Here is How to make the AI Very Good in SCGT

Thanks Gunslinger,finally a little competition!8-)I just raced 20 laps at Mosport with a difficulty of 2.00 and finished 4th.Now if the ai corner speed was a little quicker!Keep the goods coming. Dave

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> Ok, so you say the AI in SCGT is too slow in the turns... Not very > smart.. > Well.. I got a simple solution.. > Saw you made a Player called JSmith > Navigate to your C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Sports Car > GT\SAVE\JSmith folder. > You will see a file called: JSmith.PLR > Right click on that file and choose: Open With... > Now find your Winzip32 in the menu. > Once you open that file with Winzip you will see a zip file with a > JSmith.plr inside it with ? ? ? for size and compression. > No worries. > Click Extract > Extract it to a safe folder some where. > No go to that file you just extracted.. > This time open the newly extracted file with a text editor (Like > Notepad.. Not Word or Wordpad) > Scroll down until you see: > Difficulty=(1.00) > GameMode=0 > Note, the number 1.00 at difficulty may be different.. Don't worry > about that, just find the Difficulty=(some number.00) > Now with that number at 1.00 that is normal max difficulty in the > game. > Turn that to 2.00 > In other Words.. > Difficulty=(2.00) > Now save the file. > Copy that file over your JSmith.plr in your SCGT/SAVE/JSmith folder. > Start SCGT > DO NOT.. I REPEAT.. DO NOT go to the RACE settings page.. You do and > it sets the number back at 1.00 > Just go race. > Prepare to lose.. muhahahahhahahahahahaha > Too tough for ya? Turn the number down to 1.50 > Find a number that's good for you.. > If you accidently go to the race settings page where it shows opponent > strength, remember it will set the AI back to 1.00 rating. > There is to ways to avoid this.. > 1) Just have a spare copy of your JSmith.plr with the difficulty > setting you like some where, and overwrite it again if the AI strength > goes down.. > 2) OR... Right click on the modified JSmith.plr file and select > Properties, then make sure the READ ONLY box is checked..This way, > SCGT can not overwrite the file. > What I did was make a player for every track.. Like for Chatam I named > the Player James Chatam... Then I modify the player file James Chatam > with the preferred difficulty I like, make it read only, then whenever > I want to race Chatam at tough AI I choose player James Chatam and > click READY... Then I click race.. For Limerock, use like Billy > Limerock and do the same.. > Pretty cool huh.. And I guarantee.. you can't complain about weak AI > now :) > Techware Motorsports > http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/epson/94/ > - James Wohlever

On Wed, 02 Jun 1999 01:32:27 GMT, "Steve V"

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>Hi Dave, >In your post, you proclaimed... >"Now if the ai corner speed was a little quicker!Keep the goods coming." >Go to the GT Insider site and you will find mucho info on their forum. For >example, [link lost in import: /***.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000180.html] contains >Gunslinger's instructions but it also includes an alternative from Packman >that >describes how to increase the speed of the AI through the turns. This makes >for a much more realistic and strategic race. Also, this alternative >method, is not impacted if you enter the 'Race Options' screen.

Steve, not to gloat or anything, but I showed Packman that his method was wrong, and he admitted he forgot to install the advanced options editor first. Editing the default.vhs file within vechile.mas has NO effect.. Sorry. Techware Motorsports http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/epson/94/ - James Wohlever

Hi Dave, In your post, you proclaimed... "Now if the ai corner speed was a little quicker!Keep the goods coming." Go to the GT Insider site and you will find mucho info on their forum. For example, [link lost in import: /***.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000180.html] contains Gunslinger's instructions but it also includes an alternative from Packman that describes how to increase the speed of the AI through the turns. This makes for a much more realistic and strategic race. Also, this alternative method, is not impacted if you enter the 'Race Options' screen.

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> Thanks Gunslinger,finally a little competition!8-)I just raced 20 laps at > Mosport with a difficulty of 2.00 and finished 4th.Now if the ai corner > speed was a little quicker!Keep the goods coming. > Dave > > Ok, so you say the AI in SCGT is too slow in the turns... Not very > > smart.. > > Well.. I got a simple solution.. > > Saw you made a Player called JSmith > > Navigate to your C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Sports Car > > GT\SAVE\JSmith folder. > > You will see a file called: JSmith.PLR > > Right click on that file and choose: Open With... > > Now find your Winzip32 in the menu. > > Once you open that file with Winzip you will see a zip file with a > > JSmith.plr inside it with ? ? ? for size and compression. > > No worries. > > Click Extract > > Extract it to a safe folder some where. > > No go to that file you just extracted.. > > This time open the newly extracted file with a text editor (Like > > Notepad.. Not Word or Wordpad) > > Scroll down until you see: > > Difficulty=(1.00) > > GameMode=0 > > Note, the number 1.00 at difficulty may be different.. Don't worry > > about that, just find the Difficulty=(some number.00) > > Now with that number at 1.00 that is normal max difficulty in the > > game. > > Turn that to 2.00 > > In other Words.. > > Difficulty=(2.00) > > Now save the file. > > Copy that file over your JSmith.plr in your SCGT/SAVE/JSmith folder. > > Start SCGT > > DO NOT.. I REPEAT.. DO NOT go to the RACE settings page.. You do and > > it sets the number back at 1.00 > > Just go race. > > Prepare to lose.. muhahahahhahahahahahaha > > Too tough for ya? Turn the number down to 1.50 > > Find a number that's good for you.. > > If you accidently go to the race settings page where it shows opponent > > strength, remember it will set the AI back to 1.00 rating. > > There is to ways to avoid this.. > > 1) Just have a spare copy of your JSmith.plr with the difficulty > > setting you like some where, and overwrite it again if the AI strength > > goes down.. > > 2) OR... Right click on the modified JSmith.plr file and select > > Properties, then make sure the READ ONLY box is checked..This way, > > SCGT can not overwrite the file. > > What I did was make a player for every track.. Like for Chatam I named > > the Player James Chatam... Then I modify the player file James Chatam > > with the preferred difficulty I like, make it read only, then whenever > > I want to race Chatam at tough AI I choose player James Chatam and > > click READY... Then I click race.. For Limerock, use like Billy > > Limerock and do the same.. > > Pretty cool huh.. And I guarantee.. you can't complain about weak AI > > now :) > > Techware Motorsports > > http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/epson/94/ > > - James Wohlever

James (aka Gunslinger), Thanks for the update. I take it that after installing the 1.551 patch that it is neccessary to re-install the Advanced Options Editor (AOE). I wondered why all of a sudden I was so quick at Sebring! Since reading your post I have re-installed the AOE and, like you gloated, whoops, I mean like you said :-), editing the default.vhs file within vechile.mas has NO effect. Oh well... (maybe you or Packman should update the Forum 'cause as we speak people are wondering why it worked for some and not for others -- a case of whether or not they have installed the the AOE). BTW, I like your site and your downloadable cars! Steve (aka VFactor)

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> Steve, not to gloat or anything, but I showed Packman that his method > was wrong, and he admitted he forgot to install the advanced options > editor first. > Editing the default.vhs file within vechile.mas has NO effect.. > Sorry. > Techware Motorsports > http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/epson/94/ > - James Wohlever