ok first turn off the flags, that is what's causing the in-race sumary.
Either you punted somebody or the AI crashed somewhere and the game threw a
yellow flag. We can't use flags online, that is one of Heat's weaknesses.
Plus we race in the Euro style mainly and try to avoid yellows. If there is
an ABSOLUTE bollux we'll either restart or call a yellow with the chat
function and group everyone up. Thats very rare tho.. That should be in
the SETUP menu at the track.
you'll have the option for ***/expert/easy , race length, etc...and
there will be a toggle for flags, set that to none. Turn off the ghost
mode. several of the homemade tracks have a problem with that...
You should be running *** with tire/fuel wear set to 1x. Set the
pack for 22 cars...at least one of the tracks..(donnington I think doesn't
work well if you have a larger # of cars).
Many of the addon cars DO NOT have a picture. So if you are scrolling
down the list of cars, and you see a car name but no car/driver picture,
don't sweat it. That's apparently a tough part to track down and most of
the dtm cars have been submitted without car picts. As long as you see
the Merc's, Opels, and Alfa's in the car list, you are ok.
Now choosing your car. first scan the list of default car #'s. Those for
the original Mercs.(the ones with pictures) If your car has the same #
you'll have to add a digit to keep them separate. If there already is a #27
but you have that #, then in the text lines below we'll use # 927.
This should be covered at the tptcc website, but just in case here is how
you get YOUR car in the field.
use windows explorer and navigate to the DTM folder inside of Heat. find
the file drivers.txt, double clik on that to open it with notepad. Take a
look at the format for each car. the append a similar group of lines to
name your car
don't worry if your drivers.txt doesn't match exactly. scroll down to the
bottom, the last few entries may look like this:
table Driver
number 38
name Dave Henrie
chassis alfa
rank 1
race_image 100
body_style fcar
end
table Driver
number 43
name Steve Lovas
chassis opel
race_image 100
body_style fcar
end
end
type the exact same lines or cut and paste the last group. stick it so it's
just above the last END.
so for Larry Lindstrom(say #27 opel) it should look like this...
...
end
table Driver
number 927
name Larry Lindstrom
chassis opel
race_image 100
body_style fcar
end
end
Then when you boot up dtm you see your name listed and you will be able to
drive your own car....PROVIDED YOU HAVE A CAR FILE IN THE DTM FOLDER. You
can choose a default car or have a custom painted one. put the custom car
files in the dtm folder. so if your car is car927.tex then make sure it's
in the dtm folder. Nascar Heat and each mod all have their own drivers.txt
file and their own carsets so make sure you are working in the proper
subfolder.
the yahoo egroup for pickup races. Several nights a week somebody will host
a few races. Tues & thurs at 9pm est are the official practice sessions but
those have been filling to capacity. Also IRF is a multiplayer host program
for Heat that allows you to join any of the Heat mods. Nascar, DTM, CART,
IRL, if you have the mod installed, you can race online if there is somebody
hosting publically(sp?).
whew! I told ya...it's a *** to get running, but then once you do
eveything becomes pretty transparent.
dave henrie
> I've downloaded all the stuff from TPTCC, thank you Dave,
> and tracks from HC Motorsports, thanks Uncle Fester.
> I install, the drivers file from TPTCC, I assume this is
> the car files for the drivers that have registered. Before
> the race I can select a driver, but there is no graphic of
> the cars in that display, and no BMWs or Mercedes are listed,
> though I do see them in the race.
> I'd like to add myself, and a car, to my local copy of
> this file. How do I go about it? I suppose I'll register
> my intentions to race at TPTCC sometime soon.
> So I start a race at Portland. From the back. I'm
> working my way up through the AI and a couple of laps in,
> I suddenly get an track side camera view and a message box
> pops up with the title "In Race Summary". I restart and
> try again. Same thing. So I sit and watch this for
> several laps. It seems we are running under caution,
> messages roll by about some damaged cars. Finally, after
> several laps, the race starts up and I'm behind the wheel
> again, but the position board shows everyone is 3 laps
> ahead of me.
> Once more. Two or three laps in, I'm driving conservatively,
> near the back of the 39 car field, and the voice says something
> about a yellow flag as we enter single file onto the start of
> the front straight. We pass a car that's spinning along the
> right side of the track and the "In Race Summary" board pops up
> again, and I watch for a while, the cars are acting very strangely.
> Stopping and backing up. The race summary shows me as 18th, unless
> most of the field backed up past me, this is unlikely. After
> several laps I get board and quit. I saved the replay if this can
> help.
> So, what's happening?
> When can I get on line with you folks?
> Larry
