LFS: where is everyone

I just reinstalled LFS, and when i grab a list of servers, there are always 0 people playing. All the servers are empty. But on lfsworld.com, its says racers online: 300. What gives?

answer: patch "fredrickson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Veg8d.240374$%[email hidden]... >I just reinstalled LFS, and when i grab a list of servers, there are always >0 people playing. All the servers are empty. But on lfsworld.com, its says >racers online: 300. What gives? >

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:03:08 -0400, fredrickson wrote: > I just reinstalled LFS, and when i grab a list of servers, there are always > 0 people playing. All the servers are empty. But on lfsworld.com, its says > racers online: 300. What gives? > > you might want to install the latest patch, too if you haven't done so. I think there were several changes in servers and protocol code. All the best, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

You know, I never lost interest in a nice product as fast as I did with LFS. The Product Activation and the installation mess really turned me off. I've thought about reinstalling it, but since it doesn't just use a 'key', I have to figure out what to do and I really don't have time to mess with it. -larry fredrickson wrote: > I just reinstalled LFS, and when i grab a list of servers, there are always > 0 people playing. All the servers are empty. But on lfsworld.com, its says > racers online: 300. What gives? > >

On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 13:44:41 -0400, Larry <[email hidden]> wrote something like: >The Product Activation and the installation mess really turned me off. Yeah, it's such a mess. No wonder there aren't any servers online. No, wait, there are loads of servers online. Who would've thought. ;) -- - Jussi Koukku -

"Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:kgf9d.153$%x.130@okepread04...

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> You know, I never lost interest in a nice product as fast as I did with > LFS. > > The Product Activation and the installation mess really turned me off. > I've thought about reinstalling it, but since it doesn't just use a 'key', > I have to figure out what to do and I really don't have time to mess with > it. >

Your loss.

In article <416a5ada$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Stephen F.) wrote: > Your loss. I sort of agree, but I must admit I lost my login details a while ago and haven't bothered sorting LFS out since I upgraded my PC and reinstalled XP. The activation system and *especially* having to re-earn your credits is a pain in the neck. I've done that with one upgrade already and this time... just couldn't be bothered. So it's easier to play GPL, N2003, or RBR instead, none of which require me to jump through hoops for my entertainment :-) I'll probably sort it out when S2's released though, because with damage it'll finally be worth racing online. Andrew McP

"Andrew MacPherson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <416a5ada$[email hidden]>, [email hidden](Stephen > F.) wrote: > > > Your loss. > > I sort of agree, Won't help you with earning points (you should be able to carry these over anyway) but patch H no longer requires you to put the long code in, you just need your login name & PW now. Whether it's worth the effort is subjective, I think it is. Malc.

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:54:24 +0100, "Malc" <[email hidden]> wrote something like: >Won't help you with earning points (you should be able to carry these >over anyway) but patch H no longer requires you to put the long code in, IIRC you can just copy/paste the code. No need to type if you have it on your computer. -- - Jussi Koukku -

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:42 +0100 (BST), [email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote something like: >time... just couldn't be bothered. So it's easier to play GPL, N2003, >or RBR instead, none of which require me to jump through hoops for my >entertainment :-) It's also easier to use illegal copies of GPL, N2003 and RBR. The LFS method seems to be rather airtight in this respect. And IMO that's a good thing. BTW, it's possible to copy your LFS directory to another partition (or to a CD) when you make an OS reinstall, and then copy it back when you're done. You may need a new key (not sure about this), but atleast you won't lose your hard earned points. -- - Jussi Koukku -