Oh, sorry about the shouting in the header, but I wanted to make sure my old
bud, Iain, didn't miss this--he's keeping a ledger of my F1RC posts, you
know.
Jerry Morelock
--
David G Fisher (Who wonders why Gerry Aitken doesn't get it)
"Who said you said that then?" -- Gerry Aitken
"He said I said that when he said what he said." -- David G Fisher
Oh, are you keeping score, too?
Anyway, thanks, I appreciate it!
Jerry Morelock
| I just talked to my dad who owns Ubi Soft. He's going to recall every copy
| of F1RC because your system won't let your copy run.
J. P. Hovercraft
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Screw them. Long live Papyrus! Now there's a software company!
> Oh, sorry about the shouting in the header, but I wanted to make sure my old
> bud, Iain, didn't miss this--he's keeping a ledger of my F1RC posts, you
> know.
> Jerry Morelock
It would seems as though UbiSoft have only allowed 12-byte memory buffers on
a number of "loadable parameters".
The fact that you have to delete the "save folder" to get it to run leads me
to believe that this may be your problem.
Here is the deal:
The filenames for:
Setups and driver names (that we have found so far), are limited to 12
characters (don't ask me why...). Meaning... if you atempt to load a
filename longer than 12 characters, you will get what is called a "buffer
overflow" and the game simply crashes.
I am unsure if this is your "exact" problem, but it seems like a logical
place to start. Check your setups/Profile Names/Etc. to see if any of them
exceed 12 characters (not including teh filename extension).
Might not be the problem, but thought I'd throw it out anyways.
Cheers,
Schumi
> --
> David G Fisher (Who wonders why Gerry Aitken doesn't get it)
> "Who said you said that then?" -- Gerry Aitken
> "He said I said that when he said what he said." -- David G Fisher
> > Well, I'd hoped that a new GF3 card would induce F1RC to behave, but
alas,
> > the same ugly problem exists. The sim still locks when loading a track
> > unless I first delete the saves folder before starting it. And it still
> > creates some peculiar system problems.
> > Oh, sorry about the shouting in the header, but I wanted to make sure my
> old
> > bud, Iain, didn't miss this--he's keeping a ledger of my F1RC posts, you
> > know.
> > Jerry Morelock
> > I just talked to my dad who owns Ubi Soft. He's going to recall every
copy
> > of F1RC because your system won't let your copy run.
> > --
> > David G Fisher (Who wonders why Gerry Aitken doesn't get it)
> > "Who said you said that then?" -- Gerry Aitken
> > "He said I said that when he said what he said." -- David G Fisher
> > > Well, I'd hoped that a new GF3 card would induce F1RC to behave, but
> alas,
> > > the same ugly problem exists. The sim still locks when loading a
track
> > > unless I first delete the saves folder before starting it. And it
still
> > > creates some peculiar system problems.
> > > Oh, sorry about the shouting in the header, but I wanted to make sure
my
> > old
> > > bud, Iain, didn't miss this--he's keeping a ledger of my F1RC posts,
you
> > > know.
> > > Jerry Morelock
There will be no patch. It will not suddenly appear someday soon. It was
never even made. Ubi Soft doesn't care about it's customers, and could
"learn a thing or two from Papy".
How do I know all this for sure?
Because I read it on r.a.s.
David G Fisher (Who wonders why Gerry Aitken doesn't get it)
"Who said you said that then?" -- Gerry Aitken
"He said I said that when he said what he said." -- David G Fisher
> > I just talked to my dad who owns Ubi Soft. He's going to recall every
copy
> > of F1RC because your system won't let your copy run.
> > --
> > David G Fisher (Who wonders why Gerry Aitken doesn't get it)
> > "Who said you said that then?" -- Gerry Aitken
> > "He said I said that when he said what he said." -- David G Fisher
> > > Well, I'd hoped that a new GF3 card would induce F1RC to behave, but
> alas,
> > > the same ugly problem exists. The sim still locks when loading a
track
> > > unless I first delete the saves folder before starting it. And it
still
> > > creates some peculiar system problems.
> > > Oh, sorry about the shouting in the header, but I wanted to make sure
my
> > old
> > > bud, Iain, didn't miss this--he's keeping a ledger of my F1RC posts,
you
> > > know.
> > > Jerry Morelock
Don't believe it. R.a.s. knows all.
--
David G Fisher (Who wonders why Gerry Aitken doesn't get it)
"Who said you said that then?" -- Gerry Aitken
"He said I said that when he said what he said." -- David G Fisher
> There will be no patch. It will not suddenly appear someday soon. It was
> never even made. Ubi Soft doesn't care about it's customers, and could
> "learn a thing or two from Papy".
> How do I know all this for sure?
> Because I read it on r.a.s.
> David G Fisher (Who wonders why Gerry Aitken doesn't get it)
> "Who said you said that then?" -- Gerry Aitken
> "He said I said that when he said what he said." -- David G Fisher
> > Brilliant Dave! In contrast to what I was saying in an earlier thread,
> fun
> > is returning to ras after all!
> > Incidentally, I got an unprompted message from Stuart at Ubi UK to say
> that
> > 'Ubi are working round the clock with FIA to get the patch (which was
> > finished weeks ago) released'. I've asked him why this is happening and
> > what exactly the problem is, so we'll see.....
> > Iain
> > > I just talked to my dad who owns Ubi Soft. He's going to recall every
> copy
> > > of F1RC because your system won't let your copy run.
> > > --
> > > David G Fisher (Who wonders why Gerry Aitken doesn't get it)
> > > "Who said you said that then?" -- Gerry Aitken
> > > "He said I said that when he said what he said." -- David G Fisher
> > > > Well, I'd hoped that a new GF3 card would induce F1RC to behave, but
> > alas,
> > > > the same ugly problem exists. The sim still locks when loading a
> track
> > > > unless I first delete the saves folder before starting it. And it
> still
> > > > creates some peculiar system problems.
> > > > Oh, sorry about the shouting in the header, but I wanted to make
sure
> my
> > > old
> > > > bud, Iain, didn't miss this--he's keeping a ledger of my F1RC posts,
> you
> > > > know.
> > > > Jerry Morelock
| Also, Ubi is now saying that F1RC2 probably won't be available until the
| start of next season, and that a few more patches for F1RC will be coming
| after the intitial one to improve the game even further.
|
| Don't believe it. R.a.s. knows all.
<snipped appropriately>
I'm (quite) sure there will be a patch for F1RC, but imho we're
waiting too long now allready for that (badly needed) patch.
I really enjoyed hotlapping with it, but it would be nice if I could
actually RACE with this thing :( Bring on the AI fix and a working
multiplayer! (I'm one of those crazy dudes who likes to have races
with more than 4 people).
Working FF would be nice too.
About Papy: they patch a 3-year old sim. Is it that hard to understand
that I/we're VERY pleased and surprised by this? How many companies
patch a 3-year old game??
Andre
> Andre
Bart
Ian P
<email invalid due to spammers>
> > About Papy: they patch a 3-year old sim. Is it that hard to understand
> > that I/we're VERY pleased and surprised by this? How many companies
> > patch a 3-year old game??
> > Andre
> I don't get this obsession with the age of the sim. People still play
> Monopoly don't they or Mens Erger Je Niet? Now there you have an old game!
> Bart
A few years back they added another 0 to all the money bills ;-)
Bart
