Brian's Mod Testing - Testers Wanted!

[BrianUK]

LAST MOD UPDATE - 02/04/2017

I'm going to be putting links to any and all txts I would like to offer for testing in this thread. I currently have a couple of mods I would like to offer up for testing.


Please Note: If you are using TheFlamingRed's Vanilla Balance Mod, then these mods are already included within that mod, either in entirety or in part. Details below:

Personality Traits mod - Version 1.13
Tyre & Race Distance Tweaks - Single Seaters - Version 1.2 (Long preferences only)
Tyre & Race Distance Tweaks - GT - Version 1.1 (Long preferences only)

Personality Traits mod - Version 1.22 (Updated 02/04/2017):

Link to txts: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2c92zu4o1igc35h/AADCQQhoW_UZYLuGdAUhKE_Oa?dl=0

Compatibility 'patch' Frontend if you wish to use Personality Traits 1.21 with TheFlamingRed's Vanilla Balance Mod: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/aot4l118rkbx0yy/AABuwxyVuk94ZoE2U6moZ76za?dl=0

1.22 Changelog:

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Corrected text for 'Resentful'
Corrected PSG for the last line of the 'Resentful' email

1.21 Changelog:

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Added TheFlamingRed's Dilemmas and Interviews with permission, which are now adjusted to reflect the new trait numbers.

1.2 Changelog:

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144. Training Young Drivers - Age > 21
241. Broken Metatarsal - -30 Improvability
242. Dislocated Shoulder - -30 Improvability
243. Whiplash - -15 Improvability
239. Sprained Wrist - -15 Improvability
177. Back Problems - -15 Improvability
180. Dodgy Neck - -15 Improvability, reduced duration to 4-10 weeks
178. Cracked Rib - -15 Improvability, reduced duration to 4-10 weeks
240. Eye Problems - -15 Improvability
176. Fever - -15 Improvability
175. Flu - -15 Improvability
174. Cold - -5 Improvability

Implemented 11 new traits, 4 of which are reserved for drivers who have been a reigning or ex- champion, 2 are currently unused:-
334. Ex-ERS Champ - "...and what a step it was." - Permanent, from ERS Champ - +20 Marketability, +20 Morale, +12 Mechanic Relationship, -8 Teammate Morale, +10 Chairman Happiness, +10 Potential, +2 Improvability, +100 Desired Earnings
335. Ex-APS Champ - "Just another step on the way to the top!" - Permanent, from APS Champ - +30 Marketability, +20 Morale, +18 Mechanic Relationship, -12 Teammate Morale, +10 Chairman Happiness, +12 Potential, +2 Improvability, +320 Desired Earnings
336. Ex-WMC Champ - "I reached the top...it was beautiful." - Permanent, from WMC Champ - +40 Marketability, +20 Morale, +24 Mechanic Relationship, -16 Teammate Morale, +10 Chairman Happiness, +14 Potential, +2 Improvability, +600 Desired Earnings
337. Ex-GTC Champ - "...and what a step it was." - Permanent, from GTC Champ - +16 Marketability, +20 Morale, +10 Mechanic Relationship, -6 Teammate Morale, +10 Chairman Happiness, +8 Potential, +2 Improvability, +160 Desired Earnings
338. Ex-IGTC Champ - "I drove 5,000 miles, and I'll drive 5,000 more." - Permanent, from IGTC Champ - +32 Marketability, +20 Morale, +20 Mechanic Relationship, -14 Teammate Morale, +10 Chairman Happiness, +14 Potential, +2 Improvability, +400 Desired Earnings
339. Race of Champions - "I feel honoured to have been invited!" - Temp, 6-10 weeks, can become RoC Champion - +15 Marketability
340. Race of Champions Champion - "I beat the best of the best...I'M UNSTOPPABLE!" - Permanent - +25 Marketability, +1 Improvability
341. Hall of Fame - "Forever to be remembered..." - Permanent - +50 Marketability
342. Building on Success - "There is more potential within me!" - Temp, 30-50 weeks - +25 Potential, +2 Improvability
343. Disappointed - "What?! I can't believe you said "No"..." - Temp, 2-6 weeks, can become Resentful - -10 Morale
344. Resentful - "I can't even look you in the eyes." - Temp, 30-50 weeks - -20 Morale, Won't have contract talks with you

Implemented new MediaReports to go with the new traits that needed them.

Archived changelogs - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fN15iNTXFmE4YzPFnRIlVkN46M1RcgXrvZ2Wz2wL02Q/edit?usp=sharing

Tyre & Race Distance Tweaks - Single Seaters - Version 1.31 (Updated 02/04/2017):

Link to txt: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b2qqosikcwrt8kc/AACQhASMjVwm24dG-3gZc_kNa?dl=0

1.31 Changelog:

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Increased MinPerformanceTimeCost
- from 10s to 20s

1.3 Changelog:

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Increased MinPerformanceTimeCost
- from 1s to 10s

Decreased CriticalPartTimeCosts
- from 7.8s to 4s

1.21 Changelog:

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Increased Tier time costs
- Tier2 from 5s to 8s
- Tier3 from 10s to 16s

1.2 Changelog:

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Decreased high performance laps for some compounds (medium)
- Softest - from 4 down to 2
- Hardest - from 5 down to 4
- Inters - from 4 down to 3
- Wets - from 4 down to 3

Increased medium performance laps for some compounds (medium)
- Softest - from 4 up to 5
- Hardest - from 10 up to 12
- Inters - from 8 up to 14
- Wets - from 8 up to 14

Reduced medium performance laps for middle compound (medium)
- Medium - from 8 down to 7

Decreased low performance laps for some compounds (medium)
- Softest - from 3 down to 2
- Medium - from 4 down to 3
- Hardest - from 5 down to 3

Tyre life increase for wet compounds (medium)
- Inters - from ~16 laps to ~21 laps
- Wets - from ~16 laps to ~21 laps

Tyre life reduction for dry compounds (medium)
- Softest - from ~11 laps down to ~9 laps
- Medium - from ~15 laps down to ~13 laps
- Hardest - from ~20 laps down to ~19 laps

1.1 Changelog:

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Merged additional lines for the new ERS system

1.0 Changelog in the spoiler:

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Increased all average race distances by ~15% (in miles)
- Short - from 50 up to 58
- Medium - from 80 up to 98
- Long - from 130 up to 150

Increased difference in miles for short/medium/long races in rules
- Short - from +-7 up to +-11
- Medium - from +-10 up to +-22
- Long - from +-15 to +-33

Increased tyre range in wet weather
- Slicks - from 0-0.12 up to 0-0.15
- Inters - from 0.10-0.65 up to 0.10-0.68

Decreased drop-off time loss
- Ultras - from 8s down to 5s
- Supers - from 8s down to 4.5s
- Softs - from 8s down to 4s
- Medium - from 8s down to 3s
- Hards - from 8s down to 2s

Decreased wrong weather penalty
- All dry compounds - from 20s down to 15s

Decreased high performance laps for some compounds (long only)
- Softest - from 9 down to 4
- Hardest - from 9 down to 7
- Inters - from 5 down to 3
- Wets - from 5 down to 3

Increased medium performance laps for some compounds (long only)
- Softest - from 7 up to 9
- Hardest - from 18 up to 22
- Inters - from 9 up to 16
- Wets - from 9 up to 16

Reduced medium performance laps for middle compound (long only)
- Medium - from 17 down to 15

Decreased low performance laps for dry compounds (long only)
- Softest - from 4 down to 2
- Medium - from 6 down to 4
- Hardest - from 9 down to 5

Increased smoothness bonus/penalty for some compounds (long only)
- Hardest - from 2 up to 3
- Inters - from 1 up to 2
- Wets - from 1 up to 2

Decreased smoothness bonus/penalty for some compounds (long only)
- Softest - from 2 down to 1
- Medium - from 3 down to 2

Increased tyre wear bonus/penalty for wet compounds (long only)
- Inters - from 1 up to 2
- Wets - from 1 up to 2

Decreased tyre wear bonus/penalty for dry compounds (long only)
- Softest - from 3 down to 2
- Medium - from 4 down to 3
- Hardest - from 6 down to 4

Tyre life increase for wet compounds (long only)
- Inters - from ~19 laps to ~26 laps
- Wets - from ~19 laps to ~26 laps

Tyre life reduction for dry compounds (long only)
- Softest - from ~20 laps down to ~15 laps
- Medium - from ~28 laps down to ~24 laps
- Hardest - from ~36 laps down to ~34 laps

Known Issues:
None yet, needs testing.

Tyre & Race Distance Tweaks - GT - Version 1.1 (updated 03/03/2017):

Link to txt: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9ntizuchvjn899i/AADuFbhus6a-exoWANXw7NHwa?dl=0

1.1 Changelog:

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Adopted TFR's changes to crucial part penalties

Increased Tier time costs
- Tier2 from 5s to 7.5s
- Tier3 from 10s to 15s

Reduced driver perfomance delta from 3s to 2.5s for all lengths

Reduced cliff time costs for all compounds
- Ultras - from 6s to 5s
- Supers - from 6s to 4.5s
- Softs - from 6s to 3.5s
- Mediums - from 6s to 2.5s
- Hards - from 6s to 2s
- Inters - from 6s to 3s
- Wets - from 6s to 3s

Reduced wet weather penalties for dry tyres
From 20s to 15s

1.0 Changelog:

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Note: Short races in the rules are now the same distance that medium (less short, which is 9 miles shorter) was prior to my edits. The purpose of this is to enable both sprint and endurance GT championships, which means they are a different challenge from Single Seaters, with different strategies being added alongside the new hybrid systems and ERS.

The most balanced option is Long races, I used the percentages from my Long edits to balance the others as I never play them, and never will. Please let me know if anything is off, overpowered or just plain wrong.

Long races:
Corrected incorrect fuel cost per lap
Increased LongRaceLength from 130 to 240
Increased LongRaceLengthShortSessionRulesLapDelta - from -15 to -110
Increased LongRaceLengthLongSessionRulesLapDelta - from 15 to 110
Decreased Softest compound fast laps from 9 to 4
Increased Softest compound medium laps from 7 to 12
Increased Middle compound life from 28 to 34 laps
Increased Middle compound medium laps from 17 to 22
Increased Middle compound slow laps from 6 to 7
Decreased Middle compound slow laps drop-off from 3.5s to 3.25s
Increased Hardest compound life from 36 to 45 laps
Increased Hardest compound medium laps from 18 to 25
Increased Hardest compound slow laps from 9 to 11
Increased Inters life from 19 to 33 laps
Increased Inters fast laps from 5 to 6
Increased Inters medium laps from 9 to 20
Increased Inters slow laps from 5 to 7
Increased Wets life from 19 to 33 laps
Increased Wets fast laps from 5 to 6
Increased Wets medium laps from 9 to 20
Increased Wets slow laps from 5 to 7

Medium races:
Increased MediumRaceLength from 85 to 157
Increased MediumRaceLengthShortSessionRulesLapDelta from -10 to -73
Increased MediumRaceLengthLongSessionRulesLapDelta from 10 to 73
Reduced Softest compound fast laps from 4 to 2
Increased Softest compound medium laps from 4 to 6
Increased Middle compound life from 15 to 18 laps
Increased Middle compound medium laps from 8 to 10
Increased Middle compound slow laps from 4 to 5
Decreased Middle compound slow laps drop-off from 3.5 to 3.25
Increased Hardest compound life from 20 to 25 laps
Increased Hardest compound medium laps from 10 to 14
Increased Hardest compound slow laps from 5 to 6
Increased Inters life from 16 to 28
Increased Inters fast laps from 4 to 5
Increased Inters medium laps from 8 to 18
Increased Inters slow laps from 4 to 5
Increased Wets life from 16 to 28
Increased Wets fast laps from 4 to 5
Increased Wets medium laps from 8 to 18
Increased Wets slow laps from 4 to 5

Short races:
Increased ShortRaceLength from 50 to 92
Increased ShortRaceLengthShortSessionRulesLapDelta from -7 to -51
Increased ShortRaceLengthLongSessionRulesLapDelta from 7 to 51
Reduced Softest compound fast laps from 4 to 2
Increased Softest compound medium laps from 3 to 5
Increased Middle compound life from 11 to 13
Increased Middle compound medium laps from 6 to 8
Increased Hardest compound life from 13 to 16
Increased Hardest compound medium laps from 6 to 9
Increased Inters life from 11 to 19
Increased Inters fast laps from 3 to 4
Increased Inters medium laps from 5 to 11
Increased Inters slow laps from 3 to 4
Increased Wets life from 11 to 19
Increased Wets fast laps from 3 to 4
Increased Wets medium laps from 5 to 11
Increased Wets slow laps from 3 to 4

 

[SomeGuy2013]

Then that must be the issue. Maybe Steam is wiping the manually placed mod or something? I don't know how Steam works in this instance, but I've been importing my txts right into the assets and I've had no issues like that, so going forward it's advisable you do too.

The fact you say that your stat changes are being reverted is interesting though, because before they would be baked into the save and would not reflect any changes until you started a new game. I'm wondering if they have made a change that means it's no longer baked in. Their statement that continuing 1.23 saves was fine and the only thing you wouldn't see is the GT series also seems to point to this.

I hadn't thought about their PSA about how old saves will work in all new patches, that's a fantastic point, and probably has something to do with it. I'll definitely just import all my .txts from now on, just for safety's sake. But also, I made changes to the Chairman.txt, and for engineers and mechanics, and nothing changed for them in my tests. Weird it only seems to be messing with the Personality Traits that I've noticed, but also, I only use like 6 modded .txts. Wish there was a little more elaboration on the devs' behalf.

 

[BrianUK]

For those playing with the tyre life/performance tweaks - how have you been finding it? I'm thinking about going through and balancing up medium and short races too now. Let me know if there is anything odd/not fun you found (no, 8-10 lap tyre life doesnt count, it's what you get for having a bad car and drivers, kinda part of the objective).

 

[SomeGuy2013]

For those playing with the tyre life/performance tweaks - how have you been finding it? I'm thinking about going through and balancing up medium and short races too now. Let me know if there is anything odd/not fun you found (no, 8-10 lap tyre life doesnt count, it's what you get for having a bad car and drivers, kinda part of the objective).

Sorry for posting on here like crazy, but I would love to try out your tweaks on medium length! I'm too impatient for long races, and the tweaks definitely sound like they'll make the game more interesting.

 

[BrianUK]

I have rectified some interviews and a single dilemma giving the wrong traits as a result. It's up in the air as to whether this will now work with an ongoing save, so let me know either way (or I'll find out as I play).

 

[TheFlamingRed]

I have rectified some interviews and a single dilemma giving the wrong traits as a result. It's up in the air as to whether this will now work with an ongoing save, so let me know either way (or I'll find out as I play).

dilemmas .txt and interviews.txt will work with existing saves (at least they did in 1.2).

Given the amount of new dilemmas, it's probably quite easy to create whole new ones now, simply by using the old ones as examples

 

[Beynasuh]

Hi guys, I saw complains (I guess I saw it at Steam or reddit) about that the actual tyres uses in races and active tyre rules didn't match. I mean wide tyre rules but groove tyres in race (in new games). Did you come across to something like that?

 

[BrianUK]

It seems to be an issue if you use a per-1.3 save (why you'd do that is beyond me). I've been playing in ERS on a new save and everything is as it should be (actually, I just reread your post, I'll have a check. I know they moved some numbers about).

I have also just updated the Tyre Tweaks mod with medium race distance changes. As I don't play medium, it's up to you guys to let me know if anything isn't right (I only did medium because I know some do play it). Short won't be changed at all as the race distance increase should be enough, and reducing tyre life there would make the softest option almost useless.

 

[Beynasuh]

In that matter I am just like you only long races. Is more fun. But at the moment I don't play. I got your mods so I am waiting for FlamingRed to release his latest mod. Then nobody can stop me.

 

[BrianUK]

What is the concensus on making GT racing more geared towards endurance racing? As it stands, all race distances are identical to SS vanilla. There is nothing really that sets GT apart from SS besides ballast (assuming that is even in).

GT has its own designdata, so I could set up some more endurance-like distances quite easily.

 

[TheFlamingRed]

What is the concensus on making GT racing more geared towards endurance racing? As it stands, all race distances are identical to SS vanilla. There is nothing really that sets GT apart from SS besides ballast (assuming that is even in).

GT has its own designdata, so I could set up some more endurance-like distances quite easily.

Depending on how you want tyres to behave, you can set 'short' 'medium' and 'long' to be sprint, medium and endurance for the GT series. That'll create some havoc

 

[BrianUK]

That's precisely what I had in mind for long preference games Vote in short races for a sprint series, long races for endurance.

I'm currently looking up the distances for sprint and endurance based on the defunct GT Championship, where sprint races were 2 hours, and endurance races were 500km (300 miles) with a time limit of 3 hours.

 

[TheFlamingRed]

That's precisely what I had in mind for long preference games Vote in short races for a sprint series, long races for endurance.

i think it would work well, as a best of all worlds thing.

That would mean that tyres would all have to be quite long lasting (which I guess makes more sense on more of a road car) - which basically means potstops is irrelevant in sprint races, unless there is refuelomg - which I guess isn't a million miles away from the 'mandatory stop' I remember there being.

 

[BrianUK]

i think it would work well, as a best of all worlds thing.

That would mean that tyres would all have to be quite long lasting (which I guess makes more sense on more of a road car) - which basically means potstops is irrelevant in sprint races, unless there is refuelomg - which I guess isn't a million miles away from the 'mandatory stop' I remember there being.

Exactly. I might need to rebalance the fast/med/slow times of each tyre to make more than just softs the option in a 1-stop situation though, but yes, durable tyres would be on the menu.

 

[TheFlamingRed]

Exactly. I might need to rebalance the fast/med/slow times of each tyre to make more than just softs the option in a 1-stop situation though, but yes, durable tyres would be on the menu.

The only thing I would suggest is... having different paces at different parts of the life... e.g., softest being quick to begin with but pans off,,. Mediums being slow to begin with but then becomes quicker then sorts for a long time. And hards which maybe never changes?

They'd all be just as fast as each other really, but just peak best at different times - for different strategies...

I really don't think GT has multiple tyres with any real significance in changes.

 

[BrianUK]

From what little GT racing I've done in Assetto Corsa (1000 miles in Nismo GT-R GT3, 1500 miles in BMW M3 GT2), there doesn't seem to be *too much* time between tyres. Obviously, I'll look through the WEC/endurance series pit strategies and see what they do and use them as reference.

 

[calvg]

For endurance, you'd could increase length or tyres or amount of allotted sets

 

[BrianUK]

For endurance, you'd could increase length or tyres or amount of allotted sets

Well, I've decided on distances of 130, 240 and 350 miles for short/medium/long races in the rules, so I just need to get tyre life balanced for it all as there is about 2.5x as many laps between the upper and lower rules.

 

[SomeGuy2013]

Quick question, did you change the race length for Medium settings your ssdesigndata.txt? Or is it just the tyre life? I'm about to play around with it, just wanted to know

 

[BrianUK]

Quick question, did you change the race length for Medium settings your ssdesigndata.txt? Or is it just the tyre life? I'm about to play around with it, just wanted to know

Yep.

Increased all average race distances by ~15% (in miles)
- Short - from 50 up to 58
- Medium - from 80 up to 98
- Long - from 130 up to 150

Increased difference in miles for short/medium/long races in rules
- Short - from +-7 up to +-11
- Medium - from +-10 up to +-22
- Long - from +-15 to +-33

 

[SomeGuy2013]

Yep.

Increased all average race distances by ~15% (in miles)
- Short - from 50 up to 58
- Medium - from 80 up to 98
- Long - from 130 up to 150

Increased difference in miles for short/medium/long races in rules
- Short - from +-7 up to +-11
- Medium - from +-10 up to +-22
- Long - from +-15 to +-33

Perfect. I wasn't sure if those notes were for the actual race distance in the rules or for settings. Cheers.