N99 Martinsville season race won't end?

Has any one had the problem of a season race that will not end. I've run this race 3 times (375 laps) to get to the end, have the checkered flag wave, the spotter says it over but when I hit the esc key the results don't show. It also allows me the accelerate the race or if I click return it asks if I want to save it. The only difference it the txt file is I have 40 cars. I am not sure what to do. I can't continue the season if I don't finish the race. Any help is appreciated. Thanks Andy

40? should be 39, perhaps that's yer problem. Tim -- ________________________________________________ Tim Wheatley "Yellow menacing helmet in the mirror" http://start.at/igps_stats IGPS Driver - Ferrari Challenge Driver - NTT Participant http://drive.to/grandprixlegends http://website.lineone.net/~nascar ________________________________________________

On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:36:54 -0400, Andrew Henn

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>Has any one had the problem of a season race that will not end. I've run >this race 3 times (375 laps) to get to the end, have the checkered flag >wave, the spotter says it over but when I hit the esc key the results >don't show. It also allows me the accelerate the race or if I click >return it asks if I want to save it. The only difference it the txt file >is I have 40 cars. I am not sure what to do. I can't continue the season >if I don't finish the race. >Any help is appreciated. >Thanks >Andy

I belive it's the car settings Martinsville..I've had the same problem..when some of the cars enter the pits, they will freeze in there pit box(normaly if a car is DNFed in the pit before them...Look on your standings, you you should see a car that is MANY laps down the only 2 ways I have found around this is #1, cut down on the cars #2, crash the offending car in the pits untill it moves.. NAS

Yeah i've had that, that's the problem. Try setting for less cars on the track. Tim -- ________________________________________________ Tim Wheatley "Yellow menacing helmet in the mirror" http://start.at/igps_stats IGPS Driver - Ferrari Challenge Driver - NTT Participant http://drive.to/grandprixlegends http://website.lineone.net/~nascar ________________________________________________ > On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:36:54 -0400, Andrew Henn > >Has any one had the problem of a season race that will not end. I've run > >this race 3 times (375 laps) to get to the end, have the checkered flag > >wave, the spotter says it over but when I hit the esc key the results > >don't show. It also allows me the accelerate the race or if I click > >return it asks if I want to save it. The only difference it the txt file > >is I have 40 cars. I am not sure what to do. I can't continue the season > >if I don't finish the race. > >Any help is appreciated. > >Thanks > >Andy > I belive it's the car settings Martinsville..I've had the same > problem..when some of the cars enter the pits, they will freeze in > there pit box(normaly if a car is DNFed in the pit before them...Look > on your standings, you you should see a car that is MANY laps down > the only 2 ways I have found around this is > #1, cut down on the cars > #2, crash the offending car in the pits untill it moves.. > NAS

Thanks for the info. I have it saved with 2 laps to go. I am going to try and cut it down the finish it. If not, it will be over 1000 laps at Martinsville in 4 days Andy

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> On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:36:54 -0400, Andrew Henn > >Has any one had the problem of a season race that will not end. I've run > >this race 3 times (375 laps) to get to the end, have the checkered flag > >wave, the spotter says it over but when I hit the esc key the results > >don't show. It also allows me the accelerate the race or if I click > >return it asks if I want to save it. The only difference it the txt file > >is I have 40 cars. I am not sure what to do. I can't continue the season > >if I don't finish the race. > >Any help is appreciated. > >Thanks > >Andy > I belive it's the car settings Martinsville..I've had the same > problem..when some of the cars enter the pits, they will freeze in > there pit box(normaly if a car is DNFed in the pit before them...Look > on your standings, you you should see a car that is MANY laps down > the only 2 ways I have found around this is > #1, cut down on the cars > #2, crash the offending car in the pits untill it moves.. > NAS

That is your problem exactly. If you are still running after the race you can go into their pitstall and gently bump the stuck cars. They will then exit the pits and complete the race. Don Merpaw Netracer Team 3Dfx

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> On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:36:54 -0400, Andrew Henn > >Has any one had the problem of a season race that will not end. I've run > >this race 3 times (375 laps) to get to the end, have the checkered flag > >wave, the spotter says it over but when I hit the esc key the results > >don't show. It also allows me the accelerate the race or if I click > >return it asks if I want to save it. The only difference it the txt file > >is I have 40 cars. I am not sure what to do. I can't continue the season > >if I don't finish the race. > >Any help is appreciated. > >Thanks > >Andy > I belive it's the car settings Martinsville..I've had the same > problem..when some of the cars enter the pits, they will freeze in > there pit box(normaly if a car is DNFed in the pit before them...Look > on your standings, you you should see a car that is MANY laps down > the only 2 ways I have found around this is > #1, cut down on the cars > #2, crash the offending car in the pits untill it moves.. > NAS

finish it. If not, it will be over 1000 laps at Martinsville in 4 days I did the exact same thing. I did notice there were one or more cars that didn't exactly pit, but just hung in the pit lane, apparently out of their assigned stall, and so never registered as pitting. I tried bumping them, gently, nudging them out of the pit wall lane and then they would zoom around and re-pit. That fixed it. Like you did, the best trick is to save often, especially late in the race, so if you have to do the bump bit and it doesn't work, you don't have to repeat a significant number of laps. On my first try, I initially raced a Quick Race, to see how my setup would work under race conditions. After I completed 100 or so laps, I decided to convert that race into a Championship race, by entering the championship, then resume game=yes, and off I went, until the race ended, and the "quit race weekend?" prompt came up, and I stupidly realize that I just wasted running a complete race, and not having it count for my points. Going into the *.txt file and cutting the field of cars I didn't want to do, as suggested by someone else. If your championship is with 39 cars, and you edit the car lines from 40 to say, 37 (so that 36 would actually race), the bottom four cars get dropped. I had my carset arranged by car number, so all of a sudden the high number cars, like the 88, the 94, the 99, to name 3 big names, weren't going to be in the race. Not liking that, I decided to simply move 4 other cars from the list, but this also created points problems, as the points assume that the carset order doesn't change. So, for example, if the #1 car of Steve Parks is first on your list, and he is 30th in points, and you now move him out of the carset, and now the 2 car is now the first car down the list, well, Rusty Wallace now is shown as 30th in points. In short, whatever order your carset is arranged to start the championship year is the order you need to keep things to not have wild points changes from previous races. Martinsville is the only track that I have seen this problem occur at. Yet.

It worked like a charm. I just bumped them after the race was over and it ended properly. Thanks to everyone who replied. Andy

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> That is your problem exactly. If you are still running after the race you > can go into their pitstall and gently bump the stuck cars. They will then > exit the pits and complete the race. > Don Merpaw > Netracer > Team 3Dfx > > On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:36:54 -0400, Andrew Henn > > >Has any one had the problem of a season race that will not end. I've run > > >this race 3 times (375 laps) to get to the end, have the checkered flag > > >wave, the spotter says it over but when I hit the esc key the results > > >don't show. It also allows me the accelerate the race or if I click > > >return it asks if I want to save it. The only difference it the txt file > > >is I have 40 cars. I am not sure what to do. I can't continue the season > > >if I don't finish the race. > > >Any help is appreciated. > > >Thanks > > >Andy > > I belive it's the car settings Martinsville..I've had the same > > problem..when some of the cars enter the pits, they will freeze in > > there pit box(normaly if a car is DNFed in the pit before them...Look > > on your standings, you you should see a car that is MANY laps down > > the only 2 ways I have found around this is > > #1, cut down on the cars > > #2, crash the offending car in the pits untill it moves.. > > NAS

This is the first time the unfinished race has happened to me, but I've messed up seasons with moving the list entries and having drivers dropped. I hope N3 has more in depth driver/list management. Thanks for the reply. Andy

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> >I have it saved with 2 laps to go. I am going to try and cut it down the > finish it. If not, it will be over 1000 laps at Martinsville in 4 days > I did the exact same thing. I did notice there were one or more cars that > didn't exactly pit, but just hung in the pit lane, apparently out of their > assigned stall, and so never registered as pitting. I tried bumping them, > gently, nudging them out of the pit wall lane and then they would zoom around > and re-pit. That fixed it. Like you did, the best trick is to save often, > especially late in the race, so if you have to do the bump bit and it doesn't > work, you don't have to repeat a significant number of laps. > On my first try, I initially raced a Quick Race, to see how my setup would work > under race conditions. After I completed 100 or so laps, I decided to convert > that race into a Championship race, by entering the championship, then resume > game=yes, and off I went, until the race ended, and the "quit race weekend?" > prompt came up, and I stupidly realize that I just wasted running a complete > race, and not having it count for my points. > Going into the *.txt file and cutting the field of cars I didn't want to do, as > suggested by someone else. If your championship is with 39 cars, and you edit > the car lines from 40 to say, 37 (so that 36 would actually race), the bottom > four cars get dropped. I had my carset arranged by car number, so all of a > sudden the high number cars, like the 88, the 94, the 99, to name 3 big names, > weren't going to be in the race. Not liking that, I decided to simply move 4 > other cars from the list, but this also created points problems, as the points > assume that the carset order doesn't change. So, for example, if the #1 car of > Steve Parks is first on your list, and he is 30th in points, and you now move > him out of the carset, and now the 2 car is now the first car down the list, > well, Rusty Wallace now is shown as 30th in points. In short, whatever order > your carset is arranged to start the championship year is the order you need to > keep things to not have wild points changes from previous races. > Martinsville is the only track that I have seen this problem occur at. Yet.

Not if you're Rusty Wallace. Does he love those short tracks or what (just a brits view, kill me if I'm wrong)? -- SJKH, Ipswich, UK "I have several test post replies listed on e-bay. Contact me if you are interested." - Randy Smith.