Maximum laps limit?

Hi all,
The other day, I downloaded an Indy Oval track from here and wanted to run 200 laps.

So I set it up in TSM's Magic Editor, went to drive....and as soon as the guy on pole crossed the S/F line, the race was over and he'd averaged about 48000 Km/h.
(Showing that - if my maths is right - the game thinks he finished all 500 Miles (800 Km) in about a second)

So is there a hardcoded limit to the amount of laps that can be run - or a limit to the distance that can be covered in a race - present in GP4?
(And can this be gotten around, maybe by that god we call René Smit?)

As a test I dialed it down to 113, and everything is fine so far.

Cheers,
AUS_Doug.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/03/2014 08:32AM by AUS_Doug.

It's 126, I believe. My Brands Hatch Indy track uses that many and I had the same effect as you've had when I increased it above this value.

Alright, good to know.

And I can't believe I didn't know that someone had done a Brands Hatch!
Downloading now.

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Thanks, I hope you'll like it.

Does the 126 laps limit count for editing the lap number with GP4Builder as well?

Yes.

I've been trying to increase it, with moderate success. Not everything is working yet, but you can experiment with it by adding ExtendMaxRaceLaps=1 under [Misc] in gpxtrack.ini. This will increase the maximum to 254 laps. Things not working yet are: some table that holds the current lap for each car and keeping track of the number of laps done for each tyre set.

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

Wow, thanks René, I didn't know about this before.

Awesome, thanks René!

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Yes, it is (was) a hidden feature, since it's not finished yet. Use at your own risk, don't expect it to work properly

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

OK, will do.

254 laps ? That's nice, we'll can do endurance races at accurate length with GPx by now. Thanks a lot René.

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Ha, start (before line) and finish race crossing line! 500 mts of race



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Maybe because the drivers weren't born at that time


Nice mod btw

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Hi all,
Today I got my first chance to have a run around Indianapolis after setting the laps to 200, following René's instructions.

Unfortunately, the AI keep running themselves out of fuel; Their 'Status' will change to 'Pit Call' when they start getting low, but they'll turn it off about 3/4 of the way around the track.

Has anyone else had this problem and, if so, René is this a side effect of one of the problems you mentioned?

Or is there something wrong on my end?

I can upload the Magic File that I'm using, which is unchanged from the original except for 'Track Grip', Race Laps, the default AI setups, the pitstop strategy section and some of the possible car failures.

Cheers,
AUS_Doug.

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EricMoinet escribió:
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> Maybe because the drivers weren't born at that
> time
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> Nice mod btw


Ha ha!

Cheers

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Keeping alive the GP4

Yes, must be a side effect.

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

I've managed to fix the CC not doing pitstops when the race is 18 laps or more! And I fixed a whole bunch of other potential issues with 254 race laps. Going higher than 254 is virtually impossible though.

The only problems remaining are related to the fuel load and the lap chart in the post-race menu.

The fuel indicator on the wheel only goes to 99. When the car has more fuel it is cut off to 99 although the digit behind the decimal keeps going from .9 to .0. I've tried to turn the F into a 1 (or 2) but it didn't work out. I can work around this in several ways, although none of them is ideal:

1) Keep the digit behind the decimal equal to 9 when the the fuel load is cut off.
2) Not cutting it off to 99 but skipping the first digit (divide by 100 and use the remainder). So 123.4 would show "F 23.4". You wouldn't know if it's 23.4, 123.4 or 223.4 except for 'feeling' the weight while driving, but at least you see some progress.
3) Divide by 10, in which case the load will go down 0.1 instead of 1.0 each lap. So 123.4 will show "F 12.3" (imagine there's no decimal point). It can be done only for 100 fuel laps or more to keep the precision for low fuel load, but that could be confusing.
4) Any other ideas?

(Edit: solved now) Another problem is that you cannot select more than 98 fuel laps during a pitstop. Before I try to fix this, I want to know if this is actually a requirement? For endurance racing it might not be needed, but for very short tracks it might...

(Edit: also solved now) The final known problem is that GP4 crashes when selecting the lap chart after a 254 lap race. I think it runs out of space or something while trying to render 254 laps in one chart. Not sure if anyone uses this, but it would be nasty if you press it by accident during a championship before saving your game.

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



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 06/14/2015 08:42PM by SDI.

A panel can know the amount of fuel... and chart lap... caution

The limit of 254 laps, which is determined? Memory o GP4 code?



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Yes indeed, GPxCInfo can show it too, so it's probably not that important to fix.

> The limit of 254 laps, which is determined? Memory o GP4 code?

The limit is caused by GP4 code, which uses 8 bits to store it. All access to it was mostly signed, so only 7 bits were used (127 laps). Also, a 99 laps limit was applied at several places. My patch makes all access unsigned and removes the other limits too.

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