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Discussion in 'General Off-Topic' started by Car crusher, Apr 4, 2014.

  1. Fast-Subaru71

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    I don't know.
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    He apparently also knows how to rate 5 stars.
    I guess either his expectations for mods are really high or he doesn't install the mods correctly (he also rated an unsupported mod, lel). I can't really tell.
    Maybe I should stop looking at this "latest reviews" thing for now.
     
  2. KJP12

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    Yea, probably should.
     
  3. Tsutarja495

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    Well, this is embarrassing...

     
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  4. KJP12

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    Well... that's just embarrassing to see....
     
  5. EruptionTyphlosion

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    I'm quite angry. It turns out that ea cut the Caprice ppv from rivals. I can only imagine how great that would have been to have. Also, what games even feature it?
     
  6. Ulrich

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    I actually really like the rancho x) Something about it, it's different. Yeah I don't expect finding the Vin code, I have photos of those car, so the number plate should be easy to find, but it probably don't have the same today.
     
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  7. Michaelflat

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    lol at first I thought you meant the smoke was coming from the exhaust of one of those, I know that old diesels can certainly get smokey but I don't know if that vehicle is diesel or a petrol

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    Just spent ages trying to convert back a diesel engine to petrol and in the JBeam I have been trying "petrol" "petroleum" and then quite a few minutes later I finally used "gasoline" and all was well, bloody Americans :p.
     
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  8. aljowen

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    At least that's not the effing map editor. I have spent less than hour in it this morning and have already given up. All I have is a really fun road that I made in blender while on holiday and a mess of a heightmap since barely any of the map editor tools actually work, there is a maximum brush size that is tiny and barely any of the tools work at all.
    The smoothing tool does not smooth anything, it lowers the terrain to the lowest point under the brush and even then leaves a noisy result, the pressure slider seems to have no effect on it either. The raise and lower terrain tools cannot be used while dragging the mouse around, they only work when holding the mouse in one spot otherwise you get wildly unpredictable results. The slope (smoothing?) tool seems to have a mind of its own and loves to exaggerate slopes rather than smooth them usually creating spiky terrain. I presume the add noise tool works, but I haven't needed to use it, because literally every other tool seems to serve the same purpose as it. It also crashes occasionally too.

    Frankly I don't understand how raising terrain can make it lag so badly. All it has to do is ++ some variables (possibly a 2d array) and then render the result to the screen. There is no way it should lag that badly, then skip bits of the terrain and create huge nerd poles everywhere (including off screen) from where it has bugged out.

    I guess it would be best to make the entire map in blender including the heightmap. Then export the 3d Heightmap object as a displacement image. Biggest issue is that it is a pain to test as you go like that, well that and the fact that I don't know that I have it in me to deal with that map editor in any capacity.

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  9. Ulrich

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    ffs
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  10. EruptionTyphlosion

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    You're gonna need a new chain... I thought you could put it back on until I saw the break.
     
  11. Ulrich

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    Yeah... Or a new bike ^^ The derailleur (<Is that the right english word?) was totally wonky and I don't know how to adjust it...
    It should cost me 50€ to fix everything...
    I mean, don't get me wrong It's a good bike, but it's really heavy and ... and It's old in general. It was my Grand-father bike but since he was too old for riding a bike he give it to me...
    For 300€ I should be able to buy a new fancy bike... I don't really need it cause I'm not biking that much... But you know, a good bike is always a good thing to take. (And my father need a better bike, so he can have it x) )
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  12. aljowen

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    You are probably going to want to learn how to adjust your rear derailleur before buying a new bike. Since even if it gets set up correctly when you buy the bike, within about a month it will be out of tune again because brake and gear cables will stretch within the first month of owning the bike.
    You should be able to find instructions for your model online, you may not be able to get it tuned perfectly cause it doesn't look fancy and so won't have as many adjustments on it as expensive ones do. If you can't find instructions you should see some bolts on there that you can fiddle around with until you understand how the mechanism works.

    Worth remembering when you tune these parts on a bike that you can still make finer adjustments using the bolts that attach the cables to the levers. So if it is only slightly out you may be able to fix that super easy.

    Chains can be had quite cheaply (£10 over here), no point buying an expensive one for that drivetrain.
     
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  13. Ulrich

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    I followed a tutorial one day... It was ok but something did not felt right when changing gears :/ I know nothing about bikes tbh I have no idea what to buy.
    The derailleur is very old and does not works well
     
  14. aljowen

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    Well a good place to start when looking at bikes is figuring out what you need it for.

    Do you cycle exclusively on roads -> Get a road bike
    Do you cycle exclusively down hill trails -> Get a downhill bike
    Do you do both?
    If you want a bike that is faster on road get a gravel bike
    If you want a bike that is more capable off road get a cross country bike (generally referred to as an XC bike)
    If you are looking for a cheap (less than €600) mountain bike then you are probably better off getting a hardtail bike (front suspension only), since bikes with full suspension under that price tend to be made using poor quality parts.

    If you are looking for a cheap bike it may also be worth checking the second hand market to see if there are any higher end bikes going at cheaper prices. But just like a second hand car you can buy a pile of scrap if you don't know what you are looking for.
     
  15. Ulrich

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    I don't want to spend more than 300-400€ so I guess second hand is my best bet. I spend most of my time on small old damaged country roads / or fast dirt forest paths. I'd prefer a "VTT" as we call them (=Velo tout terrains = All roads bike = Moutain bike equivalent?) The thing with second hand bikes is : You don't know if the guy did with it, and you can't pay on several months.
     
  16. BombBoy4

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    My grandma has 3 dogs, Harley, Lola, and Tucker. They're all rescues, and pretty small. I've always been close with them, seeing them almost every week for years.
    But Lola, the oldest of the 3, came from an abusive horder. She had a broken foot that was never treated and grew up eating rocks. She has gotten much better over the years, becoming kid friendly and not shy. The other dogs helped her out alot, too. But her broken foot got worse. She started to not walk, getting worse and worse. We did everything we could, but nothing helped. Then she stopped eating. She was in so much pain, she wanted to die. We're putting her down tonight. I love that dog, but she's old and broken. You will always be in my heart Lola.
     
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  17. aljowen

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    Just did a bit of looking around. It would seem that VTT is a fairly generic term, similar to calling something a mountain bike.
    You can see that here: https://www.trekbikes.com/lu/fr_LU/vélos/vtt/c/B300/

    You will probably want a hard tail cross country bike based on what you have said.
    If you find that the mountain bike tyres that come fitted are too aggressive for your useage (too far focused on off road) you may wish to consider hybrid tyres.
    Road bike tyres have very low rolling resistances, whereas off road tyres tend to be very knobbly which makes them more difficult to cycle with on road surfaces. A hybrid tyre is smooth around the circumference for when you use it on road, then more aggressive around the edges to help with off-road mud type stuff.

    This sort of thing:

    You can get them with different biases towards road or off road too. So some will be less solid in the middle to give better mud performance while some will look a lot more like road bike tyres.

    Long story short, an XC mountain bike is very versatile. You won't go as fast on road as a road bike, you won't go as fast on a downhill trail as a downhill bike. But you can more or less do both with one bike as long as you aren't riding it too hard. By changing the tyres you can tune it a little further towards your needs if required.
     
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  18. Glitchy

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    Aww.. I'm sorry to hear that.. :(
     
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  19. Ulrich

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    (Don't mind the random web site)
    Sooo, for exemple : What do you think of that bike? http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/calibre...1026X1519955X1fafc03ea9f115d184a3d58c3ea4c4c0
     
  20. fivedollarlamp

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    Jersey shore
     
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