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Getting SCGT fullfield set

DBiniews

Getting SCGT fullfield set

by DBiniews » Sun, 11 Apr 1999 04:00:00

I just wanted to offer advice to people out there who have had trouble getting
the really great fullfield hack working in SCGT (who included me until
recently):
don't use "rename" when changing your PLR file-be sure to use "SAVE AS".  I was
just renaming the file and my new player was not being recognized at start
up-identical to other problems i've heard on this group.  Renaming leaves it as
a text file, "save as" converts it to the necessary plr file.  The hack is
awesome-and its not that hard to get it going once you do it right.  dan
biniewski  
Daxe Rexfo

Getting SCGT fullfield set

by Daxe Rexfo » Mon, 12 Apr 1999 04:00:00


forth with:

Huh??

What are you 'save as'ing from?  I renamed it by hitting F2 and it
worked fine.  What program did you open it in and then 'save as' from?
Notepad?  Notepad adds a txt extension to anything it saves unless you
surround the file name (including extension) in "  marks.  

This should be completely obvious unless (for some unknown reason) you
have elected to leave the default setting of hiding the extension for
registered file types.  I know that's one of the first couple things I
change when I set up a Win9x installation, along with 'show all
files'.

~daxe

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ddjhenri

Getting SCGT fullfield set

by ddjhenri » Mon, 12 Apr 1999 04:00:00

  Well I had the same problems.  I'd load a race and get the "error loading
car stats" or something
like that.  The car would be running but stuck in the pits and not
responding to any inputs.
I finally just left the name stuff alone and added a guy called  "Your Name"
  I figure it's just a dang demo and not worth it to dig thru all the funky
symbols in the
plr file to find and change the instances of "your name" to whatever name I
wanted to
run.    Once I just left it alone as Your Name,  the Big GT1 Porche rolled
right out onto
the track.
  HOWEVER!   I do have a BIG problem with the controller setup.  I can't
assign any
controller inputs to my T2.  Yes it's setup in win95 but it is an older T2
that uses an
adapter.  I have the wheel and pedals separated going through a Joyswitch
box so that I
may also keep my Joystick/Throttle hooked up for flight sims...(and yes the
older pedals work
just fine for rudders in Longbow2 etc)
  But with the Wheel setup, I don't get an option to change the inputs for
my controller, once I turned off
the wheel and that option DID come up, but with no wheel connected I
couldn't change the
settings.  So I'm left with a choice of having reversed gas and brake
pedals...{VERY BAD!} or
yanking out all my flight sim stuff, re-connecting the wheel and pedal into
one plug and digging the
adapter out of my desk drawer.  then repeating the procedure in reverse to
fly....
dave henrie



>forth with:

>>I just wanted to offer advice to people out there who have had trouble
getting
>>the really great fullfield hack working in SCGT (who included me until
>>recently):
>>don't use "rename" when changing your PLR file-be sure to use "SAVE AS".
I was
>>just renaming the file and my new player was not being recognized at start
>>up-identical to other problems i've heard on this group.  Renaming leaves
it as
>>a text file, "save as" converts it to the necessary plr file.  The hack is
>>awesome-and its not that hard to get it going once you do it right.

>Huh??

>What are you 'save as'ing from?  I renamed it by hitting F2 and it
>worked fine.  What program did you open it in and then 'save as' from?
>Notepad?  Notepad adds a txt extension to anything it saves unless you
>surround the file name (including extension) in "  marks.

>This should be completely obvious unless (for some unknown reason) you
>have elected to leave the default setting of hiding the extension for
>registered file types.  I know that's one of the first couple things I
>change when I set up a Win9x installation, along with 'show all
>files'.

>~daxe

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