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F1 2002 multiplayer - two questions

5 posts by 3 people · 19 Jan 2003 11:55 UTC - 20 Jan 2003 15:28 UTC

Uwe Schuerkamp 19 Jan 2003 11:55 UTC#81465
Hi folks, as VROC was down last night my friend and I gave f1 2002 a try, and it was surprisingly good with two or three drivers until a HPB joined and spoiled the fun, so here goes: - where can the maximum number of drivers be set for a multiplayer race? we did not find anything obvious in the multiplayer menus. - is it possible to password-restrict races or would we have to create a non-announce game and share the IP? Thanks in advance for any suggestions, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61
Uwe hoover Schuerkamp <[email hidden]> writes: > - where can the maximum number of drivers be set for a > multiplayer race? we did not find anything obvious in the > multiplayer menus. you have to set it in the .PLR file in your save directory. > - is it possible to password-restrict races or would we have to > create a non-announce game and share the IP? nope. -- Gunnar Cougar#02748 #31 SUCKS#015 Tupperware MC#002 DoD#0x1B DoDRT#003 DoD:CT#4,8 Kibo�: 2 myk, trygg og god.
Uwe hoover Schuerkamp <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
Quoted text (18 lines)> Hi folks, > > as VROC was down last night my friend and I gave f1 2002 a try, > and it was surprisingly good with two or three drivers until a > HPB joined and spoiled the fun, so here goes: > > - where can the maximum number of drivers be set for a > multiplayer race? we did not find anything obvious in the > multiplayer menus. > > - is it possible to password-restrict races or would we have to > create a non-announce game and share the IP? > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions, > > uwe > >
F1Dude is working on a new version of F1RST that will not only password thesession, but keep out the F1 riff Raff from the mods. I tried it the other night and it was very buggy but hopefully he'll get it smoothed out soon. some other tricks to try...don't use the internet connection. I have heard if you all choose the lan setting and they have your IP# they 'should' be able to find your session. Also there are several things you can do to improve the online session, have everyone set thier connection speed to 56k, even the host, and find out what your upload speed is.(try dslreports.com) You can only host a small # of cars unless you have a very fast VERY FAST upload capability. dave henrie
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 18:39:36 GMT, Dave Henrie wrote: > out what your upload speed is.(try dslreports.com) You can only host a > small # of cars unless you have a very fast VERY FAST upload capability. > dave henrie Hi Dave, thanks for your suggestions. Would 192kbit/sec be sufficient for 6 players? cheers, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61
Uwe hoover Schuerkamp <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
Quoted text (16 lines)> On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 18:39:36 GMT, Dave Henrie wrote: > >> out what your upload speed is.(try dslreports.com) You can only host a >> small # of cars unless you have a very fast VERY FAST upload capability. >> dave henrie > > Hi Dave, > > thanks for your suggestions. Would 192kbit/sec be sufficient for > 6 players? > > cheers, > > uwe > >
probably not. If everyone is set to 56k then you would be lucky to exceed 4 or 5 drivers.(host + 3 or 4 clients) It's easy to tell. Have everyone join up and leave the pits together..i.e. wait in pit lane for the pack to assemble..then drive out...if the cars are hugely jerky and smearing then yu have overloaded the host. Now one thing to be aware of, at the 56k setting you WILL see some jitteryness in the cars when they navigate turns. It's one of the 'deals with the devil' you have to put up with. With a 300kbs host we had 7 drivers with no problem. The moment the 8th driver joined in..screen caos. dave henrie

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