Bump..... Still an issue.... with 0.5U22

Scawen, What needs to happen to get this bug fixed?

If you can kindly provide details on what you need, like packet traces, memory dumps, I can provide these.

Regards
Rob

Bump..... Still having this issue

I'm seeing this again on the AUS- Area51 servers.

It's obvious when it happens, as you'll get a heap of "New guest timed out" messages.

I'm going to try the /reinit as Scawen suggested.

I reported this bug here

Happens evey week or so. If you want the oppertunity to investigate further, let me know what you require Scawen.

I'm not alone. It's happening to others.

http://www.lfsforum.net/showthread.php?p=181789#post181789

Ditto... It's an ear popper, no doubt related to the tyre noise! Excellent example.

I appreciate the devs are busy and I hate missed oppertunities but I'm paying for hosting so I've restarted the servers.

I might post back when it happens again.

Update? Or should I just ignore this fault.

Yep... Got a heap of Lag then it dropped everyone. The server also dropped from the master list shortly after.

I've seen this behaviour with flakey NIC drivers and other third party network services. You would expect it to happen to all network processes, but I guess it was just a combination of the way the application interfaced and used the NDIS/Winsock APIs.

Not 100% this is the case, but it maybe worth trying an updated driver if one exists.

This is running under Win32 (Win2003).

Nothing obvious under the system logs.

Memory is stable at 7.6MB per instance
CPU load is near 0
Sockets are open to the correct ports

Not sure what else I can look for.

It's not feasible to set the server to restart every so often as it's not possible to detect when the error occurs. For all purposes, it looks fine.

I host the AUS Area51 Servers and are experiencing weird behaviour with dedicated servers after a week or so.

If you join the servers, you'll notice you can't leave the server after joining. You can't change the track or car. Only way out is to force quit LFS (client) and restart the server to fix this issue.

This only happens after several days (week or so) of use, which obviously makes it hard to pin point what actaully causes it.

Has anyone else experience a similar fault? Is it possible Scawen can investigate further?

I'll leave the servers in the dead state to give Scawen chance to investigate. If you could send me a email directly or a msg here to let me know when I can reset, that would be great.

Rob

Take a look at racemanager. It has a suite of features like logging etc. Best laps. Flag... Very easy to setup too.

Rob

Some more weirdness with shadows. On KY3 Pit.

Thanks Scawen, keep up the good work. I can't keep updating the servers quick enough.

Is it possible to have the laps adjusted ingame, but take effect next race?

I would love to see the devs include this track.

If Eric/Scawen is serious about this, I will chase up the "detailed" road plans from work to exact measurements. Working for Transp0rt SA has some advantages.

Adelaide has an advantage over other Road tracks in that it has two configurations, F1 and Sprint. The latter is shorter and omitts two famous crash corners. Stag and the well known corner Hakkinen crashed on.

Bathurst is also a public road however it isn't a maintained by Vic Roads, but rather the district. Not too sure who would have the plans in this case.

Rob

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Last edited by Macfox, Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:27.

WOW! at this rate we'll have the game finished by the close of the week.

Great work Scawen

Just had a bit more of a play... And yes it lights up blue when active=loss of traction. It's off when not in use.

I wasn't aware of the "o" binding. Nice.

Last edited by Macfox, Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:45.

Install Ethereal and WinCap and capture the network stream from LFS client and server. There's a good chance it will reveal the source of the problem, if its a IP or LFS protocol issue.

http://www.ethereal.com/

All good Scawen. Thank for the ban update. There's now a real opportunity to have some decent coordination between servers so we can weed out the wreckers.

Last edited by Macfox, Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:23.

It does if you have the 6 DOF addon, I'm sure.

Well that's what I've got mine set to.

On topic, I would like to see a bonnet and roof view, even if they are a little arcade. Great for replays. That said the behind view is very arcade anyway.

Last edited by Macfox, Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:11.

Server list needs to regional. No point listing server that are 500+ms.

If you could just filter those in a specific region, it would cut much of the pain.

ie. EU,North America,South America,Asia,Pacific,Africa etc.

Added to list.

The last one I would require significant protocol changes but would be very nice.