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2020-05-18T21:43:59Z

The Kita Situation

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	Page documenting (finally) the stuff to be done to a stock server to make it ovg worthy. Includes some workarounds, some important configuration tweaks, overrides, and overall comfort stuff. This is a work in progress and will be updated as I stumble upon more and more stuff to fix. Focuses on [[Automobilista]], but tweaks should work for other sims based on the same engine.		Page documenting (finally) the stuff to be done to a stock server to make it ovg worthy. Includes some workarounds, some important configuration tweaks, overrides, and overall comfort stuff. This is a work in progress and will be updated as I stumble upon more and more stuff to fix. Focuses on [[Automobilista]], but tweaks should work for other sims based on the same engine.

	== The Kita ~~Situation~~ ==		== The Kita Protocol ==
	If Kita join times out, but everyone else doesn't, change port to something higher up. Seems to be some network fudge with OVH servers. Troublesome to troubleshoot.		If Kita join times out, but everyone else doesn't, change port to something higher up. Seems to be some network fudge with OVH servers. Troublesome to troubleshoot.
	Works with '''50041''' and '''500141''', as tested with GTR2 OVG500 and AMS [[OVGARC]].		Works with '''50041''' and '''500141''', as tested with GTR2 OVG500 and AMS [[OVGARC]].

Ranek at 21:50, 9 May 2020

2020-05-09T21:50:30Z

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			== ¿Qué? ==
	Page documenting (finally) the stuff to be done to a stock server to make it ovg worthy. Includes some workarounds, some important configuration tweaks, overrides, and overall comfort stuff. This is a work in progress and will be updated as I stumble upon more and more stuff to fix. Focuses on [[Automobilista]], but tweaks should work for other sims based on the same engine.		Page documenting (finally) the stuff to be done to a stock server to make it ovg worthy. Includes some workarounds, some important configuration tweaks, overrides, and overall comfort stuff. This is a work in progress and will be updated as I stumble upon more and more stuff to fix. Focuses on [[Automobilista]], but tweaks should work for other sims based on the same engine.

Ranek at 21:50, 9 May 2020

2020-05-09T21:50:18Z

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	== ¿Qué? ==		[[Category:Guides]]== ¿Qué? ==
	Page documenting (finally) the stuff to be done to a stock server to make it ovg worthy. Includes some workarounds, some important configuration tweaks, overrides, and overall comfort stuff. This is a work in progress and will be updated as I stumble upon more and more stuff to fix. Focuses on [[Automobilista]], but tweaks should work for other sims based on the same engine.		Page documenting (finally) the stuff to be done to a stock server to make it ovg worthy. Includes some workarounds, some important configuration tweaks, overrides, and overall comfort stuff. This is a work in progress and will be updated as I stumble upon more and more stuff to fix. Focuses on [[Automobilista]], but tweaks should work for other sims based on the same engine.

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== ¿Qué? ==
Page documenting (finally) the stuff to be done to a stock server to make it ovg worthy. Includes some workarounds, some important configuration tweaks, overrides, and overall comfort stuff. This is a work in progress and will be updated as I stumble upon more and more stuff to fix. Focuses on [[Automobilista]], but tweaks should work for other sims based on the same engine.

== The Kita Situation ==
If Kita join times out, but everyone else doesn't, change port to something higher up. Seems to be some network fudge with OVH servers. Troublesome to troubleshoot.
Works with '''50041''' and '''500141''', as tested with GTR2 OVG500 and AMS [[OVGARC]].

'''Multiplayer.ini'''
<nowiki>
Query Port Start="50141" // range is 1025 - 65535
Port Start="50041" // range is 1025 - 65535</nowiki>

== Escape at any time ==
It sucks to have to stop before teleporting to pits.

'''Multiplayer.ini'''
<nowiki>Must Be Stopped="0" // Whether drivers must come to a complete stop before exiting back to the monitor</nowiki>

== Safety car collisions ==
On some modded tracks, having SC collisions on means massive spergouts (see: OVGF3 S2 Pau) so it's recommended to disable them:

'''DedicatedServer.PLR'''
<nowiki>
QUICK Safety Car Collidable="0" // Whether safety car is collidable
MULTI Safety Car Collidable="0"</nowiki>

== Qualifying lap limit ==
This is a very important setting in GTR2 as most GDBs use funny lap limits. Always worth a look in the other games. Usually set to a high enough number so people can actually get good laps in, but setting it to 1 means a tense one-shot qualifying session.

'''Multiplayer.ini'''
<nowiki>Qualifying Laps="255"</nowiki>

== Blue flag penalties ==
By default they're too sensitive, especially when someone gets bored and starts exploring track geometry, so turn them off

'''DedicatedServer.PLR'''
<nowiki>
QUICK BlueFlags="0" // 0=none, 1=show but never penalize, 2=show and penalize if following within 0.3 seconds, 3=0.5s, 4=0.7s, 5=0.9s, 6=1.1s, 7=use SRS value "BlueFlags=<0-6>" (default is 3)
MULTI BlueFlags="0"</nowiki>

== Pause when no players ==
Self explanatory. Avoids the possible issue of servers going on their own to Q and R after a driver joins even for a few minutes.

'''Multiplayer.ini'''
<nowiki>Pause While Zero Players="1" // Whether to pause a dedicated server (and stay in practice session) if no human players are present</nowiki>

== Reverse grid ==
(untested yet) AMS has a setting to automatically run a race 2 with reversed grid, this can be enabled by adding a second race session.

'''DedicatedServer.PLR'''
<nowiki>QUICK Num Race Sessions="2" // range: 1-4
MULTI Num Race Sessions="2"</nowiki>

== Warmup ==
AMS disables warmup by default, and we want warmup so people can get their sip, piss and the admin can reverse the grid.

'''DedicatedServer.PLR'''
<nowiki>Run Warmup="1"</nowiki>

== Disable Parc Fermé ==
Defaults to an rfm/srs related setting, worth disabling it altogether in case you're running a funny series.

'''DedicatedServer.PLR'''
<nowiki>QUICK ParcFerme="0" // 0=off, 1=no setup changes allowed between qual and race except for 'Free Settings'), 2=same unless rain, 3=use SRS default 'ParcFerme=<0-2>'
MULTI ParcFerme="0"</nowiki>

== Everyone can vote ==
Democracy bitches

'''Multiplayer.ini'''
<nowiki>Admin Functionality="3"</nowiki>

== Random settings ==
Bunch of things to allow for either memes or driver swaps.

''' Multiplayer.ini'''
<nowiki>Allow AI Toggle="1" // Whether users are allowed to toggle to AI control on the fly
Allow Spectators="1" // Whether to allow spectator clients to join the server.
Allow Passengers="1" // Whether to allow spectators to join a car as a co-driver/passenger.</nowiki>

== Spectators in R ==
Allow spectators in closed sessions for those epic driver swap strategies, will come in handy if the server does an endurance race and driver swaps are required.

'''Multiplayer.ini'''
<nowiki>Spectators When Closed="0" // whether spectators are allowed to join closed sessions</nowiki>

== Per track things to look out for ==
GTR2, and probably some other sims using the engine, use the estimated lap time found in the track GDB and calculates the theoretical amount of laps needed to cover the race time. If the time limit is reached before the lap limit, race ends as expected, but if the GDB defined lap time is too slow the race will end early (see: GTR2 OVGT500 Rd2) and everyone will be disappointed.

'''<track>.GDB'''
<nowiki>
Qualify Laptime = 204.669
Race Laptime = 211.867</nowiki>