It did overwrite Frentzen's veh file (some number sequence followed by .veh).
All it changed was the spelling of his name. I'll try changing it back to see
what it does.
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> Full length Nurburgring, only 3 cars DNF'd ... not including mine. Thumbs
up
> for improved AI, thumbs down for too few mechanical retirements.
> >Yeah, but now after DLing the files and installing, I get this message
> >"The Jordan driver is entering the pits"
> >instead of (Frentzen?) I remember I had to tweak Heinz-Harald's name way
> >back when for some reason (If it's spelled "Heinz-HAROLD", something
> >doesn't work right) So maybe when I overwrote that particular file,
> >something got undone. ANyone remember the exact fix?
> It did overwrite Frentzen's veh file (some number sequence followed by
.veh).
> All it changed was the spelling of his name. I'll try changing it back to
see
> what it does.
> --
> > >says...
> > >> Yes. I ran a 20 lap race at Brazil and only 1 car crashed and 3 DNF.
> > >> There's hope for the game yet!!!!
> > Full length Nurburgring, only 3 cars DNF'd ... not including mine.
Thumbs
> up
> > for improved AI, thumbs down for too few mechanical retirements.
> > >Yeah, but now after DLing the files and installing, I get this message
> > >"The Jordan driver is entering the pits"
> > >instead of (Frentzen?) I remember I had to tweak Heinz-Harald's name
way
> > >back when for some reason (If it's spelled "Heinz-HAROLD", something
> > >doesn't work right) So maybe when I overwrote that particular file,
> > >something got undone. ANyone remember the exact fix?
> > It did overwrite Frentzen's veh file (some number sequence followed by
> .veh).
> > All it changed was the spelling of his name. I'll try changing it back
to
> see
> > what it does.
> >Yeah, but now after DLing the files and installing, I get this message
> >"The Jordan driver is entering the pits"
> >instead of (Frentzen?) I remember I had to tweak Heinz-Harald's name way
> >back when for some reason (If it's spelled "Heinz-HAROLD", something
> >doesn't work right) So maybe when I overwrote that particular file,
> >something got undone. ANyone remember the exact fix?
> Don't know, sorry. But, my damage icon doesn't show damage since
> installing the patch. How about you?
> --
> Nos
--
Official = EA
Unofficial = ISI
Difference >> Time
Cheers!
Marc
> --
> > >says...
> > >> Yes. I ran a 20 lap race at Brazil and only 1 car crashed and 3 DNF.
> > >> There's hope for the game yet!!!!
> > Full length Nurburgring, only 3 cars DNF'd ... not including mine. Thumbs
> up
> > for improved AI, thumbs down for too few mechanical retirements.
> > >Yeah, but now after DLing the files and installing, I get this message
> > >"The Jordan driver is entering the pits"
> > >instead of (Frentzen?) I remember I had to tweak Heinz-Harald's name way
> > >back when for some reason (If it's spelled "Heinz-HAROLD", something
> > >doesn't work right) So maybe when I overwrote that particular file,
> > >something got undone. ANyone remember the exact fix?
> > It did overwrite Frentzen's veh file (some number sequence followed by
> .veh).
> > All it changed was the spelling of his name. I'll try changing it back to
> see
> > what it does.
--
> Official = EA
> Unofficial = ISI
> Difference >> Time
> Cheers!
> Marc
> > But is it an official patch or some hack???
> > --
Yes, I can feel the tires starting to wear after about 6 laps
or so.
I've got the damage showing again. I disabled mipmapping and got the
various colours to show damage back. Don't know why mipmapping would
break that, but that's all I changed.
--
Nos
It's not a virus. Just install the damn thing! :-)
--
Nos
>--
>> It's an "unofficial" patch, not a hack...It won't be "official" until
>> EA
>posts
>> it. Would you prefer to wait? ;)
>> Official = EA
>> Unofficial = ISI
>> Difference >> Time
>> Cheers!
>> Marc
>> > But is it an official patch or some hack???
--
PD
> Well, I haven't tried it yet myself (it's downloading right now) but from
> what I've read it really sounds like someone having access to the source
> code must have been involved with it. It sounds like a bit much for someone
> with a disassembler to have worked out by now. Plus, it came uncredited and
> secretly. SOme hacker would almost certainly have left some calling card,
> at least, something like "super f1 2000 update brought to you by
> the DarkWhales" or whatever.
> Everything points to legit from what I've read.
> >OK that is great. But how do you know it is official? Everyone says
> >there is nothing within the patch indicating where it came from.
> >--
> >> It's an "unofficial" patch, not a hack...It won't be "official" until
> >> EA
> >posts
> >> it. Would you prefer to wait? ;)
> >> Official = EA
> >> Unofficial = ISI
> >> Difference >> Time
> >> Cheers!
> >> Marc
> >> > But is it an official patch or some hack???
Now I'll have to restart my season and hope I come in better than 17th at Albert Park with the AI at
115%. LOL.
Jason.
> Full length Nurburgring, only 3 cars DNF'd ... not including mine. Thumbs up
> for improved AI, thumbs down for too few mechanical retirements.
Well does your team manager still call out the individual driver
names like before? BriGuy said that he was getting the Team
name instead of the driver name. Not really a big deal but did
the patch change this or was something porked on his installation?
--
> Well does your team manager still call out the individual driver
> names like before? BriGuy said that he was getting the Team
> name instead of the driver name. Not really a big deal but did
> the patch change this or was something porked on his installation?
--
Hmm...I'll have to go check it to be sure, but I seem to remember
still getting the individual driver names. I turned off mipmapping and
I have the damage colours back Have to check that too because I don't
see why mipmapping would alter that feature. A nice feature of this
patch is that you can choose how many cars to race against which can
improve the frame rate quite a lot.
--
Nos
My J05gpxa file says 'Heinz-Harald Frentzen' - the patch didn't change it -
and the guy still says 'the jordan driver'. The J05gpxa file in the patch
zip file doesn't have Har*o*ld. Am I missing something here?
Iain
