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I've managed to contact Fred Gill, one of the founders of atd via email, this is the raw email: Hi Kevin, Abbie (I’ve removed her via BCC) forwarded on your email to me; I don’t work for Respawn Entertainment, but was part of the EA publishing team that helped Respawn bring Titanfall to market. I must admit I didn’t know that there was a Lego Racers 2 modding community out there – a pleasant surprise indeed! I am actually going on holiday/sabbatical for 3 weeks, so won’t be able to respond until September – please line up your questions and I’ll attempt to answer them on my return – I am still in contact with many of the original team, so hopefully can help. Regards Fred --- I am going to ask him some questions, but post some here!

I second these. My own questions: We've heard that ATD's first collaboration with LEGO was >Rocket Racers, an attraction at LEGOLAND Windsor. Rocket Racers is obviously based directly on the original LEGO Racers, and going by video footage, it seems that it may even use some of LEGO Racers' textures. LEGO Racers 2 also recycles some minifigure face textures from the original LEGO Racers. So, what was the relationship between High Voltage Software and ATD? Was ATD given more than just textures? Do you have any more information on the canceled >LEGO Racers 4? Not sure if this is a question to ask Kevin, but: What/when/why was Rocket Racer's design altered in LEGO Racers 2? An early trailer for the game has FMV clips featuring the original design, concept art for the game's box shows the original design, and the ice statue of him in the Arctic foyer in-game even uses his original design... It seems to suggest the redesign didn't come until later in the game's development. What happened with the Xbox port for Drome Racers? Either it was never released, or it's incredibly rare. Besides LEGO Racers 4, were there any other LEGO projects that didn't happen? Were there any substantial features cut from the games? Any other interesting stories from the development of the games?

Almost forgot about this but... On the way home from camping on Monday, we came across this public art sculpture. My dad was nice enough to slow down a bit so I could snap a steady shot of it. Now, obviously it's very disproportional in every way, but most public art is anyway. Just thought I'd share my findings. (By the way, you can barely see it, but that is a 3x2 red brick behind the blue one. The angle and speed we were going made it impossible to get both in the shot.)

So, RRU is being invaded by cats...(Sadie started it ) post your cats here so we can keep a collection. Here's mine, KittyPopo. He will stare into your soul!

Questions: The >mirror mode and overhead view cheats never had the key combinations released for them. Do you know what they are? Why was Professor Voltage replaced by Sparky? In certain versions/languages of the game MPH is used, and others KPH. Was this simply just a text edit, or did the speedometer actually change between versions? If it is just a text edit, which speed measurement is most accurate to follow? There is a unused fanfare called CARUP which sounds similar to the fanfare when you get a car bonus. What's the story behind this fanfare? Going by certain developer comments in the scripts, I take it you guys had a fun time making this game? Why did you use visible objects like curbs for ambient sounds and not an invisible one?

1) Were there any other planned areas/worlds for the game? 2) Why the change in weapon system from LR1? I realise it was a different company, but surely you would have analysed LR1 for inspiration. 3) Who was Nod?

I confess that I was the one who gave the link to Sadie in the first place, as I've been using one of these on Skype and Tumblr for quite some time... Yes, I was the catalyst.

Here's my cat: And here's my avatar:

[8:21:13 PM] jamesster: https://community.lego.com/t5/LEGENDS-OF-CHIMA/if-Eris-came-to-your-house/m-p/6797734/highlight/true#M27472 [8:21:14 PM] jamesster: lemme just [8:21:16 PM] jamesster: point this out [8:21:17 PM] jamesster: specifically [8:21:25 PM] Fush: I added blood cause I'm mature enough for it K don't like it get out [8:21:46 PM] Hugh Wotmeigh: "Me: Fried Eagle tastes just like Fried Chicken I wish I had more" [8:21:47 PM] Hugh Wotmeigh: wot [8:22:03 PM] Hugh Wotmeigh: We've got a psychopath on the rise [8:22:35 PM] jamesster: fox news: MURDERER REHERSED PLANS ON LEGO WEBSITE [8:22:42 PM] Hugh Wotmeigh: His response to allogations of cannabilisim [8:22:44 PM] Hugh Wotmeigh: "as long as it tastes like Fried Chicken who cares"

[8:14:32 PM] McJobless: >: ( Everyone is a f****ing cat and I'm just here being facially challenged. [8:14:50 PM] Alcom Isst: [8:14 PM] McJobless: <<< >: ( Everyone is a f****ing cat and I'm just here being facially challenged.Pardon? [8:15:17 PM] McJobless: You don't count. I just presume you're cute and furry with 90% of the stuff you say. [8:15:28 PM] Ace the Railgun: On 8/6/14, at 6:14 PM, xx7xxxpowersxx wrote: > >: ( Everyone is a f****ing cat and I'm just here being facially challenged. You're not alone McJ [8:15:39 PM] Alcom Isst: I have no idea what's going on. [8:15:52 PM] jamesster: I stand by my Nick Brick as far as RRU goes [8:17:42 PM] jamesster: [8:15 PM] Alcom Isst: <<< I have no idea what's going on.sadie said she liked my skype/tumblr avatar, I gave her the link to the icon generator it was made with, she posted it on RRU, people are using it apparently

Here, since there was no proper end have a hasty doodle with terrible perspective instead

Fred Gill did say he still has contact to a part of the atd team, but for the email I might take the most important questions he (and maybe some other people) might be able to answer.

I am somewhat concerned that we're including a ton of questions on weird, specific details that he likely wasn't directly involved with. Stuff on the speedometer, some unused sound effect, why Barney is in the character creator (hey, so is Axle from Rock Raiders for that matter)... Is this seriously what we're asking one of the founders of ATD? I included that question on Rocket's redesign for the heck of it (and prefaced it by saying he might not be the best guy to ask about it), but since we've got a metric crapton of questions now, you can probably just leave it out. Remember that a short question can lead to a very long answer. Write an entire essay's worth of questions, and you're either asking for a book's worth of replies, or short vague replies - assuming the guy can answer most of these in the first place. Prioritize things. Not quite, he has a standard smile face and blank white torso, as seen in some of the pre-rendered screens - particularly when you warp to Xalax. I've always wondered what the point of creating a custom character was in that game when said custom character was hardly ever used in the game itself...

Plot twist: those bricks were actually the failed attempt of a Lego clone brand to make bigger (and therefore automaticly better!) versions of those huge Lego Baby bricks.

This is not happening.....

The 'line of infection': @ Ben24x7 : (07 August 2014 - 08:35 PM) I'm going to draw a line because of this ridiculous thing going on, people involved will be on one side, people who arn't involved on the other. Anyone who isn't involved steps over the line will become infected alright? @ aidenpons : (07 August 2014 - 08:36 PM) @ BadDream : (07 August 2014 - 08:37 PM) This cat thing is quite... interesting @ Ben24x7 : (07 August 2014 - 08:37 PM) And if anyone who IS involved steps over the line will try and fail to infect others @ Ben24x7 : (07 August 2014 - 08:37 PM) Lets see... @ Ben24x7 : (07 August 2014 - 08:37 PM) I'll start from A... *Bends down with thick black marker pen and places the tip onto the floor* @ Ben24x7 : (07 August 2014 - 08:38 PM) ...The it ends at... ...B. *Walks towards the other side of the room dragging the pen across the floor* @ Ben24x7 : (07 August 2014 - 08:38 PM) ...And done! *Stands up, takes pen off the floor, has drawn a line along the hallway* @ aidenpons : (07 August 2014 - 08:39 PM) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DO NOT STEP OVER THIS LINE @ Ben24x7 : (07 August 2014 - 08:40 PM) @ Ben24x7 : (07 August 2014 - 08:40 PM) STEP OVER THE LINE YOU ARE DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED @ BadDream : (07 August 2014 - 08:41 PM) *walks over the line* @ Ben24x7 : (07 August 2014 - 08:41 PM) YOU ARE INFECTED SIR @ Ben24x7 : (07 August 2014 - 08:41 PM) Oh wait, you arn't

This is Cats, no?

Meow!

Well, while I'm not part of the invasion, here are mine from nearly 4-5 year ago that I did use on another forum.

Smile Cat

[8/6/14 7:41:40 PM] jamesster: On 8/6/14, at 7:33 PM, jamesster wrote: > I FOUND MY FAVORITE TOPIC :D https://community.lego.com/t5/LEGENDS-OF-CHIMA/speedorz-are-like-lawnmowers/m-p/4783286/highlight/true#M5196 I have made it my personal goal to inject this topic with as many subtle drug references as possible

Full gallery and info (it has an interior!): http://web.archive.org/web/20140806004838/http://home.comcast.net/~deadboymgo/site/?/page/Lego_CSS_Chi-Town/ Wow. I didn't even know that LEGO Creator was technically capable of something this big. To the guy who built this: Darn good job. Update - The original webpage is down, switched out with a link to the web archives.

jamesster said he thinks this was on RRU before but was sent to the Pit of Doom. If that is true, sorry, but I pulled it back out so it can go into the Pit of Hail and Brimstone forever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGcfN_9ylCk I finally finished editing and uploading the LP I recorded before Lego World Creator and was actually the only LP I intended to do, TLM Glue Escape Racing Game. Let me explain the game this way, and even it might be spoiling too much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_7OgCoszR0 YouTube Playlist

You created a catastrophe.

Why would do that? He allowed a similar thread for le717 Impersonation day, so I don't think you have to worry. RRU is, in my experience, quite open to a bit of harmless fun. Besides, if he was going to lock this thread, he would do so right away, instead of posting in it without doing so. Pretty much this. I am just in denial that this is a fad right now on RRU.

It's so cute. It looks like a tiger a tiny bit, but it mostly resembles me. Wee it's so cute.

LEGO Racers HD will focus on replacing the low resolution textures of LEGO Racers with new higher resolution ones. Screenshots: LEGO Racers HD design philosophy: Keep the original LEGO Racers drawing style (no photo realistic textures) LEGO-fy textures (add studs) Most textures drawn in vector Tools being used while creating LEGO Racers HD: LEGO.jam File Extractor by JrMasterModelBuilder LR Textures thread by Cyrem

I'll update this topic when I have created some more Lego Stunt Rally characters. In case if you don't know where the files goes read this: All PLAYER *number* FACEs goest to: characters/heads/textures. All PLAYER *number* TORSO and PLAYER *number* LEGS goes to: characters/bodies/textures. All PLAYER*.MD2 goes to: characters/heads/models. All Col_*color* and **_visor, **_helmet goes to: common/textures. Sky boxes goes to: common/skybox. You can also rename files if you want replace different character or even AI racer. (Remember that only textures changes! So if you replace Sparky's textures with Jay's she will talk still males voice.) Remember to backup your files! Download Lucky Download Wrench Download Chip Download Mega Hurtz Download Brad Speedo Download Radium Download Baron Flambo Download Glacia Download Sandy Surf Download Sid Vacant Download Snake Download Mr.X Lucky Wrench Chip Mega Hurtz Brad Speedo Radium Baron Flambo Glacia Sandy Surf Sid Vacant Snake Mr.X

As said - once everybody's got their questions in here - I think we should prioritize things. Based not only on what we want to know the most, but also what he's most likely to know about - for example, did he even work on Drome Racers, or was it just LR2? If he wasn't involved with Drome Racers then perhaps related questions should be omitted, or we could just ask what he does know about it, etc. I'd prioritize stuff about ATD's overall work with LEGO/High Voltage Software/the series first. Edit - Also, do we know what team members he's still in contact with? I get the sense we don't. Basically, start with general stuff he's more likely to be able to answer, get into specifics and other games later in the list.

Workman Fred?

I never played it, or watched an LP, but I think the lighthouse appears in the GBA version. I don't understand what you mean by "no apparent reason." What is the reason for including any of the parts? Does there have to be a reason to include them? It's worth noting that in the GBA version, your character will look like Barney during races and on the map screen regardless of which parts you chose in the charater creator.

Here's my kitty =^.^=

I never played it, or watched an LP, but I think the lighthouse appears in the GBA version.

MEOW!

Topic updated: Added Mega Hurtz Pretty funny that I really never liked him and now I'm ready to play with it. Anyway I am having trouble with some characters. I could use your help and suggestions here.

Why would do that? He allowed a similar thread for le717 Impersonation day, so I don't think you have to worry. RRU is, in my experience, quite open to a bit of harmless fun. Besides, if he was going to lock this thread, he would do so right away, instead of posting in it without doing so.

Well, one thing for sure; those studs are WAY too small and I seem to find that the most annoying part of the image. But great find!

It's...it's a DOG! Uhahah. Okay...here is a cat:

WELL THAT WAS ANTI-CLIMACTIC Yeah, Fush didn't even show how the Mafia won. I WAS UNPREPARED OKAY. I WAS EXPECTING ANOTHER DAY TO WRITE THE ENDING, BUT I DIDN'T GET ONE CAUSE I SUCK AT MATH. We should smooth some things out before the next round, in terms of voting, changing votes and all that. I propose: Votes do not count unless marked final. Once marked final, a vote cannot be changed. In the event of a tie, another vote will be taken to allow for players to change their vote if wanted. If, after the second vote, a tie remains, then we will resort to a tiebreaker. Sound okay? If enforced, these simple guidelines should keep things running smoothly.

Its an Acclamator Class Star destroyer from Star wars and the clone wars. I have built this ship almost a year ago. It had been done legitly without any mods/hacks. looks pretty cool.

UNGTC doesn't work on my computer for some reason, so I don't exactly know how to extract the .gtc with that, but i'm pretty sure it works the same as Developer Mode Patcher. Anyways, if you've already downloaded DMP, you will first want to make sure that the .zip folder is extracted. This can be done by simply right clicking on the .zip and then choosing the extract option. Once you have done that, run LR2DeveloperPatcher.exe. A small window should pop up. Next, click on Browse and choose the Lego Racers 2.exe file in your LR2 directory. Also make sure that Lego Racers 2 is selected and that Extract gamedata is checked. Finally, click the Patch button. Once the extraction is complete, a folder titled "game data" will appear in your directory. From there, you can make any changes to the game you want without having to rebuild a new .gtc file. Whatever you do, do not delete the .gtc file. I hope this helps

Quote by Ayliffe: on today at this time: -------------------------------------- Great! Got any examples of your drawing skills to show us? ------------------------------------------------------------- This isn't in TCAD, but I threw this together in P.N for the anniversary. Notice it's only lines and circles. Not freehand. Also, I drew a minifig in TCAD (I'll link it later cause my phone hates RRU, hence the wonderful quoting above) But anyway that's what I can do.

UPDATE: Version 0.1.2 has been released. I'm an idiot and never noticed the code to add d3drm.dll was broken. I'm planing on making a unified modding system for LRR. It's going to be an all-purpose launcher, patcher/mod installer, wad manager, etc. It's going to be written in python, frozen with py2exe for usability. The source and download will be on github. Patchman scripts will be supported. CFG mods will be managed with diff and patch (if I can get it working). If people want, I will even make sure you can play custom music with it. I'll start it out as a launcher, then add modules to it as I go. Anyone who knows python is encouraged to help. Links and updates will be posted here. Current features: Game launching Automatic color depth changing Wad priming Automatic adding of d3drm.dll Telling you off for trying to mod in Program Files Source: GithubDownload: LMS V0.1.2 Currently planned: Launcher Wad management (Priming, manual de/recompiling) Mod management with conflict detection Mod patching (maps, models, animations, etc) CFG patching (if it would quit being stupid) CFG checking Overhaul mode Registry based settings (new) Alternate installer functionality (the disk is obviously required)(new) Possible future additions: Map making and npl scripting In-game custom music playing ??? Legend: Done Partially done Having issues Not started

Sorry I forgot to mention that. Do this to the bat.ae file in the CreaturesBat folder: Lego* { Scale 1.0 Activities { Activity_Stand Stand Activity_Route Route Activity_Crumble Crumble } Stand { FILE VLPbatidle TRANSCOEF 0 LWSFILE TRUE } Route { FILE VLPbatfly TRANSCOEF 0 LWSFILE TRUE } Crumble { FILE VLPbatfly TRANSCOEF 0 LWSFILE TRUE } }

Turns out that, if you swap the files for track collision and starting points around... :D