Do you guys have an always up server?

[Viper007Bond]

If not, I can probably get one for you.

Chipping $10/mo into my Battlefield clan's account gives me Cortex access and the ability to setup game servers on our boxes if I want. Since LFS uses little bandwidth & CPU (right?) and the server would be password protected and therefore not full 24/7, I think the server managers would be fine with it.

[MXM]

We don't have a server atm, but we would like one

Dedicated server uses little CPU, and you'd need over 1mbit up (and down) for full grid I think. Although we rarely have full grid...

EDIT: Windows box? 'couse there's no linux version of server app, you'd need to run it with wine I think.

[FireFox]

got this info from the lfswiki:

 4 guests,  4 cars :   4.9 KB/s
 8 guests,  8 cars :  21.4 KB/s
11 guests, 11 cars :  41.6 KB/s (demo max)
12 guests, 12 cars :  49.9 KB/s
15 guests, 15 cars :  79.1 KB/s (S1 max)
16 guests, 16 cars :  90.4 KB/s
20 guests, 20 cars : 142.9 KB/s
23 guests, 20 cars : 165.9 KB/s (S2 max)

so 1,3mbit would be max
did some searching, for LFS @ Linux with Wine:
http://www.powie.de/part/artikel.php?id=41

[Viper007Bond]

Yeah, it's Windows. I'll pass this thread along and see what they say.

Oh, and if they're okay with it, I'll need a config file from you guys.

[Viper007Bond]

It's a go. Someone make me a config file.

[andyhui01]

wooohoo... dedicated LFS server here we come!

[FireFox]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

It's a go. Someone make me a config file.

Can we use the one from chickeneaters his server?
this kind of info? http://www.liveforspeed.net/host.htm

[pdanev]

[Viper007Bond]

Yeah, the server's up with a pretty much default config, I just wondered if there was anything config specific you guys wanted...

[pdanev]

Mmm, there aren't many things to set actually.

Most important is probably the smoothness of the connection: that should be maxed to 6packs.

Other than that, maybe Start in Reverse finishing order. And also Allow users to change track.

Probably easiest thing is to give the username/pass to someone (e.g. ESPN), so that in case there is something that needs to be adjusted he can do it once we start racing.

Thnx again Viper, good job.

[mrkrazzy]

Thanks for this viper, this will be a great help to our weekly races and such

[MXM]

Great!
Now I can safely skip a race knowing you wont miss me...

Just kidding, I wouldn't skip a race

[Mischief007]

Originally Posted by MXM

Great!
Now I can safely skip a race knowing you wont miss me...

Just kidding, I wouldn't skip a race

You can skip a race or 10 .

[FireFox]

Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

Yeah, the server's up with a pretty much default config,

What is the hostname to connect to it?

[Viper007Bond]

It's currently a S1 server (it was setup wrong), but this is the config that'll be in use once my buddy gets the PM I sent him.

And lfsserver.finalgear.com is aliased to the IP of the server.

//Example dedicated host configuration file.
//How to use : LFS /cfg=setup.cfg

//FIRST IN LIST
/host=^1Final^7Gear^1.com

//if required - password
/pass=fg

//if required - admin password
/admin=XXXXXXXXXXXXX

//if required - InSim port
//insim=29999

//if required - local specified ip address
//ip=70.86.19.242

//a high number below 65536
/port=63392

//demo/s1/s2
/mode=s2

//no/yes/hidden
/usemaster=yes

//Blackwood/South City/Fern Bay/Autocross/Westhill/Kyoto Ring/Aston
/track=Blackwood

//config : 1=GP/2=RALLYX in Blackwood
/config=1

//no / yes
/reversed=no

//weather : 1,2,3 in Blackwood
/weather=1

//cars allowed - see README.txt
/cars=ALL

//max number of guests that can join host
/maxguests=23

//max number of cars in a race
/carsmax=20

//max number of cars (real+ai) on host pc
/carshost=1

//max number of cars (real+ai) per guest pc
/carsguest=1

//smoothness (3-6) number of car updates per second
/pps=6

//qualifying minutes, 0 for no qualifying
/qual=0

//number of laps, 0 for practice
/laps=5

//if laps not specified - hours
//hours=1

//0=no/1=low/2=high
/wind=0

//nogfx/invisible
/dedicated=invisible

//no/yes : can guests vote to kick or ban
/vote=yes

//no/yes : can guests select track
/select=yes

//no/yes/ban/spectate : wrong way drivers
/autokick=no

//no restart within X seconds of race start
/rstmin=1

//no restart within X seconds of race finish
/rstend=10

//no/yes : allow join during race
/midrace=yes

//no/yes : pit stop required
/mustpit=no

//fixed/finish/reverse/random : race start order
/start=reverse

[FireFox]

^ what the status of the server? Can we use it Saturday?

[Viper007Bond]

The PMs are still sitting in my PM outbox, so he hasn't read them. The server's up, but it's currently an S1 server as he configured it wrong.

[FireFox]

When I search for S1 servers (on LFSworld), there are 4 servers but none of finalgear

[Viper007Bond]

It's currently called "SinClan Speedway" with the password "password".

[MorroW]

Any update?