Online GP4 World Championship
Posted by Xeltron245
Would you care to share the soruce code which enables smooth online play please 
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hey mate!
im afraid to say the biggest bummer about gp4 is its lack of stable online play.
in other words, online games other than on LAN are very poo/crash to the desktop/just dont work.
if you want a good game for online play, personally id suggest rFactor
Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it
im afraid to say the biggest bummer about gp4 is its lack of stable online play.
in other words, online games other than on LAN are very poo/crash to the desktop/just dont work.
if you want a good game for online play, personally id suggest rFactor
Where do you plan to get the tracks from? Have they all been released
Looking forward to the tracks then, love to see both Fuji and Laguna Seca for Gp4!
Hey Xeltron245 ,
You have some great ideas , don't get me wrong , but i think you still don't quite realise how much you are biting off here . For example the average track takes many months to complete , especially ifs being started from scratch. As far as i know track editing in gp4 is nothing atall like track editing in gp2. It can take track makers at least a month to learn how to use 3d editor properly, probably even longer .
As for "Ben F1 I am pretty sure it will be stable online gameplay as I am going to use a lot of programs to enhance speed and to improve gameplay" , what sort of programs are you talking about . Im afraid no amount of use of " Win Optimiser Professional " or " PC Cleaner " or " Add similar product name here " will help online play. Nor will GpxPatch . The thing that really will help though is a 1000 Megabit internet connection for all clients , which is obviously, at the current time impossibe ( unless you happen to love in Korea maybe
) .
The fact is that Grand Prix 4 was just not written from the ground up to be playable over the internet. Its a struggle to get it working on a lan unless you have two modern computers .
Seriosuly though , if madman couldn't do it with all the work he put into our communtiy i doubt any " Optimisation " programs will provide even 20 seconds of playable gameplay online .
I'm not trying to stop you having fun or trying , track editing is very exciting, demanding and very rewarding when it all goes right and you have people oogling at your creations . I'm simply trying to offer a bit of insight as to what the reality of this online leage is .
Thanks and sorry to be a moan
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You have some great ideas , don't get me wrong , but i think you still don't quite realise how much you are biting off here . For example the average track takes many months to complete , especially ifs being started from scratch. As far as i know track editing in gp4 is nothing atall like track editing in gp2. It can take track makers at least a month to learn how to use 3d editor properly, probably even longer .
As for "Ben F1 I am pretty sure it will be stable online gameplay as I am going to use a lot of programs to enhance speed and to improve gameplay" , what sort of programs are you talking about . Im afraid no amount of use of " Win Optimiser Professional " or " PC Cleaner " or " Add similar product name here " will help online play. Nor will GpxPatch . The thing that really will help though is a 1000 Megabit internet connection for all clients , which is obviously, at the current time impossibe ( unless you happen to love in Korea maybe
) .The fact is that Grand Prix 4 was just not written from the ground up to be playable over the internet. Its a struggle to get it working on a lan unless you have two modern computers .
Seriosuly though , if madman couldn't do it with all the work he put into our communtiy i doubt any " Optimisation " programs will provide even 20 seconds of playable gameplay online .
I'm not trying to stop you having fun or trying , track editing is very exciting, demanding and very rewarding when it all goes right and you have people oogling at your creations
. I'm simply trying to offer a bit of insight as to what the reality of this online leage is .Thanks and sorry to be a moan
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But you are absolutely right, Will
I wouldn't bother with Laguna seca if I were you, for now, I'd worry about one track, and by the time you've got a foundation for that, and maybe even finished it, there will be one around
Anyway, there are a number of tutorials for track editing, but as will says, GP2 track editing is the polar opposite of GP4. GP2 uses a set of .jams for textures, and little or no 3D knowledge is required.
For GP4, you have some 500 textures to handle for each track, plus the creation of all 3D objects and modifying existing objects, and updating textures as neccessary.
I'm sure tony will tell you that creating a track is no mean feat. The guy is working on a number of tracks with one hand and pumping out mods and information about them with the other
Anyway, there are a number of tutorials for track editing, but as will says, GP2 track editing is the polar opposite of GP4. GP2 uses a set of .jams for textures, and little or no 3D knowledge is required.
For GP4, you have some 500 textures to handle for each track, plus the creation of all 3D objects and modifying existing objects, and updating textures as neccessary.
I'm sure tony will tell you that creating a track is no mean feat. The guy is working on a number of tracks with one hand and pumping out mods and information about them with the other
Who's the guy who names himself after Geoff Crammond unless of course your actually him in which case how'd you find the time to look at these.
What happened to all the new tracks? 
Well, I hope we'll still get internet playability.
What about car shapes?
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Well, I hope we'll still get internet playability.
What about car shapes?
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Tony
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The fact is that Grand Prix 4 was just not written from the ground up to be playable over the internet. Its a struggle to get it working on a lan unless you have two modern computers .
Come to my office please."
Only if there's a chance there will be a GP5,
Thought not
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The fact is that Grand Prix 4 was just not written from the ground up to be playable over the internet. Its a struggle to get it working on a lan unless you have two modern computers .
Come to my office please."
Only if there's a chance there will be a GP5,
Thought not
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