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I would like to invite all Live For Speed drivers to a unique server I have been working on for the last month and a half. The system seems 96% stable, although it occasionally locks up and a very are crash pops up now and then. The server is very fun, but it doesn't run if there is only 1 person so to test it out find a friend or two and go have some fun.
Check out the Dash For Cash website to see how you rank: d4c.storm-servers.net
As a fair warning, but please don't be turned away by this: You will be forced to spec races. Each driver is placed in a "Waiting Line" and will get a turn to race. It is possible to miss your race so pay attention to the text display as it will display your name and your opponents name. Each race is 1 lap and lasts less than 2 minutes tops so waiting time isn't that long, and a lot of the races are quite entertaining.
I hope you join and try it out!
Server: [SR]DashForCash
Pass: d4c
Note: Password may be disabled (public server) and it also may be different if I am testing privately. Although server should generally be public so I can get more people!!
Please help with testing by posting any bugs you find with the system here. Also when posting a bug make sure you know what caused it and how I can reproduce it. If there is a crash and you have a "good" guess as to why then also post that. Please read through this list as I will maintain it as much as I can. Suggestions and requests will be placed on this list but that does NOT mean any of them will be implemented, so if you have an idea MAKE sure it is not on the list. I am posting the "Things to be worked on" list so that the testers know what is to come and what will need to be tested the hardest in the future. I will also color code the bugs depending on severity and if they have been completed.
Below is a bug list that was last updated on: June 23rd 2008
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Things to work on and Bugs to hunt:
Previous Race Results needs to display the results of the race, who won, lost, did not finish...
Website is all messed up, squished, squashed and split wrong. [FIXED]
Player is removed from the waiting line when they do not join their race: Still "On Deck" [FIXED]
Activate/Deactivate button gets pressed by itself somehow...
Race does not restart if someone is joining the server while the system sends the restart command.
Single player "practice" mode treats it as a race giving the player $100 for "winning" and adding to their other stats.
Click top-left Bet button and then bottom-left Bet Button very quickly will produce the bottom-right button being pressed.
Clicking interface buttons can sometimes do the wrong things when the button comes back into the system.
*This is possibly caused by lagging packets, try not to click on buttons when the interface changes... Looking for a better solution.
Race time is off by about 15ish seconds. Race starts to end at 1:30 rather then 1:45 so that it is a 2 minute race.
Start the person with the most bets in front, even bets allow the racers to join in the correct order.
Track does not always change when the system tries. Also should allow racers to end the race for a new track.
Num races before track change is always N/A even when on random tracks. [FIXED]
Interface was not updating with database. [FIXED]
Player rename did not update the players name everywhere in the system. [FIXED]
User places bet, disconnects, race finishes. [FIXED]
Suggestions / Requests
Show the stats of two drivers so a gambler can compare before placing bets.
I would like to invite all Live For Speed drivers to a unique server I have been working on for the last month and a half. The system seems 96% stable, although it occasionally locks up and a very are crash pops up now and then. The server is very fun, but it doesn't run if there is only 1 person so to test it out find a friend or two and go have some fun.
Check out the Dash For Cash website to see how you rank: d4c.storm-servers.net
As a fair warning, but please don't be turned away by this: You will be forced to spec races. Each driver is placed in a "Waiting Line" and will get a turn to race. It is possible to miss your race so pay attention to the text display as it will display your name and your opponents name. Each race is 1 lap and lasts less than 2 minutes tops so waiting time isn't that long, and a lot of the races are quite entertaining.
I hope you join and try it out!
Server: [SR]DashForCash
Pass: d4c
Note: Password may be disabled (public server) and it also may be different if I am testing privately. Although server should generally be public so I can get more people!!
Please help with testing by posting any bugs you find with the system here. Also when posting a bug make sure you know what caused it and how I can reproduce it. If there is a crash and you have a "good" guess as to why then also post that. Please read through this list as I will maintain it as much as I can. Suggestions and requests will be placed on this list but that does NOT mean any of them will be implemented, so if you have an idea MAKE sure it is not on the list. I am posting the "Things to be worked on" list so that the testers know what is to come and what will need to be tested the hardest in the future. I will also color code the bugs depending on severity and if they have been completed.
Below is a bug list that was last updated on: June 23rd 2008
-------------------------------------------------------------
Things to work on and Bugs to hunt:
Previous Race Results needs to display the results of the race, who won, lost, did not finish...
Website is all messed up, squished, squashed and split wrong. [FIXED]
Player is removed from the waiting line when they do not join their race: Still "On Deck" [FIXED]
Activate/Deactivate button gets pressed by itself somehow...
Race does not restart if someone is joining the server while the system sends the restart command.
Single player "practice" mode treats it as a race giving the player $100 for "winning" and adding to their other stats.
Click top-left Bet button and then bottom-left Bet Button very quickly will produce the bottom-right button being pressed.
Clicking interface buttons can sometimes do the wrong things when the button comes back into the system.
*This is possibly caused by lagging packets, try not to click on buttons when the interface changes... Looking for a better solution.
Race time is off by about 15ish seconds. Race starts to end at 1:30 rather then 1:45 so that it is a 2 minute race.
Start the person with the most bets in front, even bets allow the racers to join in the correct order.
Track does not always change when the system tries. Also should allow racers to end the race for a new track.
Num races before track change is always N/A even when on random tracks. [FIXED]
Interface was not updating with database. [FIXED]
Player rename did not update the players name everywhere in the system. [FIXED]
User places bet, disconnects, race finishes. [FIXED]
Suggestions / Requests
Show the stats of two drivers so a gambler can compare before placing bets.
