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riffey4
S2 licensed
tnx... see? I overlooked it

And now all I need is a way to bind F keys to bottuns.. Is that possible?
riffey4
S2 licensed
bump.. because I'm away tonight and somebody might have the answer
riffey4
S2 licensed
you can ask one of the better players to send you his setup in-game.

(and maybe you'll see that it is probably YOUR driving and not the setup )
riffey4
S2 licensed
I s*ck at PS too, but after a while and some reading I made a skin.
If you just want a 1 color car with your name in a different color, you can do that even in mspaint.

Get the corresponding .jpg for your car, put your name on boths sides, give the rest of the template the color you want (just zoom in and paint everything except your name). You can do that in a rough way, everything that isnt supposed to be painted wont be after you apply the skin to your car (so dont bother about where the windows are, or where the bumper stops)

Once you apply it to your car it all gets bright and shiny and looks a lot better then when you view it in mspaint. Have a look at a few skins in your skins folder and see if there's something you like there, maybe you can edit one of them with your name on it..
multiple controllers
riffey4
S2 licensed
I just reinstalled my Logitech Wingman Cordless, to see if I can use some of its buttons so that I dont have to reach over my wheel if I want to press a key on the keyboard.
When I then started LFS, the Wingman is the controller, and no longer my Thrustmaster wheel.
Can I choose in LFS which of the controllers I want to use? I havent found it, but I might be overlooking it.
I already set my wheel as the "preferred device for older games" in the control panel (sorry, Dutch XP, so I dont know the exact translation...) but that didnt work either.

And another question: is it possible to assing one of the function keys (F10, F11, F12) to a button on a controller? Havent found that one either...
riffey4
S2 licensed
Consider this: a racing wheel usually lasts longer then your PC. My wheel is already 5 years old. Spend a few bucks now, and enjoy it over the years. As for this type: I dont know this one, so no advice here..
riffey4
S2 licensed
Or have 2 extra mirrors that show you what's left and right
riffey4
S2 licensed
If you mean Internatioanl UK US Server: first time succes.

[edit: ping 97 btw, from the Netherlands
riffey4
S2 licensed
Quote from Jakg :lfstatus.de does that i think

Site is offline (at least here, atm..)
riffey4
S2 licensed
I am on some other game forums, and for a lot of games you have those signature pictures that show your rank, or time spent online (today/this week/all time).
I havent seen anything like that for LFS yet. Would be nice to include that as a sig on forums.
All the data should be available on lfsworld... A nice button with traveled distance, races won, 2nd, 3rd, races finished..
Something like this:
Best way to see close cars?
riffey4
S2 licensed
I was wondering how you guys have set your view.
I have the view set to Custom, Wheels. But then I cant see the cars next to me. I have a POV switch on my wheel, but that only works left, right and back. I cant see the cars next to me in the mirror. Mouselook doesnt seem to be an option because it's hard to get it centered again in the heat of the race.

Is there a way to quickly switch from 1st to 3rd person view?
In other words: how do you look around? (or dont you look sideways at all, and just see if someone hits you in the corner?)
riffey4
S2 licensed
Like the others said: buy it!
I've been playing the demo every once in a while over a period of time. I liked it, but I was involved in some other games, so I stayed a demo driver.
Last week I got 2 RL friends interested and we started playing together online, using Ventrillo to talk to each other. We had fun for a few days on the demo servers and I was considering buying a license after my holiday (starting tomorrow )
Then we were racing and some guy got mad at me. No idea why. My friends were driving behind me, so they could see what happened and talk to me on Ventrillo. That guy hit me from behind in the first corner because he was braking way too late. I managed to get my car back on track and wasnt too much damaged so I continued racing, loosing 5 or 6 positions. Guy pitted, and next lap he was waiting for me on the first corner. I thought it was considerate that he'd let me pass, coz I was a lap ahead. Then he rammed me at the end of the long straight, started shouting "OMFG you *ss, n00b" and initiated a ban vote. Some (a lot) of the sheep pressed 1, but I was lucky to have my 2 friends so that were 2 votes he wasnt getting. I got as close as 1 vote of being banned...

Then he started spamming by clicking my name over and over again. Others then started banning him. When he almost was banned, he quit. Good riddance.. New player connects, waiting on the end of the pit lane for me to pass... Again I got rammed at the end of the straight... New player starts spamming my name.. So it was evident it was the same guy. Ban vote, he left just before he got banned. New player connects.. same all over again. Almost banned and... quit. And again a new player..
So the 3 of us decided to go to another server. No 5 minutes later that *ss found us and started all over again.

I bought my license the next day, as did one of my friends. Not that I'm that good a racer. Maybe I wont even play it after I get back from my holiday... But I already had 2 days of nice and clean racing... It would have cost me more if I had spend those 2 nights in the pub so it was money well spent.

Conspiracy theory: LFS has some people roaming the demo servers harrassing the better players so they will buy a license . You should be flattered :P
riffey4
S2 licensed
Quote from Becky Rose :That is something i'd like to do pretty soon, so lets start thinking about what controls to have, any expansions on this (all on number pad)

- volume down
+ volume up
Enter position
* lock radio to this car
/ radio on/off
1 fuel reports on/off
2 lap reports on/off
3 split time reports on/off
4 position reports on/off
5 ahead behind gain reports on/off
6 pit stop reporting on/off
7 identify car on/off

Maybe include this in your starting post for those, like me, who started with 0.5 Alpha

[edit: nm.. seems that you are working on that, not implemented yet it seems. Would be nice tho...]
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riffey4
S2 licensed
Dont do that! "Even Jensen Button is faster" made me laugh and miss a turn!
riffey4
S2 licensed
No, LFS works fine when I start it by clicking the exe.
I did some extra reading, and it works when I enter /insim=49999.
I reinstalled Windows only a month ago due to a HDD crash.
I'm running XP pro Dutch, SP2. Maybe we Dutch miss a font

Maybe it was something else I installed for LFS. Since im a noob, I downloaded and installed everything LFS related that I could get my hands on...
riffey4
S2 licensed
I'm still new to LSF, so maybe im doing something wrong.
I downloaded and extracted LFS Companion 0.5 Alpha.
I start LFSC, then drag and drop lfs.exe on the LFS Companion window.
I click Launch LFS and then I get an error: Could not load font.
When I click it I go back to the LFS Companion screen.
What am I missing?
riffey4
S2 licensed
Hi, k ben nog groen achter de oren, maar t lijkt me wel leuk.
Probleem is dat ik morgen 3 weken op vakantie ga.
Ik kijk eind september wel hoe het er dan mee staat en of ik nog mee kan doen.
riffey4
S2 licensed
And a Hi! from the Netherlands. Been playing the demo a few times over the years but decided to get licensed
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