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And suddenly at the last minute, le717 swoops in and smashes everyone's times into mosaic tile pieces with record breaking runs. Lilac: 0:00:00 Carol: 0:00:00 Total: 0:00:00

Well I've decided to record a video of my times... it's not on YouTube because I'm poor I don't want to get involved with Google... I'd be fine with just a YouTube account... (if you have any other suggestions for video hosting, just rant at me any way you choose)... So here it is. EDIT: File removed because I don't have that much space on my file sharing system. (If you want the final times go down some posts) It's still the same time as above:

For an automated way of doing this, check out this topic by origamiguy. Wouldn't it be nice if we could MOD LEGO Racers 2 and Drome Racers without rebuiding the GAMEDATA archives every time we want to see our changes? Surely the developers worked this way, but allas, they hard coded it into the executable to only look for file in the GAMEDATA archives. But what if there was some way we could change that? Some way we could just change that hard-coded variable and put the games file loading module into developer mode rather than release mode? Today, I am pleased to to say this is possible and easy! NOTE: There is a version of Drome Racers this will not work with. It the the Older, DRM version described here. This is because the code that needs patching is encrypted with Safedisc. Step 1: Download a hex editor. If you already have one, go to step 2, if not, really any hex editor will work, but I often use HxD. Step 2: Go to you LEGO Racers 2 or Drome Racers install directory. Step 3: Make a backup copy of the game executable, then open the executable in your hex editor of choice. Step 4: Open you hex editor's search feature. In HxD, it's under Search > Find. Step 5: Make sure you are set to search hex values. In HxD this is done by setting Datatype to Hex-values. Step 6: In the search box, enter the correct string for the game you are editing below: LEGO Racers 2: Sources: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 B8 03 00 00 00 C3 Drome Racers: Sources: 26 00 B8 03 00 00 00 C3 And search, you should only get 1 result. Step 7: Within the bytes you found, replace the one that is "03" with "00" being careful to overwrite and not change the size of the file. Step 8: Save the file. Step 9: Extract the GAMEDATA archive using UNGTC if you have not yet done so. Step 10: Within the extracted GAMEDATA folder find the folder named "GAME DATA" (mind the spaces), select all of the folders within and copy them. Return to your game installation directory, open the "GAME DATA" in this directory (again, mind the spaces, though the capitalization may be different) and paste the folders you copied, merging the folders if prompted. SUCCESS! If you have successfully completed the steps above, the game will no longer read the GAMEDATA archives, but instead use the extracted files. There is no need to remove the GAMEDATA archives, it will not even try to open them if you patched the game correctly. Additionally, LEGO Racers 2 will no longer require the CD in the drive (presumably it will no longer load the files in the "language" folder on the CD either, but that shouldn't impact the game). If there is enough demand, I may make an automatic patching tool later on. Technical Notes (Feel Free to Ignore) The actual command we are patching is "B8 03 00 00 00 C3", which pushes an unsigned integer and then returns it. The value of 3 is release mode, the value of 0 is developer mode. There are two other intermediary levels in between which are some strange hybrid between the two. This sequence of bytes appears multiple times in the file however, so our search must be made more explicit.

Hey dont mind if I post my own? There more on my Tumblr

..about 2 1/2 months to go! Yeehaw! Btw. I'm working on a LR1 Minecraft Texture Mod I'll continue on that in the time I have to wait.

It took me much longer than it should have to figure out that this was an extension of the hype train metaphor. I'm cool with BIONICLE doing new stuff and refreshing itself and evolving, but at the same time I like to hold on to my illusory predispositions and believe that old BIONICLE is objectively best BIONICLE. The congnitive dissonance leads to me attempting to ironically mock myself whenever I talk about my Bioniclepinions. In short, my opinions are wierd and as a result nobody understands what the heck I'm trying to say when I post in this topic because I'm a crazy person. ANYWAY, I'm digging the new mask design in the thumbnail image and hope that it is an indication that the gold mask on the display was a stand-in from before this new one was finalized. Either way, the mask looks to be the 2015 story's McGuffin, making for an interesting fusion of 2001 and 2006 story concepts.

That mask looks like they ran out of ideas and ripped off Sauron. I'm now interested, but I'm climbing aboard the 'meh' train. It's got pretty good lodgings, but you get your money back if the train doesn't reach its destination. Plus, if you're not happy with the destination, it'll take you to a new one. Plus it's really easy to get off, given the slow speed it goes. [/WhyDidIExtendThisMetaphorToTheBreakingPoint] But I am interested. Not so much in the plot, but more in the quality of the sets. Last time I checked, Pereki and I were sharing a cabin, so I'll talk to him about it. The first sets had more of an emphasis on Technic: they had TECHNIC on the instructions! But when was the last time you saw gears in a Bionicle set? The last ones were (in NZD) a dollar per piece!* And the Muaka is my favourite. I still don't understand how it works. And the Manas... despite one motor playing up with rechargeable batteries they were the pinnacle of Bionicle. Ok, that's an overestimate, but SOMETHING has to be the pinnacle, no matter how low it is . But they just went to ball joints and things went downhill from Mahri Nui.... (at least Voya Nui had Kardas... +5 SET DESIGN) TL;DR Lego, please add more Technic stuff into it. *Gresh = 21 parts = 20 dollars = ~0.952 $ / piece