TOCA Editor: does it work??

I've been trying to make it work on two similar machines, only to find that it is a 'resource hog'; after loading allcars.bfp, the machine resources drop to below 20%, and then it is time for the three-finger salute. The author does not answer my e-mails.... BTW, the machines in question are: PII 266, MonsterII 8Mb and Screamin 3D (Rendition 1000), Windows 98. PII 400, MonsterII 8Mb and S3 Virge 375, Windows 98.

I think resource-hog is an apt description of this "program". I haven't been able to do anything with it either. So now it lies in file 13. So much for the big tease. It seems like a waste of bandwidth (during the download), and a waste of time (trying to use it). Another apt description that comes to mind is: bogus. Later... Tony Long

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> I've been trying to make it work on two similar machines, only to find that > it is a 'resource hog'; after loading allcars.bfp, the machine resources > drop to below 20%, and then it is time for the three-finger salute. The > author does not answer my e-mails.... > BTW, the machines in question are: > PII 266, MonsterII 8Mb and Screamin 3D (Rendition 1000), Windows 98. > PII 400, MonsterII 8Mb and S3 Virge 375, Windows 98.

Duh, that would make, say, a dozen reboots in order to accomodate the windows names, all the graphics... at least one hour only in reboot time.. No, thanks......

It works for me, P233, 96 meg ram but I usually restart it after importing 2 new graphics. Anymore than that it kills the pc. Now where are the new AUDI's?????

Wouldn't it be a wonderful world when people didn't complain about things they were given FREE. A guy busts his ***to give us all something to improve the games/sims that we have and all you can do is whinge.... If you don't like it, can it. You don't need to "slate" it publicly Maybe you guys will be happy when nobody produces anything for free. BTW I have used this app succesfully, added in new graphics, and the only problem I had was one of the cars had square wheels so I replaced it with the original, and everything is fine.

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>I think resource-hog is an apt description of this "program". I haven't >been able to do anything with it either. So now it lies in file 13. So >much for the big tease. It seems like a waste of bandwidth (during the >download), and a waste of time (trying to use it). Another apt >description that comes to mind is: bogus. >Later... >Tony Long >> I've been trying to make it work on two similar machines, only to find

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>> it is a 'resource hog'; after loading allcars.bfp, the machine resources >> drop to below 20%, and then it is time for the three-finger salute. The >> author does not answer my e-mails.... >> BTW, the machines in question are: >> PII 266, MonsterII 8Mb and Screamin 3D (Rendition 1000), Windows 98. >> PII 400, MonsterII 8Mb and S3 Virge 375, Windows 98.

Rob is working on fixes and improvements all the time. It's been a very successful product and I imagine he absolutely snowed under with queries and requests. Rob has provided it completely free of charge. What TEdit does is complicated and Rob is working without any documentation at all. Paul

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> I've been trying to make it work on two similar machines, only to find that > it is a 'resource hog'; after loading allcars.bfp, the machine resources > drop to below 20%, and then it is time for the three-finger salute. The > author does not answer my e-mails.... > BTW, the machines in question are: > PII 266, MonsterII 8Mb and Screamin 3D (Rendition 1000), Windows 98. > PII 400, MonsterII 8Mb and S3 Virge 375, Windows 98.

A guy can strain his ass off to give me a smelly new turd; but a turd is a turd, I don't want it. By the way, the correct way to spell it is "whine". Let me further expound on the subject, this is a newsgroup, try to accept the bad with the good, so try to hold your whining in if you don't like to hear whining. All I'm saying is, the thing simply doesn't work for me. Isn't that what the guy asked? Too bad you're so thin-skinned. Sheesh! Tony Long

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> Wouldn't it be a wonderful world when people didn't complain about things > they > were given FREE. A guy busts his ***to give us all something to improve > the > games/sims that we have and all you can do is whinge.... If you don't like > it, > can it. You don't need to "slate" it publicly > Maybe you guys will be happy when nobody produces anything for free. > BTW I have used this app succesfully, added in new graphics, and the only > problem I had was one of the cars had square wheels so I replaced it with > the > original, and everything is fine.

I am using Win95. Rob. I had this problem with the FIRST version of the editor. Since I imported all the car graphics with it, I haven't had a need to use Beta 2 to import graphics. I did use the second beta to export a file, so it does work. That's why I asked if anyone had the Audi done.. I'm glad you qualified my statement to Cloner, I did say restart the program NOT REBOOT the pc. Personally I'm glad we have an editor to update the cars. If these other guys do not appreciate it, they can continue using what they have. Constructive criticism is a lot more helpful to you than some of the posted comments.

I have been able to use it so far. I only added the cars and drivers names though. One of the cars also had an incorrect file name which was off by a couple of letters. I run an AMD p200, 64mb ram in win 98.