Gav

about starting in last place: it always happens to me and i wonder if its got something to do with my less than wonderful graphics card?

micromachines? gta 1?

yeah, being able to specify in map editor how fast a car can go or the power of a certain weopan would be cool.

Seperating Men From Boy's Variety Map Author: Gav (Gavin Golden) of SMFB UK&I Link: will post later (im in college atm) Race: Fun, its not full of 90-degree turns, the challenge is that it makes you play with a wide variety of vehicles, and includes 3 or 4 specific little tasks or obstacles that can make or break your race. No. Players: 1-18, 4-10 recommended Server: none as yet

http://center.mtasa.com

That's an excellent idea. i was going to also compare it to a few rally games like Colin McRae rally which have little indicators for the next turn, so if someone was creating a rally style map, they could use a symbol for whats coming up. i know the checkpoints at the moment point toward the next checkpoint but that could be different to where the players will have to drive, eg a little warning symbol that they are facing a hairpin turn or a chicane. the way the symbols could be implemented in the message tag could be similar to the way smilies work in BBcode on these boards; so rather than making this symbol , :chicane: could make (except, oviously not drawn be me in paint in a rush, lol)

1 How i would like to see respawning handled: for a long race like "long way around" you can set certain checkpoints to be also respawn points. Long Way Around provides for you lots of repair pick-ups, but once you die, its a 10 minute wait. If every 2 minutes or so you passed a checkpoint with spawnign enabled, that becomes your default spawning point. So when you fly over a hill and into the water, you wait 5 seconds then respawn at the last spawn/checkpoint. you probably wont win the race (unless everyone else has to respawn too) but at least its more interesting than watching a couple of guys racing for 10 minutes. it should be enabled via the map settings in the editor (ie respawn true/false), there should be a "randomize respawn" option (also true/false in the map editor) for free roam style maps or any future "frag" or "wins" competitions. and i cant think of a situation where getting respawned back where you started would be worse than sitting around. for short maps or for whatever kind of map you dont want people respawning because they'd be too far away, you can just disable it when designing the map. now that you have the platform built i dont think it would take months for this to be put in. 2 another idea i had was that checkpoints or pickups could be fitted with a message tag; when you pass the checkpoint or pickup, it displays a short message, perhaps at the bottom of the screen; this could be useful for things like letting players know that the next checkpoint requires them to fly under a bridge or something like that, or in a laps-style race, let them know what lap they are on.

looks brilliant, i showed some friends and they want to play now.

it should be enabled via the map settings in the editor (ie respawn true/false), there should be a "randomize respawn" option (also true/false in the map editor) for free roam style maps or any future "frag" or "wins" competitions. and i cant think of a situation where getting respawned back where you started would be worse than sitting around. for short maps or for whatever kind of map you dont want people respawning because they'd be too far away, you can just disable it when designing the map. now that you have the platform built i dont think it would take months for this to be put in. another idea i had was that checkpoints or pickups could be fitted with a message tag; when you pass the checkpoint or pickup, it displays a short message, perhaps at the bottom of the screen; this could be useful for things like letting players know that the next checkpoint requires them to fly under a bridge or something like that, or in a laps-style race, let them know what lap they are on.

I think you'll find its significantly more than that, the pile-ups on the motorways and faster roads can involve many more. i challenge you to show me a pile up of more than 5 non-blown up cars. more cars arrive on top of the pile up if one or two of the original ones blow up

hi this has been common knowledge for months did you download a mod without even finding out what you were downloading? byez

MTA:SA cant buy you more RAM and a proper games processor

definately, i have a PS2 joypad for the PC and you can tell the game was designed with it in mind.

it depends on the media you use to connect your PCs

have you tried reinstalling Gta and updating your drivers

some of them, up to the designers discretion like

yeah its lots of fun, especially the ones in the sky.

are you using a joypad?

i have this problem too. its not your connection, its your computer's power. if theres 30 cars on the screen, your computer wont react as quickly as someone with a €2000 computer.

do you have GTA:SA installed?

How i would like to see respawning handled: for a long race like "long way around" you can set certain checkpoints to be also respawn points. Long Way Around provides for you lots of repair pick-ups, but once you die, its a 10 minute wait. If every 2 minutes or so you passed a checkpoint with spawnign enabled, that becomes your default spawning point. So when you fly over a hill and into the water, you wait 5 seconds then respawn at the last spawn/checkpoint. you probably wont win the race (unless everyone else has to respawn too) but at least its more interesting than watching a couple of guys racing for 10 minutes.

i dont like Blow the Dam, i constantly get knocked off while still on my bike

i dont think its an upgrade, i think he has an old PC and this is his first graphics card. i have a crappy old videocard, but i love it because it lets me play games until i can afford the best card.

set them up in GTA:SA, i use a PS2 joypad which is good because the game was designed for it.

the bottles that look like fire extinguishers are Nitrous Oxide boosters