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Re: I'm dropping playing GP4 immediately because all this technical anger is destroying my health! - 1 year ago
@ Isaint - T'was exactly in me thoughts me dear... @ mralpha - I agree about Team Editor. Reluctantly, I abandoned it too, for the same reasons. So you're an old fart too then? @ TGF1Driver2 - If you've a few Gigs spare for a partition you wouldn't need a new box. Better still, how about sticking an SSD in there? I've no axe to grind but... WILL YOU BE QUIET!?by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: Performance and Magic Data - 1 year ago
Since you're nowhere near my timezone I'm going to assume you want me to go on OK? Part 2: Understanding Performance Files Open up GPxPatch, click on the GPxSet tab and make sure that the 'Player car performance team dependent' option is set to 'Old behavior'. There's a reason for this but we don't need to cover it here. Now, in your GP4/gpxpdata folder open up the actual PF file that thby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: I'm dropping playing GP4 immediately because all this technical anger is destroying my health! - 1 year ago
Dare I do another Linux ad? No, don't. It gets old and makes everyone think you're a boring old fart... But I am So don't mention it then... But surely TGF1Driver2 would like to know that my Linux box has never ever crashed mid-race? No. He wouldn't. Be quiet. But, but. Ah, OK.....by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: Performance and Magic Data - 1 year ago
mralpha - What you want to do is more than possible. In fact, I guarantee I can help you do what you want to do. As for your knowledge, I'll share what I know with you and together we'll leave a guide that others can use, OK? The problem with GP4, I found, was that I didn't know where to start initially. What with car settings, performance files (PF), magic data files (MD), physics files and eby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: Assigning an aggression rating to individual CC drivers - 1 year ago
Thanks René. That's the first time I've come across your issue tracker. Looks like there is plenty of interesting info in there. I'll be reading that through later. Good to hear you think it might be possible to pursue this. I find it fascinating that I tend to drive differently when I control the car of drivers with particular personalities. I realize it's all in my head but it would be the iby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Assigning an aggression rating to individual CC drivers - 1 year ago
Is it possible to assign an individual aggression/personality rating to individual CC drivers? In real-world F1 racing (all racing really), some drivers develop a reputation for consistency. They might not be the fastest or bravest driver on the circuit but they can usually relied upon to bring the car home (and as a result of their invariably gentler treatment of their cars), they tend to haby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: Magic Data Discussion - 1 year ago
My workaround is probably all that can be done then I guess. Thanks again and keep up the great work: GPxPatch especially is fundamental to the longevity of this game IMHO.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: Weird problem after cars.wad change which never happened before - 1 year ago
Heuristics checking. Double-edged sword. It might suck but Norton AV would be much less effective without it. Hate to sound smug but Linux users don't have to concern themselves with such things. A quick virus check once in a blue moon and it's good to go. I've found two viruses in over ten years of Linux use (both Windows specific).by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: Magic Data Discussion - 1 year ago
Got it. Thanks very much. Might I ask another question please? I'm sure if it's on-topic or not, but it might be... I'm currently refining a set of substantial revisions to PRBlanco's Performance Calculator spreadsheet which cover the F1 years from 1978-1991. Each uses real-world GP results to generate unique and highly accurate perf. files for each race in each season but it allows the useby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: Magic Data Discussion - 1 year ago
What a great thread this is. A gem on every page. Thanks to everyone. SDI Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- snip... > > desc74=laptime (e. g. 70800 equals 1:10.800) > Indeed a lap time. I call it a lap time > indication, and it's used to determine the hotseat > turn duration, number of runners in non-race > sessions, and some other things.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GP4 on Linux - 1 year ago
Something else just came back to me. Not sure it'll help but it's interesting and it might help someone else. About 3yrs ago when I first started messing with GP4 I used to use Loki's Lo2k theme to get a nice rev counter and display the PO figure but I discovered over time that it would freak out once in a while and start showing weird readings (like -198497387438 etc), which always resulted iby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: PEDRO_27 THREAD -->> CLASSICAL ERAS <<-- W.I.P. Act - 83 -> " " (02/11/18) Pag 72 - 1 year ago
This era in F1 was just great and you're doing a super job of recreating it. Thank you for all the hard work.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: [WIP] GP4 2000 Season - Latest Updates on 11/22/2018 - 1 year ago
Always amazed at the quality of some of the mods, like this one. Thanks to everyone helping to keep this game moving forward like it does.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: I'm going live with GP4Builder - 1 year ago
Yes please, but I'd prefer a how-to video to study and work along with. I find GP4Builder quite confusing and I don't think I'd get it in one go.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GP4 on Linux - 1 year ago
That will be why then. Interesting. It's true that my machine is a better spec than yours: i5 2500, 8gb, 1gb Nvidia (720GTX I think). However, prior to getting hold of that I was using a faulty Dell T7400 with an E4350, 16gb, then 8gb, then 4gb and finally 2gb (can you spot the fault!) with the same GFX card once the OE 512mb Nvidia card burnt out. With that POS, I mean PC, the game plaby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GP4 on Linux - 1 year ago
When you say 'native' TomMK, do you mean running GP4.EXE (via WINE) without GPxPatch - or are you comparing it to Windows? I think you mean the former, so you might want to check that you have "All" selected in the Compatibility field under the GPxPatch tab. It makes sure 'all' your CPU cores are available to the game & I recall having to do this at one point. If that doesn't helby Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GPxPatch 4.45 [Released] - 1 year ago
The improvements work well and are much appreciated. Thanks for doing so much to keep this game alive.by Noog - Grand Prix 4
Re: GP4 on Linux - 1 year ago
Have been running GP4 on 64-bit (and 32-bit) PCLinuxOS under WINE (on a seven year old PC) for a while; full GFX, loads of mods etc. It's perfect, with plenty of CPU cycles to spare for compressing audio, downloading or playing mp3s etc. Just make sure to have MSVCRT.DLL, MFC42.DLL and binkw32.dll available (I put them in the game folder). I think GPxPatch needs them. I also put dsetupby Noog - Grand Prix 4