http://www.rsownersclub.co.uk/video/dtv.wmv
"There's only one Gerry" [Marshall]
1976 U.K Touring cars, V8 Vauxhall's, Mk1 Escorts, Capris etc etc,
"There's only one Gerry" [Marshall]
1976 U.K Touring cars, V8 Vauxhall's, Mk1 Escorts, Capris etc etc,
There is indeed. Click the link below, register to join the masterskinnerz forums, look for the section on skinkits and download the photoshop document that contains a high res skin template with wireframe overlay for the car you want. That way, you'll be able to see where the individual polygons are and map your changes accurately. If however you don't have photoshop or an application that can read one of its files which is multi layered, then sorry it's trial and error.
http://skinnerz.proboards26.com/index.cgi?
http://skinnerz.proboards26.com/index.cgi?
For video editing purposes you need more RAM, other than that what you have is fine.
I have 1024mb, a 3400 64bit AMD chip and a pair of 200gb SATA hard disks on a striped raid array, and Adobe Premiere will still run slowly when I'm working on really big files. My system's not the world's fastest, but it's not slow either, so you get an idea of how resource intensive video editing is.
I have 1024mb, a 3400 64bit AMD chip and a pair of 200gb SATA hard disks on a striped raid array, and Adobe Premiere will still run slowly when I'm working on really big files. My system's not the world's fastest, but it's not slow either, so you get an idea of how resource intensive video editing is.
You could have made it a bit wider...
As a single player challenge it's quite fun to see if i can get outta second gear before I have to break, but it's probably too narrow to race on.
Nevermind, decent job just the same, nice one...
As a single player challenge it's quite fun to see if i can get outta second gear before I have to break, but it's probably too narrow to race on.
Nevermind, decent job just the same, nice one...
IF your FPS is that low when recording then, it's time to start winding down the graphics options, and maybe checking the number of system processes you have running to shut down anything that's not really necessary and free up some resources.
Sounds to me ultimately as though a faster machine may be the answer.
To be honest I've yet to try making LFS movies, but wouldn't mind giving it a try, if you still have my e-mail then look me up and I'll help you out. If not leave me a post and I'll pm you the address.
Sounds to me ultimately as though a faster machine may be the answer.
To be honest I've yet to try making LFS movies, but wouldn't mind giving it a try, if you still have my e-mail then look me up and I'll help you out. If not leave me a post and I'll pm you the address.
I'll be straight with you, this client of mine is a bit of a pain in the arse, he tends to be very difficult to get hold of, and then all of a sudden I get a miniDV tape full of crappy quality footage that he says needs doing in the next five minutes. Presuming I don't decide that he's more trouble than he's worth, which is pretty likely since the work is part of a uni project which means I can't be paid for it 
illepall I'm looking to take control of the project myself and get some better quality footage which means finding people with exciting cars who might want to drive to an airfield somewhere [tracks are a pain in the arse to get filming permission for] and record me some footage, probably without being paid very much...
So at this stage I'd suggest you consider it something which is unlikely to happen, but there's a chance it might. As for the sound, it would be possible, but your Reynard has an open cockpit which usually means an awful lot of wind noise, and not much else, and if we stick the mic in the engine bay the sound would probably be horribly distorted. I'd have to look at the car and try to figure something out....but as I said at this stage it's a bit pie in the sky anyway.
If you have a miniDV cam to use as a recording device then you could pick up a bullet cam of your own for around £150-£200 or so...the two connect with a cable, typically the bullet cam sees and the camcorder records and does the sound, so you either need to site it properly or use a plug in mic.
http://www.rfconcepts.co.uk/cameras.htm that's not my client since he doesn't have a website...
but it might give you and idea or two...
illepall I'm looking to take control of the project myself and get some better quality footage which means finding people with exciting cars who might want to drive to an airfield somewhere [tracks are a pain in the arse to get filming permission for] and record me some footage, probably without being paid very much... So at this stage I'd suggest you consider it something which is unlikely to happen, but there's a chance it might. As for the sound, it would be possible, but your Reynard has an open cockpit which usually means an awful lot of wind noise, and not much else, and if we stick the mic in the engine bay the sound would probably be horribly distorted. I'd have to look at the car and try to figure something out....but as I said at this stage it's a bit pie in the sky anyway.
If you have a miniDV cam to use as a recording device then you could pick up a bullet cam of your own for around £150-£200 or so...the two connect with a cable, typically the bullet cam sees and the camcorder records and does the sound, so you either need to site it properly or use a plug in mic.
http://www.rfconcepts.co.uk/cameras.htm that's not my client since he doesn't have a website...
but it might give you and idea or two...What a toy...nice pictures too....
I'll make you no promises, since I have no idea at this stage how things will pan out, but I'm currently dealing with a client who makes wireless bullet cams, [wireless so that the recording device doesn't have to be on the vehicle...] maybe we might hook up sometime and give you that "wheels view"
There's a chance we'll be at the Autosport International exhibition at the NEC Birmingham in mid Jan, I'll see if I can get hold of my elusive client and PM you or something...
As an explanation to the above, I'm a digital media student, I specialise in film/video editing photography, web design [not coding but graphics] and general digital art.
I'll make you no promises, since I have no idea at this stage how things will pan out, but I'm currently dealing with a client who makes wireless bullet cams, [wireless so that the recording device doesn't have to be on the vehicle...] maybe we might hook up sometime and give you that "wheels view"
There's a chance we'll be at the Autosport International exhibition at the NEC Birmingham in mid Jan, I'll see if I can get hold of my elusive client and PM you or something...
As an explanation to the above, I'm a digital media student, I specialise in film/video editing photography, web design [not coding but graphics] and general digital art.
Adjust your max fps in LFS to whatever fraps is running at or maybe just over, I suspect what's happening is that LFS is running quite a bit faster than fraps can capture it, hence missing frames on playback.
If the frames are being dropped on compression then check the output settings in the compression software. One of the ways in which compression softwares achieve that magic small file size is by setting a maximum number of frames per second, and dropping frames or merging them together ensure the output stays below that maximum rate.
If the frames are being dropped on compression then check the output settings in the compression software. One of the ways in which compression softwares achieve that magic small file size is by setting a maximum number of frames per second, and dropping frames or merging them together ensure the output stays below that maximum rate.
You need a compressor to reduce the file size. Fraps makes silly sized files because it would give your poor computer far too much to think about to run your game, capture it and compress it at the same time.
Most video editing softwares render a final "cut" when you're done editing, at this point you select your compression codec. It depends what software you're using and what video codecs are installed on your machine as to what choice you'll get.
I'd recommend Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, and a decent codec pack, since that will enable you to compress your film down to a much smaller size, by using something popular like DivX etc
If you don't know anyone who has Premiere you could try this compressor instead, but as far as I know it's just a compressor, not an editing tool...
anyways the link to it was posted here http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=2082#post2082 [reply 4 by zockmachine]
Most video editing softwares render a final "cut" when you're done editing, at this point you select your compression codec. It depends what software you're using and what video codecs are installed on your machine as to what choice you'll get.
I'd recommend Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5, and a decent codec pack, since that will enable you to compress your film down to a much smaller size, by using something popular like DivX etc
If you don't know anyone who has Premiere you could try this compressor instead, but as far as I know it's just a compressor, not an editing tool...
anyways the link to it was posted here http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=2082#post2082 [reply 4 by zockmachine]
Ghostrider meets LFS meets a guy with a good grip on an editing suite...
I'm proper impressed by the creativity that's going on in this forum section, there's some really good interesting stuff that's not just "ooh look it's a car....and it's going 'round a track...fancy that"
Nice one...more "Teh Carl" please...
I'm proper impressed by the creativity that's going on in this forum section, there's some really good interesting stuff that's not just "ooh look it's a car....and it's going 'round a track...fancy that"
Nice one...more "Teh Carl" please...
Merry [insert politically correct noun of your choice here]
Seriously, I hope that everyone has a fun and safe break.
Seriously, I hope that everyone has a fun and safe break.
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For you on your monitor, yes, for anyone who's viewing you online no.
The only skin I've released so far clearly has "this is a public skin" written on it. The race number is a part of the colour scheme on that skin, and might not be totally straightforward to change, not that I'd object if somebody did, as long as they didn't make a complete hash of it
The other skin I have uploaded is my personal FXO skin which has "this is a private skin do not use it" written on it. Seems fair enough to me, that's why I label stuff that way
The other skin I have uploaded is my personal FXO skin which has "this is a private skin do not use it" written on it. Seems fair enough to me, that's why I label stuff that way
Sorry, let me clarify things a little. I quite agree that changing names and numbers on skins is not really a big deal, after all race numbers/driver names/windscreeen decals etc is often just about the only thing that makes one car distinguishable from another.
Whilst I accept that there's no such thing as a truly original idea, and that arguably most skinners are breaking copyright law by reproducing decals/logos/real racing paint schemes etc, as far as I'm concerned changing racing numbers etc is as far as it goes, no copying of outlines or graphics etc, no editing somebody else's work and calling it your own. A skin created by somebody else is their own property, and it should stay that way.
With regard to idea you propose, in principle it's fine, in practice, I feel it likely that there will be those whose "moral" stance means they abide by it, and there will be those who will do the opposite and break it.
Whilst I accept that there's no such thing as a truly original idea, and that arguably most skinners are breaking copyright law by reproducing decals/logos/real racing paint schemes etc, as far as I'm concerned changing racing numbers etc is as far as it goes, no copying of outlines or graphics etc, no editing somebody else's work and calling it your own. A skin created by somebody else is their own property, and it should stay that way.
With regard to idea you propose, in principle it's fine, in practice, I feel it likely that there will be those whose "moral" stance means they abide by it, and there will be those who will do the opposite and break it.
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I'm not too sure about this one, copyright isn't particularly enforcable on the internet, we all know that, thus I'd say it's inevitable that the work of the better/more popular skinners is going to be stolen or copied. That said I do NOT think that makes such behaviour anywhere close to acceptable never mind about correct.
There's a difference between being inspired by something and blatantly copying it or worse editing it and re-submitting it, unfortunately my personal opinion is that whilst what you propose is sound in principle, anything can be edited out of a .jpg, and whilst I don't want to spend hours working with photoshop to create something only to see it abused by others,and would never even think of doing that to someone else's work, there will always be those who do not see such "theft" as a wrong doing.
It's a real shame to have to say if you don't want to acknowledge the possibility of your work being ripped then don't make it public, but I do think that's the bottom line.
There's a difference between being inspired by something and blatantly copying it or worse editing it and re-submitting it, unfortunately my personal opinion is that whilst what you propose is sound in principle, anything can be edited out of a .jpg, and whilst I don't want to spend hours working with photoshop to create something only to see it abused by others,and would never even think of doing that to someone else's work, there will always be those who do not see such "theft" as a wrong doing.
It's a real shame to have to say if you don't want to acknowledge the possibility of your work being ripped then don't make it public, but I do think that's the bottom line.
I quite agree Al, if I'm proven wrong I'm ready to apologise.
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I didn't see what happened on one of the two occasions when you have said that he wrecked your car, on the one occasion when I was at the back of the line fo the three of us, it appeared that you made a good job of wrecking your own car, by driving straight into a wall when noname was passing you down the other side of the track.
Noname and I raced for a good 20 minutes before you joined the game, he in his XRR, me in my Fox, he followed me closely too, waiting for me to catch up on the straights since he had far more speed then me. He wanted to drive 'round the track with somebody else in view rather than by himself. At no point in the 20 minutes we raced togoether did he wreck my car, push me off the track or do anything I considered as trying to wreck my race. That's why I asked you to explain the first time you raised a ban vote. I don't think the explanation you offered was particularly helpful, and after watching you try to get him banned by pitting and calling a ban vote everytime somebody else joined the server, in the end my patience wore thin, and it was I not noname who called the vote which got you banned.
As far as I know the ban on the CCUK server is for 24 hours, you'll be able to return there after that, I will not hold a grudge against you, and will be quite happy to race you in future.
Since this sort of thread never does the forum any good, if you have anything else you wish to say to me then please send me a private message.
Thank you.
Noname and I raced for a good 20 minutes before you joined the game, he in his XRR, me in my Fox, he followed me closely too, waiting for me to catch up on the straights since he had far more speed then me. He wanted to drive 'round the track with somebody else in view rather than by himself. At no point in the 20 minutes we raced togoether did he wreck my car, push me off the track or do anything I considered as trying to wreck my race. That's why I asked you to explain the first time you raised a ban vote. I don't think the explanation you offered was particularly helpful, and after watching you try to get him banned by pitting and calling a ban vote everytime somebody else joined the server, in the end my patience wore thin, and it was I not noname who called the vote which got you banned.
As far as I know the ban on the CCUK server is for 24 hours, you'll be able to return there after that, I will not hold a grudge against you, and will be quite happy to race you in future.
Since this sort of thread never does the forum any good, if you have anything else you wish to say to me then please send me a private message.
Thank you.
It's obvious that you've put a lot of work into that, the patterns align nicely, and that's probably a bigger achievement than making the patterns themselves.
In terms of technical achievement, you ought to be proud of it, in terms of personal taste, well, it's not really something that makes me go wow!, but hey you like it and that's reason enough to ignore me
Well done....particularly if you didn't know a great deal about photoshop when you started making it, and if it took you THAT long to make it, then it's certainly been worth it....now go make another
In terms of technical achievement, you ought to be proud of it, in terms of personal taste, well, it's not really something that makes me go wow!, but hey you like it and that's reason enough to ignore me
Well done....particularly if you didn't know a great deal about photoshop when you started making it, and if it took you THAT long to make it, then it's certainly been worth it....now go make another
Strange.... I got em no problem.....rar archives with big .psd files in 'em.
I've tried to use the defaultskin[carnamehere].jpg as a template in the past, and I've gotta say it's no substitute for the wireframe templates, which offer much better definition.
You will have to register for masterskinnerz, to view the "skinning kits and templates" section, I'm not gonna hot link the page, that's not fair on somebody else's bandwidth bill.
If you really want em and can't get em elsewhere P.M me an email address and I'll see what I can sort out for you.
I've tried to use the defaultskin[carnamehere].jpg as a template in the past, and I've gotta say it's no substitute for the wireframe templates, which offer much better definition.
You will have to register for masterskinnerz, to view the "skinning kits and templates" section, I'm not gonna hot link the page, that's not fair on somebody else's bandwidth bill.
If you really want em and can't get em elsewhere P.M me an email address and I'll see what I can sort out for you.
It's basically a matter of creating a .jpg at 1024x1024 pixels and sticking it into the LFS/data/skins folder. The result needs to come out at 400kb or under to be ideal, and if you want to use it online then you need to visit the LFS world link at the top of this page, click "My online skins" and upload it, that way your opponents can see your skin too.
The skins folder is evidently full of the skins that your game is currently using, and it's also where you should save any that you download. As suggested by Al, if you visit Master Skinners, you will find some excellent resources including 2048x2048 pixel wireframe skin templates in .psd format. They are absolutely the resource that I have found thus far for making skins.
The skins folder is evidently full of the skins that your game is currently using, and it's also where you should save any that you download. As suggested by Al, if you visit Master Skinners, you will find some excellent resources including 2048x2048 pixel wireframe skin templates in .psd format. They are absolutely the resource that I have found thus far for making skins.
I'm runing a 9800 series card, and although I can't be specific about what causes the problem you describe, i've seen something very similar when I used to play Far Cry, but only ever in Multiplayer. When playing LFS in MP mode I sometimes get random mid grey coloured sheets rendered across the screen at interesting angles. They look like walls and more than once I've slammed on the brakes only to pass straight through...
I do know it's not restricted to overclocked cards [mine isn't] and I doubt it's specifically a driver/direct x problem, since I've changed both on my machine as games demanded and still occasionally get funky errors.
I just decided that I'd been slapped by a random gremlin, and left it at that. sorry I don't really have anthing useful to say other than "you're not alone" [cue Olive]
I do know it's not restricted to overclocked cards [mine isn't] and I doubt it's specifically a driver/direct x problem, since I've changed both on my machine as games demanded and still occasionally get funky errors.
I just decided that I'd been slapped by a random gremlin, and left it at that. sorry I don't really have anthing useful to say other than "you're not alone" [cue Olive]
http://www.topsecretjpn.com/gallery.shtml
has pics of their D1 series Nissan Fairlady Z (Z33)
I doubt it would be too difficult to adapt the shape to make it suitable for the FZR
has pics of their D1 series Nissan Fairlady Z (Z33)
I doubt it would be too difficult to adapt the shape to make it suitable for the FZR
Weeeeell I remember taking a gti/fxo/ supra look alike thingy around Blackwood in S1 and doing something that felt very similar in S2...
However I have this nagging feeling that I am being a stupid n00b and that you are pointing that out to me so I'm going to close my big mouth and go away in case I manage to fit the other foot in too...
However I have this nagging feeling that I am being a stupid n00b and that you are pointing that out to me so I'm going to close my big mouth and go away in case I manage to fit the other foot in too...
I remember writing a review of LFS S1 when it was first released for a now defunct gaming website, although I can't remember exactly when that was since none of that site's files are online anymore. if I had to guess I'd say late 2002 or perhaps early 2003.
[edit The join date of "March 2003" suggests that it was round that time that S1 was released since I set up the account in order to buy a copy of S1 for review /edit]
I played it for a while and then drifted off. Last Thursday I was idly surfing and discovered the S2 release and decided to buy it. I've no doubt I'll play S2 for a while and once more drift off to do other things, and one day I'll probably come back and get S3 too...
I suppose the point to all this is that personally I don't think paying £12 once every three years or so is such a bad thing, although the tracks and cars are very similar across the two releases. Consider how much content is common to all of the Gran Turismo games, personally I own them all, how many of you can say the same thing?
[edit The join date of "March 2003" suggests that it was round that time that S1 was released since I set up the account in order to buy a copy of S1 for review /edit]
I played it for a while and then drifted off. Last Thursday I was idly surfing and discovered the S2 release and decided to buy it. I've no doubt I'll play S2 for a while and once more drift off to do other things, and one day I'll probably come back and get S3 too...
I suppose the point to all this is that personally I don't think paying £12 once every three years or so is such a bad thing, although the tracks and cars are very similar across the two releases. Consider how much content is common to all of the Gran Turismo games, personally I own them all, how many of you can say the same thing?
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