rec.autos.simulators

 Jim D.

and hum... he did not get payed for this... see that D...  N..... ??

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Well, I just feel like I need to add my voice to the din of praise to
whoever was responsible.

MANY, MANY THANKS!

Jerry Morelock

It's unsupported because Papy "leaked" the patch.  By releasing it as an
unsupported patch they don't have to convince the Sierra suits that it
is worthy of release and don't have to wait months for Sierra to test it
and build a pretty install wrapper on it.  But you are right Grant
worked on it on his own time and deserves the kudos (as well as Papy for
giving it to us).  Same goes for the disco-fix.  Even the official patch
was basically done on Randy's own time.  These guys are as hooked on
real racing simulations as we are.... That's why they can deliver such
great products....

Thanks Papy.....  (and Papy isn't just a company... but all of the fine
folks who work there).

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Eldred
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Eric

Yes it was Eric, it worked like a charm! Many thanks to Grant and yourself.

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don

New GPL Programs for the Converted Tracks:
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If it was done on Grant's own PERSONAL time, then I thank him for
sharing that amazing labor of love with us, but my guess is that it was
created as a part of the learning/development process for applying the
GPL engine to the upcoming N4 release.

Either way, thanks are required, so thanks to Grant for the work
(regardless of how or why it came about), and thanks to Papy for making
it available to us in beta form.

-- JB

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errrrr excuse, me.... it should have read.... "build a bloated
unnecessary install wrapper vs. the spiffy Papy installer...."  I will
be more careful next time. <G>

% > It's unsupported because Papy "leaked" the patch.  By releasing it as
% an
% > unsupported patch they don't have to convince the Sierra suits that it
% > is worthy of release and don't have to wait months for Sierra to test
% it
% > and build a pretty install wrapper on it.

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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
     Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.

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Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

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I believe what we are actually seeing is the back-filling of GPL with
features that were developed during the creation of N4.  They
developed or figured something out during the N4 development process
and one of the GPL people decided it wouldn't be too hard to port it
into GPL.  I suspect that was particularly true for the "no-disco"
patch where, in refining the on-line play code for N4 they discovered
a flaw, corrected it, and then backfilled the fix into GPL.

I do not, in any way, want to diminish their contribution.  I simply
want to explain that they're taking advantage of the R&D funding for
N4 to bring GPL along and take it closer to what they want to play
with themselves.  Indeed a "labor of love" which I certainly
appreciate!

Regards,
Brett C. Cammack
That's Racing! Motorsports
Pompano Beach, FL