped", "tyres are melting", "omg my clutch!", " i'm wrecked". We probably either already know or don't care, if you're incapacitated, pit and rejoin or spectate.
  
• "setup?", "SETUP", "im can has setup?", "WHO HAS A SETUP?". This is completely inapropriate mid-race, just use RACE_S for now.
  
• "I suck", "i'm gonna lose ", "/me will fail". Well, it's the taking part that counts.
  
• "Dave what are you doing tomorrow?", "lol my mum came in the room and said...", "the other day, like, i was like at this place right...". This is just rude. Don't engage in conversation or say anything unnecessary.
  

...and remember, if you do something like spin out, make a bad move, or just something which you think will make others think you're "newbish", don't feel that you have to justify yourself. It's ok, we all make mistakes, even if it was really stupid.

Save it for after the race.

Announcing the NiTRa GTR Weekly!

The NiTRa GTR Weekly is, as the name suggests, a weekly race with GTRs. There is no prize (except knowing you were the best!), and it's not part of a league, it's just for fun! To make sure nobody shows any unsportsmanlike behaviour there will be a marshall watching over the race. It seems better that way as you can concentrate on racing rather than trying to click the kick button or complaining about it.

When: 19:00 GMT Friday 18th January 2008
Where: [NiTRa] Team Server
Track: WE1
Qualifying: 10 minutes
Race Length: 30 Laps
Cars Allowed: GTR Class (FXR, XRR and FZR)
Signup: Send an email to [email protected] with subject "GTR Weekly - WE1" containing your driver name and LFSW name. You must use the same car to race as to qualify.

If you have any questions email them to [email protected] and I'll get back to you.

Alternatively I'm watching this thread so you could post here if you have any questions.

Last edited by Nitwon, Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:07. Reason : Added explanation of what the event is about.

Overall a good race, some people need to brush up on their endurance skills, i.e. don't push too hard, go easy on the tyres.

I'm planning on organising a similar race weekly on Fridays. But this time signup won't be on the forum. Check nitwon.com/nitra for the next race and how to sign up. Signup will probably be via email, and entrants will be listed on the nitra page

This is not an announcement (yet), just wondering would anyone be interested in a GTR novice league? By novice I mean able to do between 1:10 and 1:15 on BL1 in a GTR class car consistently. I'm thinking if you can't do faster than 1:14 you should have a novice sticker on your car skin (black X on orange square), but don't be ashamed of it, we were all slow once!

Each race will be one hour with preferably 10 cars and a required pit stop, each car having either one or two drivers, if two, you can switch half way by pulling into the pits and using the take over feature.

Rules similar to IGTC. There will be a pace lap to start.

The idea is that novice drivers can get some experience of a properly organized touring car endurance race.

This is all just an idea at the moment, let me know if you would be interested.

Last edited by Nitwon, Mon, 7 Jan 2008 11:54. Reason : spelled "league" wrong

Yes well, some people are proud of their new wheel and want to show it off. So what? People put other useless stuff in their names like xXxXnoobXxXx and ==NaMe==[team][country]==, there's no stopping them really.

Yes i do think your name should be limited to a team tag and your name, without the pretty punctuation and symbols or Xs, but that's life, live with it.

Just checking, are the number plates here big enough? i left it as 00 for now since I don't have a team number yet. Also it's not on lfsw yet until i get my number, so don't save it in your skins folder anyone!

P.S. the plates look squished but they appear with the original aspect ratio when shown on the car

NiTRa has been disbanded since other commitments took priority over my managing the team to the point where members were leaving due to lack of activity.

Last edited by Nitwon, Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:11. Reason : Team disbanded

Quote from azagedon :

Just mod the pit lane limiter! simple all you would have to do is change the speed which it is set to...

How do you do this exactly? Is it as simple as editing a file in notepad?