As this took place on [CD] ConeDodgers 1 server i need to get to the bottom of this. I was on the server at the time and to tell people what it was like at the time, over a 3 race session i kicked 5 and banned 2. The problem is that ConeDodgers is some of the best racing there is so everyday we have new drivers coming on the server to see what its all about.
Aura (RudolfR) has applied to become a reserve in the LFS: GTR League and i told him he must be able to do a 1:45.99 in an FXR before i could consider him.
So Aura and his 2 mates have been on all day, most of the time doing nothing wrong. But what happens is that as regulars join Aura and his mates are in front of you on the grid which causes all sorts of problems. I restarted this race 3 times and kicked 2 before starting it again.
If you could see all the chat rather than that in the replay you would see that 10 people tried to ban another driver and then several turned onto you.
In the replay chat you will se that i said "I will unban you if they ban you".
This is one of the problems with voting but its they only way.
I have asked Aura to explain, if i get nothing within 24 hours i shall ban him and his mates from all ConeDodgers servers.
One question, Why is it always you?
I have also offered you an email address and pop box without charge in a PM
I have already PM'ed you saying that i will not /unban anyone unless they send me a replay so i can see what happened, and said that it is rare that someone gets a /ban xxxx 999 so maybe you can get back on in a few days.
If you do o hope you learn from this and as i see it this matter is closed.
There are currently 8 Admin Marshalls on the servers and i am sorry DA bit i am not at liberty to name then.
I have watched all of them race and trust thier judgement but please be aware that having [CD] XXXX as a name does not give anyone automatic admin rights.
I can confirm that [CM] Lotesdelere is one of them, who helps me with the league and without his help i am not sure i could manage it on my own.
Firstly i dont think its right to name then without their permission, secondly it may put pressure on them from their mates for the Admin Password, thirdly i do not want to see then bombarded with personal messages asking for /restarts /bans Etc and lastly, if racers knew who they were, some would demand they did something while they are racing, something that has happened to me "Loads of times", so many in fact i do no admin while i race anymore.
By the way you made it into Division 2 "DA" which is pretty good considering how many aliens are in the league.
On install i can run a single player game but if i goto any multiplayer server the game does its normal loading but just before getting onto the server it hangs and then fails.
The Error Signiture is
AppName: lfs.exe AppVer. 0.0.0.0 ModName: lfs.exe
ModVer. 0.0.0.0 Offset: 0005bb93
I have downloaded the patch twice and tried both downloads, they are the same.
Point 1) There is no PM from you to myself and as i am the only "[CD] Guy" thats where is must go.
Point 2) [CD] 1 and [CD] 2 are not linked so a ban on one will not be a ban on the other. [CD] 2 is normally private but yesreday due to changing back to version U from U22 the server was public.
Point 3) There are a number of Admin Marshalls on both the servers who first do upto 3 warnings using chat and if that does not have the desired effect they use /kick. But is a serious situation such as wrecking and the like, they will /ban. This could be for 12 hours or life. Whatever they do and why they do it will not be discussed on this forum and unless you have a replay to prove the ban was not deserved, a ban will not be unbanned. [CD] server attract racers due to the good racing that people enjoy so I fully support my Admin Marshals in their actions. I do not ask Admin Marshalls to tell me why they /ban a driver, they know what they are doing and i trust them.
Point 4) Racers can also vote to ban you if they feel you are being a real pain and spoiling there racing. This would be for 12 hours
Point 5) [CD] servers have some of the fastest racers on LFS using them so if you cannot run a reasonable lap time for 10 laps i suggest you go to another server. Racers who constantly Shift+s without doing a full lap are not welcome.
Point 6) If you refer to [CD] 2 yesterday the grid was set to Random so the faster drivers could well be on the back row and this causes tempers to be short after the 5the restart.
Finally if you see [CD] Birder on either [CD] 1 or [CD] 2 dont argue with me if i ask you to do something like "Obey blue flags" or "Calm down" or "stop spamming" or "stop swearing" as i will kick you once and on your return tell you why and if another word is said i will ban you. [CD] 1 is a very busy and very full server so if you are banned it will soon fill up again.
I have been told that the "MP Relpay Stack" is concerning recording replays.
LFSTech says
"Out of stash space can appear on guests if replays are being recorded (not only if auto save is on). Out of stash space isn’t a great problem in itself, it only affects the MP Replay. But it is a sign that there is lag on the server"
Can someone explain why a user gets a MP Relpay Stack error and then loss of connection so he is no longer on the server. about a second later you get a message saying "MP Relpay Stack recovered" so is this a server thing.
First of all thanks for the apology, but i have no idea what for. I can possible throw a bit of light here to calm things down.
As you are aware the LFS: GTR League seems to have been going well. So much so that we are getting a massive amount of drivers coming onto the server to see what its all about, causing all sorts of lag and disconnect problems.
Franky500 was on the server today as we have had several mass-disconnects. The server had been moved to a brand new box yet the problem still remains. I have asked everyone to help including the devs for help but have received little from anyone. Everyone blames everyone else. The devs blame the servers, the server blame the racers, the racers blame the server or LFS and i am in the middle.
In desperation Franky500 suggested that we went back from U20 to U so we put Patch U back on [CD] 2 and i took the password off. I then asked everyone to move over which they kindly did.
I hope thats all clear so far, but I forgat to change the setting for the grid from Random that was used in the LFS: GTR League qualifying rounds last week.
Now if you want to piss off the faster racers leaving a grid to Random is a sure way to get some choice words from racers as the whole race becomes a mad dash and you can often get very slow cars at the front.
The number of restart goes up and so does everyones temper level.
Once the server is empty, if it ever is i will restart [CD] 2 so everyone goes on [CD] 1 that has its normal settings.
So maybe it should be me who gives everyone an apology.
During a ConeDodgers LFS: GTR League qualifiyer today we had 6 people disconnect after a "Sync Lost" and seperate occations single people lost their connection with a "MP Relpay Stack".
Can anyone please tell me what these are and if they can be fixed.
The server is from 500Servers and they assure me it is nothing to do with them and it is most probably either a user with a poor internet connection or a bug in the LFS Net code.
Using usernames would make a huge difference. At the moment i have switched lapper off on one servers as drivers were getting fed up with the message when recording to the PB.txt and if i switch off the message I get fed up taking out the dulicates due to ^ colour and other minor changes to drivers nicknames.
Last weekend Lapper recorded 650 racers details over 100 were nickname changes. - a total nightmare
Does anyone have a copy of this change - PLEASE......
I am running 2 servers and this problem is now showing itself up on one of them
This server "[CD] ConeDodgers Racing" is always busy bit I have noticed that its only happens when the server is full or almost full and never when there are say 15 racers on
If this is client related should it not happen all the time?
In the week starting on Oct 16th 06 the first qualifyers for the LFS: GTR League will be run. Details in the league section or join at www.conedodgers.co.uk
From all who have joined so far, several ask the same question, that is as the FZR is that much faster than the FXO and XRR how can i make it fairer.
In the real world slower cars have to run with faster cars and to be fair i see a lot of FXO and XRR's winning races but not qualifying. If the FXO was faster than the FZR would we all not use it.
What we need is a handicap system and i am sure the devs are aware of that, but at the moment there is not one in LFS.
My question is does anyone have a good idea of a workable handicap system that can be used in the new league.
URGENT INFORMATION We need your help to decide the best way to sort out qualifiers. Please do not post here but goto the League section to get all the details and post is that section http://www.lfsforum.net/forumdisplay.php?f=75 Thanks
Franky has just finished trying it but cannot get it to work and CrazyIce has told me that LFSRacingGuard will not work with another insim applications so it looks like we are stuffed.
Becky's has told me LFSCompanion will not work as Lapper is on the server and LFSC is on my PC
My server is one of 500Servers and Franky has tried to set it up using LFSW Insim relay but it does the same. I think Specator does the same in that it will not work while lapper is running.
I have found the Python one and will send it to Franky to see if it works