UKGTL Season 15 Lawrence Clemo Memorial Trophy - Loch Rannoch - May 11

[EvilClive]

Sorry to be a PIA Tony, not having done this before with GTL.

Is the 1 lap qually a free for all, i.e. we all take our chances on getting a clear lap,  or do we go out "under stewards orders" so that there are only ever 2 cars on track at one time. One doing a fast qualifying run and one on his "out lap"?

[Erling G-P]

Sorry to be a PIA Tony, not having done this before with GTL.

Is the 1 lap qually a free for all, i.e. we all take our chances on getting a clear lap,  or do we go out "under stewards orders" so that there are only ever 2 cars on track at one time. One doing a fast qualifying run and one on his "out lap"?

If it's like earlier races with 'hot lap' qualifying, then there's no order; you have to take your chance - and ppl on outlaps should be extra vigilant for hot lappers coming from behind... 

Cheers,
Erling

[EvilClive]

Ok ... hehe!   that should be fun if we have a big grid  

I have downloaded that DB4 3 times and installed. There seems to be a load of files in the folder and I am using #9 ( first car on the list), but still no engine sound, other than occasional backfire. I have wind and tyre effects...maybe it runs on Whisky?

Any suggestions guys, as it feels kind of eerie rushing around a loch in a silent car, but maybe that is the future of motorsport???

[Erling G-P]

Ok ... hehe!   that should be fun if we have a big grid  

I have downloaded that DB4 3 times and installed. There seems to be a load of files in the folder and I am using #9 ( first car on the list), but still no engine sound, other than occasional backfire. I have wind and tyre effects...maybe it runs on Whisky?

Any suggestions guys, as it feels kind of eerie rushing around a loch in a silent car, but maybe that is the future of motorsport???

Have you tried any of the other ones in the package ?  I'm using #356 and have no trouble with sound.  Did download the car at an earlier date though, so maybe it's changed since then ?

This is the content of my DB4 folder:



Cheers,
Erling

[Wiltshire Tony]

There is no organised qualifying. You leave the pits and take your chance. Perhaps drivers on hotlaps could switch their headlamps on to warn others of your approach?

The folder contents that Erling shows match mine exactly. The .AUD file is the one that contains the sounds. Do the Merc and Jag give you sound?

Drivers finishing their hotlap should hit ESC after crossing the finish line.

[55steve55]

If it helps Clive, make sure you transfer the Game Data folder into GTL as it holds a Team and Sounds Folder. It is tempting to just drop the Team Folder into GTL, but as the DB4 doesn't rely on any existing Aston audio files, you will end up with a quiet runner. Sounds obvious, but I made that mistake first time loading!

[EvilClive]

I'm not sure I follow what you mean Steve?  Why would I be transferring a Game Data folder? The only one I have is already there in the GTL directory??? 

 When the installer prompts for a location, I point it at my GTL directory and let it do its thing. In just the same way as I have with any other cars or circuits that are posted for forthcoming events.

All of the cars show up in the Team sub folder of the Game Data folder, just as all the circuits are listed in the "Locations" folder. I can see the DB4 folder alongside the DB1 and DB2  variants, and if I scroll down the list, past all of the other cars I can get to the E type and the Merc.
In just the same way the track list under locations has all of the circuits we have visited plus the originals, all downloaded and installed with the installer in one neat list

The Merc and  the E type work fine, absolutely no probs with the ( glorious ) sound on those. I have compared my file list to the list that Erling posted and they match. Even tried a couple of the other DB4 options..still very tranquil here  and i want to hear that Aston engine at full revs !!!!

very puzzled 

[Bob M.]

You might check your Sound/cars file in Gamedata, it should contain a folder named AMDB4_SA that has about 24 .wav files.  Also might try a new download and extraction.  Have had them miss stuff before.  Hope you get it fixed!

Bob M.

[EvilClive]

Thanks Bob, that AMDB4_SA file is conspicuous by its absence!!

I will try yet another d/load and see if I get it this time??! Driving what sounds like a milk float around this track at 120mph is just NOT right!


EDIT....yup this time the AMDB4 file appeared and we have glorious surround sound of cams and whizzy bits...along with the screech of tortured metal against walls, breaking suspension parts and smashed headlights!!

Thanks all

[EvilClive]

oh dear!!  me again?? sorry to spoil your Sunday mornings guys. Thought I would try out Tony's practice server , just to be sure everything was working before Monday evening.

All cars work off line...no issues ...no problems. Tried the track in both directions........ no issues....no problems ( other than getting over that ruddy jump without landing on my nose!!)

DB4 and Jag work OK on practice server, but Merc 300SL comes up with "car not present on server".

I assume that I should be using the same Merc 300 SL LM55 that we use in the other series??
 as it is the only one I have in my garage?

[Wiltshire Tony]

Oh dear Clive, what shall we do with you?

No the Merc is not the one used in the LM55 series. It's the Merc that is a standard car included with GTL. It's called the Mercedes 300SL and it should be showing in your GTC-65 folder. There are two cars included, No's 455 & 456.

[EvilClive]

I did some digging in the GTL directory and the GTC-65 folder, and lo and behold there are folders for cars 455 & 456 listed there alongside the LM55 folder. i temporarily moved the LM55 folder to another place and tried again...GTL still only offers the LM55 car or the 300 SEL which is that monster saloon.

I even re-loaded a virgin copy of GTL on my remote/archive hard disk (as a source for any future missing files,) and copied across a new set of folders for 455 & 456, just to be sure that they had not become corrupted.
Still the only Merc 300sl on offer is the LM55 version.

I am about to re boot the PC, although I cannot believe that is necessary, and try again.
After that it's housework/dog walking/and cooking...............so this topic might go quiet for a while..............."ooh! thank goodness " I hear across the forums!!  lol

[Wiltshire Tony]

In GTL, If you go Single Player/My Garage can you see the Mercedes 300SL there?

[EvilClive]

Thanks Tony, just dived back on the PC to see if anyone had answered.

No! the std 300SL does not appear, but the 55 LM does.  I have even tried allowing ALL cars to be selectable by ticking all of the boxes, in the hope that the SL would show up, but it remains invisible. I also bought a couple of 300 SEL's, just in case I needed a sound file(?) from there.

[Wiltshire Tony]

Overwrite your Merc folder with this one http://www.mediafire.com/download/pvfw6yxpw4a5azm/Mercedes_300SL.zip