Tyka Forum: Tyka Portal

Hi all,

You might have seen in Xtreme, Teams are a bit more limited than in TYKA.
We also always had discussions about the size of Teams actually.

For the ones wanting larger Teams, just split them up like LRT does, in like LRT1, LRT2 etc.
No problem or?

Hope to see MANY drivers AND Teams competing!

Hello everyone,

As stated earlier Tyka is shutting down on Saturday 7 January 2012.

We are hosting two Events as a sort of farewell party

Wednesday 28 December 2011 - GT3 on Zandvoort

Downloads
Mod: FIA GT3 2010 v1.3 by Sandrox and Gpfan
Track: Zandvoort 2010 also available through auto-download
(note: the mod can only be run online in DirectX9)

Schedule
20.00 - 20.30 CET : practice
20.30 - 20.50 CET : qualify (private and unlimited laps)
20.50 - 21.00 CET : warm up
21.00 - 21.45 CET : race

Settings
Fuel and tyre usage: x2
Damage: 75%
Aids: allowed

Replay and results file

Replay GT3 Zandvoort
Results GT3 Zandvoort


Saturday 7 January 2012 - F1 1994 on Imola

Downloads
Mod: F1 1994
Track: Imola 1994 also available through auto-download

Schedule
20.00 - 20.30 CET : practice
20.30 - 20.50 CET : qualify (private and unlimited laps)
20.50 - 21.00 CET : warm up
21.00 - 21.45 CET : race

Settings
Fuel and tyre usage: x2
Damage: 50%
Aids: allowed


We hope to see you there!

Here you can choose your date and which mod you will drive.
We are planning to do F1 1994 and GT3, but as you can see you can also choose for one event.

The events will start at 20.00 CET.

28th of December is on Wednesday.
7th of January is on Saturday.
Sorry for all non-European members that probably one event will be on Wednesday.

I opened another room for (maybe) a Tyka good bye event.

MOD: FSR F1 1994 LE v1.0
"class": 1994F1 (with Schumacher, Verstappen and Senna)
Track: Imola 1994 and of course auto download


EDIT / UPDATE:
I noticed some troubles when you try to play through Tyka client.
Because Tyka client overwrites the UI.OSC file of the mod, some tga-files couldn't be found in the file UIbttn.mas.
Extract the patch to your rFactor directory

PATCH: http://library.tyka....ka%20client.zip

Another update - 20th of December
HDV update file: http://library.tyka....vent/1994F1.HDV
place in \gamedata\vehicles\F1_1994_F1SR

Complete updated version with adjusted hdv and UIbttn.mas: http://library.tyka....dated%20hdv.rar

thanks Snakey for adjusting the hdv file.

I know it took us some time to announce the mod and track for the Tyka good bye event. Sorry for that.
Exact date and time will follow.

Mod: FIA GT3 2010 v1.3 by Sandrox and Gpfan
Track: Zandvoort 2010 also available through auto-download (as usual)

note1:
If you already installed any previous version of the mod, delete following:
..\rfactor directory\rFm\GT3_2010.rFm (file)
..\rfactor directory\Music\GT3_2010 (directory)
..\rfactor directory\UIData\GT3_2010 (directory)
..\rfactor directory\Gamedata\Sounds\GT3_2010 (directory)
..\rfactor directory\Gamedata\Vehicles\GT3_2010 (directory)
..\rfactor directory\Gamedata\Shared\GT3_2010 (directory)

note2:
The mod can only be run online in DirectX9!!!

We will host as many drivers as possible in one room for the event.
If needed there will be more rooms.

Hi guys,

Long time there hasn't been any Tyka news. However, this may not be the news you all wanted to hear. So let me break it to you straight away: Tyka is going to be shut down by the end of the year.

To some this may come as a surprise, while others may have already expected this coming. I will explain why we can't continue any more and hope you understand the reasoning.

More than six years ago I took over the development of F1RST2 where I performed the client development and Timon the website development and server administration. Steve (dude) did a remarkable job creating the F1RST2 client for F1 Challenge and many of its superb mods and we were privileged to continue his project as he went to work on the game GTR2. Quickly rebranded as F1RST3 with some interface updates and rFactor support we kicked off another era. No more tiny grids and lag problems with 4+ drivers. With Cash as main league admin and sometimes some others such as Timon, (Sean) Edwards, MaxMotus (Stuart Mosely) or NMansell (James Bennett) we ran many great leagues.

With a brand new server, which we could afford thanks to the loans of Sean Edwards and Ricardo Costello (the latter even changed his loan into a donation!), we were off to a great start. But this wasn't enough as there were many limitations to the F1RST system. It wasn't built for dedicated races, it was hard to develop new features for its custom user interface and it would be better to start from scratch than to try and expand it.

At that point I started work on Tyka. Luckily as a student I had some 'spare' time to get development work done. Almost two years later, with me in the meantime graduated and working at the university, Tyka's first version was finally ready for release. The leagues weren't implemented yet, some features were missing, but after so much work it felt great to see it put to good use. Reponses of the community were fantastic and it was really motivating to continue progress on the tool.

Between the start of Tyka's development and its release however, Timon had decided to quit the admin team. This left me as the only developer in charge of not only implementing Tyka but also tasks such as the website development, the database administration, the finanances and the maintenance of the server. Thankfully with Cash and Veldt as overall admins we could continue to deliver full support for the client.

The next development step was to implement the leagues. As a first league we would have the Porsche Supercup (http://tyka.net/leagues/psc/) at the end of 2008. I estimated the work at three months which included an entirely new league system and a new website. Although we had to postpone the first race for a few weeks, thanks to many long evenings (going to bed at 3AM and getting up at 8AM again for work became a daily pattern) I managed to get everything up and running. Depite quite a few bugs in the first few races the league was a big success.

It's needless to say that this pretty much wore me out. It was an incredible amount of work and I have still no idea how I managed to pull it off. Actually, I do… I spent most of my nights and weekends working instead of sleeping or going out. I even left my girlfriend (now wife) her birthday party earlier to work through the night to ensure the next morning's race session would work properly. (It didn't.)

Still, I think that when you're passionate enough you quite easily overcome any obstacle, making the impossible possible. And here it comes... after so many years and at least three of those insane development sprints I have simply lost my passion. At this moment I'm tired and not even the least bit motivated any more to continue working on Tyka. My heart just isn't in it any more.

Besides the development of the client, there are so many things that are required to keep everything running. Although Cash and Veldt are always doing amazing work on all other things, such as running the leagues, writing the news, marshaling disputes, setting up qualifying sessions when I forget, running the league races when I'm not there, etc, there are also numerous tasks which I'm in charge of. Server maintenance, database updates, website development, admin panel development, membership administration, financial administration, league mods, track selection, league qualifying and race sessions, internal tools, support... With Cash recently being out I was also trying to keep up with the league news and league disputes but luckily Veldt has been performing those tasks recently.

Tyka is a HUGE project. And quite frankly, it has become too much for me. When it's no longer driven by passion, fun and motivation it doesn't feel like a hobby any more, it feels like a second job. The only reward is satisfaction from the work you do, as everything that has ever been done for Tyka has been done on a voluntary basis in our spare time. When that satisfaction ends it can only mean one thing…

Since I have started Tyka as a student, I now find myself married, having a busy job and recently serious health issues. I have given Tyka my full dedication for many years, but at some point it has to end. And regretfully that time has come.

This decision hasn't come out of the blue. Cash has unofficially quit Tyka at the beginning of the year due to personal reasons. He has been a league admin ever since we first raced together in LRT, back in the days of Relay and F1 Racing Championship (F1RC). Even after some 11 years (!) he still managed to find motivation to continue this demanding job. With Cash no longer around - although we are still often in contact and the best of friends - the pressure on Veldt and me only increases. It certainly isn't easy running something as huge as Tyka. It easily becomes a burden due to all the work.

Apart from some heated discussions and nitpicking over the rules, the community is usually fantastic fun and provides a lot of support. I have lots and lots of great memories of these past years - both on track and off track - and so while I am relieved to put the project to a halt it also saddens me.

Besides the personal reasons, some other causes have also come up which pretty much prevent us from continuing without a major cash injection. Tyka has always been surviving on a minor budget. As you know our server is getting old and should really be replaced with a modern model. While I initially wanted to invest my own money into it, I decided against it. The server is also hosted in a place (I can't mention but thanks to a very kind person) for free which allowed us to keep Tyka going. Unfortunately it can't stay there any more. So with an outdated server, no place/funds to host it and no motivation to start work on getting rFactor 2 to work in Tyka, there isn't really a future.

The plan is to shut down the server and the forum completely by the end of the year. The domain of tyka.net and f1rst3.com will stay in our possession and all of the tools and source code remain our property. If there would be any serious bids to take over Tyka and all of its assets I will definitely consider it.

So there we are. Quite a story and the end of a huge chapter for me, and hopefully some of you as well.

We are going to finish the F1 season and plan one or two events to have Tyka go out with a bang.

I want to thank the whole community for these many great years. Tons of people have given their support and been active in some way for Tyka. However, I explicitly want to express a huge thanks to a few of you. In no particular order:

Steve 'Dude' for letting us continue his work on F1RST2
Bryan and Neela for their huge donations to Tyka
Cash for his 10+ years of being an overall and league admin
Ricardo Costello for his huge donation to Tyka
Stewart for his excellent screenshots for the news
Patrick Wartenberg for the superb Tyka logo
Veldt for his many years as overall and league admin
Biggetje for his huge donations to Tyka
Timon for his work as overall admin
Sean Edwards for his support and Spa invitations for the Tyka admins

Thanks for all the great years!

Best regards,
Edward - Tygernoot - van Rijn.

Hi guys,

The patch for the F1 season is now available. You can download it here (direct link) or from the F1 league's download page.

The patch zip should be extracted to your rFactor installation folder.

This patch is now installed on the Tyka server and installation is mandatory.


Change list:

F1RFT.HDV

CGRearRange=(0.533, 0.003, 6)
CGRearSetting=6
FuelRange=(1.0, 1.0, 245)
RearWing=1
FuelTime=(0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,1.0)
TireTime=(3.5,3.0,2.5,1.0)
FWRange=(0.0, 1.0, 30)
RWRange=(0.0, 1.0, 40)
LeftCasterRange=(0.0, 0.1, 51)
LeftCasterSetting=51
RightCasterRange=(0.0, 0.1, 51)
RightCasterSetting=51


engine.ini

EngineMapRange=(0, 0, 6)
EngineMapSetting=6
EngineBrakingMapRange=(0, 1.800e-04, 6)
EngineBrakingMapSetting=6
EngineBoostSetting=0
OptimumOilTemp=106.70
CombustionHeat=78.10
EngineSpeedHeat=0.00133
WaterMinimumCooling=3.000e-04
RadiatorCooling=(9.000e-04, 1.120e-04)
LifetimeEngineRPM=(17900, 310)
LifetimeOilTemp=(116, 4.5000)
LifetimeAvg=6700
LifetimeVar600
EngineEmission=(0, 0.5000, 0.5000)
StarterTiming=(1.20, 0.4000, 1.6000)


Major thanks to ricardoferreira and the time he took to make and test this patch

Hi guys,

It appears there's a bug in the latest client version that keeps disconnecting certain people from Tyka.

I'll be working on a fix ASAP.

If necessary, we'll fallback to the previous Tyka version while I'm coming up with the fix.

Sorry for the inconvenience. This was a major Tyka update and obviously something went wrong

Hi guys,

A weekend of updates for Tyka: new website, new forum URL, new client, order a unique Tyka badge and Premium membership discounts !

Forum URL
This evening we switched the Tyka and 'old' F1RST3 domains.

The forum is now available here http://forum.tyka.net so update your bookmarks!

Most of the links on the website have been updated to reflect the new URL, but some may remain (e.g. in the news). Please be patient while we update the links, but feel free to report any incorrect or old links here.

The posts on the forum have been updated as well, so all links to different posts on the forum should still work.


Website Update

The Tyka website http://www.tyka.net/ has been updated: new menus, new colors, new navigation links, new screenshot browser, etc...

If the layout doesn't appear correctly, be sure to refresh the page or to clear your browser cache.

Note that Internet Explorer 7 is not fully supported and artifacts may appear.


Client Update

The client update has been released.

Release notes:

* Huge internal code cleanup: Tyka is faster, lighter and more stable.
* Removed F1C, ARCA and NR2003 games
* Chat links are working better: links are now properly parsed and underlined in blue
* Clicking links in the chat opens the default browser
* Removed the 4 different view tabs: PMs, Active Room are now in their own separate windows
* Active Room moved to a simpler popup window
* Chat rooms are much more usable: chat rooms have been moved to separate popup windows and now contain a list of the drivers in the chatroom
* Profile button now opens the default browser to view a driver's profile on the Tyka site
* PM system has been rebuilt and PM chats are done through a separate window
* Fixed Amateur skill setting, by default invulnerability if now off in rFactor rooms
* Server messages in the Active Room are no longer displayed in inconsistent colors
* Updated menu bar with more relevant names and links
* Renamed 'User Profile' to 'My Account' and added Premium button with the account's expiration date
* Tyka Preferences have been updated
* Autodownload is a LOT quicker and no longer uses up a lot of CPU
* Autodownload resumes where it left off when the download is interrupted or cancelled
* Pressing 'Enter' to chat while using the autodownload now sends the chat instead of creating a new line
* After scanning the game, the room list is now properly redrawn (previously the colors of mods and tracks were not always updated immediately)
* Minimum requirements for Tyka changed to WinXP
* Centralized news by using the news forum: in-client popups, website news and news forum all display the same news
* Clicking links in the news or PM profile pages opens the page in a default browser window
* Accounts can only be modified from the normal edition, not the server edition
* Driver status colors are now correctly shown (status colors could previously turn to black)
* Various other small changes and bugfixes.

Known issues:
* Due to changes to the gamescanner, you have to set up your game profiles again.
* This was a huge client update with many changes. If there are any bugs, you can report them on our support forum.


Premium Membership Discounts

From 13 March until 10 April there is a major discount on the Premium memberships!

One month for only 3 euros, three months for 8 euros and one year for 27 euros. That's up to 40% off!

Premium memberships support Tyka for all of its monthly costs. All revenues only go to paying Tyka's bills.

Read all about the advantages of becoming a Premium member here: http://test.tyka.net/membership.php


Tyka Badge

Great news: you can now order the unique Tyka Badge!



Tyka members pay 10 euros, Premium members pay 7.50 euros. This price includes worldwide shipping!

With the current membership discount you can already become Premium for 3 euros. So if you are not a Premium member yet, just take a month of membership and order the badge with the discount

Order the badge here: http://www.tyka.net/order-badge.php


Enjoy!

Hi guys,

Before we kick off the official poll to select the mod, we would like the have a proper selection to choose from.

Here are several F1 mods to try out (thanks to all finding these mods):

F1 WCP 2010: http://www.wcp-serie...ies-for-rfactor

FS ONE 2009 2.0: http://www.virtualr....9-2-0-released/

F1 IROn 2010: http://iraceonline.i...finalperrfactor

FiHS F1 2011: http://www.fihsf1.ne...opic.php?t=4175

EuroRacers_v050: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VAZ03VZQ

F1RFT 2010 MP V1.0 Final: http://www.filestube...V1-0-Final.html

Please put your findings in this topic. And if you have mods to add, let us know and we'll add them to the list. We will launch a poll as soon as we have had some input from you.

Before the final selection is made we are going to host a test race with the mod. This to have some fun (as Bahrain has been cancelled we have some extra time) and most importantly to test how the mod handles a lot of cars on track.

In the meantime I have put up a poll in this topic to know whether you would like to run with the 2010 rules (i.e. without refueling). Don't worry if the mod has limited fuel capacity, we can make a small Tyka patch to increase it