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the_angry_angel
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Quote from GI-Frank :Unfortunally our network has an IP range of 192.9.xxx.xxx, so when starting LFS and selecting LAN, LFS does not accept this range as a valid local IP.

Use a "hidden" server, rather than LAN. This means that you can join via the master, using the server name. It's just not published. You may need to faff with firewalls, etc. depending on your situation.

Quote from lfs-drift staff :i host lfs server from long time and never saw that

Whilst GI-Frank is describing the situation as a "LAN", the range given is not within the RFC1918 address ranges (one of which you listed). This means one of two things;
1. The "LAN" is made up of publically addressable IPs
2. The "LAN" is inappropriately assigned it's IPs
the_angry_angel
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Quote from danthebangerboy :it was basically a two word game, one person says two words, the next person adds two more, and it makes one long story.

The off topic forum is for stuff that doesn't fit in with the rest of the forum i.e. LFS. What people seem to do is associate OT with "spam as much crap as you like", which it is not.
the_angry_angel
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Quote from thisnameistaken :So stick that up your jumper you stupid bum face!

Zing?
the_angry_angel
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Quote from danthebangerboy :I'm sure lerts posted a reply to you mackie but it seems to have been, err, moderated, as it's gone now|!

It was self deleted.
the_angry_angel
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Quote from Töki (HUN) :Close this... thread...

Report. The. ****ing. Post.
the_angry_angel
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Whatever version, of the several cruise mods that are/were available, that you are trying to use is broken. The two or so that had this bug were fixed in updated versions, if I remember correctly, however you'd need to check with the actual developer or the actual thread/location from which you got the mod in the first place.
the_angry_angel
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Quote from SamH :Hiding my online status doesn't negatively impact my moderating abilities.

Oh yeah, I forgot to moan about that as well Cheers Sam
the_angry_angel
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Quote from tristancliffe :The only issue is that, as Bean0 said, several aren't very active anymore.

The issue with becoming a mod is that by default people assume that you aren't allowed any ****ing opinions and must be doing "good for the community at all times". This makes participating with threads somewhat tricky.

The forum are pretty liberally ruled, and this is just how it's been shaped by Victor, etc. over the years.

Yes, there is a rise of crap in the forum but can I remind people one of several things:
1. Most, if not all of the mods have full time jobs and none of us get paid to do this.
2. As such we are not available 24/7, and believe it or not we might actually have other things to do aside from sit on the forum and read every single little thing posted.
3. Whilst we may not always be on the forum, quite a number of us are online a lot, and we rely on reports from users to alert us to problems. Use the "report this post" feature, by clicking the icon at the top right of every post which you feel is inappropriate. Posting "we need a mod" (or some such) in a post is completely, utter unhelpful. We don't see it until it's too late.
the_angry_angel
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Quote from felplacerad :Linux+
http://certification.comptia.org/linux/

On the subject of Linux certification, LPIC seems to be the one of choice for employers at the moment.
the_angry_angel
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Can I offer a single piece of advice - if you intend to use the software, then by default you have an invested interest in producing _something_. It's then up to you whether or not you feel it should be a specific standard.

As nice as it is to do stuff for others, if you get nothing out of using your time to develop InSimInterface, then why bother? Work for yourself first, others second.

That should really render the poll kinda redundant.

The other fact would be that you're asking for a definitive answer about unfinished, unreleased and largely undocumented software. No one can really make the judgement, at this stage, that they intend to use your product.
the_angry_angel
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Quote from danowat :many companies request MSC.

More often than not it's certification or practical experience, unless you're trying to break into the middle of the market straight off the bat, in which case you'd really need to impress in the interview.

Quote from danowat :So basically, has anyone done MSC

I've done certification for a handful of vendors, including MS. The basic two routes are:

1. Pay some company an obscene amount of money and then get everything all done, including exams and training.

2. Find out the content of the exam from the vendor website (http://www.microsoft.com/Learning/, for example), book the exam using an examination center (I used to use Pearson Vue and Thompson Prometric), study for the exam yourself, and then go in and do it. You can usually find study guides with the same name/ID as the exam on Amazon, etc.

In general terms MS exams are pretty straight forward, as with anything in life, provided you know your examiners and what they want.
the_angry_angel
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You're spot on NotAnIllusion

In theory any old wireless home router will do, however in practise some do perform better than others.

Can't say anything about that particular one given that I've not used it, other than it "it looks standard".
the_angry_angel
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Quote from danthebangerboy :From what i know, eric does the programming side of LFS, so he probably doesnt have time to post on here.

Eric does the modelling, etc. Scawen does the programming. Eric's reasons for not posting have been covered by Scawen previously, but I can't lay my hands on it to quote it right now.

I'm curious why you feel Scawen is "too strict"?
the_angry_angel
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Quote from Dygear :Mind posting an Example?

Unfortunately most of the real world code I've written to do this sort of stuff over the last 3 years is in a non-public application for work, and most of the personal stuff I do doesn't need the fancy JS stuff, as its only me using it.

However, a high level example would be something like this - a rating form for an item - the client by default gets a full form, with a dropdown list of "poor", "good", "excellant" and a submit button. To make it cooler, on full document load (I use jQuery, so "document ready") I find the form, remove the submit button, and hide the dropdown list. I then insert 3 images (stars), with applicable functions on hover, which changes the star to a filled in star, and on click which submits the rating for that item using a XMLHttpRequest, and sets the value of the dropdown list to match (because in the actual code this happens in, it's possible to submit the form in other ways).

Using jQuery or Prototype, etc. makes stuff like this very easy. Now some will argue that you're making life harder for yourself, and to an extent you are. However, I view it this way - I'm writing 1 full application, which will work in almost any browser from the last 10-15 years, and then I am modifying it only slightly.

If you're using MVC in some form, it makes dealing with getting data back in a compatible format very easy. For the Zend Framework you can write your own context handler, or use the AjaxContext controller plugin, there are applicable examples for almost every framework out there. If you've rolled your own it's almost as easy to do, as most popular JS frameworks send a "X_REQUESTED_WITH: XMLHttpRequest" header, so it's trivial to detect an "ajax" request.

Edit:
Simon Willison's talk from May of this year might be of interest as it covers unobtrusive/graceful degradation - http://simonwillison.net/static/2008/xtech/
the_angry_angel
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Quote from Dygear :on how to do a proper JavaScript Timer

Just a plea to any planning on using JS in any sort of major manner (i.e. in a large project) - make it gracefully degrade. The google countdown is a good example of how to assume that it's turned on, and what happens when it's not.

Use JS to rewrite the DOM, rather than write it completely and provide complete functionality
the_angry_angel
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Quote from eVo_BR :The creators of the LFS cannot make nothing with this?

Unfortunately not -
Quote from Victor :not much i can do there. It's not a website that's hosted by a hosting company as far as i can see. And the hosts aren't connected to our master, so nothing I can do there either. The user [who runs the site in question] has already been banned from everwhere, and that's pretty much all we can do.

I've removed the names and links where applicable. I apologise if you didn't get a response from SamH eVo_BR, but believe me when I say if you PM a moderator then we at least pass the message(s) onto any applicable member of the development team.
the_angry_angel
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One link is enough Drifting Mad 762.
the_angry_angel
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Quote from 88Reasons :Eh, hate to tell ya but thats not correct.

Meh, I hate to tell you this, but it highly depends on the equipment you've got and how it deals with networking internally.
the_angry_angel
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I'm kinda surprised anyone has posted any code, especially Bob, since you've effectively flat out demanded someone do your homework for you, and all you've got is something that was easily accessible via any number of search engines.

I've closed the thread as I feel that you've got the answers you need. If you want it reopened please PM me rather than starting a new one.
the_angry_angel
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My apologies, 8 is indeed the limit - (from InSim.txt).
// InSim allows communication between up to 8 external programs and LFS.

the_angry_angel
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I dont quite understand what you're trying to do tbh. You can use a single thread for talking over InSim, a queue which other threads can put packets in to be sent and received via InSim, and separate threads for the logic. Depending on what you're doing you could even do it in a single thread, as long as you're careful...

InSim also works over TCP (there are only limitations if you use UDP) and can accept multiple connections over that, so it's simply a case of connecting in the same way multiple times. But more than a handful of apps is a bit nutty to be honest.
the_angry_angel
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Quote from papu24ar :EXELENT... LFS + PSP... = :O Look

Hmm, very good but you appear to be using licensed content in one of the videos. Please login with your licensed account or contact one of the mods so that we can verify.
the_angry_angel
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Quote from Dygear :API Hooks into the dedicated server would be awesome!

If you modify the exe slightly and inject in a DLL of your own, there's no reason why you can't add a virtual machine to manage the scripting - be it lua, smallc, etc.

My guess would be this is exactly how elmohellno's patch works (http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?t=50948), and what he's proposing here, if I'm reading things right?
the_angry_angel
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Ah, I see something like this has come up with the mods - I assume you're suggesting hooking into the dedi server? Sounds like an interesting idea
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