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by **John Simmo** » Thu, 08 Oct 1998 04:00:00

Is there a way to change mt car number? No matter what I do, I always
get #4. For the record, I'm trying to get car #1...

I tried the following things:

1) Setting the car_number line in my player's driver.ini file

2) Since Brabham drives car #1, I moved him to be the 6th AI car in the
carai.ini file, and started a race (with the previous change still in
effect).

3) Started a multiplayer race as the host with nobody else joining (with
the previous two changes still in effect).

What can I do to change my car number???

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by **Chris Schlette** » Thu, 08 Oct 1998 04:00:00

Edit the appropriate mip files in the car of your choice dat files.

>Is there a way to change mt car number? No matter what I do, I always
>get #4. For the record, I'm trying to get car #1...

>I tried the following things:

>1) Setting the car_number line in my player's driver.ini file

>2) Since Brabham drives car #1, I moved him to be the 6th AI car in the
>carai.ini file, and started a race (with the previous change still in
>effect).

>3) Started a multiplayer race as the host with nobody else joining (with
>the previous two changes still in effect).

>What can I do to change my car number???

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by **John Simmo** » Fri, 09 Oct 1998 04:00:00

That's not the right way to do it. Your car number is unique on the grid
(in a race), and that's the way it should stay. But for training and for
multiplayer, we should be able to select our cars.

>Edit the appropriate mip files in the car of your choice dat files.

>>Is there a way to change mt car number? No matter what I do, I always
>>get #4. For the record, I'm trying to get car #1...

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by **Wolfgang Prei** » Mon, 12 Oct 1998 04:00:00

>That's not the right way to do it. Your car number is unique on the grid
>(in a race), and that's the way it should stay. But for training and for
>multiplayer, we should be able to select our cars.

>>Edit the appropriate mip files in the car of your choice dat files.

>>>Is there a way to change mt car number? No matter what I do, I always
>>>get #4. For the record, I'm trying to get car #1...

In the demo, there is a setting for preferred_car_number (or
something) in one of the .ini files. I have the demo on the other
machine, so I can't check right now. Is this still present in the
final version? If so, it might be worth the trouble trying to change
it and see what happens.

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by **John Simmo** » Mon, 12 Oct 1998 04:00:00

says...

>>That's not the right way to do it. Your car number is
>>unique on the grid (in a race), and that's the way it
>>should stay. But for training and for multiplayer, we
>>should be able to select our cars.

>>>Edit the appropriate mip files in the car of your choice dat files.

>>>>Is there a way to change mt car number? No matter what I do,
>>>>I always get #4. For the record, I'm trying to get car #1...

>In the demo, there is a setting for preferred_car_number (or
>something) in one of the .ini files. I have the demo on the other
>machine, so I can't check right now. Is this still present in the
>final version? If so, it might be worth the trouble trying to change
>it and see what happens.

It's still there, but it doesn't seem to have any bearing whatsoever in
the sim. Eric Busch explained that you cannot pic a car number that is
used by an AI car - apparently this holds true for training, and
multiplayer races as well.

While it makes sense to a point, we should still be able to override what
the sim wants to do, especially for a "no AI cars" race, or in training.
This will just make it tougher to get leagues going because you have to
caution people that a given set of car numbers are in use by the AI and
therefore cannot be used. Piss poor planning/design if you ask me...
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