Perhaps LFSW only counts laps and km's driven from completed races?? I've always wondered about this...

I'd shut down all other processes, especially ones that use CPU or read / write from HDD.

Quote from Gener_AL (UK) :

Didnt know where i should post this , With problem being on a patchU30 i thought here was best place to start.

I have a strange problem , has only happened since using U30 for me After a while (hour or more ) being on server i become invisible on the track, apperantley to others , i seem to be in the pits , this has happened 4 times now and seems to occur after a prolonged time on a server ( has happened on 3 times on team [dSRC] servers and on STCC server also. There is no lag shown for myself or others.

Below is one of the replays i have caught , but ive watched (and some really bad driving ) and doesnt seem to be a problem.

http://demoncomputers.pwp.blue ... k/stuff/LFS/invisible.mpr

any ideas?

I can confirm that this happened to me once or twice before U30.

Unfortunately I'm not sure how I fixed it, the problem just never appeared again.....

Unfortunately this is impossible. The demo does not require a username and password to log in, so tracking users is impossible...

600mph will get you round quicker than 1:33!!

Alt + F4 activates the cheat.

Quote from Rtsbasic :

Not sure if its been mentioned before, but I get an annoying sound loop play when I have the pit speed limiter on and I reach it. In some cars it sound a bit like a crap gun going off

That's the sound of the rev limiter!!

Quote from keltern :

here's a little skin i made for the XRT.. and some r34 rearlights i made is also featured..

feel free to comment..

Very good. By the way, for taking screenshots that you are gonna photoshop and then show to everyone on the web, try turning on Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic Filtering in your graphics card's options Will get rid of all those jaggies and make your pics really good.

If your PC is old, just be sure to turn it off before you game, else LFS will be like a slideshow.

Edit: Just saw your third pic, looks much better

Yep, top work guys

Everysingle time I play LFS, it's via this awesome little app you guys have produced.

Thanks

From the CMX viewer which is a free download (even for demo racers)

Quote from 11SuLLy11 :

any more suggestions

Just out of interest, does your DFP work fine in other games???

Quote from schatten789 :

I dont care all that much if we cant get online at the same time cuase if we do play to gether then it is off line.

How would I put it on 2 computers if I did buy it.

To put it in even easier terms;

1-Download the LFS demo to both PC's.

2-Purchase LFS, you will be given a User name+Password

3-Unlock LFS on each PC using your User name+Password

Start LANing!!

I use a program called "Joytokey" that sits in the system tray, and converts any joystick/gamepad/wheel button press to a pre-assigned keyboard command.

This would make it possible to have 2 buttons for 1 command. Just assign both buttuns to the same keyboard command. Easy.

The other positive of this, is that I can have certain buttons on my wheel for F9, F12, H, Shift+R, Shift+S, etc. etc.

Another positive, is that I can have L3 and R3 as "alternate" buttons.... I.e. when L3 is held down, the rest of the buttons take on a different function, effectively trippling the amount of buttons

PS: You might be able to manage something similar with the Logitech Wingman Software...

Quote from i30i3i3y :

I believe you can be pretty competitive without sound. I'm managing 3s off WR pace with 15 minutes of practice. Although I don't know how I'd fare being stuck in the middle of a pack with no sound (I use cockpit view). I rely on sound there to let me know if cars are nearby. I'd assume at WR level sound is pretty important. Maybe some WR holders will have a go .

I believe you would be alot slower, if you were to drive with no sound with a car / track combo that you have never raced before. Because you'd done plenty of laps on BLGP with the FOX, you could probably do it with your eye's closed..... Imagine being a new player to LFS, having to learn to drive all the cars and all the tracks without being able to hear. I think you would be alot slower than someone that could hear....... I guess with enough practise though, one could improve their times to a time close to the WR, but it would take much longer than a non-deaf player.

Anyway, to the original poster, would one of those special racing seats with speakers built in to them be of any help? That way the speakers would vibrate your hole body... I don't know much about deafness, but this could be an idea?

There have been lost of different suggestions, some confusing, most of them could possibly be considered as "arcadish"....

But, what I think would be good, is to replace the triangles with position numbers.... What does everyone think about that?? You could still preserve the different colours. Also, the position list in the bottom right hand corner could have the position numbers next to them as well, so you can easily see where each person is on the track....

I drove past a very cool and 1337 styling kit so I could make friends.

Lol making friends is that easy?

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

AI's = blue

Sorta like what LRB_Aly was saying, Maybe have it a gradient effect, where Green = first then it slowly gradients to an orange, and the player behind you is a contrasting colour (Customizable colours maybe?) with lapped people being another colour (have it all customizable, E.G the ability to select what colours it fades to, what colour leader is, person behind, lap down ectera...)

Not sure if it has been said before, If it has, consider it a "+1" vote.

Anyway, here is my idea;

Instead of having different coloured triangles, why not replace them with numbered triangles? I.e. 1st place a 1, 2nd place a 2, etc... They could still be kept very small so they don't overlap etc.... Then have 1 colour for people in front, 1 for yourself, 1 for people behind, and 1 for people who are 1 or more laps behind you.......

What do other people think of this idea?? If you can't picture it, I'll draw up an example on photoshop if need be...

Anyway, great work as always Scavier!

Quote from ERRUPT :

You can get DFP's anywhere between 250-300 aussie dollars on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/PS2-Gen ... ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

EDIT: Oh wait, you were talking about the G25.......My bad

Got mine from JB-HiFi in Adelaide for $197 AU. Just fiddling with it now, first impressions are very positive however!!

Quote from sil3ntwar :

google is your friend http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread33905.html

"Switch to 'classic' view on Control Panel and open up Regional and Language options. Click Customize.

Then, under Time, change time format from HH:mm:ss to 'h:mm:ss tt'. Click OK, then again. Glance down at your notification bar, and you'll see the twelve hour time!"

I'm pretty sure "Tweaker" wanted to change the time format of the clock in LFS....

Quote from BurnOut69 :

Also, +1 for different colours for cars behind in the same or different lap, makes things a bit confusing at times.

+1 for this request. Perhaps at a later date, you could somehow have numbers instead of dots, and then have numbers in the connection list - representing different players.... or numbers indicating position or something similar.

Quote from Scawen :

Hold CTRL+SHIFT in-game to show time instead of frame rate

Excellent work Scawen, really handy feature.....

One more request; can there possibly be an option to show this all of the time, instead of only temporarily when you hold down CTRL+SHIFT??

Thanks

Scawen, great work as always.

Sorry to be a pain, but on the 1st page, post #20, I posted the following:

Quote from Plastik8 :

(On Topic) Request: This is a great feature. I was wondering if it would be possible to display the time in-game perhaps?? Similar in style to the fps meter? I don't use cockpit views for most of the cars so the in-dash cockpit analogue clocks aren't viewable for me.

Other than that, great work as always Scawen

I know you're extremely busy, just thought you may have missed it....

Feel free to delete this post when you read it

Thanks

Quote from Scawen :

24 hour digital Clock displayed on game setup screen

(On Topic) Request: This is a great feature. I was wondering if it would be possible to display the time when you are racing perhaps?? Similar in style to the fps meter? I don't use cockpit views for most of the cars so the in-dash clocks aren't viewable for me.

Other than that, great work as always Scawen

Quote from Knight_Atack :

But in Hotlapping mode, does it save your good laps as PBs on LFSWorld?

You need to save the replay, then upload it at www.lfsworld.net . Then, in your stats, if you highlight a PB, it will show both the PB and the HL time seperately

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I love the way they changed the word "days" to the word "day" too - nice touch

LOL I thought that as well.....

I wonder what the meaning of the removal of the BMW badge is??

Quote from Sm00th :

Yes.

btw I solved all my probs. My router it seems can only open ports for just one PC on my network, meaning.. I can not have multiple port fowarding services operating for more than one PC at a time. Even tho my router says they are on. Mine is a Westell Model 327w.

I see.

So, it is possible to run a server with a Dynamic IP??

The problem my mate was having, is that he was using my Broadband ISP's free backup dial-up service, and for some reason, had the exact same IP address as me, hence not being able to find my game in the master list, or join specifically.... Does this sound right? I checked on LFS World, and my server was on the list...