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Thanks, roadI'm very impressed , the 1.02 version loads records in less than 1 sec!!!
Good catch - I'll fix this... The only intention I have for not auto-updating the lists is for when you are manually checking/unchecking cars and players, as this would create quite a lag between eack click.- If you switch from manual selection to Group selection, then you first have to select an index item of the combobox, before anything is refreshed (though this might be wanted perhaps, but not sure)
I just looked into it and I see the problem... It will be fixed.An error message occurs when trying to open a not existing pattern file, which caused additional 5 seconds freeze time
Oops! I will fix...If you select the track group "Default Tracks" and select 1 track (the i'th track in the listbox), then the trackname/trackauthor information showing label does not show the real author - instead it shows the author of the i'th track listed in "All" Tracks Group.
The Groups option is disabled until records have been imported, then it becomes enabled. Perhaps if you are getting error message(s), it is not completing the import process, where the "Groups.Enabled=True" command is located at the end of. The reason it's disabled until records are imported is because the tracks/cars/players lists need to be populated first.By the way: In addition this time "Groups" was disabled in the menu - was that on purpose?
), records files could be "modified" to include false records, and the program wouldn't know the difference. One way around this, potentially, would be to import the records, then run the game, make sure "Generate HTML records" is on, then quit the game. I *assume* that Turbo Sliders deals with false records accordingly at that point. This idea is strictly an idea so far, but I can envision how it would work, and I think it would be a great alternative to the Turbo Sliders Record Server for those interested in tracks other than the default ones. Also, many details for this would need to get worked-out, like who would run the server, where would the server be located, etc. BUT, I would love to see this idea put into reality at some point. 
Hehe, without reading that, i got the idea:- Customizable colors for the listing(s)
A feature, which i thought about since very early TS 0.86 times, which is close connected to the problem, that if you have many records and the export time is taking too much time, you would have to export very long or you have to move rec files in a temporary directory each time before exporting.And here's an idea for version 2.0.0 (distant future):
A feature to connect to an internet server and import/export all of your records. This will work in a similar way as the current in-game record server, but through the Records Viewer program.
(that was though in late TS 0.86, the time, where Tijny started getting very fast with AntiSlider and especially with Speeder).If i remember correct, you can actually place any line into your .rec-file - if the hash value is not matching, then it will not be shown in the recordlist ingame. But unfortunately (or maybe it might be a good solution) the wrong recordlines are not deleted automatically.One potential problem with this is that, since I don't know how to create correct hash values (and I shouldn't Laughing ), records files could be "modified" to include false records, and the program wouldn't know the difference. One way around this, potentially, would be to import the records, then run the game, make sure "Generate HTML records" is on, then quit the game. I *assume* that Turbo Sliders deals with false records accordingly at that point.
Well, on the one hand this is some story i am thinking and talking about since long time here and there and the current status is:This idea is strictly an idea so far, but I can envision how it would work, and I think it would be a great alternative to the Turbo Sliders Record Server for those interested in tracks other than the default ones. Also, many details for this would need to get worked-out, like who would run the server, where would the server be located, etc. BUT, I would love to see this idea put into reality at some point. Razz
)...without any .NET framework, but also without linux support AND i would usually work in my tools more with the question of downward compatibility to TS 0.86 (or even upwardcompatibility - since my tools are nearly all based on TS 0.86 and there is partly no TS 1.00 support yet). So like there would be "R" on back of the lap time where you can press it and see review of record lap. I dont know how that could work out because there are usually something like 50laps where the best is lap number 30 or so... But this kind of system would be nice and helpful too. Ah, maybe good time to remember this, Jarno.What you say about this:
Possibility to watch the record lap Smile So like there would be "R" on back of the lap time where you can press it and see review of record lap. I dont know how that could work out because there are usually something like 50laps where the best is lap number 30 or so... But this kind of system would be nice and helpful too.
What do you guys think?
I also don't know, is there a command line option for sliders.exe that will automatically show a replay file? Or will the "creation" of a 1-lap replay from the selected information involve the making of a temporary .tsr file, then the user will have to manually run the game and view the replay on their own?Yeah, that is probably how it will work.Coloring system in ini file?
Oops - will be fixed to prohibit that abilityIt is possible to create a track, player or car group with the same name more than 1 time
That was done intentionally, but perhaps this can be made into a selectable option on the Settings menu.Collision Laps do not have the property "Behind Best" and are not included into the Coloring system.
Hmm.. that's not supposed to happen!If you create a Track Group and select it in the combobox, then you get the error: "0" is no valid value for "value"
I'll fix it. Ahh yes - Importing Records is supposed to only happen once. I will disable the option once it has been performed so that it cannot be done more than once.If importing records is completed and you try to import records by menu "File"\"Import Records", then, after importing all, there is coming no ~4 second freeze time until the statusbar shows "Ready" - instead the whole application is hanging.
Technically, this goes against what I just mentioned for the previous quote... When deleting a records file, the program re-imports all records files. That was, at the time, the easiest way to re-initialize all of the arrays, but, I'd rather not have it re-import everything again, so I will change the way the delete function works.Equal bug to 2., just that if you delete the tracklist with pushing the button "Delete" etc., the procedure of importing records is happening automatically. Finally after importing, the application is hanging again.
I will disallow this also... not a good idea to allow it.If you create a group of tracks, cars or players, it is possible to select a track, player or car more than 1 time
Ugh - I will fix this as well.Lap Times >=60.000 seconds are causing certain problems: "Behind Best" is not calculated correctly and the Coloring does not work correctly either.
Obviously not good - I'll see what I can figure out. This has happened to me occasionally, but like you said, it eventually imports all the records, so I didn't worry too much about it at the time. But, I will see if I can figure out exactly what causes that and come up with a solution.From Liebowitz: When importing the records, the percantage display runs to 30%, stops there while loading the rest of the records.
