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Btw - just few months ago it was discovered that the replay system of TM is based both on position of a car and keystrokes during the ride. Karl Jobst says it is unusual thing in racing games - only position of a car is usually stored in replays. And - because of analyzing inputs (frequency of tapping) they discovered pretty big cheating scandal. If you have time, you can watch:

• Wirtual's analysis - he is a very very good rider and he is very active in community - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDUdGvgmKIw
• Karl's video - he is doing mostly speedrunning content. Lately he is also creating content about cheating while speedruning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww7x5elophk

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So we start from ZCT178 ? Honestly I think that we have raced also the first 3 races in a GAR way ?

It is your competition so you can say and sum it.

Anyway it's not a problem this one, I really appreciate that you have inserted this sidescore. The only point that i dislike is that the Gar laptime is finishing also on the main scoreboard. I would like to leave the main but in that way I'm always present.

What? Man, you are posting replays to ZakStunts and do not want to publish them?

My dream is to see a championship scoreboard with the main and the newbie.  If I will have no strange health problems I can assure that i will participate till the end of year and beyond..

Well, maybe my language may sound strong but I think you are asking really much. If you want your own championship so much than create it. I think own tracks and cars' ruleset would suite GAR more..

Rather not commenting on your "super(b) idea"..

I strongly disagree with adding additional scoreboards in ZakStunts. Especially in case of GAR which is a stand-alone ruleset and a competition on its own. As far as I like GAR I cannot see any reason to have GAR in ZakStunts. Lack of Marco's coding skill is not an excuse - there are many ways to have a competition without a website.

This was a really nice NSX track, but it wasn't to be. On the bright side, in spite of the not so small gaps the top 3 Vette lines were different enough that an analysis wouldn't be uninteresting.

Well.. I started 2 secs slower than Renato (utterly stupid - I somehow could not reproduce jump on a starting tunnel's roof in time) and as I've reached PG (which was the hardest part for me) I was so happy it is over I did not care about the rest of the track - it was simply "just-do-it-without-penalties-Renato-like line". And I was soooo sure about your inactivity.. :-/

What happend?

If you need proof that Usrin is Slovak, look at this: he was co-author of a paper in the Slovak Geological Magazine!
http://www.geology.sk/new/sk/sgm - page 17 of issue 2014/2 (=page 19 of the PDF file).

What does it say about your nationality?

I think almost all bugs in Stunts has something with over/uderflow of registers/variables.

I believe power gear has something to do truncation handling, though it seems entirely possible it being an over/underflow triggered by bad truncation. I probably should have investigated it further back when I was messing with restunts stuff 

A-ha. Still, let's assume different handling of PG is caused by truncation differencies. And truncation differencies are probably caused by register/variable bit-size, aren't they? Does restunts code uses same-precision floats as the original game etc.?

Btw is restunts code somewhere available? No that I would understand it, but I have more time to look at some random characters now.

With Dosbox config:
[cpu]
#      core: CPU Core used in emulation. auto will switch to dynamic if available and appropriate.
#            Possible values: auto, dynamic, normal, simple.
#   cputype: CPU Type used in emulation. auto is the fastest choice.
#            Possible values: auto, 386, 386_slow, 486_slow, pentium_slow, 386_prefetch.
#    cycles: Amount of instructions DOSBox tries to emulate each millisecond.
#            Setting this value too high results in sound dropouts and lags.
#            Cycles can be set in 3 ways:
#              'auto'          tries to guess what a game needs.
#                              It usually works, but can fail for certain games.
#              'fixed #number' will set a fixed amount of cycles. This is what you usually need if 'auto' fails.
#                              (Example: fixed 4000).
#              'max'           will allocate as much cycles as your computer is able to handle.
#           
#            Possible values: auto, fixed, max.

core=simple
cputype=386
cycles=fixed 1000

which should mimics non-dynamic core, running in Linux Gutix's replay ran OK. Well - i did not notice up until today that this game has SLOW and FAST simulation options!! I do not know differences and impact on replays. I guess everyone has set up a fast simulation option. Gutix's replay ran OK with both options.

I think almost all bugs in Stunts has something with over/uderflow of registers/variables. If I understand correctly  game_pc.exe is a re-compiled executable. Are you there are registers/variables exactly the same size as in the original game?

Topic starter.

30 January: train trip to Kassa (Kosice), sightseeing, eating, drinking, shopping there with Ildi.

Now we are planning to get to Nyíregyháza or Sárospatak/Sátoraljaújhely this weekend to spend two nights there.

Other main things for me these weeks: see 'Be failed' topic.

How did you enjoy Košice? I really like that city.

Nice to see this topic revived. My proposition:

- An "OWOOT" flag that pipsqueaks can check when uploading replay
- OWOOT replays appear on a separate scoreboard as well (similar to newbie league). Only one entry per pipsqueak in the main scoreboard
- OWOOT replays forced to be always public
- OWOOT races are entirely 'just for fun', do not impact seasonal replays at all (no bonus points or similar)
- Of course if a pipsqueak only sends OWOOT replays, that counts as the best time for the main race.

I would also say only OWOOT or NORH flags, not both. We are too small of a team to segment so much. The one people want the most should be the one implemented.

I like NoRH much more than OWOOT (especially with RH). In case of RH OWOOT I would probably participate only with NoRH replays.

Well, and what if I wnat to race in both RH and NoRH style? Will I have two entries in a scoreboard?

I would delete ghots teams or at least specify them. And a list of ex member of every team

I like this idea.

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me

I prefer not to waste my efforts reviewing the 201 current registered members and make assumptions whether they are ghosts or not. As soon as a sleeping ghost reappears and does damage, or tries to login with several incorrect password attempts, actions will be taken.
I have no interest in acting as a warden trying to keep CTG away from the community at all costs. He is obviously unable to leave. All I want to do is him to leave others in peace.

One day maybe Friker the Slovak ghost reappears so be prepared for some "incorrect password attempts".

BTW Does anyone know how's Mark L. Rivers?