rFactor Basic internet connection problem

DiamondLogic · Jan 9, 2010

Can someone please help.. me and my cousin are trying to connect and race over the internet using rFactor, we both have computers running vista and have opened the firewall ports for TCP and UDP for rFactor exceptions.

in 'Connect/Join' we can both see the 'Server list', 'Friends list' and 'Lobby chat' areas that seem to work fine, so I then Create a race and give it a name without password, and my cousin then tries to Join but he does not see our race listed in the rFactor 'Server list'..

But nothing in rFactor's Connect/Setting seems to work, when I try 'Hosting test' I get 'could not determine the status of your connection'.. when I try 'RC register' I get 'could not connect to registration server'..

What are we doing wrong or not doing?

Thank You

Ryan Callan · Jan 9, 2010

You could try changing the Multiplayer.ini file setting 'Concurrent Server Updates' from the default 400 to 1000. Sometimes servers won't show until several refreshes later also.

DiamondLogic · Jan 9, 2010

Thanks Ryan

I have changed the muiltyplayer.ini
Concurrent Servers = 1000
and also
Announce Allowed = 1
Announce Host = 1
to bypass the host test and will try it out tomorrow..

Ryan Callan · Jan 9, 2010

Yes multiplayer.ini sorry not PLR. You managed to figure it out anyway

Nigel Atkins · Jan 9, 2010

if your still having problems use Hamachi and connect using that, works so much easyer than trying to setup a server as you can connect by an IP address with rFactor.

DiamondLogic · Jan 9, 2010

I have applied the muiltyplayer.ini changes and now he can see our race in the rFactor track list but when he tries it he's getting 'Join Timed out'.

DiamondLogic · Jan 9, 2010

About this Hamachi, do we both have to have it installed to get it to work?.. and how do I tell rFactor to work through Hamachi..

Nigel Atkins · Jan 9, 2010

download it here http://hamachi.en.softonic.com/

and plenty of info on Hamachi here https://forums.hamachi.cc/

Ivo Simons · Jan 10, 2010

DiamondLogic said:
I have applied the muiltyplayer.ini changes and now he can see our race in the rFactor track list but when he tries it he's getting 'Join Timed out'.

How high is the ping for him?
And uses he the correct password?

DiamondLogic · Jan 10, 2010

Sorry Ivo.. I didn't notice that you had left a message..
Password, to make it easy I didn't use a password, is it better if I do?
Ping, as it's a bit late I will ask him tomorrow..

DiamondLogic · Jan 10, 2010

Nigel.. I do thank you for your info Hamachi, it looks a very useful program (when I get to understand it), I have downloaded and installed LogMeIn Hamachi2, I have moved it to the top of my network list and changed 9000 to 10, but what to do now to get rFactor running, I do not know..

Nigel Atkins · Jan 10, 2010

i don`t really now much about Hamachi m8, i wasen`t the person who set it up. i just had to install it on my pc search for his name and join his network then in rFactor use the IP option enter his IP and bingo i could join his game. i`ll ask him if he rembers how he set it up, but i`m prety sure someone else showed him how.