Quote from StableX :

if you use photoshop, search for a plugin to open and save dds files

Those are only for the PC version of PS they do not work on Mac PS.

The new graphic converter will open .dds and save them as something else, when I save them back to .dds they come out all black. Not sure why. :/

Quote from geeman1 :

I am not sure what to think about this suggestion.

But anyway to battle those half second pit stops we should have to have tyre change as mandatory, like in DTM.

Yes even having to change tires on a stop would be better. Then you'd know at least they have to have a pit stop. Because in my eyes it is cheating when someone has a 1 second to a half second pit stop. When someone else is actually pitting to refuel. The full fuel load driver will always leave the pits first. Because they are basically just driving through the pits for no reason.

That is bending the rules to cheat in my mind. Anyone that doesn't think so, is bending the rules when racing and makes me not want to compete against them.

Last edited by neglouseight, Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:12.

Sorry for the typo in the poll. :/

It says: Run fuel race distance fuel to cheat LFS so you can do 1 second pit stops?

It should say:
Run full race distance fuel to cheat LFS so you can do 1 second pit stops?

Quote from Timberwulf :

-1

I think it's better to regulate how many times you have to make a pitstop than to limit the fuel.

That still doesn't stop people from putting full race full and doing 1 second stops! Doesn't matter if it is 1 stop or 2. When you are putting in enough fuel to finish the race anyway.

I'm coming to the conclusion everyone against it is doing exactly that, putting in full race fuel, and doing 1 second stops...

And this would be a option for admins to use, not something that is on all the time.

Last edited by neglouseight, Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:09.

Quote from BlakjeKaas :

-1 for fuel limiting...

IF you do want more 'mandatory' pitstops by limiting the fuel, why not have an option to 2 mandatory pitstops (which is already suggested and needs no new topic)

That still wouldn't stop what I consider cheating. You have driver 1 needing to refuel at his pit stops. Yet driver 2, always put in enough fuel to finish the race even with out a pit stop. Now pit stops in LFS are by the numbers and can be slow. So driver 2 will always get out of the pits faster because they are spending 1 second stop in there pit stall. This is realistic? Realistic for a stop/go penalty not for a pit stop.

For me personally I never put in race distance fuel, even with a mandatory pit stops. I find it unsportsmanlike doing that, when others are using a pit stop as a actual stop.

You would still have strat, you'd just adjust it. You'd have to work your strat in to the limits given. There is no strat in having a full tank just pitting as a stop/go with a 1 second pit stop. Thats not realism. Real Life leagues having to changes tires during a race F1, from Hard, to Soft mandatory.

Let's say I set a race for 30 laps, but limit no more then 20 laps of fuel in the tank. You may have someone run 19 laps, pit to get 11 more laps of fuel. Or may have some pit at lap 11, to put 19 laps of fuel in. Or, pit at 15, to put in 15 more laps of fuel. In all three cases the person has to pit, and has to put fuel in.

This isn't doing the lame "time shift" where fuel is burned faster then normal to simulate. Fuel is burning the correct duration, but limited how much you can have total.

And this would be a server option not mandatory. This would make forced pit stops mean something, not just in name only.

I was thinking of a idea about a option for Maximum Fuel Allowed. This would only be a option for hosting a server. Not mandatory.

Let's say the server wanted to have X amount of pit stops during 25 laps. (Yes I know it's short, but it's a example) Now if the admin sets the Maximum Fuel a driver could put in say no more 8-9 laps worth. So each driver could put in no more fuel then 9 laps worth, they could put less but no more. So they would have to pit to refuel.

I like racing and having to do a pit stop. I do find it annoying having people fill max fuel, do a pretty much stop go and race again.

This would force pits stops to take on fuel.

Just a idea.

I was wondering if it would be possible in the results area to add in Starting Position and Finishing Position of the race. Showing how many positions a person lost or gained.

Newest version of Graphic Converter for Mac can open .dds files. Now when I edit them and them try to use them in CMX viewer they are just totally black. Any ideas?

The image is flattened no layers, when I open it up in Graphic Converter after I saved it as a .dds, then open up the saved .dds I just made it say "File has no color profile" but not sure what to set it at, so it comes out all black.

I posted a thread about this a month back. Wanting icon flags next to the drivers name on the score boards time sheets.


http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=24085

+1 For me could have it like F1 giving a up arrow or down arrow with the numbered of positions they have lost or gained during a race.

Quote from Scawen :

Just so you know, AI is next on my list, they haven't been updated in any significant way since S1 and there are a lot of people who do want to use the AI for some offline racing, so the time has come...

Yipee, I just want them so in a BF1 they don't go nuts at 180mph...

Quote from highbridge :

I organized UFR race event yesterday on patchX.
Replay
http://58.158.161.236/~ktaka/replay/UF1C4_4_Race.mpr

Everyone crushed and turned over...

I understand that "/canreset" command.

/canreset=yes
- Can car reset and fix car damage.
/canreset=no
- Can't car reset.(can't fix turned over)

I think one more option is need.
/canreset=notfix
- Can car reset, but not fix car damage.

Maybe this is very important.

Why not do a Race restart if everyone crashed... I don't like car resets myself since it doesn't teach people to be careful. They just plow on through a turn, reset, then keep going. If I crash I pit, and come out again if it was my fault or not. I've been punted off the track in lots of races by contact with others, or mistakes I have made. But thats racing. I've learned to brake in T1, let all the yahoo's and bozo's dive in way to fast, I watch them pass me only to slide of the track and I drive by gaining my position back and sometimes more.

Quote from mcgas001 :

hiya everybody well i have a favor to ask.Ive been racing in lfs for about 2weeks now and i do belive im at my limit of racing now.im confused is this cause im using a keyboard,or maybe my setup,maybe me not knowing enough.i have added a reply of me driving 5 laps of blackwood please look and see f you can help me....

Just 2 weeks? That seems kind of a kiddish statement. If you can't have it in two weeks. I've been racing months and each time I'm learning a different way to shift, a line to take, throttle control. Can't jump in and be a instant Schumacher.

Racing is like anything, Practice, Practice, Practice. I practice so much my hands cramp up, and the tip of my right pointer finger is numb.

Also relax when driving, don't spend so much time thinking about breaking records. Just relax and drive. Some of the fastest times I ever did oddly enough I wasn't even thinking about what I was doing. I just did it, yet if I start thinking about it, I mess up.

I was thinking what if until 3D animated pit crews are in LFS. That you see a pit sign, that only you could see assigned to a certain pit stall you spawned from. The sign could be as simple as saying your in game Name. So I pull in to the pits see my name hovering infront of my stall, now when I pull in and have the name just at the top of my screen I am on the right spot of the pit stop. So it could simulate the lollipop too.

+1

I'd like that too. I'm not the fastest driver in LFS, but in a race it would be nice to be able to see my split to see if I am making up or losing ground between the other racers ahead or behind me.

I'm all for Buggy racing, I have always thought LFS should have as many types of racing as possible with it's great world physics. To make a large community of every type of racing.

As for the video.. It took forever to download even on my high speed connection, and the repeating screens with different video effects got annoying.

+1 I'd like to see a plain rewind function.

Quote from duke_toaster :

Audi R8 in 2001 spec (before it got knobbled)?

The numbers

And as a closed car a car similar to the Bentley Speed 8 (could use Ramtech's model).

The numbers

For P2, maybe a car like the Porsche RS Spyder.

I'd love to see those two types of body styles in LFS for our Prototype class. I think having two styles like those would be the best bet. Could run them on the same track at the same time. I am just smiling thinking about (Wishing really hard)

Quote from Burnzoire :

Guys why are you being so specific? I totally expect any implementation, should we be so lucky, would be a fictional car. I understand that some people would prefer roof over open pit, but at the end of the day any prototype car would fill the void in LFS at the moment. Diesel, roof, lmp1, lmp2, r10, r8, radical, toyota, porsche, it doesn't matter! Anything eric would build would be a complete hybrid anyway, and tweaked to suit the sim, not a real-life counterpart.

What he said.

I like the layout but is there anyway to change the all the chalk lines to barriers? They are hard to see in some cars, and hard for me to tell where the track is.

I think the number of characters in the hidden color codes needs to be expanded. For me I wanted to put my name as |HMS| Klax USA but since there is so many different colors in the name it wouldn't let me do it. Now if I just left my name default green it would let me have enough characters.

Has anyone gotten the Grey text color to work in LFS? Every time I have tried to use it, it comes out Green. So I had to use White on my name.

F10, shows Orange for damage to wheels and suspension.

300ZX was at the Last Supper right? lol

I like the idea, but honestly wouldn't want it unless it had fan color sliders. Without it, there would be no real reason why the fans keep filling and emptying repeatedly. Go on a server and it's a virtual sell out, yet everyone it wouldn't mean anything. To a new user, or a old hand at LFS. Since there would seem to be no rhyme or reason why they are thing.

If there wear fan colors it would make more sense and mean more. If you are new to LFS sign on, playing a little with a couple of people. Then some big guns in LFS show up, and all of a sudden after the next race restart the fans are filled with these drivers team colors, that would be more impressive. Then more questions would be asked. "How did you get the crowd wearing your colors" etc. More people would want to try and get a big fan base. Meaning more time on track, more races run.

How I see it, picture the 2D fan art that is in the game now. Those are fillers. Once more virtual fans appear for a given driver, the filler fans would start disappearing down to maybe 10% of the over all fan total. This way it doesn't come down to every fan is tied to some driver on the track. Virtual Fans should only start appearing after a restart for Qual/Race/Practice. This way the server won't do micro pause to update fans during a race. So even if a driver leaves the server until the server is rest the fans stick around.

Then the master server adjust the color sliders for the drivers fans. It does the exact same thing now with car color sliders. It doesn't send a new texture just sends the color values to all the people on the server for a given driver.

Now my fictional time is Horizon Motor Sports the colors are Black, Red, Grey, these colors I would choose for my Fan Colors. It wouldn't mean I drive passed the grand stands and see a whole section with my colors. That would be kind of silly. It would have my fans, mixed in with other drivers, and with the filler fans. The more fans I have in one area would mean I have a large fan base. (Wishful thinking lol) But that area wouldn't solely be mine.