Com-Central.net

JG300-EXOS · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 15, 2005 Posts: 495

as it is now, i get to the connect screen, with my name and the search field, and unless i type in netwings, nothing at all will come up when i search for servers

~S~

There is no list of servers for FS9. If you don't type nothing, you will never see nothing.

JG300-Stoopy

I think a few other basics are in order...the other fellas can chime inbut here's a few tips:

1. Set your max frame rates to 20 or 22 ...never higher. When you get on a server, frame rates are tied directly with position updates, and you can drag a server down to it's knees big-time. The other players' FPS actually go in the tank. You can tell when someone joins a server and hasn't done this!

2. Also...turn off the animation stuff in the multiplayer options, sucks frames too.

3. Before you connect, always have your plane positioned on a parking ramp or off in the grass....(airborne maybe even)....but never on the runway! Some of the sites out there are full-on into the realism thing, and will yell at ya for blocking the runway!

4. On the same line - some sites,depeding where ya go, are tied directly into ATC simulations that see your plane. Now - not saying anything bad about these ATC guys - but they're obviously into watching a screen instead of flying, and so they will expect you to request permission to taxi, permission to take off, and all that. And you just don't always ask for permission to taxi. They'll wanna know to what runway, departing in what direction, for what destination.....they may even want you to file a flight plan (which is a simple FSHost command, but you get the idea here).

None of the places we fly at do that kinda thing, but you get the idea of the kind of realism options there are out there for ya. The first 3 things there are stuff you want to follow to be a good guest.

JG300-Stoopy · Last edited by JG300-Stoopy on Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:00 pm; edited 1 time in total

- JG300-Holmes

if i don't type in netwings.org and leave that field blank, and search, shouldn't like it show me a big list of servers

Nope! Lol!!! This is why good problem descriptions are soooo important. THANKS!

- JG300-Holmes

as it is now, i get to the connect screen, with my name and the search field, and unless i type in netwings, nothing at all will come up when i search for servers
~S~

Yup! Perfectly normal.....

It's not like CFS3 nor Hyperlobby at all, bra. FS9 online technology comes from older roots, and therefor is more primitive. You have to give it at least an IP address or domain name to look for any servers on first. Or you get nothing.

You could also look at it from a different viewpoint...since it's not 'tied' to one central point (like how CFS3 MP is tied to the mysterious "GameMatch" server, for instance)..it is more flexible and capable of connecting to games anywhere, on internet or private LAN, just so there's a path to a person hosting the game.

Therefor.... perfectly normal to see nuthin' if you gave it nuthin'. GIGO !!

THIS is exactly why, you want to get the program "FSHostSpy"......made by the guys who created FSHost, they WANT you to use it! It'll show you all active FSHost Servers and the IP to use......it's golden, baby!!!

You know, I was gonna put all this in that "Essentials" thread but got sidetracked by downloads........lol!

JG300-Holmes

- JG300-Stoopy

Again.....if you are running with the 9.1 update could make a difference...I'm glad your troubleshooting is on the right track tho.

lol wait was it good or bad to have the 9.1? lol i do have it

and yea i do have a d-link router...

i don't use the xp firewall i just use the one in the router

but the wierd thing is like if i don't type in netwings.org and leave that field blank, and search, shouldn't like it show me a big list of servers

as it is now, i get to the connect screen, with my name and the search field, and unless i type in netwings, nothing at all will come up when i search for servers

~S~

JG300-Stoopy

Again.....if you are running with the 9.1 update could make a difference...I'm glad your troubleshooting is on the right track tho.

JG300-Holmes

well real quick i did get netwings found and connected to that, so i guess that's good...i'll keep checkin the other stuff...
~S~

JG300-Stoopy

- JG300-Holmes

hmmm, well i mean i can't even get anything to show up at all, like when it loads shouldn't there be a basic list before i search? i'm getting no joy whatsoever, and like i said i've definitely done it before so that's what makes it even more confusing

but yea just shout things out when you think of them and in the meantime i'll try those and what half brained things i think of myself

OKay, here's my first shout, can you be a little more descriptive about 'no joy'. You go to the file menu, go down to "multiplayer", then what....step by step, what do you see and what do ya do?

Sorry man but I'm kinda thick and sometimes it's the little detail things...

Coupla more questions:

1. Did you try this with your WinXP firewall disabled?

2. Are you ruining with the 9.1 upgrade?

3. Could you try this with FS9 in "windowed" mode (ALT+ENTER) instead of full screen? Maybe there's a pop-up on the taskbar that might be showing up that could help out...like the firewall popup.

4. Are you running any other firewall, like Zone Alarm? Or just stock XP?

5. Do you indeed have a router (I kind of assume from the converstaion you do, but then again.....)

JG300-Stoopy

Absolutely right, GMAX is included and can be installed, theres lots of info out there on geeting started with it and you should do it!!!! I started, but never finished, a Gee Bee Model Y.....and I'm no expert at all, just fumbled around. If you have any inkling at all, you should check it out and challenge yourself with it...I'm betting you'd pick it up, and no telling what you could accomplish, dude!!

JG300-Ascout

the most popular development program is right there in your own set of discs....GMAX. Which I gather has a steep learning curve and LOTS of effort involved in building almost any decent plane....double that for the Twin Mustang! (Well, once you have one fuselage, I suppose you have the other already done).

I'm not so ambitious as to ever have attempted to tackle GMAX...that's why I do scenery! Mr. Green

JG300-Holmes

- JG300-Stoopy

Oh hey....on another note....Holmes dude: If you still can't connect, try the netwigns server (put "netwings.org" in the server name box).....the other server went down on me last night, mighta been shut down temporariliy for whatever reason....always a good idea to try two different connections when truobleshooting.

hmmm, well i mean i can't even get anything to show up at all, like when it loads shouldn't there be a basic list before i search? i'm getting no joy whatsoever, and like i said i've definitely done it before so that's what makes it even more confusing

but yea just shout things out when you think of them and in the meantime i'll try those and what half brained things i think of myself

and hey, does anyone know what it takes to create your own fs9 planes? i might tackle trying to do a Twin Mustang myself if the development program is free (lol though it seems like a project i'll prolly never finish)

~S~

JG300-Stoopy

Thanks EXOS, bud! I was really interested in hearing the rest of the fish story.......was expecting to hear about how blankets and quilts were wrapped around the tanks!

Oh hey....on another note....Holmes dude: If you still can't connect, try the netwigns server (put "netwings.org" in the server name box).....the other server went down on me last night, mighta been shut down temporariliy for whatever reason....always a good idea to try two different connections when truobleshooting.

JG300-EXOS · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 15, 2005 Posts: 495

Naaahhh, don't you worry Boss Hawg.. dang, where is my beer chug emoticon.... Surprised

JG300-Stoopy

Thanks EXOS....and sorry for my abrubt exit on the server. Turns out, that if I forget to plug in the power supply for my laptop, I don't get to see the "Low Battery" warning when FS9 is running in full-screen mode... Sad

JG300-EXOS · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 15, 2005 Posts: 495

users.skynet.be/JG300/...f109-8.zip
users.skynet.be/JG300/...109tax.zip

JG300-Stoopy

OK guys.....go get it:

Now available! Download it from right here!
home.comcast.net/~petr...0Bf109.zip

NOTE that you need the "Bf109 8-pack" and the tailwheel fix....it's on our website but dangit the URL was wiped out (EXOS what is it again?!).....

Com-Central.net

Select Language

Login

`±`Recent Visitors

`±`User Info-big

Com-Central.net

Select Language

Login

±Recent Visitors

±User Info-big

`±`Recent Visitors

`±`User Info-big