Lightspeed

[Crisp_N_Dry]

I think it is really pointless. Player is simply not allowed to leave the raceway. If he violate this rule, he is punished for it. Some function to take him automaticaly back on way sounds good, but IMO it is just pampering of player.

Like Traveler said, this is too harsh. The current method you have employed effectively ruins any chance of coming first just for one mistake. There's nothing wrong with "pampering" the player. The method whereby the computer automatically returns the player to the point where they left the track is ideal. They would lose a second or two in the time it takes to respawn but they still have a chance at catching up. Remember, this is a game and gamers have little patience for flaws like this. Though in the end it's your game and you can do with it as you please but design issues like these can make or break a game. Just be sure you've made the right choice.

[Huehnerschaender]

Hi Finch,

if you want to hear one more opinion, I am totally with the others. I played a few times and cursed the game everytime I lost track of the course, because if you realize too late that you were off, it is also hard to find the point where you left the track. Respawning and losing some time would be way better in my opinion...

Greetings,
Dirk

[Finch]

Ok, I'll do it for those players who aren't able to keep shuttle on raceway. Maybe I can implement this "return-on-way-device" as some kind of upgrade for player's shuttle.

But I'm very surprised, beacause you are the first people who complain

[Chesso]

Ive seen tons of racing games that returned a player to where they left the track and no one complained?

They were older games but meh.

[Finch]

I have one reason - maybe Czech players are more skilled

[FusionWolf]

Hi,

I tried to run the game, but all I got was black command-prompt screen which closes immediately.

Then I tried to run lightspeed.exe from command-prompt and I got program too big to fit in memory error.

I Have:
AMD AthlonXP ~2.26GHz
Radeon 9600XT 128MB
512MB DDR-SDRAM
Windows XP Pro.

[JSoftware]

Hi,

I tried to run the game, but all I got was black command-prompt screen which closes immediately.

Then I tried to run lightspeed.exe from command-prompt and I got program too big to fit in memory error.

I Have:
AMD AthlonXP ~2.26GHz
Radeon 9600XT 128MB
512MB DDR-SDRAM
Windows XP Pro.

Same here except for i have windows 2000 pro

Regards
Jeppe

[Finch]

I have no idea what could cause this problem. Was error.log file generated?

[JSoftware]

Weird.. now after i've unplugged my usb card reader it works.. :? i think it might have been an irq conflict with between my usb root hub and the gfx..

[Finch]

Yes, it's really strange.