Getting organised in LFS

Getting organised in LFS

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jimbro1000

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1,619 posts

285 months

Sunday 10th July 2005
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The server appears to have seen good use over the weekend but I doubt it was all ph-ers. I suggest we lock the server down with a password to help maximise enjoyment.

I'd also like to check on how people are finding the other settings. Currently it only allows 10 drivers which has been enough so far and hasn't caused too much lag (that I have witnessed). I could up the number of connections but while it is working just fine it seems a bit pointless.

Are there any other changes people would like?

forever_driving

1,869 posts

251 months

Monday 11th July 2005
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I'd change the name to Pistonheads

I'd also cut down on the number of available cars, just limiting it to a couple that are of similar speed.

Is there a way to setup the server, so that everyday it changes to a new random track or a new car selection? Or do all changes have to be set manually?

jimbro1000

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1,619 posts

285 months

Monday 11th July 2005
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I can change the defaults but I need to know which tracks people want and the same for cars.

Should I just specify a given configuration for a given day. IE we decide in advance what we want and I just load up the relevant configuration on the server?

Cars have some useful groupings:
ALL - all cars
ROAD - road legal cars
RACE - race cars
TBO - same as XRT+RB4+FXO
LRF - same as LX6+RAC+FZ5
GTR - same as FXR+XRR+FZR
or we can specify the exact models

Steve_Evil

10,663 posts

230 months

Monday 11th July 2005
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Think if you're keeping it as a Pistonheads only room then the setup we used on friday worked fine, deciding on a car by common vote or similar and someone in the room has the ability to change the track, only went to pot when we had unknown gimps in the room who insisted on driving totally different cars or by using the racing versions of the same car in a vain attempt to win.

jimbro1000

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285 months

Monday 11th July 2005
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I've set the hostname as pistonheads
Password is speedmatters

Just for a test I have disabled all of the race cars but left the MRT5 in place as that was just too much fun

forever_driving

1,869 posts

251 months

Monday 11th July 2005
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jimbro1000 said:
I've set the hostname as pistonheads
Password is speedmatters

Just for a test I have disabled all of the race cars but left the MRT5 in place as that was just too much fun


Cool, I'll be along this evening (although I gather that most will be playing GTR).

Hopefully, the pings will be low, I checked TheLair at lunchtime and they were up to about 130ms (but that's probably due to network traffic in my buildin and nothing to do with the server)

s2gonzo

6,235 posts

241 months

Monday 11th July 2005
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Anyone around???

Its a bit lonely on the Pistonheads server

Ok I'm pretty crap, but still enjoying myself

alfa145uk

351 posts

241 months

Monday 11th July 2005
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I'll be hoping to enjoy first online race with some of you tomorrow if anyone's around... the server was a bit dead on sunday afternoon

jimbro1000

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285 months

Tuesday 12th July 2005
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This is why I said we need to get a bit organised so that everyone turns up at the same time.

GTR is soaking up a lot of attention, I noticed. Seems every day of the week has one race or another running so I think the best thing to do is just pick a date and time.

It would be very useful to declare the circuit and car before we start. I can at least limit the car selection in advance that way. The mechanism for limiting the track seems to be bugged so unfortunately we are stuck with the system as is.

s2gonzo

6,235 posts

241 months

Tuesday 12th July 2005
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Myself and Steve-o made use of the server last night and basically set it to practise laps (nobody else around so no point racing full on). Plus I was using mouse/keyboard control, so little bit twitchy in the faster cars.

Much fun was had although eventually it degenerated into more "Burnout:Point of Impact" than "Live for Speed"

forever_driving

1,869 posts

251 months

Tuesday 12th July 2005
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s2gonzo said:
Anyone around???

Its a bit lonely on the Pistonheads server

Ok I'm pretty crap, but still enjoying myself


Oops, I was meant to come on, but got sidetracked by Battlefield 2. Tonight's the last night before I go on holiday, so I'll do my best to be on later!

alfa145uk

351 posts

241 months

Tuesday 12th July 2005
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I'll be around tonight, hope to join some of you, I guess ~8-8.30 ish

s2gonzo

6,235 posts

241 months

Tuesday 12th July 2005
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b*gger... entertaining tonight so wont be able to get online (unless shes very understanding ).

Might have had time tomorrow, but now I'm not so sure of that either.

lockstock2sb

2,855 posts

244 months

Tuesday 12th July 2005
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That was me on with you last night mate - good laugh in the MRT's !

I'm around tonight. Will log on and off periodically and see if there is any activity !

Steve
aka Steve-O(PH) on LFS

jimbro1000

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1,619 posts

285 months

Wednesday 13th July 2005
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Sorry about last night, despite my best intentions I never even got close to a computer let alone playing.

Looking at the logs this morning there were plenty of people logging in but never at the same time - it was almost farcical!

lockstock2sb

2,855 posts

244 months

Wednesday 13th July 2005
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So is anyone around tonight (wednesday) for some LFS ? If so i'll get my steering wheel/pedals setup

Steve

jimbro1000

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285 months

Wednesday 13th July 2005
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Am around now

alfa145uk

351 posts

241 months

Wednesday 13th July 2005
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I had fun racing an ai car around on my tod last night, not about tonight unfortunately

NiceCupOfTea

25,298 posts

252 months

Wednesday 13th July 2005
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Can I play with just the demo? Don't have the full game yet...

jimbro1000

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Wednesday 13th July 2005
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If you have just the demo version then in theory you can only play on demo friendly circuits with demo friendly cars.

Not sure of the exact details though