Re: GP3 weather question?

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it changes anytime.

thanks for the quick reply > YES > > I know that the weather changes when you are in the race but what I would > > like to know is if the weather can change while in qualifying or in > > practice. > > thanks in advance

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I know that the weather changes when you are in the race but what I would like to know is if the weather can change while in qualifying or in practice. thanks in advance

YES Deek wrote: > I know that the weather changes when you are in the race but what I would > like to know is if the weather can change while in qualifying or in > practice. > > thanks in advance

thanks for the quick reply SKurj <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > YES > > Deek wrote: > > > I know that the weather changes when you are in the race but what Iwould > > like to know is if the weather can change while in qualifying or in > > practice. > > > > thanks in advance >

it changes anytime. Deek <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message : 8lmtcr$aru$[email hidden]...

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> I know that the weather changes when you are in the race but what I would > like to know is if the weather can change while in qualifying or in > practice. > > thanks in advance > > >

so it really isn't "dynamic" at all then? How many different weather loops do they have for each track? Seems that you could realize which weather pattern your in and plan accordingly, which could severely hamper this feature. Harjan Brand <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:QnFf5.3242$[email hidden]... > It's preprogrammed however, if you load a game the next session will bethe > same weather as before. > > > "Deek" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8lmtcr$aru$[email hidden]... > > I know that the weather changes when you are in the race but what Iwould

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> > like to know is if the weather can change while in qualifying or in > > practice. > > > > thanks in advance > > > > > >

It's preprogrammed however, if you load a game the next session will be the same weather as before. "Deek" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8lmtcr$aru$[email hidden]...

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> I know that the weather changes when you are in the race but what I would > like to know is if the weather can change while in qualifying or in > practice. > > thanks in advance > >

In article <sKGf5.151173$[email hidden]>, Kai Fuller <[email hidden]> writes >so it really isn't "dynamic" at all then? How many different weather loops >do they have for each track? Seems that you could realize which weather >pattern your in and plan accordingly, which could severely hamper this >feature. > I'm not so sure that they have 'weather loops' as such. When I took the code apart in the original Microprose Grand Prix I found that the random number generator that was used appeared to start from a seed and then used the new random number to generate the next random number etc. Now, when a game is saved at a particular point, if the current random number is also saved and is then used as the seed when the saved game is reloaded, then chances are the things are going to pan out pretty similarly everytime you reload the saved game as they will always restart from the same seed. I'm not saying this is definitely how it's done, but a possibility all the same, perhaps.

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>Harjan Brand <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:QnFf5.3242$[email hidden]... >> It's preprogrammed however, if you load a game the next session will be >the >> same weather as before. >> >> >> "Deek" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:8lmtcr$aru$[email hidden]... >> > I know that the weather changes when you are in the race but what I >would >> > like to know is if the weather can change while in qualifying or in >> > practice. >> > >> > thanks in advance

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On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 21:21:49 +0100, Peter Ives <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>In article <sKGf5.151173$[email hidden]>, Kai Fuller ><[email hidden]> writes >>so it really isn't "dynamic" at all then? How many different weather loops >>do they have for each track? Seems that you could realize which weather >>pattern your in and plan accordingly, which could severely hamper this >>feature. >> > >I'm not so sure that they have 'weather loops' as such. When I took the >code apart in the original Microprose Grand Prix I found that the random >number generator that was used appeared to start from a seed and then >used the new random number to generate the next random number etc. Now, >when a game is saved at a particular point, if the current random number >is also saved and is then used as the seed when the saved game is >reloaded, then chances are the things are going to pan out pretty >similarly everytime you reload the saved game as they will always >restart from the same seed. I'm not saying this is definitely how it's >done, but a possibility all the same, perhaps.

Yes, I think Kai misunderstood. "Random" car failures and apparently now also the weather is decided at the start of a race or maybe weekend. So they are only exactly the same if you start from the same saved game. Not if you start races from scratch. You can argue against this approach, but it seems logical to me. When you reload a saved game, you just rewind time in the same "virtual universe". You'll have to start a different game if you want it randomized again... JoH

Kai Fuller <[email hidden]> schreef in berichtnieuws sKGf5.151173$[email hidden]... > so it really isn't "dynamic" at all then? How many different weather loops > do they have for each track? Seems that you could realize which weather > pattern your in and plan accordingly, which could severely hamper this > feature. no, it just means that the wheather pattern for the entire weekend is set at the start of a weekend. But it could still be completely random. Let me get back to you AFTER I have driven 200 full-length races at any given track =)