rec.autos.simulators

> ....whilst racing GPL online.

> Usually preceded by the sound disappearing  >:-(

> cheers

> -Lindsay

>....whilst racing GPL online.

>Usually preceded by the sound disappearing  >:-(

>>....whilst racing GPL online.

>>Usually preceded by the sound disappearing  >:-(

>Hi Lindsay,

>Do you use a serial modem with the generic joystick driver?

>Remco

>When the sound disappears while I am racing online, it's a sure sign
>that the line to my ISP has dropped. Maybe this is error 10049 - I've
>never looking at the error code, but everytime the sound goes, when I
>quit GPL I find the disconnected message.
>Cheers,
>Paul

>> ....whilst racing GPL online.

>> Usually preceded by the sound disappearing  >:-(

>> cheers

>> -Lindsay

> Paul,

> yes the line is usally dropped when i eventually get back out of GPL...
> but sometimes the sound comes back and I can carry on (though this is only
> during practice - if it happens during a race I haven't a hope in hell of
> stayin in the race.

> I usually connect at 64k when I'm gonna connect to a host, but th problem
> also occurs if I'm connected at 128k. Do you know what causes this
> disconnection from the ISP?

> set my MTU to 572 (ran EasyMTU to determine what the best was - but these
> problems still exist. As well as my currnet ISDN card (see my resoponse to
> Remco) I've also had an internal ISA isdn card and an external TA on the com
> port and these also gave the same problems. The external TA was much worse
> though.

> I can surf and play other games fro hours on end without ISP disconnects -
> any ideas why it happens in GPL.

> Also - Papy are rumoured to be bringing out a path for GPL, one of the
> "bigs" it fixes is online play ...anyone know any news about when....

> thanx

> -Lindsay


> >When the sound disappears while I am racing online, it's a sure sign
> >that the line to my ISP has dropped. Maybe this is error 10049 - I've
> >never looking at the error code, but everytime the sound goes, when I
> >quit GPL I find the disconnected message.
> >Cheers,
> >Paul

> >> ....whilst racing GPL online.

> >> Usually preceded by the sound disappearing  >:-(

> >> cheers

> >> -Lindsay

>You should moan at your ISP. I use sometimes use Demon in the UK but due to
the
>large amounts of ISP induced disconnects (something confirmed in a recent
>survey) I have been switching to BT Internet. This is akk of no relevance
to you
>if you live outside the UK.
>You could try using a USB ISDN modem like DrayTek Vigor which should give
you
>better GPL connections (see Alison Hine's site) but if your ISP drops the
line
>then it's really out of your hands. Give them stick! Disconnects induced by
>other factors than an ISP disconnect are not usually accompanied by a loss
of
>sound.
>Cheers,
>Paul

>> Paul,

>> yes the line is usally dropped when i eventually get back out of GPL...
>> but sometimes the sound comes back and I can carry on (though this is
only
>> during practice - if it happens during a race I haven't a hope in hell of
>> stayin in the race.

>> I usually connect at 64k when I'm gonna connect to a host, but th problem
>> also occurs if I'm connected at 128k. Do you know what causes this
>> disconnection from the ISP?

>> set my MTU to 572 (ran EasyMTU to determine what the best was - but these
>> problems still exist. As well as my currnet ISDN card (see my resoponse
to
>> Remco) I've also had an internal ISA isdn card and an external TA on the
com
>> port and these also gave the same problems. The external TA was much
worse
>> though.

>> I can surf and play other games fro hours on end without ISP
disconnects -
>> any ideas why it happens in GPL.

>> Also - Papy are rumoured to be bringing out a path for GPL, one of the
>> "bigs" it fixes is online play ...anyone know any news about when....

>> thanx

>> -Lindsay


>> >When the sound disappears while I am racing online, it's a sure sign
>> >that the line to my ISP has dropped. Maybe this is error 10049 - I've
>> >never looking at the error code, but everytime the sound goes, when I
>> >quit GPL I find the disconnected message.
>> >Cheers,
>> >Paul

>> >> ....whilst racing GPL online.

>> >> Usually preceded by the sound disappearing  >:-(

>> >> cheers

>> >> -Lindsay

> geez - is my spelling ***or what!! :-) sorry about all the typos.

> I've had some communication with my ISP (Freeserve) but they don't knwo what
> it is really. They've been experimenting with STAC compression on their
> routers(which is off at the moment) Have you found BT to be ok?

> I have a free 3month trial with them - do they charge a flat monthly rate or
> is it "more for more" charging?

> (I am in the UK BTW)

> cheers

> -Lindsay

> >You should moan at your ISP. I use sometimes use Demon in the UK but due to
> the
> >large amounts of ISP induced disconnects (something confirmed in a recent
> >survey) I have been switching to BT Internet. This is akk of no relevance
> to you
> >if you live outside the UK.
> >You could try using a USB ISDN modem like DrayTek Vigor which should give
> you
> >better GPL connections (see Alison Hine's site) but if your ISP drops the
> line
> >then it's really out of your hands. Give them stick! Disconnects induced by
> >other factors than an ISP disconnect are not usually accompanied by a loss
> of
> >sound.
> >Cheers,
> >Paul

> >> Paul,

> >> yes the line is usally dropped when i eventually get back out of GPL...
> >> but sometimes the sound comes back and I can carry on (though this is
> only
> >> during practice - if it happens during a race I haven't a hope in hell of
> >> stayin in the race.

> >> I usually connect at 64k when I'm gonna connect to a host, but th problem
> >> also occurs if I'm connected at 128k. Do you know what causes this
> >> disconnection from the ISP?

> >> set my MTU to 572 (ran EasyMTU to determine what the best was - but these
> >> problems still exist. As well as my currnet ISDN card (see my resoponse
> to
> >> Remco) I've also had an internal ISA isdn card and an external TA on the
> com
> >> port and these also gave the same problems. The external TA was much
> worse
> >> though.

> >> I can surf and play other games fro hours on end without ISP
> disconnects -
> >> any ideas why it happens in GPL.

> >> Also - Papy are rumoured to be bringing out a path for GPL, one of the
> >> "bigs" it fixes is online play ...anyone know any news about when....

> >> thanx

> >> -Lindsay


> >> >When the sound disappears while I am racing online, it's a sure sign
> >> >that the line to my ISP has dropped. Maybe this is error 10049 - I've
> >> >never looking at the error code, but everytime the sound goes, when I
> >> >quit GPL I find the disconnected message.
> >> >Cheers,
> >> >Paul

> >> >> ....whilst racing GPL online.

> >> >> Usually preceded by the sound disappearing  >:-(

> >> >> cheers

> >> >> -Lindsay

>Yes, I found BT lines much better - well they own the network (not that I
would,
>for a moment, suggest that there's any funny business going on). When
connected
>at the same speed, I still get the data heaps faster from BT - for example
>downloading Nascar Revolution at 30Mb (don't do it - it's crap), I
downloaded
>the first 300Kb through Demon and Netscape predicted that it would take 6
hours
>to download. I quit, reconnected to BT and got it in 1 hour 45 minutes.
This is
>an extreme example. I still use demon for news and mail because everyone
knows
>my Demon mail account and the fixed IP address.
>I lost my Freeserve account because I forgot my password and they won't
tell me
>it - but that seemed a little better than demon for www browsing but worse
for
>n.g.'s and mail and about the same for VROC connections.
>The advantage of BT Internet is that if you live in the right area (and now
I do
>- if I grin anymore I'll split my face) you can get ADSL - you need BT
phone
>line as well. If you've got a cable phone line, bear in mind that many
cable
>suppliers are launching cable modems now - see NTL web pages - and check if
you
>cable owner is NTL - they have 50% holding in my area even though they
don't say
>that on their page. It appears that the UK's connectability is being
dragged

small
>window of opportunity. I'll try to dig up the results of the survey that
had
>Demon so low.
>Cheers,
>Paul

>> geez - is my spelling ***or what!! :-) sorry about all the typos.

>> I've had some communication with my ISP (Freeserve) but they don't knwo
what
>> it is really. They've been experimenting with STAC compression on their
>> routers(which is off at the moment) Have you found BT to be ok?

>> I have a free 3month trial with them - do they charge a flat monthly rate
or
>> is it "more for more" charging?

>> (I am in the UK BTW)

>> cheers

>> -Lindsay

>> >You should moan at your ISP. I use sometimes use Demon in the UK but due
to
>> the
>> >large amounts of ISP induced disconnects (something confirmed in a
recent
>> >survey) I have been switching to BT Internet. This is akk of no
relevance
>> to you
>> >if you live outside the UK.
>> >You could try using a USB ISDN modem like DrayTek Vigor which should
give
>> you
>> >better GPL connections (see Alison Hine's site) but if your ISP drops
the
>> line
>> >then it's really out of your hands. Give them stick! Disconnects induced
by
>> >other factors than an ISP disconnect are not usually accompanied by a
loss
>> of
>> >sound.
>> >Cheers,
>> >Paul

>> >> Paul,

>> >> yes the line is usally dropped when i eventually get back out of
GPL...
>> >> but sometimes the sound comes back and I can carry on (though this is
>> only
>> >> during practice - if it happens during a race I haven't a hope in hell
of
>> >> stayin in the race.

>> >> I usually connect at 64k when I'm gonna connect to a host, but th
problem
>> >> also occurs if I'm connected at 128k. Do you know what causes this
>> >> disconnection from the ISP?

>> >> set my MTU to 572 (ran EasyMTU to determine what the best was - but
these
>> >> problems still exist. As well as my currnet ISDN card (see my
resoponse
>> to
>> >> Remco) I've also had an internal ISA isdn card and an external TA on
the
>> com
>> >> port and these also gave the same problems. The external TA was much
>> worse
>> >> though.

>> >> I can surf and play other games fro hours on end without ISP
>> disconnects -
>> >> any ideas why it happens in GPL.

>> >> Also - Papy are rumoured to be bringing out a path for GPL, one of the
>> >> "bigs" it fixes is online play ...anyone know any news about when....

>> >> thanx

>> >> -Lindsay


>> >> >When the sound disappears while I am racing online, it's a sure sign
>> >> >that the line to my ISP has dropped. Maybe this is error 10049 - I've
>> >> >never looking at the error code, but everytime the sound goes, when I
>> >> >quit GPL I find the disconnected message.
>> >> >Cheers,
>> >> >Paul

>> >> >> ....whilst racing GPL online.

>> >> >> Usually preceded by the sound disappearing  >:-(

>> >> >> cheers

>> >> >> -Lindsay

>See the attached text file.
>I think 10049 is one of a number of errors that you can get from winsock
>when the underlying connections have died. Depending on what your system
was
>trying to do you get different errors.

>Bart Westra

>>....whilst racing GPL online.

>>Usually preceded by the sound disappearing  >:-(

>>cheers

>>-Lindsay