Hi ho. I've accidentally done something that might be of interest.

LFS Broadcast overlay (see attached pic) is quite simple really: It's an F1-style overlay with the current race order and gaps.

You can download it at:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16059823/LFS_overlay.zip

A quick FAQ:
How do I run this?
- See README-file. I've also copied it here below.

It doesn't work with fraps / procaster / full screen?
- Unfortunately no. This is because all of the above are / would require me to do a direct x hack which this is not. If you want to capture something I suggest you use either Windows media encoder (built-in screencapture) or Flash media encoder ( You might also like to see this screencapture driver:http://www.splitmedialabs.com/vh-video-sdk/vh-screen-capture)

The timing is not correct?
- Short answer: I know.
- Long answer: It is correct. It's just not the latest split time.

I'd like to suggest feature xxx you could implement...
- By all means. I might ignore it though. I have a long list of stuff that's still missing, it's far from ready (quite obviously).

So why publish something that is not finished?
- You're in the wrong forum for that question mate.

Quote from README.txt :

This program is run by opening 'overlay1.exe'-file, which
is included in the exe.win32-2.7 folder.

The program will then ask you to input an insim port. Therefore
you must at this point open Live for Speed, and type
'/insim xxxxx' to the ingame chat, where xxxxx is your desired
port number. Any port will do, I suggest you use either
32300 or 29999. THIS PROGRAM MUST BE RUN LOCALLY, even though
you can connect it to a remote host.

Then insert the same port you enabled in LFS in the command prompt
window. A "insim TCP: F1 overlay" -message will appear in LFS. The
program is now running. Just wait for it now

Additionally, there is a file called "config.txt" where you can
configure the position of the overlay window. Instructions are included
in that same file.

You may not copy, redistribute, sell or masturbate to this program.
If the program is broken, you can keep all the pieces.

Happy Christmas.

Happy Christmas to you too!





btw, pretty naic !

oh nice nice boy

works great timo

Easy to run, good work

runs, connects to LFS, but nothing than a CMD window is visible
it doesn't work for me "twat"

itsn't there some app that shows this in LFS? at least some servers show split times etc.

tried on cargame.nl and on my local host server

Quote from JackCY :

runs, connects to LFS, but nothing than a CMD window is visible
it doesn't work for me "twat"

itsn't there some app that shows this in LFS? at least some servers show split times etc.

tried on cargame.nl and on my local host server

IIRC you've already tried the same window system:

Quote from JackCY :

meh, so many files and code for reading tracker and showing it in window?

So unless you've magically managed to make your computer go tits up it should work perfectly. Did you wait at all? There's no reason to bring up the results instantly, I've made it so that it waits untill the leader has crossed the s/f line. And on the first time you won't see any gaps because the app hasn't worked them out yet (because no full laps have been completed).

So wait for a while. If nothing comes up after an hour while the race has been going on, I'll pick my tech support hat up.

good program
but it would be better to add a number of laps at the top
and by the way, does not show the gap after the first lap

Quote from butser :

good program
but it would be better to add a number of laps at the top
and by the way, does not show the gap after the first lap

Actually, the smartest thing now would be to add the lap count to the gapslot of P1...

The program does not work out the gaps by magic. Therefore everyone must complete a lap before the gaps are displayed. Currently the overlay pops up when the leader crosses the s/f line - therefore no one else besides the leader has completed a lap and you don't see gaps (because they have not been calculated yet).