Re: Changing novice race length in GPL?

"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On 10 Aug 2000 06:13:03 GMT, [email hidden] > (David Buttery) wrote: > > >The file from The US Pits mentioned above is your best bet. I haven't > >used it for ages, but as far as I can remember it did the job. I may > >*eventually* add this feature to GPL Assistant, but it probably won't > >be anytime soon, as I'll be away (work for the next few days, then only > >a short gap before I'm off on holiday to Bonny Scotland!) a lot of this > >month. > > GPL Assistant? What's that? > > Andre

Hmmm...GPL Assistant...GPLA...GPLA...GPAL...GPLA GPAL? How'd that get in there? don

See? <g> Jan. =--- m.seery wrote... > Watch it or I'll start posting binaries in here ! > > MS

Pssst. Andre, come 'ere. Want to get back at Mark? -Reply: "Never mind what it says in the rules, they're wrong, you _have_ to use number 26 for the Motorhome" next time. That'll piss him off no end. Guaranteed. Jan. ;-) =--- Andre Warringa wrote... > <snip> > NOT funny. > > Andre

On Thu 10 Aug 2000 05:00:35am, David Montani wrote: >Hi, first let me thank everyone here who has responded to my prior >posts; you guys have never steered me wrong. > >I was wondering if there was a way to change the length of a novice >race in GPL other than by changing the length of the full GP race in >the .ini file - maybe a way to change the % of total distance?<snip> The file from The US Pits mentioned above is your best bet. I haven't used it for ages, but as far as I can remember it did the job. I may *eventually* add this feature to GPL Assistant, but it probably won't be anytime soon, as I'll be away (work for the next few days, then only a short gap before I'm off on holiday to Bonny Scotland!) a lot of this month. -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.17) "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh) The GPL Scrapyard - mangled wrecks from http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com

Hi, first let me thank everyone here who has responded to my prior posts; you guys have never steered me wrong. I was wondering if there was a way to change the length of a novice race in GPL other than by changing the length of the full GP race in the .ini file - maybe a way to change the % of total distance? I'm sure I'll forget to reset the right race length if I do it otherwise. On the other hand, who am I kidding? I've played this game fairly religiously since getting it as a Christmas gift in '98, and I've still never run a GP length race... David

There is a program for that at www.theuspits.com, I'm not sure if it works with patched versions though...check it out under the GPL section. Marko David Montani <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:DNpk5.12048$[email hidden]... > Hi, first let me thank everyone here who has responded to my prior posts; > you guys have never steered me wrong. > > I was wondering if there was a way to change the length of a novice racein > GPL other than by changing the length of the full GP race in the .inifile - > maybe a way to change the % of total distance? I'm sure I'll forget to > reset the right race length if I do it otherwise. On the other hand, whoam > I kidding? I've played this game fairly religiously since getting it as a > Christmas gift in '98, and I've still never run a GP length race... > David > >

Just wait for a great new program coming out soon called GPal. The installer should be nearly finished by now <G>. MS "David Montani" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:DNpk5.12048$[email hidden]... > Hi, first let me thank everyone here who has responded to my prior posts; > you guys have never steered me wrong. > > I was wondering if there was a way to change the length of a novice racein > GPL other than by changing the length of the full GP race in the .inifile - > maybe a way to change the % of total distance? I'm sure I'll forget to > reset the right race length if I do it otherwise. On the other hand, whoam > I kidding? I've played this game fairly religiously since getting it as a > Christmas gift in '98, and I've still never run a GP length race... > David > >

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:28:59 +0100, "m.seery" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Just wait for a great new program coming out soon called GPal. The installer >should be nearly finished by now <G>. NOT funny. Andre

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> >MS >"David Montani" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:DNpk5.12048$[email hidden]... >> Hi, first let me thank everyone here who has responded to my prior posts; >> you guys have never steered me wrong. >> >> I was wondering if there was a way to change the length of a novice race >in >> GPL other than by changing the length of the full GP race in the .ini >file - >> maybe a way to change the % of total distance? I'm sure I'll forget to >> reset the right race length if I do it otherwise. On the other hand, who >am >> I kidding? I've played this game fairly religiously since getting it as a >> Christmas gift in '98, and I've still never run a GP length race... >> David >> >> > >

Watch it or I'll start posting binaries in here ! MS "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Pssst. Andre, come 'ere. > > Want to get back at Mark? > > -Reply: "Never mind what it says in the rules, they're wrong, you _have_to

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> use number 26 for the Motorhome" next time. > > That'll piss him off no end. Guaranteed. > > Jan. ;-) > =--- > Andre Warringa wrote... > > <snip> > > NOT funny. > > > > Andre > >

In article <01c002cc$24103600$0100007f@ronayton>, "Ron Ayton" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>m.seery <[email hidden]> wrote in article ><muvk5.14118$[email hidden]>... >> Just wait for a great new program coming out soon called GPal. The >installer >> should be nearly finished by now <G>. > > >Damn you Mark, i just sprayed half a cup of coffee over my monitor.... >:) >

Maybe Arne *should* post that warning... :) Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +51.95 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

It's a long story, but I might be temped to elaborate as it's also one of the greatest wind-ups in the history of usenet. Jan. =--- Andre Warringa wrote... > (Thanks Jan, allthough I don't know what the hell > this is all about :) > > Andre

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:28:59 +0100, "m.seery" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Just wait for a great new program coming out soon called GPal. The installer >should be nearly finished by now <G>. Pss, Mark, come closer, I have to tell you something: NEVER MIND WHAT IT SAYS IN THE RULES, THEY'RE WRONG, YOU _HAVE_ TO USE NUMBER 26 FOR THE MOTORHOME! (Thanks Jan, allthough I don't know what the hell this is all about :) Andre > >MS

On 10 Aug 2000 06:13:03 GMT, [email hidden] (David Buttery) wrote: >The file from The US Pits mentioned above is your best bet. I haven't >used it for ages, but as far as I can remember it did the job. I may >*eventually* add this feature to GPL Assistant, but it probably won't >be anytime soon, as I'll be away (work for the next few days, then only >a short gap before I'm off on holiday to Bonny Scotland!) a lot of this >month. GPL Assistant? What's that? Andre

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000 01:41:59 +0200, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote: >It's a long story, but I might be temped to elaborate as it's also one of >the greatest wind-ups in the history of usenet. Ok Jan: HIT IT! Andre

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> >Jan. >=--- >Andre Warringa wrote... >> (Thanks Jan, allthough I don't know what the hell >> this is all about :) >> >> Andre >

lol "don hodgdon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8mvljp$mgm$[email hidden]...

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> > "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On 10 Aug 2000 06:13:03 GMT, [email hidden] > > (David Buttery) wrote: > > > > >The file from The US Pits mentioned above is your best bet. I haven't > > >used it for ages, but as far as I can remember it did the job. I may > > >*eventually* add this feature to GPL Assistant, but it probably won't > > >be anytime soon, as I'll be away (work for the next few days, then only > > >a short gap before I'm off on holiday to Bonny Scotland!) a lot of this > > >month. > > > > GPL Assistant? What's that? > > > > Andre > > Hmmm...GPL Assistant...GPLA...GPLA...GPAL...GPLA > > GPAL? How'd that get in there? > > don > >

<G> Where ya been buddy? It's been a long time........ MS

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> > Damn you Mark, i just sprayed half a cup of coffee over my monitor.... > :) > > Cheers, > Ron >

LOOK HERE....... MY BLOODY TEAM MATE WAS #26 AND i WAS #27!!!!! WE EVEN PAINTED THE CAR NUMBERS ON. ANY MORE TALK LIKE THIS AND i'LL SET MY OLD MATE #33 ON YOU. Psssst. You would not like #33...really. MS "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:28:59 +0100, "m.seery" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Just wait for a great new program coming out soon called GPal. Theinstaller

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> >should be nearly finished by now <G>. > > Pss, Mark, come closer, I have to tell you something: > > NEVER MIND WHAT IT SAYS IN THE RULES, THEY'RE WRONG, YOU _HAVE_ TO USE > NUMBER 26 FOR THE MOTORHOME! > > (Thanks Jan, allthough I don't know what the hell this is all about :) > > Andre > > > > >MS >

m.seery <[email hidden]> wrote in article <muvk5.14118$[email hidden]>... > Just wait for a great new program coming out soon called GPal. Theinstaller > should be nearly finished by now <G>. Damn you Mark, i just sprayed half a cup of coffee over my monitor.... :) Cheers, Ron

Well, Once upon a time I was involved in Randy Harris' GP2 Racing League (off-line league for GP2). Through it's second year of competition it had become very popular indeed (peaking at something like 700 active drivers), so it was decided we needed a form of automated results processing. A member of the league took on the programming project, dubbed "The Motorhome". As you probably know GP2 savegames are not easy to hack, so progress on this program was slow. Also, to keep things simple, the Andy (the programmer) decided everyone should use the number 26 car in the game. A fact which was publicized via the leagues private newsserver and the rules amended. Anyway, the 2nd season ended without the program surfacing and Andy got caught up with real life issues in the inter season. So the 3rd season got underway without automated results processing, each driver being required to hang on to his/her savegame files. Couple of GP's into the season the program was launched and functioned perfectly... provided you used the number 26 car in the game. A number of people had used number 27 (their teammate using number 26) and thus couldn't submit their times (and therefore saw their efforts annulled). One person to complain about this on the newsserver was our mutual friend Mark Seery. I responded to him, that, sorry, he should have used number 26 as stated in the rules (I had done the Dutch translation the previous season, so I thought I knew them well). Mark replied, "but the rules say you CAN use number 27!". So I checked and to my amazed the rules did indeed say "26 or 27". I immediately contacted Randy, advised him of the crisis (no way the Motorhome program was going to get patched) and warned him I was going to wind up Mark some more on the ng (this was not your average ng ;-)). I then posted the infamous line I fed you after which Mark flipped his lid. He wrote a very angry public letter to Randy (who, even though I warned him, seemed very amazed ;-)). Anyway, things were smoothed over and the league died a natural death with the release of GPL (afterwards being revived for the die-hard Crammond fans), but it's nice to exploit this issue with Mark now and again.<g> Jan. =--- Andre Warringa wrote... > <snip> > Ok Jan: HIT IT! > > Andre

On Fri 11 Aug 2000 01:34:49am, Andre Warringa wrote: <snip> >GPL Assistant? What's that? A little program I've been writing (read: hacking away at) in Delphi to do *some* of the things that [a program we don't mention - Ed] was supposed to do, because I got fed up with [a program we still don't mention - Ed]'s continual non-appearance. ATM, it's a huge unfinished mess (as I say in my readme, one day I hope to have a huge *finished* mess), and only up to v0.50a, but if you're that interested, you can get it from my website (URL in my sig). GPL Assistant was written for my own use, but I though I might as well stick it up on the website to make people even more depressed as to how useful [no, we still don't say it - Ed] might have been if it had ever turned up. Just to reassure you, GPL Assistant has *nothing* to do with [it's that program we don't mention again! - Ed] or its author, [uh-uh! He's persona non grata here and all - Ed]. -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.17) "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh) The GPL Scrapyard - mangled wrecks from http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com