Quote from bogdani.cojocaru :

Scawen is there going to be multi-core support in the next update you're planning to release?

Certainly not.
Westhill will get an update and maybe something todo with 3D view using a red/green glasses.
Then the next big update, will be about tyre physics.

Quote from Ikskast :

I opened all of the ports: 29339 ( or something ) 63392, 63390, and it still doesn't let me or anyone else connect.

Have you seen this: http://www.lfs.net/?page=faq&id=13
You need to open both UDP and TCP ports.

Quote from JackSun :

I can't see any servers listed. It counts up the number of servers available ok but none are shown. I have made sure the filters are set to show all, public, private and empty but nothing showing, any ideas?

If servers are counted and you are able to join a server when you connect to it directly, then it must be a filter issue.

I like to help you, what do you want to know?

Quote from Flotch :

perfect

my 2c anyway : I am not a big fan of limited setup options as this allow to hide flaw in the physics in general (I have some serious doubt on AC on this point, 458 for example), while the total freedom earlier versions were allowing was so much interesting, even if not so realistic (I remember spending laps and laps on the FXO playing with scrub radius, caster, etc ... and this was actually fun and was proposing high technicity in the building of the final setup) ... but it is a game in the end, no ?

Limited setup options, will be optional, so don't worry.

Quote from Danoon24 :

Did the update for my amd driver, lfs still doesnt work.. i think im going to reset my entire laptop and install it all again.. with win8 not 8.1.
I dont think i can do anything else.

Get rid of Windows 8 entirely and stick with Windows 7.
W8 is a piece of crap and W9 will be out next year already and will be what W8 should have been.

Quote from Scawen :

It's a matter of time. I could spend 100% of my days working on a shape-shifting LFS to try to stay ahead of 100 hackers. And any moment I stopped they would have the answer and spread it to their mates, so they can bask in the glory of their successful decryption and whatever thrill it gives them.

But you see, there would be NO time for development of anything interesting, and my working life would descend into a wallowing pit of misery, my little time on earth would be all about fighting these miserable cheating children who can't figure out a way to use their skills for constructive purposes.

But I am not interested in fighting with 100 children. I'm interested in working on new developments. I spend enough time on the boring stuff that is needed to support the interesting stuff, but there a limit. And that is not lazyness. It's just seeing sense, drawing the line, in the same way that we like a clean floor but we will not spend every hour of every day with a broom or a vacuum cleaner wandering around looking for new bits of dust.

All that can be said to such reply is: hooray and amen

Quote from Nilex :

But yeah, good patch, no problems so far
(any change of digital speedo making a comeback? :shy

And the virtual mirror when driving with chaseview please.
I would love to see that come back for those (me included) that use that view.

Just a question from a way below average driver, do setups really make such difference?
I mean, since I am not fast by myself (all down to a lack of practice) I have asked quicker guys their setup and often got it.
Then I selected them, drove around for a couple of laps, only to find out that I was more off then on the track, since the setup hard ever suited my driving style.
I believe that the good drivers are fast anyway, just by setting a few things the right way (like brake balance, gearbox).

Quote from eddy678 :

I was on skype and then suddenly the laptop screen just shut off. When I had to reboot the laptop, the colour problem was there again. Is this a graphics card driver bug? :/

It is a hardware failure and might very well be releated to a cooling issue.
If you have the skills and tools, open up the laptop and clean the cooler that is supposed to keep the GPU cool.
If you don't have the skills and/or tools, take it in for repair and let it be handled by someone with knowledge of hardware.

Quote from Becky Rose :

Although it still amazes me that he did it without a 3D monitor or headset of any kind...

Scawen is a true genius, that's why.

Quote from sinanju :

Additional info - a Cruise addon was started by Fire_optikz001/T3charmy (start of forum topic HERE) and code can be found at end of topic HERE.

So a lot of code has already been done.

That's funny.
Now I see that thread again, I do remember it.
I secretly started my own cruise (well, Racing For Money actually) project a few weeks ago.
Came up with some very smart solutions, if I was the judge about it
Done so far:

-get a loan to buy first car when entering server
-variable interest level for the bank
-payment after each completed lap
-automatic tax of 33% every lap, when having a loan
-option to donate price money
-top3 of each race get a share of the price pool
-take out loan
-payback loan
-buy new car
-buy extra intake
-fines when finishing a race with an open penalty (money goes into price pool)

I have a lot of ideas to add to this system, but footy is in the way now

I am glad it's solved and by the sound of it, it was a driver issue in the end then.
The restore method you used, is a restore to factory defaults, using an image supplied by Sony.
It has Windows pre-installed, along with drivers (probably old ones though)
You only need to run Windows update and need to have a look which drivers you can update.
Good luck and thanks for reporting back to us.

Quote from nikos12 :

may not want to go there but at least wanted to learn how to create

I have said it a couple of times lately.
Download LFS Lapper, unzip de file, set the correct insim port and password and connect it to your LFS server (works even locally on your PC).
The start coding in that environment and see that it isn't too difficult to build a simple cruise system.
When you really get stuck, there's always this forum to show your code and ask for help.
It will save you all the trouble of having to code the whole insim protocol and the Lapper environment is flexible enough to coop with a cruise add-on.

Quote from eddy678 :

Okay I've reinstalled windows so now the laptop is back to factory default settings but the problem is still there

Hardware problem then.
So it has to go in for repair.
Probably a fried GPU (possibly because the cooler is cluttered with dust and dirt), but since it's a laptop, it will need a main-board switch to get it fixed.

Quote from Phantom_RB4 :

Is there gonna be more demo cars in LFS anytime soon?? I just wish the creators of LFS add like 2 more new demo cars. Srry just tired of driving XFG and XRG. I get boring after awhile.. :3 I have a suggestion for the creators.

Scawen stated recently that Demo drivers won't get more content.
So if you want to drive other cars, you will have to buy the game.
It's really cheap, so money can hardly be a problem and the game is more then worth it.

If re-installing the driver hasn't solved the problem (as said, I think the problem is hardware related), then a restore will probably not solve it either.
You could try a restore to factory defaults if you won't lose much by doing so.
Then you would know for sure if it's hardware related or not.

Since it happens before the driver for the video card has been loaded, I think it is a hardware fault.
Take it in for repair if you still have warranty (or even when you don't have it)

Congrats on this new release Scawen and thanks for both the work done on this patch as on the continued developement of LFS.

Quote from nikos12 :

I already did download some insim that are posted here but I can not install and I need help

Then it might have been useful to mention which one you downloaded and where you got stuck when trying to install it.
A forum like this is a nice place to get help, but your part is to come up with as much information as possible, so we can give you the help you need.
So what insim have you downloaded, where did you got stuck when installing it and what have you tried yourself to solve the problem?

Quote from misiek08 :

Post this question from your S2 account to get help.

What's the point in giving such hostile answer?
Either help the person or don't respond at all.
Asking a question is allowed, even for a demo player.

To answer the actual question, have a search on this forum.
You will find enough insim cruise programs, which you can download and install on your server.
If you really want to make one of your own (some experience in coding is required), start doing it within the LFS Lapper environment, as it will handle all your insim network traffic, so you can concentrate on the cruise code.

Quote from carmaniac1993 :

Alright i see what you're saying.
so lets try. When somebody gets spec'd for max car resets. I currently have that set to 5

Appreciate you working with me!

oh i apologize i didn't see that code you sent D:

There's also an event for when max car resets is reached:


As you can see in above code, a globalMsg (this means a message to be seen by everyone) is send and then the player who reached that limit, gets spectated.
There's also an option to send a message to the player who reached that limit, then you have to use privMsg
Using "langEngine" might be a little complitated when you first start coding, so forget about that for now and work with normal text.

Quote from carmaniac1993 :

Just whenever they spectate or get spectated.

Second learning point then
Lapper is driven by events, so when something happen in LFS, Lapper does something.
Example, someone joins a server, some leaves the pits, some passes split1, etc.
Like I said in previous posting, those are moments a player can get spectated and that Lapper can do something.

There is an event executed when a player spectates:

Last edited by Yisc[NL], Thu 19 Jun 2014, 18:03.

Quote from carmaniac1993 :

I completely understand.
Im willing to learn.

"so if you could tell me when a players gets spectated"
Do you mean in my server log?

No, what has a player got to do, to get spectated?
Like standing idle for X time, speeding in pit lane, etc

No, there isn't a forum where you can learn to make you own addons.
This forum is the best place to ask for help, but only in a way like "I made this and that and got stuck now".
Not to blame you in any way, you have been very friendly, but lately too much people come in here asking for this and that and even when you do help them with scripts, they are ungrateful and ask for more.
While the best way to learn something, is by doing it your self and ask for help when you get stuck at some point.

Having said that, I am here to help you, so if you could tell me when a players gets spectated, I can see which event in Lapper that is and can then create a small script for you to get you going.

I don't know what that addon does (need to look into the code), but all lines starting with # are disabled lines in Lapper (see, first thing learned here )

Last edited by Yisc[NL], Thu 19 Jun 2014, 16:16.