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Hi,
I need your help in testing a little tool iv'e been workig on that should help setting up your own hosted sessions in Sail Simulator.
<strong>The Problem</strong>
With Sail Simulator it seems that some skipper suffer from instable network connections and whoe are not able to
do anything about it.
As far as I know the Sail Sims Host server is communicating to the game through TCP.. and from the numbers
online it would seam the server can't get past the low 30 simultaneaous connections..
As we plan to set up a teamracing competition, we need reliable stable connections..A fleet race may get by
with some stalling and jumping boats but close team racing at the edge of the knife will suffer too much.
<strong>The Solution</strong>
It might be that publishing host adresses so others can join locally hosted sessions could be a solution.
Locally hosted races use the UDP protocol rather then TCP. In some tests the last year we found that
races are more stable, boats do not stall or jump. This in a ad-hoc network with clients around 500 km
away, with a client-host-client distance of about 1000 km on average.
Well it's ready for serious testing.
Start NAT ing port 5001 (or what ever other port you want to use) for the UDP protokol.
If you already have your router configured for VSK to use port 2350 UDP then you could
use the same port in Sail Simulator... without ever touching your router configuration.
(For fast trial ok, but since each joiner then has to join on a NON default port... it may lead to confusion.)
Attached you'll find the manual on how to use this Sail Simulator Host list.
<strong>Team Racing</strong>
<strong>WHEN:</strong> every Monday starting 19:30 UTC (20:30 CET, 21:30 CEST)
<strong>WHAT:</strong> Team Racing with 420 in Sail Simulator 5
(don't know teamracing yet? have a look here: http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/CTR2005.html)
With the aim to make virtual Team Racing as real as it can get. We will set up teamraces under the following conditions
Boat class to be used is the 420
Governed by ISAF RRS, ISAF RRS appendix D, CLASS Rules: 420 Class
Changes to class rules for use in Sail Simulator 5 :
-- Objects and Environment and behaviour are simulated, they will be judged to be as in reality.
-- In team racing Spinnakers shall not be used.
-- Crewweight will be a minimum of 120 KG no Crew shall weigh less then 60 KG.
There will be no SI or NOR handed out.
-- Elligibilty to race
- a) you have to be registered in RandR (so you can join a Team Race Cup)
- b) you have to be present in the designated team race channelfamily in Teamspeak 3 Server: vivarace.de Port: default
- c) you agree to not use a spinnaker, and keep crew weight above 60kg each.
<strong>Links Times and such:</strong>
<strong>Sail Simulator Host list, Round Robin Teamrace Cups :
http://vivarace.de/randr/
Teamspeak3
Server: vivarace.de
Port: 9987 (default)
Team Europe team race training Thursdays 20:00 GMT (21:00 CET) Summertime: 21:00 GMST (22:00 CEST)</strong>
Be there and help form an active team racing community using Sail Simulator.
See, ya on the virtual waters
Cheers
Theo (Admiral)
PS: for more infomation contact me any which way you can 
PSS: for more information on team racing (tutorials, rules questions etc etc. you can visit me at http://teameurope.fixodernix.de
PSSS:don't know teamracing yet? have a look here: http://homepage.mac.com/sailing/CTR2005.html)
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