rF2 updating

I've been pretty impressed by this in the past. But I've just spent an hour messing about trying to get myself updated from whatever the last version was to whatever the current version is and the end result was me rage-quitting and uninstalling the whole thing. I just couldn't get the updated mod versions to be recognised. When I calm down I will perhaps attempt to start from scratch again. If I can remember my login details. I know I have them scribbled down somewhere. Much though iRacing still bugs me in many ways, one area they absolutely nailed was the updating process. In my experience anyway. Just log on, hit update, and the rest is history. Having said that, there have been an couple of occasions in 4 years where the process fell over for some reason, but there were no shortage of people in a similar situation, so help was easy. Maybe I should just buy Combined Ops and get into DayZ while it's still shiny, new, and the most exciting thing to happen to PC gaming for years. And on that subject, I find this vid incredibly funny. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pDSMRDrgso "Oh, you dirty bastard!" Andrew McP

On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 16:51 +0100 (BST), [email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote:

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>I've been pretty impressed by this in the past. But I've just spent an hour messing >about trying to get myself updated from whatever the last version was to whatever >the current version is and the end result was me rage-quitting and uninstalling the >whole thing. I just couldn't get the updated mod versions to be recognised. > >When I calm down I will perhaps attempt to start from scratch again. If I can >remember my login details. I know I have them scribbled down somewhere. > >Much though iRacing still bugs me in many ways, one area they absolutely nailed was >the updating process. In my experience anyway. Just log on, hit update, and the >rest is history. > >Having said that, there have been an couple of occasions in 4 years where the >process fell over for some reason, but there were no shortage of people in a >similar situation, so help was easy. > >Maybe I should just buy Combined Ops and get into DayZ while it's still shiny, new, >and the most exciting thing to happen to PC gaming for years. > >And on that subject, I find this vid incredibly funny. > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pDSMRDrgso > >"Oh, you dirty bastard!" > >Andrew McP

As an aside, the update process in pCARS is so far bulletproof. They issue a complete build on the 1st Friday of each month (currently weighing in at 3.5 GB with most folks downloading via torrent) with subsequent weekly (or daily, if you're a senior manager) builds issued as patches against the last full build. This week's patch uploaded today was only 35 MB. With the latest Ford licensing announcement and new tracks seemingly showing up every week (a Charlotte Motor Speedway knockoff with a modified infield track was in today's patch, and they're currenly working on Monaco), there's a lot to keep "track" of. :) http://www.wmdportal.com/ ************************************************************************ In-game Modern Tracks - Anhalt - Oschersleben (GP, National) - Azure Circuit - Monaco - Badenring - Hockenheim (Post 2002, National, Short) - Bathurst - Mount Panorama - Belgian Forest Circuit - Spa Francorchamps - Besos - Circuit de Catalunya (Pre/Post 2007) - Bologna (Reverse) - Imola (Reverse) - California Raceway - Willow Springs - Connecticut Hill GP - Watkins Glen - (Short, Reverse) - Derby - Donington Park (GP, National) - Florence - Mugello - Heusden - Zolder - Jin Ding - Zhuhai - Loire 24 - Circuit de la Sarthe (Le Mans) - Loire National - Bugatti Circuit - Milan - Monza (GP, Short) - Monterey - Laguna Seca - Moravia - Brno - Northampton - Silverstone - Sakitto - Suzuka (GP/East/West) - Wisconsin Raceway - Road America In-game Historic Tracks - Historic Badenring - Hockenheim (Pre 2002) - Rouen Les Essarts - Historic Milan - Monza (1967. GPL2.) In-game Oval Tracks - Concord - Charlotte Motor Speedway - Delaware - Dover - Harrison Pike Raceway - Indianapolis Speedway** - Henrico - Richmond - Memphis - Bristol In-game Country Roads - California Highway - Azure Coast In-game Fictional Tracks - Test TrackTest Track Planned/Confirmed Tracks - Solitude Rennstrecke - Nordschleife - Brands Hatch* - Oulton Park* - Snetterton* - Cadwell Park* - Old Spa - Milan Oval In-game Kart Tracks; - Chesterfield - Glencairn (Reverse, East, West) - Summerton ************************************************************************ In-game Street Cars - Ariel Atom 300 supercharged - (Beta1) - Ariel Atom Mugen - (Beta1) - Ariel Atom 500 V8 '11 - (Beta1) - 2011 BAC Mono - (Beta1) - Caterham Superlight R500 - (Beta1) - Gumpert Apollo S - (Beta1) - Pagani Zonda R - (Beta1) In-game Prototype Race Cars - Asano LM11 TDX - Audi R18 TDI - (Beta2) - Caterham SP/300.R - (PreAlpha) - 2011 Palmer Jaguar JP-LM - (Beta1) - Racer L4-RS - Radical SR-3 - (Beta1) - Racer V8-RS - Radical SR-8 - (Beta1) In-game Touring Cars - Asano X4 Touring - Audi A4 DTM '11 - (Beta2) In-game Stockcars - 1990 Caper Stock Car (Road) - Generic 1990's NASCAR - (Alpha2) - 1990 Caper Stock Car (Oval) - Generic 1990's NASCAR - (Alpha2) In-game Open Wheel Race cars - 2011 Formula A - Generic Formula 1 - (Beta1) - Formula B Generic GP2 - (Beta2) - Leonus F68 Cromwell V8 - Lotus 49 - (Beta2) - Leonus F77 Cromwell V8 - Lotus 78 - (Beta2) - Leonus F86 Pirault Turbo - Lotus 98T - (Beta2) In-game Go-Karts - Kart - (Alpha1) - SuperKart - (Alpha1) ************************************************************************ Planned/Confirmed Street Cars - Caterham Classic - (WIP) - 1966 Ford Mustang 2+2 fastback - (Not started yet) (foundation trade dress for 1966 Shelby GT350) - 1972 Ford Escort RS1600 - (Not started yet) - 2012 Ford Focus ST - (Not started yet) - 2013 Ford Shelby GT500 - (Not started yet) - Mitsubishi Evo VI Tommi M�kinen Edition - (not started yet) - Mitsubishi Evo IX FQ 360 - (Not started yet) - Mitsubishi Evo X FQ 400 - (WIP) - Pagani Zonda Cinque - (Not started yet) - Pagani Huayra - (WIP) Planned/Confirmed Prototype Race Cars - 1967 Ford GT40 MK IV - (Not started yet) Planned/Confirmed Touring Cars - 1980 Ford Capri (Group 5 � Team Zakspeed) - (Not started yet) - 1988 Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth (Group A) - (Not started yet) - 1997 Ford Mustang Cobra (SCCA Trans-Am) - (Not started yet) - 2012 Ford Focus ST (BTCC) - (Not started yet) Planned/Confirmed V8 Supercars - 2013 Ford Falcon FG (Australian V8 Supercar Car of the Future) - (Not started yet) Planned/Confirmed Stockcars - 2012 Ford Fusion NASCAR Stock Car - (Not started yet) Planned/Confirmed Open Wheel Race cars - 2012 Formula Gulf 1000 - (Not started yet) - 2012 Formula Rookie - 2011 Formula Ford 1600 - (WIP)

On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 16:51 +0100 (BST), [email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote:

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>I've been pretty impressed by this in the past. But I've just spent an hour messing >about trying to get myself updated from whatever the last version was to whatever >the current version is and the end result was me rage-quitting and uninstalling the >whole thing. I just couldn't get the updated mod versions to be recognised. > >When I calm down I will perhaps attempt to start from scratch again. If I can >remember my login details. I know I have them scribbled down somewhere. > >Much though iRacing still bugs me in many ways, one area they absolutely nailed was >the updating process. In my experience anyway. Just log on, hit update, and the >rest is history. > >Having said that, there have been an couple of occasions in 4 years where the >process fell over for some reason, but there were no shortage of people in a >similar situation, so help was easy. > >Maybe I should just buy Combined Ops and get into DayZ while it's still shiny, new, >and the most exciting thing to happen to PC gaming for years. > >And on that subject, I find this vid incredibly funny. > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pDSMRDrgso > >"Oh, you dirty bastard!" > >Andrew McP

Download the update file from the forum and put it in the documents/rfactor/update directory.....once you have downloaded and put the file there, go into the game to the update area, it will automatically find the file in the update directory and update itself.

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> > I've been pretty impressed by this in the past. But I've just spent an hour messing > about trying to get myself updated from whatever the last version was to whatever > the current version is and the end result was me rage-quitting and uninstalling the > whole thing. I just couldn't get the updated mod versions to be recognised. > > When I calm down I will perhaps attempt to start from scratch again. If I can > remember my login details. I know I have them scribbled down somewhere. > > Much though iRacing still bugs me in many ways, one area they absolutely nailed was > the updating process. In my experience anyway. Just log on, hit update, and the > rest is history. > > Having said that, there have been an couple of occasions in 4 years where the > process fell over for some reason, but there were no shortage of people in a > similar situation, so help was easy. > > Maybe I should just buy Combined Ops and get into DayZ while it's still shiny, new, > and the most exciting thing to happen to PC gaming for years. > > And on that subject, I find this vid incredibly funny. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pDSMRDrgso > > "Oh, you dirty bastard!" > > Andrew McP

What the heck does any of this have to do with calibrating your forcefeedback with regards to screen height? :-D MRSisson -- GLP LOAD "",8,1 START GO

[email hidden] (FolkGT) wrote: > As an aside, the update process in pCARS is so far bulletproof. Back when I was still paying attention to pCARS I too had no problems... though that was because I was installing it from scratch every time. :-) I decided to take a break for six months when I got bored waiting for the 'feel' to improve. I'm sure it'll happen eventually, but I tend to think that's where you start with a sim, not where you finish. So I remain hopeful but not expectant. I also struggled with the tone of the forums and the 'vibe' around the project politics after a while. And that "oooh, you'd better upgrade now while you still can" stunt left a nasty taste in my mouth. It seemed a bit cynical, even if it wasn't meant that way. Ian is an interesting character though, and I put nothing past him. :-) I've paid up for the full thing on release, but having done that I'm no longer interested in wasting time following every build. rF2 -- when I'm not getting stroppy with it -- feels very satisfying, iRacing continues to act as a considerable time sync even preparing for just 2 races a week, and I confess to being more excited by AC than anything else on the horizon... even the Lotus49 in iRacing. Though that's mainly because I doubt that car will arrive for quite some time. It can't be a high priority on their marketing schedule, and I think that's what drives the software (quite rightly, for a business still relying on special offers to draw people in and retain them). Andrew McP

[email hidden] (Russell Unger) wrote: > Download the update file from the forum and put it in the > documents/rfactor/update directory Yes, that worked fine, but the updates for my mods weren't found by the new style updater. I probably should have been more patient, but at my age life's short and the delete button is always tempting... though not in a Fleetwood Mac kind of way. Andrew McP

[email hidden] (Michael R Sisson) wrote: > What the heck does any of this have to do with calibrating your > forcefeedback with regards to screen height? Sorry mate, I posted in the wrong group didn't I. ;-) Andrew McP

[email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote: > Yes, that worked fine, but the updates for my mods weren't found by > the new style updater. As expected, I was missing something silly. It's been a long time since I installed the original mods and this time I was putting them in the Update folder rather than the Packages folder. Rookie error. Andrew McP

On Fri, 8 Jun 2012 04:17 +0100 (BST), Andrew MacPherson wrote:

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> [email hidden] (Russell Unger) wrote: > >> Download the update file from the forum and put it in the >> documents/rfactor/update directory > > Yes, that worked fine, but the updates for my mods weren't found by the new style > updater. I probably should have been more patient, but at my age life's short and > the delete button is always tempting... though not in a Fleetwood Mac kind of way. > > Andrew McP >

Hang in there, Andrew, we're still in beta ;-) All the best, Uwe

On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:53:22 -0400, FolkGT wrote: > With the latest Ford licensing announcement and new tracks seemingly > showing up every week (a Charlotte Motor Speedway knockoff with a modified > infield track was in today's patch, and they're currenly working on > Monaco), there's a lot to keep "track" of. :) > If only driving the damn cars was more fun and felt half-way realistic in pCars ... ;-> Don't get me wrong, I'm a team member but I'm so far rather disappointed what they've come up with (apart from the graphics which are great). Cheers, Uwe

On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 21:08:50 -0400, Michael R Sisson <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>In article <[email hidden]>, >[email hidden] says... >> >> I've been pretty impressed by this in the past. But I've just spent an hour messing >> about trying to get myself updated from whatever the last version was to whatever >> the current version is and the end result was me rage-quitting and uninstalling the >> whole thing. I just couldn't get the updated mod versions to be recognised. >> >> When I calm down I will perhaps attempt to start from scratch again. If I can >> remember my login details. I know I have them scribbled down somewhere. >> >> Much though iRacing still bugs me in many ways, one area they absolutely nailed was >> the updating process. In my experience anyway. Just log on, hit update, and the >> rest is history. >> >> Having said that, there have been an couple of occasions in 4 years where the >> process fell over for some reason, but there were no shortage of people in a >> similar situation, so help was easy. >> >> Maybe I should just buy Combined Ops and get into DayZ while it's still shiny, new, >> and the most exciting thing to happen to PC gaming for years. >> >> And on that subject, I find this vid incredibly funny. >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pDSMRDrgso >> >> "Oh, you dirty bastard!" >> >> Andrew McP > >What the heck does any of this have to do with calibrating your >forcefeedback with regards to screen height? > >:-D > > >MRSisson

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