GPL: flags - blue supercedes yellow??!?

I was in the middle of qualifying for an AI race at Monza last night. I exited Lesmo 2 poorly, and Jimmy Clark was closing rapidly. I started powering around Ascari, and the corner worker showed me a blue flag, indicating that I should let Clark past. Just as I started to let my car drift wide for the exit, I zoomed past a stricken AI car tooling along the outer edge of the curve, only missing it by a whisker! WTF??!? There was no indication that there was trouble ahead, only the blue flag, which I figure should've been a YELLOW one (assuming there can't be two flags shown simultaneously, which is probably the case)! Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon? ------------------------------ Doug

Don't tell us GPL isn't perfect...the patch has not been reported to fix these sorts of errors, so they can't exist!! :) Marc.

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> This is probably a documented bug by now but I noticed some black flag > weirdness today. > Massive crash at the start of a race at Rouen and I got DQ'd for > driving the wrong way, even though I didn't. Anyway, I watched the > rest of the race flipping back and forth between drivers and no matter > who I watched, they were shown the black flag as they crossed the S/F > line. I guess the snotty flagman was still trying to show me the > black flag. > glen

On Thu, 01 Jul 1999 03:43:13 GMT, "Marc Collins" > Don't tell us GPL isn't perfect...the patch has not been reported to fix > these sorts of errors, so they can't exist!! :) I'm still new to GPL, but I am curious as to why I was given the blue flag, indicating that I should let the car behind me pass, even though I was a whole lap in front of him, and was in a faster car? Thomas Ford "Please remove NOSPAM from e-mail address to reply"

Thomas, refer to the info that I've just posted in the "GPL patch AI question" thread regarding the use of the blue flag back in the GPL era.

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> On Thu, 01 Jul 1999 03:43:13 GMT, "Marc Collins" > > Don't tell us GPL isn't perfect...the patch has not been reported to fix > > these sorts of errors, so they can't exist!! :) > I'm still new to GPL, but I am curious as to why I was given the blue > flag, indicating that I should let the car behind me pass, even though > I was a whole lap in front of him, and was in a faster car? > Thomas Ford > "Please remove NOSPAM from e-mail address to reply"

Two things: 1. Race GPL more often. <g> 2. Flags only exist in practice and the race. You'll see flagmen all around the racetrack. They usually don't show flags unless there's someone behind you, there's a wreck, or someone in front of you is really slow. Dan Belcher Team Racing Unlimited

AFAIK, it's not possible to turn the flags off. There are no flags in training sessions, but during qualifying and racing you should see: green - at the start of a race, and sometimes a cornerworker or two further down the track from a yellow yellow(actually shows up as white for me, but that might just be my Voodoo1 passthrough cable talking) - just before the location of a car which may be obstructing the racing line (i.e. accident/breakdown) blue - during qualifying when another car is close behind you, and during racing if a car is close to lapping you black - if you do something *** and end up being DQ'd -- try driving the wrong way round the track to make this happen in a hurry (just don't do it online)! chequered - at the end of a qualifying session or race During the cooldown lap of a qualifying session or race, the cornerworkers will wave a variety of the above flags (except the black and chequered, I think ??) to make sure you know that the session is over. For some reason, the AI drivers still think it's 'game on', and race hell bent for leather all the way back to the pits. - and by waiting for the patch, you're really missing out on a great sim! I say give it a go! You won't be disappointed! - Doug :)

Doug: Yellow flag means "crash ahead", or "track is blocked". White flag means "slow moving car ahead" (not "one lap to go" as in the states). Ciaooooooo! ;) -- Roland

Thanks for sorting that one out for me! - Doug :)

On Mon, 5 Jul 1999 12:48:35 -0700, "Doug Olsen" >AFAIK, it's not possible to turn the flags off. There are no flags in >training sessions, but during qualifying and racing you should see: There is also a white flag, shown when there is a car going very slow on the track -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Home-page : http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/7917 Il sito di ISF1mod : http://www.blissett.com/isf1/index.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------

depends which flag was showing first, if it was showing blue, then needed to show yellow, it would stay on blue, same in opposite situation.