Quote from duke_toaster :

Enforcing it would be hard to do, unless it is coded in that passing a car that is under braking is OK. The thing is people would just slam on the brakes to get the person behind them penalised.

Yes, I'm speaking of a change to LFS itself.

Your analogy won't work since there is not a Yellow on the field. Or, if there is, then there is the bit about speed differential being an exception to the rule. There's a Yellow out and I'm ahead of you. Since you disagreed with my suggestion here I want to screw up your race so I slam on my breaks. You are faced with either hitting me or passing me.

If you pass me, then there would be a significant speed differential between our cars.

Perhaps, though, there also needs to be a certain "grace period" here. If you pass under Yellow you have X number of seconds to get back into your original race position. (Ain't that how it works in real racing?)

Little attention is currently being paid to Yellow Flags. By this, I mean that drivers continue to race full speed and pass each other which in a real race would result in a penalty.

I'd like to see LFS enforce the Yellow Flag. It'd be very difficult since LFS would need to allow for exceptions like passing the cars that caused the Yellow and passing in order to avoid a collision. My suggestion is to allow passing under Yellow if there is a significant speed differential between the two cars.

Also, the Yellow should remain in effect until all involved are either back up to something close to race speed or have pitted.

<--- agrees/joins/whatever.

Agreed that the AI needs a number of improvements. However, the AI is not as important as other portions of the game and therefore low in the development cycle. My suggestion is very simple since its just a random number and I thought that it would be rather simple to do as opposed to things like making the AI smarter, having it understand the concept of pitting, etc.

I'd like to see a bit of randomness introduced to the AI during race start. When the light goes green, all the AIs jump off the line at the same time and with the same acceleration. Instead, pick a random number from .05 to .250 for each AI. This number will be the number of milliseconds the AI waits when the light goes green. This should better simulate a human response and also add a bit more realism to the "T1 Drag Race".

Didn't see this mentioned so I figured I let it be known:

The firewall software provided by Verizon (U.S. telecom provider and ISP) thinks that the updater is a virus. This occurs both for the standalone download and the autoupdater. The only solution is to disable Verizon's A/V feature, update LFS, then turn the A/V back on through the "Security Suite".

MacAfee, Norton, and AVG have no problems with it.

Cheers.

I've got zero artistic skills but have managed to make some simple skins consisting of a single body color and one image on the hood. What I'd like to do, though, is add some flames around the wheel wells.

I've used the Iwarp distort filter to create a fairly good flame image. What I need, though, is to figure out how to take that image/layer and wrap it around the contour of the wheel well so that it appears the flames are coming out of the well towards the door.

I've tried just overly the flame image and then cutting out the well, but this makes a nasty mess.

I'm currently working on the UF1, but have tried the same thing on most of the other cars. I'm pretty sure the model of working on is irrelevant since its a question on the capabilities of Gimp.

Have I made this clear, or was that confusing? Thanks for any help.

Quote from BenjiMC :

you have to record in game using fraps

Quote from dadge :

and then use an editing program like sony vegas. windows movie maker is built into xp (and vista i think) but it is a bit basic.

Quote from LFSn00b :

I used Sony Vegas 6.0b.

thanks, guys. I'll get Fraps this weekend. All I really want is the ability to scroll backwards and it appears that this'll do it.

I've been meaning to ask this but never got around to it until now. Would someone point me to the instructions on how to convert a reply to a regular video file?

thanks.

Quote from DragonCommando :

Why is everyone I talk to so against steam?
Its a very good service, I've never had a problem with it.
I swear, some people have 1 problem with it and they lable it bad.
If I did that I wouldent be playing LFS.

Because its a memory hog and crashes. When your from rate drops to nothing all of a sudden, chances are that steam.exe is at 99%. This is very noticeable for those of us with dual monitors; we play on one and have taskmanager open on the other.

http://www.richardkunze.de/sued_000.htm

In german, but has a map.

+1 (for what its worth)

(XP limits TCP intentionally. This started with 2000; MS didn't want people using 2K pro as a server and crippled the networking portion. I don't have a reference, but I have heard it justified as "protecting against the computer being used as a zombie in a ddos.)

master server is hosed, also.

Quote from smokenyall :

why am i gonna get banned i didnt do any thing wrong

Ignore them. You just need to modify your Windows registry a bit for V.
Delete the following:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\DirectInput\LFS.EXE40439AA6001BE000
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache\LFS

Quote from Zachary Zoomy :

good question. I just didn't want to take any chances

But you post to public forums which records your IP? What if these evil hackers look at your posts here? Heck, maybe they will post a virus which targets your username and then send SPAM and all of your personal information. Holy, heck, dude, I think you may be in trouble here if you upset them. I suggest you have a qualified technician scan and reformat your hard drive.

Quote from AndroidXP :

I'm pretty sure you can already

:dunce: :doh:

Quote from Silencio :

Will I go faster using manual cluth (with some practice,of course), instead of auto?

Faster. Much faster. You will be able to use compression braking (shifting down in order to reduce speed instead of using the brakes. You will ensure that the car is in the proper gear through corners.

NOS doesn't belong in a racing sim (except for dragsters), but a manual buel booster does. Most RL series allow the driver to adjust his/her fuel mixture on-the-fly for leaner or richer depending on strategy. This is especially important for you Iron-Butt endurance racers where fuel strategy should play a larger role than it does currently.

For that matter, I'd like to be able to adjust the brake balance on-the-fly, also.

Other than that, all Scawen has to do is allow dirt tires on the BF1 and the game will be complete.

:bananadea

Quote from amp88 :

Exactly. You were missing the point of my suggestion, animal1313.

I didn't think that you thought that the human eye bounces when the head does. Your brain acts as a stabilizer for your eyes. The current camera (as has been stated above) is actually just like what you would see if you were driving.

With advances in camera technology, Helmet cams will be perfectly smooth in a few years. All it will take is the miniaturization of the stabilizing mechanisms that already exist.

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Quote from Shotglass :

The Nordschleife has remained a one-way, public toll-road for nearly 80 years except when it is closed off for testing purposes, training lessons or racing events.
taken directly from the article

I stand corrected.

Quote from Shotglass :

the nordschleife is a public road

I think you are wrong. According to this wikipedia article, its a closed track.

+10 to add the Ring.

Quote from cybderdemon-v2 :

I must admit to being rather poor at online races,using the FOX i average around 1.12 per lap on blackwood,any hints and tips welcome!

As one newbie to another, may I suggest practicing with lower powered cars first? I was getting frustrated early on because I couldn't control the BF1. Now that I've switched to the UF1 and XFG, my skills have greatly increased and I can keep the higher powered stuff on the track (most of the time.)

(To those that say I still suck even in the UF: First, I agree, second, you should have seen me before.)