DOCS The Server Admin Handbook thread

I have numerous posts on these forums regarding the weather and it inconsistencies. I followed very detailed instructions from pankykapus and others from this forum. The weather variation simply does not work the way you imply. I am made to feel it is my fault and I must be doing something wrong. Well, I'm doing everything as per your instructions .

To quote a recent post I explained how after applying settings provided - as above 5: overcast with occasional light-medium rain.... "I wrote the event.json settings using Notepad++. I copied the default files from the game install directory and edited it to suit the track and other information. I then saved it using UCS-2 LE BOM encoding and checked it with the json validator. After a week of using these settings on my server and still experience frequent FLOODED tracks." I also created sessions to be close to one another and even merging them together to provide continuity (Q 10am -15min, R 10am -30min) Still no good.

There are too many people experiencing similar issues for this to be ignored.

Given the information posted by pankykapus (2 post up) I'll try this once more seeing as the information that was provided here is different to information given to me late November. Lets hope things have changed with updates.

 

Let's assume that it is in fact a Dedicated server configuration error (I'm sure it isn't).

Considering that less than half a dozen know how to configure correctly, you can already conclude that the problem is not the user's, but who created the system.

 

Sorry but i think you are wrong, you just need to use Weathermatrix guide, it shows percentaje of rain or dry on time, not chances of rain, with this guide i made races on Imola 4H and works perfectly, but i tell you, not shows probabilities just real time weather, per example a 6H race, you can have 50% race with dry and another 50% with diferent kind of rain, so 3H dry race, and 3H with heavy rain, médium rain or etc, just follow this guide, the game weather works perfectly, search weathermatrix 1.50

 

lobby problem now?? @pankykapus
the same for all dedicated servers

 

same for the whole multiplayer section of the game, cannot connect to Kunos' servers, cannot host any dedicated server.

 

lobby server back online

 

It's the regular unintended THUNDERSTORMS or FLOODED tracks that are the issue. When you choose settings that indicate -
- 28% DRY
- 72% LIGHT RAIN
- 0% MEDIUM RAIN
- 0% HEAVY RAIN
- 0% STORMS

and you get Thunderstorms and Flooding...that's a problem.

 

hi guys,
is the 1.5.6 weather matrix still accurate after the 1.6 update?
we got some weather what we houldn't have got regarding the excel sheet.
(0.2 rain, 0.3 clouds, randomness 3, and it gave us heavy-ish static rain during the race...)

meanwhile i found panky's post with the scenarios. it's helpful, thanks

 

you could force a car that no one use on MP, like the ST or the 911 cup, he will try to enter and get the "server is full" error.

 

from what I understand rain force clouds to go up, so you might get rain to 0 and clouds up to 0.3 to 0.4 and get random weather, BUT the broken part form me that even with 0.2 clouds I saw "heavy-rain" races for the whole race.

 

this is such a novel solution! I will try this tonight

 

Does anyone know why my Additional BoP isn't working on my dedi server? The restrictor is recognised but no ballast

Code:

{
  "entries": [
    {
      "track": "nurburgring_2020",
      "carModel": 20,
      "ballast": 20,
      "restrictor": 0
    },
    {
      "track": "nurburgring_2020",
      "carModel": 19,
      "ballast": 30,
      "restrictor": 0
    },
    {
      "track": "nurburgring_2020",
      "carModel": 25,
      "ballast": 10,
      "restrictor": 0
    }
  ]
}

 

You must use "ballastKG" !

"ballastKG": 20,
"restrictor": 0​

("ballast" is only used for in-game admin control: /ballast)

 

I have a suggest to allow server admins set allowed warnings. 3 warnings is good for 1, 2 or even 3 hours race. But in 6 or 12 hour races better to have ability to set it up.

 

Yes!

 

dunno... done a few 6/9hr enduro's and it's not been a problem for most of the front runners...

for me it would be way down the list of things that need an option to change

 

What about the others? Not only front runners took part, i guess. And it depends a lot on the track and drivers on it.
Anyway, if there would be such option nothing bothers you set it to default "3" value. And i think it's not very hard for the devs to improve.
Of course if they want.

 

haha what we think about what's not hard for dev's to improve is quite subjective as I'm still waiting for sort servers by ping in the server list haha

 

How can i change number of warnings on a race? Could i make a flooded track with sunny day, i will like to simulate rain the night before the race