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F12K Laguna race lenght

Jeremy Woodwar

F12K Laguna race lenght

by Jeremy Woodwar » Tue, 06 Jun 2000 04:00:00

Can anyone help I have downloaded the track but can only get a maximum race
length of 5 laps??

Race length set to max in options etc

Thanks

Klin

F12K Laguna race lenght

by Klin » Tue, 06 Jun 2000 04:00:00

Hi Jeremy; Basically, when you set the Quick Race or GP race length to a
certain percentage, the game has to know what that is a percentage of, i.e.
it has to know what the full length of a race should be. The converted
tracks do not include this info but it is easy enough to add. I guess the 5
laps is a default value the game uses when it can't find any other
information.

To fix this requires a bit of manual editing of the game's files, so you may
want to make a backup first. Use Notepad to open the 'Game.gdb' file in the
Season00 folder. In the first section 'Season Races', scroll down to the
last race (Sepang) and add a similar section for Laguna Seca. Note there is
NO SPACE between Laguna & Seca in the section below.

  Sepang
  {
    PracticeTime = 60
    QualifyLaps  = 12
    QualifyTime  = 60
    WarmupTime   = 30
    RaceLaps     = 56
    RaceTime     = 120
  }

  LagunaSeca                  <-----start adding here
  {
    PracticeTime = 60
    QualifyLaps  = 12
    QualifyTime  = 60
    WarmupTime   = 30
    RaceLaps     = 60
    RaceTime     = 120
  }                                  <----finished adding

The entries are pretty self-explanatory. I chose to make a full race equal
to 60 laps, so if you have your Quick Race set for 10% distance, it will be
6 laps long.

The track name must not have a space in it because that's how it's listed at
the beginning of the 'Seca1.scn' file located in the track's folder. That's
also why the name is displayed that way when you select the track. You might
edit the 'Seca1.scn' file to insert a space and make it '//DescFile=Laguna
Seca,USA', but I'm not sure if other parts of the file(s) depend on that
particular spelling. Experiment at your own risk <g>.

Note that there are other entries in the 'Game.gdb' file you may wish to add
for Laguna Seca, e.g. AI qualifying times, setups used, etc, which I assume
are used if you play a Grand Prix race rather than a Quick Race. Use the
entires for the normal tracks as a guide.

Naturally, all of the above also applies to any of the other tracks you have
added. Have fun!

        ...Klinn


Jeremy Woodwar

F12K Laguna race lenght

by Jeremy Woodwar » Wed, 07 Jun 2000 04:00:00

Thanks for the info..

> Hi Jeremy; Basically, when you set the Quick Race or GP race length to a
> certain percentage, the game has to know what that is a percentage of,
i.e.
> it has to know what the full length of a race should be. The converted
> tracks do not include this info but it is easy enough to add. I guess the
5
> laps is a default value the game uses when it can't find any other
> information.

> To fix this requires a bit of manual editing of the game's files, so you
may
> want to make a backup first. Use Notepad to open the 'Game.gdb' file in
the
> Season00 folder. In the first section 'Season Races', scroll down to the
> last race (Sepang) and add a similar section for Laguna Seca. Note there
is
> NO SPACE between Laguna & Seca in the section below.

>   Sepang
>   {
>     PracticeTime = 60
>     QualifyLaps  = 12
>     QualifyTime  = 60
>     WarmupTime   = 30
>     RaceLaps     = 56
>     RaceTime     = 120
>   }

>   LagunaSeca                  <-----start adding here
>   {
>     PracticeTime = 60
>     QualifyLaps  = 12
>     QualifyTime  = 60
>     WarmupTime   = 30
>     RaceLaps     = 60
>     RaceTime     = 120
>   }                                  <----finished adding
> }

> The entries are pretty self-explanatory. I chose to make a full race equal
> to 60 laps, so if you have your Quick Race set for 10% distance, it will
be
> 6 laps long.

> The track name must not have a space in it because that's how it's listed
at
> the beginning of the 'Seca1.scn' file located in the track's folder.
That's
> also why the name is displayed that way when you select the track. You
might
> edit the 'Seca1.scn' file to insert a space and make it '//DescFile=Laguna
> Seca,USA', but I'm not sure if other parts of the file(s) depend on that
> particular spelling. Experiment at your own risk <g>.

> Note that there are other entries in the 'Game.gdb' file you may wish to
add
> for Laguna Seca, e.g. AI qualifying times, setups used, etc, which I
assume
> are used if you play a Grand Prix race rather than a Quick Race. Use the
> entires for the normal tracks as a guide.

> Naturally, all of the above also applies to any of the other tracks you
have
> added. Have fun!

>         ...Klinn



> > Can anyone help I have downloaded the track but can only get a maximum
> race
> > length of 5 laps??

> > Race length set to max in options etc

> > Thanks


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