Quote from Scawen :

/exec E C : run program E with command line C

Am I understanding it correctly that I could update the hosts config file using InSim now?


so it would be

in lfs now? sorry if I understood it wrong (and for my bad english).

wow... reading all these reports makes me sorta happy

the last time this soundcheck test program was run, We were talking about a sound lag of 0.3 up to .7 seconds. now (on my XP machine) it works extremely well even with soundlag of 0.02! great work you did there Scawen!

the system that detects wether cars touch each other or not.

Quote from Soeren Scharf :

really helpful, indeed. and now would you please answer my question? i.e. what about the length of a "node"?

please excuse my behaviour... had really bad headache that day so I was not able to think

Hi kamo,

you should give the LFS-TV client a few seconds (half a minute should be OK) to write the replay file ahead. This is because LFS does some sort of read-ahead when reading replay files, and the caster LFS also caches the replay data a bit before writing it to the temporary MPR file (and it of course can only be broadcasted if the data is in the file).

Indeed it is, it is called InSim.txt.

Great Work WolleT, looks very good indeed

Got two Questions:

First: Do you sort of "cut" the replay so the watcher gets a (of course delayed, but "live") replay or does the Relay host simply send the whole replay to the client from the start of recording?

Second is about the first known problem,

Quote :

Known Problems:
- People who join the server between the caster clicks cast and the watcher clicks watch, will not be displayed in the replay or will produce error messages.

This could be solved using an insim connection with flag "ISF_RACE_TRACKING" and a watching for NCN-Packets, couldn't it?

Last edited by St4Lk3R, Mon, 9 Oct 2006 09:56.

Other Problem that may be connected with the sound now being generated in a different thread:

I was racing in a grid of 10 people this morning, and on start I got massive FPS problems (3 FPS illepall) and sound was only hearable whenever a new frame became visible. It sounded a bit like when you TAB between cars quickly. This problem occured in all earlier patches as well, BUT there I had 15FPS on start, not 3.

System: 1,4GHz P4, R9800Pro, 1GB RAM, Onboard AC'97 Soundcard. Win XP SP2 + All Hotfixes till August 2006.

Last edited by St4Lk3R, Sun, 8 Oct 2006 09:11.

Quote from GP4Flo :

More sound lag
With U20 I can set the sound lag to the lowest possible value (0.10s) and it sounds very smooth. With U21 I get the impression that the sound is delayed for a higher value. It's difficult to say how much, because it's all down to hearing it, but with the direct side by side comparison I'd say that the lag is around 0.20 s now, a lot higher than before.

Lower sound quality
When reving the engine of e.g. the BF1 in single player mode I get the impression, that some parts of the engine sounds are missing. It's difficult to describe, but I think some sound parts are kicking in after some time delay, in contrast to U20 where you can hear the whole engine sound right from the beginning.

I was not able to reproduce these two. Could verify the other two you mentioned Flo.

Quote from chopaholic :

I take it this means lfs updates are just going to get slower?

No. Scawen is responsible for coding the Game, Victor is "only" the webmaster. He did a great job IMHO, We will miss you Victor.

Stalker

Sad thing to read this, but I think a "farewell" is not the right thing to say now, I think the better thing will be "See you later". Anyways, good luck with the things you are going to do now you have got spare time, and please don't forget us completely .

Greets and good luck again,

Stalker

Quote from Scawen :

Well that's really hard to guess because I am dealing with issues where the answer is not yet known. I'm currently working on the Vista sound problem as well, and finishing the auto patching system. All I can say is that I hope that the next test patch will be ready not long after mid-month sort of time.

sounds great! good luck!

great work you guys. truely awesome.

PS: I'd like to help if needed and given the chance.

Quote from zeugnimod :

And unfortunately, Schumacher has more race wins in this season atm.

unfortunately?

I am a real schumi fan, yes. Lotsa people say Ferrari is a FIA pet (like in teacher's pet), but Ferrari is not the bad guy all alone. Schumacher was also fooled by Alonso more than one time (overtaking while red flag was out? who did he overtake? a VERY slow alonso. what was the penalty? ten places back in grid).

I hope Schumi will win the Championship one last time. Anyway, equal what will happen in the last races, Schumi retired the best time he could do: on top (or slightly after the top) of his career.

Quote from Frost_More :

Thanks Guys now I hopefully get my S2 very soon

of course, good luck

Quote from TyresHot :

[...] live for speed online racing simulator [...]

really, you are allowed to use the short handle "LfS" or atleast call it Live for Speed. Of course its an online racing simulator, but I think this is only an appendix of the name (ain't it? :shrug.

Quote from spankmeyer :

Jesus Christ on a hoverbike, your grammar is dreadful. Is English REALLY your native language?

well... have a look into his username. deeper.... deeeeeeper... you will see four numbers: 1, 9, 9, 3. if you put one after the other you will get 1993, the year he was prolly born in. so dont be too angry with him, he is 13 or 14 years old.

Quote from Bob Smith :

Accepted. Now the pain begins...

Well... Good Luck, Have Fun

NotAnIllusion,

PHP is a GPL software. You can simply include it into your project, so people wont need to have php installed, the GTK would simply use the included PHP. This of course implies that you have to release a *nix and a windows version, but that should be the easier part of work.

EDIT:

I am currently working on a cup system for LfS Cups with an integrated replay parser and maybe some sort of webinterface for the LfS Servers in the admin interface.

Last edited by St4Lk3R, Tue, 26 Sep 2006 08:57.

Quote from GP4Flo :

That's because of a restriction in the media wiki software, the first character always has to be a capital.

... and this also applies to usernames because you may have your own user page if you want to.

EDIT: Don't ask how, simply click on your username on top of the page and start writing.

Little report: I've added the images to the 3d render tutorial again.

well, but if he was not an idiot, how would you explain that he did not find anything about "McGill Racing Team" or "RaceAbout" when he searched the web? It's all in the credits, he would only have to read it.

well, i'll contribute...

every time chuck norris smiles, a person dies. unless he smiles during one of his roundhouse kicks. then two people die.

glyphon: but you know that it is a double colon, dontcha? some people dont even know it

but Flo, how could you tell where the race currently is? you have the whole replay file from the start on your system. so the software would somehow need to know where exactly to start with a 15 second lag or so. that means you would need to get the last part of the mpr-file only... but if you dont cut it correctly (you need bytewise precision) lfs will completely freak out.