GPL race replays to download

Hi all, Just a thought, but I thought it would be nice if there was a way that hosts running GPL races on VROC could somehow make available for download the replays of the race? Most host have fairly superior machines with enough ram to record the whole race (I may be wrong on this fact). I only have 64mb. and normally save the replay as soon as the race is finished, but I normally only get 2/3 laps! Perhaps some enterprising individual/GPL WEB site could offer a place for hosts to send replays for download? With a 'name of host', 'date', 'time' schedule list of recent replays, this would be a real benefit for those that took part in the race and want to 'relive' how well they did, or in my case, analyse all the mistakes ;-). Evan peeps who did not take part in a race might be interested in downloading and viewing some of the 'classic' tournament/league races..... I know I would. Perhaps this already exists... maybe someone can enlighten me of the URL... ;-) Apologies for the long winded post... hope you think its a feasible or good idea? Dave Hawnt UK-GPL

Me too...great idea.

Not all hosts have more then 64megs. Probably your best bet would be to ask the host to save the replay then send it to you. Besides that, When was the last time you took a look at how big these replays are? If you happen to have a 33.6 you can be sure that it'll take most all day to download a couple laps. If you're in one of my races, Just ask and I'll send it. Mike Barlow

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> Hi all, > Just a thought, but I thought it would be nice if there was a > way that hosts running GPL races on VROC could somehow make > available for download the replays of the race? Most host > have fairly superior machines with enough ram to record the > whole race (I may be wrong on this fact). I only have 64mb. > and normally save the replay as soon as the race is finished, > but I normally only get 2/3 laps! Perhaps some enterprising > individual/GPL WEB site could offer a place for hosts to send > replays for download? With a 'name of host', 'date', 'time' > schedule list of recent replays, this would be a real benefit > for those that took part in the race and want to 'relive' how > well they did, or in my case, analyse all the mistakes ;-). > Evan peeps who did not take part in a race might be interested > in downloading and viewing some of the 'classic' > tournament/league races..... I know I would. > Perhaps this already exists... maybe someone can enlighten me > of the URL... ;-) > Apologies for the long winded post... hope you think its a > feasible or good idea? > Dave Hawnt UK-GPL

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I think that's a great idea - I'd certainly like to be able to look at a few of the races -Lindsay

In IGPS, any league driver who requested one gets a CD with the entire IGPS Season web page, including final stats and all the replays for all of the events run during the season. The replays are typically in to 20- 30 MEGAbyte range. Our 12-race season filled about half of a CD. -- ========================================================= John Simmons - Redneck Techno-Biker (Zerex12) http://www.members.home.net/jms1/index.html John Simmons - Barbarian Diecast Collector http://members.home.net/jsimm/diecast_index.html IGPS (Season 2) Director http://207.104.111.77/igps2/igps2.html If you want to send me email, go to either of the URL's shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

I agree there have been some excellent races hosted via VROC and League races that would make great candidates for replay keepers. [Hey Papy!!!! Why don't you give us a site to upload replays to?] Anyway, at the present I am one of the hosters with only 64 meg of memory. But it is possible to setup GPL and one's machine to capture longer replays without compromising GPL's performance too much. First thing to do is create a "fixed" virtual memory swap in Windows. This is one of the first things you need to do if you only have 64meg (or less) memory. The rule of thumb I use is to create a fixed virtual memory that is 1.5x's the installed memory for 64meg. If you have the disk space you may want to create a bigger one. 1) Right click on My Computer and choose properties 2) Under Performance, click on Virtual Memory 3) Set the radio button for "Let me specify my own virtual memory settings" 4) If you have more than one drive, I would opt for the one that does not contain your operating system. These are actual drives not logical drives. Select the drive to contain your swap file. 5) Set both the maximum and minimum to the swap size you want. I have my 64meg system set for 96. 6) Click on OK. 7) Edit your system.ini file (located in your Windows folder). a) look for an entry in the file with the '[vcache]' heading If one does not exist add the line: [vcache] b) For a 64 meg system add the following lines after the line '[vcache]' MinFileCache=4096 MaxFileCache=4096 8) Restart your computer 9) Defragment the drive you have selected for your swap file (virtual memory). If you have a compression or defrag software that will allow you to move your swap file to be the first file on the drive select this option. Also, if available, specify that you want your swap file "optimized". 10) In your GPL folder look for a file called core.ini (if it does not exist you can create it with Notepad). Add the following lines to this file: [ Replay ] replayMemoryOverride = 28000 The above lines will give you approximately 28meg of replay. You can tailor this to your system. Depending on the number of drivers connected and whether the graphics for skids, smoke/dust are turned on, you should be able to record 40-60 minutes of replay. Warning: While you are connected it is best to not use the rewind or fastforward options of the replay. Excessive rewinding or fastforwarding (beyond the are stored in actual memory) may cause you (or your clients if you are hosting) to be disconnected. Do any editing or full rewind/fastforwarding off-line. % Just a thought, but I thought it would be nice if there was a % way that hosts running GPL races on VROC could somehow make % available for download the replays of the race? Most host % have fairly superior machines with enough ram to record the % whole race (I may be wrong on this fact). I only have 64mb. % and normally save the replay as soon as the race is finished, % but I normally only get 2/3 laps! Perhaps some enterprising % individual/GPL WEB site could offer a place for hosts to send % replays for download? With a 'name of host', 'date', 'time' % schedule list of recent replays, this would be a real benefit % for those that took part in the race and want to 'relive' how % well they did, or in my case, analyse all the mistakes ;-). % Evan peeps who did not take part in a race might be interested % in downloading and viewing some of the 'classic' % tournament/league races..... I know I would. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

That sounds like a damn good idea. Does every driver who requests one also send you the $2 for the cd? Or are you doing it out of the goodness of your heart? Mikey |In IGPS, any league driver who requested one gets a CD with the entire |IGPS Season web page, including final stats and all the replays for all |of the events run during the season. The replays are typically in to 20- |30 MEGAbyte range. Our 12-race season filled about half of a CD. | |=========================================================

I hope I will be joining you in the hosters ranks soon, and I too have 'only' 64MB. The impossibility of joining/hosting on cable that I suffer from right now is caused by the network address translation which should be delt with on monday by giving us our own IP addresses. I saw you host a race last weekend, but unfortunately (for me at least :)) it was at Spa. If I'm online next time you host a Ring Rodeo, I certainly will join the party again (if not on cable, then on 28k8 pay- per-second phoneline :)) I created a 156MB partition specifically for holding the swap file. Do you think GPL-online/max_replay would still benefit from setting a fixed swap file size? Btw, it is fat16, because that is supposed to be faster on a big chunk of data as the swap file is. (My main partition is fat32) I find this very high on a 64MB machine. Did you get it this high only by tweaking your machine to the reasonable extreme? (The ultra extreme is : hey, it'll take me an hour, but I'll have me that extra byte then) :) I recall someone mentioning that 40000 was already on the high side for a 128MB machine (though memory may be failing here). Something else that might help the GPL online experience... Before goin online to join/host on VROC, I always restart my computer to get that windows hog as cleaned up as possible. Although I know it may not be of much use if you have one or more of those other microsoft terrors (notice a trend here?:)) with their fast find stuff etc. installed. -- Ren van Lobberegt, The Netherlands. Personal site : http://www.toptown.com/INNERCIRCLE/1846/ AMCA web master : http://www.amcaracing.nl/

Remeber that GPL runs perfecly fine on a 32Mb machine .... therefore anything up to 32 will be fine (actially, even on a 32Mb PC you'll have 2Mb or replay so) Though, when hosting there's a limit (I think it's less than 90Mb) otherwise Netscape gets confudes and drops you out. Regards, David Mocnay

Out of the goodness of my heart.

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>That sounds like a damn good idea. Does every driver who >requests one also send you the $2 for the cd? Or are you >doing it out of the goodness of your heart? >|In IGPS, any league driver who requested one gets a CD with the entire >|IGPS Season web page, including final stats and all the replays for all >|of the events run during the season. The replays are typically in to >|20-30 MEGAbyte range. Our 12-race season filled about half of a CD. >|

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Wow. Good to know you man. Mikey

% > 5) Set both the maximum and minimum to the swap size you want. I have % > my 64meg system set for 96. % I created a 156MB partition specifically for holding the swap file. % Do you think GPL-online/max_replay would still benefit from setting a % fixed swap file size? % Btw, it is fat16, because that is supposed to be faster on a big chunk of % data as the swap file is. (My main partition is fat32) The reason for a "fixed" size swap file is that Win9x likes to start with a minimum size and then as it needs more virtual memory it has to do some juggling to increase the file size. If you have a partition devoted to just a swap file, by all means it would be better to just set the virtual memory to the same minimum and maximum size. That way there is no disk thrashing while Win9x resizes the swap file. % > replayMemoryOverride = 28000 % I find this very high on a 64MB machine. Did you get it this high only % by tweaking your machine to the reasonable extreme? % (The ultra extreme is : hey, it'll take me an hour, but I'll have me that % extra byte then) :) % I recall someone mentioning that 40000 was already on the high side for % a 128MB machine (though memory may be failing here). 28000 is a 'safe' number. Apparently Win9x likes to go bonkers if the replay size is equal to or greater than 1/2 the memory installed on the machine. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=