Idea for GPL patch

One patch that might be useful for GPL would be the ability to see other driver's raised arms in spite of you having your own virtual arms and wheel tuned off. Many drivers do go to the trouble of raising their arms to wave a behind driver past without contest, or to indicate some kind of caution, but many other drivers have their own virtual arms & wheel turned off as they find them distracting. The problem is that the two elements are tied together in GPL. Once you turn your own arms off you cant see anyone else's arms either. If the two could be untied, so that you could turn your own arms off, but still be able raise your own arm ( all-be-it unseen ) and still see the raised arms of other drivers then that may be a useful aid for online racing. Regards Phillip

"Phillip McNelley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:40e8a99e$0$16104$[email hidden]... > One patch that might be useful for GPL would be the ability to see other > driver's raised arms in spite of you having your own virtual arms andwheel > tuned off. > > Many drivers do go to the trouble of raising their arms to wave a behind > driver past without contest, or to indicate some kind of caution, but many > other drivers have their own virtual arms & wheel turned off as they find > them distracting. The problem is that the two elements are tied togetherin > GPL. Once you turn your own arms off you cant see anyone else's armseither.

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> > If the two could be untied, so that you could turn your own arms off, but > still be able raise your own arm ( all-be-it unseen ) and still see the > raised arms of other drivers then that may be a useful aid for online > racing. > > Regards > > Phillip > >

Truthfully, if you still need to turn off the arms to make GPL run effectively on your system, you've got way bigger problems

"Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:Pb2Gc.60441$OB3.15497@bgtnsc05- news.ops.worldnet.att.net: > Truthfully, if you still need to turn off the arms to make GPL run > effectively on your system, you've got way bigger problems I've found it's not the system problems that cause most drivers to turn off the arms, but USER problems. They look at their wheel for some reason instead of the screen. Interesting concept though..he nobly seeks to improve the racing experience of others, but all the while not inconviencing himself. dave henrie

Dave Henrie wrote: > I've found it's not the system problems that cause most drivers to turn > off the arms, but USER problems. They look at their wheel for some reason > instead of the screen. Funny, here I was all this time looking at the track ahead of the car instead of watching either wheel. FWIW I turned off the in-car arms because it was distracting to see something flailing about just below my line of sight. However had no idea this prevented others from seeing a raised arm. Thanks for the info. Ken

"Ken MacKay" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ToeGc.69150$[email hidden]... > Dave Henrie wrote: > > I've found it's not the system problems that cause most drivers toturn > > off the arms, but USER problems. They look at their wheel for somereason > > instead of the screen. > > Funny, here I was all this time looking at the track ahead of the carinstead of > watching either wheel. FWIW I turned off the in-car arms because it was > distracting to see something flailing about just below my line of sight. > However had no idea this prevented others from seeing a raised arm. Thanksfor > the info. > > Ken > It doesnt prevent others from seeing raised arms in races, just you, and anyone else who has shut off the arms in their version of the game.

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> > One patch that might be useful for GPL would be the ability to see other > > driver's raised arms in spite of you having your own virtual arms and > wheel > > tuned off. > > > > Many drivers do go to the trouble of raising their arms to wave a behind > > driver past without contest, or to indicate some kind of caution, but

many > > other drivers have their own virtual arms & wheel turned off as theyfind > > them distracting. The problem is that the two elements are tied together > in > > GPL. Once you turn your own arms off you cant see anyone else's arms > either. > > > > If the two could be untied, so that you could turn your own arms off,but

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> > still be able raise your own arm ( all-be-it unseen ) and still see the > > raised arms of other drivers then that may be a useful aid for online > > racing. > > > > Regards > > > > Phillip > > > > > > Truthfully, if you still need to turn off the arms to make GPL run > effectively on your system, you've got way bigger problems

And your point is? Did you read the above post? Re-read it, properly, please! It's amazing how many times someone states something clearly... i.e. "> > other drivers have their own virtual arms & wheel turned off as they find > > them distracting. " Yet people STILL manage to misinterpret it. I suppose expecting people to read a post before replying to it is too much to ask ! ;-) -- R. GPLRank +79.699

Biz wrote: > > It doesnt prevent others from seeing raised arms in races, just you, and > anyone else who has shut off the arms in their version of the game. > >Oh, well then if it's not affecting what others see then really it comes down to the driver if they can live without them or not. Thanks for the clarification. Ken

"Richard S Beckett" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:ccbu2o$22s$[email hidden]:

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> Yet people STILL manage to misinterpret it. > > I suppose expecting people to read a post before replying to it is too > much to ask ! ;-) > -- > R. > GPLRank +79.699

We are BUSY people Richard, BUSY BUSY BUSY! Yes sometimes we do misread stuff, sometimes we do rush through things, sometimes we just don't understand the question. BUT! That NEVER stopped me from giving what "I" think should be the proper answer anyhow. :) As 'they' say...Free advice is only worth what you paid for it. dave (yes I'm in charge here) henrie

"Phillip McNelley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<40e8a99e$0$16104$[email hidden]>... > One patch that might be useful for GPL would be the ability to see other > driver's raised arms in spite of you having your own virtual arms and wheel > tuned off. > Hell I'd be happy if I could see the other guy raising his arm at all! and I have mine turned on! Actually I wish somebody would reverse engineer the code that the server uses to assign car numbers. If we had predictible car numbers you could have a car set for each league so you could recognize each other. I've been told it was impossible but that's what I heard about the F65 mod too... ;)

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>>>One patch that might be useful for GPL would be the ability to see other >>>driver's raised arms in spite of you having your own virtual arms and >> >>wheel >> >>>tuned off. >>> >>>Many drivers do go to the trouble of raising their arms to wave a behind >>>driver past without contest, or to indicate some kind of caution, but > > many > >>>other drivers have their own virtual arms & wheel turned off as they > > find > >>>them distracting. The problem is that the two elements are tied together >> >>in >> >>>GPL. Once you turn your own arms off you cant see anyone else's arms >> >>either. >> >>>If the two could be untied, so that you could turn your own arms off, > > but > >>>still be able raise your own arm ( all-be-it unseen ) and still see the >>>raised arms of other drivers then that may be a useful aid for online >>>racing. >>> >>>Regards >>> >>>Phillip >>> >>> >> >>Truthfully, if you still need to turn off the arms to make GPL run >>effectively on your system, you've got way bigger problems > > > And your point is? Did you read the above post? Re-read it, properly, > please! > > It's amazing how many times someone states something clearly... i.e. > "> > other drivers have their own virtual arms & wheel turned off as they > find > >>>them distracting. " > > > Yet people STILL manage to misinterpret it. > > I suppose expecting people to read a post before replying to it is too much > to ask ! ;-)

Fuck off, Dick!

> F**k off, Dick! Jeez, that's harsh. He had a point...

Damien Evans wrote: >>F**k off, Dick! > > > Jeez, that's harsh. He had a point... > > Just wanted to make sure he can read and understand messages himself. ;)