Quote from T-RonX :

Alright, I have got a master server now.

birder proved me a domain(www.lfsmods.net) with MySql and everything. I want to thank him very much for his support.


I also made a small update to LFS Mail, it runs more stable now.

ConeDodgers are only too pleased to help and hope to have LFSMail on all their servers linked to your new system shortly.

Please note that the domain was only registered a few hours ago so www.lfsmods.net will go live (forwarding to Otus.co.uk) in about 12 hours once the dns has got round the network at my hosting company.

License files just updated

Quote from jasonmatthews :

Please can someone help. When I type !top it only works for the car set as the default in cfg file. How do I get the top list for other cars without changing the config file? Also, say I set a server to fxo only can I not just type !top and it will give the fxo top times? (without changing the cfg file).

!top FZR etc

Quote from Victor :

you can setup the hosts yourself now, on the insim relay setup page at lfsworld.

Hi Victor

I am going to LFSWorld, racers & hosts online, then the insim relay tab, however i am still getting

This page is currently not available due to maintenance and will not be available for a couple of days.

Please try again at a later time.

Quote from Victor :

The test relay and myself are back online again now.

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=30492 (Race spectator) have just been launched but there are not cars on any of the servers

Can you please add the [CD] ConeDodgers servers to relay so we can try this

Thanks

Well done, this will be great to view league races

Quote from FireFox86 :

I'm working on my own Race Spectator, because LFSSpecator doesnt work anymore. I'm testing it right now. showing split times, and the standings.

Gonna try to release it in a couple of days.

Hi

I see you have released LFS Race Viewer 0.3,

Is this your version of spectator?

Quote from Lotesdelere :

Lotes

27000 players on LFSW, thats 843 more full servers, 26000 will be noobs and the first thing they will want to do is try CD servers, however you can do the admin .........

Devs. you may need a bigger ban file.

There must be a master server problem as its dropping server every few hours. It just dropped 60 or so

24hours ago 600, then 175, slowly built back up to 500, now 289

Look at the hosts and racers graph.

No change to demo hosts

Quote from FireFox86 :

I'm working on my own Race Spectator, because LFSSpecator doesnt work anymore. I'm testing it right now. showing split times, and the standings.

Gonna try to release it in a couple of days.

Great news

Does anyone have a working Patch X version of Spectator?

This has been talked about before, a central Race License system but it fails when one person want one thing and another something else.

We tried to link our system to the SCCC but got no further than a few emails, then all of a sudden Becky pull out so if we had linked we would have been in the crap.

Our current system is tempory with our full system going live shortly.

Full marks for having a go but who would be in control. I think anything that is controlled by several people sounds great but often this is why it fails, too many cooks and all that.

Control by a commitee of one is always best, with the public giving the commitee ideas.

As we all have databases, maybe the way forward is to have a system which sends data from CTRA, CD Etc at certain times to one central system, but not the other way. "Server Members" could then request data from the central system and still maintain our own in a way that suits us.

PM me and we will talk about it.

Quote from [d9] :

hi,

!cleanspb command works without effect - see picture.
(very poor for hotlappers

In LFS, Type SHIFT+i and select Session from the buttons and try

spb = Session PB

If you are in Session mode the PB is replaced by SES

Well at least it does on mine

i have uploaded you one

http://www.conedodgers.co.uk/downloads/LFSBanEditor.zip

Hope that helps

The Licence files have just been updated

Quote from Private6 :

That's great and all but where do you put it?
And where can i set the time what do i change, i'm a complete noob but don't find the guide helpfull...

Can't someone help me like live, on msn...

The section with 0 * * * * * = ssmmhhddMMYYYY
Seconds, Minutes,Hours,date,month,year

Place it in the section called ScheduledAction

By the way it would be good to read the cfg file as it has the full instructions in.

Question Franky500

In the first post you have a server graph for CD1, this is a 32 / 47 slot server. 32 grid slots and 47 total including spectators (42 without admin slots)

We have this server switched with /carsmax set to 22 because 32 is just manic

This graph in your post only shows the racers on track and not the full number of connections.

If you ask anyone about CD1 they will tell you that the "Race is full" message on CD1 comes up all the time.

Is there a way of showing both racers on track and connections as someone looking at the graph may well think its not full when in fact it often has 42 ppl connected plus a couple of admins.

fthsjustin

You are way off the mark with your comments.

I run 4 of the most busy servers on LFS, all 4 come from 500Servers and their service has been fantastic.

Franky500 has been very helpful installing extras such as our tempory license system, about 20 versions of lapper, and loads more on each server.

They are always quick, always does any updates in the early hours when the servers are least busy.

They have loaned us a server to test on without charge.

I would say to everyone take no notice of fthsjustin's comments as they just are nothing like the norm.

Quote from danowat :

I've said it before, and I'll say it again........

Modding, by modding I mean new cars and track, will dilute an already diluted online racing community within LFS.

People DO NOT use everything we have in LFS to it's full potential as it is, and all adding third party content will do is water down the online experiance.

I TRUELY hope that LFS is NEVER opened up to public modding.

However, all that said, I DO believe that Scawen should "employ" some of the talented modders around to assist in the LFS development.

I understand your fears that modding will dilute the community but i have noticed many regulars have stopped using LFS yet they pop back in from time to time. They have been replaced by new users so we still have full servers but the numbers online has not changed greatly.

There are 2 sections of LFS, the racers and the (modders) programmers. The highest number in the LFSWorld graph is 1580 so its still very small mainly as it only attracts the racers and a few programmers.

At the moment the racers part works well but once you have tried all the combo's that interest you LFS can get a bit boring so racers mod thier skins and make what little changes they can.

The modders make changes using insim to add some variaty and when something new comes out the forum goes mad for it.

To me the only way forward is controlled mods.

1) Using some standard format allow modders to make tracks and cars
2) Have a approve panel or use this forum, where people vote on which car or track should be added from those put forward.
3) Once approved the Devs add it to the game using something like the way we use layouts files.

That way its controlled, the crap is weeded out, and it will become very active and will attract more players and more modders.

That way new content will be coming all the time and it will give new life to this fantastic game.

Quote from Toddshooter :

Hi

I had a "C" license but now when I try to access the CD4 server it tells me I don't have one. So I went to your website and did a license check and my license is gone. Was I deleted for some reason?
Thanks

Maybe this is my fault, well sort of

The Target times to beat are:
CD1 AS3 1.44.00
CD3 AS1 0.52.40

On 15th i used 52.40 as the setting for licenses
On 27th i used 52.39 as the setting

No times recorded on CD1

Your times for CD3 are

52:40 in the XFR
52.41 in the UFR

Now how close is that.

Quote from lawdog :

No, I deserve a license because I just turned a 1:43.44. I knew my honesty would pay off in good lap time karma!

Next update is Friday but i have just added your name to the licence file on CD2, it just wont appear in the website list yet

Well done.

Quote from felplacerad :

I think this would be a good time to disable insim in the demo version of LFS.

Sheesh!

+1

Quote from lawdog :

I just thought I'd do the honorable thing here, and say that I should not be included in the next license update. I am getting better, and I was running a couple races turning laps in the high to mid 1:44's. On lap 5 of the attached MPR*, I was on pace for another high 1:44 when the FXR in front of me spun coming out of the chicane. He made contact with me in the right rear quarter panel, but instead of spinning me out, it instantly accellerated the car from around 110 mph to over 170 (which is disconcerting, to say the least, when one is in 4th gear). I straightened it out, grabbed sixth gear before the engine damage got any worse, and crossed the line in 1:42.70. But that was about two seconds faster than what the lap should have been, without the wonky collision result. The next lap would have been too fast, too, given the fact that I crossed the line at over 170 mph, so I parked the car.

I'd like to earn a CD2 license, but I'd like to earn it by being clean and getting those last few tenths off my laptime, not by exploiting a bug. So unless I turn a 1:44 or better (in which case I'll let you know), you shouldn't include me in the next license update, no matter what the stats say.

*If you do view this replay, please don't think me a crasher--on lap 1 I was trying to brake early for the hard left hander to let a guy who was three seconds faster than me by, but locked a wheel and pitched the car sideways.

I have just been into the file changed the time to 1:44.30 so it will no longer be valid in the next licence update.

However you deserve a license for being so truthful.

License files have just been updated

Quote from Becky Rose :

I feel your pain birder, I feel your pain.

Pain, what pain....................................................................

What i need is to race in something x rated, ahh i think i will try a quick "Bump & Jump"

What a name.... (lol)