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GPL Homestead Upddate!

h8u2

GPL Homestead Upddate!

by h8u2 » Sun, 28 Mar 1999 04:00:00

yep, a patch that replaces the flag stand with someone to wave the green
flag for all those online races! Its available at the sim***world
website in the track edits / BB&B / track addons section...

Enjoy!
Brian Fox
http://www.racesimcentral.net/***world/

ymenar

GPL Homestead Upddate!

by ymenar » Sun, 28 Mar 1999 04:00:00

Brian Fox wrote

Please if possible.. could you enter in contact with David Noonan and create
some standards for the converter ?

With the open architecture for online racing with GPL, it's fairly easy to
cheat (trust me all. it is very easy).  Having the converter create flagman
directly after the conversion would be a very helpful tool for online
racing.

The last thing I want to see if people racing different track types in a
same race.  If the flagman can be change, it means the banking can be
changed, or grass converted all to asphalt.  The GPL architecture is easily
open to cheaters, I hope they tighten it up for GPL 1.1, but most of the
files are on the client side without any checksum, unfortunately.

Same goes for VROC... David.. when you convert the tracks, could you please
start some kind of standard ? Example, tonight I tried something.  You
see... with the converter you can convert both Loudon in Icr2 and N2.  The
tracks are PHYSICALLY different in shape (Icr2 is older and less accurate).
They are converted as the SAME track. and it creates really bad racing with
2 cars on the same race with different tracks.

So please.. an Icr2 track could have his folder start with the letter i,  a
N2 track with N, and I don't know... NR99 with  9.

At lease I hope Im reaching somebody here, because I feel that when the full
converter is out, VROC will be a total mess, with some people racing per
example the NEW and OLD Sears Point in the same race, because it has the
same folder name.

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-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard/Nas-Frank>
-- NROS Nascar sanctioned Guide http://www.racesimcentral.net/
-- SimRacing Online http://www.racesimcentral.net/
-- Official mentally retarded guy of r.a.s.
-- May the Downforce be with you...

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

buzar

GPL Homestead Upddate!

by buzar » Sun, 28 Mar 1999 04:00:00

A very good point, and a practical soultion!

buzard


> Brian Fox wrote
> > yep, a patch that replaces the flag stand with someone to wave the green
> > flag for all those online races! Its available at the sim***world
> > website in the track edits / BB&B / track addons section...

> Please if possible.. could you enter in contact with David Noonan and create
> some standards for the converter ?

> With the open architecture for online racing with GPL, it's fairly easy to
> cheat (trust me all. it is very easy).  Having the converter create flagman
> directly after the conversion would be a very helpful tool for online
> racing.

> The last thing I want to see if people racing different track types in a
> same race.  If the flagman can be change, it means the banking can be
> changed, or grass converted all to asphalt.  The GPL architecture is easily
> open to cheaters, I hope they tighten it up for GPL 1.1, but most of the
> files are on the client side without any checksum, unfortunately.

> Same goes for VROC... David.. when you convert the tracks, could you please
> start some kind of standard ? Example, tonight I tried something.  You
> see... with the converter you can convert both Loudon in Icr2 and N2.  The
> tracks are PHYSICALLY different in shape (Icr2 is older and less accurate).
> They are converted as the SAME track. and it creates really bad racing with
> 2 cars on the same race with different tracks.

> So please.. an Icr2 track could have his folder start with the letter i,  a
> N2 track with N, and I don't know... NR99 with  9.

> At lease I hope Im reaching somebody here, because I feel that when the full
> converter is out, VROC will be a total mess, with some people racing per
> example the NEW and OLD Sears Point in the same race, because it has the
> same folder name.

> --
> -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard/Nas-Frank>
> -- NROS Nascar sanctioned Guide http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> -- SimRacing Online http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> -- Official mentally retarded guy of r.a.s.
> -- May the Downforce be with you...

> "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
> how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."


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