Quote from Töki (HUN) :

Welcome back, Ian! Secondly, WoW! It looks great. Now I feel I have to tell where my BMW fanboyism comes from. About 10 years ago, we had an E30 touring too, that was black and diesel. Manual, leather seats, 4 electric windows, in perfect conditions. In winter my dad took me for a ride with the E30. Being only around 8 years old, I pretty much enjoyed going sideways on snow.:lovies3d:

Thanks

I never used to like BMWs.. but have pretty much developed a great fondness for the E30. Such a dream to drive and IMO, a proper driver's car. Got a shedload of service history with the silver one too.

I did think about leather for my old blue one, but decided to buy an Anthracite sports cloth interior instead. This one came with a silver sports interior that's _mint!_ so will be staying and the Anthracite will be sold to anyone offering me £150+. Got 4 leccy windows in this one too.. old one only had fronts. Even the headlight wipers work on this one

I bought 2 saloons too.. mainly as donor cars, but breaking in general produces a nice bit of extra pocket money.

Donor car for engine to replace the one in my old blue touring:


One bought for the ~80k miles 325i high-compression engine (car cost £170, engine sold this coming weekend for £250 ) Even came with its own garden, heh:



The death of my previous touring a few weekends ago :




A nice E30 325i Sport would be a cool addition too.. but finding a good one needs a remortgage on a house. Think the only time I'd touch a 4-pot one though would have to come with 'M3' on the documents although I don't have a spare £10-15k spare for a car



Regards,

Ian

Quote from Töki (HUN) :

Nice to see another BMW.

And another one........

Paid £1,000 for this one after the head gasket went on my blue one and warped the head too All not lost though as it's worth at least twice what I paid for it as parts since I started breaking E30s

This one, although a year older than my previous one, is in _much_ better condition. A few niggles to sort, but not too bad for a 20 year old motor.

Has the right number of pots (6), right model (E30).. has a 40mm drop all round and H&R adjustable rollbars front and rear.. all new BMW bushes, tappets sorted so runs nice and quiet.. a sweet as drive. Since buying, have fitted my old mongoose stainless system, mild chip, red rear lenses and a tech2 steering wheel. Just needs an iS front lip to complete the job. This one might make it to The 'Ring










Regards,

Ian

Last edited by Ian.H, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 15:08.

Quote from danowat :

Maybe "arse-licking sheep" is a bit insulting, Ian, you do have a point, but maybe tone it down a bit?

I'm out.. I guess I've said what I had to say (and I have a meeting in 2 mins). Maybe a little insulting to some (conscience? heh) but fair play. Just seemed the easiest way to write "someone who constantly bows down and kisses the feet of the developers regardless of whether praise is worthy or not"



Regards,

Ian

Quote from deggis :

You're an arse-licking gullible sheep.

That's not an insult, right? Of course it's not if you are actually a domestic sheep (Ovis aries).

Depends what side of the percentage barrier you see yourself

Careful though, one day, someone really might insult you.. and I fear that may spark suicidal tendencies or something.



Regards,

Ian

Quote from JJ72 :

I am deeply offended why Ian you have to keep insulting people who are seeing the positive side of LFS, your constantly referring of people as sleep pissed me off.

Sheep: People who just follow others without conscious thoughts of their own.

Seems like common trend on this forum, unfortunately.

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Just because something doesn't work as in your rulebook of business model doesn't mean it must be wrong, you can dislike it turn away from it but how on earth can you reject the idea that some people does actually enjoy the experience and ain't here because people want something to worship?

You mean the fact LFS operate as a commercial venture and happily accept people's money, yet work like a half-arsed, lazy, open-source college project?

As for your use of the word 'worship', I think that underlines my point very well, thanks.

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And just because somebody say thankyou in this post automatically render them brainless and uncapable of using common sense? Why don't you understand most of us see something positive WHILE also have our complaints with this sim.

Having manners is a positive.. the problem here is normally, that 'thank you' is accompanied by the likes of "you are my god Scawen".. "how often do you walk on water, sir?" or words to that effect.

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I have LFS, Rfactor and is signing up to Iracing, I also just returned from CTRA1 and was pleasantly satisfied, slow development or not, why should I be pissed just because "hey in business term we are not treated fairly".

I think you have issues with people actually enjoying the game, and while a few months before you would still pretend you are making the post because you want to "ring the bell" and hope LFS does better, now you are just plain trolling because you hated it.

Are you asking or telling me my opinion?

I don't hate the fact people enjoy the game at all.. more power to them. And where have I ever said I hated LFS? I see it's potential, but a lost potential, sadly.

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You want LFS to fail okay but who are you and why should we care??????? I honestly think you should pull your head out of your ass and stoping thinking that you are the special one with a rare insight because all you are special for is not processing the ability to see beyond your own opinion.

Huh!? Now you're just trying to put words in my mouth. Where the fsck did I say I _want_ to see LFS fail!? I said I _can see it falling_... a world of difference!

As for heads and arses.. I think I'm one of the few that happen to have it already outside of their orifice. Since when have I claimed to be special in any way, or have rare insights?

When you actually have an argument to put against what I've said, feel free to come back and try again.. until then, I'd suggest you don't bother.



Regards,

Ian

Last edited by Ian.H, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 10:38. Reason : typo

Quote from Yisc[NL] :

If you feel that way about this game and it's community, just leave it and find something else to do and rant about. Most people simply loves this game and accept the way it is developed.

[ snip ]

So because you, and 80% of the people associated with this forum are gullible sheep, that makes everything ok? I'm glad you see the world in black and white.

People keep telling me "take a break, go play something else then come back when there's something new"... well.. I did this, 3 years ago and came back after 2 years of being away and building my own content for rFactor.. yet, LFS is _still_ almost where I left it back then (except of course now, we can have [racist language removed] menus \o/ ). Just how much of a break does one need to take before something substantial is added to LFS?

Technology moves quickly.. and if you don't keep up, you fall flat on your face. How do you think a static web page with half a dozen pics on would do against a fully dynamic and interactive web gallery? Which would get the most visitors?

I seriously believe that if there was a true count for reasons people use LFS now, it'd be something along the lines of:

60% - skidding twats who think FnF was "ahhhhllll dat".
30% - racers looking for something semi-realistic.
10% - fanboys that no matter what happens to LFS, will always believe it was written by god himself and they're now blessed to be able to "share the experience".

LFS will fall, I'm almost certain of it. It does have huge potential, but alas, by the time we _may_ actually see some of it, there'll be a dozen other _real_ sims (not arcade games with half-decent tyre physics) that'll make LFS look like it was written for a WAP phone.

In the mean time... I hear your shepherd calling.



Regards,

Ian

Quote from Yisc[NL] :

Unbelievable people (I mean this in general) write this kind of comments all the time. Scawen has worked his but off to get patch Z out the door. Eric has made plenty of new interiors and the game itself is progressing in the right direction with at least two patches a year. If you don't like what Scavier is doing with their game, just leave it alone. If you still want to play it, accept the way they're working and stop complaining.

Feel free to continue to arse-lick, like 90% of the posts in this thread.. but the long and short of it is.. LFS is nothing but a glorified hobby to the devs (which it shouldn't be!). Consider this recent pace and think about S3.. complete new game engine (or at least, you'd like to hope so it looks like a 200x game, not a 1980s BBC Micro game in compraison to what's available these days), complete new content.. etc etc. Eric will be complete with 1 new track in about 2052.. woohoo!!

You like too many others keep spouting this "their game" bullshit. It's not. They're developing it, but they're selling it for a profit, that comes with certain requirements.

I could create a list like the (rather comical) changelog for apps I write too, except I note the important changes and the rest get filed under 'minor tweaks'... but Scawen is well aware just how gullible and fanatic the LFS community is in general.. so if he writes down every tiny change.. people will cream their pants at such a long list. I'm surprised we don't see things like 'removed redundant comment on line 3219 of network.cpp' just to make it look like more work was done than actually was.

Bollox to 'LFS - Online Racing Simulator'... more like 'LFS - Smoke n Mirrors Simulator'.



Regards,

Ian

Quote from JamesF1 :

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Basically, they're trying to cover up the limitations of their network by reducing load, not by improving the network. That way, you get more customers paying you for the same amount of resource.

And that's really the bottom line. ISPs want to continue to oversell themselves at a cost to the customer. Has always been the same and I can't see it improving in the (not so near) future.



Regards,

Ian

Quote from MR_B :

What about gaming then? Surely that would look like the same thing? Especially over a period of time. I do the igtc!

What about gaming, FTP.. whatever.. nothing to worry about / consider. Simplified:


Bittorrent packets: ABC123AABB321
Gaming packets: A1B2C3D4E5F6


Hence the term 'deep packet'. They're not just looking at "this user is uploading.. he must be seeding illegal software"... they're looking at _what_ data you're sharing and going on that.



Regards,

Ian

I think this sums up what LFS is today, pretty well. The influx of idiotic (skidding) kids over the past 12-18 months has taken LFS from being a serious attempt at a sim, to being a game for kids.... I bet Honda Civics are pretty good cars all in all... but now many see them as nothing but imported ricer jap crap.

Ah well.



Regards,

Ian

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

They have no idea what it is you're downloading/uploading is that would violate data protection acts, but they make an assumption that because you're using a port common with file sharing and/or your traffic usage that you must be a pirate.

They can.. hence the word 'packet' not 'port'.

Any numpty can run a service on a different port to standard, and ISPs know this.. so they need to use other, more reliable methods.. so they inspect the actual data packets being transmitted.. think 'Phorm'.



Regards,

Ian

Wait wait wait.... you mean to tell me, after all this fsckin time.. Eric _STILL_ hasn't managed to create new interiors for all cars!? There's only one environment suitable for that man.... the dole queue.

Did we get Aboriginal language yet!? I'm sure there's plenty of LFS being played in the outback with players that feel discriminated against.

The new interiors from the screenshots I've seen aren't bad.. but jesus christ. Any hope for LFS becoming something has just been thrown right out the window. LFS is like Win98.... yeah, it'll still run, but everything about it screams "last century".



Regards,

Ian

Deep Packet Inspection.

Not too clued up on _exactly_ how it works (networking isn't my forté) but I guess BT data has a certain "pattern" which can be monitored.



Regards,

Ian

Quote from danowat :

Just heard this on the news that Virgin Media have sent out warning letters to hundreds of people about their file sharing habits.

Just how do they know that people have been file sharing?, are they monitoring all internet usage or something?.

I just can't see how they can monitor Bit torrent traffic.

I am not with Virgin BTW, just curious about how they do it.

No idea if they have or not, but using DPI, it's quite easy.. unfortunately.



Regards,

Ian

Quote from the_angry_angel :

You were kinda asking for it though

tbh, I cant see any benefit to them at all, but it's here. If anyone sends me a request I just accept it to get rid of the notification, and that way I don't upset anyone

Worse.. they appear to have zero affect on (actually broke) 'only "buddies" can PM you' now. Left no choice but to close my PM access.

Personally I won't be upgrading to vB 3.7.x.. focus of forum software has unfortunately, been long lost. Now, how to convince people to start up news servers again



Regards,

Ian

Quote from thisnameistaken :

I shudder to think what will happen when you lot actually see a woman naked for the first time.

hmm.. for some reason, the first American Pie springs to mind



Regards,

Ian

Glad it's all sorted fella


0.5.1.103 released.

Show-stopping bug for first time users mentioned above fixed and updated the BMW Sauber car name for the 'Car Info' window.

Changelog and download info in [POST=407199]post #1[/POST].


General Note: Please post any further bug reports at dSRC Forums. Likewise, any new releases will also only be announced there from now on.



Regards,

Ian

skstibi.. would I be right in assuming you've never had a previous version of the app installed before?

I removed the data dir and started it up as though it was the first time and I got an abnormal program termination. It only managed to create the data dir and 2 sub dirs, never saw the window other than the msgbox.

Could you drop me a mail at [email protected] with a contact mail addy for you? I've fixed the bug I mentioned and suspect that may resolve the issue for you too. If you can send me a mail address, I'll send you an updated copy to test



Regards,

Ian

Quote from Luke.S :

Yeah it must have been a typo. Dam 99p keyboard. :P

So not only are you immature (really, my kid wouldn't have even bothered.. "5cr3w_y0u"!? "u-lik3-m3n"!?!? ohhh pahlease!).. you've just confirmed you're a liar too. Way to go!



Regards,

Ian

Quote from Luke.S :

i did that on purpose. designer. look i can spell

I'll give you that it's probably a typo rather than a spelling mistake, but it certainly wasn't deliberate (unless you really are stupid).. but if you're gonna be immature and try to be smart in the same text, at least try to concentrate on the smart bit



Regards,

Ian

Quote from Luke.S :

he has replied.
My reply:

Oh and learn to spell that isn't how you spell Bailey. And Eric is the track deigner......

Gotta love irony



Regards,

Ian

Quote from Mackie The Staggie :

So leave, erase it from you're hard drive and walk away.

If you have bad service at a restaurant, do you go back day after day and complain, If a plumber constantly overcharges and does a half baked job do you call him up again.

Of course you don't, so what I fail to understand is that if you are that unhappy about LFS, why are you still on the 'LFS' boards complaining about the lack of development at every chance you can.

Some people moan for a reason, others for a cause. Then you have complete and utter idiots who complain just for the sake of complaining.

I would just up and walk away, if I didn't want to be involved still.

If you pay for a hotel room for the month, and 5 days into that, faults that were reported on day one still haven't been addressed, you might take it further. That said, if you have been in the hotel before and liked it, you might just progress with the complaint and try again later and hope it was a simple glitch.

All this said, I want to enjoy LFS again like I used to... I want to be back part of dSRC in active manner rather than just being a coder / host.. but the lack of progress has killed any spark there. Damn, even 1 new (and I mean new, not regurgitated) track and a few bug fixes would probably keep me happy for a while. I don't want it all tomorrow, I do understand things take time.. but _something_ soon would be nice after waiting so long.



Regards,

Ian

Quote from blackbird04217 :

Where as I totally see your point I also see the 80/20 rule. It takes 20% of the effort for the first 80% and 80% of the effort for the last 20%.

I completely understand that. I can build a drivable track surface from scratch in 3DS, with AI working in ~2 hours. That includes tarmac and a grass edge (or whatever, depending on track). Completing that track to make it a _track_, not just a loop of tarmac, takes a fair bit longer and often, a lot more tedious ("planting" hundreds of trees really does get monotonous). SO I do get that rule too, but c'mon.. there's only so far that you can push that... LFS went way beyond that point 18 months ago.

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I'm not saying the bug is great, but your statement of the above isn't true to me. (Security it may stand true as people would know to break in and spread the news, thats quite different.) 10 small bugs in 24hrs may not be as much as 1 giant bug thats been there for 4 years...

Granted... it's not as serious as my security analogy, but my point remains. Even if it came down to a text editor.. if I had 2 and they both had 20 bugs, company ABC fixed 19 of theirs within 2 days and the final one within a week.. and comany XYZ fixed 5 of theirs in the first 4 days and left the remaining 16 for the next 4 years... but had added 4 extra languages to read the menus in.. which editor would you think was the better product, and which company would you think was the better company?

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Except your missing the point of they are still developing and working on it...

But they're only half working on it (or at least, that's how it seems by way of what's being released). Bugs since day 1 remain, yet new and far less important crap is added "constantly"... the priority list just doesn't make sense (and pretty sure it's not just me).

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About your money, you made the choice to spend it (4yrs ago?) so how is that a bad deal if your still even active 1 day a month in LFS, you're certainly more that that active on the forums so I really can't see a money complaint.

I can't remember the last race I had in LFS.. over the past 3 years, it's probably no more than 20 races due to it becoming stagnant and boring. Access to the forums are free, so the money consideration doesn't come into it there. It's not the point that I've paid £24 and feel hard done by.. I don't to an extent, I put that much in my car almost daily to get to and from work, it's the fact that nothing seems to be progressing forward for that. You wouldn't invest in a house if the market was static.. you may as well put it in a shoe box for 5 years later.. the £24 is nothing in monetary value, but a lot more in principle.



Regards,

Ian

Quote from Mackie The Staggie :

Don't know about you, but when I purchased LFS is was an ALPHA product, therefore i was buying an incomplete game. Correct me if I'm wrong here like, but I knew (like you're self) that the product was incomplete.

So you, like me, "invested early".. as I said, the net result is the same, we've paid to have the complete S2 product (else they'd be charging for patches).. just because we decided to pay early makes no difference whatsoever, but S2 final isn't coming any time soon.. fsck, S2 BETA ain't coming any time soon!

Quote :

I'm actually tempted to post a picture containg the following items....Pram and Toys, because this is what it sounds like to me.

Post what you like.. back, water, ducks will instantly spring to mind



Regards,

Ian

We haven't seen any _new_ tracks in LFS for years (not old, regurgitated tracks with a few polys bolted on one end to create a "new combo" :rolleyes: ). One might therefore be entitled to think that their modeller isn't up to par.

The current tracks are riddled with bugs, always have been since day one, yet never been fixed. Does said modeller not have the skillset available to resolve such issues?

As I said, thankfully _I'm_ not Eric's employer.. I didn't say Scawen should boot him out the door.. _if_ I was, I would have, that's all.



Regards,

Ian