Oh Yeah!!! Great to see the LFS DB back

Quote from Leprekaun :

ok thanks . Sorry for the constant questions but there are just a good few things which haven't been explained in the readme or FAQ. Last thing I want to ask is about the graph program. I've downloaded it but I can't get seem to get it working. I click on the exe and nothing happens . I've found a file called tsv.tpl in the templates folder where I found in the readme that it required it but still, nothing .

Make sure you have the graph.exe, graph.mxl & NPlot.dll in the same folder as your stats files (there should be a .tsv file there as well after you create stats).
Then in that folder create a folder called "graph".
Run the graph.exe and the graphs should appear in the "graph" folder.
They should also automatically appear in the stats file once you open them with your web browser. Make sure you upload to your host/website the graph folder and the 2 files that end in lbl & rpr to the same place as the rest of your stats files to get them to appear online.

The track should show up automatically unless you haven't copied the tracks folder where your hosting your stats files.

As for getting the WR to show, that is a little more complicated, follow these steps:

- Goto this link in LFSW http://www.lfsworld.net/?win=settings&whichTab=pubstat
- About 1/2 way down this page goto "-To generate an additional Ident-Key" & click the "Generate Ident-Key" Button (only do this if you haven't already obtained an Ident-Key before)
- An Ident-Key (1): will appear in the section above, copy that key.
- Open your LFSStat.cfg file (with a text editor)
- At the bottom of the LFSStat.cfg file find the following section
PubStatIdk = Copy your Ident-Key Here
PubStatLogin =
PubStatPass =
- Save the LFSStat.cfg file and now the WR data will appear in your stats when you do them.
Note: You need to be connected to the net when you start LFSStats as it downloads all the WR's before connecting to LFS to do the stats.

Hope that makes senss.

Last edited by flinty72, Tue 3 Jun 2008, 03:13.

Quote from commandermas :

or just start LFS Stat and use the new Replay Control in Y20.

i made stats for a 2 Hour Race of more than 20 cars in about 25 Seconds

and that is even faster than mprstats is doing this.

Wow!! I hadn't tried that yet, so I guess you just start the replay then select the end of it on the replay bar with the cursor and let it run?
How did the top speed stats turn out as generally the faster you play the replay the less accurate the top speed data becomes?

Quote from MaKaKaZo :

Will there be a LFS-Stats version in which you don't need to play the mpr replay in-game? Like you just select the mpr file and the program does all the parsing without needing LFS at all. A complete third party application. There's mpredit that already parses mpr files, so it *can* be done

You can also run LFSStats live while your online, saves you having to do it after using the replay.

I think the current plan will address most ppl's concerns

Thanks for the opportunity to provide feedback Scawen.
I didn't vote for any of them as I would like to see 2 changes, they are sort of inter-related as per below.

1. Place the replay controls at the top of the screen (will only cover the FPS or Clock then.
2.Ensure the hud (f9-F12) & placing / splits table is always on.

Having the replay controls on-screen all the time or having them pop up only when the mouse is placed over is neither here nor there for me, especially if it is moved to the top of the screen which is generally in the sky.

Maybe another idea is having all the options you have proposed as a configurable item in the replay options, if in fact that can be done?

Sorry if these have already been suggested but I assume you want to determine interested numbers against each option & not just additional ideas.

Last edited by flinty72, Sat 17 May 2008, 10:27.

If that is the case does anyone know what the new filenames are?

Crady,
Not sure if this would cause it but there is a missing # in the following lines of data

EnableAutoMessage = true

# Default car to show, when no car is specified..

#DefaultCar = UFR
DefaultCar = FOX
#DefaultCar = FO8

Great work once again Bob, thanks

Looks great and just what this purist wanted

Hi Gai-Luron, this is a great idea and I truly hope you continue to develop it to match LFSSTAT as it will save a lot of time for us admins .

So I have done some testing today and have found the following:
- All files of MPRSTAT program need to be located in the LFS/data/mpr folder for MPRSTAT to work. If MPRSTAT files located anywhere else then it does not work and produces an error (can not find files).
I would like it if MPRSTAT can be located in a seperate folder anywhere?
- Have to shutdown & restart MPRSTAT each time or no stats generated. You can't just select another replay after running stats on a previous replay.
- A qual replay generated a race result MPRSTATS
- Race stats are inaccurate when compared to stats generated using LFSSTAT program.
- The start order is incorrect when generating MPRSTAT on a race replay.
- I noticed there is no pitstop, yellow or blue flag tables, is this a limitation of MPRSTAT?

hansonator69 check your PM's m8

Wow your right that does sound impressive, I had this idea that it was another insim app that would require direct connection to the race server, which I seem to not be able to ever get to work. But this sounds really cool and easy to use since it works direct with the info from each persons LFS local client. Now I am excited

Oh O.K, guess I may be stuck with v2 as I can't see me using v3 "live'" all the time.

Thanks DarkTimes, sounds like v3 is going to be sweet. I assume it will still parse replay's as well, with limitations, if you want to do it that way?

Hi DarkTimes,
I am wondering if you would consider including the points each driver earned for each individual race within each of your export functions or at least within the html output. My suggestion is to have a Pts column in each race results table.
This would make it easier for admins and the drivers themselves to double check they were awarded the correct points for each race.

Also I think there is a bug in you the ubb (.txt) export function, as I get an error window that says "Invalid Export Function".
I can only get it to work if I manually add the file extension (.ubb) to the filename input box in the save export window.
It will not save it as a .txt file.
Sorry if this has been brought to your attention already.

Keep up the great work

Last edited by flinty72, Sat 15 Mar 2008, 12:55.

As part of the team, I want to congratulate all the guys who contributed to our 2nd AUS V8 Supercar skin pack.
I think we have improved over last years effort considerably.

A personal thanks to both Dwayno & KNAPPO for creating many logos that make the skins I did look so crisp.
Also a huge thanks to you Vil, for co-ordinating & getting this pack all together in record time.
Just take a look at how many our resident LFSEA skinning demi-god did for this pack. Top effort m8

Yes Tweaker we have just kicked of an 11 round series to mimic the rl Supercars here in AUS.
Round 1 replays available here:
Race 1 (16mb)
Race 2 (13mb)

Well if you can wait just a little longer you will get it & more from us @ LFSEA. http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=39557

Schuppor please don't take offence & stop the great work you have already started, it will be great to compare you completed skin against the one Vilante11 has done for LFSEA.

Last edited by flinty72, Sun 2 Mar 2008, 00:46.

Quote from DarkTimes :

It already does remember the last folder you loaded a replay from, when you click Add Replays it should always go back to the last used folder. You can see what this is set to by opening the 'Config.xml' file in Notepad and looking for the ReplayPath entry.

Oh dear I now see that it does, my bad sorry :ashamed:

Quote :

Hmm... OK, I guess I could add point adjustments per driver in the results. Might be a lot of work though, and I still haven't gotten around to team adjustments yet!

Not sure what you mean by Team adjustment but if it included being able to adjust each team drivers points individually then that may be work in a way that I am looking for

Quote from Flinty72 :

- Ability to sub-total multiple races into their rounds, i.e a 2 race sprint round can be subtotaled to determine the overall winner & podium places for awarding of bonus points for that round.

Quote :

Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Can you explain in more detail?

Let me try. Imagine a series having a mix of rounds that feature both single and sprint races, the sprint rounds could have 2 or 3 separate races with points awarded for each race then these sprint races are added together to determine each drivers individual round points for that round. Now within our league we award bonus points to the drivers who finish the round as overall 1st, 2nd or 3rd places. So it would be nice if LFSPoints could sub-total these sprint races into their respective rounds to easily identify the drivers who placed on the podium for that round.
I hope that makes more sense?
There is a way around it as I can easily work it out by opening another session of LFSPoints and only include the race replays for that round to find out who gets the bonus points but it would be nice to have it included in one .chp file given many leagues have series that contain a mix of race types within rounds.

Quote :

If I add point adjustments by driver per race, then I'll add this to the points calculation dialog.

Yes that sounds like what I am thinking.

Last edited by flinty72, Mon 18 Feb 2008, 20:53.

G'Day DarkTimes, all seems to work well at the moment & I love the html output very nice, thank you.
I do have some ideas for further improvement, sorry to ask more from you if you decide to add these to your to do list.

- Load Replays remembers last folder used, so you can just direct LFSPoints to load replays from the LFS/data/mpr folder.
- Teams Championship can omit certain individual drivers points or can include points adjustment for each driver in each race.
The reason I ask for this is that in our league only the top 4 drivers from each team have their points counted toward the Teams Championships
- Teams Championship to be able to handle drivers joining, leaving & moving between teams during each series, this could possibly be achieved via the other suggestion directly above.
- Ability to sub-total multiple races into their rounds, i.e a 2 race sprint round can be subtotaled to determine the overall winner & podium places for awarding of bonus points for that round.
EDIT: - Traceability of adjusted points, so you can see what race any adjusted points were awarded.

I hope I am not asking too much as I know this project could get huge & you may not want to include every permutation / combination of individual series points but these seem logical & worthy of inclusion.
Let me know what you think & keep up the great work.

Last edited by flinty72, Mon 18 Feb 2008, 09:42.

Thanks DarkTimes, didn't expect my suggestion to be included so quickly, will give it a go today, great work.

Excellent news, I now can't wait for the new version to be released.
Thanks for your efforts

Hi DarkTimes, not sure if you have considered and can include the ability to have differing race points structures within a single championship. What I mean is in our league we have a mix of multi-race sprint rounds & longer single race enduro rounds but our points structure changes dependent on which type of round it is, as per below.

Sprint Races (2 races)
1st=50pts, 2=49, 3=48, 4=47, 5=46 etc

Enduro Races
1st=100pts, 2=99, 3=98, 4=97, 5=96 etc

I guess the championship merging discussed previously could effectively do the same thing but I would like to see it all contained within a single .chp file if possible.

Keep up the great work & I can't wait to see the new version and all its improvements.

Wow, thanks heaps Gai-Luron

I will be testing it tonight in a league race and will let you know how it goes.

EDIT: Worked a treat tonight with no issues or bugs to report, thank once again Gai-Luron

Last edited by flinty72, Wed 13 Feb 2008, 11:23.