Brian's Mod Testing - Testers Wanted!

BrianUK · Feb 15, 2017

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:

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

1.21 Changelog:

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

1.2 Changelog:

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:

Increased MinPerformanceTimeCost
- from 10s to 20s

1.3 Changelog:

Increased MinPerformanceTimeCost
- from 1s to 10s

Decreased CriticalPartTimeCosts
- from 7.8s to 4s

1.21 Changelog:

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

1.2 Changelog:

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:

Merged additional lines for the new ERS system

1.0 Changelog in the spoiler:

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:

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:

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

BrianUK · Mar 13, 2017

Personality Traits updated to 1.21. Changelog in main post in a couple of minutes.

Beynasuh · Mar 13, 2017

Hi Brian, got your new file will try out soon.

By the way there are 2 interview bugs(@calvg found one of them) where {Subject:Name} was used while all in the other language description {InterviewSubject:Name} is used. I did change them myself in the Interviews.txt and so far it seems it did work. If you changed them already don't mind this post.

Interview Bug {Subject:Name}-{InterviewSubject:Name}

BrianUK · Mar 14, 2017

Beynasuh said:
Hi Brian, got your new file will try out soon.

By the way there are 2 interview bugs(@calvg found one of them) where {Subject:Name} was used while all in the other language description {InterviewSubject:Name} is used. I did change them myself in the Interviews.txt and so far it seems it did work. If you changed them already don't mind this post.

Interview Bug {Subject:Name}-{InterviewSubject:Name}

Can you let me know which line that's on so I can fix it on my end?

I am uploading a new SSDD in a bit for testing, any help with getting some feedback on it would be appreciated. The changes are aimed at preventing min-maxing on the critical parts, and making a car that is better overall still competitive even if it lacks the best critical parts for that specific track.

The other changes on tier time penalty are to separate the tiers some more and have the cars do more realistic speeds.

TheFlamingRed · Mar 14, 2017

If you do a find and replace all on {Subject:Name} to the {InterviewSubject:Name} you should be fine.

BrianUK · Mar 14, 2017

Ah, grand, cheers, that's easy

Beynasuh · Mar 14, 2017

BrianUK said:
Can you let me know which line that's on so I can fix it on my end?

Line 909 "Post Race - Interviews","PostRaceInterview","Type = Question4; ISErrorCostWin = True;","MediaPerson","{Subject:Name} made a bad error during the race, costing you the win… surely that's frustrating?","PSG_10001702","Type = ISErrorCostWin","","TRUE","","","","","","","","","","","",""

Line 457 "Interviews","PostRaceInterview","Type = Question3; ISRiskyPitStopFailed = True;","MediaPerson","You attempted a quick pit stop for {Subject:Name} during the last race, but it resulted in a mistake. Your very own chairman criticised the move, saying that motorsport isn't the place for gambling.","PSG_10011534","Type = GambleWentWrong","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""

The Line XXX numbers are from notepad++ and the bold variables are the bugged ones (I changed them as {InterviewSubject:Name})

BrianUK said:
I am uploading a new SSDD in a bit for testing, any help with getting some feedback on it would be appreciated. The changes are aimed at preventing min-maxing on the critical parts, and making a car that is better overall still competitive even if it lacks the best critical parts for that specific track.

The other changes on tier time penalty are to separate the tiers some more and have the cars do more realistic speeds.

Of course, I am happy to help if I can.

BrianUK · Mar 14, 2017

Beynasuh said:
Line 909 "Post Race - Interviews","PostRaceInterview","Type = Question4; ISErrorCostWin = True;","MediaPerson","{Subject:Name} made a bad error during the race, costing you the win… surely that's frustrating?","PSG_10001702","Type = ISErrorCostWin","","TRUE","","","","","","","","","","","",""

Line 457 "Interviews","PostRaceInterview","Type = Question3; ISRiskyPitStopFailed = True;","MediaPerson","You attempted a quick pit stop for {Subject:Name} during the last race, but it resulted in a mistake. Your very own chairman criticised the move, saying that motorsport isn't the place for gambling.","PSG_10011534","Type = GambleWentWrong","","","","","","","","","","","","","",""

The Line XXX numbers are from notepad++ and the bold variables are the bugged ones (I changed them as {InterviewSubject:Name})

Of course, I am happy to help if I can.

Yep, got it with Red's advice above, the fixed version is now in

I've also added a compability 'patch' for using Personality Traits 1.21 with TFR's mod currently.

Beynasuh · Mar 14, 2017

If your SSDD also ready I can download both and apply them together.

BrianUK · Mar 14, 2017

Beynasuh said:
If your SSDD also ready I can download both and apply them together.

Yep, SSDD is already updated.

Beynasuh · Mar 14, 2017

And I got them both.

So I looked at your 1.3 Changelog and as a backmarker I think I should get worried.

Or shoudn't I?

This will make my cars worse I believe, right?

BrianUK · Mar 14, 2017

It will and it won't. You won't be penalised so much for having the worst critical parts, but you'll be penalised by having the lowest performance points.

Beynasuh · Mar 14, 2017

Good to know, Because I have them both (at worst).

Wait a minute that's not a good thing.

BrianUK · Mar 14, 2017

I think reducing both top speed and making the tier gap bigger has made ERS quite a pedestrian sport xD I'm going to adjust those back up and re-test.

Beynasuh · Mar 14, 2017

I agree with you

Also I am not sure but I thing the increasing MinPerformanceTimeCost from 1s to 10s is a bit much. At least that's the way I felt. I would suggest that you both change them to 5s (CriticalPartTimeCosts and MinPerformanceTimeCost).

TheFlamingRed · Mar 14, 2017

Beynasuh said:
I agree with you

Also I am not sure but I thing the increasing MinPerformanceTimeCost from 1s to 10s is a bit much. At least that's the way I felt. I would suggest that you both change them to 5s (CriticalPartTimeCosts and MinPerformanceTimeCost).

Actually, you're seeing that 10s time increase only when you start with all your parts at 0 (in ERS) and increase your parts to 900... that's where you gain 0s to 10s.

So when you consider there's only a couple of hundred points between the top and bottom teams normally, it's not that much MinPerformancePart you'll see in the races.

Beynasuh · Mar 14, 2017

Really, I didn't know that. I thought always that it would calculate the current performance numbers of the 20 cars, race by race for the time cost (for all the possible timecost variants).

TheFlamingRed · Mar 15, 2017

Beynasuh said:
Really, I didn't know that. I thought always that it would calculate the current performance numbers of the 20 cars, race by race for the time cost (for all the possible timecost variants).

Nah... when he puts it to 10s, it means a field spread of 2.2s in ERS (plus any crit part spread)

Beynasuh · Mar 15, 2017

If Car1 would have Overall Performance score 0 - worst Critical parts and Car 2 Overall Performance score 900 - best critical parts only then the time differents would be 14s (10s+4s, according to Brian's changes), right?

TheFlamingRed · Mar 15, 2017

Beynasuh said:
If Car1 would have Overall Performance score 0 - worst Critical parts and Car 2 Overall Performance score 900 - best critical parts only then the time differents would be 14s (10s+4s, according to Brian's changes), right?

Yes. (That 0 and 900 would be an average of each part - I suppose it would be more accurate to say 0 and 5400 - which is 900*6 - would create that 14s gao)