HAWAII and Drivers.txt file

Just curious... If someone tweaks the DRIVERS2.TXT file for a track like Talledega on their machine will Hawaii use it or does Hawaii dynamically replace it with an unmodified version when running a race? --- Frank ---

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> Just curious... > If someone tweaks the DRIVERS2.TXT file for a track like Talledega on their > machine will Hawaii use it or does Hawaii dynamically replace it with an > unmodified version when running a race? > --- Frank ---

It would seem that the obvious answer is that DRIVERS2.TXT contains data for varying how the different AI drivers compete. While we could argue about the intelligence of the drivers on Hawaii, we probably agree that they are far from "artificial". The less obvious answer is what about your own entry in that file? I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't think that the power, drag, aggression, and traction numbers for the human entry had any effect on our performance. Furthermore, in a modem race, the answering machine would be in charge and that would seem to indicate that the servers on Hawaii are probably in charge as well. Regards, Brad

>Just curious... >If someone tweaks the DRIVERS2.TXT file for a track like Talledega on their >machine will Hawaii use it or does Hawaii dynamically replace it with an >unmodified version when running a race? >--- Frank --- My modem racing partner likes to run Talladega w/o restrictor plates so I have that text file altered. One time I tried to run at Talladega on Hawaii and as soon as the race started and NRP loaded it immediately booted me back to the schedular with an "Invalid Text File" message. :-). So keep a back up if you change any of them and restore the backups before you Hawaii it. :-). Steve +-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | All the worlds a stage, | ("'-''-/").___..--''"'-._ | | and there's a comedy playing. | '6_ 6 ) '_. ( ).'-.__.') | | May as well enjoy the show. | (_Y_.) ._ ) '._ '. ''-..-' | | | _..'--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' | +-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Go Dale Earnhardt #3 | Go Rusty Wallace #2 | +-----------------------------------+-------------------------------------+ | Split_S on IRC Split_S on Hawaii sp-s on Warbirds | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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> >>Just curious... > >>If someone tweaks the DRIVERS2.TXT file for a track like Talledega on their >>machine will Hawaii use it or does Hawaii dynamically replace it with an >>unmodified version when running a race? > >>--- Frank --- > > My modem racing partner likes to run Talladega w/o restrictor plates so I >have that text file altered. One time I tried to run at Talladega on >Hawaii and as soon as the race started and NRP loaded it immediately booted >me back to the schedular with an "Invalid Text File" message. :-). So keep >a back up if you change any of them and restore the backups before you >Hawaii it. :-). > > Steve

That seems to indicate that if you tweak the file locally on your system Hawaii will pick it up and bounce you out. Good stuff! --- Frank ---