rec.autos.simulators

Has anyone else had problems with ICR's new "A" function? I tried it and it
froze up the game, effectively ruining the race I had been running (full
length, too)
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Tony Johns

Brigham Young University

--- In fact, yes!  I did notice this, but I wasn't concerned about finishing
the race anyway, and thought I had hit some wrong key or something.  But it
did freeze, right to the point of having to re-boot the machine (got those
wonderful "beep" after overflowing the computer with keystrokes!  God I
hate that!  You know you're dead in the water at that point).  All I attempted
to do was stop the 'accelerated' time to have a look at a replay, and she
locked.  However I _may_ have pressed <esc> to do this (I forget now) which
may have been the problem?  Whatever I pressed, all I know is I didn't get
a second chance at it :)

        Oh well, minor complaint, if nothing else, if you just let it go
maybe it'll work, which is better than it was before.  Still waiting to
hear some reply on the lack of modem-supported 'season' play......

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        Christopher Goucher

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I think that it didn't freeze. I experienced similar problems and at the
first time it appeared to freeze, I tried to hit 'a' again, didn't work,
hit some other keys until the keyboard buffer was full and then I rebooted.

BUT next time I tried it, I just let it be and after waiting something like
3-5 minutes it began working. So my assumption that the function works, but it
takes a while to gear up.

Anyone else seen this sort of behaviour?

                        -TPP

[suspicious Accelerated Time game freeze discussion removed....]

--- In fact, I crashed out last night with 9 left at New Hampshire (that's
9 of 200!  Boy was I wild!  Dumb 'dolt' locking wheels with me!  How DARE
him!  I think I got his number, too... look out next time "lil Al"...
<stealthy turning "Car Damage" off to set-up a demo-derby >|) ).  Anyway,
I digress... I turned on "A"ccelerated time and again it "appeared" to lock
up (the "accelerated time" message stopped flickering and the laps stopped
clicking off) but low-and-hold after a couple of minutes (only 9 laps left
remember) the end results came up and the race finished.  Funny, It seems
to keep track of things on the screen there for a while, then it just
'freezes' and goes on it's merry way, but SEEMS to end up finishing the race
if you show the patience.  
--- I second the fact, so far, that it does indeed work.

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|       _/   _/ _/  _/     _/                  |  "And I command you to   |
|      _/  _/  _/ _/     _/                    |  kneel before the God of |
|     _/ _/   _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ 20th Aniversary | Thunder and Rock n' Roll"|
|    _/_/    _/     _/     _/    (1973-1993)   |    KISS --> Destroyer    |
|   _/  _/  _/    _/     _/                    |      Chris Goucher       |

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        Christopher Goucher

        This be the end
        My opinions are MY opinions (so be gentle! :) )