rec.autos.simulators

I want to setup a dedicated server for N4 away from my home (yes I have
original games/boxes) and was wondering, do I just set it up to allow
someone with a "boss" password to login and start a race? Does the server
drop back to the setup screen afterwards, or do I need something DeMONS for
N4 to be able to do multiple races?

Just curious...

edb

The simple answer is to have "race0=" and password="secret/boss".  These
are changed in the player/myname/player.ini file.

By not assigning any races, it will not automatically cycle through
races.  If you don't want to make it an open server, you will need to
assign a normal password like "secret" too.

I'm not sure about multiple races on a server, but I did read about it
in the server.txt readme file.

Jason.

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There is a N4server.txt file in N4's main directory. That should answer your
questions.
Anthony Brooks

Read all those, and it did not answer my question.

I know it will cycle through races, I know about "boss" passwords. What I am
asking is if I put it up in just open setup mode with a "boss" password
assigned (so only I can start the race), at  the end of the first race, will
it recycle to the Setup screen. none of the readme's mention this, and I
don't want to have a list of cycling races going on. I want to run non
password races at my discretion and have it sitting at setup rest of the
time.

Sorry, is that a little clearer?

edb

Just curious what kind of line do you need to setup a server?  Can you use
cable or DSL or do you have go with a T?   I would assume if DSL could be
used it would have to be full sycronous.  Also what kind of computer power
is required?

built: AMD Athlon 1.2Ghz, 512MB RAM, ATA100/RAID M'Board using RAID 0 w/2
20.5 gig ATA100 HD's (Stuff loads in 1/2 the time). This system screams (for
today anyway, just wait a few months and I'll be panning how slow it is,
lol)

My guess is that cable or 720k DSL would work fine for 15-20 people (who
themselves have to have good connections) on any PIII 500 Mhz or faster with
at least 128MB RAM, preferably 256 MB.

As far as synchronous, it is not needed as long as the UP speed is at least
(#ofdrivers X about 20-25k). IE: assume at least 400-500k UPstream for 20
drivers. Even then, with all these yahoos running all the graphics (smoke,
dust, grandstands) there will be lag. Me and my guys run everything but
smoke, dust, and stands and we get 35-45FPS online on a decent night. (8-12
cars)

best of luck,

edb

You can use cable/dsl for hosting a game, course the more bandwidth
available, the more clients can join. I host mine on a cable modem, but set
it to 10 clients. When i used 15 clients (example from papy's server.txt) i
noticed the pings would spike when maxd w/ clients.
A dedicated server does not need to be as powerful as a normal ***
machine since it is only crunching numbers. in fact, when you choose the
dedicated server option, it doesnt even load 3d drivers. My dedicated server
is a celery 400, 128mb ram, 6.5gb hd & 3com nic. Once the dual amds are out,
i will build a new *** machine built on that platform & move my current
p3 800, 384mb ram over to win2k server & have it become a dedicated server.
I am also waiting for Sprint ION to get installed, according to the tests
they ran on my line, the can guarantee 2mb down/800k up, so that should
really allow me to increase the clients.

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Brian
Grrrr baby, very grrrrr

That's exactly what will happen.

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Eric