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Suggestions / Saving diffrent rims for each diffrent car type?

« on: May 25, 2014, 02:35:24 am »

How about making something like /vcc but with rims?
I mean, saving diffrent rims types for diffrent vehicles types.

For exaple, gold 'Switch' in Sultan, but 'Classic' in Voodoo.
Leaving Infernus on it's stock (chrome 'Access'), but put 'Offroad' in Rancher, etc...

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Off-Topic / Easter is comming A.K.A. Happy Easter

« on: April 20, 2014, 12:08:23 pm »

well for these who already got it, happy easter
and for these who still waiting, happy too

have fun with easter bunny

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General Server Discussion / NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF VEHICES USED IN RACES - UPDATE

« on: April 17, 2014, 06:08:06 pm »

Top ones only:


The ones with red outaline are way overused and time to stop with them for a while:

to increase sadness, here whole list in name order

Sad to see so little ZR 350 races or Jester/Uranus compared to other sportcars.
Quite suprising is ridiculus low amount of Blista Compact, while it's nearly same counterpart (Flash) is several time more often used

Appeal to whole community:
START DOING SOMETHING BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE*




*mean help to make percentages and amounts more equal, popularise several rarly used vehicles (not talking about Tractors, Trucks etc, just very rarly used Sport cars like Euros, ZR 350 etc, or sport bikes too)

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Off-Topic / the Dutch hit Warsaw!

« on: March 10, 2014, 08:14:55 pm »

...with great power!
Getting crowded there!



...and the curtain comes down!






2nd part begins



Guitar hero!





part 3: encore!


pictures taken with my old cellphone, as security staff took nearly everyones cameras
did not waste time to try record anything, but people with better phone-cameras did it well!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlPi_VrcRNE&list=PLQKaH8xwCWpOd8C4d1Qrvr1h0MqoMHsse

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Off-Topic / Sochi Olympics soon...

« on: February 06, 2014, 01:06:43 am »

and still lot of retarded fun!


http://happyplace.someecards.com/29088/14-images-that-sum-up-why-the-sochi-olympics-are-already-a-disaster


post more 'epic' finds or later general discussion about

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Suggestions / Suggest defensive weapon/protection for IV drivers!

« on: February 02, 2014, 07:01:27 pm »

right now, since a year or so, they are helpless, like ducks to shot...
suggest your ideas...

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Help & Resources / Unstable fps on HD 4650

« on: November 13, 2013, 08:25:29 pm »

hi, i got a litte problem

well my old good 8600GT died, so had to take spare card bro bought while ago (HD 4650)

in theory it got better specs than 860GT, but in game it is rather unstable
(8600GT 256, HD4650 1024)!

example on DoubleYou
8600GT reached 92-93 fps (/fpslimit 90) and 96 with off
HD 4650 giives olny about 70-80 there (/fpslimit 90) and same values with off
moreover, in one worlds or sk where 8600GT used to give me playable framerate (60-70) this one drops to partetic 25-35 fps :S

any ideas whats wrong with it? got any good drivers or helpful tools?

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Help & Resources / samp scripting help

« on: November 08, 2013, 06:31:35 pm »

hi, messing around with movable jet, also as my 1st ever meet with PAWNO testing it's functions in general

can you help me make it loop for infinity times once loaded?

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Help & Resources / Vehicle Special Abilities and Features

« on: October 26, 2013, 11:31:51 pm »

This could be useful for someone, maybe helps in making races/selecting vehicles for it, or just general having fun with SA.
Anyway server got huge lags while I'm typing this, and I'm bored, so enjoy.

List contains vehicles that got special abilities not common for every other, let me know if you got more.

italic - only for single player GTA SA

Ambulance - can be used for ambulance missions
Andromada - along with other jets, fastest legit vehicle, can open rear gate and carry many people.
AT-400 - along with other jets, fastest legit vehicle

Baggage - along with Utility Van, can tow airport trailers
Banshee - best accelerating road legal RWD (Rear Wheel Drive) car
Bloodring Banger - got no doors or glass windows, you can hop in it through window frame
BMX - jumps, that can be used to access intresting areas or low rooftops
Broadway - can be used for pimp missions
Brown Streak - along with Freight, can be used for train missions
Bullet - lowest vehicle in game, along with Kart, can be used to access low areas (SF airport tollgate or LV rocks, fences etc), road legal RWD (Rear Wheel Drive) car

Cabbie - along with Taxi, can be used for Taxi missions
Caddy - almost always gets back on wheels after every flip
Clover - along with Previon and Feltzer is only car that has speedometer on dashboard
Coach - cops can't arrest you by opening doors
Combine - can cut people
Comet - if it is empty, player hops in it without opening doors
Cop Cars - fastest 4 door car, can be used for police mission
Cropduster - pressing 2 allows you to spray pesticides

Dozer - movable scoop can be raised and lowered, can climb very step hills, got rear axle turning
Dumper - movable bed

Euros - only vehicle with glass sunroof

FCR-900 - along with PCJ-600, fastest road legal bike
Feltzer - along with Clover and Previon is only car that has speedometer on dashboard
Firetruck - along with SWAT Tank, can 'fire' a stream of water, can be used for firetruck missions
Flatbed - fastest normal truck in game
Forklift - can be used to lift or raise crates, people or vehicles, got rear axle turning
Freeway - can be used to access Area 69 military base
Freight - along with Brown Streak, can be used for train missions

Hotdog - you can buy hotdog from parked one
Hotknife - only fully custom hotrod in game
Hotring, Hotring A, Hotring B - the fastest RWD (Rear Wheel Drive) car
HPV-1000 - can be used for police missions
Hunter - fastest helicopter, fire rockets and gunfire, can be used for police missions
Hydra - along with other jets, fastest legit vehicle, can move vertical or 'freeze' in air, fire rockets and flares

Infernus - fastest car and legit land vehicle in game

Kart - lowest vehicle in game, along with Bullet, can be used to access low areas (SF airport tollgate or LV rocks, fences etc)

Leviathan - along with Sea Sparrow, can land on water

Monster, Monster A, Monster B - along with Quad, doesn't slow down on railroads (can keep top speed, unlike mostly vehicles), wheels can't be popped, both axles turning
Mountain Bike -  fastest bicycle

NRG-500 - fastest bike, best accelerating and (with bugging) fastest land vehicle

Packer - got movable ramp, can be used to access areas
PCJ-600 - along with FCR-900, fastest road legal bike
Premier - fastest normal 4 door car
Previon - along with Clover and Feltzer is only car that has speedometer on dashboard

Quad - along with Monsters, doesn't slow down on railroads (can keep top speed, unlike mostly vehicles)

Ranger - can be used for police missions
RC Bandit - along with RC Tiger, got no collision, making it 'ghost mode vehicle'
RC Baron - aling with RC Goblin and RC Raider, can fly in unlyable for normal planes and helicopters, areas or heights (for example Liberty City)
RC Goblin - aling with RC Baron and RC Raider, can fly in unlyable for normal planes and helicopters, areas or heights (for example Liberty City)
RC Raider - aling with RC Baron and RC Goblin, can fly in unlyable for normal planes and helicopters, areas or heights (for example Liberty City)
RC Tiger - along with RC Bandit, got no collision, making it 'ghost mode vehicle'
Rhino - movable turret, can shot, wheels can't be popped, can be used for police missions
Roadtrain - fastest rig truck
Rustler - fastest proppeler plane, can shot

Savanna - can perfrom wheelie stand, exhaust pipe is paintable when stock
Sea Sparrow - along with Leviathan, can land on water, can shot
Shamal - along with other jets, fastest legit vehicle
Squalo - fastest boat and (with bugging) vehicle
SWAT Tank - along with Firetruck, can 'fire' stream of water

Taxi - along with Cabbie, can be used for Taxi missions
Tornado - lowest suspension, can perform scrapping/dragging from rear
Tow Truck - can tow vehicles
Tractor - can tow trailers or vehicles
Turismo - best accelerating car

Utiliy Van - along with Baggage, can tow airport trailers

Vortex - can be used in any area, land water and air gliding

ZR-350 - headlights pop-up in night


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Also, somone requested list of vehicles with paintjobs, so:
Blade
Broadway
Camper* - not tunable
Elegy
Flash
Jester
Remington
Savanna
Slamvan
Stratum
Sultan
Tornado
Uranus

thats all so far

DOCKS IMPORT PRICES!

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Help & Resources / P.I.T. Tutorial (for drivers 'protection' in IV races)

« on: October 19, 2013, 07:23:53 pm »

Many people often mistake P.I.T. with ramming and hence false reports. This should help.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6uHyp30t2M[/youtube]

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General Server Discussion / IMPORTANT news about NASCAR maps

« on: October 12, 2013, 02:32:00 am »

due to increasing number of retarded* races wearing nascar tags, i'm renaming the original ones to just trackname of itself, to avoid any confusions;
example: NASCAR[DAYTONA] is now DAYTONA_INTERNATIONAL_SPEEDWAY and so on


* - by this i mean races that got nothing to do with nascar form or type (no offence)

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Off-Topic / Call Cthulhu... and wish him Happy Birthday!

« on: October 06, 2013, 10:41:51 pm »

fave fun, dev

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Help & Resources / Advanced Buildmode Tutorial - Tips to improve Your races quallity and fun - v1.0

« on: October 06, 2013, 07:07:55 pm »

Hi, this tutorial will not contain basics, as they are already well explained there:
http://forum.adrenalinex.co.uk/index.php/topic,1592.0.html

This time it's all about advanced race making and techniques.

Making good race is easy:
Correst settings + correct checkpoints = good race, as we all already know, but how about getting into higher level?
This guide will explain and show how to make good race to be great* race, so let's go!

*correct settings + good placed checkpoints + suitable vehicle + nice details + nice name + intresting route = great race

ADVANCED BUILDMODE TUTORIAL:

• Race name
  [spoiler]it's a very important part of race, but many people ignore it and/or do not take care there.
  Of course You can name race any You want, but here few hints:
  
  • Try name race to reffer to race itself, for example Super_Jumps would contain jumping intested of flat roads all the time, ye?
    
  • Using capital "i" and lower case "L" letters isn't recommended - they can be swapped and someone can 'steal' your name but with diffrent letter, example "Illinois" can be used many times with other combinations of "L" and "i", like iLLinois, LIIinois etc etc...
    
  • It's highy recomended to do not use player's names, as we know, times go by, peaple come and leave etc... sometimes race with someones name will be outdated if that person leaves SA-MP
    
  • You can use direct vehicle name or some more subtle hints, for example: you can hint players into vehicle that gonna be used in race, but not directly naming it. It can be either playing on words, like "Take A Dump" which is term used when you go take shit, but also may aim into vehicle, Dumper (naming races like that is very Rockstar Games style thing - we know their sense of humour); another example is in picture bellow:
    
    Primal_Fear is very good name for a race, it got few meanings, also it can gently suggest what vehicle gonna be used, but secondly, Primal Fear is a music band, making it great choice for audioimport race.
    
    
  [/spoiler]
  
• Time and Weather
  [spoiler]there are diffrent weather conditions in game, somehow most part of races are in clear sunny weather at day times, many peapole are either forgetting or just affraid of using other weather possiblities.
  
  For example, in north San Fierro it's good to use fog weather, as it gives nice in-game feature - ship horn, that can't be expirienced anywhere else. Such details are a nice touch to your race and definetly make it more advanced:
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCxeWqbq7Fo&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
  [/spoiler]
  
• Checkpoints size - showing correct way
  [spoiler]main checkpoint size info was already shown in basic tutorial, so not gonna repeating there
  
  1st, watch this short vid, and look at big checkpoint size, seems normal, right?
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fanv117UQg&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
  ...wrong! it's too big and makes hard to aim that jump correctly, while smaller one can show you where to jump to pass it nice
  
  [/spoiler]
  
• Checkpoint placing - correct placement
  [spoiler]very important, always try to place cp in way where there is no risk of missing it while cornering - you should be focused on track, not worried about checkpoint counting or not. Belive me, it's VERY ANNOYING to miss cp while cornering, place them as shown in this video, to avoid this VERY NASTY situation:
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BveiJBfwM-E&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
  [/spoiler]
  
• Checkpoint placing - creating alternate route
  [spoiler]
  it's nice to have few options to pass part of race
  examples bellow:
  
  BAD PLACED CHECKPOINT - this one forces you to turn there, leaving no choice
  
  
  
  GOOD PLACED CHECKPOINT - this one gives you 2 options to pass this area
  
  
  and here result of such checkpoint placement - very advanced, professional made race
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXRMTN1zkDs&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
  
  
  another example of checkpoint allowing to pick alternate route
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EODQlqscUzk&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
  [/spoiler]
  
• Checkpoint placing - creating hidden "shortcut"
  [spoiler]
  do not place checkpoint at end of LV highway overpass bridges, why? see bellow
  BAD PLACED CHECKPOINT
  
  GOOD PLACED CHECKPOINT
  
  
  Maybe these are only few meters diffrence, small detail, huh? See video bellow to understand why such details matter, and few meters matter a lot in checkpoints placing
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TljXw4_HQqw&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
  see? thats a hidden shortcut - very advanced race making technique. It's hard to see, compared to obivious shortcuts, requires lot of race making/buildmode skills
  [/spoiler]
  
• Checkpoint placing - avoiding unnecessary cornering
  [spoiler]
  one of the most common annoying parts in races - not-needed turns. They only increase race time, showing authors lazyness or lack of track length/timing skills
  video shows an example of unnecessary part of race, compared with continious route with the same result
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku1fb63rYxg&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
  [/spoiler]
  
• Checkpoint placing - avoiding unnecessary "looping"
  [spoiler]
  Looping is a repeating same part of race without reason (only in A-to-B sprint races, not in lap races) and it's recommended to avoid it
  video shows an example of unnecessary "looping" part of race, that you already drove once - no reason to do again
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek3NFdB678s&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
  sadly, this is rather common in races, and it's annoying, what is more - it shows author's lacks of memory or track designing skills, can also point that race is random made without any planned ideas; if you wanna make quallity race, in advanced designed races, it's recommended to avoid unnecessary "looping"
  [/spoiler]
  
• Suitable vehicle choice - size
  [spoiler]
  use vehicle that got correct size, suitable to your race - don't use big vehicle in tight areas, or bad cornering cars in twisty tracks
  video showing an example of bad and good car choice for narrow alley
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyTAB-uNGzY&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
  as we can see in video above, Infernus got trouble in that narrow turn, while Mesa pass it easly
  
  Bikes aren't only restricted to roads, thanks to their small size they allow you make race in areas where cars got no access
  
  video showing use of bike, where car got no access
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opw8VNXmsQQ&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
  
  
  DON'T BE AFFRAID OF USING DIFFRENT VEHICLE. SA GOT OVER 200, YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOST COMMON 10~20 ONES
  [/spoiler]
  
• Suitable vehicle choice - stability
  [spoiler]
  find car suitable to your race features, do not pick one you like the most, but one that suits race the most
  example, here Mesa got very high chance of flipping while passing an obstacle, however, Rancher is stable and pass it fine
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpSq9IZi5ug&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
  
  DON'T BE AFFRAID OF USING DIFFRENT VEHICLE. SA GOT OVER 200, YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOST COMMON 10~20 ONES
  [/spoiler]
  
• Suitable vehicle choice - finding correct vehicle
  [spoiler]
  fastest vehicle isn't always best choice, find one that fits race the most
  video showing, that NRG-500 is too fast to pass particular jump while Sanchez do it fine
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nRD-_G0x14&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
  
  DON'T BE AFFRAID OF USING DIFFRENT VEHICLE. SA GOT OVER 200, YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOST COMMON 10~20 ONES
  [/spoiler]
• Suitable vehicle choice - using fully vehicle potential
  [spoiler]
  no limits, feel free tu use fully vehicle potential, Vortex can be used on land, water and also used for controlable gliding in air,
  Hydra is special plane, allowing for vertical taking off from small areas and with no harm used in many diffrent places, ans in video below
  try combine vehicle possiblities to make intresting, unusual races, that stand out and can't be forgotten
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqrgBBZxpFQ&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
  
  DON'T BE AFFRAID OF USING DIFFRENT VEHICLE. SA GOT OVER 200, YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOST COMMON 10~20 ONES
  [/spoiler]
• Suitable vehicle choice - finding correct vehicle
  [spoiler]
  fastest vehicle isn't always best choice, find one that fits race the most
  video showing, that NRG-500 is too fast to pass particular jump while Sanchez do it fine
  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nRD-_G0x14&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
  
  DON'T BE AFFRAID OF USING DIFFRENT VEHICLE. SA GOT OVER 200, YOU ARE NOT LIMITED TO MOST COMMON 10~20 ONES
  [/spoiler]
• Classic Nitro
  [spoiler]
  Classic nitro, once fired lasts for several seconds, then needs some time to reload for next use
  
  Nitro duration is around 20 seconds
  Nitro reloading is around 55 seconds
  
  Make sure Classic Nitro race is long enough, races shorter than 1:15 won't allow you to use nitro more than once.
  Try design Classic Nitro race to feature roads with speedlimits, where nitro is most helpful.
  [/spoiler]

Thats all so far, hope this guide opens Your mind and helps you making not only 'good race' but pure 'great race'
(more tips and ideas are wellcome, ideas about advanced techniques and designs in special modes too)

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Off-Topic / MadMax getting closer to death...

« on: October 01, 2013, 12:32:44 am »

...another year, another birthday...

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Off-Topic / Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind?... Happy Birthday Ironman!

« on: September 03, 2013, 01:13:49 pm »

Happy Birthday Irooooon!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhAZQKl0tnE[/youtube]