I upgraded to Patch U, and my computer freezes.
Many times in race it just froze.
Thought it was a hardware issue, but after many frustraiting hours, I installed the T6 and it runs like a dream again.
Have not seen any others with same issue, but thougt i mention it here.
Have not tried installing the patch again.
Maybe I download it again, and try to install it again later today.
For the record, my PC can have issues changing from full screen to windowed, its not new to this patch, I am pretty certain its down to the ATI GFX card though.
1) Put the zip file in your LFS folder.
2) Right click.
3) Select "extract to here".
EDIT : I'm aware that you're not the only one who finds it confusing, and ends up getting the files in the wrong place. I'm considering a self-updating system for later patches. I wouldn't use it for Test Patches but it could be a good thing for Official Patches. It would download the files and put them in place. All you would have to do is run LFS and click "yes" when it asks you if you want to update.
This happened to me once, I believe I just reinstalled the game instead of trying to fix the issue... But how about reinstalling/updating your graphics card driver?
getting better, but i often get a "crash to desktop" or even "crah to "computer off"" ...in most cases @ changing windowed > full screen mode ...(got newewst driver updates n everithing else is fine , but W2K!)illepall
that was in almost every version since s2 came out...local prob?
(no...the grfx card doesnt overheat, its active-coooled)
maybe some of u came across same probs this can be annoying...very !
@CHR:
It's a local problem.
Firstly, switching between fullscreen and windowed is considered unstable by many gfx-manufacturers (though it works on 99,8% of all mashines). You might try a new DX-version.
I'm switching a lot between windowed and full screen mode and never had a crash... maybe it's the w2k what gets screwed up (running xp here). Do you get a crash adress when this happens?
Its not hard ive done that i just keep getting it in the wrong file. Ithink i have it done now tho. I renamed the file from LFS Alpha patch s to u bla bla to the original name of alpha p and let it replace/update all the files.
Thanks scawen hope that idea works well. Sorry for the confusion i caused.
For anyone who doesn't know, PTH and SMX files are used for displaying the track, in replay analysers, spectator programs, and various other addon programs.
thanks to witness i'm not a visionary...
i have an asus nvidia 6600.
the strange thing i've never had any issue in any game/app when switching fullscreen/windowed and in lfs only occurs if i execute the exact 3 steps i mentioned before, if i do anything else i can switch lfs fullscreen/windowed like a mad and nothing bad happens...definately one of the less important bugs
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that must be caused by your ISP, everything's fine here
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