GPxPatch 4.20 [RELEASED]

SDI schrieb:
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> No, but I can make it a gpxcinfo item.


That would be very nice!

I have had totally 4 BSODS directly (I don't know the exact reason but it was something about the sounds). With the original game - no problems. But if Im using 3D accelerated sound with EAX or the second option (at all if Im using 3D sound) the laptop crashes! I had changed the GPxSound a few times to check from where was the error coming - no success. 3D engine sound gives me very silent sounds, 3D pit siren (I don't notice difference). I had not touched the 2D engine sounds.

But at all this was my horrible experience. Im using clearly installed XP SP3 with all the latest drivers but looks like GPxPatch is at war with me if Im using 3D sounds at all.

The old classics will be always better than the newest games.

The 3D sounds don't work properly. I've just fixed that for 4.21.

If you get a BSOD then it's probably a driver problem. You could try to change some settings like "Use voice management" and "3D algorithm".

René Smit, Independent Software Developer.
Download my GPx tools here.

I will test every sound option in 4.21 too. Thanks for noticing this and for the attention. I will keep you informed.

The old classics will be always better than the newest games.

Hi René, here the track map isn't displayed in free practice mode.

Edit: now it works. Not sure why it didn't before.


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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/10/2013 05:00AM by Prblanco.

Wow, SDI! Very exciting stuff

Hi Rene, did you implement the ability to change the text colour like I asked for at the bottom of this page? If so, how, I can't find it in the changelog! :S If not, could it be in the next version pretty pleasee?

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"Anything can happen in Grand Prix racing, and it usually does."
"The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical."

Hi
Just want to know if there is an option in this patch to view the amount of fuel available in the car?

@spencer4242: I said it can be done, but didn't say when There are many more things that need to be configurable in GPxSAT, so I had added this to that list. I can't just implement everything people ask rightaway, I'm already working double full-time on this while prioritizing the long list of open requests. If you're interested to know, my intention was to make modding GPxSAT more general, with a new section in the .ini file for the custom mode, with an entry that says which existing mode it is based on, and with its own directory of graphics. I'll see if I can implement your request without interfering with this idea.

@lalboy: Yes, in GPxCInfo you can add a Fuel item.

René Smit, Independent Software Developer.
Download my GPx tools here.

By the way what will happen if I enable the "fix pit stop bug" and how can I remove the speedometer from the cockpit view?

The old classics will be always better than the newest games.

Hi René

Thank you so much for the new version and your "fast as lightning" progress. I really appreciate your work and all the time you spend on making our GP4 experience so much better.

I have to issues, that maybe you can have a look at:

[*] Can I toggle track map on/off, because I want to take a screenshot with all the other gpxsat info, but with the map off
[*] Pit time doesn't seem to work anymore with 4.20. Just shows the gap info instead

This things are just minor issues, I enjoy GP4 so much more already with the new TV overlay.

Ronage Schreef:
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> Thank you so much for the new version and your
> "fast as lightning" progress. I really appreciate
> your work and all the time you spend on making our
> GP4 experience so much better.

Thank you.

> [*] Can I toggle track map on/off, because I want
> to take a screenshot with all the other gpxsat
> info, but with the map off

Press '8'.

> [*] Pit time doesn't seem to work anymore with
> 4.20. Just shows the gap info instead

It seems to work fine here. Do you have a screenshot of it?

René Smit, Independent Software Developer.
Download my GPx tools here.

Hi René, thanx for the fast reply. As for the map: shame on me not to read the manual on your website

the pit timer does not seem to work only in replay mode. maybe that has been mentioned too before?

I watched the stop of massa in "live mode" and in replay. only in replay it didn't show. Here is a picture from replay:

oh, and just by the way: are national flags coming in the future? that's the only new feature that is missing for me...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/10/2013 12:00PM by Ronage.

This is a known limitation (but I probably forgot to document it). I'm storing the pit lane time for each driver, but this is not saved in the replay buffer (no room for it). Hence, when I would show it during a replay, it would show the wrong time. That's why I'm hiding it. The normal pit stop timer should still work though.

The national flags are almost there.

René Smit, Independent Software Developer.
Download my GPx tools here.

I really look forward to the fixed 3D engine sound, but I have another thing as well:

Would it be possible to add an opportunity for laptime-management through GPxPatch?
I mean a panel of GPxSAT or GPxInfo, where I can give target values for the sector 1, sector 2 and laptime (e.g. 1:24,xxx) and the panel shows me for every lap or even every sector how much I am too fast, respectively too slow at the moment.

I just thought about this, because I tested a few laps with very high tyre wear like the real Pirelli-tyres and thought it would be great to have better opportunities for tyre-management .

I ask my question again:

Is it possible to disable the function of gp4tweaker to show the tweaker overlays in gp4, if you press "Ö" on keyboard?

MiSeRy Schreef:
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> I ask my question again:
>
> Is it possible to disable the function of
> gp4tweaker to show the tweaker overlays in gp4, if
> you press "Ö" on keyboard?

Maybe you can try to ask it in a new thread, because this thread is about GPxPatch

René Smit, Independent Software Developer.
Download my GPx tools here.

SDI Schreef:
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> @misery:
> 1. Interval mode shows the standings with time
> difference to the car in front instead of to the
> leader.
> 2. That's right, director mode doesn't use the
> normal standings.
> 3. Seems the track map background is bugged.
> Disable it using TrackMapBackground=0 under in
> gpxsat.ini.
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> @SchueyFan:
> I haven't investigated this yet.
>
> @kedy89:
> Nope, but I can implement it similar to the
> GPxCInfo panels.


Interval mod ..i have a question, i see the first 5 cars in the interval mode...do i have to press v to get the next 5 cars or is it possible that this programm automatically shows the next 5 ..and the next five etc like in the real formula one??

This is done in director's cut by pressing 'D'.

René Smit, Independent Software Developer.
Download my GPx tools here.