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"A player is connecting." - While I'm playing offline? [fixed]
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Yes, I got the dreaded "A player is connecting." warning while sorting through my options just now. The odd thing is that I was offline (not connected to a server) at the time. I think I figured out how to reproduce the bug:

Launch a replay.
Play the replay until you get the "A player is connecting" message.
Close the replay and go into your options.
Sort through the options for a bit (it doesn't happen immediately for me).
Bam, everything is frozen while it waits for a non-existant player to connect.



Attached is a screenshot.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Quote from birder :CD3 is great fun but how the hell do you guys get them round so fast.

Left-foot braking.

Glad to hear you'll be adding a licence server for CD3. I caught myself being a little overzealous a few times today, but after getting used to top-five pace and then being stuck in the back with rookies, laggers and general crap drivers swerving/wrecking all over the place, its a bit hard to get around someone without some contact.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
I've had some of the best racing of my LFS 'career' this week on CD3. Sure there were terrible drivers mixed in, but that just added to the fun. For example, having one plow through the AS1 chicane tires and then having to squeek my way through the littered track at 100mph with an airborne UFR. Some people really stress out for no reason on your servers. Someone would get spun out by accident and they would IMMEDIATELY go to the kick/ban vote and spam the guy with insults, it was rediculous.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Satire at its best.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed


That bus movie made my afternoon.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Quote from jayhawk :You flip, your race is done.

XenoWolf
S2 licensed
If you're running a Cable/DSL router:

Start -> Run -> "command"

Type "ipconfig"

Click on the little "C:\" button on the upper-left, then go to Edit -> Mark

Select the IP address next to "Default Gateway" and hit Enter

Open a browser, paste that IP address into the address bar

You should now be able to access your router, you may need a user/pass though (most have a default user/pass of admin/admin or admin/pass.. may need to google or read the manual to find yours)

Once you have access, look through the settings, there should be a port forwarding section somewhere. When it asks what IP to forward the port to, use the "IP Address" listed in ipconfig.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Quote from sgt.flippy :Someone that stole your username and password could then connect while you were playing somewhere else. And you can start two lfs's and race on more than one server?

No, you wouldn't be able to start two instances of Live for Speed, because as soon as you log onto the second one, the first one disconnects.

Also, if someone has your username and password someone could boot you off, but right now they could prevent you from logging in so I don't see how one is worse than the other.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Actually, just getting automatically disconnected if a successful attempt is made to connect under your username/pass would be reasonable. The whole 'No, you can't connect because you're already online even though you're now trying to connect!' thing never made sense to me.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
I admit the last two years have been dire, but I place the blame on Prodrive/SWRT engineers more than Subaru or the Impreza itself. Prodrive has been distracted getting their F1 program setup, and SWRT has suffered.

Anyways, back on topic, the second background is definately a Subaru driver, most likely Petter. You can see the SWRT and STI logos on his arm.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Quote from Widdowmaker :Probably because .... Since Colin Mcrae and the 22b - Subaru have not been competative at all on the WRC Stage.....

That's true, Petter Solberg and Richard Burns were hacks.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Fixed.

For others:

Go to - C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts (Open in notepad) and remove the line reading:

213.40.196.103 master.liveforspeed.net
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
I can't connect now either.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Quote from Jakg :XenoWolf, it was funny the first time (kinda), but the second time just sucked.

LFSn00b, please don't try humour again - you've tried (and failed) on the Caption Competition, i'd kind of hoped you'd learned you lesson now.

First time? You mean in the meeting room? If so, that hardly counts here.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
I understand the need to vent, but what do you honestly expect us to do? There are plenty of other servers with very friendly and mature admins.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Patch X has been released!

http://www.lfs.net/

Go, go!
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Tons of great Rally-America footage @ http://www.321govideo.com/

XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Server 2 was great! Lots of action, very few issues.

I had the 'menu freeze' bug, but it only lasted a few seconds (I think it was while a player was connecting).

The only thing that's really irritating me is that you can't even click through or change your options while someone is connecting. That doesn't make any sense!
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Quote from ramsy66 :Why do the cars corner like they're driving on ice?!?!

To put it as simple as possible, you're not getting the same 'feel' as you would in a road car. You're not feeling the car's g-forces, so you don't have the same sensation of speed and centrifical force. This is definately the most realistic sim I've ever played (even beating Grand Prix Legends , in my opinion).
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Quote from Jakg :You annoying person - you removed me just so you could go in and nicked my slot. Thanks. I couldn't even join after that


ATM it seems someone keeps joining, failing and doing it again - this is imobilising the server

We've PW'ed the server so Scawen, Vic and Don can get in, then we'll let them "open the flood gates"

Sorry, I hadn't thought of that at the time (certainly wasn't my intention).
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Crap, I removed a ton of people to get up front for the second track and then I lagged out. Karma.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Jesus, you can't do anything because people are constantly connecting/disconnecting. I'm hoping this gets addressed quickly in a subsequent patch (hint hint).
Wheel-to-wheel impacts?
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
May have been suggested before, but I'd love to see proper wheel-to-wheel impacts. What do I mean, you ask? Well, this for instance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvhxlJe_sk4

or...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93G243PZLcA

Basically, any wheel-to-wheel contact would result in someone becoming airborne. It might give open wheel racers a little more incentive to be cautious and defensive.

Anyways, just a passing thought.
XenoWolf
S2 licensed
Thank you, thank you, and thank you. I've only been around LFS for a little less than a year, but I'm very impressed with its progress and how interactive the developer/player relationship has been.
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