Sounds good to me, on all counts 
If the other two colours were red and blue they could be all be matched to concrete things, I think that's worth an object slot.
If the other two colours were red and blue they could be all be matched to concrete things, I think that's worth an object slot.
I think I'd prefer extra colours over ease of use, just to unleash people's creativity for colour-coding things. I've got a project on the go where I'm encoding a number in concrete colours as we speak
Is it in your scope to add a way to swap out a selected object with something new? I was thinking maybe if you had an object selected and ctrl-click a new object type from the menu, it could change the selected object's index without changing anything else.
That looks good to me. Perhaps the spare could be a forward slash? Makes for a good separator, and I'm sure people will be writing URLs with these boards too.
8 directions on the metal stand sounds like a good idea too. I'm only after the upwards arrow myself, to use as a 'straight on' indicator, but these things tend to have new uses invented for them once they're here, including them all would be good.
Fair enough. You should see the things I didn't suggest
Could 'a few tall things' go on one of the infamous lists, maybe? The simpler ones would be quite low-hanging fruit compared to surfaces, I imagine.
Re Alphanum boards: perfect! the same size as the polystyrene marker boards would be good. Could we have left, right, up and down arrows too? I feel those are missing from the types we have in the arrow boards, but maybe they could be shoe-horned into the numbers board?
I've got a whole bunch of other suggestions which I'll save for the future as they also involve type of InSim coding you want to avoid
One thing that can be done with straightforward objects is tall scenery. An autocross layout consisting of only ground-level objects is not just aesthetically limited, the tall things really give you a good sense of where you are on the track, even if subconsciously. Everyone's faster if the track furniture is tall and plentiful around the corners, even the ones who argue it makes no difference
We're making do with concrete sculptures, but they're heavy on the object count and I've seen first hand how people from outside LFS will obsess on the blockiness of these creations and think that all of LFS is roblox-style. (See attached image: much better to drive than a plain layout, but not up to scratch aesthetically)
For example Trees, lampposts, catch-fencing, billboards, footbridges, houses/buildings/fascias, stadium stands, radio towers... literally anything tall yoinked from what we've got already in LFS would be a huge help.
I've got a whole bunch of other suggestions which I'll save for the future as they also involve type of InSim coding you want to avoid
One thing that can be done with straightforward objects is tall scenery. An autocross layout consisting of only ground-level objects is not just aesthetically limited, the tall things really give you a good sense of where you are on the track, even if subconsciously. Everyone's faster if the track furniture is tall and plentiful around the corners, even the ones who argue it makes no difference
We're making do with concrete sculptures, but they're heavy on the object count and I've seen first hand how people from outside LFS will obsess on the blockiness of these creations and think that all of LFS is roblox-style. (See attached image: much better to drive than a plain layout, but not up to scratch aesthetically)
For example Trees, lampposts, catch-fencing, billboards, footbridges, houses/buildings/fascias, stadium stands, radio towers... literally anything tall yoinked from what we've got already in LFS would be a huge help.
I'll be there 
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LFSW name: racon
In-game name: [PM] Jam 616
Full team name: PiranMOTO
Nation: United Kingdom
In-game name: [PM] Jam 616
Full team name: PiranMOTO
Nation: United Kingdom
**PiranMOTO Open DD, Season 8 Event 15!**
Stats at https://piranmoto.uk/events/130
Stats at https://piranmoto.uk/events/130
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Stats at https://piranmoto.uk/events/129
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Stats at https://piranmoto.uk/events/128
Stats at https://piranmoto.uk/events/128
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DLC is as much of a scourge as microtransactions and software rental, resting somewhere between extorting customers and gatekeeping.
If it were up to me, there wouldn't even be custom access - just a 'test build' flag that worked like the tweak flag, maybe requiring a setting on the server. Anyone could test, no gatekeeping or 3rd party backdoor DLC would even be possible.
Just IMHO, of course
As for quality, that is done and dusted already: If you only want top quality, only choose 'approved'.
If it were up to me, there wouldn't even be custom access - just a 'test build' flag that worked like the tweak flag, maybe requiring a setting on the server. Anyone could test, no gatekeeping or 3rd party backdoor DLC would even be possible.
Just IMHO, of course
As for quality, that is done and dusted already: If you only want top quality, only choose 'approved'.
The last official word on that is that it'll be when LFS is considered finished.
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It's the password you set for the server when you start a multiplayer host in LFS: 'multiplayer' > 'start new host' screen, 'Admin Password' field. (Or you can find it in \lfs\cft.txt file, the 'Game Admin' line)
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It seems from the log that lapper is shutting down because the request to use version 8 is denied - if that's what it is, you'll need an older version of lapper to connect to LFS 0.6R. (0.6T is the first to use InSim v8)
What's your setting for Flags byte in the ISI packet? It sounds like you might be connecting in local mode (Flags & 4) when you want host mode.
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Live stats at https://piranmoto.uk/events/125
Live stats at https://piranmoto.uk/events/125
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Live stats at https://piranmoto.uk/events/122
Slight problem with the insim for this round - points will be sorted soon!
Live stats at https://piranmoto.uk/events/122
Slight problem with the insim for this round - points will be sorted soon!
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Live stats at <https://piranmoto.uk/events/121>
Live stats at <https://piranmoto.uk/events/121>
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Live stats at https://piranmoto.co.uk/events/119
Live stats at https://piranmoto.co.uk/events/119
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Stats at https://piranmoto.co.uk/events/118
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