I'll have to admit to not being a big fan of the way it switched in and out of colour so often, other than that it was a great clip! I am now officially jealous of the fact that you not only went to a great motorsport event but spent time with women who looked like that and liked to drive fast :bowdown:
I'm running a 9800pro on catalyst 6.1 drivers and have no problem, in fact my performance is probably better than on the previous driver set.
As the person above me said there have been problems with LFS and Radeon cards [or more specifically their driver set]. If you're not on the 6.1 driver set, you could try it, although all I can say is that it works well for me, which isn't a guarantee it'll work fine for you, since I have a 64bit 3400 Athlon therefore obviously my hardware is different to yours.
Your system sounds adequate to run what's essentially a directX 8 game, it's probably your video card/its drivers that's giving you grief.
As the person above me said there have been problems with LFS and Radeon cards [or more specifically their driver set]. If you're not on the 6.1 driver set, you could try it, although all I can say is that it works well for me, which isn't a guarantee it'll work fine for you, since I have a 64bit 3400 Athlon therefore obviously my hardware is different to yours.
Your system sounds adequate to run what's essentially a directX 8 game, it's probably your video card/its drivers that's giving you grief.
I take it you've zoomed in pretty close to the car to take that shot, since the decal looks quite pixellated?
If not, and you'd like it to be a major feature of the skin design, then I would definitely suggest making it again from scratch.
If not, and you'd like it to be a major feature of the skin design, then I would definitely suggest making it again from scratch.
Trouble with a colourize filter is that it coverts everything to different shades of one colour. I appreciate you can have some control by selecting different parts of the image before you run the filter, but that graphic is small and quite low quality, meaning that it would be tough to select ALL of the pixels which need colourising. The end result would probably be a few random red pixels around the edge of the text which would be a pain in the arse to colour individually.
Honest opinion, the best option would be to recreate the decal.
Honest opinion, the best option would be to recreate the decal.
XRR = GTR version, roll cage, big wing more power, harder to drive, much faster etc etc. The "R" designation indicates the full on race version of the car in question.
That's a flat image, not something with seperate elements, so photoshop isn't really gonna be able to deal with it on a "one click you're done" basis.
Sorry, you're gonna have to do it manually is the short answer.
I have some kanji fonts I could send you if you're really struggling and need to remake it from scratch [pm me] but I can't match the "bushido" font.
Sorry, you're gonna have to do it manually is the short answer.
I have some kanji fonts I could send you if you're really struggling and need to remake it from scratch [pm me] but I can't match the "bushido" font.
Could you be a little more specific about what you'd like help with please?
Absolutely. Shared graphics memory isn't going to offer anything like the same performance as a proper graphics card, it's all about how fast your card is not how much memory it has, and onboard video isn't very quick.
Even a budget AGP card like an older Radeon 9600 or Nvidia 6600GT will do better than what you have now.
Even a budget AGP card like an older Radeon 9600 or Nvidia 6600GT will do better than what you have now.
Honest opinion, it's better not to scale the entire car to 1280x1024, for although doing so appears to offer the correct aspect ratio, in actual fact different parts of the skin are stretched by different amounts to make the skin fit the model. For instance the ever popular FZR model distorts the texture quite a bit more at its flared rear arch than it does on it's bonnet [hood].
I would tell you that the best way to achieve the correct aspect ratio is to compress every decal in the horizontal plane, but not the vertical plane, and to check the skin in the CMX viewer frequently, which will tell you whether or not you've got it right.
As for a sharp crisp look, well the bigger the decal is to begin with, the better, since you just shrink it to the size you want it, giving the false impression that it's better quality than it actually is. Increasing the size of decals isn't a great idea, since unless they're vector graphics and you're using something like Illustrator, they will begin to pixelate. It is better to attempt to recreate a decal than it is to scale it to sveral times its orginal size. If using photoshop then applying the unsharp mask filter to individual decals can also help.
I would tell you that the best way to achieve the correct aspect ratio is to compress every decal in the horizontal plane, but not the vertical plane, and to check the skin in the CMX viewer frequently, which will tell you whether or not you've got it right.
As for a sharp crisp look, well the bigger the decal is to begin with, the better, since you just shrink it to the size you want it, giving the false impression that it's better quality than it actually is. Increasing the size of decals isn't a great idea, since unless they're vector graphics and you're using something like Illustrator, they will begin to pixelate. It is better to attempt to recreate a decal than it is to scale it to sveral times its orginal size. If using photoshop then applying the unsharp mask filter to individual decals can also help.
I agree with the comment about the Elf logos on the side of the car.
Because LFS stretches the skin texture to fit the car, most decals placed on the car need to be compressed in the horizontal plane only.
There's no hard and fast rule for the amount of compression since all the cars are different,and different parts of the texture may be stretched by different amounts. If you have something like photoshop then try free transforming the decal to 70% width and 100% height and see what that looks like.
Sony soundforge....records whatever your soundcard is doing.
http://www.sonymediasoftware.c ... s/ShowProduct.asp?PID=961
http://www.sonymediasoftware.c ... s/ShowProduct.asp?PID=961
D'oh....just realised it means that Bratislava has an airport called "vienna" :doh:
I read it as being the other way around, I did initially think it a bit strange since I know Bratislava isn't in Austria...
I read it as being the other way around, I did initially think it a bit strange since I know Bratislava isn't in Austria...
Doesn't really matter how fast your line is, if you get a bad "hop" between you and the game server it's gonna lag, and if other people got a bad "hop" then you'll see them lagging too.
Evidently the more load on the server the more lag is likely, full ones with people joining and leaving often are gonna perform worse than near empty ones. I get sometimes get lag on a UK <50 ping server that's near full, when someone joins and the server send them the world's supply of skins.
You might be able to improve your game performance slightly by bringing down some of the graphics options such as multiplayer draw distance and level of detail [LOD], you could also try limiting your max FPS.
One other thing to bear in mind is that right now you're only on demo servers, which may well be machines with less available resource, since many if not most rented servers are used by people serious about the game and therefore owners of a full licence.
As far as my online gaming experience goes LFS isn't actually at all bad, I can play on quite distant servers without too many problems because the net code is pretty good. Certainly connecting to a German LFS server usually gives me a smoother ride than if I connect to a German Battlefield 2 server.
Evidently the more load on the server the more lag is likely, full ones with people joining and leaving often are gonna perform worse than near empty ones. I get sometimes get lag on a UK <50 ping server that's near full, when someone joins and the server send them the world's supply of skins.
You might be able to improve your game performance slightly by bringing down some of the graphics options such as multiplayer draw distance and level of detail [LOD], you could also try limiting your max FPS.
One other thing to bear in mind is that right now you're only on demo servers, which may well be machines with less available resource, since many if not most rented servers are used by people serious about the game and therefore owners of a full licence.
As far as my online gaming experience goes LFS isn't actually at all bad, I can play on quite distant servers without too many problems because the net code is pretty good. Certainly connecting to a German LFS server usually gives me a smoother ride than if I connect to a German Battlefield 2 server.
Ryanair which does mean you'll have to go from Stanstead
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We're off to Berlin with them for about the same price.
Depends how easy it is for your to get to Stanstead and how far out Bratislava is at the other end, as to whether this will make a real difference.
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We're off to Berlin with them for about the same price.
Depends how easy it is for your to get to Stanstead and how far out Bratislava is at the other end, as to whether this will make a real difference.
Yes it is but it plays as video....meh I dunno mebbe the suffix is wrong and media player's just smart enough to play what it sees instead of worrying about it.
[quote=the_angry_angel]lol, those posts were hilarious - I think I've still got some of the better photoshop's around on one of my boxes (http://images.theangryangel.is ... o/ut2k3demo1%2520copy.jpg) 
I think I've even still got a shot of when I managed to get my name of CliffyB's net-aware scrolling notify thing (http://images.theangryangel.is ... fe%20webcamwebcam32_2.jpg).
Nice one... I too seem to have pictures in my old homestead filedump account
http://houseofsmax.homestead.com/files/cliffsez.jpg
http://houseofsmax.homestead.com/files/karl2.jpg
And even one from Cliffy's silly "photshop this" distraction thread.
http://houseofsmax.homestead.com/files/markpic_smax.jpg
After I posted those my homestead account went over its bandwidth allowance 3 days in a row-the only times it's ever done so, it would seem that you and I were not the only fanbois....
I think I've even still got a shot of when I managed to get my name of CliffyB's net-aware scrolling notify thing (http://images.theangryangel.is ... fe%20webcamwebcam32_2.jpg).Nice one... I too seem to have pictures in my old homestead filedump account
http://houseofsmax.homestead.com/files/cliffsez.jpg
http://houseofsmax.homestead.com/files/karl2.jpg
And even one from Cliffy's silly "photshop this" distraction thread.
http://houseofsmax.homestead.com/files/markpic_smax.jpg
After I posted those my homestead account went over its bandwidth allowance 3 days in a row-the only times it's ever done so, it would seem that you and I were not the only fanbois....
Sorry Deggis no, I tried to Shazzam it, but didn't get a hit...I'd guess it's "incidental" music written for T.V
Anyways got a new one for ya....this seems to have come out of Sweden, wherever it's from it's about some fruit who's flung a bit too much power at an old shed of a Volvo. Turned it into a proper turbo nutter b*****d seems it goes sideways quite nicely.
http://web.telia.com/~u58210379/Bjorcksbusbil2005trailer.wma
s'only 9mb grab it before it vanishes...
Anyways got a new one for ya....this seems to have come out of Sweden, wherever it's from it's about some fruit who's flung a bit too much power at an old shed of a Volvo. Turned it into a proper turbo nutter b*****d seems it goes sideways quite nicely.
http://web.telia.com/~u58210379/Bjorcksbusbil2005trailer.wma
s'only 9mb grab it before it vanishes...
I even went as far as taking part in the whole making up silly photoshops with a "in two weeks/where's the demo" thing that went on at the Planet Unreal Forums 'cos Mark Rein and Cliffy B used to read 'em. I worked the news on Unreality.dk, wrote map reviews on Come In Or Get Out, played with the [UITY] clan and in short was a total fanboi.
[even worse than Tristan]
I was GUTTED when the unicorn turned out the be real after all and I finally played "teh demo", but I bought the game anyway...I and everyone else in the clan had unistalled it within a fortnight and that was that, I've never played any of em since, and having seen the UT2007 videos I'm not in any hurry to play that either.
[even worse than Tristan
] I was GUTTED when the unicorn turned out the be real after all and I finally played "teh demo", but I bought the game anyway...I and everyone else in the clan had unistalled it within a fortnight and that was that, I've never played any of em since, and having seen the UT2007 videos I'm not in any hurry to play that either.
Hmmm I suppose it all started with a Printzsound [sp] thing that plugged into the telly and let you move lines that pretended to be racquets around to hit a blob which pretended to be a ball...called itself "tennis" although the "football" one was pretty much the same just with more blobs, kinda like primitive electronic table football. That must have been about the time that I was pestering my parents for 10pence pieces for a go on Space Invaders.
I had a coupla little hand held Pacmans and Donkey Kongs, then a 48k Spectrum, favourite games being Way of the exploding fist, Spyhunter and Attic Attack.
Then I stopped playing videogames for the best part of 15 years until I bought a PS1 Gran Turnismo 1,2 and Soulblade owned that, just as Gran Turismo 3,4 and Rachet & Clank own my PS2.
P.C wise the games I've lost most time to have been Unreal and Unreal Tournament 99, but I gave up on the UT series when UT2003 introduced all those silly disco stu break dancing moves and fubared the weapons [Thanks Cliffy B].
These days I'll play just about any FPS with a strong single palyer storyline, recent favourites being Far Cry and F.E.A.R. Multi player is taken care of by BF2/Special Forces, and other than NFSU2 & MW [which I happen to love :P] LFS is the only other game I have installed.
I had a coupla little hand held Pacmans and Donkey Kongs, then a 48k Spectrum, favourite games being Way of the exploding fist, Spyhunter and Attic Attack.
Then I stopped playing videogames for the best part of 15 years until I bought a PS1 Gran Turnismo 1,2 and Soulblade owned that, just as Gran Turismo 3,4 and Rachet & Clank own my PS2.
P.C wise the games I've lost most time to have been Unreal and Unreal Tournament 99, but I gave up on the UT series when UT2003 introduced all those silly disco stu break dancing moves and fubared the weapons [Thanks Cliffy B].
These days I'll play just about any FPS with a strong single palyer storyline, recent favourites being Far Cry and F.E.A.R. Multi player is taken care of by BF2/Special Forces, and other than NFSU2 & MW [which I happen to love :P] LFS is the only other game I have installed.
Enthusia took a battering in all the reviews I saw [admittedly not many] but poor reviews don't exactly help sales I suppose. I'm not going to comment on whether or not it's any good, since I've never played it.
I guess the thing to bear in mind with anything Clarkson related is that he's a journalist/entertainer/broadcaster, who does genuinely love cars, but Top Gear's gotta think of the viewing figures first, a fact born out by the fact that it's become much more entertainment programme/exotic car showcase and much less serious motoring programme over the past few years.
On the subject of Gran Turismo, well I can manage just under 5 minutes for the ring on a joypad in the Minolta Toyota, but I'm damned if the same joypad can get my Fox 'round Blackwood in under 1.14 so yeah no contest, LFS is a "sim" GT's a "game"
I guess the thing to bear in mind with anything Clarkson related is that he's a journalist/entertainer/broadcaster, who does genuinely love cars, but Top Gear's gotta think of the viewing figures first, a fact born out by the fact that it's become much more entertainment programme/exotic car showcase and much less serious motoring programme over the past few years.
On the subject of Gran Turismo, well I can manage just under 5 minutes for the ring on a joypad in the Minolta Toyota, but I'm damned if the same joypad can get my Fox 'round Blackwood in under 1.14 so yeah no contest, LFS is a "sim" GT's a "game"
Not Vienna no....I'll probably be in Berlin for the Transmediale digital media festival on around the same dates, but the point of my post is that I'd guess .spr files would be the best way of tracking times?
Presuming cost to be irrelevant to the equation then the answer is
Toyota AE86.
Current Audi S4.
Porsche Carrera GT.
Bugatti Veyron.
Nissan Skyline R34 Gt-R Vspec II.
NSX Type R.
Lotus Carlton.
Lotus Exige.
Escort Mark 1 Rs1600.
Lamborghini Muira.
Toyota AE86.
Current Audi S4.
Porsche Carrera GT.
Bugatti Veyron.
Nissan Skyline R34 Gt-R Vspec II.
NSX Type R.
Lotus Carlton.
Lotus Exige.
Escort Mark 1 Rs1600.
Lamborghini Muira.
It is possible....I play with a playstation controller, and after some fooling around I was able to set LFS up to steer with the mouse and use the analogue stick for throttle/brake....no way can I drive it like that 
illepall but below is the screenshot with the controller settings you'd need...
illepall but below is the screenshot with the controller settings you'd need...
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Personal opinion...the rubber tyre texture looks a slightly "odd" I can't quite decide why, but it doesn't say "tyre" to me.
There's a little too much reflectiveness about the whole scene for my taste, and the depth of field appears to be ever so slightly blurred.
However i do like the skins
There's a little too much reflectiveness about the whole scene for my taste, and the depth of field appears to be ever so slightly blurred.
However i do like the skins
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