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Re: Setup Needs The Next Disc Problem - 6 months ago
Delete it and use this instead. Much easier, better result.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: Returning! Struggles with tracks - 6 months ago
Any joy yet Max? I tried to write something yesterday to help you but to be perfectly honest, it's probably best if you can work most of it out for yourself. Firstly because you'll eventually get to the point where you can make a new track run in seconds and secondly because it's an absolute nightmare for me to explain all the things that can get in your way in less than 10,000 words. In aby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPxSet - 6 months ago
Your GPxPatch is obsolete. Use the latest GPxPatch. AFAIK it shouldn't impact game performance on your laptop at all but it will cure the player car performance dependent bug, which I think crept in to the 4.44 version. Read the GPxPatch > docs for more details/info than the changelog. In terms of your low PC spec, a replacement f1graphics.cfg is almost certainly the single best route toby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: 1982 Track Pack - 7 months ago
Take a look here, here and here. Then, hopefully soon, here.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPxPatch 4.52 [Released] - 7 months ago
Unfortunately it's not something I've looked into. Apart from the results, in a spreadsheet, I don't log anything unless something breaks.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GP4 EXTEND CHAMPIONSHIP SHEET - 7 months ago
@ Soutsen: I could be wrong, but I think for what you want to do/learn, you might find PRBlanco's Performance Calculator spreadsheet particularly useful if you don't have it already. Paulo's original offers a very solid base to get to grips with power, grip settings and failure rates etc - and if you add a new tab you can easily expand it to create PFs automatically that you just copy and pastby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPxPatch 4.52 [Released] - 7 months ago
In GPxPatch, under the GPxLap tab, you have text logging selected and a filename showing to write it into. Is append to file checked as well? If it is not, try that.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPxPatch 4.52 [Released] - 7 months ago
vesuvius Wrote: > this is something that has always been a problem > already with team editor, quali and raceperf. are > swapped. Good point, but that bug only relates to the 'conventional' power setting: Name=McLaren,Cosworth Performance=700,705,7900 - Team Editor swapped these. First Driver=1 etc Second Driver=2 etc It's not the issue here. The issue here is withby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPxPatch 4.52 [Released] - 7 months ago
Sure did. You should probably raise an issue. SDI might notice it earlier: I was thinking earlier. It's always nagged me that although I always set the RP about 5% lower than the QP I always seem to log much the same time for Q & R and it was one of those things I vowed to test one day. Until today I was happy to assume it was the heady atmosphere of race conditions that inspiredby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPxPatch 4.52 [Released] - 7 months ago
You're right Soutsen. Just tested your PF with two different circuits; made several changes and tried again. QualifyPower is not being used by the game to determine qualifying position. It's using RacePower - no doubt about it. @ParisHL - Using a separate Performance File for each race is way to do what you want. Remember that nothing in the Magic Data file is car or team specific so onby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPxPatch 4.52 [Released] - 7 months ago
I believe there is a lower limit for power, below which things behave oddly. I don't know what it is, but try making the lowest power level 530 or higher. Also, just for the purposes of experimentation, you can ditch the "Performance=1,1,1" lines altogether if you like. It causes problems with TeamEditor3.5 to leave them out but I would get rid of those lines for now, then make sureby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GP4 Builder 2017B - 7 months ago
My MDs probably wouldn't be much use to you because all my mods have been re-modified so at the very least you'd have to adjust the gearing all the time. Sometimes, mods have a set of MD files included. TomMKs 93 mod has a very comprehensive set IIRC (MDs for many tracks are included). Also, I think there are a lot of MDs some of the trackpacks. In addition, many track makers include an MDby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: F2 AUTO GEARS + RIM COLORS - 7 months ago
Pont Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i solved the problem with the pit limit speed by > changing some settings in gp4 tweaker. Yes, that's it! That's what I did. Strange thing, for me, what that I didn't even have gp4tweaker in the folder when the fault first occurred. That's why it was my last ditch effort. As for keyboard shortcuts, there are sby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GP4 Builder 2017B - 7 months ago
Soutsen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is there any way I can rename these values at the > MD section of the track editor? I think probably not. But you can edit the titles in the cmagic4.ini and any new MD file you create/export will include your modified titles and comments - although GPBuilder will still ignore them and use it's own titles.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: F2 AUTO GEARS + RIM COLORS - 7 months ago
I made a mistake earlier: f1system.bak should have read f1gstate.bak. Could you please try that again? ie, delete f1gstate.sav and the backup f1gstate.bak Now, if it still doesn't work, I think I might be out of ideas. But that said, since no-one else seems to want to make a suggestion I'll ask how you installed the game/mod you are playing? Did you use CSM or did you download the whoby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: F2 AUTO GEARS + RIM COLORS - 7 months ago
A new GP4.exe might be worth a try. Nothing to lose if you make a backup, but first, I'd try deleting or renaming the f1gstate.sav. file and the backup: f1system.bak. Now when you run the game again it should default to rookie difficulty, with auto-gears set to on. Give it a try. I think it might work - although I don't think it's what I did!by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: F2 AUTO GEARS + RIM COLORS - 7 months ago
Gears: that's exactly the problem I had. I just can't remember how I fixed it - only that I got to the point where I was about to give up - and right then whatever I did last worked. In your case however, if you don't have a mod installed, why not download TomMk's clean & up to date installation of GP4 and use that? That'll definitely solve both problems you have.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: F2 AUTO GEARS + RIM COLORS - 7 months ago
It's usually in the GP4 game folder - so if you don't have it, you might not have to worry about it, since it can't be causing your problem. It's not an essential file to run the game. As far as I know there are TWO other (completely unrelated) ways to set rims: 1. Load up TeamEditor3.5 and look under the TEAMS tab. What do you see in there? Do the rims colours match what you are seeingby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: F2 AUTO GEARS + RIM COLORS - 7 months ago
Gears: Had the same problem the other day with a different mod, but can't remember how I fixed it - only that it wasn't the easy fix I expected it to be. Mine stayed in first also but was stuck at the pit limit maximum speed. Is yours like that or does it rev to maximum? Rims: Does your gp4tweak.ini file have this line?: RimsColors = 1 ; set to 1 to enable rims color tweakby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: Track mod: Keimola Motor Stadium (Beta) - 7 months ago
I think you under-sold it a little. The circuit comes with a quality DAT & it looks nice. Wouldn't run first time I tried (in slot 7, which just happened to be free), but I moved it to slot 15 and it ran perfectly. Good job. Thanks a lot.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: Boromo Superveloz v1.1 - 7 months ago
Turbo Lover Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks mate. I spent many hours to make this track > as perfect as possible. No doubt. Thanks for the many hours of pleasure I'm going to have racing it.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Boromo Superveloz v1.1 - 7 months ago
After coming (back) to GP4 2+ yrs ago I've downloaded just about every circuit I could find - and once in a while I load up a track that's new to me and I wish I had known about it at the outset. This is certainly one of them. It dates back more than six years but if you've not come across it before you really should give it a look. It's so completely professional in every respect: great DAT,by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: I'm looking for mod 1981 - 7 months ago
Are you sure there is such a thing? You'd think there would be, being such a close run season, but I don't think there is. I made my own using bits from other mods and slapped some paint here and there. It looks OK to me but it wouldn't fool anyone serious.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GP4 won't recognize binds from the keys.ini file - 7 months ago
Is it possible that the keybind.ini in your gp4_tweak folder is over-riding the keys.ini in your GPxPatch folder? Might be worth a look.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: Some problems - 8 months ago
Yes Tom. I use a version of your installation pack, modded to include some of the little things I always end up including like some custom sounds, an f1graphics.cfg tailored for my box, a clean results spreadsheet and some home-brew dash instruments etc. Saves a lot of time and should be the starting point for any user. Thanks. PS: Can't remember if yours does this but one little thing which hby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPxPatch 4.52 [Released] - 8 months ago
Funnily enough, from my limited testing of BRMin/Max I too ended up with 500 BRMax for one or two cars and sometimes one car up to 1250 (when I really didn't like a certain driver's ability and wanted to make him a laughing stock ). I never liked really BRMin at all though and rarely if ever used it as it always seemed the more artificial looking of the two behaviours. What stopped me using iby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: Some problems - 8 months ago
Just a guess but installing the updated 2001 mod will probably fix both problems.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPxPatch 4.52 [Released] - 8 months ago
OK, thanks René. I realized after I posted my q that it wouldn't make sense to be in the (non-driver specific) MD anyway would it? About BRMin/Max: I still don't see how using two variables (BRMax/Min AND Error Chance) adds much (apart from increasing PF complexity). I'm still yet to play with Error Chance but it strikes me as a very DRIVER-centric variable whereas the absolute braking pointby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPxPatch 4.52 [Released] - 8 months ago
Thanks René. My position remains the same. I've yet to spend time with it, but it seems to me that the EC variable is more likely to create the effect desired (by me anyway); that of creating a daring driver who is more likely to mess things up once in a while than the cooler heads on the circuit. Hares and tortoises.... While we're on the topic, I've noticed that sometimes a CC driver willby Noog - Grand Prix 4