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by **Arto Wik** » Wed, 18 Apr 2001 02:36:42

Thanks to r.a.s I have managed to get nearer and nearer to
GPL on-line racing: Now I even can join races, but when I
try to get from Practice to the pits, my screen becomes
black and my Ferrari is screaming. Whole system stops working.
Nothing else than resetting helps. And then of course the race
is gone, even when the VROC tells me it is recovering (in the
startup). I have run the gpldiscofix.

Could the cause be that I have just stopped the car, not _driven_
to the pits? But the system should not lock even then?

Thanks in advence...

Arto

PS I usually also get blinking screen when coming to the pits
page off-line. But no locking there...
(I use GF2 GTS, in D3D, if that matters)

by **Rob Adam** » Wed, 18 Apr 2001 04:06:16

Do you use ZoneAlarm? This is exactly what it does to me if I leave it
running while online in GPL.

Apparently there are ways to make ZA play nice with GPL but I've never been
able to make them work so I just shut it off while online in GPL (shhh don't
tell any hackers!).

by **dan leac** » Wed, 18 Apr 2001 06:37:04

Theres some great help for most problems here :
http://geocities.com/nielsheusi/gpl.htm (thanks Niels!!) and here
http://simracing.com/alison/gpl/
dan leach

by **Arto Wik** » Wed, 18 Apr 2001 07:02:14

>Do you use ZoneAlarm? This is exactly what it does to me if I leave it
>running while online in GPL.
>Apparently there are ways to make ZA play nice with GPL but I've never been
>able to make them work so I just shut it off while online in GPL (shhh don't
>tell any hackers!).

Good guess! Yes, I use ZoneAlarm! But isn't it funny: I can race on-line
with N4, both with the Sierra Connection and private ip's, but GPL-VROC
doesn't work! What does this combination VROC-GPL wants to do, what N4
doesn't? And why?

Arto

by **Rob Adam** » Wed, 18 Apr 2001 07:44:53

As I understand it, the problem is that ZA wants to pop up and ask you if
it's OK for GPL to access the Internet. But that little popup hangs the
system because GPL can't switch video modes. The solution is supposed to be
to run GPL in software mode, let ZA get all the answers it wants, then
switch back to hardware mode. I've never tried this - the FPS hit that ZA
has on Unreal Tournament indicates to me it would get in GPL's way too, and
I can't afford to give up any more CPU cycles. So I just remember to always
shut down ZA before joining a VROC race.

It works in N4 because N4 came out AFTER ZoneAlarm, so Papy probably wrote
their network code to deal with this type of problem.

I've heard other software firewalls don't have this problem with GPL/VROC
but I have no personal experience.

> >Do you use ZoneAlarm? This is exactly what it does to me if I leave it
> >running while online in GPL.

> >Apparently there are ways to make ZA play nice with GPL but I've never
been
> >able to make them work so I just shut it off while online in GPL (shhh
don't
> >tell any hackers!).

> Good guess! Yes, I use ZoneAlarm! But isn't it funny: I can race on-line
> with N4, both with the Sierra Connection and private ip's, but GPL-VROC
> doesn't work! What does this combination VROC-GPL wants to do, what N4
> doesn't? And why?

> Arto

by **BowtNetterToD** » Wed, 18 Apr 2001 18:16:14

I was going to say what Rob Adams has said :-)
--
Cheers Ginger.......................(GPL, Bowt NetterToDo)

by **Arto Wik** » Fri, 20 Apr 2001 06:52:51

>As I understand it, the problem is that ZA wants to pop up and ask you if
>it's OK for GPL to access the Internet. But that little popup hangs the
>system because GPL can't switch video modes.

I think the reason is in ZA, but not there; I can set the ZA not to
pop anything! And I can give certain licences to GPL and VROC: allow
connect to the Internet, allow server, pass lock. And when I have given
those, I have been able to take part to the Practice, chat, ...

Last time I told to the host of the race that when I'll push the green,
my PC propably will lock up. And so it did. And also made some harm to
my screen settings...

By the way, you somebody from New York hosting a Smogbank race half an
hour ago: You were really driving fast with your Brabham at the Practice!
I had my Ferrari gears as fast as possible, and you were driving around me!
If you happen to read this, I'm sorry my PC went down...

I hope GPL 1.3 will copy the network code from N4!

Arto

by **Steve Garrot** » Fri, 20 Apr 2001 23:15:37

Your best bet is to either get the pay version of ZoneAlarm (some have
said it works) or get a different software firewall. I have stopped
using it, and now use a hardware firewall.

SLG

>>As I understand it, the problem is that ZA wants to pop up and ask you if
>>it's OK for GPL to access the Internet. But that little popup hangs the
>>system because GPL can't switch video modes.

>I think the reason is in ZA, but not there; I can set the ZA not to
>pop anything! And I can give certain licences to GPL and VROC: allow
>connect to the Internet, allow server, pass lock. And when I have given
>those, I have been able to take part to the Practice, chat, ...

>Last time I told to the host of the race that when I'll push the green,
>my PC propably will lock up. And so it did. And also made some harm to
>my screen settings...

>By the way, you somebody from New York hosting a Smogbank race half an
>hour ago: You were really driving fast with your Brabham at the Practice!
>I had my Ferrari gears as fast as possible, and you were driving around me!
>If you happen to read this, I'm sorry my PC went down...

>>It works in N4 because N4 came out AFTER ZoneAlarm, so Papy probably wrote
>>their network code to deal with this type of problem.

>I hope GPL 1.3 will copy the network code from N4!

>Arto

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and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are
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