Live for Speed S2 ALPHA 0.5Y19 DEDICATED HOST
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Welcome to Live for Speed - www.lfs.net


Important :
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This is a special dedicated host program for LFS S2 ALPHA.

ALPHA means : LFS S2 is still in the testing and development stage.

This software comes with no warranties of any kind.

By installing this software you agree that you do so at at your own
risk and you accept full responsibility for any damage caused by the
use or installation of the software.

The producers of the Live for Speed racing simulator make every effort
to ensure the program is safe but can not accept any responsibility
whatsoever for personal injury or death that may arise during the use
of the software, or any damage of any kind to your system including
corrupted files, lost data or damage to hardware.


Installation :
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To install the program, unzip the file into a suitable folder on your
hard drive.  You must ensure that the directory structure is preserved
by using the appropriate option in your unzip utility.  You will know
that it has been correctly unzipped if you see a data folder beside
the LFS.exe program and some more folders inside the data folder.


To run LFS S2 DEDICATED HOST :
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Use a shortcut, batch file, or any method you like to start LFS.exe
with a command line.  If you do not use a command line, LFS will take
its startup options from the setup.cfg file.


Command line options :
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A command line or a command file is required for the dedicated host.
The commands are listed in the file Commands.txt in the docs folder.


Status file :
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While your host is running, a file host63392.txt can be found in your
LFS folder, and is updated whenever the info changes :

63392 is the port number of the host.
It contains the following information:

lfs=0.5Y             :version
status=ingame        :offline / online / ingame
guests=4             :current number of guests
maxguests=4          :maximum guests allowed
host=Host Name       :game name as listed on master server
pass=Optional Pass   :host password
usemaster=yes        :no / yes / hidden
trackcfg=BL1         :short name for track and config
cars=[18x"0"or"1"]   :cars allowed on host (0=no / 1=yes)
qual=0               :qualifying minutes
laps=5               :number of laps
conn=Host            :player name
conn=Guest 1         :player name
conn=Guest 2         :player name
...


Thanks :
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Thanks to all internet hosts for your support.


Copyright :
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(c) 2002-2008 Scawen Roberts - Eric Bailey - Victor van Vlaardingen