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by **Dan** » Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:12:18

rFactor is brilliant.Physics are papy like and graphics are great.

>>Certainly a great demo. Aimed at a slightly more casual racing crowd than
>>the likes of GTR or N2003 but rFactor certainly posesses a more advanced
>>graphics and physics engine than any sim I can think of at the moment
>>(initial impression) The textures etc are fairly basic like LFS.

>>I honestly can't believe I'm playing an ISI game which recommends hosting
>>no
>>more than 18 players on a 128kbit upload dedicated server !! Haven't
>>actually seen that many on such a server yet but so far the multiplayer
>>seems very impressive.

> Don't make me laugh.
> rFactor is DOA

by **Larr** » Mon, 15 Nov 2004 12:48:42

LFS was dead as soon as they added the annoying Product Activation scheme.

-Larry

> Certainly a great demo. Aimed at a slightly more casual racing crowd than
> the likes of GTR or N2003 but rFactor certainly posesses a more advanced
> graphics and physics engine than any sim I can think of at the moment
> (initial impression) The textures etc are fairly basic like LFS.

> I honestly can't believe I'm playing an ISI game which recommends hosting no
> more than 18 players on a 128kbit upload dedicated server !! Haven't
> actually seen that many on such a server yet but so far the multiplayer
> seems very impressive.

by **Malc** » Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:14:05

Well now you can race rFactor & stop complaining maybe? ;-)

Product Activation has it's pros & cons but I'd say they've done a hell of a
lot better taking the path they did than if they'd waited until they had a
publisher.

Malc.

by **Uwe Schürkam** » Tue, 16 Nov 2004 06:14:48

> Product Activation has it's pros & cons but I'd say they've done a hell of a
> lot better taking the path they did than if they'd waited until they had a
> publisher.

I agree. It's a hell of a difference wether you're dropping a line to
Victor of LFS, asking him kindly to reset your activation counter, and
receive a kind reply within the hour, or submitting all your details
to some unknown billy-based hack or calling a number to receive your
windows product activation thingy or whatever they call it these
days.

Larry should be running anything, but not a "modern" version of
windows. I hope he manages to live up to his own standards ;-)

Cheers,

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by **Remco Moe** » Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:20:53

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:20 +0000 (GMT Standard Time),

>> I guess that's the AMD 2200+ CPU?

>No, it's a mobile Athlon 2500+ (they're still unlocked I believe) which
>overclocks nicely to 2.4-5Ghz for some people. I can squeeze 2300 out of
>mine, but to be honest there's no noticeable benefit. 2.2GHz seems like
>more than enough to cope with anything I've run on the PC recently (apart
>from Lomac, which always eats whatever CPU and vid power you throw at it).

Ah, ok.

Hehe, yup. Update is planned for Jan. 2005

I succeeded in taking of with the Seafire from the carrier now. Since
it only had 'Landing' flaps I thought I didn't need them when taking
off. Even with the flaps it's quite a challenge, I've to raise the
gear ASAP, and even then I almost touch the water...scary stuff.

50% of the time I hit the back of the carrier, the other 50% I do an
unintentional touch & go.... :-/

Rub it in...

Cheers!

Remco

by **Andrew MacPhers** » Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:25:00

> I succeeded in taking of with the Seafire from the carrier now.

Glad to hear it. The "landing" flaps thing is a bit confusing, but without
flaps you're never going to get off a carrier without getting wet.

The Seafire does seem quite reluctant to take to the air. Some other
planes are far easier to get in the air.

Last night I finally made a successful landing (I haven't really flown
PF much to be honest). I cheated and did it in F2 view first just to prove
it could be done. Then I came in quite tightly, very slowly, and at an
angle so I could clearly see the deck until the last moment. Try aiming
the nose at the front of the carrier and let your airspeed drop as you
lose sight of it.

It's very satisfying when you finally manage it... though I must admit I
did manage to damage my propeller.

Andrew McP

by **Eldre** » Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:55:31

>If you look out of the front of the***pit you'll see some things
>sticking out the front of the plane. They're called "propeller blades". If
>you can count them, that means the engine is what we pilots called "not
>turned on". I advise consulting a trained technician who may be able to
>show you how to make these blades spin fast enough to dry what hair you
>have left and perhaps also assist in the takeoff process.

>;-)

>I have no problems taking off in PF. Plenty of throttle, lots of flaps,
>just enough back pressure on the stick to take off without risking an
>early bath, and it just happens. Landing is a different matter... still
>waiting for my first successful trap. I can touch down without problem but
>I appear to have aircraft equipped with *** hooks!

Hmm...carrier landings and propellers?!? What is PF? Sounds like something
I'd be interested in... Gotta be a WWII Pacific Campaign game! I *love* that
part of history. My dad was on the USS Independence in the war...

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by **Eldre** » Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:55:31

>As a client, you don't really need a ton of bandwidth. Most of the MP
>problems are generally caused by misconfigured servers, in particular
>servers which overstep their upload bandwidth (easy to do since upload
>bw seems to be at a premium among most ISPs). Most cable users
>starting a server should use the 128 kbit setting, even if your line
>reports higher uploads. This helps the throttling to be more
>efficient.

Have you seen the thread where I commented that I couldn't get it to run on my
servers? If so, any suggestions? I'd be curious to see how many cars could
run smoothly on mine. Thanks.

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by **Dave Henri** » Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:45:46

My Dad was an Amphibious tracked vehicle driver in the Pac. His best
landing was when his 'boat' sank and he tracked/crawled ashore on the
bottom. I don't know how the Marines felt about an Army Sergeant piloting
something that was supposed to float.

dave henrie

by **Dave Henri** » Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:46:36

Most likely the server's lack of dx8 capability, or whatever level it
uses.
dh

by **buste** » Fri, 19 Nov 2004 12:33:48

Pacific Fighters, basically a sequel to IL-2

by **Scoob Drooli** » Sat, 20 Nov 2004 00:19:13

> > Have you seen the thread where I commented that I couldn't get it to
> > run on my servers? If so, any suggestions? I'd be curious to see how
> > many cars could run smoothly on mine. Thanks.

> > Eldred

> Most likely the server's lack of dx8 capability, or whatever level it
> uses.
> dh

headless dedicated server coming soon - will not require any
DX-compatible video, sound, or input HW. Will run on server 2003 and
potentially other windows-compatible platforms. And you should be
able to run multiple servers on a single box, with the right HW.
stay tuned.

joe
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by **Eldre** » Sat, 20 Nov 2004 03:23:48

Both servers have DX9.0b, and one of them can run N2k3 just fine. The other
one has a Radeon 7500, which certainly should be capable. It's gotta be
something else...

Cool...

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by **Uwe Schürkam** » Sat, 20 Nov 2004 07:10:50

Hi joe,

great news. While you're making it headless, could you please relase a
linux / posix compatible server version, too?

Thanks & keep up the good work,

uwe

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by **Eldre** » Mon, 22 Nov 2004 03:00:43

>> Hmm...carrier landings and propellers?!? What is PF? Sounds like
>something
>> I'd be interested in... Gotta be a WWII Pacific Campaign game! I *love*
>that
>> part of history. My dad was on the USS Independence in the war...

>> Eldred

>Pacific Fighters, basically a sequel to IL-2

Ooh...gotta find THAT one... Does it have an AI component, or online only?
Thanks!

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