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Done.
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I did that too, days ago, but apparently it takes a massive amount of those to archieve anything.
I'm afraid a real copyright claim would be required.
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- Pyano1132
I'm not really sure what to think about this whole effort from the community to destroy Sim Dreams.
I mean sure, they are losers and destroying them would be a service to the internet, but at what cost?
If humans from YouTube's end don't get involved in SR604's predicament, he's just lost a source of income (a job) and hours of excellent content.
But beyond that, how does it make the modding community look? We have many people here on GTP that put a lot of care into freely distributed rips and that style of modding accounts for probably 95% of all the content we have. Take that away and you're only left with a morsel of scratch-built resources. I admit there's really good scratch-made cars and tracks out there, but they're very difficult to make and as such there isn't much content available in that style.
Incidents like these are gonna give people higher up in the game development world a real big reason to take a hard look at modding as a whole and go "yeah, I don't want that". Then if we go even higher, car companies might become more protective of their branding and start taking heavier legal action against modders like Nintendo or other video game devs do to fan projects. (Not to mention potential legal action from the model makers like the folks at IRacing, Forza etc.)
Well, the lid on the can of worms has been well pryed off at this point, but the question is would it have been more economical to simply leave it on? Would it have been better to simply not have a victory at all instead of a pyrrhic one? While it hasn't 100% happened yet, this could very well have multiple people lose their YouTube channels, aggravate copyright holders, cause game devs to avoid modding support and kill off the community going forwards IMO. While attacking Sim Dreams we might have put the nails in our own coffins as well.
Assetto Corsa very well may be the final haven for PC modding as we know it.
I mean sure, they are losers and destroying them would be a service to the internet, but at what cost?
If humans from YouTube's end don't get involved in SR604's predicament, he's just lost a source of income (a job) and hours of excellent content.
But beyond that, how does it make the modding community look? We have many people here on GTP that put a lot of care into freely distributed rips and that style of modding accounts for probably 95% of all the content we have. Take that away and you're only left with a morsel of scratch-built resources. I admit there's really good scratch-made cars and tracks out there, but they're very difficult to make and as such there isn't much content available in that style.
Incidents like these are gonna give people higher up in the game development world a real big reason to take a hard look at modding as a whole and go "yeah, I don't want that". Then if we go even higher, car companies might become more protective of their branding and start taking heavier legal action against modders like Nintendo or other video game devs do to fan projects. (Not to mention potential legal action from the model makers like the folks at IRacing, Forza etc.)
Well, the lid on the can of worms has been well pryed off at this point, but the question is would it have been more economical to simply leave it on? Would it have been better to simply not have a victory at all instead of a pyrrhic one? While it hasn't 100% happened yet, this could very well have multiple people lose their YouTube channels, aggravate copyright holders, cause game devs to avoid modding support and kill off the community going forwards IMO. While attacking Sim Dreams we might have put the nails in our own coffins as well.
Assetto Corsa very well may be the final haven for PC modding as we know it.
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Hey Tim,
This is usually a symptom of a mod having having an unpacked data folder instead of a data.acd.
It's very possible that this mod did not come packaged with a data.acd (I'll need to check the source).
Very good catch, however this may mean that the leader-board needs to be reset and that users would need to download an updated version of the car before they can reconnect.
I'll speak to Luke and see if an update can be pushed out, Nice Catch
Update for the car has been done thanks to @Big FAT Luke the server will be up soon with an updated version of the car and a wiped leaderboard to level the playing field.
A huge thanks to @TimLotus for reporting this!
Mike (@SimRacing604) is a member of the FileMissing... discord, show your support where you can people!
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I would be interested in the Konet version. I always thought it was interesting take on the origional.That would be nice, but I am not sure any modern game has the Testarossa, just the 512R. What would be great is that one of the modder doing scratch would do one. Some time they come up with "funny" models, with no historic value and an iconic cars like the Testarossa gets forgotten.
Yes this is not what I am looking for, nothing authentic about that one.
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OK I have a few more skins. I hope these are all saved as BC3. They should also have correct driver/team details. I have added the car 152 which won the 1962 Tour de France Automobile, driven by Andre Simon and Maurice Dupeyron. I based it on one of the grey skins but tried to make it more silver, which it was. I also discovered that Giallo_Modena_11 has green leather upholstery, so I have included that.
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Sadly the ext_config.ini doesn't allow to see the modification in preview, showroom or content manager. This is the biggest part for not using it.
Anyway can someone help me please?
i would like to force the Ai to use the Soft tyre for the Kunos R18, this is the only one with medium, and it's abig deficit in performance, I try to look in the setup.ini but I can't seem to find that.
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- evilgloomy
We are giving this way too much spotlight and like you said, the consqeunces may be even worst than we could ever anticipate. Aston Martin are already restricting their models. But Devs generally leave the community alone as they do not want bad pr.
To combat simdream, that is the easy part. Youtube is a whole other situation that is far far more serious.
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You can set the default tyre within tyres.ini or right in Content Manager within Replace Tyres.
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Allow me my intervention, (I speak as a layperson and user of this community) that I will never stop thanking for the fantastic work that I find here, that said, in recent days I have read everything that could be read about this story, and I am very sorry if you have come to obscure a youtube channel of a known user of it, but let me say (although many will not agree with me), the case SimDream, drags on for a long time as that known RTM, unfortunately in my humble opinion is a battle lost in the beginning, is a like fighting against windmills, will continue to do the good and bad time as long as there will be someone who buys their products.
It's undeniable that it bothers the modding community a lot, but as we all know their products are put on a few sites over time and for free, so they are the first to lose out on their profits.
I apologise to everyone for my intervention and if anyone feels offended I offer my sincerest apologies.
It's undeniable that it bothers the modding community a lot, but as we all know their products are put on a few sites over time and for free, so they are the first to lose out on their profits.
I apologise to everyone for my intervention and if anyone feels offended I offer my sincerest apologies.
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I think the important thing more than anything is to send a message they can't act like they have done by trying to silence people for fairly calling them out. My opinion is that is that as a community we need to call these ones to take the trash out those who try to dictate and censor those using illegal tactics. I mean if there hadn't been this continued reaction from us all, I don't think I could have stayed part of a community that allows for small groups to project fear to anyone within in it. It could be just wishful thinking, but at this moment although Mike's channel is not in the clear yet I have a lot of hope that we all will be a lot better as community after this is done and call these types out before they gain the confidence like Sim Dream has done.
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The issue is not only with this particular modding team. It has been a general issue with youtube for a long time now. How many ****** "indie" devs have tried to shut down some pretty big youtubers channels just because the guys called them out over the past years. Sometimes with success.
Same in all kinds of fields : politics, religions and cults, tech reviews...
So, I don't believe this one event will make youtube reconsider their policy, but I don't believe either laying low is the solution. This may be an endless fight but calling out the thiefs and copyright abusers is the only thing to do. Making other people aware of who they are so it's a little harder for them to make a living, and youtube is forced to do its job properly.
Same in all kinds of fields : politics, religions and cults, tech reviews...
So, I don't believe this one event will make youtube reconsider their policy, but I don't believe either laying low is the solution. This may be an endless fight but calling out the thiefs and copyright abusers is the only thing to do. Making other people aware of who they are so it's a little harder for them to make a living, and youtube is forced to do its job properly.
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A group of strangers unite to support 1 man who has been wrongly censored for speaking facts. I'd say that makes the modding community look good. I don't think anyone is campaigning against simdream for "their" cars being conversions and rips. I think you know what it is.
In my line of work, I try to solve for the 80%. (Perfection doesn't exist.) I would hope that game developers see how a gaming community can unite to support their product and they don't make decisions based on a minority. If not, then I already view AC as my final racing game that is moddable, and I have no regrets looking back at the last few years.
That's the purpose. Simdream will continue to do whatever they want, but there is nothing wrong with bringing awareness to the community.
Agree, but we can bring awareness.
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@dmsYes, for the trackwidth, you need to modify the suspensions.ini file in the data folder , precisely in this section (values below are just an exemple ofc) :
[GRAPHICS_OFFSETS]
WHEEL_LF=-0.06 ;Left front graphical offset of the wheel positioning in the x axis (width). + is left - is right movement
SUSP_LF=-0.06 ;Left front graphical offset of the suspension positioning in the x axis (width). + is left - is right movement
WHEEL_RF=0.06 ; Right front as above
SUSP_RF=0.06 ; Right front as above
WHEEL_LR=-0.09 ; Left rear as above
SUSP_LR=-0.19 ; Left rear as above
WHEEL_RR=0.09 ; Right rear as above
SUSP_RR=0.19 ; Right rear as above
You can do it in CM ticking the "Align using data" function. That will display the car the same as ingame.
In case the wheelbase is also wrong ingame, you 'll need to alter the car.ini file here (3rd number) :
[BASIC]
GRAPHICS_OFFSET=0.0,-0.61,-0.40 ; 3 axis correction (x,y,z), applies only to the 3D object of the car (meters)
and the suspensions.ini here :
[BASIC]
WHEELBASE=2.395 ; Wheelbase distance in meters
Hope it helps
To add further if 'USE_ANIMATED_SUSPENSION=1' is in 'car.ini' then the wheel/suspension positions are dictated by the animation files and you can't really adjust them graphically.
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It's unfortunately not that simple, as this misses the factor of attribution and mod support.
Take as an example Bazza's 1965 GP pack, not only was the amount of work put into it clear to see, but his team does support the mods they release on an ongoing basis, all for free. Since SimDream stole that pack (and that is the only word for it), when they then hit Bazza with a copyright strike, he can no longer upload any video content for it, and on top of that, they can no longer support it. You can bet any money that Bazza would have continued to support that pack. Now SimDream make money off something that they stole and the actual modder can't do anything to support or even provide their own content.
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As you may be familiar with the Assetto Corsa Hotlaps' thread, coutersy of @FileMissing and other admin-members - this car/track combination is elegantly stunning on the tarmac, and challenging to say the least...
Here's a peek at my off-the-mark-laptime... and new wip-cameras...
A round of thanks to:
@Big FAT Luke for the Ferrari 250 GT SWB mod, exquisite!
@TimLotus for the liveries,
@FileMissing and background-others for maintaining the discord mod-library, and continued support on entertainment.
On that note, attached are 3x cameras which will compliment the car/track combo. Now get out there and do some laps!
Coincidently - got my favourite car number 1st time on the server... Are we able to choose/designate a requested car-number?
Rename attached-file back to ZIP (remove '.txt'). Unsure how many camera-sets are already out there, so rename the cameras in order to avoid overwriting...
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- evilgloomy
Also free publicity for Simdream. It doesn't matter how much the world hates them, in the end if anyone pays them, they ultimately wins. There are people out there who don't care for the cause, there will be people that see F1 mods and press buy.
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This is truly mindblowing. This could be the technology of track building in the near future. Once the software has been improved and tweaked the possibilities are endless.
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SKIP OVER IF YOURE NOT INTERESTED IN MY VIEWS RE THE SDD DEBATE
Okay - normally I will wait to see an outcome in regards to the SDD issue as I like to 'evidence an argument' and make a measured rather than emotional decision when debating a subject. However, my early concerns are beyond that of a copyright strike but the fact that if Mike's channel loses its appeal then we have lost the right to freedom of expression or the ability to challenge wrongdoing, bullying and alleged theft in the wider sphere. Hopefully Youtube will do the right thing (moral) rather than things right (policy) in this and any future cases - Healthy debate has always been a part of life - Lets hope the Social Media giants dont continue to censure without seeing both sides of the argument.
CAR SKINS
Returning to a forum related point here are some more fictional skins for the Pessio Garage RD1 'Porknose' - if you dont like the dull/matt look rename 'map.dds' file to orig_map.dds or delete it
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I have several mods and only one in particular gets stuck in the pits with AI, he rarely goes out on the track and when he goes out he stops on the way. Does anyone know why this happens? I recorded a video to show the problem.
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- RaceManiacGT1
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- Twisteddrift
Is there a Porsche 919 EVO mod. I know there's a mod that tweaks the 919 that's in the game. But is there a mod that has the bodywork of the 919 EVO?
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Yes its from Toprace people, you have to get it from their discord...
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Ok. Cheers mate.
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