Quote from danowat :

Going back to something Dave mentioned........could an automated friends list, like the friends list on the xbox360 live system, help find racers easy?.

Currently, there is no simple way (i know of) of finding your friends, sure, you can find them, but its not as easy as it could be.

On the xbl system, as soon as you log on it gives you prompts like, "racer a is racing on Forza 2, press a to join", surely something like this built in to LFS could aid finding our friends?

Sounds like a good idea Dan
We already have the /find command, I would have thought without too much programming time, a system could be made to look for your "buddys" when you click multiplayer, maybe auto buddy list update (from LFSWorld) or manual where you have to input all your friends usernames, the former would be nice

I've thought about that "splitting the forum" idea Gener_Al mentioned, but I think whatever measures you take people will circumvent them, increasing the need for more policing in the long run, itws worth noting that the state of the forum and the state of online activity dont reflect each other IMO, there is still good racing online once you find the right bunch of like minded players but to the new to LFS player I think this forum has become a very dark place compared to what it was when it began, after the good old RSC days lol

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Last edited by SparkyDave, Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:33.

Hey Shaun, nice to see you active again

I'm probably repeating some of what has already been said...

The way I see it its hard to find a popular server that isint running areio (sp) not only does this destroy the inserver chat, it also means all the car filters in LFS serverlist are no longer correct.
I joined a TBO (listed in serverlist) server a few months back, and couldn't drive any of the TBO cars because of server specific rules (points related)
I did stay and drive the XFR and realised I needed to drive months before accuiring the neccessary pointsrank. I felt dissapointed but continued at the LR server and enjoied some really nice races. I achieved the TBO rank last week
For me when in an "arieo" server I find the !help commands feel unnatural compared to what CTRA had, and I still dont understand what all the info displayed in some menus means.

When the CTRA was running it was the first of its kind, only had 3 or 4 public servers out of hundreds of "normal" servers, and when you joined it clearly told you what you needed to drive etc and backed it all up with a website that tracked everything, with clear and comprehensive rules etc.
Its seems now every server has different arieo settings and commands and is more confusing, than ctra was, to me at least.

There are still good pickup races to be had, you just need to use your LFS buddy list to find them or keep shifting servers until you find something good

The flood of BL1 servers is of course because a few patches back demo servers got combined with S1 and S2 servers in the list, without the option of filtering them ATM

Ill keep an eye out for ya on the servers Fordie ;P

SD.

Last edited by SparkyDave, Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:43.

what version of LFS are you running?

When did it last work correctly?

Have you tried a fresh LFS install?

Does this happen on all servers?

Do you have any problem conneting to demo hosts?

EDIT: just looked through some of your posts Klingon, did you buy LFS from liveforspeed.net or is this sold to you from another? ( I only ask because of THIS post)

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Last edited by SparkyDave, Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:34.

HardWare
I mean wheel/pedals, etc.

SD.

I think it would be nice to have another button (similar to pause/car/view left of the progress indicator bar) that basically does what Shift+F does, but with the addition of hiding all chat messages also.

This would enable anyone to view the replay in trackside/TV cam view, without any text, and without knowing all the KB shortcuts.
I've been asked more about LFS, when people have seen replays playing on my PC(in the background so to speak) some have said it looks more like watching a TV race that way

Thanks for reading

SD.

Quote from Lau_HC :

Hi all.

First of, I'm a newb, so bare with me.

I only just downloaded the game today, and I must say, it looks great. So naturally I'm thinking, why not go all the way immediately and buy S2, after all, it's not a fortune, only 24€!

So here are my questions; The game has been out for a long time in various versions, so I guess a lot of people came and left. After all these years, is the game dying or is the scene still active? Is any future updates planned? and finally, playing online, how many servers are there, and are they full of people waiting to look at me in their rear view mirror, or do you have to be lucky to find 10 people to race against?

Oh and BTW, broken english is a language too.

Quote from Lau_HC :

Thanks for your quick replies.

I like what I hear, and I will be buying the game later tonight!

See ya in the mirror!

Reads perfectly fine to me Shadow, at no point was any "I am better than you" written or inferred.

It just feels very negative when you start posting stuff like that Shadow
This person comes here asking about S2 and its userbase, another possible licence sale for Scavier, we are his first impression of this forum, all of us posting here in this thread.

@Lau, luckily there are less foolish drivers in S2 servers than in the demo, so if serious racing is what your after theres more of it

I think there are also alot of mature & responsible people here on the forum, however a minority are also spammers and are tolerated a little too much IMO, but youll get used to who to ignore

I wish I could

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Great to hear

If you (or a Mod) could put a [SOLVED] in the thread title, would be fab

Have fun with LFS

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Whats your point Shadoww?

If you took the time to read the OP's post you would know he only downloaded today!

So fast to post, slow up a little, post something on topic or at least enter into the discussion with somthing valid, I know you can do it

I guess a new to LFS player would want to set up HW and play a little off-line maybe? nothing wrong with that.

Anyway nice of you to be so pleasent in welcoming a new forum member, Shadow!

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Welcome
Just to add, an LFS S2 licence costs £24 thats around €28 at current rates.

There are loads of servers (around 700 last time I checked) but many are empty or private, I usually filter empty hosts, and this leaves me around 60-100 occupied servers to join, (this is late evening after 2100hrs GMT)

I have been joining the LR race servers quite a bit latley and grid sizes are very good there, usually 20-30 drivers or more

Depending on your driving style preference (ie drift, cruise or race)and car preference, you should still find plenty of drivers to race against

If you come across me in the LR server, I look forward to looking at you, looking at me, looking at you in my rear view mirror

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Hi Bancika, welcome to the forums

looks to me like its a dell driver issue, you will probably need to update your X3100 drivers.

Here is another thread with identical issue (again on a Dell laptop)

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=55426

Good Luck

SD.

Nokia E90 very usefull with the built in wifi too


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You havn't mentioned what your system specs and OS are, if you boot in safe mode (F8 during windows boot) do you still get the artifacts?

I would try removing and reinstalling the GFX card drivers as a first step.

Have you done any overclocking at all? or is the GFX card 2nd hand?

Check the GFX card is free from dust/grime on the heatsink and the fan is working.

Have you recently added any HW you might be overloading your PSU (although this would most likely cause instant crash/reboot)

Good luck.

SD.

Does your "button box" show up as a controller in LFS, if yes you can assign in options/ controls. look for Alt+ and Ctrl+

See this thread http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=32920

Goodluck

SD.

Last edited by SparkyDave, Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:57.

I've connected loads of large deisel generators on building sites and the like, some as big as trucks, most of the modern ones have really, really good sound proofing, you can hear them, but not as loud as you would think.

You would need a UPS and use it to invoke the generator (autostart) because you need a buffer to give the generator time to get up to speed then a changeover switch for exclusive generator power.

If you just want to power your computers in a power cut, depending on how many PCs and other HW you want powered you can work out the demand you will require, a heavy duty UPS could give you 3hrs or more, and with a shed full of scrapheap 12v lorry/golf cart batterys much longer

1500Kwh for 60 days is 25Kwh a day I think thats alot, but you may have electric water heating/cooker etc and it all adds up, I run an energy monitor and my family (me+wife+2kids) uses around 10-15 Kwh a day, less than 10 if I run around after everyone and we sit in the dark at night

Consider green alternatives to conventional generators as the price of electricity is set to keep rising, and with the energy bill passed (here in Europe), suppliers are forced to "buy-back" any extra electricty that customers who use green micro generation can produce, at a substantially higher price (edit: not sure about Canadian laws)

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Last edited by SparkyDave, Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:30.

Quote from Bboy-MassUK :

I think your missing the POINT Dave.

You started all the BS with your comments towards me.

LEAVE. No mate.

All i wanted to do was let you guys know what I was Simming with???? So what??? Every IT forum im a memeber of share this type of details and YOU mofo had to start with all the BS.

Get in your VIRTUAL car and F&*& off.

OK.

Is that aimed at me?
I know some here post hostile comments towards others, However I have not.

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What sort of power requirments are you looking for Blunder?
Sounds like you want a grease powered generator?

I've built simple wind generators based on axial flux type (big magnets and coils of wire) Im building one this summer that should have around a 3m wing diameter.
water generators are simple to construct too if you live with a stream or waterfall in your garden you could (with aprox 10m head) easy run a 5kw generator all year round.

I've dabbled with solar, I have some 12v charging arrays and a batch of individual cells waiting for me to solder them all

I am a bit of a green energy fan I mean why not?

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No thanks

If I wanted a passtime for the rich, I would be into real motosport

Ill try any free demo they put out but If I pay £13 I would like more than a month to evaluate, especially given the actual time I give over to hobbies like virtual racing, I take it if/when you stop paying it shuts your offline practise too?

Good to hear that it blows all other sims you've played out the water tho, Ill just keep an eye out for that coupon day

SD.

Do you mean Iracing?

I wonder if they will ever do a coupon day? or other free demo, just to let some of us less affluent enjoy this iracing everyones always raving about
Can you get pickup racing in iracing? or do you have to be online at specific times?
Is there many people playing in the free (but with credit card details??) demo?
can you race any class of car you wish? or do you have to play through all the lower levels first?

Maybe one day I will try this iracer/iracing/idriver whatever its called

SD.

Last edited by SparkyDave, Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:51.

Can someone post exactly how to reproduce this "Realtek bug" please?

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Quote from Alex_92 :

is the wheel only meant to turn one and a quarter from centre.. to each side.. because its 900 deg lock to lock.. but i always thought that i could spin the wheel 2 and a half spins from the centre.. maybe im wrong

hehe too many VB's

1&1/4 turns is 360deg +90deg = 450deg from center to each side

450 + 450 = 900

Sounds perfect to me

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Quote from Alex_92 :

but im in australia.. so if i went to a post office. asked for a money order.. they would convert it into the pounds? that would be sweet as

Absolutly, ask for an international money order made out for £24GBP (about $48.75AUD (assuming you want S2)) then send it airmail to the devs with your user info, should take around 2-3 weeks to become licenced
All the info is on the main LFS site

Good Luck

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Welcome to the forums

LFS is uses DX8, as you have said it looks as good if not better than some games/sims, some that use DX9 shaders too.

I doubt we will see any DX9 or DX10 effects in LFS anytime soon however due to the way its developed, you never know whats round the corner

For me I like the GFX and when racing I dont look at the scenery a great deal

SD.

If you have a UK bank account you can buy LFS licence and pay by cheque, it takes a few days longer to show up due to post and clearing etc, you can also pop into the post office and ask for a money order, hand over the cash to postie then send the money order to LFS HQ, slightly quicker as money orders are like cash So if you really want S2 and you earn your own money....


If you like the demo, you should love the S2 cars and tracks, I think the extra content and everyting else that comes with a licence is well worth it, for me anyway

OT/

I don't think Vane meant anything, he was just asking the question

Alex, pay no attention to people who say S2 users are better than Demo users, some here are a little narrow minded, however most are friendly, polite and responsible.

SD.

Kevin, have you driven the other 2 "road cars" both the XFG and XRG are really good for training, and IMO are more forgiving than the FBM, so rather than spinning the XRG will just drift a bit and teaches you how to regain control when you lose it

Its all about learning the track (or tracks if you get S1-2) and knowing when to brake and the apex speeds etc it will come to you soon enough.

a good tip is when lapping press shift F this removes all info from the screen so you can concentrate on just driving, look far ahead and not at your speedo etc and just try to be smooth and gentle

Good luck

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Yes the G25 installs and performs flawlessly under 7 for me too
I would imagine the DFGT uses the same driverset.

SD.