Hello, yep I'm the new guy. Glad to say this is one of the best mods around =) Anywho, I unfortunitly got some bad information (great, first post on the forum and it's to report a bug 
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The Bug(s):
Bug 1: Unable to view HUD / Put in spectator mode
When playing the game online, It will sometimes not load the HUD, as in it's not visable. This includes all features and names over player cars. This isn't much of a deal in racing, but on other game types, it makes the gametype almost unplayable.
http://www.shawn64.com/shaltif/error2a.JPG
Yes, I am the guy in the big monster truck, and driving (going in reverse)
Also, sometimes when getting on a server, I will be thrown into something I will call "Half spectator" mode. In which I select join for the server, but the game "interphase" thinks I'm a spectator. I can still select a car and race, however I have the "spectator" like mode on. So when I click, no horn, as it thinks I'm trying to "click to view a new player". Also, no text messages will display. Below is an image of me playing the game, but the game thinks I'm in spectator mode.
http://www.shawn64.com/shaltif/error1a.JPG
I am the car closest to you, as you can see, the game thinks I'm spectating, but I am actually driving that car and interacting with those players.
I notice that both these problems seem to resolve if my ping is low and once fixed, it will only mess up again when a new track is loaded (even if my ping goes back over 250+) (so each time I load a track, there is a potential that the error occurs again.)
If I get the server message at track loadup (like the official servers) before it displays my select car dialog, then I'm ok. Otherwise, I get one of the above problems. I notice that if my ping is over 250, it happens almost 100% of the time.
Bug 2: Ball in K-Ball doesn't show (only online)
This is I beleive similar to the above bug, as if the game is forgetting to update the "gfx" position of the ball after someone scores. Usually when a level first loads and I don't get the above bug issue, it will display fine until someone scores. In which case, it is a 50% chance that I can't see it anymore until someone scores again. Sounds like an unpdate issue with me and the server, as if I'm not getting the message that the ball was returned.
In the above images I showed earlier, the ball "should" be where the cars all together (in billards, I beleive it's supposed to be displaying where all there players are driving to) but it doesn't show as you can see.
Note that this bug "appears" to be independent of the other bug, meaning that if my HUD isn't working or I'm in "half speculator" mode, I can still see the ball, and sometimes when I don't have bug 1, I have bug 2. Sometimes, I have both bugs, which makes playing K-Ball virtually impossible.
Bug 3: "Esc" Menu invisible...
This only happens when I get bug 1. sometimes (not always) I can't see my "esc" menu. I can here it come up, and I can interact with it, but it is invisible to the view (so much now that I actually memorized were all the buttons are on that menu)
These bugs only happen online, and so I beleive it must be something to do with client / server information being lost. I'm not sure why that would effect the HUD, but I can see that for being a reason for it throwing me in spec mode or losing the ball image.
I tried all avialable servers and it has happened on all of them. It has happened less on the offical ones, but still present.
Is there anyway this could possibly cleared up for the next release? I'm on dial (yep, I spent the 15 some ours downloading this thing) so when the server has more than 3-4 people I usually get some 250+ pings which cause these issues.
Also, if you do update, please make it an update file rather then having to download the entire package again, I can't be blocking my phoneline all the time now. =)
~Brandon
If you have any questions about my issues, let me know, I will glady clarify. Now to play a bit. (These bugs aren't going to slow me down...lag might)
)The Bug(s):
Bug 1: Unable to view HUD / Put in spectator mode
When playing the game online, It will sometimes not load the HUD, as in it's not visable. This includes all features and names over player cars. This isn't much of a deal in racing, but on other game types, it makes the gametype almost unplayable.
http://www.shawn64.com/shaltif/error2a.JPG
Yes, I am the guy in the big monster truck, and driving (going in reverse)
Also, sometimes when getting on a server, I will be thrown into something I will call "Half spectator" mode. In which I select join for the server, but the game "interphase" thinks I'm a spectator. I can still select a car and race, however I have the "spectator" like mode on. So when I click, no horn, as it thinks I'm trying to "click to view a new player". Also, no text messages will display. Below is an image of me playing the game, but the game thinks I'm in spectator mode.
http://www.shawn64.com/shaltif/error1a.JPG
I am the car closest to you, as you can see, the game thinks I'm spectating, but I am actually driving that car and interacting with those players.
I notice that both these problems seem to resolve if my ping is low and once fixed, it will only mess up again when a new track is loaded (even if my ping goes back over 250+) (so each time I load a track, there is a potential that the error occurs again.)
If I get the server message at track loadup (like the official servers) before it displays my select car dialog, then I'm ok. Otherwise, I get one of the above problems. I notice that if my ping is over 250, it happens almost 100% of the time.
Bug 2: Ball in K-Ball doesn't show (only online)
This is I beleive similar to the above bug, as if the game is forgetting to update the "gfx" position of the ball after someone scores. Usually when a level first loads and I don't get the above bug issue, it will display fine until someone scores. In which case, it is a 50% chance that I can't see it anymore until someone scores again. Sounds like an unpdate issue with me and the server, as if I'm not getting the message that the ball was returned.
In the above images I showed earlier, the ball "should" be where the cars all together (in billards, I beleive it's supposed to be displaying where all there players are driving to) but it doesn't show as you can see.
Note that this bug "appears" to be independent of the other bug, meaning that if my HUD isn't working or I'm in "half speculator" mode, I can still see the ball, and sometimes when I don't have bug 1, I have bug 2. Sometimes, I have both bugs, which makes playing K-Ball virtually impossible.
Bug 3: "Esc" Menu invisible...
This only happens when I get bug 1. sometimes (not always) I can't see my "esc" menu. I can here it come up, and I can interact with it, but it is invisible to the view (so much now that I actually memorized were all the buttons are on that menu)
These bugs only happen online, and so I beleive it must be something to do with client / server information being lost. I'm not sure why that would effect the HUD, but I can see that for being a reason for it throwing me in spec mode or losing the ball image.
I tried all avialable servers and it has happened on all of them. It has happened less on the offical ones, but still present.
Is there anyway this could possibly cleared up for the next release? I'm on dial (yep, I spent the 15 some ours downloading this thing) so when the server has more than 3-4 people I usually get some 250+ pings which cause these issues.
Also, if you do update, please make it an update file rather then having to download the entire package again, I can't be blocking my phoneline all the time now. =)
~Brandon
If you have any questions about my issues, let me know, I will glady clarify. Now to play a bit. (These bugs aren't going to slow me down...lag might)
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