VROC\GPL

I tried joining a race via VROC but I did not see the green box to enter the track from the multiplayer screen in GPL. I saw the Host IP address and clicked on it but there was no way to enter the tracks from multiplayer. Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks Rick

Bizarre. Here are some wild guesses that maybe way off beam. Check is that you have updated your details in VROC setup as this info is no longer being remembered from one session to the next. If I don't do this GPL says I'm M. Driver and gives me someone else's IP address. Another problem might be that either you or the host are behind a firewall or proxy that is blocking your attempts to communicate. Try another host. The hosts session is still marked as "Starting" in VROC (they may not have updated their details) and you have clicked where the [Join] text should be. I'm listing the entire process I go through just so you can check that everything is running as it should prior to the failure of the green button/flag appearing. 1. Check that your name and details are displayed in the VROC room and are what you entered in the VROC setup. 2. Click [Join] on a race in VROC. 3. The status bar in VROC says "Querying status on host" 4. Then it says "Starting gpl.exe" (or "xxx's race is no longer available") 5. Then GPL starts up 6. Select Multiplayer and click the green button/flag. 7. Select the Join check box. 8. Click on the hosts name which should be displayed in the address book. 9. It will now highlight in red and the host's IP address will come up on the left hand side of the screen. 10. Click the green button/flag (this would appear to be the bit that is not working for you). 11. A transparent window will then appear with messages that will hopefully be successes and take you into the host's chosen track screen Cheers, Paul

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> I tried joining a race via VROC but I did not see the green box to enter > the track from the multiplayer screen in GPL. I saw the Host IP address > and clicked on it but there was no way to enter the tracks from > multiplayer. Any help on this would be appreciated. > Thanks > Rick

On Mon, 08 Mar 1999 11:47:12 +0000 Paul Jones [snip] I noticed this too - its recent. I thought I had done something wrong (like disable cookies - which I haven't) or something else Alan http://www.chandler.u-net.com

Thanks for the info Paul, I will check this out. Rick

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> Bizarre. > Here are some wild guesses that maybe way off beam. > Check is that you have updated your details in VROC setup as this info is no > longer being remembered from one session to the next. If I don't do this GPL > says I'm M. Driver and gives me someone else's IP address. > Another problem might be that either you or the host are behind a firewall > or proxy that is blocking your attempts to communicate. Try another host. > The hosts session is still marked as "Starting" in VROC (they may not have > updated their details) and you have clicked where the [Join] text should be. > I'm listing the entire process I go through just so you can check that > everything is running as it should prior to the failure of the green > button/flag appearing. > 1. Check that your name and details are displayed in the VROC room and are > what you entered in the VROC setup. > 2. Click [Join] on a race in VROC. > 3. The status bar in VROC says "Querying status on host" > 4. Then it says "Starting gpl.exe" (or "xxx's race is no longer available") > 5. Then GPL starts up > 6. Select Multiplayer and click the green button/flag. > 7. Select the Join check box. > 8. Click on the hosts name which should be displayed in the address book. > 9. It will now highlight in red and the host's IP address will come up on > the left hand side of the screen. > 10. Click the green button/flag (this would appear to be the bit that is not > working for you). > 11. A transparent window will then appear with messages that will hopefully > be successes and take you into the host's chosen track screen > Cheers, > Paul > > I tried joining a race via VROC but I did not see the green box to enter > > the track from the multiplayer screen in GPL. I saw the Host IP address > > and clicked on it but there was no way to enter the tracks from > > multiplayer. Any help on this would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > Rick