Quote from dynofiend :

Want eh? Well, heres an attempt, as its obviously a custom airbrush job on the original, ive taken some artistic licence (ie the one ive done is a bit rubbish). It will only work on some GTR cars, but thats the only wheels you can change anyway. I attempted the chrome look as well.

Also, it really is a shocking wheel to have in a GTR car, but then theres no accounting for taste

Please dont come back asking me to make something a bit different, as I probably wont get round to it and think its an offence to the rather nicely crafted original, and also other custom GTR wheel textures that are available elsewhere

Oh and this is the first dds file ive ever done for someone!

peace.

:O
wow man it looks great thanks!!!!
i have no complaints!
i woulda did it myself.
but i dnt knw how to edit or save the dds file. i can do it in photoshop.
but then when i save it all this crazy stuff pops up..soo i am really not sure what to do.
but thank you!
looks stunning!

Want eh? Well, heres an attempt, as its obviously a custom airbrush job on the original, ive taken some artistic licence (ie the one ive done is a bit rubbish). It will only work on some GTR cars, but thats the only wheels you can change anyway. I attempted the chrome look as well.

Also, it really is a shocking wheel to have in a GTR car, but then theres no accounting for taste

Please dont come back asking me to make something a bit different, as I probably wont get round to it and think its an offence to the rather nicely crafted original, and also other custom GTR wheel textures that are available elsewhere

Oh and this is the first dds file ive ever done for someone!

peace.

Last edited by dynofiend, Wed 27 Oct 2010, 05:06.

white text trap!!

but this always wondered me, until i realised they are just .dds files, and i already changed mine

Quote from Litro :

Anyway it does not change significantly results of qual 1 - just 0:00.01
But need to find out what's wrong.
P.S.On LFSW it is correct skin.

it may have the same name as the test skin which means that people in the test race have a dds called "skin name" and therefor thinks it has the skin try renaming the skin and reuploading the renamed skin then change the name you uploaded to the GTAL skins section . hope this works

extract the .jpg skin file into your lfs\data\skins.
extract the .dds files into your lfs\data\dds.

Make sure to backup your dds folder before you do this in case you want to change it back to the original. As the new .dds files will overwrite your existing fxr interior.

I had a go at redoing the McDonalds shopfront as the logo was a bit stretched. I did it on the standard dds file rather than the one Shaun has done so it wasnt spoiling his work. Just an option for people I also redid the Big McDonalds logo and the HMV logo as these were coming out stretched as well. There might be others which are stretched, but those ones stood out a bit more than the others for some reason!

Last edited by dynofiend, Sun 17 Oct 2010, 04:50.

Might not be this, but it's worth trying other things if you have no luck turning off CPU temp monitoring for auto speed throttling.

I noticed you mentioned red clipping sounds. I had sound issues once when I was furiously downloading all sorts of .eng files. A couple of them actually caused the game to 'spike' the sound occasionally. Can't explain why, but they where not good. Kind of like the sound files were corrupted or not quite right for LFS. If you've downloaded any .eng files, replace them with the originals. If you don't have the originals install LFS in another directory and get them from there.

Even then, try another separate install of LFS in another directory with default everything to see if the problem goes away. Could be something else, like too many skins, too many high res textures, something you downloaded to enhance LFS etc etc. I once had an enhanced smoke .dds file that was too big and caused stutter (seemingly random, but it was when people skidded and created the slightest bit of smoke). Just try a separate fresh install and defrag your HDD is something easy to try out to see if it's something you added to LFS that's causing the problem.

Also something to try, turn off saving replay function. [not enabled - not saved] for SP/MP in Options >> Game. On my old PC (Radeon 9500pro) I used to get some occasional stutter when replay was enabled to even manual save.

Let us know how it goes.


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ooh, oh and something else, The Sound Lag option in Options >> Misc. Take note of what it is at default, then adjust that. I've noticed posts in the past where that this can resolve some sound issues, but I'm not sure how it works really.

Last edited by JasonJ, Tue 12 Oct 2010, 22:21.

dds files deleted or edited?

Quote from master_lfs.5101 :

Saving polys in a dds? What? Do you even know what dds is? Its a file format for textures. Why would you have 3d polygons in a dds file? 1,000,000 polygons x32 + a track + high res textures can't be handled by todays pcs.

Wait - who said anything about DDS? ..... re-read the post.

Last edited by CodieMorgan, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 06:43.

Saving polys in a dds? What? Do you even know what dds is? Its a file format for textures. Why would you have 3d polygons in a dds file? 1,000,000 polygons x32 + a track + high res textures can't be handled by todays pcs.

i downloaded a new interior. into the dds folder but not everything worked. i now have instead of a stripped back and the stripped back in the doors please help me!

If you ask for the names of the textures that's a bad start because you can find it easily with a plugin on the nVidia website or with the software Dds converter here. So, i hope see brand new good textures for car park

ohai, i dont know if its right place to ask, but can some one tell me ALL dds names for blackwood carpark road textures?i want to create new thanks :>

Quote from bunder9999 :

you're welcome.

just a tidbit, the track ad that's embedded in the tarmac on fern bay is infact a dds file, but i'm under the assumption that it's the only one. i forget the file name, but i'm sure someone here knows.

JAroad_AD.dds

is the name of that file ma friend..
know it after some "TINY" editing on Fernbay dds files.

To get rid of the skin, you've got to delete the skin from the "skins_dds" folder. The skin will have the same name; it'll have .dds instead of .jpg.

If you've changed the engine sound using shift+a for a specific car (i.e. XRG),

E: LFS will use that sound for all XRGs. You cant have your XRG using a specific sound and another player's XRG having another sound at the same time.

Last edited by Silverracer, Sat 30 Oct 2010, 12:16. Reason : Degat's explanation about the skins (below) makes sense, unlike mine. Hence the "assumed" explanation is edited out. :P

you might not have enough upload bandwidth to run game servers on your connection. try doing a speed test.

and the only way for other people to see your skins, because you are a demo user, would be to give them the dds files, or buy skin slots on lfsworld, or buy s1/s2.

Quote :

ow, sorry.. Thanks :P

you're welcome.

just a tidbit, the track ad that's embedded in the tarmac on fern bay is infact a dds file, but i'm under the assumption that it's the only one. i forget the file name, but i'm sure someone here knows.

barriers1.dds for barriers, banners are in data/pic as said.

Hello... What is the name on the DDS files which have the "banners" you can add in layouts?

Quote from MadCatX :

Can't you just download LFS again and copy the .dds files from there? Uploading all the original .dds's will take quite some time anyway...

+1, it's much quicker to download than it is to upload, especially seeing as it's uploading onto a forum, because there are plenty of .dds files that would need be uploaded.

you are only able to change the dds skin of the wheel, just the same as the suits

Can't you just download LFS again and copy the .dds files from there? Uploading all the original .dds's will take quite some time anyway...

Hello. I screwed my game up with mods. Specifficaly, I didn't do copys of the dds. files... And now they are messed up. I thought I'd deleted all the mod files but I can't get them out of my game, only minor changes. Could anybody post all the original dds. files here?

Grey version of Raceabout 05 interior.

Install
unrar files:
RA_Grill.dds
RA_GrillATEST.dds
RA_Parts.dds
RA_seat1.dds
RA_Texture.dds
to ...LFS\data\dds folder

Screenshots
http://img38.imagefra.me/img/i ... _1p8a0nk4jehm_7c4c758.jpg
http://img38.imagefra.me/img/i ... _1p8a0nk4jehm_0640cca.jpg
http://img37.imagefra.me/img/i ... _1p8a0nk4jehm_3248d1d.jpg

download sparco wheel from
http://www.lfsforum.net/showth ... mp;highlight=sparco+wheel

Reference
interior
http://www.raceabout.fi/press_photos/05/RA05_08.jpg
seat (recaro nissan GT-R)
http://media2.worldcarfans.com ... r-specv-bucket-seat_3.jpg

Download
for wheel on leftside:
RAC-interior-left.rar
OR
http://www.mediafire.com/?c96s36365h9skuv

for wheel on rightside:
RAC-interior-right.rar
OR
http://www.mediafire.com/?25ywsajzer5gsc7

Last edited by Hank90, Thu 16 Sep 2010, 11:05. Reason : fixed filesize

Quote from TehPaws3D :

Okay, First, Learn how to spell my name TehPaws3D How in hell did you get Tech?

Second, If it's so easy, To create these car models, Where is your proof? I"m getting slightly pissed off with you, It's not like you can slap a car Which remind you was RENDERED. Into a game, And put tires on it and say "Off yeh go!?" No, It doesn't work that way, You have to make sure it works WITH THE PHYSICS And then you have to make all the setup options, And make sure it handles to "Sim" reality.

Third, The cars in game do not run off DDS, They run off VOB. Having two files would be most likely carnage in the files / engine of LFS.

WELL TEHPAWS3D first calm down.Second you are wrong on many many things.

Actually as i said before YES IT IS SO EASY.I am not talking making new physics for the existing cars-they are perfect.
All i say is replace the low poly .dds (direct draw surface ) of the existing cars with those super high polygon masterpieces.

Instead accusing somebody for trying his best to help the game make some study and check the site i keep talking about.LFSMODS.There are there many cars(not perfect by any means of imagination) that you simply replace the original dds files for the model of the body and the dds for the interiors.

Physics/tires/suspensions all these are not been touched by anybody!

Now you get it man ? Physics will stay (for the existing cars) untounched.

Only the model of the car will be replaced with those masterpieces models.

Also have in mind if the contest i keep ranting about was actually made eventually users could make models almost if not as good.

Quote from TehPaws3D :

Forth, You are a DEMO, User, Meaning you don't know what 80% of the cars are and 93% of the tracks! If you want to support the devs and then maybe, Just maybe. They would put your super terrific high car models in the game. And my computer, Nvidia 8400 GS with 2.20 GHZ could manage 1,000,000 polygons moving at 50 MPH in a full field, You're talking about, Wait for it. 32,000,000 + Track Polygons! That's over 20 million! That's out of your mind! Plus the physics calculations!

That's not saying all computers can't do this, But i'm not one for spending 1000 - 2000$ just to play LFS, Hell no.

And lillsnortan ..? What are you talking about?

By your tone you are telling me that if someone is a demo user he must go to hell or suffer a simiral terrible fate ?
But now really i have been playing Lfs from time to time for years on my brothers sim rig.Buying a second license and not be able to play it properly...(with a g25 and having a chassis with a car chair...) is not the same.
I did make this account through because i wanted to speak about a couple of things.I see that what was a few years back years ahead of its time it is slowly but steadily declining.Its not that the devs do not try-actually for 3 people to come so far is nothing sort of a feat by itself.

But devs nowdays if they don't have enough money and resourses try to think outside the "box " for example as isi did with rfactor by having user made content.
Another way is to "buy" some models and track objects and have your development time reduced to a third of the time it will take you to make all those stuff yourself.

Also the above way is incredibly "cheap" .To hire a modeler and texturer and make those cars he would have to work almost for a year and ask 20-$25000 for his work....You can buy those models from the marketplace and use them for $1000-2000 and that is a steal my friends.

Think it this way for $1000-2000 the devs can have all the cars updated and having months or even years of work immediately completed.

Also about the effect on perfomance.Those models even through they are 500.000-1.000.000 polygons when saved to other formats like dds they can have the polygons reduced.So you can change in the game option from low (wich will have low polys models of those cars with a couple of thousand polys only 5000-10.000) a medium choice with 50000-100.000 and a high choice with full polygon numbers.

And a last thing.Not wanting to sound like a jerk but your computer is prehistoric.A 8400 is not good even to type worlds...! As i said earlier for a $1000 you can find on ebay gaming i7's computers.....

And even if you are that tight budgeted spending $1000 for something that will last you at least another 3-4 years are peanuts.

So stop whining (unless you are a 13 year old waiting for his weekly pocketmoney ....But even in that case try to find a...job )