Quote from joen :

That's because it's a bumpmap. A bumpmap creates the illusion of depth on a surface. the white parts are the normal "height" of the surface, the black parts indicate which parts should appear to be of lower height. This is then processed by for instance a game to fake depth. So it has nothing to do with colouring the tyre.

And there's no other file that controls the rubber colur, like I said it's vertex colored.

its not really a bump map in that case, more like an alpha map.
i think you could add the white line by editing the alpha channel of the texture

dunno if this is happening from some patches, but today i noticed that the string "Rubber Dark" in the config resets itself everytime i start the game. i used that to make the rubber lay a bit darker, to make the tracks more "used". Just asking if the reset is intentional.
Speaking of that, i was thinking if its possible to store the skidmarks layed down during a race to a saved buffer, and reuse that when you open the track another time.
Having lots of fun with false starts and no reset

Quote from Kid222 :

Really? My minimap is rotating since i play LFS (10/2005)

sorry, but i really doubt that.
btw, very nice addition on rotating map. everything seems to work fine for now. going to do other testing..

Quote from ste_ :

Because LFS is made with love!!

quote that

Quote from Bob Smith :

High res mirrors are very nice, finally graphics are at an equal level. One issue though...

Is that supposed to be an improvement? Because now I can't stop DaveWS's sound pack from distorting all over the place, it sounds much better with V. I appreciate these aren't original sounds, and the sound editor is unsupported, but how are we supposed to eliminate clipping if reducing the volume still clips the sound? What was the benefit of this change?

strange. the davews pack sounds much better after the v2.
i'm not running on cheapo speakers

Quote from tpa :

I'm having the same problem

The also seems to be some sort of kink, when shifting from 5th to 6th, which is causing misshifts. Drives me nuts! :Eyecrazy:
I guess I'll be sending it to Logitech and get it fixed. Not right now, but in a couple of weeks I'd say... still to excited about that thing to send it right back

you are right, it feels strange when changing gears now.
i find myself misshifting often in other gears too. it seems a bit off axis.
never happened before

ok, got the shifter problem too.
any1 got a DIY solution?

happy bday scawen maybe i'm a bit late

ah, squeal of death??
BIRIII biii biiii biiiiiiii .. crash
damnit, must change card!

nice rear light, but the rest is way off the mood of the game for me.
i prefer to play nfs carbon if i want to see that
but overall the work is nicely done

Quote from dev :

Someone was talking about LFS randomly minimizing it self. It happened to me today while I was some setup tweaks online. This was the first time I ran LFS for like 2-3 hours in a row. I minimized it self several times in a couple of minutes. When I exited and started the game again it didn't happen any more.

maybe spyware?
that happened to a friend, and fixed that using a anti spy tool.

buy it, you will not regreet

very nice work keg..
i'd really wish to see you be part of the staff in the future..

Quote from CSU1 :

Dave, if I had any moderatorship here on LFSforum.net I would hang, draw and quarter your little sim account here for a post like that!
That is NO fuc*ing way to speak to another forum member:bananadea

second that. i just thought you mispelled the word.

oh. and i'm not a monkey. maybe

warM ?

just to say what i think: i love how you are doing the test paches work, all the compatibility fixes, sound engine improvments, and of course the interface polishing, that imho makes the product different from the rest.
keep up the good work!
oh. and i have the patience, i love the game as is, since its an incredible experience for me.

damn.. :|

www.pixmania.com
bought it here, but a little pricey (300eur with shipping and taxes)
if you are like me and you cant wait ..

i hope you have read my post..
just to know if i say crap :|

nice improvements overall.
regarding the map placement,and maybe times too. could you allow to align it on the other monitors too?This could be useful for triplehead users
another thing i think is that the arrows on the map are not enough pointing in one direction, too much triangley.

while here i add 2 other little things i think could be useful (feel free to avoid that, because i'm in wrong section )

g-force simulation:
as now, i think that the forces are simulated via a "spring" simulating head movements, but it feels really like a doll with the head attached with a spring, and a mounted camera. no resistance at all. why dont you try adding some dampening to the view movements too?maybe with a slider setting.. this could simulate some sort of muscle resistance

and another thing, when a player pits, put a little key near his name, so you'll know who has pitted.

thats all, have a nice day

Quote from Eldanor :

Fanboy thing you know...

lets go all play rfactor then.
but with f1800 imported from netkar PRO
it will be realistic then.

oh well

Quote from KiDCoDEa :

hey kunos, fisher-price called and they want the alien hovercraft with magneto balls running on rails technology from the 70s back.
understeer/oversteer was a complete canned joke.
game is nothing different from what it was.

mussolini, an elastic is not a car.

i think that this is a bit too much?

never used those keys so ok for me

ohhhhhh. brake squeal