Can I just confirm that you were having problems with the server passwords?
or your LFS game or account passwords?

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Do you have other fullscreen 3D games to test for your computers stability?

Alot of people are reporting issues with the 295 gfx cards.

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I have been experimenting with the speech recognition in both fire fox and Internet explorer, and it certainly feels easier to use in IE.

I was surprised at how quick it managed to recognise my voice commands and is better than any other speech recognition program I've used in the past.

Anyway back to do some more testing.

SD.

BTW, this post was made using Internet explorer with no hands: :-)

Quote from Jakg :

If you spend the accommodation one on an M3, where the hell do you actually live?

Hi Mizaki, you will get a far better feeling of immersion using a wheel and pedals set, any logitech force feedback wheel will give outstanding FF results when you set it up properly, and IMO its the feedback that lets you drive the cars to the very edge of the envelope.

The XFG is a great car to use as a learning tool as is the XRG, both are very forgiving and not too powerfull to be a handfull driving hard, LR racing are running a server using these cars, join and introduce yourself, let people know you are looking for a setup and you might get some good track tips and advice too.
I like to use a well balanced setup, with a bit of power oversteer, I love the close racing you can have with this class of car and have many sets for the different tracks.

your welcome at the Triple7racing teamserver anytime, if you see one of us there, pop in, say hello, this sunday happens to be the 1st sunday of the month, so we expect to have a populated server that evening

anyway good luck with your wheel purchase, and keep on practising

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Snap I have that same Dell2407

Wow that really looks nice, I wonder if you could backlight the LCD?

Just out of interest could you post a pic of the back? I wonder how you've hidden all the wires from the back of the switches etc, or is that all inside the sandwich?

Super looking Wheel

Well done.

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This reminds me of an old issue with LFS and ATI gfx cards, after some months with alot of ati users reporting problems (including myself) it was discovered that the ati drivers had a problem (possibly the targeted textures but thats a guess) after many of us reported this at the ATI webiste and at various forums ati driver devs were known to read, the problem was fixed in a subsiquent driver release.

I'm not saying its a Nvidia driver fault, just that it reminds me of that earlyer thing, however it could be

It could also be somwthing with the way DX is dealt with in Vista when paired with a vidia (again just a guess)

I wonder if this problem is fixed if you could "roll back" to DX9 c, Im assuming you have DX10.
Any chance of dual booting to XP to test if its still an issue with the same HW different OS, migh thelp to narrow it down a bit.

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No I normally have it somewhere between 30 and 60 % ingame.

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What OS does it have OS 8.6, OS 9 or OSX?

You should be able to get LFS running either by installing apple bootcamp and win xp (dual boot) or by using Wine, I'm not sure how well it would run on an ibook, as I havn't tried it myself, but let us all know if/when you do

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In LFS you can use the < and > keys (,.) ingame to change the FF on the fly, this only changes the power of the overall force, for the most realistic feeling the settings most have suggested are about right (I use 108% force and all other sliders at 0 centering spring enabled but set to 0)

When you actually drive the car, depending on how its setup, will effect what you feel ( camber and toe etc), different cars also give different feedback (fwd/rwd) your wheel might not center until you drive along (like a real car)

Also remember to calibrate the wheel and pedals inside LFS (options/controllers/"axis/ff", click recalibrate move all axis fully at least once, then click lock.

Good luck.
EDIT: Check your "wheel turn compensation" sliders setting it has a huge impact on how the wheel behaves near the center position.
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Last edited by SparkyDave, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 17:48.

Tristans right, any countrys bank can make an "international order" out in GBP and charge the buyer in whatever currency, normally with just some small extra charge

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You dont need to contact any dev to buy LFS licence with a money order.

Just log into your account at www.lfs.net and go to the shop page http://www.lfs.net/?page=shop after you click buy S2 or whatever option you require, you will be asked how you wish to pay, money order is the bottom one.
After selecting it you will proceed to a page that tells you where to send it and also you must write your username etc its all explained on the page.

Just make sure your local bank makes the money order out for GBP £ Pounds for the correct amount then pop it into the post and wait will take a little longer that other methods like paypal etc.

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Last edited by SparkyDave, Thu 30 Jul 2009, 16:19.

The Windows 7 RTC is already being installed onto new laptops etc, MS have given the green light for DVDs to be pressed. so you could get the latest download free version as its very close to the finished product. you will get around 10 months free usage and will be able to purchase it online should you decide to keep it

W7 does a good job of installing all the drivers you need including all the mobo drivers etc, and will allow you to install on a seperate partition/HDD and create a bootloader so you can choose to boot into W7 or your vista as is everytime you restart the PC.

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EDIT: from another thread I read the gotspeed has already tried a new "install" of LFS.

Hi StableX, installed any texture updates? have you tried a new downloaded LFS in a seperate new folder, without any addons (texture packs etc)?

In Vista do you have to run LFS as admin? have you tried running from an admin account?

Have you tried in 16bit and 32bit graphics modes?

Does this happen in all screen resolutions?

Have you tried running singleplayer full grid with all same (or none) skins on? ( I would try high res vs low res too)

Happens in windowed and full screen modes?

Have you tried dissabling the sound from device manager?

Do you have any Cool & Quiet throttling software installed?

all over the gaming forums people are having issues with the 295 card and i7 cpu, especially I have noticed with ASUS mobos, I imagine someone will find a driver prob and it should get solved eventually.

I have heard that with Nvidia cards its better to turn off AA+AF ingame and enable them specifically, or globally, in your nvidia control panal app, Shadowww would be a good person to ask, he knows good info about this stuff.

Good luck.

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Quote from JasonJ :

I'd take brake off mirrors over adjustable mirrors.

+1 for break-off dangling by the wires mirrors its alot easyer for wheel users to use left/right look buttons for getting visual positional info of cars alongside, thank using even a perfectly set up side mirror.

I think the way the view is split between mirrors in LFS is perfectly fine as it is now.

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What cake

Nice hats!

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Quote from MattsterGT :

problem with pit garage in aston

i've sent this over to LFS and go no responce so i'm telling you in a word document

with images and captions

Matt

Yes I too cannot see the word document, did you forget to attach it?

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Woohoo, I love birthdays

:laola::grouphug::laola:
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I have kept the packet size at 56 bytes to show comparative results with Pik_d


Wired ethenet base 10/100
Reply from 213.40.20.2: bytes=56 time=28ms TTL=53
Reply from 213.40.20.2: bytes=56 time=24ms TTL=53
Reply from 213.40.20.2: bytes=56 time=24ms TTL=53
Reply from 213.40.20.2: bytes=56 time=23ms TTL=53
Ping statistics for 213.40.20.2:
Packets: Sent = 50, Received = 50, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 22ms, Maximum = 48ms, Average = 28ms

======================================================

Wireless IEEE 802.11g

Reply from 213.40.20.2: bytes=56 time=30ms TTL=53
Reply from 213.40.20.2: bytes=56 time=24ms TTL=53
Reply from 213.40.20.2: bytes=56 time=28ms TTL=53
Reply from 213.40.20.2: bytes=56 time=25ms TTL=53
Ping statistics for 213.40.20.2:
Packets: Sent = 50, Received = 50, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 23ms, Maximum = 59ms, Average = 30ms


Conclusion; wired and wireless,about the same here, thats with everyone in the house sitting still, but I bet if the cat stretches I would lose a packet or two


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I think location plays a big part

Ill try this too asap

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Quote from XCNuse :

@sparky, sounds like a good idea, would add a lot of electrical components etc. might raise the price but, at something like that I'm wondering if it could put up with excessive wear and tear? Sounds like a good idea to me though.

Yes durability would be a concern, something like 2 or 3mm steel plate for the gate and lock with a short stick (like the original) would come in heavy, more of a concern for me would be the additional noise as the gate would have to slide back and forward (or side to side) each time you lift or clutch

If I had more free time, I would be able to attempt to make a prototype, thats of course after I adress about 5 other ideas I've had for making things in the last couple of years

I do like the idea tho, not sure if there is a market or not as the shifter is pretty good as standard.


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Thinking about the differences between a G25 shifter and real car gearbox, got me thinking it could be possible to make a shifter with a gate-lock.

The gate-lock, simply a moving peice of metal, attached to a spring, held or not by a solenoid, that locks the stick in whatever gear its in (by closing the exit to the slot its in) and only allows it out, if the clutch is fully depressed or the gas pedal is released, however the operation of not allowing it to move from neutral into a gear slot until revs are matched, becomes a little more difficult, needing feedback from the sim (rpm & speed), but could be somewhat programmable using the gas pedal position, I doubt the actual G25 shifter could be easly modded, but a stand alone replacement could be produced.

The G25s shifter changes from H to sequential with a similar yet simpler gate-lock system.

it would add a fair amount of gearstick feedback, just being able to apply pressure to the stick and then feel it "let go" as you come off the gas would be super

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Quote from The Very End :

Be sure to enable the latency thing inside the game, I don't remember the command for that, something about ctrl+shift+8 if I guess right, canot check since I'm not at a computer with LFS installed.

Its Shift+F8

Network debug mode

Very interesting thread this one, I have never liked or trusted wireless as so many things can interfere with the signal.

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Thats a bit like saying if everyone was nice to everyone else there would be no reason to murder is it not?

I think the admins (or Arieo) is doing its job by removing the foul mouthed, dirty bird, swearers

Here is the Team search box at LFS World should have all the infor you need there

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Quote from Austin31287 :

well i think i was banned from the gtr server 4 swearing because every race i was in i had some numpty just ram me off the track and this was at diffrent times so i think there doing a bad job admins were on and who wanted to have clean races and for not getting clean races and in need to swear get banned

Don't swear then!

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