AMA Superbike Multiplayer problem

I decided I would ignore the doom and gloomers on RAS and bought the sim anyway. The interface is difficult to get use to but I figured it out and I even downloaded the latest "update" and was impressed with how it is done ! However,I have tried to log on to one of the online Brainerd practice sessions and it says LOADING and then does nothing (until I have to re-boot IT ! ) FWIW, I have a ISDN connection. Is the online multiplayer function working ?? Any suggestions??? THANKS !!! - Tim A. Deatherage "Admitted Sim ***"

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> I decided I would ignore the doom and gloomers on RAS and bought the sim > anyway. > The interface is difficult to get use to but I figured it out and I even > downloaded the latest "update" and was impressed with how it is done ! > However,I have tried to log on to one of the online Brainerd practice > sessions and it says LOADING and then does nothing (until I have to re-boot > IT ! ) FWIW, I have a ISDN connection. > Is the online multiplayer function working ?? Any suggestions??? > THANKS !!! > - > Tim A. Deatherage > "Admitted Sim ***"

Well, I tried logging on to the online server, but there's no race I can join per se; the list is empty. My impression is that the servers are not up yet.

I was having the same problem on Sunday. A few times everything worked OK but occasionally I got to the "LOADING" screen and then locked up. Once I got in though, it worked very well. I ran a few races with 4 other guys at Brainerd (the only track available right now). I was using a Supersport bike and I think some were on Superbikes but it was still fun. I especially love the controller configuration menus. Difficult to figure out at first but very customizable! I use a CH Flightstick and TSW pedals as follows: Steering: Flightstick Left/Right Situp/Crouch: Flightstick Fore/Aft Shift Up/Down: Flightstick Buttons Rider Lean: Flightstick Throttle Wheel Throttle: TSW Throttle Pedal Front Brake: TSW Brake Pedal Rear Brake: TSW Clutch Pedal Works very well!!! Wayne Hutchison

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> I decided I would ignore the doom and gloomers on RAS and bought the sim > anyway. > The interface is difficult to get use to but I figured it out and I even > downloaded the latest "update" and was impressed with how it is done ! > However,I have tried to log on to one of the online Brainerd practice > sessions and it says LOADING and then does nothing (until I have to

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> IT ! ) FWIW, I have a ISDN connection. > Is the online multiplayer function working ?? Any suggestions??? > THANKS !!! > - > Tim A. Deatherage > "Admitted Sim ***"

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>However,I have tried to log on to one of the online Brainerd practice >sessions and it says LOADING and then does nothing (until I have to re-boot >IT ! ) FWIW, I have a ISDN connection. >Is the online multiplayer function working ?? Any suggestions??? >THANKS !!! >- >Tim A. Deatherage >"Admitted Sim ***"

Yesterday one of our arenas was frozen (it was the top most one of them). In that event the program doesn't hang but it gets stuck on LOADING waiting for the arena to respond. In that event you can escape out of the program and enter again and choose a different arena. Over the last 4 days only one arena has hung (we are attributing it to the log file the arena was generating since it was several hundred megabytes) but we are still looking into what happened to that particular arena. The online multiplayer is working, The way the arenas are set right now require 3 people to start a 5 min qualifier round to up to 20 people per arena (we will bump it all the way up to 30 after we see it's stable with 20). After the qualifier is done the race is only 6 laps for now. We will be adding more arenas and increase the number of laps/qual time later on. As i'm on the subject of online, do not worry about the free 30 days online yet, since we are still on open beta the clock is not ticking for anyone. I hope this helped Miguel Parra Motorsims

>Well, I tried logging on to the online server, but there's no race I can >join per se; the list is empty. My impression is that the servers are >not up yet. Hmm, the arena list has been up and running, maybe you can register for a new account, or send email to our support guys with your account info so that they can check if your account is setup right. There are some server side flags per account to allow users see different arenas, maybe yours is not set right. You can contact our support group at this link: http://www.motorsims.com/standard/support/email_support.html Miguel Parra Motorsims

> However,I have tried to log on to one of the online Brainerd practice > sessions and it says LOADING and then does nothing (until I have to re-boot > IT ! ) FWIW, I have a ISDN connection. I have a 100 MB ethernet connection down the hall and it did it to me once today too. ;) This is one of the beta bugs we are working on. If it appears to lock at "Loading" occasionally when online, as a work around (err, run from? ;) until we figure it out try an escape first. That brought it down a little more gracefully for me. (Not sure if that's possible in general, yet.) I would then advise rebooting (manually) after a crash. (Of any beta software, not just ours. ;) -- Matthew V. Jessick Motorsims Vehicle Dynamics Engineer (972)910-8866 Ext.125, Fax: (972)910-8216