Am I and my friend the only ones who have modem troubles ?
Two Pentiums connected with 28800 modems and the game looks like
a slide show in slow-motion.
We tried several baud rates but nothing helped.The game is still
unplayable (frame rate somewhere 2-5 fps!).Indycar2 works just fine with
same modem setups.
Please reply if you have any ideas about the problem.A wild quess is
better than nothing.
Harri Sundberg
Austin, Tx http://www.realtime.net/~indyfan/
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> Am I and my friend the only ones who have modem troubles ?
> Two Pentiums connected with 28800 modems and the game looks like
> a slide show in slow-motion.
> We tried several baud rates but nothing helped.The game is still
> unplayable (frame rate somewhere 2-5 fps!).Indycar2 works just fine with
> same modem setups.
> Please reply if you have any ideas about the problem.A wild quess is
> better than nothing.
> Harri Sundberg
> Are you using the standard init-string ? I guess so, since I (and also
9600 : ATS37=9N0S46=0&Q0&K0%C0 ..(Zoom 14k4 fax/modem) ............modem fixed at 9600
9600 : AT%C0\N0B8 ...............(markless 28k8 fax/modem) ........modem fixed at 9600
14k4 : ATS37=11N0S46=0&Q0&K0%C0 .(Zoom 14k4 fax/modem) ............modem fixed at 14k4
28k8 : AT%C0\N0B15 ..............(markless 28k8 fax/modem) ........modem fixed at 28k8
28k8 : AT%C0\N0&K0 ..............(Dynalink 1428VQH 28k8 fax/modem) modemspeed determined
by negotiation
If you need the strings with B8 or B15, the value sets the speed,
and 10 or 11 will set it to 14k4 (I don't have this modem, so I
don't know the exact value for sure), you should be able to find
this in your modem-manual.
(In all strings the 0's are zero's, not capital o's)
Also, what Pentiums do you have ? 60,75,90,100,120,133,150,166?
On 60 to 90's you should link in VGA.
We are using two 120's. I don't acually know what graphics settings my
friend has, but he likes to see some stuff in his mirrors.
The settings I'm using are :
While not linking : SVGA, Fences, Track, Hills, Trackside objects
No plot and therefor no texture in mirrors
All trackside objects
Estimated framerate 17.0 , I set it at 13.4
While direct-linking : SVGA, Fences, Hills, Trackside objects
No plot and therefor no texture in mirrors
All trackside objects
Framerate set to 12.8
While modem-linking : Same as with direct, but fps set to 12.1 or 11.8
When you're using two different Pentiums, then the slower must be the
leader. The 'follow'-er gets a hard load to pull and probably will let
off steam every now and then.
While in menu's presing Ctrl-M brings up a chatwindow.
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Windows.....brings you yesterdays speed today.
I'm having the same problem unfortunately. We're connecting two Hayes
Optima 288's and it still runs slowly (and jerky - fast, slow, fast, slow).
You'd think two Hayes modems connecting wouldn't have a problem. You'd also
think that Microprose would put a lot more effort into the multiplay
facilities on a game like F1GP2. There better be a very good patch on the
way soon.
Paul Martin
