rFactorCentral Development Log
Keep up to date with changes to the rFactorCentral web application and have your say about problems with the site, request features, make suggestions etc. You can post comments for any development topic.
11-Jul-08: Lotsa rFactorCentral Updates: What's Hot & More!
Lots of changes to rFactorCentral in the last few days:
What's Hot!
New on the RFC home page is the What's Hot panel. You'll...
09-Jul-08: Changes to the Hall of Fame
Based on feedback several changes have been made to the way the Hall of Fame for Cars, Tracks and Addons are displayed.
The default sort order...
12-Jun-08: Vimeo Support, Skin Download Fix, Voting Changes
Vimeo videos are now supported in the videos area.
A software update broke the auto (and immediate) transfer of skins to the rfc file server. ...
09-Mar-08: Annoying text formatting in Comments and Profiles fixed :D
The display of text entered via forms, especially related to line breaks, has been improved across the site e.g. Comments area, mod descriptions...
06-Mar-08: Painter Profile and Painter Admin Updated
Each Painter profile and Painter Admin now displays downloads per skin and total downloads per painter.
New skin sorting options are also ava...
04-Mar-08: My rFactor HOF and Weekly HOF Results
'My rFactor HOF' and Weekly HOF Results have been added to rFactorCentral. All users can create their own HOF, which can currently contain a maxi...
04-Mar-08: WIP Progress Bar & New Submit Forms
A new WIP Progress Bar now displays in each WIP profile. Modders can update the progress bar via the Modder Admin.
New Submit forms for Cars...
01-Mar-08: 1/5 Blanket Voting Out
The second part of the blanket voting gadget is now live. Basically voting 1/5 across the board for any mod is no longer acceptable. All blanket ...
01-Mar-08: RFC Downtime Glitch Fixed
Apologies to everyone for the problems with the site this evening. The site has one dependency, which has only let it down once or twice in the l...
29-Feb-08: Changes to Shredding
A few changes have been made to how shredding is handled, mainly to retain context when shredded comments no longer display. The shredding gadget...
27-Feb-08: rFactorCentral Menu System Rebuilt
rFactorCentral's scripted menus have been rebuilt, and all submenus are available again, yippee! This should resolve the loading/hanging issue ca...
25-Feb-08: rFactorCentral Mod Rating and HOF Redevelopment
Almost two years on, it's time to review the car and track rating categories, along with the HOF (Hall of Fame) concept. Have your say!
21-Feb-08: Site wide script changes - loading/freeze improvement?
I've finished a first past at re-organizing the use of scripts across the site. The biggest change and hopefully one that will reduce the loading...
21-Feb-08: Application Suggestions, Bugs, Feedback
This is the place to post stuff like suggestions, bugs, feedback, features requests related to the rFactorCentral application.
rFactorCentral ...
21-Feb-08: Skin Download Link Reporter
Something I meant to complete ages ago - the link reporter is now also available in the Skins/Painter's Profile area for every skin download.
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21-Feb-08: RACE@RFC Multi Class Support
A lot of work is in progress within the RACE@RFC area to support multi car/multi class race events. This also involves changes to the rfc softwa...
17-Feb-08: RFC Admin tool Improvements
A bunch of improvements have been made to the RFC web admin over the last week or so. They may not be visible to the visitor, but the recent impr...
17-Feb-08: Modder Admin - origin label
Modders can now control the origin label (scratch, conversion, composite etc) via the modder admin. Who would've thought a label could be so prob...
17-Feb-08: RACE@RFC Updates
A bunch of updates related to the RACE@RFC area are in progress including:
- number of races, per driver, per event, in total
- km raced ...
07-Feb-08: RACE@RFC Driver Profile Area
I've been working on a new Driver Profile for the RACE@RFC section of the site. It still has a long way to go but is functional enough now to swi...
05-Feb-08: 'Composite' origin added for mods
In addition to Scratch and Conversion, mods can also now be flagged as 'Composite' i.e containing both converted and scratch work. I'll be adding...
05-Feb-08: Incorrect auto user login error corrected
A small number of people have reported being logged in automatically by the site as another user - NICE! :)
The problem has been fixed. If you...
04-Feb-08: Disputed option for mod origins
In addition to Scratch, Conversion, Extensions, comes.... Disputed!
If you've got any other suggestions you're welcome to send them via the Co...
04-Feb-08: WIP Screenshots require Modder Admin access
To help reduce the number of incorrect screenshots posted to WIP mods, posting screenshots to WIPs is now limited to users with the related modde...
04-Feb-08: New Screenshot Script
I've been wanting to try out this popular script for displaying images as it really shows off screenshots. Click on any thumbnail to view the lar...
04-Feb-08: Featured Leagues on RFC Home page
Featured leagues now display on RFC's home page, below the latest track release. Featured leagues are pulled randomly from the leagues listing on...
04-Feb-08: Mod Blanket Voting Tracker
If you've blanket voted a mod as 1/5's across all categories in the last couple of days you will have noticed the site remind you it's not an ent...
04-Feb-08: Mod Comments & Screenshots Moderation
Mod comments and screenshots can be now be moderated at a profile level if required. Comments and screenshots can still be posted by everyone as ...
04-Feb-08: RFC Development Log Re-activated
After a long period of inactivity I'll be posting to the Development Log so anyone interested can keep track of changes to the rfc web applicatio...
16-Nov-06: Site Search improvements
Site search has been updated, you can now search mods, comments or resources. At some point I'll add the option of searching any combination of a...
16-Nov-06: Community rating glitch corrected
This has been bugging me for a while but has taken some time to track down. The Overall Community rating in mod profiles was displaying a rating ...
29-Sep-06: Painter Admin Updates
The Admin area for each painter has been updated. It is now integrated into the site login - the unique admin url is no longer needed. Painters c...
16-Sep-06: New image processing engine
The Screenshots and Painters admin areas have been rebuilt to include a new image processing engine. It should be far less prone to error and can...
09-Sep-06: Feature Checklist integration complete
The Feature checklists for each mod is now integrated into the site login system. Items are now unlocked automatically and display which user mad...
08-Sep-06: rFactorCentral Hall of Fame
With a few mods now in the Hall of Fame, it was time to create an area for it. The rFactorCentral Hall of Fame con...
31-Aug-06: Back on track re errors & feature checklist
Overall the site is back on track with very few errors logged overnight - thanks guys for hanging in there, and registering too! The image proces...
31-Aug-06: Download handling error fixed
A download handling error for both mod and skins has been identified and corrected. ...
31-Aug-06: Mod Comments redevelopment
Mod comments are in the process of being made more accessible and a little more forum like. Check out the work in progress...
31-Aug-06: Skins Download glitch being investigated
The glitch some people are experiencing downloading skins is being investigated....
30-Aug-06: Changes to session management
Changes are in progress that will require everyone to log back in today. This won't usually be the case. I'm working on getting the right balance...
30-Aug-06: Add/Update Skins error corrected
The error in the add/update skins forms have been corrected. Sorry about that painters! The form may still occassionally error due to the image p...
30-Aug-06: Impementation of registration commenced
Some changes have been made to session handling which will require logging back in today. Registration is now required to access areas some areas...
17-Jun-06: rCentral Site Updates
The first stage of a Site Search capability has been added - up there in the dark strip across the top of the page. It currently searches car and...
15-May-06: Setup area now live!
Setups is live! Car setups can be accessed via each mod profile (when available) or directly via the Setups area. Stable race-able setups play a ...
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