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It feels. Empty. The closing of the old Quotes topic, is rather fitting, given another thing that happened today. Had the Quotes topic not closed, I probably wouldn't even have posted this update, due to the CoS that arrived to wreck havoc on the forums. But, in the weird way that the world works, it's best to talk about it. For those that don't know, today I gave away my Xbox. Not going to say where or to who, because that's irrelevant. The point is that, as fast as things happened, internally it's weirdly been a slow process of adjustment. I think we all remember that time when we had to give up our fondest childhood toy in the process of maturity (I still loved my original PS1, too...). I think the big thing about giving up this Xbox was all the memories. Life for me, as of recent, has been getting much better. I've become more social, met more people, getting money, learning new skills and generally living much happier than previously. And, I think it's a little weird, but, there seems to be this connection between my switch from console to PC gaming. I'm not here to argue which is better, but rather to say that, I think I used my Xbox a lot more than my PC for gaming, and that might be the reason I have so many fond memories with it. I remember staring at the Xbox memory screen for twenty minutes before purging it all. Looking at everything that had been done, and would be forgotten. There's so many games I now refuse to play because all my saves have been lost, such as Trainz Simulator, where I lost this amazing world I made over the course of 3 months. It's hard to think that I might never re-experience the games I played that took me through High School, just because I lost the physical memories. Before Xbox, I had a PS1. That was it. I played some games like Ape Escape, Gran Turismo (demo), Rugrats: Search for Reptar and a few others, but generally I had very little variety. I believe I also got my first computer; an old beige IBM running Windows 98SE, for which I'd play Matchbox: Emergency Patrol and a few other low quality titles. For me, that's a nostalgic time, though. I didn't get the most amazing and brand new stuff out there. I made do with what I had, and I had fun. I think it was because I played such obscure titles that I might be as weird as I am today. The first time I saw an Xbox...its tough to place times. I think it was some time after I got my PS2, which is my favourite console of all time (we'll talk about it in some other blog entry). My cousin was now a permanent resident in Australia, and his family finally had a home and unpacked. I remember going over there, and just like we had played Ratchet & Clank: Deadlocked at my house, we played Timespliters 2 at his. The Xbox controllers weren't too bad, if a little bulky, and the game was super fun. I remember staying over at his house once, and getting up early just so I could screw around with the map editor. What really caught my attention, though, was when we played Halo 2 for the first time. I was amazed. I was astounded. We first played Blood Gulch (called Coagulation in H2). The Warthog was my instant love. We played Juggernaut on Containment, and we made a big in-joke about how I would scream "THE JUGGERNAUT IS COMING" in a cowardly voice (a la "GAME OVER MAN!") whenever I thought the Juggernaut was close to the base I kept stalking (for the tank/warthog). We played on Headlong, and I remember forming the Warthog Protection Society, while my brother became a legendary sniper. Those were the days. Sometime in the future, 2007 came, and my cousin got his Xbox 360 and Halo 3. Holy. I was...it was beautiful. The graphics? The new weapons? The custom gametypes? The player customisation? Up until that point, I had never experienced ANY of that. My Windows XP machine was still too poor to handle the majority of games, and my PS2 hadn't got any new games since LEGO Star Wars II: The Complete Saga. To experience all that for the first time, it was amazing. I remember Sandtrap and just how incredibly expansive it was (and fiddling with the Elephant), before deciding to become a commentator who annoyed other players on the battlefield by asking them questions (because I was losing the game and I decided it would be more fun to act as an obstruction than a target). Hell, just like I had Halo 2, I even got to try some of the campaign out, and while I paid no attention the story, I could tell there was something good go on there. I can't remember the exact year I got my own Xbox 360. I just remember getting that awesome wireless black controller and Halo 3 Limited Edition (with the steel tin), and being the happiest I've ever been. It was true bliss. Right away I loaded up Halo 3 and put on Sandtrap, and I just lost myself in the game before looking at my Halo 3 Official Strategy Guide, and finally learning what "Equipment" was and how to use it. This is where there was an explosion of events. Things are a little hazy from here, but I remember the important things. Sometime down the track, I started to watch the Behind the Scenes videos, and I fell in love with Bungie and their team. That may very well have been the start of my dream to be a game designer (outside of Halo Gilroy which lead to me getting Halo: Custom Edition and starting to make maps). I finished the campaign of Halo 3, slightly confused, and went back to playing Halo: CE and Halo 2 to finally understand the story. I got my Xbox wired up to the net, and for a good deal of time I became one of those annoying kids on XBL. I met some awesome people on XBL, and we made some cool maps, and I also was able to get some cool maps and gametypes in return. My brother and I exploited the Halo 3 campaign, multiple times. I also pissed off my brother because my failure to understand that achievements and armour only unlock for individual accounts lead to me getting a Stepping Razor...for myself. Things went on from there. To keep it brief, I made friends, and I experience things which would change my life. I'm a big believer in the butterfly effect, and the Xbox may very well have been that tiny butterfly which changed everything. Staring at my Xbox last night, I thought about it all. And I knew that, if that's what the 360 did to my life, the kids who will have it now might too just be able to experience things they never thought possible. And that's what made my decision to wipe that Xbox clean a lot easier. In one instant, everything was gone. That Xbox didn't recognise me anymore. Right now, things are changing. I'm becoming more social, financially stable, powerful and happier. And I'd like to think that everything in my life went right because gaming helped me. And I know that, as much as I love my laptop and my old PC and the PS2, the Xbox (and Halo) really did jumpstart everything that's happened so far. I'm going to miss you, big guy.

This MOC is a new version of the 4980 Tunnel Transport. This version has several functions: Detachable cabin and engines. This combination can be used as a speeder to acrioss small tunnels. Landing gear which adapts to the surface Radar Adjustable airfoils Bobcat can be attached with the magnet to the helicopter

This was my very first Rock Raiders MOC that I ever made, hope you like it!

I die a lot.

This topic is a place for people to post their Minecraft screenshots, including any taken of the >RRU Minecraft server. I'll start off with some stuff Arthuriel, Fushigisaur and I got up to on the RRU server. Arthuriel got shot a fair bit here... You can see EXRicky's awesome house in the background. Arthuriel again, this time he's showing affection to the bacons (I mean piggies). Fushigisaur is standing next to me.

Because the internet was lacking a video of this, I decided to do one. C:\Users\Xiron\Desktop\Darkitect accessories\MY DESKTOP IS CLEAN\2\CleanDesktop\123456789\GMOOOOD\_Ripper\25.10.2014_14.00.46\Frames\Frame0000

As you may already know, It's possible to edit the .LEB files in the PIECEDB folder to change what bricks are available in what color in any given category. (Or, by editing a small bit of binary, add additional bricks.) So for those of you who don't wish to mess with these files yourself, or if you just want a nice base for editing with some of the more common ones already there, I've compiled this little mod which will add the following bricks to your game without overriding anything: 11 new basic bricks in beige to the Johnny Thunder menu 14 new green bricks to the Veronica Voltage menu (The 12 basic brick types, plus the flag and spoiler) 1 new green brick to the Castle menu (the Castle theme flag) As for why I didn't split the green bricks up between the Standard and Racing menus, there's an unfortunate hard limit of 30 bricks per menu, forcing me to add to menus with smaller amounts of bricks. Download This is fairly basic for now, but I plan on adding additional pieces that could benefit from additional colors that I can find space for, and it's a good place to start if you want to edit these menus yourself. Remember, you can always edit these files to get any brick you want in any color temporarily, and then switch it back when you're done. I'll also look into any possibilities of getting around the limit of 30 bricks per menu, but for now, enjoy.

A tool that allows low-level editing and saving of the binary-coded formats of Lego Racers. REQUIRES .NET FRAMEWORK 4. Version 1.4.5445.1850 (LATEST): LINK Source code available on bitbucket Past builds: Version 1.4.5444.9397: LINK Version 1.3.4779.34743: LINK Version 1.3.4779.33571: LINK [dead] Version 1.3.4775.41358: LINK [dead] Version 1.2.4774.34658: LINK [dead] Version 1.2.4774.32223: LINK [dead] Version 1.1.4774.26914: LINK [dead] Version 1.0.4771.38689: LINK [dead] Version 1.0.4771.38445: LINK [dead] Version 1.0.4771.37089: LINK [dead] Changelog: (28/11/2014) v1.4.5445.1850 > Line numbers margin automatically resizes, now supporting line numbers greater than 9999 > Fixed the year in the copyright notice. (27/11/2014) v1.4.5444.9397 > Massive speed improvements when loading! > Open sourced it! + Added icon, finally! (31/01/2013) v1.3.4779.34743 > Reworked localization to use US-style decimal separators even on non-US machines. (31/01/2013) v1.3.4779.33571 > Fixed saving bug if your computer uses a comma as the decimal separator (god I hate localization bugs) + Added misc. keyword hints (27/01/2013) v1.3.4775.41358 > Replaced the syntax highlighting engine with a more stable one > Moved keyword hint database into config files + Added misc. keyword hints (26/01/2013) v1.2.4774.34658 (hot-patch) + Added global error logger so I can debug crashes more easily (26/01/2013) v1.2.4774.32223 + Added syntax highlighting + Added line numbers > Syntax highlighting can be disabled by adding -no-highlight as a command-line argument > stopped really small floating-point numbers being shown in exponential form (26/01/2013) v1.1.4774.26914 + Added support for "Open With..." + Added drag-and-drop for file opening > Fixed broken handling of escape characters in strings (23/01/2013) v1.0.4771.38689 (hot-patch) > fixed window title being "Form1" on startup (23/01/2013) v1.0.4771.38445 (hot-patch) - removed syntax highlighting for speed reasons (23/01/2013) v1.0.4771.37089 > Initial build + Comments for a number of partially/fully understood formats + Saving http://www.rockraidersunited.org/public/style_emoticons/default/gallery_254_22_254.png

A launcher for Lego Racers that takes care of custom resolutions, and allows for various patches to improve the game in HD. Config (executable path and resolution) is saved between sessions. If you're having the "black borders on the main menu" issue, try either of the following: > Run the launcher as Administrator > Put the game directory somewhere that non-administrators have write access (for example, put it in your documents rather than program files) REQUIRES .NET FRAMEWORK 4. Version 1.0: [LINK] Changelog: V1.0: > Initial build + Custom Resolutions + Fullscreen Mainmenu patch + Fullscreen cutscene patch

SRF Editor 1.2 This tool will allow you to edit SRF files which contain the strings for LEGO Racers. Changes - Unicode Support! - Text Editor Requires .Net Framework 4.0 Download From the File Database

With some help from the file format information jamesster found on Xentax I have made a JAM extractor. For the amount of information it has to process, it's rather fast, but it will hang there for a bit as it processes all the files (so have patience). Without further ado, here it is: JAM Extractor Latest Downloads (RRU): Windows 32-bit Windows 64-bit Mac 64-bit Latest Downloads (Github): Windows 32-bit Windows 64-bit Mac 64-bit Other Links: All Downloads GitHub Repository Extract your download to find the main "JAMExtractor" executable (all files are required, do not separate them or it will not work). Usage You can run it by the command line or, on Windows, simply drag-and-drop the LEGO.JAM file onto the main executable and wait for it to finish creating a folder next to the original file. To recompile, simply drop a folder onto the main executable and it will create a JAM file. >If you have the 1999 version of the game, it is unnecessary to rebuild a JAM archive. It is possible to have the program also print the files being processed as the program runs if you add an "--verbose" to the arguments. >Still need a GUI? Check out this topic. Important Notes The LJAM file format does not allow file or folder names to contain more than 12 characters. As of version 1.0.2, the program will skip over file and folder whose names are longer than 12 characters. Thus, any files and folders you create within the JAM archive's folders that have names longer than 12 characters will automatically be excluded when creating a new JAM archive. Older versions would only use the first 12 characters of the name as the file name and would include them. Alternately, you can use the source code from the GitHub repository with a Python interpreter. As of version 1.0.2, JAM Extractor is compatible with Python 2.7 and newer, older versions are compatible with 3.0 and newer.

Ok so here is a character that I would like to share with someone since there are no topics here yet. He is a simple character named ALIEN Link: http://www.mediafire...22jugkh23coazzc Here is a picture of him. Tell me if it works or not.

Racer Importer/Exporter v1.0 I've made a tool which will export a racer and his car from your savegame, then allow you to import it back into your savegame. The point of this tool is to allow users to share their created vehicles and characters. Download: https://www.rockraidersunited.com/files/dl-r16/ Requirements: .Net Framework 4

So I've started getting the orginal textures from the game (since we can't convert them yet) so you can see what they are and make your own replacements. I'll list the packs below when they are done. You can replace the files in your JAM with these too in the relevant folder. Download: https://ore.rockraidersunited.org/legacy/LRTextures_v9_991919.zip Includes: - English Font - Power Up Icons ( Thanks JimbobJeffers ) - Power Up Effects ( Thanks Segatendo ) - Bricks ( Thanks Segatendo ) - All Tracks ( Thanks Segatendo, JimbobJeffers ) GRASPART.BMP & SANDPART.BMP Must remain as indexed colour BMP's in order to maintain transparency.

Over the past week or so, I've been attempting to make a pack of skins that not only features texture corrections for two of the game's characters, but also features several classic minifigures to replace the more boring body parts (i.e. the racing suits, Majisto's body, the regular moustache/sunglasses/skeleton heads). The pack provides a corrected chest texture for Commander Cold, and textures for Black Knight that match the actual Black Knight minifigure (no more mish-mash Fright Knights and Dragon Knights parts...). This includes a new face, chest and swapped helmet colours. The MAP has also been modified for Black Knight (Commander Cold doesn't need one). Meanwhile, here's the list so far for the additional characters, check out the spoiler at the end of the post to see them in action: Señor Palomar - Amazon Adventurers Sheriff Deputy - Western Spyrius Agent - Spyrius Space Port Astronaut - Space Port (Rocket Racers homage ) ??? - Castle character The last figure brings me to a question - I wanted to use the black Castle helmet in a figure, so do you guys think I should do a Fright Knight character or a Black Falcon? I'll try and get the textures up by next week! Señor Palomar (expressions and corrected face needed): Sheriff Deputy (complete): Spyrius Agent (expressions and retextured helmet needed): Space Port Astronaut (corrected face and Space Port chest needed): Corrected Commander Cold: Corrected Black Knight (Expressions needed):

I start out with podium, houses start at 0:25ish.

I've heard of vehicles running on fuel extracted from corn, but this is ridiculous.

That's not a mod, its a map. With a texture pack.

Heeeeeyyyy.. I just had an idea for the server. Perhaps every and then, it can be outfitted with 's >LEGO Island in Minecraft mod. I do not know if it works with the current version of MC (I think Sega told me it doesn't), but this may be a good reason to update it.

lol faegot pc mastur raec lel 1337 hax0rz noscope No, that would be the wrong way to respond. I definitely understand. Cheesily enough, the same thing happened when I had to sell a mass of Nintendo DS games, and my DS itself, to help fund godknowswhat. I kind of adapted to the thought that it was going to someone else who can make good memories with it too, I guess. Video games have definitely shaped my life.

Honest question. What is something you'd like to see in a mod? Any issues in the vanilla game that would need adjustment? Right now I have several main plans to improve the mod: 15 or more biomes Spiders, scorpions, other creatures (possibly) Environmental props/scenery New maps New map selection screen Possibly new buildings/objects related to specific maps or missions Hopefully I'll get some new tutorial missions working, too, to explain the gameplay in the mod. Changing how power paths look I'm thinking of making it so that the Small Mobile Laser Cutter and the Large Mobile Laser Cutter can't cross lava. I've never really understood why this was changed in Baz's mod, and unless I was able to get a new animation for lava crossing, maybe involving a shield or something, I don't think it looks good. At the same time, I'm not sure how to make certain vehicles seem worth building, specifically the hover scout and the laser platforms. If anyone has ideas on this I could work with, it'd be greatly appreciated. As for other things, I don't want to say too much in case I can't do something or whatever.

I was just more concerned about his use of the r-word.

I believe Mr. Flashy McSnakerton was attempting to emulate the rather insane style of classic LEGO lore. Unfortunately, even LEGO lore requires a certain level of literary finesse, a requirement that Flashy failed to meet, thus the reactions.

Is that supposed to be funny? Because it isn't funny.

*ahem* There actually is a story in both the manual for the game and some magazines, including at least one comic. In short, Rocket Racer got bored of being the champ, his sidekick Veronica Voltage created a time portal, and gathered opponents throughout various time periods to provide Rocket with some new competition: http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/LEGO_Adventures!_Magazine_Issue_6 (Mumboking's scans, but it seems Bobafett2 stuck them on Brickipedia, which is a bit easier to browse) ... The hell? Ramas are aliens from Xalax. They race. Fin.

I basically soldered two lever arms together. I also have been thinking, from some of your comments, about selling these when I am done. Here is the mock up of what will be included in the "set"

I love how you put 'legos' in tiny writing at the end. As if to say: 'Hi everyone. I'm going to make a really awesome intro topic.' and then... derp Anyway, welcome to RRU! As you said, lots of people here share the same interests as you, so you'll fit right in Please take this complimentary energy crystal and have a seat in reception, you will be given a tour of the RRU tower shortly.

As you may, or may not know, I have doing a lot of modding with the cutscenes over the last couple of days (you can see a few examples on my youtube channel). Up until now I'd mostly only managed to move/remove models or change the camera. I did attempt to put a dancing King Kahuka in the Rocket Racer circuit cutscene (vid) but it didn't work that well, and that was just replacing a model, not inserting a new one. Today I wanted to try copying a model from one cutscene and inserting it into another, properly, with working textures and animations and everything, and it turns out it's not as straightforward as I would have liked. After a couple of hours of trial and error and constantly editing and re-editing several binary files I finally managed to do this: So it is possible, and now that I've done it once I should be able to do it again much more easily but it's still a pain to do. If I can work it out I'll write a post about exactly what you need to do to achieve this. I imagine we could do some pretty interesting stuff by modding the cutscenes. Has anyone else tried anything like this? And do you think it would be possible for someone with more programming knowledge than me (someone with programming knowledge) to write something that could do all the hard work for us? It's just copying files and editing the binaries.

Who do you take me for? Go look at his post and tell me that was any bit important or relevant. He made an unfunny comment without contributing anything else, or asking for any assistance. His bump was useless.

Not on my watch. And my watch says "McJobless will endlessly follow you and remind you about how your posting behaviour is wrong." Please follow the rules if you don't want a hyped-up Aussie screaming in your ear.

I >promised that I would make a topic to cover the ideas I have for this new mod concept, so here it is. I intend to make the races in LR a little more difficult. These are the methods that I've thought up to attempt to achieve this: 1) Limiting the number of white bricks in any race to 2. This will eliminate all fourth-level powerups, including the warp, and hopefully improve the degree of equality between AI racers and humans. 2) Creating new locations for all of the standard power bricks, so that each one will be accessible by an AI. 3) Making minor tweaks to AI racer speeds so as to create a consistent difficulty level within each circuit, with the races in the first three circuits being a bit easier than the second three, but about the same as each other (so Kahuka, powerup choices aside, should be almost as tough as Basil). I will need to look into this to see if this method is necessary and/or viable. As part of number #2, I thought it would be a good idea to try to give each AI racer, not just the bosses, their own distinct powerup preferences. origamiguy has stated that he believes NPC (not boss) racers follow random paths, which would derail this concept. I intend to do testing to verify this one way or the other. More information on this will follow. I'll keep y'all updated on how things are going. I may periodically post downloads so that you can see how things are coming together, and possibly provide input into the process. If so, all the links'll be here. Thanks for your time.

Afternoon everyone, after a bit of a break, I'm getting back into the Racers stuff. Hold onto your glitchy pirate hats, people. Apologies for the slighlty delayed reply, but yeah, I had the same issue with the collision - you drive through the walls a bit before you hit the boundary. I'll have a look into the collision stuff at some point. But for now I'm going back to the cutscenes. Here's a screenshot: It's just a modded version of the Veronica Voltage cutscene. The background is actually the test track now though, instead of the simplified model usually used in the cutscene. Obviously there's still some issues - the sky, for one, and the window and flag models are floating around in the air, but it was just an experiment. It should be pretty simple to use any track as the background for a cutscene. In fact, I reckon completely custom cutscenes shouldn't be too much of a stretch. I'll try to start updating this thread again :P

Yes, as some of you may know, I started doing Cheat Engine hacks for this game too. Main display of what I currently have here in this and/or this video. 1999 Version: https://www.box.com/s/avwoj24r1pacbz0rnvzz 2001 Version: https://www.box.com/s/x5a6brmg59pz67stn8wo Readme: As I no longer have the 1999 version on me, I will be discontinuing the 1999 version. Though when I do new releases to the 2001 version, someone can try and find what I did for the 1999 version if they like. And a credit for the idea for originally finding it would be nice if someone does.

When the modding scene for LEGO Racers exploded, I found it appropriate to create a new, updated version of the original LEGO Racers logo (because we all know that the Drome-style logo isn't anywhere near as awesome). Anyway, here it is: I've created a Test Track and Main Menu texture from it, which you can PM me for if you're interested.

LR Coordinate Viewer I'd like to show you the coordinate viewer I made. It shows you your coordinates when in a race. This may be useful with editing tracks (startpos/object locations) I don't know how to display this in full-screen mode, so you'll have to play in windowed mode for this to work. Screenshot: Download link: https://www.rockraidersunited.com/files/dl-r17/ Note: Does not yet work with the 1999 DRM version. If anyone could send me the correct memory addresses or an image file of the CD, I can update it. UPDATE: New since V2.1: - Force the use of dots as decimal points so you can paste them directly into a binary file. New since v2: - Rotation - Highlightable values for easy copy/paste - One exe for both versions - Option to change pointer if all values show '0' O.T. Also, Hi, I'm new here. I have been following this forum for a while now, but I don't post often on forums.

Latest build: Beta 2 (adds SKB skybox support, DirectX issues not yet fixed) Old builds: Beta 1 Requires .NET Framework 4 Make sure to read the readme file to understand the controls. If you launch it with a -window flag, it will run in a 640x480 window. I am aware that some users are having DirectX issues, I am looking into this.