rec.autos.simulators

Every time I try to connent to won in n4 after adding patch
it says cannot get message of the day.Any ideas?

  I had all sorts of problems connecting last night.  Unable to ping when I
did get in and never once was able to join a race.   I have been trying to
track down a hacker or something since my  system was so wierd last night.
  There was one problem with some systems after the patch was installed.  3
files get the shortened dos names put in place of the full length names
allowed by win98 those other versions that came after it.
  I don't know if this is your problem but here is a copy of Eric Busch's
post that fixes it...
dave henrie

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After patching if you are getting an "out of date" error when logging into
sierra.com multiplayer, you should check your N4 directory to see if any of
the long file names have been renamed to 8.3 format.  For example after the
patch "NASCAR Racing 4.EXE" might show up as "NASCAR~1.EXE" or something
similar.  If this has happened to you, you'll need to manually rename the
files before being able to connect:

"NASCAR~1.EXE" > "NASCAR Racing 4.EXE"

"RENDSE~1.DLL" > "RENDSERVER.DLL"

"SIERRA~1.DLL" > "SIERRAUPN4RES.DLL"

- Eric