It’s a frustrating ball ache at this stage. And I’m still not sure how we should proceed. There’s definitely issues with the connection to the CM servers, and I assume that because we had to force quit last night, the race results were not transmitted to the servers. Although why it doesn’t pick up that we completed the race from the results screen I don’t know. So as far as the CM servers are concerned, we haven’t run the Australia Race Event.
Had a look earlier and I was getting the “not connecting” flashing white signal strength indicator continuously - left it trying for over 10 minutes without change:
Speedtest to the UK (to Slough because it sounds like “slow”!) shows my up and down speeds are solid, but that ping number is pointless:
Have tried to change the track list order to force Bahrain to the top, which it allows me to do, but also gives me the message that “Your changes will be applied after the currently running event is completed”
Same thing with any other changes I try - tried to change the race length to the minimum possible (5 laps) so that we could get it done as quickly as possible if we have to, but no dice. Get the same message.
(I’ve made so many changes that “will be applied after the current event” that whatever happens once we eventually clear the Aus Race will be a surprise for everyone, myself included, I’m sure!)
Have also made a post over on the official CM Support Forum asking if there’s anyway that I can force a result through or somehow manually skip the event, but I’m pretty sure I know the answer will be a hearty “nope!”
I even tried starting the race with just myself and everyone else AI, but the “Start Event” button won’t let me - am guessing that it probably needs at least 2 human drivers to start? Anyone want to volunteer?
So, where to from here chaps?
Leave things as they are and just try run the forsaken Aussie race again? And decide if we want to do the Bahrain race immediately afterward, or push it?
Recreate the League (again!) and start from Bahrain, skipping Australia entirely?
Start the Aussie race with whoever can tonight or over the weekend maybe and let whatever result happens then, happen? (If we do this and an AI driver scores points, I won’t apply grid penalties for Bahrain.)
And whatever we decide to do, is it worth doing it and running the risk of again having the results not be captured and still getting stuck with having to go back to Australia again again again?
Do we put the whole thing on hold until we know all the stupid cable breaks are fixed and everyone has a decent connection again?
I’ve had bad luck in Australia both races, so I’m not too upset that the race didn’t record
But it is hugely frustrating. The good news is that the cable breaks look like they will be repaired sooner than expected (I saw the link you posted @GregRedd) so maybe we can get back to some form of normality.
Recreate the League (again!) and start from Bahrain, skipping Australia entirely?
I’d vote for this option. As much as I love Australia (haha) I’m keen to get going on the other tracks.
Edit: Also was just thinking that the last race didn’t have AI drivers for @DieGrootHammer or @Solitude. It would be nice to at least have everyone accounted for whether present or as an AI
Yeah, think that’s what we’re going to do. Will set it up later tonight - check back later tonight or tomorrow morning for the details.
We’ll definitely be skipping Australia (maybe add it at the end of the season for a laugh?) and will start with Bahrain this week. (And yeah, sorry @Camky007, but we’ll have to keep Baku ).
I think we should aim for Thursday evening again, unless there’s any major objections? Hopefully the Stage 1 load shedding will hold until then, and the undersea cable breaks will be mostly resolved.
Okay, so nevermind creating a whole new League - we’re going back to the previous version - MEW F1 v2
It has Australia listed as completed. I have adjusted @Oltman and my AI driver out of the points from when the race from hell was run - we’re going to consider that event and last weeks’ running as our Pre-Season Test Sessions.
All of the drivers are already League members except @SlinX who I have just invited to join (League invite in your in-game mail, or Access Code CM#_X9VDG) SlinkX, please try accept the invite before we open the lobby on race day so that we can avoid missing you out of the practice session again, and have you listed as a league member beforehand so that if you miss the start your AI Sub will drive for you.
Everyone else should be able to just select the MEW F1 v2 League in your list. If I get a chance, I’m going to kick everyone from the other MEW league and close it, so hopefully it shouldn’t be too confusing. If you want to avoid a kick on your record, feel free to Retire from the MEW F1 - 2020 Season league - we won’t be using that one again. (But double check that you are Retiring from that one, and not from MEW F1 v2!)
Again, I’m thinking Thursdays have seemed to work the best for most people so far, but for fairness, vote your availability this week for the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix please:
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
0voters
The Poll will close at 8PM tomorrow just in case Tuesday gets the most votes…
I tried joining the league last night, the code didn’t work and I couldn’t find any MEW server via the search. Can you maybe throw me an invite again please?
That said though, you should have received the League Invite in your In-Game Mailbox, because I only sent that yesterday, so that’s a bit weird. Just tried to re-invite you and get a message that I can’t becuase you are already invited?
Maybe there’s a delay between me sending the invite and you receiving it? Check again in your in-game mail tonight if you can, otherwise use the right access code this time okay?
You know I would if I could, but that “Race” was so long ago now it has been closed for editing. I can’t change it even if I wanted to.
And I actually do want to… when I made those position changes to see if I could nullify the result, I also gave myself a 5 place grid penalty to see how that system works for when we need it if AI Sub drivers score points. And I can’t remove it! So now you don’t get points for Australia, but I do get a grid penalty for Bahrain.
And so we’re back to a coin toss between Wednesday and Thursday again… If the last two still to vote don’t decide it for us, I’ll do a virtual coin toss this evening and let you know.
Since I need some practice. How about we make a friendly race on Wednesday for those who would like to practice a bit. And then Thursday the official race.
I like this idea. A lot. A once-off private multiplayer Bahrain race on Wednesday for those who can make it and want a bit more race practice, and our official F1 League Race on Thursday.
Let’s give the guys chance until the poll closes tonight to make a vote - maybe they both go for Wednesday - and if it is still split evenly then, we’ll do this.
Seems like you’re getting no joy out of Vodascum there. If your whole complex is signed up to exclusively use Vodacom then all your neighbours must be having the same issues. You should get everyone to band together and flood Vodacom with support tickets and bad reviews! Frustrating that you’re locked in to using them, I wonder how long the contract is for?
Right, so the vote is closed, and surprise, surprise… it’s another draw between Wednesday and Thursday. So we’ll do as @Solitude suggested - an meet-up tomorrow evening for a “non-championship event” for those that can and want to get some laps in. And then the official Bahrain GP Race on Thursday evening.
We’ll coordinate on Discord and/or Steam Chat and use Steam invites I think. If you can, please let me know if we can expect you tomorrow evening so that we know to wait for you or not. And let me know if you want the full race weekend - Practice, Quali and Race - or just a quick One-Shot Quali and a Race. If it’s an option, I will enable Saves Between Sessions so that if there is a late arrival or two they could maybe join then.
Target Start time is 8:30PM, but if everyone who says they’ll be there is there earlier, we go.
Soli - if for whatever reason I’m not online by 8PM-ish, would you mind getting the ball rolling tomorrow evening?
At this point in time it looks like the changes are good for a little practice tonight. Will see how the day progresses. Sorry i didnt get any time to check the poll.
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