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| F1RST3 Client is a
online race management tool mainly for various EA online
racing games and add-on mods. It replaces the build
in online game features with much more additional functions.
The F1RST3 Client will act like a operation system for
online racing. It uses a generic windows approach to
display information. This design, although at first
may seem strange and uncomfortable, is aimed at providing
unlimited expansion. |
F1RST3
Features list:
- Management for both tracks and mods, to stop
people entering your race without the appropriate
mod/track installed.
- Enforced default Car and Track physics for clean
racing.
- Password protected room so you can race privately
with your friends.
- Automatic Track Download/Installation for racing
on a track you don't yet have.
- Automatic Installations of Ad don Cars so you can
effortful drive new cars you don't yet have.
- Full vehicle "Class" restrictions to only
allow the appropriate cars into your races.
- Full session information, so you can see the rules/aids
allowed in a session before entering the game.
- Optional Automatic Data rate Calculations for optimum
connection settings
- "Closed" races. So once you have entered
even a Practice session with others in your session,
others will not be able to join.
- User creatable chat rooms (password optional) for
league/private group chats.
- Fully Automated Championships
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Download
The client from the F1RST3 Main page
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This
pictures will show u how to save the F1RST3 zip file
to your desktop:
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When
download is complete, open the zip and extract to
a c:\F1RST3 e.g. C:\ F1RST3\ F1RST3.exe
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Create
a shortcut to F1RST3.exe on your desktop or double
click on exe directly:
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The
client will then load and connect to the server. This
will take a few moments:
Note: If u
experience problems with this step u are in the
need of configuring your firewall or router, please
visit the link below for a detailed guide how to
take care of router/firewall configurations.
Quick
Link:
F1RST3
Network-guide
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After
successfully login to the F1RST3 main server u will
see this screen:
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When
the client has connected successfully you will see
the log-in screen. Before you can log-in you will
need to register, click on the register button as
below:
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Then the full registration screen will
appear, now…
- Select a unique name, this will also be your
visible driver name
- Enter a unique password
- Confirm your password
- Enter your real name if you wish
- Enter a valid E-Mail address
In the drop down menus shown below
select:
-Your Current Geographic
location.
-Your upload speed.
-Your download speed.
Complete your registration by clicking
on the Register New Driver Button:
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Clicking on the 
button will display a drop down menu:
-Profiles: Here u set up your
F1RST3 driver profile, cars & Game paths.
-Chat: Here u open/close the F1RST3 Main Chat room.
-Drivers: Here u open/close the list of drivers
currently connected to the client.
-Teams: In Development.
-Forums: Will open the F1RST mini browser direct
to the main F1RST forums page, where you can post
and read news/events on F1RST development
-Dloads: Here u can open the F1RST3 download section.
-WWW: Will open the F1RST mini browser for general
web surfing.
-Help & Support: Will open help topics page.
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In the top
right of the main window are a selection of buttons:
Button 1
will maximize the main window, when maximized this
icon will change to:
Button 2
will minimize the main window In minimized mode
your name will appear grayed out but you will still
be able to receive alerts of Private Message.
Button 3
makes F1RST run in the back ground, putting an icon
in the Task Bar:
Button 4
will close F1RST.
On the bottom right of the main
window are additional functions:
Click on the corner, hold and drag to resize
window (The position and size will be saved even when
F1RST is closed) |
This is
the live news feed, here u will see important info about
the F1RST3 Client.To stop the news feed scrolling click
on the Red X:
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Chat
Window Specific Functions:
The ‘i’ button gives you control
of how your driver name, chat font & colors appear.
At this time the other buttons are not fully functional
The ‘i’ button gives you control
of how your driver name, chat font & colors appear.
At this time the other buttons are not fully functional.
Select the font and color you wish to see your driver
name appear in then click on the ‘Text’ Tab to select
the font and color you wish to see your chat appear
in. When you click on the ‘i’ button you will see
this:
In the right bottom u see this buttons:
These buttons allow you to create
your own chat room. The first button, is the create
chat button, the second is the close chat button and
the third is to Hide/Show the list of current chat’s.
When you click on the create chat button you will
see this:
Name:
Name of the chat room that will appear in the chats
list (See 1)
Password: Optional
password for private chats
Description: Chat
room description:
Startup: Message'
Optional message to display to people who join your
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At the
top right of the Active Rooms list are 2 filters buttons
with drop down menu’s:
The Games filter
allows you to view just the rooms of a specific game:
The Rooms filter
allows you to view either normal ‘Free Races’ or ‘League’
Races:
The rooms can also be sorted
by clicking on the column headers:
At the bottom of the Active Rooms
window you will see the following: The ‘I’
button is for room information, to find out information
on a specific room, highlight the room you are interested
in and click the ‘I’ button. The ‘HOST’ and ‘JOIN’
buttons are for creating or joining rooms:
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In the top right
of the Drivers List window is a driver filter
drop down menu. This is useful if you have created /
joined a chat (See Chat Window Specific Functions) If
you select ‘Active Chat’ only those drivers in your
chat will appear in list:
If you double click on your name
in the Drivers List you will get your driver
details as you entered them when you registered
with F1RST. You can modify any of these except your
registered ‘Driver Name’. After making changes you
should click on the ‘Update profile’ profile button
(see 1) and close the profile by clicking on the ‘Green
Tick’ button (see 3)
You can also modify your ‘User Status’ as
it appears in the Drivers List window in the ‘Status’
column. E.g. if you are away from keyboard, you can
enter ‘Away’. Then click on ‘Set Status’ button, it
will make a temporary change to what appears in the
‘Status’ column:
The Driver List columns
can be sorted by clicking on the headers the same
as for the Active Rooms List. The icons
next to the drivers names denote what games or mods
that driver has set up in their profile:
You can also send private
messages to other drivers in the list. To
do this double click on the drivers name you wish
to message and you will see this:
Type your message in the bottom
of the window as above and press Enter, the other
driver will hear an audible alert
sound and see your name flashing in the Driver
List. (Note, if you hear an alert sound check
the list to see if any names are flashing, if so click
on flashing name to respond to the Private Message).
Whether you are sending or receiving a message the
above window will behave just like a chat window with
a full history of your conversation in the larger
area above the line where you entered your text.
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Click on the
green ‘F1RST’ button and select ‘Profiles’ from
the drop down menu
You will then see this window which
by default shows the Alfa 147 Challenge
profile:
Select the game / mod
that you wish to create a profile for, you do this
by clicking on the drop down menu in the top right
on title bar:
As an example
we will use the GTR mod for F1 2002, in his case you
would select GTR from this menu, you will see the
blank GTR profile appear:
Next you have to locate
the game / mod at the top left you can see the option
‘Path To Game’ a window will appear asking u to find
the GTR2002config.ini (Note: If you are creating a
profile to a game not a mod, you may be asked to browse
to the game.exe file)
Click on browse and select the path
to the F1 2002 folder (or the root folder of the game
you wish to create profile for), Once you have located
it click on ‘open’ button:
You should now see in the ‘Path
to Game’ line, the path to your mod/game
and in the ‘Game Profile Name’ you should see your
in-game driver. If you have more than one in-game
driver the ‘Game Profile Name’ line will become a
drop down menu from which you can select the driver
from in-game that you wish to associate this profile
with.
Select your preferred 'Skill Level'.
'Amateur' will allow you to use in-game driving aids,
'Expert' does not allow the use of any aids except
'auto clutch'
Next select the vehicle ‘Class’
this could be, as in GTR, exactly as it says;
For example 24H, FIA, GT etc or, the case of F1 2002
there is only one class and in F1 Challenge it would
be the years 1999~2002 etc.
You may not be able
to select a vehicle for every class as the require
an additional add on mod for example 360C, 996 Cup
and Mini these can be found by clicking on the green
'F1RST' button and selecting downloads or by asking
other drivers if not available in downloads
Please ensure you read any
'Comments' these contain helpful
information that may effect specific cars:
Some of the vehicles are ‘add-ons’
and if you haven’t already installed it you will see
a message like this:
However some of the cars are available
for ‘Automatic Download’ in which
case you will see the following:
Your profile is now ready to save,
to do this click the green ‘tick’ button in the top
right of your profile:
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Click the
button and open "Rooms"
Select 'host' from the ‘Active
Rooms’ window:
The ‘Create Room’ window
will appear as below:
Select ‘Freerace’ from the ‘Game
Type’ drop down menu, and select a name for your ‘Game
Room’:
Select ‘Password’
(Optional)
Select ‘Driver Limit’ (take
into account the limitations of your internet connections)
Select ‘Game’ From
drop down menu:
Select ‘Mod’ (if
applicable)from drop down menu:
Select ‘Class’ (if
applicable) from drop down menu:
If you do not wish drivers to join
your game after you have launched it, ensure that
the ‘Allow Gatecrashers’ option is
unchecked:
If you want to allow people to
join the game once it has launched but do not wish
them to join once qualifying has started ensure that
the ‘Closed Qualifying’ option is
checked:
Select the method how u wish F1RST3
handle the datarate settings
Next select the ‘Race’ Tab
at the bottom of this window you will see the following:
Here you select which track
you wish to Race at, select it from the drop down
menu at the top, and the weather
conditions from the ‘Weather’drop down menu:
You can also select which Race
Sessions you do in your race e.g. If you
wish to run all four practice sessions, or warm-up
etc.
Next select the ‘Rules’
Tab from the bottom of the window:
The ‘Fuel Usage’ multiplier
(x1 is normal)
The ‘Tyre Wear’ Multiplier
(x1 is normal):
If you wish to enable ‘Mechanical
Failures’ and the number of ‘qualifying’
and ‘Race’ Laps:
Now select the ‘Aids’ Tab
,here you can select which aids will be allowed
in your race:
Now click on the ‘Drivers’
Tab these options allow you set specific
drivers you wish to allow in your
race, or specific drivers you wish to ‘Ban’
from your race:
Add the drivers name (F1RST3 log-in
name) in the space at the Top-center of window and
press enter. The name will appear in the lower-center
panel:
You can now add the driver
to the ‘Allowed’ or ‘Banned’ list by clicking the
appropriate button. This button points to the list,
use this to add a driver to a list:
This button points away
from the list, use it to remove drivers from
a list:
Click on the ‘Green Tick’ in the
top right of the window. Now a new window will open
as below, just click ‘launch’ to begin your Race Session:
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button and open "Rooms"
Highlight a game in the ‘Active Rooms’ list by
clicking on it once, then select ‘Join’. Information
about the session can be checked before joining, highlight
it and click the 'i' button
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Click the
button and open "Rooms"
Select host from the ‘Active
Rooms’ window:
The ‘Create Room’ window
will appear as below:
Select ‘Hotlap’ from
the ‘Game Type’ drop down menu
Select ‘Game’ From
drop down menu:
Select ‘Mod’ (if
applicable) from drop down menu:
Select ‘Class’ (if
applicable) from drop down menu:
Next select the ‘Race’
Tab at the bottom of this window you will
see the following
Here you select which track
you wish to Hotlap at, select it from the drop down
menu at the top, and the weather conditions from the
‘Weather’ drop down menu. All other options here are
unavailable in a ‘Hotlap Session’`. If you
haven’t got a particular track installed you may be
prompted to download it:
Next select the ‘Rules’ Tab from
the bottom of the window, of these settings only the
race length can be altered, this is because your best
time is taken from your fastest time in a solo race.
Therefore you must race a minimum of two laps to submit
a Hotlap. You can set as many race laps as many laps
as you like, up to one hundred percent race distance,
your fastest lap being the one submitted.
Now select the ‘Aids’ Tab, what
can be selected here depends on if you have selected
‘Amateur’ or ‘Expert’ in your F1RST
Driver profile. If you have selected
‘Expert’ then only Clutch Assistance will be available
to you in the Hotlap Session. If you have selected
‘Amateur’ then all driving aids will be available,
Click on the ‘Green Tick’ in the
top right of the window when u finished your settings:
Now a new window will open as below,
just click ‘launch’ to begin your
Hotlap Session
After completion
of your Hotlap Session, exit the game, and wait for
the ‘F1RST3 Client’ window to become active again,
if you have completed a legitimate ‘Hotlap’ and there
have been no errors you should see a message similar
to the following:
If you see an error message of some
kind and you are sure you made a legitimate hotlap,
contact F1RST3 support preferably with a screen shot
of the message. If you were disconnected from the
F1RST3 server during the hotlap session and then the
connection is resumed you may see the following message:
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If you select
a vehicle in your game/mod profile
that you do not have installed, you will see one of
these two messages:
If you see the
first image then you will have to search for, download
and install it yourself. If
you see the second message then you can automatically
download the vehicle through F1RST3. To automatically
download the vehicle select 'Yes' and you will see
the following:
On the status bar you will see the download
size and download progress. When the download completes
follow the instruction of the vehicle installer which
automatically starts on completion of download.
Note: Be sure to read any comments about the vehicle
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| There are two
methods of downloading tracks if they
are available on the F1RST3 client.
Methode1] Join a game which
is being hosted at the track you wish to download.
You will see this message:
Select ‘Yes’ and the following message
will appear, displaying track size and download status,
when this disappears the download will complete and
the track is installed, you can continue and join
the game then or leave.
Methode2]
You can also download the track by hosting a game
and selecting the track you wish to download, the
procedure is exactly the same as for the first method.
If you have a track installed in
another mod you will be offered the chance for F1SRT2
to copy it over for you, as below
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From time to time
the F1RST3 client will need to be upgraded for
improvements or new features to be added. This is done
automatically, the first time you try to log-in after
an update, you will be sent the new client automatically.
When this occurs you will see this window:
You will be able to monitor download
progress and read what the update is for, as well
as previous update history. When the download is complete
you will continue to log-in screen as normal.
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Problem:
Suddenly my windows seems to be messed
up and the main
button is dissapeared.
Solution:
This might happen when F1RST3 is not shut down
correctly. Download the fix below, be
sure to CLOSE the F1RST3 client before u apply the
fix.
Quick Link:
Broken
Window Fix
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