Got on VROC last night and ended up going to bed at 4:00am. Woke up my
girlfriend but told her it was the cats :-) . Not even the slightest bit
competitive (although I won at Monza when the leaders either crashed or went
to Studio54 he he). The hardest thing is avoiding crashes. Latency, even
with a good connection, can make avoiding other spinning/crashing cars
difficult. I thought I was clear going into first turn at Monza at start and
suddenly a spinning car teleported in front of me. Bummer. The races are
short enough that you generally don't have to worry about getting in the way
of the leaders although in one race I was rear ended by the leader getting
lapped in first Lesmos corner. I saw him coming and did everything I could
to give him room but he hit me anyway. Oh well, dems da breaks. People drive
like crazy. In another situation I was so proud of myself that i avoided a
furball when some hotshot blew past me and clipped me in the side. I think
people would drive a bit different if you could hook up electrodes to give
em a bit of what it feels like to really crash. Of course, I need to learn
the rules too. Letting faster cars by can be difficult since holding the
line is the most predictable behaviour but they crash you anyway. It ain't
like driving in the mountains where they tail you till a convenient place to
let them pass. They just pretend you aren't there and hope for the best :-).
In the end, a good time was had by all. Plus, I've got more motivation to
practice as these guys are way way faster than me. Now a technical question.
I have a home lan with a cable connection through a linux ipchains firewall
(512down/128up). Does anyone know if I can run a server on one of my boxes
and play with the other or will I have to assign a unique routable ip to
each box (server and client)? TIA
Chris
I have DSL at home, so I imagine it's at least close to what you have. We
use TCP/IP on our home LAN and GPL runs without a hitch on my wife's NT
server, while I use my client computer to play, I just log in with the
server's IP address, and am all set. She has NT4.0 SP3 (wants to keep it
identical to her job computer), while I use Win98. I have yet to get around
to hosting a race. I believe Allison Hine has some LAN set up advice for
GPL on her website.
As far as sportsmanship, last year I used to race with a bunch of guys who
set up a private league by invitation only. You didn't have to be fast
(thank goodness!) but you had to drive sensibly - no shift-r allowed. I've
been away from it for a while, but I'm sure something like that still exists
somehow, somewhere. Still, VROC is good, if for nothing else, for the
varierty of people you race against.
Good luck,
L.S.
(The slightly faster lawnmower man)
BTW, excellent advice on your last post.
Yes, definitely find a league ASAP.. it's MUCH better than pick-up races on
VROC. I have only had the game since November, but I joined a league within two
weeks. Not only do you run with regular and considerate drivers, it's a lot more
motivating to learn a new track for a points-paying League evvent!
Simon
> Got on VROC last night and ended up going to bed at 4:00am. Woke up my
> girlfriend but told her it was the cats :-) . Not even the slightest bit
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On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 20:39:41 GMT, The Mighty Puck <[email hidden]> wrote:
>(512down/128up). Does anyone know if I can run a server on one of my boxes
>and play with the other or will I have to assign a unique routable ip to
>each box (server and client)? TIA
>
Just add the necessary inbound rules to your rulesets. I can
send you a script that does just that if you need more
information.
cheers,
Uwe
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