rec.autos.simulators

First you'll have to enlighten me with a little more detail re your
modem and IndyCar configs etc.

As it doesn't sound like a comms problem per se, as IndyCar will link
and play even if you haven't disabled error correction/compression
etc, possibly one of you has modified the cars # 1 and 2 in the car
sets???,  which can create link problems.

More info and I'll try to assist.

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Can anybody tell me if Indycar ver1.04
works over the modem.
A chap and myself are having great difficulties
playing Indycar over the modem. We get "connected"
but usually nothing happens after this.
Can anybody enlighten me as to what is going on?

Thanks in advance,

Jay

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: >A chap and myself are having great difficulties
: First you'll have to enlighten me with a little more detail re your
: modem and IndyCar configs etc.

Well I'm using an Australian made Maestro Executive Series 14.4k modem
and he's using a Dynalink fax\modem card(or something along those lines).
Both are Hayes compatible and we've tried all sorts of init strings,
all of them attempting to turn off error correction,data compression
& setting the speed to 9600, in a myriad of different ways. We also went
thru the game settings eg.race distance,car damage etc, and made them
the same.

: As it doesn't sound like a comms problem per se, as IndyCar will link
: and play even if you haven't disabled error correction/compression
: etc, possibly one of you has modified the cars # 1 and 2 in the car
: sets???,  which can create link problems.

Thanks for this last tip. I'll have to check it out.
: More info and I'll try to assist.

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: * Fidonet:       3:640/301                           *
:    from Keiron Rado in Brisbane, Qld, Australia     *  

All this is unnecesary. The game plays as per the answerer's settings. Have
you tried just leaving the comms settings as they are (ie. ATZ^M or
whatever)?

What happens when you try to connect, ie. are you getting a connection
which then breaks down, or are you getting a 'can't initialise modem'
message or not dialing, or what?

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Steve Rawlinson
London, UK