Once upon a time...

The characteristic behaviour in the forum is dividing and labelling people as either fanboy or whiner. There is no commonsense and no tolerance toward different thoughts. And of course we observe some genuine fanboys and special whiners. We can't help alter egos. This is another issue. So let's go back to LFS.

1- Personally, I appreciate Scavier. A huge work and only 3 devs... This is a given.

2- Lack of comms: A big yes, for this. Scawen was sharing his family photos or moving house issues 2 years ago. But today.. Devs' attitude has totally changed. We can't oblige devs to say something.

3- The forum is a great treasury for devs at the same time. Ideas, suggestions, debates, brilliant add-ons, talented programmers, digital artists, and so on. But devs don't utilize this opportunity sufficiently.

4- Patch issue: I know that devs don't owe us and I read EULA. Legally devs are decision makers. They are free to cut off the updates. ATM, stopping patch releasing probably might be a disapointment reason, not accusing cause the devs.

5- Slow development speed: As same as #4.. For further see: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=1143940#post1143940

PS: No update on the graph. From Patch Z to Patch Z25 takes 483 days (to Z28 511 days).

Thank you for superb work.

Rewinding is different issue. Maybe skipping is the best solution. I'm just thinking about the DVD chapter system. Shortly, chapters in DVD would be laps in LFS. Of course, if possible...

It's very hard to make a short list, so this will be open ended I think..

Dave Stewart & Candy Dulfer - Lily Was Here

Pink Floyd - On The Turning Away

Let me state some points, lolzol. I agree with you partially on some topics. On the other hand, you have done 3 mistakes ATM;

1- The Thread Title: "The Truth about LFS S2": We don't seek the truth about LFS. Samples you have mentioned are related to drivers' behaviour. i.e think about the internet. It's a huge universe and we need internet although contains dark side such as viruses, frauds and etc. under her umbrella. Can we say that internet is an abusive matter completely? So, the LFS is not equal to something absolutely. There will be good racers and will be disrespectful drivers.

2- "Sorry but S2 was my WORST BUY EVER!!!!!" expression.. I'm in the opposite direction 100%.

3- "PS: all of you who are saying LFS is dying because of lack of patch..." Although I share your thought, I must confess that you choose overgeneralization way.

In line with your expressions, I concluded these. But the thread title and "worst buy ever" opinion are very irritating ATM. Try single player mod for a while, improve your skills; you will be ready for pro races.

I think this might be more informative. Pit lane duration and pitstop timing.

Same threads everyday. I think this is a new trend: Mobbing, but in personal basis.

Quote from brandons48 :

Try changing the Z-Buffer depth in the graphics options.

Issue solved. Thank you very much brandons48.

Quote from Lynce :

@ADX.14. Maybe a trouble with your graphic card?. Dds default texture? "Skin"_default.dds corrupted? (From Skins_dds file).

No need to worry about RP. It's OK now. Thanks again.

Screenshots have been attached. Same problem persists in Blackwood and Fern Bay.

Thanks for handle.

Cheers.

Quote from Lynce :

Hi, again, well....

Really, thanks for the comments as usual.

Seriously, I never know if my work will be good before to make it. I prefer be honest always. I have a lot of luck that people enjoys and likes my artworks. Of course I put a lot of effort into it when I work on RPs (even in the documentation periods).

But...I really don't know if I can make decent trees or not. If I can make a decent textures for the asphalts.

I'm professional in the graphic design and marketing.

But in textures am an amateurish. It is a hobby.

Maybe the people have a distorted idea about my work, don't know. This comment is without bad intention. Thanks as always, as usual to all.

First of all, Thank you Lynce for great work. If you interested in, here you are a very detailed and professional asphalt texture. http://www.50pixels.com/2009/06/free-texture-asphalt.html

PS: RP caused some graphical mistakes such as revealing rollcages on TV view. Don't know neither it's a bug nor low system specs.

Quote from Jonas144 :

Thank you.
But were do i put these?

All of them into the engine folders.. Of course BOV files work on TBO class.

@Boekanier

Great work. Clean, beautiful, simple, smooth, and aggressive.. All in one. Thanks for sharing.

Quote from Jonas144 :

Does anybody have one of those cold airflow/intake sounds?
It would be nice because i cant find them

However I couldn't remember the credits, here you are some samples in my folder.

Flawless one. Thank you for this great video.

Renamed FZR and XRR sounds fitted to XRT very well. BOV doesn't work in FZR sample. You may calibrate the files for more successful results.

Quote from morpha :

I wasn't criticising, I was elaborating on what I think was PioneerLv's inital impression, which I share. There are some fairly promising projects out there attempting to recreate the real sky and even those come nowhere near the real thing, despite very accurate wheather simulation with all its visual effects, 3D clouds, variable density fog and whatnot. Here's an example

OK, everything is clear now. Thanks for explanation. As you know, LFS is aiming low system computers. Therefore dev's priviliges are on the ground and cars. I don't know how much real weather effect via silverlining consumes CPU and RAM additionally. BTW we have an excellent example for realtime weather and 3D clouds modelling on IL'2 Sturmovik the sim specs cover low system requirements. Rain, snow, thunder, clear sky, and haze effects were modelled for 24 hours. But it is a flight sim and LFS is a racing sim. That's why I can't imagine devs emphasize the real sky modelling. Of course I want the ideal, but I am realistic for now. And I think that Lynce's RP is a gift in this circumstances.

Quote from morpha :

Clear skies are boring in virtual environments because they lack the volume the real sky has. There are no details to behold, the track surface and run off areas are tiled textures, as are walls and windows, in fact almost everything. Ontop of that, the sky is a static texture. It's just a boring combination, no matter how well the sky texture is made

So what? As Scawen stated before LFS' priority isn't wow effect. And I can't see the purpose of your criticism. Lynce is spending a lot of time and effort in order to make LFS more attractive. We need Lynce's appetite for LFS.

First of all, Congrats Lynce for award.

Especially black cars' reflections look like powder coated. Correct me, if I'm wrong. More polishing please.

In addition to this, is FPS a huge constraint on RP? Comparative data before and after RP will be useful.

Thanks again.

Much appreciated for quick reply and detailed information. General outlook identifies that night mod is required too much hard work. In line with your talent and experience I can say that, the final result would be brilliant. On the other hand this appetizing mod shouldn't be a heavy burden to you. That's why it's up to you Lynce.

Cheers..

Quote from Lynce :

Tested and finished. At last...


As always, bigger on RP's Blog.

Is there any possibility to change sea texture pattern on FernBay? IMHO it looks artificial.

Additionally do you think a night mod via editing illumination, reflection and shadows? I've found these fog samples contain working headlights on Racer website:

http://www.racer.nl/images/blog/fog_1.jpg

http://www.racer.nl/images/blog/fog_2.jpg

Thanks again Lynce for informing us about the project.

Now, I can clearly see what Digital Art is. Thanks Lynce for great work. Hope you see in credits as you stated before.

Quote from NitroNitrous :

Well, the presentation of this project will be the 23rd of February. Although it needs a couple of details (3D models are endless) the car is ready. I'll show you a teaser, since the car can not be unveiled until the date of the exam

I must say it has nothing to do with the sketch I posted above some months ago (I told you), since that was something quick with no base while the final design has been done keeping in mind a concept and a certain package.

Teaser

Although already suggested before, my recommendation is AETHON; if you have not decided yet the car name. Your sketch is very brilliant and looks rising from the mythology as AETHON is.

Quote from Timo1992 :

Ah nice and what do you think about the movie? quite good right?

I can describe the movie such as "shock therapy". Mesmerizing one..

My contribution: "Touching the Void"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379557/

You will explore the limits of the humankind.

Quote from Timo1992 :

Does anybody know the german movie 'Das Experiment' (engl. Blackbox; Wikipedia)?

I've seen this film years ago, but watched it yesterday on kino.to again after a long time
I recommend this to you because i think it is a really good film and shows who the mood of the people can change in extreme situations and how people make use of their advantage over others in a negative way imho.

You can count me in Timo. It's in my collection.