GPL: Buggy internet play?!

Is it me, or do other people get thrown from internet sessions frequently? I will be racing, and then I get a full screen of static, and I am thrown back to the multiplayer connection screen. This happens probably once or twice every 10 minutes or so. It has not happened, as of yet, during a race. Anyone have this problem? Anyone have a solution? -Kevin

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> Is it me, or do other people get thrown from internet sessions frequently? > I will be racing, and then I get a full screen of static, and I am thrown > back to the multiplayer connection screen. This happens probably once or > twice every 10 minutes or so. It has not happened, as of yet, during a > race. > Anyone have this problem?

It happens to me a lot. I sure hope so! Let us know if you find one. -- Pat Dotson IMPACT Motorsports http://www.impactmotorsports.com/pd.html

Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not. Remember this is the Internet. Have you tried to optimize your connection for game play...disable error correction, etc? Marty

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> Is it me, or do other people get thrown from internet sessions > frequently? > I will be racing, and then I get a full screen of static, and I am > thrown > back to the multiplayer connection screen. This happens probably once > or > twice every 10 minutes or so. It has not happened, as of yet, during > a > race. > Anyone have this problem? > Anyone have a solution? > -Kevin

Hasn't happened to me yet in the many hours of online racing I've already put in in GPL, but I am on an ADSL connection, maybe if you guys are on modems, it could be one of the settings in your core.ini file, check out the info on Alison's site. --John (Joao) Silva

Actually, I had something similar happen. In a regular race/practice (not multiplayer) the program would randomly shut down and kick me back to windows. After a reboot, it would do the same thing. I ended up deleting the program, the demo(different subdirectory), and re-installed the full game. Works fine now. I just need a faster machine, dammit... :) Eldred ________ Eldred Pickett e-mail address altered to deter spammers - remove the '*' to reply Put your message in a modem - and throw it into the ***-sea...

Hi Kevin, Your best best is to find a FAST server. I was connected to Tim McArther's server for 9 hours and was booted out twice (but so was everyone else). My latency was 0.111 (111ms) with a cable modem. You should be trying for 250ms or less. Check your latency three times in a row to see if it's fluxuating a lot (over 250ms). If it is, that's bad; however, if it's fluxuating below or around 250ms thats OK. To find your latency (after attaching to a server): 1. Close the chat window 2. Press ALT-L 3. Open the chat window to see your latency. To find your latency before connecting to a server just open a DOS BOX and type in PING <the ip address> (Multiply the 'time' value by 2 to get the latency). Example PING 24.1.24.139 to see if Tim is up :) Jason.

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> Is it me, or do other people get thrown from internet sessions frequently? > I will be racing, and then I get a full screen of static, and I am thrown > back to the multiplayer connection screen. This happens probably once or > twice every 10 minutes or so. It has not happened, as of yet, during a > race. > Anyone have this problem? > Anyone have a solution? > -Kevin

-- -------- Jason Monds (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

I think the problem is two fold. For one, while GPL will allow up to 20 in a net race it seems more than 10 or so is pushing it - and that's even if they're all LPBs with ADSL/Cable or better connects. Secondly: If you are on dialup you are especially sensitive to the number of others in a race. Remember that your computer has to receive info telling all about the place and status of all other racers. That's a lot of data. Try finding a server with only 4 or 5 others and see if you still get the boot. If not, work your way up from there. JB Edmonton, AB,