Mad Laps PRO

Middenrat · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:00 am Post subject: Mad Laps PRO

Most of this topic is covered in the 'Donate' thread, so I'll spare Belial's blushes by avoiding the story of exactly how come we have it, but there's a new Mad Laps server and it's professionally hosted and seviced by techbots!
Last night it debuted with a mixed bunch ot tracks from Classics to A2B to New Submissions from our team of trackbuilders, running in Rounds mode (limit 10pts) in order to avoid the glitchy patch some of us installed to cure Laps mode's CP issues. Rounds mode has its own faults for our purposes but DaMadman is on the trail of a cure for the absence of Lap Recs which may also limit all the Sector Recs it's awarding (about twelve for our tracks, though it would fill the screen if we ran 'old' GP 6).
Laps and Classic were barred from use while we attempted Destruction Testing on the new baby and we'd still like to give it the toughest workout, so please join in the session when you can and we'll see how many ppl we can squeeze into the nominal 32 slots.
Have Fun and give us your feedback.
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mad · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject:

Server tonight was fantastic.

It moved from atlanta to amsterdam overnight. Caused me a massive headache this morning trying to rejig it and set it up but now its working and we got 36 on at one point... maybe more. Very smooth too.

Ste-Unit · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 707 Location: Leeds, W. Yorks.

lots of late starts when there were lots on though

Medi · Joined: 18 Aug 2007 Posts: 151

Very true, I got 7+ seconds late one time and 2+ regularly. Still was very nice though to have so many people on one server!

Seeing how many people it can hold, will this server be used for GP's?

mad · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:24 am Post subject:

Two things make the late starts worse....

Due to it being a new server your machine will recache the tracks. This will improve as people return.

Always check your computers processes. xfire, mediaplayer, msn, virus checkers, antispyware, spyware anything can make you latestart. If it's really bad then reboot and try again.

Pepper · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:17 am Post subject:

With a new computer, i've no late start and no lag on the server (playing in PC3 all high).
I wasn't there when more than 30 peeps were racing, but still... it helps a lot to have competitive hardware too.
Great experience of racing there Mad. Wink

Ste-Unit · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 707 Location: Leeds, W. Yorks.

Pepper · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:16 am Post subject:

I'll try to join again when there is as many players as last night...

evil_homer · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:55 pm Post subject:

well done with the work so far on Mad Laps PRO, first few days its obviously going to have issues but i've been on today and WOW Very Happy

i like how theres loads of tracks i'd never even raced on, its top

WELL DONE Exclamation

JawZ · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1991 Location: Bedfordshire

*really need to sort that kicking/ban call vote thing on this server*
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Ste-Unit · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 707 Location: Leeds, W. Yorks.

lol, i callvoted to kick someone as they were being annoying, and it worked without anyone having to vote. Then I wondered whether it worked with banning...it did..

(damn you jawz Razz

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JawZ · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1991 Location: Bedfordshire

works with everything.
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Raikkonen · Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 46

This looks like great news, belial was talking about giving the server we dont use for COD4 anyway to mad gaming for TM.

cant wait to play on it tonight.

Ste-Unit · Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 707 Location: Leeds, W. Yorks.

it seems a quite a bunch of people are having trouble with late starting on the server. sunday night i was on for about 5 hours without a single late start, while last night i was on with 30+ people and late started every race by 11+ seconds. I came on later when there was 10ish on and had no problems.

I don't whether there is a fix, but its not nice coming on to RACE and starting 15secs behind, if it keeps doing this when alot of people are on then i'll probably lose interest very quickly and start going on other servers (i was actually enjoying the nadeo servers last night)

JawZ · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1991 Location: Bedfordshire

i finds on servers with 20-30+ i might late start by few seconds quite regulary

i know on the popular time attack servers i late start cause by time im in server theres like 3 mins when there should be 4
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Middenrat · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:31 pm Post subject:

This only seems to have been a problem since all the Classic tracks were dumped wholesale into the mix, am i right?
Just a hunch, but have the late starters correctly configured the Network Upload/Download options in the first box of the Configuration panel? Just don't max it out - like Ventrilo these datastreams work smoothly if the bandwidth is choked to the minimum necessary. For example mine are clocked at 350kbps UP and 3500kbps DOWN even though my connection is much faster.
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Pepper · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject:

c3b · Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 138 Location: Kokkola, Finland

thank you mid. I`ll try that i had mine way higher than those numbers Confused

Hope it works Wink