Live for Speed DEMO TEST 0.2A
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www.liveforspeed.net - www.liveforspeed.com

Important :
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This is a free TEST version of the Live for Speed DEMO.
This software comes with no warranties of any kind.
By installing this software you agree that you do so at at your own risk
and you accept full responsibility for any damage caused by the use or
installation of the software.
The producers of the Live for Speed racing simulator make every effort
to ensure the program is safe but can not accept any responsibility
whatsoever for any damage of any kind to your system including corrupted
files, lost data or damage to hardware.


Installation :
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To install LFS DEMO TEST, unzip the file into a suitable folder on your
hard drive.  You must ensure that the directory structure is preserved
by using the appropriate option in your unzip utility.  You will know
that it has been correctly unzipped if you see a data folder beside the
LFS.exe program and some more folders inside the data folder.


To run the demo :
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Double-click the program file LFS.exe

Note : Microsoft® DirectX® 8.1 is required and can be downloaded from
www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/downloads/default.asp
DirectX is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation


Game controller information :
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To set up one or more game controllers :

1) In LFS options...controls select "Wheel" at the top of the screen.
2) Select Combined or Separate axes to match your controller's settings.
3) Select the button functions and press buttons to assign.
4) Press the button "Axes" to assign axes.
5) Click on the function you wish to assign to an axis.
6) Move the controller to see which axis to assign.
7) Click on the button next to that axis, to assign the function.
8) You may need to invert some of the axes by clicking "invert".
9) You can click on "recalibrate" to adjust the calibration limits.
10) For axes which need to be centred, click on the C button at centre.
11) You may wish to lock calibration after calibrating your controller.
12) To use a shifter, select the correct shift mode and assign gears.

Force Feedback :

1) You can turn on or off Force Feedback with the on-screen switch.
2) If you have more than one FF device you can select the required one.


Wide screen graphics card support :
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For graphics cards which support 3 screens :
Run the program once and exit to fill in the cfg.txt file.
Edit the cfg.txt file in a text editor.
Find the line "Allow Wide Screen 0" and change it to 1.
Now you will be able to choose wide screen modes.


Switching to other applications :
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The ALT-TAB key press is not recommended during a multiplayer game
as after ALT-TAB the game is never called by the operating system
and cannot maintain its connections with the other computers.
Instead, please use the quick key SHIFT-F4 to temporarily run the
gane in a window.

SHIFT-F4       - switch to window
CTRL-SHIFT-F9  - 512 x 384
SHIFT-F9       - 640 x 480
SHIFT-F10      - 800 x 600
SHIFT-F11      - 1024 x 768
SHIFT-F12      - 1280 x 960
CTRL-SHIFT-F11 - 2400 x 600 (if wide screen is enabled - see above)
CTRL-SHIFT-F12 - 3072 x 768 (if wide screen is enabled - see above)


Command line options :
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LFS can be run from a command line or another application.
A dedicated host mode is available with no hardware draw : "nogfx"

1) Host options :
Example : LFS /host=test host /cars=FR /dedicated=nogfx /maxconns=7

/host=Host Name      -FIRST IN LIST-
/pass=Optional Pass  [password if required]
/port=63392          [a high number below 63356]
/track=Blackwood     [Blackwood / Skid Pad]
/config=1            [config : 1-GP / 2-RALLYX in Blackwood]
/reversed=no         [no / yes]
/weather=1           [weather : 1,2,3 in Blackwood]
/cars=FRT            [F-XFGTI / R-XRGT / T-XRGTTURBO]
/maxconns=8          [maximum number of connections including host]
/laps=3              [number of lap, 0 for practice]
/wind=1              [0 no wind / 1 low wind / 2 high wind]
/dedicated=no        [no / yes / nogfx / invisible]
/vote=yes            [no / yes]       

2) Guest options :
Example : LFS /join=test host

/join=Host Name      -FIRST IN LIST-
/pass=Optional Pass

3) Status file "hoststat.txt" - updated whenever info changes :
Displays the following information:

lfs=0.2A
status=ingame        [offline/online/ingame]
conns=4
maxconns=8
conn=Player Name 1
conn=Player Name 2
...


Replay Analyser File :
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This feature is provided for use in external analyser applications.
It stores data from one lap of driving.

- USER information :

Press ESC while viewing the car in a replay, on the lap BEFORE the
lap you wish to analyse.  Click on "Output lap data" and enter the
name of the output file.  This file will be saved in a "raf" folder.
Use an external application to open the .raf files (not supplied).

The file will be created when the car crosses the start line and
will be closed when the car crosses it again 1 lap later.

- PROGRAMMER information :

www.liveforspeed.net/RAF.txt


Thanks :
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Thanks to all players for your testing.


Copyright :
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(c) 2002-2003 Scawen Roberts - Eric Bailey - Victor van Vlaardingen