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Austin
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1.24 Progress
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26 Jun 2009
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Development of the source code is going well, and HoverRace 1.24 should be a big step in the right direction. Zoogie and Igglybob have been working hard as usual and the tickets towards 1.24 are closing gradually.
You can follow the progress on 1.24 by clicking here.
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Austin
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So what's going on?!
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05 Mar 2009
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Well it's been a while since any post was made here, so I guess I should get you all up to date.
Essentially, work is still in progress for HoverRace 1.24, but there is a lot to do. Igglybob and Zoogie have been working very hard on this, and you can check their progress here:
HoverRace Trac Roadmap and Timeline
As far as HoverRace itself goes, we are still playing our weekly tournaments, so you are more than welcome to join us. We're playing on version 1.23.1 (naturally), and you can find out more at:
The Professional HoverRace Association website. 
On the tournaments page, you can see the present time in the servers timezone, and the time of the tournaments we are playing on the approaching Saturday.
Using the 'current time' you can calculate how far ahead or behind that timezone you are, and calculate when the tournament is. (I am 5 hours ahead in England, so the Grand Prix is at 8pm for me on Saturday).
We look forward to seeing you there  .
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Austin
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Can you see my game?
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22 Dec 2008
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Today after using CanYouSeeMe.org's website to see if my port was open for HoverRace, I decided to implement the feature into the Unable To Connect page.
After showing Zooz, I realised that this could be used in the IMR too!
So now, when you host a game in the IMR, your connection is checked to see if your Global IP and hosting port are available for joining.
If it is, the game name receives a + (positive) sign infront of it.
If not, the game informs you via PM how to remedy the situation, and also tells the rest of the IMR you might have connectivity issues. Plus it marks your game with a - (negative) sign.
Hopefully this feature will help out all our newer players :).
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Austin
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HoverRace 1.23.1 Released
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19 Dec 2008
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After initial testing and release of the 1.23 client, the developers have released a bugfix version: HoverRace 1.23.1.
1.23.1 changes:
-Crashes due to lack of a modified date on a track fixed.
-Can set your host port in the Preferences. This will allow you to run HoverRace off of more than one computer whilst hosting.
-The Availability box now displays a message that incidates if you join a game, an attempt will be made to download the track from HoverRace.com/Tracks/
All in all not very amazing, but this is as far as could be gone without causing backward compatibility issues with 1.23 :).
Click here to head over to the download page to get the new install.
---EDIT---
Thanks to the quick eye of Zooz, I was informed that the installer was acting perculiar, it has been fixed and reuploaded.
If you had already installed, delete the files in your "HoverRace" folder, but not the folders "bin", "help", "share", "track_source" or "tracks". Then, run the new installer, and everything should be updated.
Sorry about that!
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Austin
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All Tracks Categorized
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15 Dec 2008
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When HoverRace.com received the Tracks section from Mydan, I set about making it easier to determine what a track was for by adding categories of Race, War, Sport and Special.
Myself And Zooz had made efforts to give all of the older tracks their own class to be in, and tonight I played through the last 205 tracks, and it is finally complete  !
Enjoy  !
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Austin
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Port Forwarding Guide
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28 Nov 2008
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The Unable To Connect page on the left side has been updated to reflect the new changes in HoverRace 1.23 that has made HoverRace easier to play online.
If somebody is having connectivity issues in the IMR, just paste them this link...
http://www.hoverrace.com/?page=unabletoconnect
Good luck!
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Austin
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HoverRace 1.23 Released
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25 Nov 2008
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It's official folks! HoverRace 1.23 is being released today thanks to the awesome efforts of Igglybob and Zoogie, and the small input from myself too ;).
We would like to thank all the beta testers and bug reporters for making this possible.
Essentially what 1.23 is, is a lot about the progression of making HoverRace easier to enjoy. The need for Hamachi has been abolished and the "Unable To Connect?" page will be updated with port forwarding instructions once I have finished with this post.
You can download the HoverRace 1.23 from our Downloads page !
The biggest fix implement is the improvement of online connectivity; we used to rely on setting our routers to DMZ mode, which would only allow you to join last, or host the race without having connection issues to everyone else. We then use a 3rd party program Hamachi to emulate a Virtual Network, and although these were golden times, the biggest problem was explaining to someone why they had downloaded a game and now needed a 3rd party application to play it.
We now only need to forward ports 9530 and 9531 via TCP and UDP for online gameplay to work.
The "Join Game" port of 9531 can be adjusted to something else if you wish, this will be essential for allowing more than one person to play on a router.
If you wish to see more of the bug fixes and enhancements, you should visit the HoverRace Trac hosted at Igglybob.com, for now I'll link you into the achievements of 1.23:
HoverRace 1.23 Milestones
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Austin
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HoverRace 1.23 coming soon!!
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15 Nov 2008
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Thanks to the great work of Igglybob and Zoogie, we are almost ready to release HoverRace 1.23.
Although this is not a great deal different from other versions as far as features goes, what has been done is to fix a lot of issues in the underlying code.
This is going to lay down the foundations for future versions !
Some of the best bits include single port connectivity, an auto track downloader and my current favourite, the window flashes to grab your attention if the race starts while you're not looking .
For more information, visit the SVN Roadmap...
http://svn.igglybob.com/hoverrace/roadmap
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Austin
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SVN Repository Online!
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10 Jun 2008
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Thanks to the awesome work of Igglybob, we now have a working SVN Repository. What this will mean is that further development can be made.
I wouldn't expect it at any great rate as the people who can work on this all have other life responsibilities as well.
At any rate, this is great news for HoverRace.
You can find the forum topic about it here, or learn how to access the SVN Repository and download the latest source code on our development site under SVN !.
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Austin
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Source Code Wikipedia now available.
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08 Jun 2008
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After playing HoverRace today for the first time in a long time, I decided to try and press on with helping our developers exploit the source code to its fullest, and also to help novices in programming to understand what the each file does.
Although no entries have been made to the Wiki as of yet, it is set up and ready to work, so at least that is something.
I am looking to set up a CVS Repository so that development can be done; for those of you who are unfamiliar with the concept, a CVS Repository is a code storage for open source work to be shared. Anyone can download the latest source, but only select accounts can update the Repository.
This will allow the developers to all be on the same page and have the same code at all times; whilst allowing anybody to see and access the ongoing work.
http://wiki.hoverrace.com
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Posted By:
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Austin
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PHP Room IMR Occupant display fixed...
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09 Feb 2008
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Hey guys,
Didn't realise this was not working, but it turns out an extra forward slash was causing the page not to work .
The display up top will now show who is in the PHP IMR.
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Austin
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A new beta patch released - 1.22b.2
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26 Dec 2007
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Due to issues with the 1.22b.1 beta, we have released a new 1.22b.2 beta which should fix some minor issues that were stopping multiplayer play (what this game is all about! )
You can check out the post on the forum about it here, it contains the download link...
http://www.hoverrace.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=674
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Posted By:
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Austin
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We invite YOU to beta test!
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18 Nov 2007
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http://www.hoverrace.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=670
Hope it works for you :), post to us to show your findings .
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Austin
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It's finally all coming home.
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12 Nov 2007
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Hi all,
I'm back from my holiday in England and I had a very nice time, thanks for asking .
HaP informs me that his forwarding address which is used for the HoverRace roomlist has been taken away from him, and he is unlikely to get it back. As a result HoverRace players cannot currently access the roomlist, and therefore cannot play online!
This game has been a mix of split sites thrown together to offer a way to play HoverRace over the past 3 years, and has slowly come back together, with the tracks and records returning to HoverRace.com; so this is the last piece in the puzzle, with the roomlist returning here.
I realised that even though HoverRace.com resolves to an IP shared by many websites hosted by my host, making it not possible to put the roomlist on here, I can use my username to access it when it resolves.
What this means, is that with a combination of www.hoverrace.com's IP address and /~sirbrock/imr/rl.txt on the end of it, it will load the IP dynamically each time you open the game.
HoverRace's roomlist address is written into the game itself, and can be adjusted using hex editing. The only issue is that this is not a practice everyone will be able to perform, so instead, a new install and patch will be made available for all players to download instead.
There is also potential for my PHP IMR to be used, which would mean I could let my computer rest at night (the HR.com Normal and Hamachi room run off of my PC).
I would like to thank HaP for a great service he offered to HoverRace for 3 years; without it, we'd of been buggered .
Watch this space !
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Austin
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Vacation!
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27 Oct 2007
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Hey all,
Just to let you know, I am visiting England for 2 weeks, I'll be flying in the next 11 hours :).
I'll keep looking at the forum of course as I'll have internet access, but the room will not be up due to my computer being turned off in Canada.
HaP's room will hopefully be online for the duration, he did a great job of it last time according to Zooz.
Happy racing!
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Austin
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Scoreserver is back up and running!
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02 Oct 2007
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Thanks to my host, we have fixed the scoreserver. It turns out the HoverRace client was being filtered as a 'bot', so I had to turn it off in the .htaccess for that folder.
The banners are still being work on and hopefully we will have them fixed soon.
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Austin
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DeVeL site download links fixed.
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24 Sep 2007
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Thanks to Zooz for noticing these links were broken, they are now fixed .
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Austin
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Update
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21 Sep 2007
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I've fixed a small problem with the track site that was causing the images not to display when mouse-over'ing the track names.
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Austin
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Still some minor issues.
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20 Sep 2007
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We're not entirely sure why, but at the moment the banners are not showing in the IMR, and the times are not reporting to the scoreserver.
One potential reason is that it is due to the new server rejecting unknown agents (only accepting the likes of IE/Firefox etc).
HaP is going to look into this for me .
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Austin
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IMR Banners fixed!
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19 Sep 2007
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HaP got this working by uploading a .htaccess telling the folder that gif's should be executed as php code.
Works a charm .
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Austin
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IMR Notifier fixed up.
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18 Sep 2007
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The IMR notifier has had its code adjusted to make it operate better. Previously it had some minor issues with when it was the appropriate time to say someone had joined/left the IMR.
This has all been rectified and the notifier is working well :).
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Austin
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IMR Display working once more! v2!
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18 Sep 2007
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Haha, well its up and running again, El has confirmed he has opened the port this time .
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Austin
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Still having some technical difficulties
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17 Sep 2007
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Well after a few hours of the IMR display working, it appears it's not working again, d'oh.
The scoreserver isn't recording times, and I'm stumped as to why not, investigations are still ongoing.
The banners in the IMR still aren't working, but I know why and I'm waiting for my host to sort this.
We'll see how things go.
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Austin
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Scoreserver Issues
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15 Sep 2007
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We are currently having some unknown issues with our scoreserver and IMR banner rotation.
I know why there is an issue with the banner rotation and will be asking my host for help soon, but as far as the scoreserver goes, I'm not quite sure what is up. I'll investigate.
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Austin
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IMR Display working once more!
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12 Sep 2007
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Great news, the IMR display is now working properly as it should.
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Austin
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All up and running :)
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09 Sep 2007
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The webring, IMR display and tracks site are now working fine.
Any further problems, please let me know.
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Austin
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Site is restored!
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09 Sep 2007
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After one week of waiting, my host has managed to successfully upload our website.
All but some minor database issues, we are all set to continue where we left off.
Welcome back everyone! !
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Austin
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Alternate Hamachi Network from 1st to 15th of August 2007
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30 Jul 2007
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I am away on vacation in Italy during this time.
Only HaP's IMR's will be available with the Hamachi network:
phra3
Password as usual is hrdotcom
Thanks
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Austin
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PHRA Golf #2!
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10 Jul 2007
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The second PHRA Golf will be hosted this Sunday!
To sign up, goto http://www.hoverrace.com/phra/ and join the tournament. You can choose a time which is suitable for you.
We had 13 people show last time, hopefully this weekend prooves the same.
Good luck and have fun!
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Austin
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Tracks site updates..
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27 Feb 2007
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There have been some big additions to the HoverRace.com tracksite over the past month, including the ability to download track backgrounds from every track available, so that you can use this in your own track. Plus the ability to be logged in automatically to make it easier to add comments to tracks after testing them.
Enjoy!
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HoverRace v1.22b.1 Released!
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22 Dec 2006
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I've been working with a number of people on a new version of HoverRace (because face it - the game is old and needs many fixes). A couple weeks ago I released a testing version on the forums... but forgot to post it here. From my forum post:
Following the logical progression of numbers, the next real release should be called HoverRace 1.22. This is an early test version of it.
It implements:
- Lookback key (end)
- Framerate <=> lap time fix
- Many spelling and grammatical errors fixed
- New screen resolutions, going up to 1600x1200
It does NOT implement:
- Router fix
- 256 color fix
And when running in higher resolutions it may get slow.
This may crash on your system. You have been warned. It is by no means a complete, final release version, and if you want a version of HoverRace that you know will ALWAYS work, don't download this.
A link:
a zipped /bin folder that you can just unzip
the complete zipped source
The Devel Site
Please report any bugs you find. Thanks!
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Austin
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Source that WILL COMPILE added to the DeVeL site
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05 Oct 2006
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New to the devel.hoverrace.com site is a modified version of the code that will compile in VS .NET 2003.
I hope people will appreciate the effort Igglybob put in to making this work for your benefit. Lar's (SF) too played a major part.
Good luck fiddling with it .
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Igglybob
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We have the source.
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04 Sep 2006
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Read the title.
For nine months now I've been talking back and forth with Richard, trying to get the source. Now we have it.
This is the beginning of a new age. (or insert other generic encouraging statement)
http://devel.hoverrace.com
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Austin
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Days of advertising comments on CuteNews are OVER.. i hope!
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31 Aug 2006
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Added the requirement of putting in a code from an image thanks to a script available on the cutenews site.
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Austin
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PHRA Returns! and a new feature "IMR Notifier!"
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20 Aug 2006
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The Professional HoverRace Association will be returning on Saturday the 26th of August at 13:00CST. For information on the Grand Prix, War Series and HoverRace Hockey being hosted, visit...
PHRA Website or this forum topic.
In other news I've created an "IMR Notifier", a simple enough popup window which, if left open, will inform you audibly when someone joins the room (and leaves). So you'll never miss another player who comes and goes in a minute. !
Hope to see you at PHRA, and I hope you get some use out of the IMR Notifier !
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Austin
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HoverRace Install Changed
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27 Jul 2006
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No version change, just the installation for HoverRace is now done with NSIS. It compiled at a tiny 2.2mb, and I included "land1.pcx" too.
Another improvement is that, the options in the install include "Registering HoverCAD"
Will look at making a track pack or two, suggest your tracks on this forum post...
http://www.hoverrace.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=308
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Austin
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HoverRace + Hamachi = Racing For ALL!
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24 Jul 2006
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HoverRace is now playable via Router AND Firewall, thanks to the application HAMACHI. Hamachi is Virtual Private Networking made simple.
Hamachi is available for Windows and Linux and Mac(I believe)(yet to be tested for cross compatibility though), at the website...
http://www.hamachi.cc
All you have to do is download and install the software, then open it. A short tutorial asks you to enter a nickname for use on Hamachi, followed by "powering up" and joining a network.
We have 10 networks running for Hamachi at the moment, with a max of 15 PEOPLE PER NETWORK  . You will also be EVICTED from the 'hoverrace' network if things get busy in the imr and we need the space. It would be in your best interest if you leave the network when you're not playing (please ) (An eviction is not a ban, it is simply a kick from the network, you can rejoin any time you wish)
hoverrace
hoverrace2
hoverrace3
hoverrace4
hoverrace5
hoverrace6
hoverrace7
hoverrace8
hoverrace9
hoverrace10
All with the password "hrdotcom".
You can join any of the networks and access the "HR.com_Hamachi" room. Upon joining, you can race anyone on the particular network you are in. It would be best to communicate to join the same HoverRace network so that you can race together.
Alternatively, you could create a seperate network of your own for you to race your opponent if the HoverRace one's are too full.
HAPPY RACING ALL !
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Austin
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HoverRace.com/tracks/ updated.
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08 May 2006
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Ok, as suggested by BaPinney, the search bar should be visable from each page. Therefore rather than having a "search" link, it just has a search bar in the left side of the screen, simple type a search and hit enter.
Another feature, is that if search only finds one result, it will instantly bring up the track details rather than make you click that one track.
http://www.hoverrace.com/tracks/index.php?page=search&search=Nitsua ... for example .
You can now also browse all the tracks quickly by using the drop down menu available when viewing the tracks page. It is located at the top right of the "Track Detail" display, when choosing another track, it remembers if you're looking at, say, Bi-Turbo laps, and attempts to load the Bi-Turbo laps for the track you choose. If none are submitted then it just shows the author/user comments.
There has also been additions for the scoreserver on the admins side, where us admins can now delete suspicious times, and/or delete an alias completely from the scoreserver .
Enjoy!
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Posted By:
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Austin
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Dr Poop!
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07 May 2006
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Dr Poop has made a return to HoverRace, completely recoded by BaPinney. Trivia is back YEY . BaP informs me that he soon hopes to release it to me and HaP to host in our rooms.
For more information visit the forum .
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Austin
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Random Track
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06 May 2006
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Using a simple "order by rand()" sql query, you can now use the "get a random track" link on the main page and track page to choose a track at random from the database for you to download !
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Posted By:
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Austin
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New Scoreserver Displays
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06 May 2006
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As part of moving everything back to HoverRace.com goes, the scoreserver displays on the left are now using HoverRace.com's scoreserver facility.
Work is ongoing on the feature and if you would like to suggest something, feel free to post it on the forum.
Thanks !
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Austin
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HoverRace.com moves to CuteNews
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03 May 2006
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Due to the long winded nature, and my lazyness in making a news script, I've decided to employ CuteNews as our news posting facility. Enjoy !
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