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Quote from battle :

Another reason why i think CD4 is always empty is because it's hard to find.... If you select FWD you won't find it because of the MRT and if the MRT is in there...

You already posted about that and it has been changed and set to small GTR's only since yesterday evening :splat:

Quote from Scawen :

Multiplayer :
Added handicaps / start position / user name to MPR header
FIX : It was possible for any guest to cause a host to crash

Argh!
Looks like it's too late for this bug to be fixed, isn't it ?

Quote :

He (Guy Smith) asked where he could get a copy of LFS, as he thought it was best simulation he had tried, I explained a bit about ConeDodgers and we had a bit of a laugh when I said he was not fast enough to join the CD race team.

Muhaha

Nice report, looks like it was a lot of fun

A shame about the sticker on the Aston Martin though :irked:

Quote from Michael Denham :

There was action all the way through the race

Yes, there was.

Quote from Michael Denham :

lots of passing.

But lets compare the starting grid and the final positions:

Vettel lost two positions and gained one due to Heidfeld's retirement.
Nice come back from Fisichella though after he went in the gravels.

Quote from Postman Pat :

But there were no effects at all on the rumble strips.

I've noticed the same with my DFP, no effects on rumble strips.

I'm also experiencing freezes and loops especially when:

I join the track
I change car
I'm spectating and a driver who is using a high resolution skin I have in my skins folder is joining the track
The track and/or weather is changed (I've even lost connection twice on a track+weather change)

Quote from birder :

We are finding that !near is causing serious problems when its used.

It seams to also stop the machine if several people use it, one after another when our server is full.

Its the same on all servers.

Quote from Gai-Luron :

Maybe, you have a big PB.txt file. Can you send me this file for test?

The problem with the !near command seems to occur when it's used by drivers who are not driving the default car set in the lapper config.

It doesn't really stop the machine but it's causing a serious mayhem in the connections, network bars are either full up or full down, half of the field is getting timeouts and they are not able to rejoin because they always get a timeout.
All of these symptoms vanish as soon as I stop the lapper.

Quote from SamH :

Think I've had a no-sound bug. I thought it was my system.. had to restart the PC to fix it. Since then, I've seen numerous people report the same thing.
...
The sound toggle doesn't work. It always shows Sound Off when we hit Shift+N.
...
Other applications work/ed for both of us (I was able to play MP3s etc)

I'm also losing sound in LFS only when I plug/unplug an USB device, usually an USB storage stick or an USB TV tuner or an USB external HDD.

However pressing Shift+N restores the sound.

Quote from Scawen :

For example if you have /maxguests=47 and /adminslots=7 then only 40 non-admins can join so when empty your host will appear in the list like this : 0/40.

They appear like that in the in-game list only but not on LFS World.

Quote from Scawen :

It surprises me to see hosts with 0/47 because it means they have not reserved any admin slots.

Quote from ste_ :

What causes this? Do crashes cause the stutter, and make it worse for everyone else?

Yes they do. Even the crashes that you can't see.
It seems that there is an area around your car in which calculations of what is happening on track do have an impact on your FPS, even if you can't see the events occuring.

Quote from Sticky-Micky :

i always got stutter aproaching the chicaine at aston for some reason

See above.
When you approach the final chicane at AS3+ you can see the whole straight, the pits, thus the cars leaving the garages, and you got the calculations from the cars coming up hill because they are close to you, even if you can't see them.

Quote from Scawen :

Avoided most of the "Can't x - a player is connecting" messages

The messages have been removed but still you can't do anything untill the new comer is finally connected to the server.

Quote from Gener_AL (UK) :

Can anyone else confirm if this ?

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=25921

Quote from spankmeyer :

2) Stay away from Cone Dodgers' servers.

Quote from danowat :

HELL YES, they need some SERIOUS moderation, well, the mods are just as bad, I suggest just giving them a VERY wide berth.

With patch X and the new Insim we are actually testing different things (how the servers can handle full load, how our PC's can handle 32 cars races, how our new system works, how the new Insim can handle full load, and much more).

So our servers are actually wide opened to full max connections and 32 cars on track.
We will reduce the number of cars on track soon, 32 cars is just crazy and almost impossible to play especially at the start.

Not everyone wearing a [CD] tag has admin rights. In fact very few of the CD members have admin rights untill this will be implemented.
Admin is not a job, we are not paid for doing that, in fact running servers cost us time and money and we don't earn anything from ours servers.
We are doing our best but we have only two eyes for 32 cars on track. Also, believe it or not, we have a normal life! Yes, incredible, I know... It's not because we are often online that we are always about. You never know if we are watching at the races or not. Big Brother is watching you! But Big Brother is not and can't be about 24/7. Obviously.
Anyway you can kick/ban vote on our servers. People who can't drive and other idiots usually get kicked or banned quickly, or they will leave by themselves. For some reason there are always guys who can get proper races and who often finish in the top 5 positions. Often the same ones. Skills ? Luck ? Both ?

We are going to run a licence system soon where you have to earn points on the public servers to be allowed to race on the reserved servers. More news to come soon, stay tuned.

We are doing all of this because of the passion we have for this game. Once again, we don't earn money, we don't have sponsors, and we can thank Birder for spending so much time, thus money, and for all the criticism and pressure he has to handle as the owner and founder of ConeDodgers.

"La critique est aisée mais l’art est difficile"
(Criticism is easy but art is difficult)
Philippe NÉRICAULT DESTOUCHES (1680-1754)

Now that I'm forced to use patch X, I have paid more attention to the sound (notice, not the sounds).

I think the left to right short delay used to create the pseudo stereo when using the cockpit view is creating phasis problems to the whole sound thus makes other sounds hard to heard (skids, horns, cars brushing a wall, etc...).
In chase view the engine sound is centered and everything sounds much more clear.

Phasis problems create holes in the stereo image and are also destroying basses and trebles, which is exactly what we have now in cockpit view: no real center, lack of 'body', strange high frequencies. If you still have a version < U31 just compare and you'll see (hear) what I mean.
Still, I'm not talking about a specific sound but about the whole global sound.

I'm not sure we can solve that with the Shift+A settings as it seems to be hardcoded.

When logged in as admin, the /restart and /end commands have no effect if no one is on track.
They become active as soon as someone is joining the track.

Quote from TiJay :

Seems like Fernando's in one of those 'bear with a sore head' moods this week. Last week Hamilton thought McLaren favoured Alonso and this week it's the other way round:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/h ... t/formula_one/6744297.stm

When will they just realise it's even?

Same old story, I remember the Prost and Senna era...

Quote from Kostek :

MU constantly says all the slots are busy and wants to install some s*** I dont want to :P

Don't use Internet Explorer :P

Quote from deggis :

"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Formula One Management"

Here you go (attachements)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q99NALS5

Size: 16.1 MB
Format: MPEG2 PS
Aspect ratio: 16:9

Quote from jayhawk :

That is why Live For Speed is a racing simulator, to simulate real life elements.

OK, next steps:

Force people to wear a helmet while racing.
This is more realistic.
This will be controlled by web cam.

Turn the heater on even in summer because it's damn hot in a racing car.
More realistic.
This will be controlled by infra red sensors.

Disable chat.
You don't type while driving. Spectators can't even talk to drivers during a race.
This is not realistic.

Remove the Shift+S, now Shift+P option.
Cars don't magically vanish from the track.
This is not realistic.

Etc, etc...

Quote from srdsprinter :

IMO, it's much better for LFS to remain what is, an excellent online racing simulator. More content is always welcomed, in any form.

Yes, of course.

Keep the focus on the simulator, no problem about that, but do not remove options like the 'old' reset or LFS will just lose a lot of users, the ones who will never win MoE and won't even try to do it and who will look for a more 'funny' game.

Games that last long are games with mods because mods increase the number of users.

Quote from FL!P :

I was on the test server with about 35 other people, and it was quite a pain between each race to get enough of us to vote to restart in the same "window". I think votes to restart should remain valid at least twice as long.

+1