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GPL - dumbing down the oppostition

Paul Jone

GPL - dumbing down the oppostition

by Paul Jone » Mon, 02 Nov 1998 04:00:00

I know this has been posted before, but I couldn't find it. Could
someone tell me how to edit the setting files to race against the
tail-end of the AI field rather than Hill, Clarke, Gurney etc - I'm
afraid I'm just not in their league.
Paul
Jeff Vince

GPL - dumbing down the oppostition

by Jeff Vince » Mon, 02 Nov 1998 04:00:00

On Sun, 01 Nov 1998 01:45:10 +0000, Paul Jones


>I know this has been posted before, but I couldn't find it. Could
>someone tell me how to edit the setting files to race against the
>tail-end of the AI field rather than Hill, Clarke, Gurney etc - I'm
>afraid I'm just not in their league.

   I've done this myself.  It has the benefit of allowing you to add
AI at your skill level as your skills increase, just by increasing AI
field size within the game.  Here's how...

* Copy your DRIVER.INI file and Paste it with a different filename
(ie: DRIVER00.INI).
* Edit (Notepad is fine) DRIVER.INI as follows:
        * each driver has a [DRIVER_XX] header
        * this is the order which the game selects the AI
        * go through the file and change the numbers as follows:
                DRIVER_1   -->  DRIVER_19
                DRIVER_2   -->  DRIVER_18
                   :               :
                   :               :
                DRIVER_18  -->  DRIVER_2
                DRIVER_19  -->  DRIVER_1
        * save the editted DRIVER.INI file
* If you want to switch back, restore your original DRIVER.INI file.


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Christer Andersso

GPL - dumbing down the oppostition

by Christer Andersso » Mon, 02 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Here's a perhaps better solution :o). In your gpl_ai.ini you have a line:

npt_override = 0.00

If you change this to a value greater than 0 then this will override the AI
performance. If you set it to 1.0 which probably is the normal settting, then
Jim Clark will qualify in the low 1:29's at Monza. The Setting work as a
percentage of normal time. Normal time for Mr Clark at Monza is a low 1:29. If
you set it to 1.10 then Mr Clark will have around 110% of his normal time, which
would be around 1:38. I dont know for sure which times you will get exactly, but
I tried 0.80 and Mr Clark got under 1:20's at Monza.

/Christer
--
http://home4.swipnet.se/~w-41236/ (Read all about the "Global online
racing"-proposal under "For developers". Read it a couple of times, cause noone
has understood it the first time they've read it yet :o)).

Paul Jone

GPL - dumbing down the oppostition

by Paul Jone » Mon, 02 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Thanks,
Paul

> On Sun, 01 Nov 1998 01:45:10 +0000, Paul Jones

> >I know this has been posted before, but I couldn't find it. Could
> >someone tell me how to edit the setting files to race against the
> >tail-end of the AI field rather than Hill, Clarke, Gurney etc - I'm
> >afraid I'm just not in their league.

>    I've done this myself.  It has the benefit of allowing you to add
> AI at your skill level as your skills increase, just by increasing AI
> field size within the game.  Here's how...

> * Copy your DRIVER.INI file and Paste it with a different filename
> (ie: DRIVER00.INI).
> * Edit (Notepad is fine) DRIVER.INI as follows:
>         * each driver has a [DRIVER_XX] header
>         * this is the order which the game selects the AI
>         * go through the file and change the numbers as follows:
>                 DRIVER_1   -->  DRIVER_19
>                 DRIVER_2   -->  DRIVER_18
>                    :               :
>                    :               :
>                 DRIVER_18  -->  DRIVER_2
>                 DRIVER_19  -->  DRIVER_1
>         * save the editted DRIVER.INI file
> * If you want to switch back, restore your original DRIVER.INI file.


> NAR Northeast Regional Contest Board site - points and more...

Paul Jone

GPL - dumbing down the oppostition

by Paul Jone » Tue, 03 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Nice one, Christer, thanks,
Paul

> Here's a perhaps better solution :o). In your gpl_ai.ini you have a line:

> npt_override = 0.00

> If you change this to a value greater than 0 then this will override the AI
> performance. If you set it to 1.0 which probably is the normal settting, then
> Jim Clark will qualify in the low 1:29's at Monza. The Setting work as a
> percentage of normal time. Normal time for Mr Clark at Monza is a low 1:29. If
> you set it to 1.10 then Mr Clark will have around 110% of his normal time, which
> would be around 1:38. I dont know for sure which times you will get exactly, but
> I tried 0.80 and Mr Clark got under 1:20's at Monza.

> /Christer
> --
> http://home4.swipnet.se/~w-41236/ (Read all about the "Global online
> racing"-proposal under "For developers". Read it a couple of times, cause noone
> has understood it the first time they've read it yet :o)).


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