You can easily set filters to make sure you don't see demo-servers.
My only wish on that subject is to have an option to add certain servers to your personal favorites, so you can easily find them.
No, nothing is stored, unless you wrote code to store something.
If the welcome message is no longer appearing, there must be something wrong in the code, which made lapper put the instance on hold.
Have a look in the logfile (there are 2 logfiles, a server logfile and an instance logfile, you need to have a look at the last one mentioned), to see what has gone wrong.
I had the same problem and asked my brother to look into it (he is the admin of the linux server we have at home).
After some research, he noticed that traffic goes out from your client to the internet, goes through the master server and then back into your home to try and reach the dedicated server.
In the end he made a special route to get it to work (which wasn't straight forward), but I can't tell you the details, because I don't know them.
If you want to host and play at the same time, it's easier to host a server from within the normal client, instead of a dedicated host.
I had the same problem and asked my brother to look into it (he is the admin of the linux server we have at home).
After some research, he noticed that traffic goes out from your client to the internet, goes through the master server and then back into your home to try and reach the dedicated server.
In the end he made a special route to get it to work (which wasn't straight forward), but I can't tell you the details, because I don't know them.
If you want to host and play at the same time, it's easier to host a server from within the normal client, instead of a dedicated host.
Could it be that there's an issue with registering total distance traveled?
I might be naive, but unless proven otherwise (as said before, they don't drive cars they shouldn't be driving and the laptimes aren't shocking either) it could be a problem related to demo-players.
I might not be awake enough yet, but why is he using a hack?
XFG, XRG and FBM are demo-cars and can be driven on BL1.
The times aren't shocking either.
Certainly not.
Westhill will get an update and maybe something todo with 3D view using a red/green glasses.
Then the next big update, will be about tyre physics.
Get rid of Windows 8 entirely and stick with Windows 7.
W8 is a piece of crap and W9 will be out next year already and will be what W8 should have been.
Just a question from a way below average driver, do setups really make such difference?
I mean, since I am not fast by myself (all down to a lack of practice) I have asked quicker guys their setup and often got it.
Then I selected them, drove around for a couple of laps, only to find out that I was more off then on the track, since the setup hard ever suited my driving style.
I believe that the good drivers are fast anyway, just by setting a few things the right way (like brake balance, gearbox).
It is a hardware failure and might very well be releated to a cooling issue.
If you have the skills and tools, open up the laptop and clean the cooler that is supposed to keep the GPU cool.
If you don't have the skills and/or tools, take it in for repair and let it be handled by someone with knowledge of hardware.
That's funny.
Now I see that thread again, I do remember it.
I secretly started my own cruise (well, Racing For Money actually) project a few weeks ago.
Came up with some very smart solutions, if I was the judge about it
Done so far:
-get a loan to buy first car when entering server
-variable interest level for the bank
-payment after each completed lap
-automatic tax of 33% every lap, when having a loan
-option to donate price money
-top3 of each race get a share of the price pool
-take out loan
-payback loan
-buy new car
-buy extra intake
-fines when finishing a race with an open penalty (money goes into price pool)
I have a lot of ideas to add to this system, but footy is in the way now
I am glad it's solved and by the sound of it, it was a driver issue in the end then.
The restore method you used, is a restore to factory defaults, using an image supplied by Sony.
It has Windows pre-installed, along with drivers (probably old ones though)
You only need to run Windows update and need to have a look which drivers you can update.
Good luck and thanks for reporting back to us.
I have said it a couple of times lately.
Download LFS Lapper, unzip de file, set the correct insim port and password and connect it to your LFS server (works even locally on your PC).
The start coding in that environment and see that it isn't too difficult to build a simple cruise system.
When you really get stuck, there's always this forum to show your code and ask for help.
It will save you all the trouble of having to code the whole insim protocol and the Lapper environment is flexible enough to coop with a cruise add-on.
Hardware problem then.
So it has to go in for repair.
Probably a fried GPU (possibly because the cooler is cluttered with dust and dirt), but since it's a laptop, it will need a main-board switch to get it fixed.
Scawen stated recently that Demo drivers won't get more content.
So if you want to drive other cars, you will have to buy the game.
It's really cheap, so money can hardly be a problem and the game is more then worth it.