rec.autos.simulators

Ringtrainer..

SKur

Ringtrainer..

by SKur » Wed, 12 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Anyone able to translate that thing to english?

Which files do I need? all 3?

argghh...

SKurj

Michael G. Lower

Ringtrainer..

by Michael G. Lower » Wed, 12 Jul 2000 04:00:00

SKurj,
        I had saved the following e-mail several weeks ago from this very
newsgroup. Some kind fellow named Kieth Daniell posted it. I haven't
been able to try any of this yet, so I can't vouch for its correctness,
but here it is:

Michael Lowery
_________________________________
Hi Cliff,

Use Joachim Blum's excellent utility.  Here's a pasted e-mail with
info.  -Keith

Subject: Re: GPL:Anybody got any tips for taming the Nurburgring
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 15:12:06 +0200

Organization: T-Online
Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators

Hi!

Get my program "Ringtrainer" from this link:
http://www.joachimblum.de/ringtrainer.htm
What the program does is to simply change the position of your car as it
is
deployed onto the track. This position is defined within the
"track.ini"-file. Ringtrainer now lets you chose between 11 different
positions along the Nurburgring, each at the beginning of a particular
section of the track. The main advatage of this is, that you can now
drive
through this sections multiple times in series without having to
complete a
whole lap inbetween. By this you can remember tricky corners faster.
Because it's written in German, I will give some installation
instructions
right here:
1. Download the file called "Ringtrainer.zip"
3. Download the file called "Ringtrainer_Audioupdate.zip"
2. If you don't have the VisualBasic Runtime Modules 6.00, you must also
download the file "vbrun600.exe" and execute it.
4. Extract the two Ringtrainer-zips into a single folder.
5. Make a backup of your original "track.ini"-file that is in the
"\tracks\nurburg"-folder of your GPL-installation.
6. Copy the "track.ini"-file of the Ringtrainer-folder into the
"\tracks\nurburg"-folder.
7. Ready to rumble ;). Fire up Ringtrainer by double-clicking the
exe-file.
8. Now you can choose a particular section from the dropdown-list and
the
program will show you the part of the track redlined in a trackmap and
the
deploy-point of the car via a little sceenshot.
9. You now have two possibilities to go on:
Either you start GPL normally and can start driving from that
deploy-point
over and over again.
Or you check the option "F4 als Hotkey aktivieren" and launch GPL via
the
"Start GPL"-Button. This will enable the hotkey-feature of Ringtrainer.
This
feature enables the F4-key as hotkey. Every time you press F4 during
playing
GPL, Ringtrainer moves you one point forward on the track and gives the
actual positioning via voice-output so you don't have to quit GPL to
choose
another part of the track for training - it can be done while in GPL.
Unfortunately this requires some computing-power so I left it optional
for
those who don't have the big PIII or Athlon under their desk ;).
OK, try the program. If you have questions or problems, you can reach me
by
the mail-address given on the Ringtrainer-page.
If there is further interest in this program, I'll maybe make an English
version.
Sorry for my bad English btw.

Regards
Crash


> Anyone able to translate that thing to english?

> Which files do I need? all 3?

> argghh...

> SKurj

SKur

Ringtrainer..

by SKur » Wed, 12 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Thanx u

> SKurj,
>         I had saved the following e-mail several weeks ago from this very
> newsgroup. Some kind fellow named Kieth Daniell posted it. I haven't
> been able to try any of this yet, so I can't vouch for its correctness,
> but here it is:

> Michael Lowery
> _________________________________

Marc Collin

Ringtrainer..

by Marc Collin » Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Sounds like exactly what I need to cure my GPLRank embarrassment.  I have
decent times at every track except the 'Ring.

Marc



> SKurj,
> I had saved the following e-mail several weeks ago from this very
> newsgroup. Some kind fellow named Kieth Daniell posted it. I haven't
> been able to try any of this yet, so I can't vouch for its correctness,
> but here it is:

> Michael Lowery
> _________________________________
> Hi Cliff,

> Use Joachim Blum's excellent utility.  Here's a pasted e-mail with
> info.  -Keith

> Subject: Re: GPL:Anybody got any tips for taming the Nurburgring
> Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 15:12:06 +0200

> Organization: T-Online
> Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators

> Hi!

> Get my program "Ringtrainer" from this link:
> http://www.joachimblum.de/ringtrainer.htm
> What the program does is to simply change the position of your car as it
> is
> deployed onto the track. This position is defined within the
> "track.ini"-file. Ringtrainer now lets you chose between 11 different
> positions along the Nurburgring, each at the beginning of a particular
> section of the track. The main advatage of this is, that you can now
> drive
> through this sections multiple times in series without having to
> complete a
> whole lap inbetween. By this you can remember tricky corners faster.
> Because it's written in German, I will give some installation
> instructions
> right here:
> 1. Download the file called "Ringtrainer.zip"
> 3. Download the file called "Ringtrainer_Audioupdate.zip"
> 2. If you don't have the VisualBasic Runtime Modules 6.00, you must also
> download the file "vbrun600.exe" and execute it.
> 4. Extract the two Ringtrainer-zips into a single folder.
> 5. Make a backup of your original "track.ini"-file that is in the
> "\tracks\nurburg"-folder of your GPL-installation.
> 6. Copy the "track.ini"-file of the Ringtrainer-folder into the
> "\tracks\nurburg"-folder.
> 7. Ready to rumble ;). Fire up Ringtrainer by double-clicking the
> exe-file.
> 8. Now you can choose a particular section from the dropdown-list and
> the
> program will show you the part of the track redlined in a trackmap and
> the
> deploy-point of the car via a little sceenshot.
> 9. You now have two possibilities to go on:
> Either you start GPL normally and can start driving from that
> deploy-point
> over and over again.
> Or you check the option "F4 als Hotkey aktivieren" and launch GPL via
> the
> "Start GPL"-Button. This will enable the hotkey-feature of Ringtrainer.
> This
> feature enables the F4-key as hotkey. Every time you press F4 during
> playing
> GPL, Ringtrainer moves you one point forward on the track and gives the
> actual positioning via voice-output so you don't have to quit GPL to
> choose
> another part of the track for training - it can be done while in GPL.
> Unfortunately this requires some computing-power so I left it optional
> for
> those who don't have the big PIII or Athlon under their desk ;).
> OK, try the program. If you have questions or problems, you can reach me
> by
> the mail-address given on the Ringtrainer-page.
> If there is further interest in this program, I'll maybe make an English
> version.
> Sorry for my bad English btw.

> Regards
> Crash


> > Anyone able to translate that thing to english?

> > Which files do I need? all 3?

> > argghh...

> > SKurj

Marc Collin

Ringtrainer..

by Marc Collin » Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Any ideas as to why my Ringtrainer loads properly, I get the map initially
and the voices in the game, but always start at the pits as normal?  Of
course, I used the track.ini supplied with the Ringtrainer.

As I said in my other post, this looks like a great utility...I just hope I
can get it to work.

Thanks,

Marc.



> SKurj,
> I had saved the following e-mail several weeks ago from this very
> newsgroup. Some kind fellow named Kieth Daniell posted it. I haven't
> been able to try any of this yet, so I can't vouch for its correctness,
> but here it is:

> Michael Lowery
> _________________________________
> Hi Cliff,

> Use Joachim Blum's excellent utility.  Here's a pasted e-mail with
> info.  -Keith

> Subject: Re: GPL:Anybody got any tips for taming the Nurburgring
> Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 15:12:06 +0200

> Organization: T-Online
> Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators

> Hi!

> Get my program "Ringtrainer" from this link:
> http://www.joachimblum.de/ringtrainer.htm
> What the program does is to simply change the position of your car as it
> is
> deployed onto the track. This position is defined within the
> "track.ini"-file. Ringtrainer now lets you chose between 11 different
> positions along the Nurburgring, each at the beginning of a particular
> section of the track. The main advatage of this is, that you can now
> drive
> through this sections multiple times in series without having to
> complete a
> whole lap inbetween. By this you can remember tricky corners faster.
> Because it's written in German, I will give some installation
> instructions
> right here:
> 1. Download the file called "Ringtrainer.zip"
> 3. Download the file called "Ringtrainer_Audioupdate.zip"
> 2. If you don't have the VisualBasic Runtime Modules 6.00, you must also
> download the file "vbrun600.exe" and execute it.
> 4. Extract the two Ringtrainer-zips into a single folder.
> 5. Make a backup of your original "track.ini"-file that is in the
> "\tracks\nurburg"-folder of your GPL-installation.
> 6. Copy the "track.ini"-file of the Ringtrainer-folder into the
> "\tracks\nurburg"-folder.
> 7. Ready to rumble ;). Fire up Ringtrainer by double-clicking the
> exe-file.
> 8. Now you can choose a particular section from the dropdown-list and
> the
> program will show you the part of the track redlined in a trackmap and
> the
> deploy-point of the car via a little sceenshot.
> 9. You now have two possibilities to go on:
> Either you start GPL normally and can start driving from that
> deploy-point
> over and over again.
> Or you check the option "F4 als Hotkey aktivieren" and launch GPL via
> the
> "Start GPL"-Button. This will enable the hotkey-feature of Ringtrainer.
> This
> feature enables the F4-key as hotkey. Every time you press F4 during
> playing
> GPL, Ringtrainer moves you one point forward on the track and gives the
> actual positioning via voice-output so you don't have to quit GPL to
> choose
> another part of the track for training - it can be done while in GPL.
> Unfortunately this requires some computing-power so I left it optional
> for
> those who don't have the big PIII or Athlon under their desk ;).
> OK, try the program. If you have questions or problems, you can reach me
> by
> the mail-address given on the Ringtrainer-page.
> If there is further interest in this program, I'll maybe make an English
> version.
> Sorry for my bad English btw.

> Regards
> Crash


> > Anyone able to translate that thing to english?

> > Which files do I need? all 3?

> > argghh...

> > SKurj

Eldre

Ringtrainer..

by Eldre » Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:00:00



>Any ideas as to why my Ringtrainer loads properly, I get the map initially
>and the voices in the game, but always start at the pits as normal?  Of
>course, I used the track.ini supplied with the Ringtrainer.

>As I said in my other post, this looks like a great utility...I just hope I
>can get it to work.

>Thanks,

>Marc.

I think that when you hit F4(or whatever) to advance 'sections, you have to be
out at the track select screen.  Not *already* at Nurburgring...

Eldred
--
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Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
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Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
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Joachim Blu

Ringtrainer..

by Joachim Blu » Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:00:00


Hi!

Eldred's right. The track.ini is only loaded when the track itself is loaded, so you have to quit the training session to get into track selection screen. Then hit F4 as many times as you need to get to your desired starting point and finally hit the green button to re-start your training. The only reason I implemented this hotkey is that you won't have to quit GPL completely to choose another starting point.

Regards
Crash

Joachim Blu

Ringtrainer..

by Joachim Blu » Thu, 13 Jul 2000 04:00:00


Hi!

I'm currently working on an English version (that is, I try to find some time to... ;) ). Hopefully you can get the thing to work with the information you got from the others. If not, gimme a yell and I'll try my best to explain.

Regards
Crash


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