Any news on the Dedicated servers yet Franky?

Wow, 250,000, but so what

At the time of posting, Online there are 443 Demo and 567 Licensed

Maybe that number shows just how many we have lost.

The highest online in the graph was 1807

Thats 1800 out of 250000 so it shows the problem, if we had more regular content there would be more online for sure

Also just how silly is it when there are 916 servers live at the moment, that just about 1 each

We are about to setup a server to race FBM and FOX at the same time with the FOX having a handicap

We will be using AS2, S06 and BL1 and we already have a working handicap system in LFSBuddy

My question is

What handicap weight and restriction do you think would be fair to make close racing?

Great idea Victor

We have our own system at ConeDodgers and after many months of doing reports Etc we now only do results

http://conedodgers.com/conedod ... com_wrapper&Itemid=26

but i am sure it can be changed to fit in with yours, however make it simple and standard. If its all automatic it can only be a step forward.

I am not sure that allowing anyone involved post a report would be a good thing as it may well get heated, imho it should be league admins only

If you can make your input automatic or simple "Fill in a form" and the output of the results, reports, Etc in a plain html format anyone could use it in a CMS or a website using an iframe

However its long been my hope that the LFS Server would have simple automatic output options, a points system, a script system (Like LFSBuddy or Lapper) and a server admin control panel that would help the server and league admins (Without using insim), after all its us that give users a place to race.

Last edited by birder, Tue 30 Sep 2008, 12:33.

I think we all get a bit bored with LFS when there is no changes for months and amonths and months. If the devs did an update every 3 months, however small , it would partly stop this but as it is we have an update every 12 months (ish) and this is too big a gap

In CD we have over 50 Race Team Members and its simple to see when the "Bored of LFS" syndrome kicks in as we dont see some of our members for weeks

A new bit of content and they are all back for a while

One thing is for sure, i have used LFS more than any other game i have tried as the others normally last a month before i get bored.

I think many of us use LFS as its by far the easiest to race online with, and there is always a race to be had without all the waiting about.

Quote from dadge :

how good was your first video

not sure but its here http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=47182

No comment on the video.

However you seemed to use a full version of Fraps as there is no advert.

It would have certainly been better to buy S2 rather than fraps, unless......

Quote from squad_e :

great video, but work on the lense flare a bit more, or remove it next time around..

Holy Moly, i thought the lens flare was the best bit

Quote from SpikeyMarcoD :

Nice video, is it me or is the image quality lower then a lot of the other videos. May just be the PC's capablilities.

Its not the PC, thats a brand new top of their range Dell XPS720 H2C, so it must be me

Quote from Jens O. :

minor bug in the helmet,

Thats not a bug its a feature...............

Thanks

OK Guys, Here is my first ever LFS movie

3 versions

1) http://www.conedodgers.com/test/cd-promo.wmv 320 x 240 10mb
2) http://www.conedodgers.com/test/cd640.avi 640 x 480 44mb
3) http://www.conedodgers.com/test/cd1024.avi 1024 x 768 66mb

Please be kind but i would like your comments

Quote from mcintyrej :

A reason people may not want to pay for the mods is that if someone doesn't want to pay extra to download a mod then they don't have to. But everyone else will have and they don't be able to race on half of the servers online leaving them with crap online. And they're then forced to buy the addons.

The devs could setup a kind of moderating force to work alongside the forum moderators just to check the mods that are released. However the mods would need to be strictly controlled as any unofficial website can just host any mod without moderation.

Sorry, but so what, those who dont pay, dont get the new content, sometime you cant have things as you cant afford it.

The whole point of the idea, (and any idea that get new cars and tracks is good IMO) is to have it available.

Face facts most people would buy it, one idea would be give it away for S2 offline use but you cant use it online unless you buy it.

I always think the devs miss out, over 50% of users are Demo, i spend 10 times more each year on servers than i ever will on LFS so it would be great to be able to buy content and give something back.

Allowing modding in this manner would have people from others sims "coming back" to LFS straight away.

I have used LFS for 3 years, its cost £24, i have sims that cost 3 times as much and have only lasted a week.

Great idea +1 but there is not a cat in hells chance it will ever happen

1280 x 960 does not appear in my list at all, can someone confirm it does in thiers, please?

Hi Guys

I have just spent an hour reading the whole tread as i want to make a movie.

I have done loads of wildlife videos in that past from DV footage so once i have the footage i will have no problem but its getting footage that i am finding a problem.

I think i may well be getting a bit thick in my old age but i just cannot see how you guys find some of the settings

In one post (on page 2) its says set LFS at 1280 x 960 and record in Fraps at half size 640 x 480, and that sounds like a good idea. (All numbers divide by 16 and all that)

My system will will record using Fraps upto 1920 x 1200 and full speed without a problem (Dell xps720) but how do you set LFS and your system to 1280 x 960 as i just cannot find this setting?

In fact i would like to do widescreen (pal) but i cannot find a match of a PC/LFS that matches a TV format

Am i missing something (Maybe my brain)

Thanks

Quote from JO53PHS :

Just my opinion...

An opinion using no facts whatsoever, makes you look silly.

If you like the CTRA best, and serveral CD members also like the CTRA, thats fine. The CTRA is a great set of servers and some fantastic programming but please do not flame other servers when you have little real idea what you are talking about.

If you dont like a server, dont use it.

I have run CD for almost 3 years and we are very fair.

The guy who started this post would have been banned for 12 hours if i had been on the servers, and that would have been fair.

Quote from JO53PHS :

I'd go on CTRA if I were you. I'm sorry, but a large number of conedodgers members are like uber l33t people who think they're always right.

Its not just this, I've heard of other times when people have been unfairly kicked or banned. Ramming you because "they thought you were a threat to them" is just rediculous.

Live, 'on the spot' adminning can work, the FM team do a good job of it. However, someone needs to give the certain CD members a good kick up the pants and a lesson on how to admin a public race properly

Its rubbish like your post that make people want to supply servers for the community to use.

We look into EVERY complaint but remember what we do on our servers is up to us

Also as you can see from the post above it was nothing whatsoever to do with CD, we have voting allowed on our servers and 99% of bans are votes.

CD bans are all recorded in our ban database so we can tell who banned who.

Quote from DAG00BER :

are there any new player servers that are for RACING ONLY? i was in cone dodgers 1 server and for the fist few hours it was good racing. wen i got blue flags i would pull to the side of the road and let them pass. some of the cone dodgers team even thanked me wen i let them by. but later in the day there was less people in the server and i was rammed by one guy for no reason. he told me he thought i was a threat to him. then he told me i was a noob and to go play single player or cruise, and kicked me from the server. i can not stand the cruise servers and think they are a waste of time(my oppinion dont flame me). so i want to know if there are any new player servers that are RACING only with s2 cars.

Just so you are aware, we log all chat on CD servers

Here is the section (Stuff not involved removed)

^sDAGOOBER^d : F**K SORRYYY
/msg ^sDAGOOBER^d Kicked for Swearing
^sDAGOOBER^d Kicked for Swearing
/kick dag00ber
NR™^JÏicky voted to ban ^sDAGOOBER^d (dag00ber) [1/7] (press 1)
/msg Great 1st split (0.44.91) by Riddi GER (FXR) !
Great 1st split (0.44.91) by Riddi GER (FXR) !
®Ricou voted to ban ^sDAGOOBER^d (dag00ber) [2/7] (press 1)
^sDAGOOBER^d : dam u ran into me u azz
Vote cancelled
NR™^JÏicky : /DAGOOBER\ - blue flag
NR™^JÏicky voted to ban ^sDAGOOBER^d (dag00ber) [1/7] (press 1)
^sDAGOOBER^d pitted
^sDAGOOBER^d left the pits (FZR)
^sDAGOOBER^d : u rammed me fool
Cordier disconnected
®Ricou voted to ban ^sDAGOOBER^d (dag00ber) [2/7] (press 1)
NR™^JÏicky : /DAGOOBER\ - let me pass
NR™^JÏicky : idiot
NR™^JÏicky : /DAGOOBER\ - it s a race,not cruise
^sDAGOOBER^d : cruise is gay
NR™^JÏicky voted to kick ^sDAGOOBER^d (dag00ber) [1/7] (press 1)
®Ricou voted to kick ^sDAGOOBER^d (dag00ber) [2/7] (press 1)
Grapefruit voted to kick ^sDAGOOBER^d (dag00ber) [3/7] (press 1)
^sDAGOOBER^d : fukin a how did i?
NR™^JÏicky : ban
[CD] Hex voted to kick ^sDAGOOBER^d (dag00ber) [4/7] (press 1)
^r=) voted to kick ^sDAGOOBER^d (dag00ber) [5/7] (press 1)
SRTScarfi voted to kick ^sDAGOOBER^d (dag00ber) [6/7] (press 1)
^sDAGOOBER^d : fuk you are twats
®Ricou : Go practice, you're a begginer.
^sDAGOOBER^d was kicked


Also at that time your fastest times were
XRR 2:46
FXR 2.00
FZR 2.00 (Your first 4 laps were 10:00 plus)

Firstly CD people did nothing at all to you but am sure you will understand at some point its easier to kick someone that let this crap go on

Quote from Stefani24 :

What Zeugnimod said.

Its fixed as mustpit. Thanks

Quote from zeugnimod :

I don't think he meant it in a bad way. He probably just wanted to point it out but used the wrong words.

Sorry

results page up now at

http://conedodgers.com/conedod ... com_wrapper&Itemid=26

Quote from Stefani24 :

it says mustpit, but no mustpit.
it says no as1 but as1

Combo's change at 4:00am but AS1 was the combo that was on when i set it running.

Come on give us a break, at least i am trying....... some would say very trying

Today see's the start of a new league at ConeDodgers.

Based on our server, [CD] Conedodgers 3 we now have an F1 style points league that changes its track every day,

No license needed, all CD team members if on the server will issue 12 hour bans for any rule breaking

The track will change about 4:00am every day

The laps will also be set so its fewer laps on long circuits and more on short ones.

There is also a pit stop required in all races.

The league will be live at all times with the points simply adding up and if it gets popular, the number on a grid to score points will go up

I will handicap anyone who gets a big points lead, nothing to do with race speed, just points

Cars that can be raced will change as well as the track and laps

Here is the list of possible tracks

BL1, BL1R
SO2, SO2R, SO4, SO4R, SO5, SO5R, SO6, SO6R
FE2, FE2R, FE3, FE3R, FE4, FE4R
KY1, KY1R, KY2, KY2R, KY3
WE1, WE1R
AS2, AS2R, AS3, AS3R, AS4, AS5, AS6R, AS7, AS7R

And these are the 7 sets of cars

GTR
MiniGTR
TBO (FXO, XRT, RB4)
LRF (LX's, RAC, FZ50)
FOX
FO8
MRT

The combo will only wast one day

All welcome,

Best of luck

I have just banned a top driver from all CD servers for using this cheat.

Please do not use any cheat on any CD servers at any time as this will always gain the user a life ban.

Very sorry to here this news, been great racing with you over the years and you are all always welcome on our servers

Quote from tristancliffe :

And a sim with real cars/tracks is not necessarily more realistic than one without. The aim is to reproduce the vehicle dynamics, not the exact circumstances.

I agree with you in the case of cars, if the devs put an LM Proto body on the F08 we would all drive it more than we ever do the F08 now, add a bit of extra power here, move the weight about and change the bodies would give more cars very quickly, but tracks i think we all would like real tracks so we can see what they are like.

I will never drive Monza but in a sim i can and many leagues would set up with date and track like the real series if we had the content.

The fact is we aint gonna get it but we can all dream.