You have not installed any new firewall software lately?, any other applications stealing bandwith?

Grats!!

And why would a buyer want to pay for a ID maybe banned from "all" servers? and how can a buyer be sure that the seller doesn't still have a version of LFS installed (or sell the license to more people at once)??

Quote from http://www.liveforspeed.net/?page=agreement :

1. General

1.1 In order to unlock Live for Speed to get all its contents, your computer needs to be connected to the internet to unlock LFS S2 (and any later version).

1.2 You need to have checked if the LFS demo will connect to our master server(*) and allow for online play on your computer and location. If not, there is a very high chance you CANNOT unlock your S2 copy!

1.3 We can not accept any responsibility for any damage Live for Speed S2 or any future release may cause to your property or personal health.

1.4 You must be aware that we can alter any aspect of LFS as we see fit. Improvements, fixes and/or changes made to the game, are to be expected.
1.5 Extreme disruptive or offensive behaviour by a user, towards the developers or members of the community, may result in temporary or permanent suspension of the user's Live for Speed license.
(*)If you see a list of games when you click on "List of Games" inside LFS, that list has come from the master server. So that means you can connect to the master server.

2. Payment

2.1 Your payment will grant you the license to play the Live for Speed S1 or S2 release only, depending on the type of license purchased.

2.2 When paying by cheque, you must make sure you have filled in the correct amount. Cheques that have been made payable to us, that have a lower amount than required will not be cashed.

2.3 Payments larger than required will have the remainder on record, for future purchases. A personal status and history of payments is available on our website.

2.4 Payment remainders can not be refunded.

2.5 Credit card and PayPal payments can only be refunded whole, within 30 days after purchase and as long as no copy of S1 or S2 has been unlocked with the purchased license. Payments other than credit card or PayPal cannot be refunded.

2.6 Fraud warning : All fraudulent transactions using stolen credit card details are thoroughly investigated by the card issuer and banks. We are required to cooperate in supplying all relevant information to the bank in these cases, including user name, real name, address and any IP addresses used. Please note that the bank charges for these fraud investigations cost the LFS team £15 in each case and may result in legal proceedings against the fraudulent user.

3. Unlock Rules and Regulations

3.1 You may install S1 or S2 on 2 computers for your own use or to race a friend on a Local Network.

3.2 You will initially be able to unlock LFS S2 or later versions 3 times. This allows you to unlock on two computers and keep one spare unlock.

3.3 We recognise that people may buy a new computer or reinstall their operating system from time to time. For this reason, we will automatically give you an extra spare unlock every first day of the month, up to a maximum of 2 spare unlocks available. The number of unlocks you have left can be found on your status page.

3.4 You must not give your username, WEB or GAME password to other LFS users.

4. Privacy statement

4.1 We will never sell or pass on any personal information you enter and save on our website, with the exception of point 2.6 of this agreement, or if we are required by law to give information to an authority.

4.2 We consider personal details to be all information you have provided during registration and all information visible on your account details, except username and country, which are made public on the statistics pages of LFS World.

Nothing really clear about selling the license in the agreement, but I think it will violate 3.4.

The easiest way is just to launch LFS, click multiplayer and retrieve the server list.

The server is visible (no need for checkig ID for a "ping" => extra traffic+slower response)

I think the message the "wrecker" get when trying to connect says kinda nothing. is it "Lost connection to server" ? can't remember

When running the MPR you can ban players as usual by pressing "the ban button" (with a question about how long).
This will add a ban record to your local bans.ban file. By copying the servers file to your local machine, run the mpr&ban the player and then copy it back again you can also easy ban players with "special chars"..
You can also ban the players registered name by using /ban <username> <duration> on the server console /logged inn with admin PW (iirc)

a mpr (Multi Player Replay) is a key here.. a mpr can also (in S1/S2 servers) be used for banning people

Think that post pretty much says it all for mee too. Times has changed, from Demo/S1 where I used all available time on LFS to now, only playing with LFS-tweak off-line every now and then, but hey, was online yesterday for the first time in months. Still good fun!

Quote from deggis :

http://mbnet.fi/nakkitar/lfs/lfs_nakkisounds_test.avi

Incredible! Scawen should hire Nakkitartsani to make new sound engine.

Haha, remindes me about the first clip "with sound of S2" (a clip of a FO8 travling past some slower cars with the "braaaaa-priii-prii-priiiiioooooooaaa" sound..
Thread: http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=170584
Page: http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=170584&page=9
Poat: http://forum.rscnet.org/showpo ... 1956915&postcount=215

Hey, I managed to find a thread/post at RSC

The Clutch can also be tweaked with DX Tweaks (I think thats the name, or something similar) and with some experiments it can be pretty good.
Without FF It will not be like the real thing

..GOD JUL, from Norway. :wmann3:

Quote from Delerue :

You are all completely wrong when you think I can't play it or say anything about it just because I don't have the license...

At least that explains why he "never" is online...

Quote from Victor :

....this thread will be closed sooner or later.

Quote from speedfreak227 :

can you provide a link to this or quote the info please? i'd like to read it.

thank you

speedfreak227

Guess not, tried to search at RSC, but was not able to find the thread..
I know there is a setting called "Rubber Lay" in cfg.txt, but when I think about it I don't think the "layer" increased the grip (but really not sure)..

Quote from al heeley :

1) Yes, but only in real life

There is (at least was in S1) a "rubber lay" (not the skid marks) that got better grip during a (long) race...
Think the effect even is documented at RSC..

(IIRC)

:iagree:

Quote from Vykos69 :

woooohoooo LOL :lol: now that is a great one!

Quote from Shotglass :

maybe because (iirc) 0.3h (aka s1h) was the last s1 version ?

Thats at least the last version of S1 on my computer.. even runs with LFSTweakPro (still playing with that one )

What kind of system do you have?
Is any part of your system Overclocked?
Wich version of LFS is you running??

(and btw, think this belongs to the "technical assistance" section)

Quote from Myst :

Is it possible to list and ban IP's of idiots on a server?

We have a demo and a full, unfortunately the demo occasionally gets lumbered with the odd moron from time to time, i can kick / ban by name but all they do is alter name to get in again.

Thanks

You can use this:
http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=210781

This small utility will log all actions on your server with IP's.
A wrecker that get kicked , and refreshes his IP will always get a IP within the same range. This range can be blocked at your router/firewall.

2 major problems:
You will also block all other guests from the same ISP.
Tracking down the ISP's range is a lot of work..

(Can also be useful to find people spoofing ID's... )

/Shrek

Bind failed is usually that the app is not able to open the port (due to the port allready is open)

IIRC you must specify the Insim-port to be used in the command line/cfg file to your dedi host, then use that number when yo start race manager.

Quote from DasKlee :

..
EDIT: SniperX have you ever tried it? i think you can just copy it. you could in S1 and i think you still can in S2. i backed up my S1 folder because i reinstalled windows and i didn't have to unlock it, after copying the folder back onto the hard drive

Its possible to copy the directory with license (at least the main menu still reports me as a S2 licensed racer). But that will not be any different than selecting another player name in the original LFS installation.
(Online stats will still be collected for the registered name)

:-)

Nope, you can't just copy the allready licensed directory, and you are also only able to be online with one PC (at at once) with your S1/S2 account.

You can have several "names" on one licensed account, each with seperate local stats. The online stats are for the registered licence name (and will reflect "bad" driving).
If some of your friends get banned, it's your (S1/S2) account that is banned. (and not the selected player name)

To have two licenses on one computer you can copy the LFS directory and install a seperate S1/S2 licence on the second directory.



Edit Sloooow typing...

Quote from Jimi :

Does anyone know the LSFW-name of "h0lz"?

(s0n!c = LFSW-name too)

Please post it, that admins are able to ban.

As long as the replay still is uploaded its no problem to ban from it.
I would say that each Admin must see the evidence to be able to ban someone..