I have just started playing GPL this last week (it was sitting
on my HD for the past year, but I didn't have time to really
learn the sim, and GPL just isn't much fun to play "casually").
Anyway, I have applied the 1.2 patch, loaded several
enhancements (tracks from Dave Noonan, car models, etc...) and I
just love this sim! I now spend my days and nights (when not
playing GPL) thinking about car setups and replaying laps in my
head trying to determine how to shave a few seconds off the
times. In a word, I am addicted. Well, at least I have a
vacation week from work next week! :o)
Now I would like to try the next step - Online racing. I have
installed WinVROC and updated the ini file to point to the
correct IP address, but I have not been able to connect to any
races. When I run WinVROC, the chat feature works fine, and I
do get a list of race servers. But the "Ping" column for the
servers remains empty (is this normal?), and I cannot connect to
any of them (the Join button remains grayed out). Also, my Host
button is always grayed out (Again, not sure if this is normal
or I am doing something wrong). At the bottome of the WinVROC
screen, I get a message stating "connecting to WinVROC host,
please wait..." (or something to that effect). That message
never goes away. So if anyone can steer me in the right
direction, I would REALLY appreciate it! Thanks in advance!!
Patrick
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Patrick,
under VROC options you must manually point the program to the folder where
GPL is even if it shows correcttly.
This is some kind of bug, when you exit and relog this should fix it.
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Otter
"Patrick Szuch" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I have just started playing GPL this last week (it was sitting
> on my HD for the past year, but I didn't have time to really
> learn the sim, and GPL just isn't much fun to play "casually").
> Anyway, I have applied the 1.2 patch, loaded several
> enhancements (tracks from Dave Noonan, car models, etc...) and I
> just love this sim! I now spend my days and nights (when not
> playing GPL) thinking about car setups and replaying laps in my
> head trying to determine how to shave a few seconds off the
> times. In a word, I am addicted. Well, at least I have a
> vacation week from work next week! :o)
>
> Now I would like to try the next step - Online racing. I have
> installed WinVROC and updated the ini file to point to the
> correct IP address, but I have not been able to connect to any
> races. When I run WinVROC, the chat feature works fine, and I
> do get a list of race servers. But the "Ping" column for the
> servers remains empty (is this normal?), and I cannot connect to
> any of them (the Join button remains grayed out). Also, my Host
> button is always grayed out (Again, not sure if this is normal
> or I am doing something wrong). At the bottome of the WinVROC
> screen, I get a message stating "connecting to WinVROC host,
> please wait..." (or something to that effect). That message
> never goes away. So if anyone can steer me in the right
> direction, I would REALLY appreciate it! Thanks in advance!!
>
> Patrick
>
>
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Thanks, Otter!
I'll give this a try when I get home tonight.
Patrick
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