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Host status
I did the search and didnt find any of this, maybe it was mentioned before... but - could we have host status in info column highlighting what kind of activity is there? For now we have info on what features are allowed but we could have also highlighted is it practice, qualy or race, is pit option turned on, optionally league races could have info on closed event turn on also (sometimes it is not private on password).
Quote from AndRand :I did the search and didnt find any of this, maybe it was mentioned before... but - could we have host status in info column highlighting what kind of activity is there? For now we have info on what features are allowed but we could have also highlighted is it practice, qualy or race, is pit option turned on, optionally league races could have info on closed event turn on also (sometimes it is not private on password).

Practice/Quali/Race - is indicated in-game and on LFSW
Must Pit - is indicated in-game and on LFSW
League Info - useful, maybe make the welcome message appear when selecting the host, instead of only after clicking the connect button
but I cant see what option is active at that server when I want to join. Highlight at the server list would be useful.
Quote from AndRand :but I cant see what option is active at that server when I want to join. Highlight at the server list would be useful.

I'm sorry. I don't know what you mean by 'option'. It's all available before you join. I'll just go thru all of them :

lfsw-rho_options:
- There's the server name, followed by a small letter r, p or q. These indicate whether the server is currently in race, practice or qualification mode.
- Track name followed by the 'Rules'. Small 'm' is midrace join, small 'p' is forced pitstop. 'V' is vote, 'S' select, 'R' I think is relay-enabled, 'Q' quali allowed, 'F' I think is forced cockpit view, 'P' is practice allowed.
- If you click the Info button at the right hand side, you get the following:

lfsw-rho_progress:
- List of people on server, how many laps they've completed, who's finished etc. If it's not race mode, it'll be a bit different.

lfs-server_list:
- Rules and all the other stuff is there. When you click the '?' on the right, you get the detailed info section at the top of the image, from which you can tell whether the server is currently in race, quali or practice and all the other stuff that's in the LFSW progress screen.

Which options are missing that you'd like to see (apart from maybe the league info part)?

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thx, I didnt notice that I knew the lfsworld info but I didnt notice that at connection list
Useful things in the server list (be it LFSW or LFS)
It would be very useful to see in the server list:
  • For races, the remaining laps for the leader, or (more difficult) remaining laps multiplied by the mean lap time of the leader.
  • For qualifying, remaining time for the qualify session to end.
This would help to determine (approximately) the next race to happen and probably would give an incentive for longer races.
Both of those are available if you click the info button on LFS World or the '?' in the in-game list
'?' shows total laps and total qualifying time, not remaining ones. Even if it showed the desired information, you stil could not sort the list by those items, you'd have to click server by server until you find the good one.
thx for tip again but now I got problem with that - after choosing "?" I can see host status once, next time trying to connect via masterserver I get "Username already online"... but I think it belongs to Bugs section.
Quote from AndRand :thx for tip again but now I got problem with that - after choosing "?" I can see host status once, next time trying to connect via masterserver I get "Username already online"... but I think it belongs to Bugs section.

Wait for a couple of minutes and try again. If it still says that, mail the LFS support: http://www.lfs.net/?page=mailus
Quote from NotAnIllusion :Wait for a couple of minutes and try again. If it still says that, mail the LFS support: http://www.lfs.net/?page=mailus

yea I do it now every time but I would be gracious having possibility to see whats on other servers now I just dont use this option which I was missing for 3 years

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