Posted this earlier but it didn't show up. Sorry if it's a double post.
The sim Lothar Pantel, Tony West, and I have been working on for an ungodly
amount of time has finally been released. This is IC 1/8 and 1/10 scale nitro
RC cars, so not something probably for the majority of you folks. Still
though, maybe fun to try and see what top level RC cars are like :-)
Download is free and comes with two free tracks. Extra tracks and online event
competitions cost extra. If you're an RC buff then there's an adaptor to use
your radio with. See site for details, blah blah blah, etc.. etc..
http://www.virtualrc.com
:-)
Todd Wasson
Racing Software
http://PerformanceSimulations.com
http://performancesimulations.com/scnshot4.htm
Virtual RC Racing released as a free download
J. Todd Wasson announced the release of Virtual RC Racing, a nitro radio-controlled car sim he developed with Lothar Pantel and Tony West. Testers praised the effort but some struggled with online account activation, track registration and installer issues, which Wasson said were being fixed. The thread touched on activation and Half-Life 2's Steam.
With J. Todd Wasson (Performance Simulations)
Automated summary.
Anybody tried this yet? Somebody please post a review!
"J. Todd Wasson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Posted this earlier but it didn't show up. Sorry if it's a double post.
>
> The sim Lothar Pantel, Tony West, and I have been working on for anungodly
> amount of time has finally been released. This is IC 1/8 and 1/10 scalenitro
> RC cars, so not something probably for the majority of you folks. Still
> though, maybe fun to try and see what top level RC cars are like :-)
>
> Download is free and comes with two free tracks. Extra tracks and onlineevent
> competitions cost extra. If you're an RC buff then there's an adaptor touse
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> your radio with. See site for details, blah blah blah, etc.. etc.. > > http://www.virtualrc.com > > :-) > > > Todd Wasson > Racing Software > http://PerformanceSimulations.com > http://performancesimulations.com/scnshot4.htm >Spudster wrote:
> Anybody tried this yet? Somebody please post a review!
I would since I'm an (ex-) R/C car driver, but can't try it - the system
requirements are quite staggering for an r/c car game/sim. Sniff.
Regards, Rudy
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>From: Ruud Dingemans [email hidden] >Date: 11/29/2004 11:11 P.M. Central Standard Time >Message-id: <cogvca$oe3$[email hidden]> > >Spudster wrote: >> Anybody tried this yet? Somebody please post a review! > >I would since I'm an (ex-) R/C car driver, but can't try it - the system >requirements are quite staggering for an r/c car game/sim. Sniff. > >Regards, Rudy >-------------------- >GPLRank: -24 > >Spudster wrote:
> Anybody tried this yet? Somebody please post a review!
Very impressive effort.
Installation and activation went smoothly.
I haven't messed around with R/C stuff in over 10 yrs, and nothing as
serious as the cars portrayed in the sim.
I could get around the free oval (RC Speedway) pretty well after a few
laps, but I was absolutely lost at Oslo. I had a hard time being able
to look far enough ahead, so it was like playing an old top-down view
racer, "uh oh turn!" A function of not having recent R/C experience,
I'd say to some extent.
I don't think I'll invest in credits for online play, no reason of the
sim's or Todd's work, just not compelling enough with the other sims
taking up my time. I'll probably at least buy the Cincinnati track,
since I know where it is, and enjoy it offline. I'd be willing to buy a
reasonably-priced AI add-on too.
Worth the download to try out, IMHO.
-jde
It keeps saying that the tracks aren't registered so I can't get it to work.
There's also major graphic problems on the intro screens. I'm using ATI
Catalyst 4.11. First game/demo I've had issues with in at least the last 5
years - needs a lot more testing by the looks of it.
At least you got that far - windows opens the msi file with notepad
here, I have no idea how I can fix this :-/
Andre
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 12:32:24 +1000, "Damien Smith"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
>It keeps saying that the tracks aren't registered so I can't get it to work.
>There's also major graphic problems on the intro screens. I'm using ATI
>Catalyst 4.11. First game/demo I've had issues with in at least the last 5
>years - needs a lot more testing by the looks of it.
>
Damien Smith wrote:
> It keeps saying that the tracks aren't registered so I can't get it
> to work. There's also major graphic problems on the intro screens.
> I'm using ATI Catalyst 4.11. First game/demo I've had issues with in
> at least the last 5 years - needs a lot more testing by the looks of
> it.Make sure you're signed in on the website, before starting the game and
trying to register the tracks
> It keeps saying that the tracks aren't registered so I can't get it
> to work. There's also major graphic problems on the intro screens.
> I'm using ATI Catalyst 4.11. First game/demo I've had issues with in
> at least the last 5 years - needs a lot more testing by the looks of
> it.
Make sure you're signed in on the website, before starting the game and
trying to register the tracks
Andre Warringa <[email hidden]> wrote in
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> At least you got that far - windows opens the msi file with notepad
> here, I have no idea how I can fix this :-/
>
> Andre
with win98, and I hope XP is similar, you open the folder you extracted
the msi file and click on the view menu option at the top. then choose the
folder options. You should see at least 3 tabs. Choose the file types tab
and scroll down til you see the .msi extension. click on the edit button,
you will next see a small window with probably the OPEN command inside.
Below that are several buttons, choose remove. That will keep notepad from
getting first crack at the file.
dh
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:34:15 +0200, "=?iso-8859-1?B?0GVvbg==?="
<[email hidden]> wrote:
Which is plain stupid IMO....when I reached this point I decided to
uninstall....
Cheers!
Remco
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>Damien Smith wrote: >> It keeps saying that the tracks aren't registered so I can't get it >> to work. There's also major graphic problems on the intro screens. >> I'm using ATI Catalyst 4.11. First game/demo I've had issues with in >> at least the last 5 years - needs a lot more testing by the looks of >> it. >Make sure you're signed in on the website, before starting the game and >trying to register the tracks
"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Talk about customer-friendly installations. I'm sure every RC enthusiast out
there who wants to try the demo will know this. :-)
Stephen
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> Andre Warringa <[email hidden]> wrote in > news:[email hidden]: > >> At least you got that far - windows opens the msi file with notepad >> here, I have no idea how I can fix this :-/ >> >> Andre > > with win98, and I hope XP is similar, you open the folder you extracted > the msi file and click on the view menu option at the top. then choose > the > folder options. You should see at least 3 tabs. Choose the file types > tab > and scroll down til you see the .msi extension. click on the edit button, > you will next see a small window with probably the OPEN command inside. > Below that are several buttons, choose remove. That will keep notepad > from > getting first crack at the file. > dh >> Talk about customer-friendly installations. I'm sure every RC enthusiast
> out there who wants to try the demo will know this. :-)
On a PC with everything running normally msi files should install no
problem, it is afterall a MicroSoftInstall, not sure why some peoples
windows stop recognising the msi extension.
"Stephen F." <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:41adf594$[email hidden]:
rrin
It is not the fault of the new program. One of Andre's file
assignments got 're-assigned.' As noted in another post. An MSI file
should work properly without all this hassle. IF Andre had tried to view
another .msi file anytime in the past, and he chose notepad to look at the
file, then if that little checkbox that says 'use this always for this type
of file' will take over his system's choice. I've done that several
times in the past when clicking madly thru choices. So don't blame the
programers of the RC sim, rather just commiserate with Andre that sometime
in the past he clicked too quickly or another program hijacked the msi
extension.
dh
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>> news:[email hidden]: >> >>> At least you got that far - windows opens the msi file with notepad >>> here, I have no idea how I can fix this :-/ >>> >>> Andre >> >> > > Talk about customer-friendly installations. I'm sure every RC > enthusiast out there who wants to try the demo will know this. :-) > > Stephen > >
>times in the past when clicking madly thru choices. So don't blame the
>programers of the RC sim, rather just commiserate with Andre that sometime
>in the past he clicked too quickly or another program hijacked the msi
>extension.
>
>dh
Why would I have linked msi files with notepad :-/
Must have been a program that did it.. strange.
Your fix worked fine, thanks :)
Andre
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>From: [email hidden] (Remco Moedt) >Date: 12/1/2004 10:19 A.M. Central Standard Time >Message-id: <[email hidden]> > >On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:34:15 +0200, "=?iso-8859-1?B?0GVvbg==?=" ><[email hidden]> wrote: > >>Damien Smith wrote: >>> It keeps saying that the tracks aren't registered so I can't get it >>> to work. There's also major graphic problems on the intro screens. >>> I'm using ATI Catalyst 4.11. First game/demo I've had issues with in >>> at least the last 5 years - needs a lot more testing by the looks of >>> it. >>Make sure you're signed in on the website, before starting the game and >>trying to register the tracks > >Which is plain stupid IMO....when I reached this point I decided to >uninstall.... > > >Cheers! > > >Remco >On 02 Dec 2004 08:13:45 GMT, [email hidden] (J. Todd Wasson) wrote:
I've no problem with registering, it's the method used. Suppose I want
to run it on a machine not connected to the Internet? Beside, at that
time it was not clear to me _why_ I needed to register a track for an
offline practice session....
Cheers!
Remco
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>>From: [email hidden] (Remco Moedt) >>Date: 12/1/2004 10:19 A.M. Central Standard Time >>Message-id: <[email hidden]> >> >>On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:34:15 +0200, "=?iso-8859-1?B?0GVvbg==?=" >><[email hidden]> wrote: >> >>>Damien Smith wrote: >>>> It keeps saying that the tracks aren't registered so I can't get it >>>> to work. There's also major graphic problems on the intro screens. >>>> I'm using ATI Catalyst 4.11. First game/demo I've had issues with in >>>> at least the last 5 years - needs a lot more testing by the looks of >>>> it. >>>Make sure you're signed in on the website, before starting the game and >>>trying to register the tracks >> >>Which is plain stupid IMO....when I reached this point I decided to >>uninstall.... >> >> >>Cheers! >> >> >>Remco >> > >Free game and registering is too much to ask. It takes 2 minutes <rolleyes>
"Remco Moedt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Don't buy Half Life 2... it will really annoy you.
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> On 02 Dec 2004 08:13:45 GMT, [email hidden] (J. Todd Wasson) wrote: > >>>From: [email hidden] (Remco Moedt) >>>Date: 12/1/2004 10:19 A.M. Central Standard Time >>>Message-id: <[email hidden]> >>> >>>On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:34:15 +0200, "=?iso-8859-1?B?0GVvbg==?=" >>><[email hidden]> wrote: >>> >>>>Damien Smith wrote: >>>>> It keeps saying that the tracks aren't registered so I can't get it >>>>> to work. There's also major graphic problems on the intro screens. >>>>> I'm using ATI Catalyst 4.11. First game/demo I've had issues with in >>>>> at least the last 5 years - needs a lot more testing by the looks of >>>>> it. >>>>Make sure you're signed in on the website, before starting the game and >>>>trying to register the tracks >>> >>>Which is plain stupid IMO....when I reached this point I decided to >>>uninstall.... >>> >>> >>>Cheers! >>> >>> >>>Remco >>> >> >>Free game and registering is too much to ask. It takes 2 minutes >><rolleyes> > > I've no problem with registering, it's the method used. Suppose I want > to run it on a machine not connected to the Internet? Beside, at that > time it was not clear to me _why_ I needed to register a track for an > offline practice session.... > > Cheers! > > > Remco >On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 16:42:42 +0100, "Stephen F."
<[email hidden]> wrote:
That Steam stuff is exactly the reason I wont buy HL2. In the past I
just bought the games I wanted, but nowadays I first use an
'evaluation' copy to see if it runs on my machine, and only then I buy
it.
I think it's a weird thing legal users have to pay the price for
piracy.
Cheers!
Remco
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> >"Remco Moedt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> On 02 Dec 2004 08:13:45 GMT, [email hidden] (J. Todd Wasson) wrote: >> >>>>From: [email hidden] (Remco Moedt) >>>>Date: 12/1/2004 10:19 A.M. Central Standard Time >>>>Message-id: <[email hidden]> >>>> >>>>On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 17:34:15 +0200, "=?iso-8859-1?B?0GVvbg==?=" >>>><[email hidden]> wrote: >>>> >>>>>Damien Smith wrote: >>>>>> It keeps saying that the tracks aren't registered so I can't get it >>>>>> to work. There's also major graphic problems on the intro screens. >>>>>> I'm using ATI Catalyst 4.11. First game/demo I've had issues with in >>>>>> at least the last 5 years - needs a lot more testing by the looks of >>>>>> it. >>>>>Make sure you're signed in on the website, before starting the game and >>>>>trying to register the tracks >>>> >>>>Which is plain stupid IMO....when I reached this point I decided to >>>>uninstall.... >>>> >>>> >>>>Cheers! >>>> >>>> >>>>Remco >>>> >>> >>>Free game and registering is too much to ask. It takes 2 minutes >>><rolleyes> >> >> I've no problem with registering, it's the method used. Suppose I want >> to run it on a machine not connected to the Internet? Beside, at that >> time it was not clear to me _why_ I needed to register a track for an >> offline practice session.... >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> Remco >> > >Don't buy Half Life 2... it will really annoy you.This setting that Stephen has, is one of the "quick and dirty" ways of
stopping crap from installing like from Virus or hijacked websites and or
advertizers... just like associating ms-word files or wordpad with ".txt"
(which usually open with notepad) someone other than you, have pretty much
effectivly stopped the ".msi" (im guessing it is NOT your own computer?)
which is one of several executable files out there nowdays. you could do
the "open with" when you right click the .msi... not sure what you would
chose tho...
Jasper enlightened us with:
>> Talk about customer-friendly installations. I'm sure every RC
>> enthusiast out there who wants to try the demo will know this. :-)
>
> On a PC with everything running normally msi files should install no
> problem, it is afterall a MicroSoftInstall, not sure why some peoples
> windows stop recognising the msi extension.
Its quite amazing Remco is even on the Net at all, all that logging in and
stuff you have to do :)
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> > That Steam stuff is exactly the reason I wont buy HL2. In the past I > just bought the games I wanted, but nowadays I first use an > 'evaluation' copy to see if it runs on my machine, and only then I buy > it. > > I think it's a weird thing legal users have to pay the price for > piracy. > > > Cheers! > > > RemcoIn article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
says...
> That Steam stuff is exactly the reason I wont buy HL2.
>
Then you are missing out on the best computer game ever made. Your loss.
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Todd Walker
http://www.toddwalker.net
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Let it be known that on Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:32:15 GMT, Todd Walker
<[email hidden]> wrote:
>In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
>says...
>> That Steam stuff is exactly the reason I wont buy HL2.
>>
>
>Then you are missing out on the best computer game ever made. Your loss.
Really? I didn't think you needed Steam to play Sid Meier's Pirates....
On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:32:15 GMT, Todd Walker <[email hidden]>
wrote:
>In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden]
>says...
>> That Steam stuff is exactly the reason I wont buy HL2.
>>
>
>Then you are missing out on the best computer game ever made. Your loss.
Possible.
About Virtual RC, I was just giving feedback, it's up to you what you
do with it. I think it's a pitty you didn't explain why there's a need
to register a track or at least gave me a pointer where I could find
that information.
Cheers!
Remco
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>From: [email hidden] (Remco Moedt) >Date: 12/3/2004 4:17 A.M. Central Standard Time >Message-id: <[email hidden]> > >On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:32:15 GMT, Todd Walker <[email hidden]> >wrote: > >>In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] >>says... >>> That Steam stuff is exactly the reason I wont buy HL2. >>> >> >>Then you are missing out on the best computer game ever made. Your loss. > >Possible. > >About Virtual RC, I was just giving feedback, it's up to you what you >do with it. I think it's a pitty you didn't explain why there's a need >to register a track or at least gave me a pointer where I could find >that information. > > >Cheers! > > >Remco > >J. Todd Wasson wrote:
Todd, as asked previously in this thread, what about installing and running
on a non-internet pc ? Any file I can copy from my registered installation ?
�eon
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>> From: [email hidden] (Remco Moedt) >> Date: 12/3/2004 4:17 A.M. Central Standard Time >> Message-id: <[email hidden]> >> >> On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:32:15 GMT, Todd Walker >> <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >>> In article <[email hidden]>, >>> [email hidden] says... >>>> That Steam stuff is exactly the reason I wont buy HL2. >>>> >>> >>> Then you are missing out on the best computer game ever made. Your >>> loss. >> >> Possible. >> >> About Virtual RC, I was just giving feedback, it's up to you what you >> do with it. I think it's a pitty you didn't explain why there's a >> need >> to register a track or at least gave me a pointer where I could find >> that information. >> >> >> Cheers! >> >> >> Remco >> >> > > Hmm... Good point, Remco. You were just asking, after all. I'll > ask someone about that and maybe we can get something put up on the > web site about it. > > Thanks for the input :-) > Todd Wasson > Racing Software > http://PerformanceSimulations.com > http://performancesimulations.com/scnshot4.htmQuoted text (35 lines)
>> Date: 12/3/2004 4:17 A.M. Central Standard Time >> On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:32:15 GMT, Todd Walker >>>> That Steam stuff is exactly the reason I wont buy HL2. >>> Then you are missing out on the best computer game ever made. Your >>> loss. >> Possible. >> About Virtual RC, I was just giving feedback, it's up to you what you >> do with it. I think it's a pitty you didn't explain why there's a >> need >> to register a track or at least gave me a pointer where I could find >> that information. >> Cheers! >> Remco > Hmm... Good point, Remco. You were just asking, after all. I'll > ask someone about that and maybe we can get something put up on the > web site about it. > Thanks for the input :-) > Todd Wasson > Racing Software > http://PerformanceSimulations.com > http://performancesimulations.com/scnshot4.htm>>Then you are missing out on the best computer game ever made. Your loss.
>
>Really? I didn't think you needed Steam to play Sid Meier's Pirates....
Talk about overrated games.. Pirates was amazing 20 years ago, the
remake with allmost no new features except for a silly dance game
doesn't deserve all the high scores it gets in the mags.
I finished a whole career in 5 hours :-/
HL2 has an amazing engine, the physics are awesome, but what made HL1
a classic was the story, which is totally lacking in HL2. Even after
finishing HL2 I have no idea what it was all about, and the last
couple of levels were utterly boring.
OT, but had to vent my frustrations here ;)
Andre
I still can't get the account activation to work. It sends me a
confirmation email but when I click on the link which asks me for an
activation code, it refuses to accept my code. I can see now why people
hate activation schemes so much - talk about frustrating.
"Activation process not successfull. Please try again."
Fantastic
"Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> "Activation process not successfull. Please try again."
>
> Fantastic
Install/activation worked fine here, FWIW. But imagine my dismay when I
rushed to the track and found only itty-bitty cars there, and realized you
drove them from the pit-cam! Tried to get into the spirit and work with it,
so I got onboard via the telemetry cam, but my butt kept dragging the
ground. Totally hosed the CG as well. Very disconcerting...
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>"=?iso-8859-1?B?0GVvbg==?=" [email hidden] >Date: 12/3/2004 2:10 P.M. Central Standard Time >Message-id: <[email hidden]> > >J. Todd Wasson wrote: >>> From: [email hidden] (Remco Moedt) >>> Date: 12/3/2004 4:17 A.M. Central Standard Time >>> Message-id: <[email hidden]> >>> >>> On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:32:15 GMT, Todd Walker >>> <[email hidden]> wrote: >>> >>>> In article <[email hidden]>, >>>> [email hidden] says... >>>>> That Steam stuff is exactly the reason I wont buy HL2. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Then you are missing out on the best computer game ever made. Your >>>> loss. >>> >>> Possible. >>> >>> About Virtual RC, I was just giving feedback, it's up to you what you >>> do with it. I think it's a pitty you didn't explain why there's a >>> need >>> to register a track or at least gave me a pointer where I could find >>> that information. >>> >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> >>> Remco >>> >>> >> >> Hmm... Good point, Remco. You were just asking, after all. I'll >> ask someone about that and maybe we can get something put up on the >> web site about it. >> >> Thanks for the input :-) >> Todd Wasson >> Racing Software >> http://PerformanceSimulations.com >> http://performancesimulations.com/scnshot4.htm > >Todd, as asked previously in this thread, what about installing and running >on a non-internet pc ? Any file I can copy from my registered installation ? > >�eon > >Quoted text (10 lines)
>From: "Damien Smith" [email hidden] >Date: 12/6/2004 1:31 A.M. Central Standard Time >Message-id: <[email hidden]> > >I still can't get the account activation to work. It sends me a >confirmation email but when I click on the link which asks me for an >activation code, it refuses to accept my code. I can see now why people >hate activation schemes so much - talk about frustrating. > >Quoted text (17 lines)
>From: "Steve Blankenship" [email hidden] >Date: 12/6/2004 11:57 A.M. Central Standard Time >Message-id: <[email hidden]> > >"Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> "Activation process not successfull. Please try again." >> >> Fantastic > >Install/activation worked fine here, FWIW. But imagine my dismay when I >rushed to the track and found only itty-bitty cars there, and realized you >drove them from the pit-cam! Tried to get into the spirit and work with it, >so I got onboard via the telemetry cam, but my butt kept dragging the >ground. Totally hosed the CG as well. Very disconcerting... > >J. Todd Wasson wrote:
Thanks for the reply, Todd. I'll check there. Unfortunately I'll have to
switch to IE6,
since your forums isn't quite Firefox friendly
�eon
