Vroc Down?

Hi All, After having my Hyper cockpit and my attention to this msgboard in storage for the last 7 months (new house) I attempted to connect to Vroc using winvroc 2.1. Couldn't get any listings. I downloaded the new ini file with the address in it beforehand. Upon checking the address itself http://vroc.ods.org I got the message: (The account alisonnic is unpaid). Does this mean that there is now a fee to see the race list? I don't mind at all but there are no instructions on vroc help site that indicate this. I'm going thru a router and have forwarded 6969-6971 udp as well as the 32766 to 32786 series . I see the BBS but not the race list.... I've searched the google archives but came up empty. thx, Jeff

Ask me in vroc ill help you out. If im away then page me. The racelist seems up for me atm :) Dan_Leach "Jeff Haas" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi All, > > After having my Hyper cockpit and my attention to this msgboard in > storage for the last 7 months (new house) I attempted to connect to > Vroc using winvroc 2.1. Couldn't get any listings. I downloaded the > new ini file with the address in it beforehand. Upon checking the > address itself http://vroc.ods.org > > I got the message: (The account alisonnic is unpaid). Does this mean > that there is now a fee to see the race list? I don't mind at all but > there are no instructions on vroc help site that indicate this. I'm > going thru a router and have forwarded 6969-6971 udp as well as the > 32766 to 32786 series . > I see the BBS but not the race list.... I've searched the google > archives but came up empty. > thx, > > Jeff

Hey Jeff Change your vroc.ini file to; [VROC] Address=racelist.vroc.net This should solve your problem and give you a race list. Cheers <MM> ==--== "Jeff Haas" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi All, > > After having my Hyper cockpit and my attention to this msgboard in > storage for the last 7 months (new house) I attempted to connect to > Vroc using winvroc 2.1. Couldn't get any listings. I downloaded the > new ini file with the address in it beforehand. Upon checking the > address itself http://vroc.ods.org > > I got the message: (The account alisonnic is unpaid). Does this mean > that there is now a fee to see the race list? I don't mind at all but > there are no instructions on vroc help site that indicate this. I'm > going thru a router and have forwarded 6969-6971 udp as well as the > 32766 to 32786 series . > I see the BBS but not the race list.... I've searched the google > archives but came up empty. > thx, > > Jeff

Jeff Haas wrote in news:[email hidden]:

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> Hi All, > > After having my Hyper cockpit and my attention to this msgboard > in storage for the last 7 months (new house) I attempted to > connect to Vroc using winvroc 2.1. Couldn't get any listings. I > downloaded the new ini file with the address in it beforehand. > Upon checking the address itself http://vroc.ods.org > > I got the message: (The account alisonnic is unpaid). Does this > mean that there is now a fee to see the race list? I don't mind > at all but there are no instructions on vroc help site that > indicate this. I'm going thru a router and have forwarded > 6969-6971 udp as well as the 32766 to 32786 series . > I see the BBS but not the race list.... I've searched the google > archives but came up empty. > thx, > > Jeff

Your vroc.ini should have the line: Address=racelist.vroc.net For some reason (terminal anal-retentiveness?), I have all the old values saved in this file, but commented out. There have been a number of address changes over the years. HTH, -- Darryl

"Darryl Johnson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:krHEb.22050$[email hidden]... > Jeff Haas wrote in news:[email hidden]: > For some reason (terminal anal-retentiveness?), I have all the old > values saved in this file, but commented out. There have been a > number of address changes over the years. lol I do the same ;-) Malc.

I did have, Address=racelist.vroc.net but it got changed just recently to Address=209.242.93.251 I think both work anyway. Sid. "Darryl Johnson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:krHEb.22050$[email hidden]...

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> Jeff Haas wrote in news:[email hidden]: > > > Hi All, > > > > After having my Hyper cockpit and my attention to this msgboard > > in storage for the last 7 months (new house) I attempted to > > connect to Vroc using winvroc 2.1. Couldn't get any listings. I > > downloaded the new ini file with the address in it beforehand. > > Upon checking the address itself http://vroc.ods.org > > > > I got the message: (The account alisonnic is unpaid). Does this > > mean that there is now a fee to see the race list? I don't mind > > at all but there are no instructions on vroc help site that > > indicate this. I'm going thru a router and have forwarded > > 6969-6971 udp as well as the 32766 to 32786 series . > > I see the BBS but not the race list.... I've searched the google > > archives but came up empty. > > thx, > > > > Jeff > > Your vroc.ini should have the line: > Address=racelist.vroc.net > > For some reason (terminal anal-retentiveness?), I have all the old > values saved in this file, but commented out. There have been a > number of address changes over the years. > > HTH, > -- > Darryl

I had this same problem after being away for a while - I asked about it on the VROC BBS and some kind soul linked me to a downloader patch (sorry can't remember link or program name). But it worked straight away so i now get racelists. I suggest you ask there if no luck here. Only problem is I have recently fitted a USB broadband modem and can't get GPL to talk through it so when I launch to join a race GPL freezes at start screen. Unfortunatly no-one on VROC BBS has been able to help me with this one.... so if anyone can help.......... cheers Roger Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:36:10 GMT, Jeff Haas <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hi All, > >After having my Hyper cockpit and my attention to this msgboard in >storage for the last 7 months (new house) I attempted to connect to >Vroc using winvroc 2.1. Couldn't get any listings. I downloaded the >new ini file with the address in it beforehand. Upon checking the >address itself http://vroc.ods.org > >I got the message: (The account alisonnic is unpaid). Does this mean >that there is now a fee to see the race list? I don't mind at all but >there are no instructions on vroc help site that indicate this. I'm >going thru a router and have forwarded 6969-6971 udp as well as the >32766 to 32786 series . >I see the BBS but not the race list.... I've searched the google >archives but came up empty. >thx, > >Jeff

"RD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Only problem is I have recently fitted a USB broadband modem and can't > get GPL to talk through it so when I launch to join a race GPL freezes > at start screen. > > Unfortunatly no-one on VROC BBS has been able to help me with this > one.... so if anyone can help.......... Try running gpl in software mode & join a race on vroc. This should allow any warning message or dialogue box to show itself if this is the problem. One common problem is with zonealarm bringing up a friendly 'do you want gpl.exe to access the internet?' message that can't be seen behind the hardware accelerated gpl menu screen. Your Modem may be throwing up a similar message. Alternatively if you can run gpl in a window (there's an option for this in the core.ini) you can try to connect manually to a server without using vroc. This will allow you to see the desktop while gpl is running to help find the problem. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to join a race via vroc /and/ run gpl in a window. Malc.

In article <[email hidden]>, RD <[email hidden]> writes: >Only problem is I have recently fitted a USB broadband modem and can't >get GPL to talk through it so when I launch to join a race GPL freezes >at start screen. > >Unfortunatly no-one on VROC BBS has been able to help me with this >one.... so if anyone can help.......... Under the [communication] section of your core.ini add this line(if it's not already there) alternate_ip_addr_lookup = 1 ; Find IP addresses another way Hope this helps. Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Thanks Daryl, that was the trick. That's what I get for following the directions of vroc.net. Boy am I rusty on the track...

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>Your vroc.ini should have the line: > Address=racelist.vroc.net > >For some reason (terminal anal-retentiveness?), I have all the old >values saved in this file, but commented out. There have been a >number of address changes over the years. > >HTH,

In article <[email hidden]>, Jeff Haas <[email hidden]> writes: >Thanks Daryl, that was the trick. That's what I get for following the >directions of vroc.net. Boy am I rusty on the track... Good - I need to be able to beat SOMEONE...<g> Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Member Screamers Racing League IICC League GPLRank -2.4 MoGPL rank +302.38 ChallengeRank +54.48 MoC +743.77 Hist. +82.82 MoH in progress N2k3 rank:in progress Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.