Fair dooes Smax. It was only an idea but i do see your point. I thought because it checks all the time when you join, adding another check wouldn't be harmless but the thinking about what master server does and adding that check...
The only ones i ever copy over are the things like the F1 ferrari skin / mclaren / renault etc skins that i know i have seen for public download. if i like them i get the full sized ones.
The only ones i ever copy over are the things like the F1 ferrari skin / mclaren / renault etc skins that i know i have seen for public download. if i like them i get the full sized ones.
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Private Public Skins (Idea)
Right, i've read a few threads about how people have nicked a teams / someones skin. Someone nicked me XRR skin (took 3 hours to make) and the guy wouldn't take it off. So i sat thinking about a way that you can have your skins viewed by the public but only YOU can use it.
So here goes.
When you assign a skin to your car and it isnt uploaded to LFSWorld (Lets say im useing a skin called MRT_ROCKBIGDAVE) i haven't got a MRT skin uploaded so when i load into a race, a red notice pops up in the top left saying "skin not found on lfsworld" or something like that. So in my eyes, as soon as i log into a race, lfs looks on its server for my skin. So why not this. When you upload your skin, have an option that allows it to be private. If thats ticked, when its uploaded, that skin name (MRT_ROCKBIGdAVE) is assigned to the username (RoCkBiGdAvE) that uploaded it, and every time you get into a race / leave pits etc, LFS checks if the skin your using is assigned to your username. If it is, then race normaly, if it isnt, it will either instantly put you to the garage or change the skin your using to MRT_DEFAULT.
This way, if someone goes into their skin_x folder, pinch's MRT_ROCKBIGdAVE and puts it in their main skin folder, they cant use if because their username dont match with the skin name.
I know all they have to do is change the name and upload it as another name but, i dont know if this is possible, but is their a way that a check on pixels can be done? Like, randomly pick 512 pixels from all over the skin, and check their RBG values and see if them 512 pixels match the same pixels another skin already uploaded as private? if they match, then its a copy and wont let it be uploaded. If it isnt, its uploaded and only you can use it.
But then if tea mates all have the same skin (as you do) it will come up as a copy. So maybe have an option for Private, and other for "Private Team" so say a teams leader, puts in an allow list of all usernames ALLOWED to use the skin. So say Player1 is the leader and Player2, Player3 and Player4 are members. They will be put in the allowed list and it allows them to use the skin. If Player5 then joins the team somewhere down the line, the leader logs in, addes Player5 to the list and he is also allowd to use the skin.
In my eyes and a few other peoples i knows eyes it seems logical and practical but implimenting them i dont know if its possible.
Anyway, my idea. Dave
So here goes.
When you assign a skin to your car and it isnt uploaded to LFSWorld (Lets say im useing a skin called MRT_ROCKBIGDAVE) i haven't got a MRT skin uploaded so when i load into a race, a red notice pops up in the top left saying "skin not found on lfsworld" or something like that. So in my eyes, as soon as i log into a race, lfs looks on its server for my skin. So why not this. When you upload your skin, have an option that allows it to be private. If thats ticked, when its uploaded, that skin name (MRT_ROCKBIGdAVE) is assigned to the username (RoCkBiGdAvE) that uploaded it, and every time you get into a race / leave pits etc, LFS checks if the skin your using is assigned to your username. If it is, then race normaly, if it isnt, it will either instantly put you to the garage or change the skin your using to MRT_DEFAULT.
This way, if someone goes into their skin_x folder, pinch's MRT_ROCKBIGdAVE and puts it in their main skin folder, they cant use if because their username dont match with the skin name.
I know all they have to do is change the name and upload it as another name but, i dont know if this is possible, but is their a way that a check on pixels can be done? Like, randomly pick 512 pixels from all over the skin, and check their RBG values and see if them 512 pixels match the same pixels another skin already uploaded as private? if they match, then its a copy and wont let it be uploaded. If it isnt, its uploaded and only you can use it.
But then if tea mates all have the same skin (as you do) it will come up as a copy. So maybe have an option for Private, and other for "Private Team" so say a teams leader, puts in an allow list of all usernames ALLOWED to use the skin. So say Player1 is the leader and Player2, Player3 and Player4 are members. They will be put in the allowed list and it allows them to use the skin. If Player5 then joins the team somewhere down the line, the leader logs in, addes Player5 to the list and he is also allowd to use the skin.
In my eyes and a few other peoples i knows eyes it seems logical and practical but implimenting them i dont know if its possible.
Anyway, my idea. Dave
May sound sad but im following the only tutorial for LFS renders i can find, and i cant get the thing set up!
I got rio, that installed fine. But setting up the bloody car is a nightmare and the tut aint helping. So could someone please post their max files (if its max your using) please please please. Then i can render some skins for some people :P and myself.
Thanks.
I got rio, that installed fine. But setting up the bloody car is a nightmare and the tut aint helping. So could someone please post their max files (if its max your using) please please please. Then i can render some skins for some people :P and myself.
Thanks.
I'm guessing 3Ds max? Take the models and skins from LFS and produce it in max, adding sounds after.
Song isnt the normal racing game style music but does hit this movie home.
9/10 from me. Needs AA to REALLY hit it home imo. Nether the less, an awesome vid. Good job matey.
Song isnt the normal racing game style music but does hit this movie home.
9/10 from me. Needs AA to REALLY hit it home imo. Nether the less, an awesome vid. Good job matey.
I've never had a problem with the XRR, floored it and it just goes.
FV8 is a bitch though.
FV8 is a bitch though.
If i understand what it is... when you talk, you hear yourself through your speakers?
If so, open Volume Control (double click speaker icon in the tray) and tick the mute button for the mic. It wont mute you mic but should get rid of it.
If im wrong, soz, no idea
If so, open Volume Control (double click speaker icon in the tray) and tick the mute button for the mic. It wont mute you mic but should get rid of it.
If im wrong, soz, no idea
Would be a rock solid OS...
Depending on what time that is in GMT i will be there :P
You going to make another vid from that event Don?
You going to make another vid from that event Don?
Yeh im back on XP now. Not unlocking was a chunt tbh.
Glad i took the words outta your mouth for ya.
Nice one, small things like that make me smile.
I asked my dad. Next week David, Next week David. At the weekend David. Next week David. (which was my money issues really lol) so i got off my bum, got a money order and sent it to the devs. No theft involved and i got what i want
So probably if you can, get a money order and post it. I will probably get their faster than your dad doing it online.
No theft involved and i got what i want So probably if you can, get a money order and post it. I will probably get their faster than your dad doing it online.
Pritty sweet movie imo.
The intro is quite good. Every angle i loved, set it all off. Looked very professional.
Probably random but at the beggining when the front wheel locks, its in time with the music. (Sad? yes i am )
9/10 from me
The intro is quite good. Every angle i loved, set it all off. Looked very professional.
Probably random but at the beggining when the front wheel locks, its in time with the music. (Sad? yes i am
)9/10 from me
Rims seem a good idea. Maybe different sizes wheels too? Smaller wheels give you a little more speed, but not as much traction and steering, but bigger gives you a little less speed but a bit more traction and steering.
IMO the way upgrades can be implimented is for EVERY part to have pro's and cons. Having bigger brakes slows you faster but wares in quicker. etc Then that way not everyone will have the fastest, lightest, overall best part, like NFS.
IMO the way upgrades can be implimented is for EVERY part to have pro's and cons. Having bigger brakes slows you faster but wares in quicker. etc Then that way not everyone will have the fastest, lightest, overall best part, like NFS.
Slow download but got there in the end.
Im with squidhead on this one. Low FPS usualy due to fraps but in this case its the content. Its plain. I know its just showing you guys having a nice race but some different angles showing all different parts of the race would really set it off. Their are loads of oppertunitys imo in there, just need to grab them and use them.
Im with squidhead on this one. Low FPS usualy due to fraps but in this case its the content. Its plain. I know its just showing you guys having a nice race but some different angles showing all different parts of the race would really set it off. Their are loads of oppertunitys imo in there, just need to grab them and use them.
Sooooo much scarcasm.
Regards to the vid: If its a promotional video, you want to show bumper to bumper racing, over taking, custom views, a full grid and a "wow" factor.
Imaging it like this. You watch a trailer for a new movie, lets say Disneys "Cars" for example. That trailer is what will either rake in millions of customers, or it will discourage them. They take the best bits, funny, sad, whatever and put it into a small 1 - 2 minute clip.
If you were translate it over to LFS, you will need the Wow factor of the close, fast paced racing and some spins (after all, everyone spins off. No one is perfect) some camera angles to add to that and a nice music track to set it all off. All of which will either rake in loads of potential racers or discourage them.
IMO this is wavering on the discouraging end of the see-saw.
My 2 cents.
Regards to the vid: If its a promotional video, you want to show bumper to bumper racing, over taking, custom views, a full grid and a "wow" factor.
Imaging it like this. You watch a trailer for a new movie, lets say Disneys "Cars" for example. That trailer is what will either rake in millions of customers, or it will discourage them. They take the best bits, funny, sad, whatever and put it into a small 1 - 2 minute clip.
If you were translate it over to LFS, you will need the Wow factor of the close, fast paced racing and some spins (after all, everyone spins off. No one is perfect) some camera angles to add to that and a nice music track to set it all off. All of which will either rake in loads of potential racers or discourage them.
IMO this is wavering on the discouraging end of the see-saw.
My 2 cents.
Pah, sod the marshals, more fun dodging debris
But yeh, i see your point
I want damage in patch V. Bumpers hanging off, bonnets unhinged so wreckers have an obscured view, if part fall off, they lie on the track where they stop untill a track change / restart. Be brill.
Some sort of Transit Van!!! Top heavy, semi-fast and not very areodynamic. TBH they would be great fun like the UF1000 is.
Whoops, my bad. Need sleep before i make a fool of myseld 
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