>writes:
>>Question- would someone at work have to have a fast video card and all
>>that to simply host races? Seems like a very streamlined setup for
>>just servers could be created such that the serving machine needs very
>>little outside of primary processor and network connection, I'd think.
>>SOmeone could theoretically host races from a non-gamer work machine
>>that they'd actually race on from home just like any other client.
>I've done it before - left my work machine(T1 connection) at a track with a
>long practice time. That way, people get to practice, and I can join the race
>when I get home. Two problems - one, I can only host one race this way, as
>there's no way to control the 'server' after the race. Two, this only works if
>I have a static IP address at work. When I set it for DHCP (as our netadmin as
>decreed), the host doesn't show up. Anybody have a fix for that yet?
>My work system is a PII 300mhz w/o a 3D card. I just turned down all the
>details(since I'm not racing THERE), and it works fine. I was worried about
>warping, but the people who DID run on my server said it ran fine...
understand to help create the sort of fixes you are talking about. I
never heard of the dynamic IP issue, for one. I don't understand DHCP
principles- I figured the IP was given when the first TCP program
started and it remained until all TCP programs were closed. Woulddn't
that be more or less like having a static IP from GPL's point of view,
so long as some TCP/IP program on the Host is left on?
Sure sound entirely plausible. Fact is, using PCAnywhere might make it
possible to write a fairly simply hack to remotely cycle your work
comptuer from home- although that certainly is a very round-about way
to achieve track cycling, IMO! But if it is easy to do, it might be a
good fix until a real solution comes. In the extreme form, a home
machine could be setup to dial in every 40 minutes to cycle the
tracks! Might get the Rube Goldberg award...
Big question from my perspective- is it clearly possible for a
non-Papyrus (i.e., without direct code access) programmer to write
some sort of external track-cycling program for GPL? Something that
literally "clicks the windows" and initiates hosting, etc.? Is there
enough to work with? I know this isn't "Quake Script" or whatever, but
Papy always had left a lot of exposed stuff for people to monkey with-
much to the sim communities great happiness.