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pik_d
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It's passworded right now, that's why I ask.
pik_d
S3 licensed
How do we get the password if there's no registration?
pik_d
S3 licensed
Quote from Flame CZE :Also the new post icons next to the thread names, and in thread page... in the same fashion

For the posts in the thread, would it be possible to highlight the gray bar above every post instead of a tiny little icon?
pik_d
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Quote from Flame CZE :
Quote from vitaly_m :Really disappointing to see that there is so little people mentioned the lack of new posts marker at the subforums'... Really painful to check everything I might be interesting in.

I have made something today for a test, see the attachment. Would you like that?

Absolutely yes.
pik_d
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I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but after that last post I made my subscription to this thread changed from "no email' to "instant". I would prefer it to stay how I set it.
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pik_d
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I'm browsing the forums on my phone right now, its really not bad at all. The only problem is posts that I read on my PC are showing up as unread. Since I'm posting this I'm obviously logged in, as I was at home, so it's very strange that this happened.
pik_d
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Quote from Flame CZE :
Quote from pik_d :What happened to the page that lists all the threads you're subscribed to? I can't seem to find that.

Subscriptions. You can see it at the top right on the forum homepage.

No wonder I didn't see that. There's space for it on every page, when I'm done reading one thread I usually want to go straight back to subscriptions to check other threads I've posted in.

Also, fixed with is obviously a user preference, but I personally don't like it. Most people have widescreen monitors, and of varying sizes. Fixed with just makes it so half my screen is unused space.

Other than those two, I like the overall theme.

Edit: Actually, not being able to see which sub-forums have new posts until you're in the parent forum is a bit annoying. I see that there's a new posts in league racing, but I can't tell if it's in a league that I'm following.
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pik_d
S3 licensed
What happened to the page that lists all the threads you're subscribed to? I can't seem to find that.
pik_d
S3 licensed
Quote from Bose321 :Isn't there an option to upload 2048x skins if you pay some cash?

If you pay £3 you can download 6000 (really £1 for 2000 but minimum payment ammount is £3) 1024x skins. There's no option to download or upload 2048x which is why leagues have you post them in the forum.

I'd love for higher res skins to be supported by LFSW and the in-game download system. 2048x is probably enough for now but I can see 4096x being preferred in the future.
pik_d
S3 licensed
Quote from Scawen :I know this is often requested and we have a really large autocross area in one of the new tracks that we plan to release with the S3 license. We think it's better to leave that for S3 licensed users. We do want to release some S3 licensed content as soon as possible, though this will take quite some time (several months - "several" not being an actual specified number) after the Westhill update.

Ooh, this is exciting, even if it is a long ways off. I don't remember, what S# is Rockingham?
pik_d
S3 licensed
Quote from bogdani.cojocaru :Looks like it has more grip than FXR in the chicane

Basicaly when running the same tracks in different game engines, you can figure out which has the most realistic physics

Going by the video the lap was a 1:16ish, basically: a UFR/XFR time. He wasn't going as fast as he could so the car looked more planted.

How many games does this mean Blackwood is in now? I'm sure it's in rFactor and probably rFactor II. It's the fake track that's in the most games at 4+?
pik_d
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Quote from Dennis93 :PB and Technical pb, you might not have the optimal splits in your fastest lap, so it stores other laps, and therefore you can see "!spb", "!tb" etc etc.

Ah that makes sense, and having realized that I see that the pbs folder has telemetry. Charting it out it looks like this is the information stored in the pbs folder's files:

Time
Track Distance
Speed
Some sort of acceleration (?) - see 1st attachment
Heading
Elevation
Combined Gs (?) - see 2nd attachment
Steering

There's two I haven't pinned down, from the attachments (this is FOX/AS3 telemetry) can anyone see what they are?
pik_d
S3 licensed
Does anyone know any meaningful difference between the Times.txt file and the pbs folder? Whats the point of having both?
pik_d
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Quote from DANIEL-CRO :I don't think many people understand this, but physics are not really the heaviest thing in LFS for CPU.

Didn't realize that, that's interesting. LFS obviously isn't the most intensive game anyway, with a computer 2-3 years old hitting the physics framerate cap easily.

Still, separating the physics load onto another core can only be beneficial, even if it's not as much as I thought.

Quote from cargame.nl :Waste of time because it already is fixed for ages.

Turboboost isn't the same as multithreading, one of us is missing something here.
pik_d
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Quote from Yisc[NL] :Certainly not.
Westhill will get an update and maybe something todo with 3D view using a red/green glasses.
Then the next big update, will be about tyre physics.

What better time to incorporate multi-score than when re-writing a huge part of the physics engine? Hell, even putting the tire physics on its own core from everything else would be logical when he's starting over on it from scratch.
pik_d
S3 licensed
Nice to see Westhill getting another configuration, looking forward to it and whatever else is in the works.
pik_d
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Quote from Jakg :I really don't see how that would be related to the DirectX version? Were just talking about the graphics engine here.

DirectX is more than Direct3D, maybe I missed what Scawen is doing but the 360 controller plays better with Xinput, which was introduced in the XP/DirectX9 era rather than DirectInput which is what DX8 uses exclusively.
pik_d
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Quote from Neilser :I'm curious - what does DX9 offer you?

I'm curious to see if the Xbox 360 controller will have the triggers on different axes without using 3rd party drivers.
pik_d
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Quote from J@tko :Ted Kravitz on Twitter: "Just spoke to A Newey, post box slot is primarily for cooling: driver and other parts. He denies it gives RB8 any aero benefit. Newey also says might be exhaust controversy if someone races in Oz with a different interpretation and that he wants to stay at Red Bull.." .

Just like the Brabham fan was for engine cooling.

Quote from CSF :

Ferrari found a way to make their car even more ugly!!! Putting the number there... wow!

I honestly think it's a great use for that spot, it makes the number easily visible from the front.
pik_d
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Quote from Bean0 :Some links to follow the testing...

Sky Sports
F1Today.nl
Williams F1

Some more as well:

In depth timeline of all laps set:
http://f1tests.co.cc/2012.php?rev=on

BBC's live reporting:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/16914962

I really don't think we'll find out today or even this week if McLaren's nose is better or worse than the conventional one that most of the others have. It's early testing, most teams are simply going for shakedowns and data collecting rather than ultimate pace. Even then, whose to say who is on what fuel?
pik_d
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Pretty good video, but the fact that most of it was at a silly 30° angle was pretty annoying.
pik_d
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Quote from baSh0r :Meanwhile on iRacing. The Protest Thread where Tony Gardner posts his pathetic comment is closed.

http://members.iracing.com/jfo ... /225/1500026.page#3631513

Welcome to the dictatorship of iRacing.

Quote from PMD9409 :Does this really sound like a complicated system for endurance racing/driver swaps?

Could one of you guys with access quote whatever posts you're trying to point out, as you can't read their forums without logging in.
pik_d
S3 licensed
Quote from boothy :Just use WinMerge to compare the old and new .cfg files? That's what I do with the new Aonio/Airio installs.

I don't know how many versions old my cfg file is but it was missing 2 lines (the bolded ones) so I guess it's done its job. Thanks.



# Coordinates of viewed car on LFS map plus current track node.
# Save local car location every second to Location.txt file.
ShowLocation=no
LocationX=136
LocationY=185
SaveLocation=no
pik_d
S3 licensed
EQ Worry -

Any answer on an easier method of updating? Of course it's only a real issue if you bring any updates that cause changes to the cfg files, but it's still not very clean.
pik_d
S3 licensed
Why would money need to change hands? The cleanest way to do this is have the custom ads on the host pc (as stated in the OP), and those who choose to allow downloading of ads (in low or hi res) download it from the host, not from LFSWorld like we do for skins. Nothing about this says "Scavier need money for this".

Think about what ads are displayed now though, some are tied in with the two BMW formula cars that LFS has, that probably came from some sort of agreement. Allowing hosts to change those at a whim may go against such an agreement. Who knows.
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