Sometimes it's hard to find somewhere people aren't going to get all snobby. Persistence pays off eventually. I just wish there weren't quite so many unpleasant people.

Last edited by IReallyHateBureaucracy, Sun 30 Jul 2006, 21:45.

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I love this game!

I remember that, before I got tired of the idiots.

Quote from Jakg :

.wma - windows meda audio - i think he meant .wmv

Nuur - I missed that. I didn't mean to be facetious.

Quote from Jakg :

to get a replay into .wma you need a VERY special program!

Or Fraps and Windows Media Encoder.

The architectural glass works well, thanks. I find myself playing with 3ds quite a bit, in between practicing on LFS single player.

Ryanry64: 3DS Max 7, I think it's the raytracing, I turned a few things up.

XCNuse: As I said, I'm not happy with the glass. At least you can see through it both ways now and it doesn't refract everything like the bottom of a beer bottle. I'll get it eventually. It makes sense, you can see through it but it's there - it's bound to confuse things. I'll try your suggestion, thanks.

I've been playing with mesh smoothing too - there's a lot to learn.

Last edited by IReallyHateBureaucracy, Fri 30 Jun 2006, 14:44.

I'm learning. I've only been at it a week but I think it's getting there. I'm not satisfied with the tyres or the glass yet. I've seen some nice work here, I'm sure people will be happy to tell me what else is wrong.

I had a girlfriend, now we're friends. We argued quite a lot at one point but recently she's been much nicer. If it carries on like this I'm thinking of letting her out of the cupboard soon.

And you'll only be able to run licensed, government approved software. Great...

Last edited by IReallyHateBureaucracy, Sun 18 Jun 2006, 11:09.

I have mine on

Overall Effect Strength: 100%
Spring Effect Strength: 0%
Damper Effect Strength: 0%
Enable Centering Spring = ON
Report Combined Pedals = OFF
Degrees of Rotation = 720

In LFS
Wheel turn: 720
Wheel turn compensation: 0.00
Force Strength: 100%
Combined pedals = OFF
Calibration lock = ON

It seems fine to me like that. It's based on what I read here: http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=198

In another post someone reminded me - look at Gabkick's sig which sends you here:

http://www.gtplanet.net/forum/ ... p=2178816&postcount=1

Last edited by IReallyHateBureaucracy, Sat 10 Jun 2006, 17:52.

Quote from Spudster :

Wayne Rooney = Chav

ALL Chavs must die. Now.

I hope he breaks his head, maybe all the other chav scum in this country will copy him.

Just got mine, works just like they said.

I watched the WR replay of BL1 in FXR, got the setup (bloc106 or something, I've fiddled with it a little) and got from 1:16 to today's low of 1:09.98 - when my DFP gets here I'm hoping to improve further... Amtrak says it's on its way.:woohoo:

If it happens repeatedly it's probably a bad omen for your disc drive, unless you've been doing non-MS things to your partition table, then it might just be them being picky. Just in case, after RTFM, the next word is BACKUP.

I could help you but as an MCSE you'll probably think I'm evil...



Is the file system NTFS? http://support.microsoft.com/d ... aspx?scid=kb;en-us;228888 suggests that it's a problem with your disc.

The hardware might not be up to it but it's on the right theme...

http://www.bit-tech.net/modding/2006/05/16/epia_alloy_mod/

It's been there a couple of weeks so you may have seen it but it seemed very appropriate for Live For Speed.

Last edited by IReallyHateBureaucracy, Thu 1 Jun 2006, 20:54.

I try that but sometimes I'm too busy trying to stay on the track...

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Well, decisions get made for you... the plan was pass the exam, get MCSE, get a job, buy 7900GTS. Now it's the same but I also buy a wheel to replace my broken joystick.

I passed. That's the first two out of the way...

Thanks. I was put off by the Playstation style buttons. The greater range of movement sounds appealing though.

G25:

"The G25 wheel turns 900 degrees lock-to-lock"

"The Logitech G25 Racing Wheel is compatible with ... Live for Speed"

http://www.logitech.com/index. ... N,contentid=12020,crid=34

$(US)299.99 - that may be an issue...

Last edited by IReallyHateBureaucracy, Mon 29 May 2006, 18:37.

If all wheels were the same then appearance would be a valid basis for preference. I'm getting the impression they're not. Once I buy a wheel I'll most likely turn off the screen wheel.

The DFP is more sensitive than the MOMO then? I looked in the 'wheels' forum but didn't get a clear impression, other than that people ask the question a lot. Objective evidence is hard to come by. I imagine someone will now direct me to the post I was looking for. :rolleyes:

At the moment the UK selection at Logitech doesn't include the G25. I'll write to them, I'm sure some lying scumbag - sorry, salesperson will be happy to send me loads of blurb.

I should have picked a shorter name. I was filling in the form and I tried a few things which were all taken, then found my form-filling threshhold, which isn't very high, I'll admit. Given the choice, I'd rather poke myself in the eye with a stick than fill in a form.

I think I'll go this way

http://www.logitech.com/index. ... ,CRID=2217,CONTENTID=6030

rather than this

http://www.logitech.com/index. ... CRID=2250,CONTENTID=11097

I just don't like the DFP's looks.

Last edited by IReallyHateBureaucracy, Sun 28 May 2006, 14:12.

Or, I just noticed, you could change the clocks to virtual. I think aesthetically I prefer the first option.

OK, back to the F1 on the telly now... :heyjoe67_

In the options I notice you can choose not to have the wheel on the screen. Once you have your new wheel, why not turn off the one on the screen? Then you can see the dashboard. You won't need the visual feedback from the wheel on screen as you'll have one in front of you.

I noticed that - it also tends to pull to one side when you brake. The joystick eventually developed a twitch, so that as you brought it back to centre after the corner it would suddenly jump from full lock to full lock, very fast. Not good.

I'm looking at something like this

Not much good for flying a plane though.

Last edited by IReallyHateBureaucracy, Sun 28 May 2006, 11:04.

TV looks good at low res. My 19 incher (I don't get to say that often ) makes low res look awful.