WinVROC Options
- Joining
- General
- Advanced
- Force Feedback
- Server Info
- Drivers
- Hosting
- Race
- Driver
- Server
- Other
This page describes the options in the WinVROC popups for
joining and hosting races. The information here and on the WinVROC Help page should allow you
to get up and running joining and hosting races via WinVROC.
There are many other options in WinVROC related to hosting
Dedicated Servers,
remote launching of GPL through WinVROC, the WinVROC Chat, toolbars,
and various information resources. If you need help with these,
please contact one of the technical resources on the Tech
Support page.
Joining
General
Driver
Choose the player which you will be driving as.
Your Car Class
Choose the class of car you will be using. If you choose DEFAULT,
you will drive the class of car which the player you chose above
drives by default.
Your Team
Choose the car chassis you will be using. If you choose DEFAULT,
you will drive the type of car which the player you chose above
drives by default.
Password
If required, enter the password for the race. If the server
has a Boss password, and you know the Boss password, you may
enter it here.
Some races may allow you to you enter both a race password
and a Boss password.
If you enter the correct Boss password, you will be able to
control the server as though you were the host.
Go here for more
information about remote control of GPL servers.
Advanced
GPL Bandwidth Settings
This allows you to choose the bandwidth settings which GPL
will use when communicating between your client and the server.
You can only set this if the host has not forced all clients
to use a specified bandwidth.
Generally, most hosts force the bandwidth setting. For most
conditions the Typical setting is best. See bandwidth
for more information.
Enable Performance and Quality Meters
Check this to display the Latency, Quality, and Skew meters
in the upper right hand corner while you are racing. You can
turn these off or on at any time with Control-M.
Ignore net READ errors
May improve the stability of your connection to the server.
Rendered more or less obsolete by the GPL
Disco Fix.
Ignore net SEND errors
May improve the stability of your connection to the server.
Rendered more or less obsolete by the GPL Disco Fix.
Disable Speed Sensitive Steer Ratio
This disables GPL's default steering behavior, which makes
the steering more sensitive (i.e. a faster ratio) at low speeds.
The variable ratio makes it easier to drive around very sharp,
low speed corners, but can make the car more difficult to control
under braking and turn in.
Enable Old Synch Method and Clock Adjust Delay
These allow you to override GPL 1.1's default clock synchronization
method, and make it use the clock synchronization method from
GPL 1.0. See GPL 1.1 Release
Notes for more information.
Force Feedback
Override Force Feedback Settings
This allows you to override the Force Feedback settings in
your core.ini file. See the Force Feedback page on Eagle Woman's Grand Prix Legends for information
on what these settings do.
Server Info
This displays details about the race server you are about
to join. It is the same information displayed on the Server panel
of the WinVROC race list, and is included here for reference.
See Hosting, below, for discussions
of the various fields on this sheet.
Drivers
This displays details about the players currently racing on
the race server you are about to join. It is the same information
displayed on the Server panel of the WinVROC race list, and is
included here for reference.
Hosting
Race
Race Description
What you enter here will appear in the race list. Type something
descriptive about your race or your hosting intentions.
Track
Select the track you'll be racing on. You can leave this alone
and select the track in GPL instead.
If you do select a track, you will also be able to specify
custom race type, race length, and difficulty settings in the
windows below.
Players
Select the maximum number of players who may join your race.
If you have an analog modem, don't allow more than 3 or 4 because
some will almost certainly disconnect. See the Bandwidth
page for more information.
AI
Select the number of AI cars you would like in your race.
Human players may displace some of the AI cars.
Race Type
This selects the type of race GPL will run. Novice races are
short and make the cars very robust; Intermediate and Pro races
are longer and the cars are more fragile, particularly in Pro
mode. Grand Prix are full length. The car cannot be repaired
after a crash in Pro and GP races.
If you select CUSTOM race type, you can specify the race length
and choose a difficulty setting. This allows you to run shorter
or longer races than GPL normally runs for its default race types.
Practice Length
Select the number of minutes you would like your practice
session to last.
Difficulty Setting
This selects the damage level and repairability for CUSTOM
races. Settings are as follows:
- Novice - car is not easily damaged, and can be repaired.
- Intermediate - car is more easily damaged, and can
be repaired.
- Grand Prix - car is very easily damaged (much like
a real car), and cannot be repaired.
Race Length
This selects the race length in laps for CUSTOM races.
Starting Grid Formation
This allows you to specify a more open grid formation than
the default GPL grids. The more open grids reduce the risk of
crashing at the start and in the first few corners.
Password
If you check the box and enter a password, only people who
know the password will be able to join your race.
Boss Password
If you check this box and enter a password, people who know
this password will be able to control your server as though they
had launched it.
Go here for more
information about remote control of GPL servers.
Contact Info
Check this box and enter your email address or the URL of
your Web site. This will enable people to contact you if you
wish to form a club or league, or to notify you if they have
problems racing on your server.
Your Regional Location
This info will appear in the race list. Many people like to
know this about the hosts they are joining; this can help them
to make a more educated guess about the quality of the connection
they may have to your server.
Use core.ini Settings
This causes WinVROC to default to the settings in your core.ini
file. This is useful for testing, or if WinVROC is supplying
options you don't want to use. It is generally used only by advanced
users.
Driver
Driver
Choose the player which you will be driving as on your server.
Your Car Class
Choose the class of car you will be using. If you choose DEFAULT,
you will drive the class of car which the player you chose above
drives by default.
Allowed Car Classes
Select all of the classes you wish to allow in your race.
For example, if you wish to allow only Novice Trainers, select
only G3. If you wish to allow both Advanced Trainers and Grand
Prix cars, select G2 and GP.
Players who join your race will be restricted to the class(es)
you specify.
Your Team
Choose the car chassis you will be using. If you choose DEFAULT,
you will drive the type of car which the player you chose above
drives by default.
Allowed Teams
Select all of the chassis you wish to allow in your race.
You may select any combination of chassis. Players who join your
race will be required to drive one of the chassis you specify.
Server
GPL Bandwidth Settings
This allows you to choose the bandwidth settings which GPL
will use when communicating between client and server. For most
conditions, the Typical setting is best. If you host, and you
choose any setting except "Use core.ini settings",
all of your clients will use the same settings that you specify.
See bandwidth settings for more
information.
Internet Connection Type
Select the type of connection your server has to the Internet.
This will appear on the race list, and will help people to make
an educated guess as to the quality of connection they are likely
to get to your server.
If your connection type doesn't appear on the list, choose
the most similar, or Other.
Upstream Bandwidth
Select your upstream bandwidth. This box will be grayed out
unless you select your Internet Connection Type above.
Like the field above, this will appear on the race list, and
will help people to make an educated guess as to the quality
of connection they are likely to get to your server.
Force latency
This allows you to restrict races to only clients who have
a latency to your server which is as good as or better than the
value which you specify.
Default Server Port
This is the port on which GPL will listen for clients who
wish to join. You only need to change it if you are hosting races
on more than one machine connected through a gateway or firewall.
Each machine connected through the gateway must use a different
port, and there must be at least 19 ports free after each Host
Port.
The default is 32766.
Allow connections on local IPX
Check this if you are racing on a LAN and wish to allow other
people on the LAN to join your race.
Allow direct connection (via serial port)
Check this if you are racing wish to allow other people to
join your race via your serial port.
Auto export race RESULTS
If you check this, at the end of the race GPL will automatically
save the results in HTML format in your GPL\exports folder.
Auto save race REPLAY
If you check this, GPL will automatically save the race replay
at the end of the race in your GPL\replays folder.
Note that your machine may not have enough memory to save
the entire replay using GPL's default settings. Go here
if you'd like to save longer replays.
Bypass the Multiplayer connection screen
If you check this, GPL will skip past the Multiplayer screen
and go directly to the Track Selection screen. Uncheck it if
you need to enter something special on the Multiplayer screen
before going to the track.
Disable Check Points
If you check this box, GPL will not use any checkpoints in
the races. This will help prevent bogus black flags for cutting
the course, which can occur when there are latency problems on
the routes between you and your clients.
On the downside, it will allow unscrupulous drivers to shortcut
certain corners without penalty, so use with care.
Enable Chat Log
If you check this, GPL will log all chat entries to a file
on your hard drive. This is normally used only for testing and
debugging, since writing to the hard drive while people are racing
can cause warping and other problems.
Enable Performance and Quality Meters
Check this to display the Latency, Quality, and Skew meters
in the upper right hand corner while you are racing. You can
turn these off or on at any time with Control-M.
Note: this field is superfluous on this screen because
the host can't display these meters.
Log server communication errors.
Error messages will show in the GPL chat window. For debugging.
Log server connect status
Connect messages will show in the GPL chat window. For debugging.
Ignore net READ errors
May improve connection stability of clients. Rendered more
or less obsolete by the GPL Disco Fix.
Ignore net SEND errors
May improve connection stability of clients. Rendered more
or less obsolete by the GPL Disco Fix.
Other
Change the default VROC Host Echo port
This is the port used by VROC to determine the latency between
your computer and clients' computers. You do not need to change
this unless you have more than one server behind a gateway. If
you do have multiple servers behind a gateway, each machine connected
through the gateway should use a different port.
Disable Speed Sensitive Steer Ratio
This disables GPL's default steering behavior, which makes
the steering more sensitive (i.e. a faster ratio) at low speeds.
The variable ratio makes it easier to drive around very sharp,
low speed corners, but can make the car more difficult to control
under braking and turn in.
Override Force Feedback Settings
This allows you to override the Force Feedback settings in
your core.ini file. See the Force Feedback page on Eagle Woman's Grand Prix Legends for information
on what these settings do.
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