UKGTL Season 5 Classic Endurance Cup - Dijon-Prenois (GP) - Mar 6

[will16v]

The Mustang felt good - really good - for about 10 laps, then after the tires went, it was all downhill from there really.
Hope i did'nt get in anyones way to much, but the tyres were absolutley cooked!
Should have taken the Mini!

[Oilseal]

Will I followed you for a number of laps and you kept me royally entertained trying to keep that thing in a straight line LOL


Oilseal

[Tibernius]

One thing I've found which helps prevent disco's:before joining the server,

• close the internet connection,
• clear the memory on the modem
• Unplug the modem from the phone line and leave it disconnected for around 30 seconds
• wait for the modem to re-initialise the ADSL line

That helps to avoid it disconnecting. I didn't do that yesterday and it disconnected as I left the server.

[Mr.BMW]

One thing I've found which helps prevent disco's:before joining the server,

• close the internet connection,
• clear the memory on the modem
• Unplug the modem from the phone line and leave it disconnected for around 30 seconds
• wait for the modem to re-initialise the ADSL line

That helps to avoid it disconnecting. I didn't do that yesterday and it disconnected as I left the server.

That's bizzare that you would have to do that. Are you running a Gateway Modem, or are you running a Modem + Router combo?

You shouldn't unplug the modem from the phone line, but moreso the power - as that will be a better reboot for the system.

If your modem has a router built into it, you may want to look into it's port forwarding rules.

[Tibernius]

It's an ADSL USB modem that plugs straight into the back of the PC, and gets its power from the USB port. No Router.

[Geoffers]

Well guys, I got the skin pack DLed at work today no problem, have installed it in my PC, so all set for next week at Zandvoort67.

Geoffers

[Ade]

I believe the USB modem connection is a bit poo, does it not have  ethernet connection?

[Ade]

Hi Geoffers, just a word of advice, after you install the skin pack check it hasn't written two game data files in the GTL file coz i had problems with the first skin test race,i downloaded the skin pack and used auto install and it made two game data files, OK in practice but as soon as a driver with a new skin entered the game it crashed     i tried to get back in the game but on entry all the drivers names flashed up over and over    i sorted it by (if it has written two data files) just drag and drop the new one  into the original game data file and overwrite the old one. just in case! happend to me and i was gutted. good luck see you in the legends..

[psuedo]

Hi Geoffers, just a word of advice, after you install the skin pack check it hasn't written two game data files in the GTL file coz i had problems with the first skin test race,i downloaded the skin pack and used auto install and it made two game data files, OK in practice but as soon as a driver with a new skin entered the game it crashed     i tried to get back in the game but on entry all the drivers names flashed up over and over    i sorted it by (if it has written two data files) just drag and drop the new one  into the original game data file and overwrite the old one. just in case! happend to me and i was gutted. good luck see you in the legends..

I have absolutely no idea how that could happen using the installer  .....I never had the prob when installing it and no reports of anythng strange like that from the lads that helped me test it.

Anyone else had any problems with installing the skin pack? I will check any error reports out and report back.

[Mr.BMW]

It's an ADSL USB modem that plugs straight into the back of the PC, and gets its power from the USB port. No Router.

What in the heck!? A USB Modem!? Man if possbile get your self a good ol' fashioned Ethernet modem.

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

Ade, can you be very, very specific about what rogue files were written where? The installer simply unpacks its contents like a self-extracting Zip; unless you point it to the wrong install directory there's practically nothing which can go wrong, and there were no extraneous files.

I checked before the pack was released by installing to somewhere other than a GTL install, and I've just done it again; the only files outside of a UKGTL_* directory are the 250SWB files, the README and the uninstaller - ditto for the track installer - so if anything else appeared it wasn't the UKGTL installer which put it there!.

[Tibernius]

It's an ADSL USB modem that plugs straight into the back of the PC, and gets its power from the USB port. No Router.

What in the heck!? A USB Modem!? Man if possbile get your self a good ol' fashioned Ethernet modem.

It came with the Tiscali Broadband. A decent ADSL Router is on the list though.

[Ade]

Hi Dave, may just be me  i used the installer for the skin pack and got some laps in before the skin test race and it was fine then in race practice it was OK until i think Wiltshire Tony turned up in his new Pantera and the game crashed, as i said earlier tried to get back in and everyones name just flashed up    big panic and a new install and at end of race tried to get in before everyone left, i think Mr Oily and Wiltshire Tony where still in, same results names flashing up over and over. Checked the GTL file and it had written the other game data file in user data i think  put it in the original file and every thing was fine for the Spa race  so i don't know what i did wrong just wouldn't want it to happen to any one else  sorry to cause a fuss .  thanks Ade .

[Dave 'Gizmo' Gymer]

If there's a problem with the pack or installer we need to know about it. It's much more likely that you've just installed it wrong somehow, but without specifics it's impossible to help.

Checked the GTL file

What file, in what directory? Remember, I can't see your screen...

and it had written the other game data file in user data i think 

What "other game data file" and precisely what directory do you mean by "user data"?

put it in the original file and every thing was fine for the Spa race

Which "original file" and where did you put it. Be precise. A fresh GTL install has 3 directories and 8 files under UserData, and nearly 1500 files in 150 folders inside GameData.

If I were a betting man I'd say that when you installed the skin pack you put it somewhere other than the default location, which is the base directory where GTL was installed, eg. c:\Program Files\GTL.

[Ade]

Hi Dave had the same problem tonight on the server for Zandvoort so i did a full install of GTL and installed the track pack and skin pack and everthing went into the right places. i think what i did last time in my hast no blind panic to install everything before the race started i used control panel add/remove program to uninstall it and i didn't realise it leaves a GTL folder with your player data and such so i think thats when it all went wrong. Thanks for the help