GPxPatch 4.30a [Released]

Do you have links to the tracks that give those problems when not in slot 1 and without the extended track length option? Then I can do some tests with it.

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

Our latest release, Motorland Aragón, suffers from this bug (Link). I was running a 100% race, after doing friday practice and qualifying. Game crashed after 25-30 laps just as I was locking my tires under braking at the end of the long straight.


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In Adelaide 1995 (superalonso) there's also a bug, GP4 crashes (no freezing error) and stays in black screen without sound. I can only close GP4 with task manager, an error log is not created. Anyone experienced this problem at this track as well?

@Prblanco: I couldn't get it to crash yet. Do you perhaps have a save game for me that I can load and then let it crash with accelerated time?

EDIT: never mind, I got it to work (crash) now

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



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/08/2015 10:07PM by SDI.

It looks like a bug in GP4 that you can run into, but the exact circumstances in which it occurs and what causes it exactly is unknown to me. I ran into this problem while working on the extended track length feature so I assumed it was related to that and fixed it based on the extended track setting.

I have now applied it globally within GPxTrack, so simply enabling GPxTrack will fix this problem in the future.

I don't think it ever happens with the default tracks, does it?

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

Yes it does! If I put default Suzuka in slot 16 instead of 17 it will freeze after around 20 laps. It also happened to me with Sepang in slot 3

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Tahitian GP Circuit
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Easter Island Circuit
[www.grandprixgames.org]

Ok very interesting.

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

Not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if I've found a bug in GPxSet. I think GPxSet is not patching the Player's grip value from the performance file.

If I use the default performance file and race at Silverstone as Eddie Irvine, I am able to set laptimes around 1m21.xxx. The AI's fastest lap is 1m19.9xx by Michael Schumacher.

If I then reduce every driver's grip values by 5000 and conduct the same race, I am still able to set laptimes around 1m21.xxx. But the AI's fastest lap is much reduced, now 1.35.xxx by MSc again, as you would expect from a 5000 point grip reduction.

I didn't change any power values. Only grip. Maybe someone else can test this and see if they can reproduce it?

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Intel NUC 8i3, 8GB RAM, MS Sidewinder Wheel

TomMK Wrote:
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> Not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if I've
> found a bug in GPxSet. I think GPxSet is not
> patching the Player's grip value from the
> performance file.
>
> If I use the default performance file and race at
> Silverstone as Eddie Irvine, I am able to set
> laptimes around 1m21.xxx. The AI's fastest lap is
> 1m19.9xx by Michael Schumacher.
>
> If I then reduce every driver's grip values by
> 5000 and conduct the same race, I am still able to
> set laptimes around 1m21.xxx. But the AI's fastest
> lap is much reduced, now 1.35.xxx by MSc again, as
> you would expect from a 5000 point grip
> reduction.
>
> I didn't change any power values. Only grip. Maybe
> someone else can test this and see if they can
> reproduce it?

Have you selected car power team dependant from gpxpatch?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/14/2015 07:17AM by vesuvius.

Doesn't make a difference whether it's checked or not.

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Intel NUC 8i3, 8GB RAM, MS Sidewinder Wheel

The only program that changes the player grip is belini's gp4 career. Gpx patch can't change the player grip, it always remains at 16384, it's not a bug.
You could set your performance values to 25000 in the performance file and it would have no effect on the player's grip, only the AI

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Tahitian GP Circuit
[www.grandprixgames.org]
Easter Island Circuit
[www.grandprixgames.org]

Yeh to be fair I should have searched a litle harder before I made this, it's been discussed before.

Would it be possible to make GPxSet control this value then?

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Intel NUC 8i3, 8GB RAM, MS Sidewinder Wheel

Power team dependent also uses the CC grip for the player's car. Although there are probably multiple grip values, this CC grip value is determined by the driver skill and inconsistency factors in the performance file. Not sure what grip value belini is patching.

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

I think Bellini's grip patch is doing something more because when I use that, I get the result I expect (my performance is reduced and equal to the AI again).

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Intel NUC 8i3, 8GB RAM, MS Sidewinder Wheel

If you could mail me the executable I can see what it does and do it from GPxSet instead.

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

Thanks René! I've uploaded my patched GP4.exe plus and unpatched GP4.exe for comparision. I made the patched version by just clicking "bhp/grip patch" in the belini tool which I also included just so you can see it yourself.

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Intel NUC 8i3, 8GB RAM, MS Sidewinder Wheel

Ok, thanks. I've taken a look and this is what I see:

- bhp/grip patch does the exactly same thing as GPxSet does with 'power team dependent'.
- driver view moves you closer to the steering wheel in the cockpit.
- player master grip speaks for itself.

GPxSet could edit the player master grip too. I didn't see it being edited in your executable though. What I did see in your executable was a patch of the power curve and some additional values. Was this also done with this tool? I couldn't reproduce this.

If the bhp/grip patch works with this tool and not with GPxSet there's something weird going on, like GPxSet not being used at all (see if it's turned on in the main tab). Your executable contained additional patches of the driver skill values, so I suspect you didn't use GPxSet to patch them but used Team Editor for it to patch the exe directly.

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

I might have patched the power curve / torque values so I've reuploaded with just my original GP4.exe and a patched one.

I don't use TeamEditor.

GPxSet is definitely on, "car power team dependent" is on, and the performance file is being used (all the AI cars slow down when I take 5000 grip points away, but I don't, unless I use belini's grip patcher).

Can someone else try to reproduce my results by checking "car power team dependent", and reducing all the driver's grip values by a large number like 5000, and see what happens?

One other thing I've noticed in experimenting with this is that GPxSet leaves the driver car number's patched in the .exe, or wherever they are stored (f1gstate.sav?). Maybe these are the extra values you see?

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I'll try to reproduce it tonight.

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

Try to reproduce my old problem with this version and the tyres...When I select for example intermediate tyres on a dry race...all the cars start to mix the tyres and brands.
Thank you very much for your great job.