What is format for player.ini?

I just beat my Personal Best at Kyalami, but GPL then crashed before saving the time back to player.ini However... I had already saved a replay, so I can prove that the time is true and valid! Under these circumstances it doesn't seem unreasonable to me to edit the player.ini manually with the new time and date. However... the format isn't all that obvious. It is fairly easy to spot the right entry... but I don't understand the format of what must be the time and date fields. Can anyone advise?

do the lap again. russell.whitworth <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:T9RR5.5053$[email hidden]... > I just beat my Personal Best at Kyalami, but GPL then crashed beforesaving

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> the time back to player.ini > > However... I had already saved a replay, so I can prove that the time is > true and valid! Under these circumstances it doesn't seem unreasonable to > me to edit the player.ini manually with the new time and date. > > However... the format isn't all that obvious. It is fairly easy to spot

the > right entry... but I don't understand the format of what must be the time > and date fields. Can anyone advise? > >

"russell.whitworth" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:T9RR5.5053$[email hidden]... > I just beat my Personal Best at Kyalami, but GPL then crashed beforesaving

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> the time back to player.ini > > However... I had already saved a replay, so I can prove that the time is > true and valid! Under these circumstances it doesn't seem unreasonable to > me to edit the player.ini manually with the new time and date. > > However... the format isn't all that obvious. It is fairly easy to spot

the > right entry... but I don't understand the format of what must be the time > and date fields. Can anyone advise? >Time is in seconds. If you have done 1.17.64 (not bloody likely!) it would read 77.640000 I did some editing there myself yesterday to _remove_ a time at Mosport that was better than my previous best but included some heavy contact with the armco before the hairpin.

In article <f69S5.7548$[email hidden]>, "russell.whitworth" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>"Don Scurlock" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:8FF1ABF56dscurlock@news... >> If your asking if it's ok to do such editing and then upload it to >> GPLRank the answer is no, don't do it. > >Why not? > >> You did the lap once Russell, >> you can do it again and probably faster, go for it. > >I agree - I most certainly intend to do it again, and better. I'm a long >way from finished with Kyalami. But in the mean time, what is wrong with >claiming credit for a perfectly valid lap time?

Those worms are starting to crawl out of the can... :) Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +49.12 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

[email hidden] (russell.whitworth) wrote in <T9RR5.5053$[email hidden]>:

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>I just beat my Personal Best at Kyalami, but GPL then crashed before >saving the time back to player.ini > >However... I had already saved a replay, so I can prove that the >time is true and valid! Under these circumstances it doesn't seem >unreasonable to me to edit the player.ini manually with the new time >and date. > >However... the format isn't all that obvious. It is fairly easy to >spot the right entry... but I don't understand the format of what >must be the time and date fields. Can anyone advise?

If your asking if it's ok to do such editing and then upload it to GPLRank the answer is no, don't do it. You did the lap once Russell, you can do it again and probably faster, go for it. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -5.09 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

"Don Scurlock" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8FF1ABF56dscurlock@news... > If your asking if it's ok to do such editing and then upload it to > GPLRank the answer is no, don't do it. Why not? > You did the lap once Russell, > you can do it again and probably faster, go for it. I agree - I most certainly intend to do it again, and better. I'm a long way from finished with Kyalami. But in the mean time, what is wrong with claiming credit for a perfectly valid lap time?

[email hidden] (russell.whitworth) wrote in <f69S5.7548$[email hidden]>:

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> >"Don Scurlock" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:8FF1ABF56dscurlock@news... >> If your asking if it's ok to do such editing and then upload it to >> GPLRank the answer is no, don't do it. > >Why not?

This question has been asked of us many times Russell. The rule for editing your player.ini, is that it is to be edited ONLY to DELETE bogus times from online clock smashes, or no damage rail riding, times that you feel weren't driven honestly. For us to allow exceptions to this rule opens up a big gray area where we have to deal with and judge every individual request, and there would be a lot of them. There are currently 2396 accounts on GPLRank, you can count the people that actively manage them on the fingers of one hand. To keep it manageable, there is one simple rule for everybody. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -5.09 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

"Don Scurlock" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8FF2C83F4dscurlock@news...

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> [email hidden] (russell.whitworth) wrote in > <f69S5.7548$[email hidden]>: > > > > >"Don Scurlock" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:8FF1ABF56dscurlock@news... > >> If your asking if it's ok to do such editing and then upload it to > >> GPLRank the answer is no, don't do it. > > > >Why not? > > This question has been asked of us many times Russell.

If the question is frequently asked... perhaps it deserves an entry in the GPLRank FAQ? > The rule for editing your player.ini, is that it is to be edited ONLY toDELETE > bogus times from online clock smashes, or no damage rail riding, timesthat you > feel weren't driven honestly. For us to allow exceptions to this ruleopens up > a big gray area where we have to deal with and judge every individualrequest, > and there would be a lot of them. There are currently 2396 accounts onGPLRank, > you can count the people that actively manage them on the fingers of onehand. > To keep it manageable, there is one simple rule for everybody. I wasn't aware of this rule -- and as far as I can see it doesn't appear in the "rules" on the GPLRank site -- but I can understand the reasoning and I'm comfortable with it. My player.ini remains unedited. Thanks :-)

I can sympathize with you on this Russell! It happened to me twice, two days in a row. I tell you what I was p*&^ed! BUT the guys are right if you can do it once, just do it again, and guess what, you usually can do it better. Not that my Rank time is worth anything, and I have not been racing in over a month! I feel your pain. SLG "russell.whitworth" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I just beat my Personal Best at Kyalami, but GPL then crashed before saving >the time back to player.ini > >However... I had already saved a replay, so I can prove that the time is >true and valid! Under these circumstances it doesn't seem unreasonable to >me to edit the player.ini manually with the new time and date. > >However... the format isn't all that obvious. It is fairly easy to spot the >right entry... but I don't understand the format of what must be the time >and date fields. Can anyone advise? > >

(All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are due to too many English classes/teachers)

[email hidden] (russell.whitworth) wrote in <1drS5.299$[email hidden]>: >If the question is frequently asked... perhaps it deserves an entry in the >GPLRank FAQ? Your right, it should be mentioned in the FAQ. It's been discussed on ras a few times in the past but we tend to forget what a large community we are and that people come and go all the time. I'll make a request to Uwe that we add it. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -5.09 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.ringlord.com/

Just thank your lucky stars that it was Kyalami and not the 'Ring. Trust me, I know from experience. Rick "Steve Garrotto" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I can sympathize with you on this Russell! It happened to me twice, > two days in a row. I tell you what I was p*&^ed! BUT the guys are > right if you can do it once, just do it again, and guess what, you > usually can do it better. Not that my Rank time is worth anything, and > I have not been racing in over a month! I feel your pain. > > SLG > > > > "russell.whitworth" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I just beat my Personal Best at Kyalami, but GPL then crashed before

saving > >the time back to player.ini > > > >However... I had already saved a replay, so I can prove that the time is > >true and valid! Under these circumstances it doesn't seem unreasonableto > >me to edit the player.ini manually with the new time and date. > > > >However... the format isn't all that obvious. It is fairly easy to spotthe

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> >right entry... but I don't understand the format of what must be the time > >and date fields. Can anyone advise? > > > > > > > (All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new > and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are > due to too many English classes/teachers) > >

"Rick Boyd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8vf6h9$fnoe$[email hidden]... > Just thank your lucky stars that it was Kyalami and not the 'Ring. Trust > me, I know from experience. Ouch! Update: I set a Kyalami PB again last night ... a better one... and exited fast before risking any crashes (of Lotus or PC). So I'm happy now. Very. :-)