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That's......... not at all what this thread is for, but I can't just ignore a request like that.

It looks like I managed it. This is the test track. The red triangles are the ones with vertices at the end of the previous vertex range. I could handle them also the last time. The blue triangles are the ones that did not work. Now they work. The reference vertices at the beginning or the previous vertex range. I tried to replace the test track with a very huge quad but the game (and the explorer and my pc) crashed. I think I will have to change small things first. Here are exports of two other gdb files of the RACEC0R1 folder: SHIP01: and LINE06:

I should have told you this 2 years ago buuut, add "/IGTEST" to stop respawns.

Yes. You should have. EDIT: , can you edit your post to say that /IGTEST will cause glitches in mud puddles if you get stuck? EDIT2: This means we can make multiplayer games where you can take shortcuts/other routes.

I'm not even gonna say who this one is, I'm sure you guys can figure it out.

The image isn't even public yet, but I'm already (internally) rocking as hard as this guy right here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfJ7LQn8kp8 And so it may be that Max is Tim? What a twist! It makes sense though. Hagen is hired to make a comic advertising all of the current LEGO themes in 1994. He looks at his reference material, and is struck by this Max Timebuster character that travels throughout the different LEGO worlds. He adapts Max, originally a thief running from the law, into a more relatable child protagonist while keeping the time traveling aspect. Throw in a professor and a Delorean to complete your BTTF homage and you've got Time Cruisers. Then, in 1996, when LEGO adapts the comic into a theme (which I'm going to go ahead and take as a given at this point - it feels all too logical. The infamously weird features of the minifigs, plus how very marketing-ized the theme is in comparison to the evident original idea of the comic, plus the Timebuster connection), someone decides Tim is a better name for the protagonist. Maybe the comic goes through a reboot, beginning with the two pages at the beginning of World Club issue 1 (which could easily have been borrowed from an earlier issue of Klick). In that case, it might have been Tim as a name came part and parcel with the new Timecruiser last name, and that as time went on Hagen just slipped back into Timebuster and noone caught the mistake. Really looking forward to that image becoming public. EDIT: figured out the url and got to the image (deeplinked here). Looks like Tim/Max and the time machine follow the design we got a peek at Given that these two pages follow basically the same story as the first two in World Club, I'm definitely leaning toward the idea of a reboot when the theme launched in 1996. Also note, no Ingo - he must've been an addition in response to the monkey in the sets. And I agree, the first word bubble is pretty clearly the professor calling for 'Max.' Holy guacamole.

Back on topic, I've had a bit of a break in the pre-1997 history of this comic. Kim Hagen sent me a picture of an issue of Klick Magazine. It's #1, dated October 1994. He believes that it was published bi-monthly after that. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=6189914 The text isn't really ledgible (to my eyes, anyway,) but it does confirm the notion that the Time Cruisers appeared in comics long before the theme was actually released. There's a new time machine too; more Delorean-esque than the theme ended up being. Or maybe it's just shaped a little like the LEGO Delorean. While the Dr. Cyber and Tim characters are definitely drawn the same as their later incarnations; I'm not sure that's what they were originally called here. It could be a trick of the light, but I think Tim is called Max--which, combined with the name of the strip, would definitely indicate a relation to the Max Timebuster character from the catalogs. It remains to be seen whether Hagen was basing his idea on an in-development theme, if the theme emerged from the comic strip, or if Hagen just happened to have some similar characters and ideas that he incorporated into the theme when it was finally released. So...everybody keep your eyes peeled for auctions of Klick Magazine from 1994-1997... TC

A 3D image of the RACE0R1 track with one ai path. For this track my export works perfectly - for the test track sadly not. There are still some triangles that does not work correctly. The red triangles have vertices in a different (always the previous) vertex range.

[10:15:46 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: Are we all ignoring [10:15:53 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: "LEGO Racers player" [10:15:59 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: What the f**** kind of name is that? [10:16:08 AM] Crap Boy: one that's very easy to ignore? [10:16:13 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: It's oddly specific. [10:16:20 AM] Crap Boy: yet oddly generic [10:16:24 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: Does he only play LEGO Racers? [10:16:33 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: How often does he play LEGO Racers? [10:16:46 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: Does he play it out of spite, or survival? [10:16:47 AM] Crap Boy: considering he just nailed veronica voltage maybe he means a different sort of player

Although Tim basically steals a good deal of stuff from the worlds he visits, up to and including a briefcase of cash and an entire freaking freight train, just all incidentally and because Ingo is kind of a huge jerk. Maybe Tim/Max becomes a criminal as time goes on just because everyone assumes he's evil, and by the time he is an adult he is still cruising through time, trying to find his way back home, and has become infamous in the LEGO Town time period. That's kind of a fun way to look at it. I accept this MOCanon. Also, slightly unrelated, but I remember Sadie once mentioning to me that Frank Madsen (artist of the Jim Spaceborn comics) drew this little catalog comic: I don't have a chat log, though, so I'm going from memory - take it with a grain of salt until Sadie can confirm.

Pictures have been officially released: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152556993288403.1073741877.6665038402&type=1 Interesting, the Galaxy Trooper is affiliated with the Galaxy Squad theme, going by the logos on his armor.

For example, "my parents are bread".

So, I finally got around to going back through the whole thread and taking down all the requests. Here's who I've still got left: Ben Wolfy Phantom Terror Shadowblaze natcO Prof Coffins Ayliffe BobaFett Addict Not counting the ones I've done, but want to redo, and the members I'm gonna draw anyway whether they request it or not. Fun. I trust I didn't miss anyone?

https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/1-blog/post/22 burd

Alright, so I got an idea going on here. In the first LEGO Racers, we've all seen via the competition how much better we can be than Veronica Voltage, even without the usage of warps! What I'm thinking of doing using the GHB Recorder with the help of the best racers we have out here in the community, is make a harder Time Trials mod! Now, we can't make the times practically impossible to beat, like for example my time on IGP in the competition which I couldn't even beat myself at the time! They have to be harder than the originals, but at the same time they have to be reasonable and have that balance of not being impossible to beat. First off, should we do warp abuse, since that is what players are likely to do? I'm thinking not at all or sparingly, as there is no skill in warps. Secondly, do you guys think this mod is a good idea? I leave those two questions up for discussion below. If this goes thru well, I'll get this mod up and going in a place the rest of the forum can see it. Also, if any of you guys have an issue, idea, or general comment regarding this mod idea (go ahead an say it is downright stupid for all I care), don't be shy about it, feel free to toss it up! I and perhaps others want to know what you think on the matter.

Imagine actually controlling your car in Stunt Rally? Dream come true... well... wish granted. Yes I'm serious. Create a shortcut to _msr.exe Right Click the shortcut and click on properties At the end of the 'Target' path add "/FREEFORM" (without quotes) after the file closing quote. (e.g "C:Program Files (x86)LEGOStunt Rally_msr.exe" /FREEFORM You can combine mulitple parameters such as the no disc one too. Optionally add "/IGTEST" to stop car respawns. It's a little sensitve... but who cars! so much better. Enjoy!

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.

I can at least confirm that Sadie told me the same thing. I like the idea of Max being an alternate future Tim, which would help explain the apparent reboot. I think, though, that the reboot happened because the strip was being published in new markets, not because the theme actually came out... It seems crazy that an entire theme was developed based on obscure comic strips that no one remembered. Heck, I was online back when the sets were still in stores and no one mentioned the Timebuster comics... TC

The king reminds me of the Prinzenrolle Prince (whom we may never get the full story on since Dark_Turtle disappeared ) I was expecting the carpenter to be Ole Kirk in the brick. This guy gives off a TF2 Engineer sort of vibe though, with his color scheme.

Although Tim basically steals a good deal of stuff from the worlds he visits, up to and including a briefcase of cash and an entire freaking freight train, just all incidentally and because Ingo is kind of a huge jerk. Maybe Tim/Max becomes a criminal as time goes on just because everyone assumes he's evil, and by the time he is an adult he is still cruising through time, trying to find his way back home, and has become infamous in the LEGO Town time period. That's kind of a fun way to look at it.

That time lab is neat. I like the time machine too... Once we get better images, I'd like to see some re-creations, either with physical bricks or LDD. Not sure what to think of Tim = Max. I'm just gonna pull some MOCanon and personally declare "more alternate universe shenanigans".

Great, we now have six confirmed players! UHC: Round 2 - 30th November, 6pm UTC Ben24x7 JimbobJeffers MaelstromIslander RobExplorien RR Rocks Shadowblaze If you are able to make it, then you certainly can! I'll leave you off the list for now then.

I cannot argue with such eloquence. *Tears of joy and admiration*

This is IMPOSSIBRRUUUUU!! (At least on Freeform) It took like 5 minutes to do a single lap, 2 AI cars were having issues on a jump turn and they simply don't have the intelligence to realize you can't turn a corner in the air.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHw8TRiI5rA All you need to know for your video: 640x480 resolution (Suggested) .avi filetype Reasonable bitrate (Suggested) 15-60fps (Suggested) All details in the video! Link to converter: http://online-convert.com -KevinVG

As I have already mentioned in a Profile Feed; If you made several of those rings and managed to attach them to each other, side-by-side (with a few modifications to each piece to fit perfectly), you could build a Lego planet. Of course, you'd have to spend a huge amount of time to build such a thing, and taking it apart in sections and putting it back together will be a hell of a challenge.

CHEAPSKATE I'm just going to say that I wish you luck with this project. But one question: Why? One answer: Why not? As I said in the topic, "Now you might ask, "Why build a model if you can't fit it in your own house?" or "What's the point? It's too big!" Well that IS the point. I've wanted to do more with LEGO, and this is my opportunity to do so." Obviously, this is my biggest project ever, not just for LEGO, but any project I've done. I've been here a bit over 2 years now, and I don't have as much to show for it as I'd like to. There's your answer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SVZqY3tg1I

[10/17/14 7:39:28 PM] DM sent a file to this group: Organ Test.mp3 [10/17/14 7:39:42 PM] DM: May I have some feedback on this? [10/17/14 7:40:06 PM] McJob: What is it, like a heart or a gut? [10/17/14 7:40:06 PM] The Machine: Connecting... [10/17/14 7:40:17 PM] DM: The brain actually [10/17/14 7:40:20 PM] The Machine: I'll put it in Ben.

It's possible to get rid of all the startup videos with a simple parameter. Create a shortcut to _msr.exe Right Click the shortcut and click on properties At the end of the 'Target' path add "/NOINTROVIDEO" (without quotes) after the file closing quote. (e.g "C:\Program Files (x86)\LEGO\Stunt Rally\_msr.exe" /NOINTROVIDEO) Parameters are combinable with the others Handy because the LMedia intro takes forever. Another one to enjoy.

They be eat'n my hat.