Tested a bit online, works fine, no problems; goodbye lag at the start-grid!!!

Quote from Hankstar :

maybe I would if LFS was a traffic simulator

Cops and Robbers? City Driving?

Quote from Becky Rose :

I've always wondered how to find this information out

If the server allows voting, then go ahead and start a vote (ban or disconnect) on everyone.

The admins can't get voted to be disconnected, so the button on them won't start a vote.

So what if you irritate some people.


:dnfnoob:

Quote from RoCkBiGdAvE :

The only way is USB headset.

Well there is another way, which will let you use your existing standard-3.5mm-jack headset. A second sound card.

Which can actually be very easy to do, since an old, spare or second-hand plain simple stereo sound card can handle your voice headset quite well.

Quote from sgt.flippy :

I don't drink or smoke, but I know someone who did a test once. They had to take the driving license tests (driving backwards through pillons), and it was timed. After the first time, they had to drink a few, and take the test again. This particular guy was faster after the drinks

Fifth Gear did a similar test with similar results very recently. Although the test was far from scientific (read: crap) and Vicky was extremely irritating as always.

Indeed running two dedicated servers from within the same directory works well.

Here's my directory that holds LFS (in a Linux machine, no less), and runs two servers, called 'cow' and 'meow':


And this is the script I use to run one of them.


For more information see the must-read tread by the angry angel: Guide: Running a LFS Server

Looks very good! Congrats.

Quote from Tweaker :

Yeah only recently they don't supply seperate plugins, it really sucks. They have this 2nd program to tag along with the actual plugin of your music player

I have to say that I'm still using my regural audioscrobbler submission methods, be it plugins or embedded functionality into the player itself - for all my music players: beep media player, rhythmbox, xbox media center etc. ... Can't you re-get the winamp plugin from a third-party site? Because, submission-wise, not much has changed.

That said, I like the new player. It's cross-platform, open-source, nice gui, it displays artist info aside from artwork, it has a nice tag editor, nicer search functionality, allows for multiple artist streams... and IMHO it's not really that heavy on resources.

Quote from Shotglass :

thats a different situation though ... lfs was fully functional when the devs went for their sabbatical (with some very underdeveloped aero physics and a tyre model that wasnt quite right but the game itself was virtually bug free) ... plus we got a little update every now and then that theyre still alive and just taking a little break

And, of course, we should not forget about the kitchen progress report thread.

Does anyone know anything about Kunos' kitchen?



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Didn't think so.

When I saw the title of this thread, I thought there was a new patch for nkPro. Silly me.

If the major issues (multiplayer etc.) of nkPro which I read about a lot are fixed, then I'll be willing and happy to pay for it! But I won't do that based on only promises...

nkPro has a lot of potential and it's too bad that Kunos had to spoil the fun like this.

Help me, I'm having a deja vu.

Quote from Gabkicks :

newb= someone new to the game

Yes, almost.

Quote from Gabkicks :

noob= someone with an IQ below 50.

Wouldn't this be "knob"?

Quote from lambchop44 :

Then maybe an admin should delete this thread.
I would if I could but I can't so I won't.

Well you should if you could but you can't so of course you won't, otherwise you would, wouldn't you?

At least, you now know that for next time, should you go and start another thread, you MUST NOT and will not.


=== Normative References ===

- MUST NOT must be interpreted as in RFC 2119, http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt

Quote from nutty boy :

I tend to not download mods or test patches or things for LFS I only download proper patches as in the past I've downloaded things before and it's messed LFS up, but I have to say it looks as if LFS has changed quite a bit with these test patches. Very Nice. I noticed on the track select screen it just says Aston and then the numbers which are the configs, could you make the name of the config, for example, when you hover over 1 on Aston it says Cadet in a box or something. It'd make it easier to know what config it is.
I haven't been following these test patches so if it already does that someone tell me please.

Yes it does, you just press "Aston" and then it is the verbose track selection just before, so there's no point to do what you describe. This new menu is just a handy shortcut for the people who are in a hurry.

Lol, lol and lol.

Those photographers are really asking for it... Sometimes I miss them only by a couple of inches.

Sk0rp - I don't think it's a mod, although that would be crazy. It's just a photoshopped thingie for fun.

I can't believe the MX-5's coolness is even under debate.

I have to admit that I would go for an Elise if I had the money, though.

I think he should be made part of the dev team....

...as a servant!!!

- TRISTAAAAN!!! Make me some tea! Quickly!
- OK, coming right up Scawen.
- Make it quick! I am debugging a new feature. And start preparing dinner for later.
- Yes sir!
- Victor called btw, you'll have to go by his house and do the laundry tomorrow first thing in the morning.
- Gotya.



(/me ducks)

Quote from Vain :

At first I had problems to find all aids that were enabled. The first 15 minutes of GTR2 were devoted to finding aids and disabling them. Wow. - ...

Hmmm, in the game options, before you start a game, there were buttons to disable each one of them. It took me 5 seconds to disable them. And later I found that there were separate buttons on top of these: "amateur / semi-pro / advanced / ...". So there was an even quicker way.

Hey Spyr - welcome to LFS! You might want to check out a greek team / community at http://gvrteam.wordpress.com/ .

Hope to see you soon beyond the demo and into S2.

I wouldn't mind for such an addition. It would be like a slightly larger MRT for the autocross tracks.

But I would prefer to see karts first.

Quote from the_angry_angel :

It's not like I'm in it for the fame and glory, but that was his first post in the topic :P

oooops. lol, sorry for that Hope you're not angry with me.

Quote from george_tsiros :

Why do wrc drivers need a codriver? Don't they know the course by heart already?

No.

It is impossible to know all the corners by heart, and still be 100% focused in driving so fast.

It is impossible to remember the level of detail about the special stage, that the co-driver provides.

And it is impossible for the driver to provide all the paperwork to the marshalls by himself, and look at the maps simultaneously while driving between special stages and from/to the service park.

This post really shows how underrated the co-drivers are. They do half the job. The drivers' and co'drivers' lives depend on each other.

And many co-drivers, I have heard, were somewhat disturbed when their names were axed from the side window by FIA. And rightly so, IMHO.

Hey filur, excellent guide. Cheers.

Here are some additions for the linux / screen part:

1) Better use switches -d -m by default, to immediately detach from the terminal. Very useful for startup scripts.

E.g.

screen -d -m -S "$NAME" wineconsole --backend=curses LFS.exe /cfg=$CFG

2) A mini guide for screen for anyone not familiar with it:

While in screen:
(edit --- this was wrong previously, + some more stuff added)
CTRL-A D : Detach from terminal
CTRL-A C : Create a new "window" in this screen session
CTRL-A N : Next window
CTRL-A P : Previous window

Some useful command lines:
screen -ls : View current screen's.
screen -r : Resume a detached screen
screen -r <number> : Resume a detached screen with PID <number>, in case of multiple screens running (say, multiple LFS dedicated servers)

Last edited by avellis, Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:10.

Quote from ayrton senna 87 :

im not sad enuf to check the forum every 5 secs to see if everything has been posted before

Then many of us are VEEEERY SAAAAD



(BTW why "every 5 secs"? Do you write a random thread every 5 seconds?)

Quote from birder :

1)

For new (and slower) drivers online it maybe a good thing to have a "start at the back of the grid" button or setting.

Not a bad idea. However you can do it "manually"; either pull over and let everyone pass you safely - I've done this a million times myself - or SHIFT+S and start from the pits.