Just got gpl and am having a little trouble getting vroc to work. I am
connected through LAN, and the host race button is allways greyed out. Cant
join any races either. Any help appreciated.
Cannot join or host GPL races on VROC behind ICS
A new GPL owner on a shared LAN connection could see VROC races but not join or host. Advice covered forwarding GPL's port range through Windows Internet Connection Sharing and renaming riched20.dll on XP; the connection eventually began working without explanation. Newcomers were urged to practise offline to near benchmark times.
Automated summary.
you need to open some ports on your internet gateway...but i don't recall
which ones
try looking at www.vroc.net they should have some help there
See you soon on vroc
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"jon" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message de news:
fKz09.30267$[email hidden]...
> Just got gpl and am having a little trouble getting vroc to work. I am
> connected through LAN, and the host race button is allways greyed out.
Cant
> join any races either. Any help appreciated.
>
>
>
Can you see the racelist? DO you get servers listed in green, orange, blue, and red? R U running
behind a firewall or router?
--
Biz
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash
jon <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:fKz09.30267$[email hidden]...
> Just got gpl and am having a little trouble getting vroc to work. I am
> connected through LAN, and the host race button is allways greyed out. Cant
> join any races either. Any help appreciated.
>
>
>
Yes, I saw the racelist, but the join button was greyed out. I also applied
the fix at vroc, no different. Not behind a firewall, just connected through
another pc on the LAN. Probly could have found answer by now, but lotta gpl
websites ain't around no more it seems.
"Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:TTB09.6132$[email hidden]...
> Can you see the racelist? DO you get servers listed in green, orange,blue, and red? R U running
news:fKz09.30267$[email hidden]...
> > Just got gpl and am having a little trouble getting vroc to work. I am
> > connected through LAN, and the host race button is allways greyed out.Cant
> > join any races either. Any help appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Quoted text (10 lines)
> behind a firewall or router? > -- > Biz > > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and > the....." - Ash > > > jon <[email hidden]> wrote in messageyeah, tried that allready. Got it where I could see races, but can't host or
join. Sees chat just fine.
"Billy Murphy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
> I just went through this, and some friendly people on VROC helped me (man,
> the GPL Community is great)
>
> What worked for me was while you had VROC open, hit Ctrl o (or bring upthe
> options) then check the path of your GPL. While mine was set right, I
> clicked like I was going to chose another folder (which it won't let youdo)
> then clicked on the correct one. Shut down VROC, opened it back up, andwas
> able to ping, host and join races.
>
> If that doesn't work, make sure you have the current IP racelist (checkthe
Quoted text (17 lines)
> VROC site) > > Good luck > > Billy > > "jon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:fKz09.30267$[email hidden]... > > Just got gpl and am having a little trouble getting vroc to work. I am > > connected through LAN, and the host race button is allways greyed out. > Cant > > join any races either. Any help appreciated. > > > > > > > >I just went through this, and some friendly people on VROC helped me (man,
the GPL Community is great)
What worked for me was while you had VROC open, hit Ctrl o (or bring up the
options) then check the path of your GPL. While mine was set right, I
clicked like I was going to chose another folder (which it won't let you do)
then clicked on the correct one. Shut down VROC, opened it back up, and was
able to ping, host and join races.
If that doesn't work, make sure you have the current IP racelist (check the
VROC site)
Good luck
Billy
"jon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:fKz09.30267$[email hidden]...
> Just got gpl and am having a little trouble getting vroc to work. I am
> connected through LAN, and the host race button is allways greyed out.Cant
> join any races either. Any help appreciated.
>
>
>
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> > > Just got gpl and am having a little trouble getting vroc to work. I am > > > connected through LAN, and the host race button is allways greyed out. > > >Cant > > > join any races either. Any help appreciated. > Yes, I saw the racelist, but the join button was greyed out. I also applied > the fix at vroc, no different. Not behind a firewall, just connected through > another pc on the LAN. Probly could have found answer by now, but lotta gpl > websites ain't around no more it seems.yes, using microsoft connection sharing. At last, a lead to follow!
Gonna check into it.
"Syd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
> > > > Just got gpl and am having a little trouble getting vroc to work. Iam
> > > > connected through LAN, and the host race button is allways greyedout.
> > > >Cant
> > > > join any races either. Any help appreciated.
>
> > Yes, I saw the racelist, but the join button was greyed out. I alsoapplied
> > the fix at vroc, no different. Not behind a firewall, just connectedthrough
> > another pc on the LAN. Probly could have found answer by now, but lottagpl
Quoted text (12 lines)
> > websites ain't around no more it seems. > > Ahh, connected through another PC on the LAN... that might be the > problem. Is this using Microsofts Internet Connection Sharing (useless), > or are you using a proxy? > > If you are using a proxy, I suggest you set up port forwarding for > the appropriate ports which VROC uses (not sure which ones, do a quick > search on www.google.com). If youre using the built in windows internet > connection sharing, then I'm not sure its possible, use a proxy instead. > > I might be barking up the wrong tree here mind, but its worth a shot.Hi I tried all that, downloaded and installed vroc + vrocip, everytime i
open vroc i get this message: "The procedure entry point
RichEdit10ANSIWndProc could not be located in the dynamic link library
RICHED20.dll.", i opend up gpl and the only options i had to connect was,
tcpip 192.168.0.1 which is my other pc, and of course com1 +2, which wont
work since i'm on cable not a 56k modem! then i open vroc tried to join
through there, and it opened up gpl and then showed my ip adress, but i
wasn't able to join anyways, it opened and closed the server, and no other
races was showing in gpl??
"jon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:fKz09.30267$[email hidden]...
> Just got gpl and am having a little trouble getting vroc to work. I am
> connected through LAN, and the host race button is allways greyed out.Cant
> join any races either. Any help appreciated.
>
>
>
I use ICS and it works flawlessly by opening the ports specified in the readme file.....
--
Biz
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash
jon <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:58S09.63407$[email hidden]...
> yes, using microsoft connection sharing. At last, a lead to follow!
> Gonna check into it.
> "Syd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:[email hidden]...
> > > > > Just got gpl and am having a little trouble getting vroc to work. I
> am
> > > > > connected through LAN, and the host race button is allways greyed
> out.
> > > > >Cant
> > > > > join any races either. Any help appreciated.
> >
> > > Yes, I saw the racelist, but the join button was greyed out. I also
> applied
> > > the fix at vroc, no different. Not behind a firewall, just connected
> through
> > > another pc on the LAN. Probly could have found answer by now, but lotta
> gpl
> > > websites ain't around no more it seems.
> >
> > Ahh, connected through another PC on the LAN... that might be the
> > problem. Is this using Microsofts Internet Connection Sharing (useless),
> > or are you using a proxy?
> >
> > If you are using a proxy, I suggest you set up port forwarding for
> > the appropriate ports which VROC uses (not sure which ones, do a quick
> > search on www.google.com). If youre using the built in windows internet
> > connection sharing, then I'm not sure its possible, use a proxy instead.
> >
> > I might be barking up the wrong tree here mind, but its worth a shot.
>
>
>
Which read me ? Went through all 4 I could find for gpl and vroc, found no
mention.
"Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:lR019.8495$[email hidden]...
> I use ICS and it works flawlessly by opening the ports specified in thereadme file.....
> --
> Biz
I am getting that same error message when I open VROC, but I see other
races. Just can't join them or host.
"Hans Jensen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:Ni_09.65528$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (20 lines)
> Hi I tried all that, downloaded and installed vroc + vrocip, everytime i > open vroc i get this message: "The procedure entry point > RichEdit10ANSIWndProc could not be located in the dynamic link library > RICHED20.dll.", i opend up gpl and the only options i had to connect was, > tcpip 192.168.0.1 which is my other pc, and of course com1 +2, which wont > work since i'm on cable not a 56k modem! then i open vroc tried to join > through there, and it opened up gpl and then showed my ip adress, but i > wasn't able to join anyways, it opened and closed the server, and no other > races was showing in gpl?? > "jon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:fKz09.30267$[email hidden]... > > Just got gpl and am having a little trouble getting vroc to work. I am > > connected through LAN, and the host race button is allways greyed out. > Cant > > join any races either. Any help appreciated. > > > > > > > >Actually i got it working now Cool, What you need to do if you have Win XP
is delete the Riched20.dll file, you also need to download Vrocip,
and I would suggest turning of firewall which is what i did, I was able to
join and Race and lost miserably, only had the game 1 month and havent even
played all tracks yet!!!
"jon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:0U119.40091$[email hidden]...
was,
> > tcpip 192.168.0.1 which is my other pc, and of course com1 +2, whichwont
> > work since i'm on cable not a 56k modem! then i open vroc tried to join
> > through there, and it opened up gpl and then showed my ip adress, but i
> > wasn't able to join anyways, it opened and closed the server, and noother
Quoted text (10 lines)
> I am getting that same error message when I open VROC, but I see other > races. Just can't join them or host. > > > "Hans Jensen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Ni_09.65528$[email hidden]... > > Hi I tried all that, downloaded and installed vroc + vrocip, everytime i > > open vroc i get this message: "The procedure entry point > > RichEdit10ANSIWndProc could not be located in the dynamic link library > > RICHED20.dll.", i opend up gpl and the only options i had to connectQuoted text (15 lines)
> > races was showing in gpl?? > > "jon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:fKz09.30267$[email hidden]... > > > Just got gpl and am having a little trouble getting vroc to work. I am > > > connected through LAN, and the host race button is allways greyed out. > > Cant > > > join any races either. Any help appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Check again
readme11.txt
5. MULTIPLAYER - FIREWALLS
--------------------------
With GPL 1.0.0.0 it was difficult, if not impossible, to configure a firewall that would allow a GPL
client or server to run behind it. This should now be fixed. GPL now uses a range of 21
consecutive ports ([32766..32786], by default) for client/server communications, and ports 6970 for
status broadcast and 6971 for ping responses.
To run from a machine with a private IP address behind a Linux firewall, you need to use a
combination of IP masquerading and IP autoforwarding. The following three rules can be used.
ipfwadm -F -a accept -m -S a.a.a.a/m.m.m.m -D 0.0.0.0/0
ipautofw -A -r udp 6970 6971 -h a.a.a.a -v -u
ipautofw -A -r udp 32766 32786 -h a.a.a.a -v -u
where a.a.a.a is the address of the machine behind the firewall, and m.m.m.m is the netmask. If you
run a server behind the firewall, clients should connect to the IP address of the firewall.
If you want to run more than one server behind a firewall, you'll need to give each of the servers
its own port range for client/server communications, and also include these port ranges in the
ipautofw rules. In core.ini on each of the additional server machines, add the following:
[ Communications ]
net_server_port = A
You might use A=32787 for the second server, A=32808 for the third server, etc.
If you want to allow machines outside your firewall (VROC, for example) to query the status of
multiple GPL servers, you must also make provisions for this. The best way we've found to do this
is to use an ipautofw rule for GPL's ping port (port 6971) that causes the firewall to forward
incoming GPL ping requests to the directed broadcast address of the network behind the firewall.
Use the rule
ipautofw -A -r udp 6970 6971 -h b.b.b.b -v -u
where b.b.b.b is the directed broadcast address of the network behind the firewall.
Broadcast address? What's that? A broadcast is a message that you want every system on the network
to see. The broadcast address is the address that all machines on the same network listen to for
this message. In this case, the ipautofw command is saying that you want all udp packets on ports
6970..6971 to go to all the machines behind your firewall.
How do I determine the broadcast address? Easy: Address | (NOT NetMask)
Take your ip address and convert it to binary:
Decimal->172.15.134.123
Binary->10101100.00001111.10000110.01111011
Take your netmask and convert it to binary, then invert the 0 and 1's:
Decimal->255.255.255.0
Binary->11111111.11111111.11111111.00000000
Invert->00000000.00000000.00000000.11111111
Take your address and bitwise-or in the inverted netmask address:
10101100.00001111.10000110.01111011
00000000.00000000.00000000.11111111
-----------------------------------
10101100.00001111.10000110.11111111
Finally, convert back to decimal
Binary->10101100.00001111.10000110.11111111
Decimal->172.15.134.255
So that b.b.b.b would be 172.15.134.255 in this example.
If you (or your network administrator) do not want to broadcast these packets, you'll need to assign
each GPL server its own ping port in core.ini
[ Communications ]
bcast_ping_port = B
For example, you might use B=6972 for the second server, B=6973 the third server, etc. You will
also need to include these ports in your ipautofw rule, and tell anyone that might want to ping
these servers about these other ports.
jon <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:wS119.40084$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (14 lines)
> Which read me ? Went through all 4 I could find for gpl and vroc, found no > mention. > > > "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:lR019.8495$[email hidden]... > > I use ICS and it works flawlessly by opening the ports specified in the > readme file..... > > -- > > Biz > > > >Rename riched20.dll to riched20.dll.bak, I never recommend deleting files unless absolutely
necessary. You just ask for trouble by doing that.
--
Biz
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash
jon <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:0U119.40091$[email hidden]...
> I am getting that same error message when I open VROC, but I see other
> races. Just can't join them or host.
>
>
> "Hans Jensen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:Ni_09.65528$[email hidden]...
> > Hi I tried all that, downloaded and installed vroc + vrocip, everytime i
> > open vroc i get this message: "The procedure entry point
> > RichEdit10ANSIWndProc could not be located in the dynamic link library
> > RICHED20.dll.", i opend up gpl and the only options i had to connect was,
> > tcpip 192.168.0.1 which is my other pc, and of course com1 +2, which wont
> > work since i'm on cable not a 56k modem! then i open vroc tried to join
> > through there, and it opened up gpl and then showed my ip adress, but i
> > wasn't able to join anyways, it opened and closed the server, and no other
> > races was showing in gpl??
> > "jon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> > news:fKz09.30267$[email hidden]...
> > > Just got gpl and am having a little trouble getting vroc to work. I am
> > > connected through LAN, and the host race button is allways greyed out.
> > Cant
> > > join any races either. Any help appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
"Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:ER919.9006$[email hidden]...
> Check again
>
> readme11.txt
>
> 5. MULTIPLAYER - FIREWALLS
> --------------------------
Yes I read that part, and tried setting up the gateway machine services
options (port numbers) with no luck. Perhaps part of the problem is that I
know nothing of linux, and as a result most of the things I have tried on my
gateway machine have not been much more than shots in the dark. Could you
share a little more info on what I need to do? Forgive my ignorance. TIA
You are using ICS, it has nothing at all to do with Linux, all you need is the port numbers
referenced. If you know nothing about ICS thats another problem entirely. Go here for ino about
setting up ICS to allow access on certain ports.
http://www.helmig.com/
--
Biz
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash
jon <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:CIc19.43063$[email hidden]...
>
> "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:ER919.9006$[email hidden]...
> > Check again
> >
> > readme11.txt
> >
> > 5. MULTIPLAYER - FIREWALLS
> > --------------------------
>
>
> Yes I read that part, and tried setting up the gateway machine services
> options (port numbers) with no luck. Perhaps part of the problem is that I
> know nothing of linux, and as a result most of the things I have tried on my
> gateway machine have not been much more than shots in the dark. Could you
> share a little more info on what I need to do? Forgive my ignorance. TIA
>
>
>
Well, I never did figure out what I was supposed to find there, but I thank
you for that tour of my operating system and lan. :) No matter, it started
working without me changing anything at all. Tried it over and over,
wouldn' t work, then it did once, then it didn't, now it does nearly every
time. Now I have a new problem. There is no way I can keep up with *anybody*
I have raced without running off the road and wrecking.
:(
"Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:8gh19.9533$[email hidden]...
> You are using ICS, it has nothing at all to do with Linux, all you need isthe port numbers
> referenced. If you know nothing about ICS thats another problem entirely.Go here for ino about
news:CIc19.43063$[email hidden]...
I
> > know nothing of linux, and as a result most of the things I have triedon my
> > gateway machine have not been much more than shots in the dark. Couldyou
> > share a little more info on what I need to do? Forgive my ignorance. TIA
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Quoted text (13 lines)
> setting up ICS to allow access on certain ports. > http://www.helmig.com/ > > > -- > Biz > > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and > the....." - Ash > > > jon <[email hidden]> wrote in messageQuoted text (13 lines)
> > > > "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:ER919.9006$[email hidden]... > > > Check again > > > > > > readme11.txt > > > > > > 5. MULTIPLAYER - FIREWALLS > > > -------------------------- > > > > > > Yes I read that part, and tried setting up the gateway machine services > > options (port numbers) with no luck. Perhaps part of the problem is that3 words, practice, practice, practice....
Do that off-line until you can get within around 107% of the benchmark times(the included replays).
--
Biz
"Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
the....." - Ash
jon <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:N_k19.76830$[email hidden]...
> Well, I never did figure out what I was supposed to find there, but I thank
> you for that tour of my operating system and lan. :) No matter, it started
> working without me changing anything at all. Tried it over and over,
> wouldn' t work, then it did once, then it didn't, now it does nearly every
> time. Now I have a new problem. There is no way I can keep up with *anybody*
> I have raced without running off the road and wrecking.
> :(
>
>
>
>
> "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:8gh19.9533$[email hidden]...
> > You are using ICS, it has nothing at all to do with Linux, all you need is
> the port numbers
> > referenced. If you know nothing about ICS thats another problem entirely.
> Go here for ino about
> > setting up ICS to allow access on certain ports.
> > http://www.helmig.com/
> >
> >
> > --
> > Biz
> >
> > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
> > the....." - Ash
> >
> >
> > jon <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> news:CIc19.43063$[email hidden]...
> > >
> > > "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
> > > news:ER919.9006$[email hidden]...
> > > > Check again
> > > >
> > > > readme11.txt
> > > >
> > > > 5. MULTIPLAYER - FIREWALLS
> > > > --------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes I read that part, and tried setting up the gateway machine services
> > > options (port numbers) with no luck. Perhaps part of the problem is that
> I
> > > know nothing of linux, and as a result most of the things I have tried
> on my
> > > gateway machine have not been much more than shots in the dark. Could
> you
> > > share a little more info on what I need to do? Forgive my ignorance. TIA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
And may I ask why practice offline? Is that not what novice and intermediate
is for ? I mean if you enter a novice type race, you gotta expect that it is
what it say's, I was able to enter a intermediate race, and win once, not
saing im good or nothing, and I know for a fact that the majority of you in
this group, would severly kick my ass, but I haven't even been through all
tracks yet, and the 1 that I won, i had never been on, ok so there were only
5 that started, 3 droped out within the first 4-5 laps, and the 4th guy
dropped out, at the last or second last lap, when it was apparent that he
werent going to catch me, so maybee i caught some real inexperienced
drivers, but still I sure as my wife needs her coffee in the morning, which
is pretty sure, bought the game for it's reputation of online play, and have
been extremely pleased to see how huge the community of GPL Racers are. Just
my 2 Cents worth
"Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:ITn19.10281$[email hidden]...
> 3 words, practice, practice, practice....
>
> Do that off-line until you can get within around 107% of the benchmarktimes(the included replays).
news:N_k19.76830$[email hidden]...
> > Well, I never did figure out what I was supposed to find there, but Ithank
> > you for that tour of my operating system and lan. :) No matter, itstarted
> > working without me changing anything at all. Tried it over and over,
> > wouldn' t work, then it did once, then it didn't, now it does nearlyevery
> > time. Now I have a new problem. There is no way I can keep up with*anybody*
need is
> > the port numbers
> > > referenced. If you know nothing about ICS thats another problementirely.
structures,....and
services
> > > > options (port numbers) with no luck. Perhaps part of the problem isthat
> > I
> > > > know nothing of linux, and as a result most of the things I havetried
> > on my
> > > > gateway machine have not been much more than shots in the dark.Could
> > you
> > > > share a little more info on what I need to do? Forgive my ignorance.TIA
Quoted text (9 lines)
> -- > Biz > > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and > the....." - Ash > > > jon <[email hidden]> wrote in messageQuoted text (9 lines)
> > I have raced without running off the road and wrecking. > > :( > > > > > > > > > > "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:8gh19.9533$[email hidden]... > > > You are using ICS, it has nothing at all to do with Linux, all youQuoted text (10 lines)
> > Go here for ino about > > > setting up ICS to allow access on certain ports. > > > http://www.helmig.com/ > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Biz > > > > > > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand > > > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecularQuoted text (17 lines)
> > > the....." - Ash > > > > > > > > > jon <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:CIc19.43063$[email hidden]... > > > > > > > > "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > > news:ER919.9006$[email hidden]... > > > > > Check again > > > > > > > > > > readme11.txt > > > > > > > > > > 5. MULTIPLAYER - FIREWALLS > > > > > -------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes I read that part, and tried setting up the gateway machineQuoted text (10 lines)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Done that a little, mostly on Nurburing. Love that track.
"Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:ITn19.10281$[email hidden]...
> 3 words, practice, practice, practice....
>
> Do that off-line until you can get within around 107% of the benchmarktimes(the included replays).
news:N_k19.76830$[email hidden]...
> > Well, I never did figure out what I was supposed to find there, but Ithank
> > you for that tour of my operating system and lan. :) No matter, itstarted
> > working without me changing anything at all. Tried it over and over,
> > wouldn' t work, then it did once, then it didn't, now it does nearlyevery
> > time. Now I have a new problem. There is no way I can keep up with*anybody*
need is
> > the port numbers
> > > referenced. If you know nothing about ICS thats another problementirely.
structures,....and
services
> > > > options (port numbers) with no luck. Perhaps part of the problem isthat
> > I
> > > > know nothing of linux, and as a result most of the things I havetried
> > on my
> > > > gateway machine have not been much more than shots in the dark.Could
> > you
> > > > share a little more info on what I need to do? Forgive my ignorance.TIA
