Game Problems? Read this!

[siread]

If you are having graphics issues or the game won't start the first thing to try is update your graphics drivers. There is a guide on how to do that here:

http://www.newstarsoccer.com/newstarforum/showthread.php?t=8213

If you are getting blocky text that you cannot read then check this thread:

http://www.newstarsoccer.com/newstarforum/showthread.php?t=8783

If you still have problems then create a new thread with a clear description of the issue and let us know your operating system (Vista, XP, MacOS X etc) and the spec (CPU, Ram, Graphics Card).



Cheers!

[robbyd]

There isn't really a thread anywhere for this, we we can all compile the issues with each exe, so I though I'd start one.

Add your technical issues and bugs below, and i'll add them to the lists.

If someone could sticky this, i'd be greatful!

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NEW STAR GP

*Fixed* -Driving the car onto patchy grass and similar full square ground tiles causes the game to crash.

*Fixed* -Extensive scroll still causes problems with tracks who's design goes to the edge of the map. Added option to Engine.ini just for Robby. :)

-Cars face the wrong way in the pit lane, this could be solved by making them face in the direction of a racing line point.

*Fixed* -KERS uses more fuel than non KERS cars. The point of KERS is in the name, "Kenetic Energy Recovery System", no new fuel is used, the energy comes from the KERS system, which charges under braking.

-Fuel alerts can still give incorrect readings.

*Fixed* -Cars don't understand the concepts of drying tracks, losing time on slicks whilst the track is still wet, and will start a race on wets as the track starts to dry.

*Fixed* -Cars still drive round in a circle after their post-race in-lap.


NSGP Online

*Fixed* -The classification on the grid before a race is incorrect, it reads backwards.

*Fixed* -Race order is not recorded correctly. Ie: Although I am second, the game says I am first. Possibly a custom track issue.

*Fixed* -Pit stops have no working time. There is working time as the pit stop starts as soon as you enter the bay and is counting whilst you adjust your settings. It is now partly the players responsibility to act quickly, not just the pit crew.

*Fixed* -Cars do not have consistant speeds. Even if I am lighter fueled and facing a car using KERS, over a straight line I can still be slower.

*Fixed* -Getting into a game is extremely difficult, especially when people are immediately rematching. There should be a mandatory 1 minute countdown before another race can be launched, so that others can join.

-Players are not displayed in the public lobby and cannot chat there. They also appear invisible to anyone in a race lobby, so it is impossible to see who is online at any given time. I think this is working but chatting outside of a connection to a host is not possible as there isn't a chat server.

*Fixed* -The chat box is terribly laggy, and has to be clicked in each time you want to type, which gets tedious very quickly.

*Fixed* -Players can't choose their car design.

*Fixed* -Online should allow for players to use mods, ie: only those running that mod can join that particular race. The mod being used should be displayed in the race description. To stop people using obscure mods that no-one else will play, only mods accepted as good enough by Si should be supported. Mods work but no checks are made on clients PC aside from having the track file.

*Fixed* -Mod results screens do not show the team names in the mod db.

*Fixed* -26aug09 In a session of myself, frank de, and rob frost we tried to launch a race at monaco, but although rob's status appeared as "grid" franko's was listed as "lobby", and I had to kick them both in order to get them both back in the lobby.
As the host I can't join the grid until each member is ready. This is necessary so that any players that can't load track or don't complete the setup can be kicked before race starts.

*Fixed* -26aug09 Starting fuel load cannot be set freely, if at all.

-26aug2009 AI appears to have very little clue as to your presence around them, probably a problem caused by lag from client to host pc's. Therefore they seem overly aggresive and damage is a major problem.

*Fixed* -26aug2009 Damage appears to be double the normal rate. Ie, a collision is registered twice. Could be that it is registering both on the host pc, and the client pc, but delayed between the two registering, so it registers as two collisions.

-26aug09If you do a quickrace, the game creates a quickrace.db in the save folder, which has no data, on trying to then load up online again, the game crashes. Deleting the db, then copy pasting the default NSGP.db into the save folder, and renaming "quickrace" solves the problem.

[King Rob]

Just another quick note for New Star GP online:

When the game shows how far you are behind the person in front it shows something huge like 20 seconds even if you are right behind the person in question, I assume this is due to the lag but thought I would mention it. :)

[robbyd]

26aug09

posted two more errors for online
two more added

[felipe1337]

When i click tracks and leaders the game crashes, not sure if it's happening to someone else

[Cookie Monster]

*Fixed* -26aug09 In a session of myself, frank de, and rob frost we tried to launch a race at monaco, but although rob's status appeared as "grid" franko's was listed as "lobby", and I had to kick them both in order to get them both back in the lobby.
As the host I can't join the grid until each member is ready. This is necessary so that any players that can't load track or don't complete the setup can be kicked before race starts.

Maybe we should be given the option to kick while in grid/setup? Also can we have taunts while racing? i.e.:

You press 1 - Hello
2 - You're going down

etc etc

[robbyd]

Si, the fact that you've fixed all of these so quickly is remarkable....

And the extensive scroll? I could kiss you!

...but not in a gay way...

...

I'll just be going.

*shuts door quietly behind self*

[Alex Reeves]

Suggestion - run an MD5 hash check on the track, pieces and any other relevant files to ensure that the files on both sides are consistent. This would also eliminate cheats/mods to tracks.

[Cookie Monster]

Another suggestion somewhat related to that: Check if the track used by the host is different from yours, and if yes, get the track from the host and use it... you know like maps in HL2DM.

[w1lla]

Another suggestion somewhat related to that: Check if the track used by the host is different from yours, and if yes, get the track from the host and use it... you know like maps in HL2DM.

That has something to do with peer2peer.

As Trackmania has the same thing.

You download a map to the cache folder and there it stays till its removed.

next time you connect you have faster connection times due to that you have the track.

[Cookie Monster]

btw Si the classification bug does happen, I noticed in a race with RobbyD, he won though hellraiser was 1st :confused:

[siread]

Where you racing on a custom track?

[lesj1989]

when doing qualifying i lose the sfx for the cars and all is silent the only sound i get is the guy giving us the lap times.

[robbyd]

@Si

Several errors online over the last two sessions, far too many to either recall, list, or even describe without you seeing them first hand. I'm using the NSGP F1 R mod, and think it all has something to do with the addition of teams 11 and 12.

If we can arrange an online session sometime soon with yourself, me and Brad (as well as anyone else wanting to lend a hand); perhaps we can solve them. :)

[Dan'on Hill]

Sorry to come in guys but im having a repeating error, i win a race, only to say the results that ive come 3rd to two drivers not even in the cship runnings happened twice to me, 1 track i remember is silverstone, think bahrain was other not sure vo.

see attached results even times dont make sense, think they were lap behind!!!


IMPORTANT
Also skipping qualifying just stops the times as of skipping, it doesnt simulate the other times. (easy way to cheat once on pole)
And if you retire or run out of fuel in the race, and u want to quit it just quits the race to when you quit out , surely it should simulate to the end the other results, in both race and qualy!!

[Dan'on Hill]

dont know if anyone has noticed this. but in career when you say get demoted to driver 2 you go in to the second car graphic, (iel wrong helmet)

Also when cars finish the race they should disappear as they are in the way of the cars that are still racing a lap down!!

SI could you possible fix these issues, i know your workiong on the 2n one..?

[Jeeves]

Sorry to come in guys but im having a repeating error, i win a race, only to say the results that ive come 3rd to two drivers not even in the cship runnings happened twice to me, 1 track i remember is silverstone, think bahrain was other not sure vo.

see attached results even times dont make sense, think they were lap behind!!!


IMPORTANT
Also skipping qualifying just stops the times as of skipping, it doesnt simulate the other times. (easy way to cheat once on pole)
And if you retire or run out of fuel in the race, and u want to quit it just quits the race to when you quit out , surely it should simulate to the end the other results, in both race and qualy!!

I'm bothered with the same problems.
Also I have a repeated problem that sometimes (happened three times to me now) when I race I suddenly get put back to last position (I loose a lap so that I go from e.g. 6th to 20th position), which can be very frustrating of course.

[Squiffilect]

when doing qualifying i lose the sfx for the cars and all is silent the only sound i get is the guy giving us the lap times.
:doh::clap::doh:

I am also having this issue... Any input?

Seriously this is a game-breaker for me, and totally ruins what should be a great game.

[przemator]

all tracks are scrambled in my 1.16. i think the track tiles got in the wrong places. can anybody help me fix this?

[Paranhos]

For example, it should be a left turn, but actually it's a diagonal straight, that sort of problem? You probably installed mods or changed the names of the track tiles.
Try re-installing NSGP to a new folder and let me know if it works. ;)

[przemator]

For example, it should be a left turn, but actually it's a diagonal straight, that sort of problem? You probably installed mods or changed the names of the track tiles.
Try re-installing NSGP to a new folder and let me know if it works. ;)

yes, basically every tile is in the wrong place. its a fresh windows xp, no changes have been made to the game, its like that since the beginning, but of course i tried reinstalling and removed the folder from my documents. no effect.

[cja1000]

I was having problems starting the new version of NSGP on my Mac. I had the old version still on my MAC so it had downloaded the new version of NSGP as New Star GP-1 or something similar. Once I'd renamed it so that the 1.25 version was just New Star GP it worked straight away.

Just a little hint for other Mac users who may get this problem.

Chris

[Caleb Senna]

Hi, I just downloaded the gam on my Mac. great fun!!

I have noticed however, that the lap record I have achieved in my private car (the mini cooper) on the test track is recorder as the lap record for all tracks.

This needs t be fixed as it is spoiling what is a great game.

Cheers

[Alfonso]

Hi, I just downloaded the gam on my Mac. great fun!!

I have noticed however, that the lap record I have achieved in my private car (the mini cooper) on the test track is recorder as the lap record for all tracks.

This needs t be fixed as it is spoiling what is a great game.

Cheers

Ok, i have the same issue but only now i understood where it comes from. Driving the private car indeed assigns that track record to all tracks. I hope i made myself clear. I feel i was a little bit confusing.
Ok, just to say that "Caleb Senna" is not the only one having this issue.

[redmelons]

Does the lap record reset if you start a new season?

[Alfonso]

Yes it does. But when you start a new season the track records are all blank anyway. The problem is that when you drive one private car, the track record you make stays forever as a record for all tracks, for the hole season.
Its some kind of bug that can be probably easily fixed. Just dont drive any private car.... ;)

[dimagico]

i have a different kind of question. I´m having big problems building Detroit Streets track scenery. The tools in tiles file, are not enough to built what i want. I can make/change what i have in photoshop... but that would mean, you will need to download and put into also my new tiles. Is that correct or not good?

[Dan'on Hill]

you would have to release a tile pack... but can cause problems to people who are not aware. I tend to stay away creating tiles.

[dimagico]

ok... pitty though...

[Dan'on Hill]

by all means mate go for it, just indicate clearly how to install :) and what they would need!

[przemator]

hello

im trying to run NSGP on Linux using Wine. The game starts and runs smoothly, no black screens, sound works ok, but when I run the race or enter the editor, all the track tiles, ground tiles and objects are scrambled (meaning there's a building instead of a wall or concrete instead of grass). the track list is also scrambled, with 11_Germany being first and 19_Abu_Dhabi being second.

Any idea what can cause such ridiculous behavior of the game?

[Dinosamp]

Hi i'm Dino.
I have the license of the game NSGP bought some time ago, but the new version (1.25) don't ask me a code number.
Why?
Please help me!

Thanks

[Alfonso]

Hi i'm Dino.
I have the license of the game NSGP bought some time ago, but the new version (1.25) don't ask me a code number.
Why?
Please help me!

Thanks

Well, but you have the full game? I mean, you have access to everything on the game?
If not, just enter in contact with Simon (Siread) the creator of the game by PM (private message), almost for sure he can help you out. ;)
Say something here if you fixed the issue so the persons who come here know how to solve the problem.

Greetings

[Dinosamp]

I bought this game a long time ago
My last version is 1.08, i have a code serial number
But the last version (1.25) don't ask me a code seriel num,ber. Why?

[Dinosamp]

For me a version 1.25 is demo. Help me please

[Alfonso]

For me a version 1.25 is demo. Help me please

As i said to you. Really, enter in contact by PM with Siread and explain him your situation.
His address is on the first page of this tread, check it out.
I had exactly the same problem and he sent me the 1.25 version.
That´s what i can say to you. And by the way, you should come to the online Championship every Saturdays mornings at 10 am (U.k. time). It makes much more fun. Well, this Saturday is the last 2 races of the 5th season but it´s going to start the season 6 right after. Just show up online on inside the game 30m before 10AM and someone will help you with everything. ;)
But for that you need the last version of the game, 1.25, so again. Enter in contact with Sired to solve your problem.

Greetings and see you Saturday? ;)

EDIT: ok, here goes the link to contact Sired: http://www.newstargames.com/newstarforum/private.php?do=newpm&u=1

EDIT 2: Ups, forgot to say that the demo from 1.25 is enough to play online so, if Sired doesnt answer you until Saturday (which i think he will) you can still show up online to play the Championship! ;)

[Dinosamp]

ok thanks friend

[przemator]

oh yes, Dinosamp, go online on Saturday at 10:50 AM italian time to defend the honor of the italian racing. :)

[KronikAlkoholik]

Downloaded this game to check it out (demo that is) and it just gives me a Access Violation exception when I try to go into new game or quick race.

[Alfonso]

Downloaded this game to check it out (demo that is) and it just gives me a Access Violation exception when I try to go into new game or quick race.

I can´t really help you with this problem but...did you read the all problems tread? Maybe its a graphic issue? Try to update the graphics drivers...
Anyway, check it out and if you dont find the solution probably someone more expirienced on this will post a solution for you here. Otherwise just ask again.
And try to show up Saturdays for the official championship at 10am (Uk time). Everyone is welcome but the Championship is just about to start this next Saturday! ;) So, show up and if possible bring some friends also. The demo of the game, version 1.25, also works in online modus. :)

[przemator]

Downloaded this game to check it out (demo that is) and it just gives me a Access Violation exception when I try to go into new game or quick race.

try to run the game as administrator. (right click and then run as admin)

[KronikAlkoholik]

try to run the game as administrator. (right click and then run as admin)

Nope, its still the same problem.

[King Rob]

Do you have any special characters in your windows username? Like é á ú?

If so http://www.newstargames.com/newstarforum/showthread.php?8947-*Fix-for-the-NSS2010.exe-not-starting*

try the fix there its for NSS so just go to C:\Program Files\NewStarGP\Settings\Engine.ini or wherever you installed the game to.

[KronikAlkoholik]

Do you have any special characters in your windows username? Like é á ú?

If so http://www.newstargames.com/newstarforum/showthread.php?8947-*Fix-for-the-NSS2010.exe-not-starting*

try the fix there its for NSS so just go to C:\Program Files\NewStarGP\Settings\Engine.ini or wherever you installed the game to.

Yeah, I have ó and í.

I will check out your solution when I have a chance, thank you.

[Alfonso]

Yeah, I have ó and í.

I will check out your solution when I have a chance, thank you.

You just have to change the letter that have the accent to non accent and probably the issue is fixed.
Say something here if you find a solution so the others with the same problem can know about it.
And show up Saturday at 10AM (Uk time) for a online race. The Official Championshipof NSGP. Is the first race of the season! ;)

[przemator]

You just have to change the letter that have the accent to non accent and probably the issue is fixed.
Say something here if you find a solution so the others with the same problem can know about it.
And show up Saturday at 10AM (Uk time) for a online race. The Official Championshipof NSGP. Is the first race of the season! ;)

LOL DONT DO THAT! Don't change the name of your user folder. Bad things will happen. Just specify a new nsgp data folder in the engine.ini file, like c:\nsgp

[Alfonso]

LOL DONT DO THAT! Don't change the name of your user folder. Bad things will happen. Just specify a new nsgp data folder in the engine.ini file, like c:\nsgp

I mean, not changing the user folder name but the user name itself on: Settings / Control panel / User Accounts / Change Account
I had the same problem to play GTA San Andreas and after that it worked. Actually i had to create an account with the name GTA to work.
Computers....i love them but sometimes i hate them!!!! :P

[SeeDub]

I tried the game some months ago at my friends house. The version was 1.15 I think. He had a bug that when running out of fuel the game would somehow place the last driver (or something like that) to finish first in the race.

I think that is a quite large bug which could really affect the gaming experience. Has this been fixed since I did'nt find it in the update lists?

[Alfonso]

I tried the game some months ago at my friends house. The version was 1.15 I think. He had a bug that when running out of fuel the game would somehow place the last driver (or something like that) to finish first in the race.

I think that is a quite large bug which could really affect the gaming experience. Has this been fixed since I did'nt find it in the update lists?

Well i think that bug is fixed already, but you still have some bugs on the latest version 1.25 but nothing really important. But it´s much better then the old version. Check it out!! ;)
But what you should do is to show up for the Official Championship, it makes much more fun! Check the forum for more details or just show up every Saturdays at 9:30 AM (Uk time). The race starts at 10AM!
You can use the demo to play online, but it has to be the 1.25!! ;)

So, we see you Saturday?? Hope so, and if possible bring friends, they are more then welcome!
The Championship has just started last Saturday with Bahrain. Next weekend is Australia and Malaysia. ;)

[obama549]

Another suggestion somewhat related to that: Check if the track used by the host is different from yours, and if yes, get the track from the host and use it... you know like maps in HL2DM.

You download a map to the cache folder and there it stays till its removed.

next time you connect you have faster connection times due to that you have the track.

[Alfonso]

to calculate driver strength.
The default/average rating of a driver is 1000 points.
The K-value for each race is 30 * sqrt(number_of_drivers - 1).
A difference of 100 points between two drivers means that driver A will be better than driver B twice as often. So if driver A has a rating of 1200 and driver B has a rating of 1100, it is fair to say that driver A is two times better than driver B.

Hmmm....im starting to think that this post is spam! :)
Well the driver is not 2 times better but....the probability that he gets better results compared with the other is 2 times bigger! ;P
But....its all speculation! :)

[Alfonso]

Guys!!! I´m completely tired of not having sound in my car (on NSGP offcourse). The so called sound bug. I have the idea that before it only happened some times but now it always happens to me! I always run without sound. Is there already anyway to fix this issue? Its going on my nerves.

Please let me know any suggestions.

I also had a couple of times the following issue that can probably be related: I go to following path on my pc C:\Program Files\New Star GP\Skin\Sounds and when i enter that folder, the explorer crashes. Any idea? What is funny is that i tried just now and it didnt crashed! But still no sound!

Computers..........

[Cyrex]

Aloha!My friend downloaded DEMO 1.27, and I try to host to play with him, to show him a game, and maybe if he like game, invite him here.. But, he can't see my host! He open ports in his router but still no good! I thought he may have some firewall or AV problems, but after turning them off, still he can't see my host.. I know that my host was Ok, because in that time some radnom guy name CARL enter my host, so host wasn't problem!
Further more, he even can't create host!! He get error: " could not set up host " , and that's funny because either you opened ports or didn't you sholud make host!

Any ideas?

[Ludwig Gross]

Have you tried to check the integrity of all files that come with 1.27 version?
Since the new update I've found some corrupted files... maybe there is something wrong with sound files also, don't know...
I have my mod sounds, so I haven't noticed the sound bug. Try to replace sound file from 1.26 version.

[Cyrex]

Some guy form our CRONSGP team, can't join us on server tu play online! Some times ago, he even play here for one-two season, and he didn't have any problems that.. With version 1.27 he never can join us to play online.. He stuck at "Race setup", and he tell us that game froze for him.. He open port in router, download new 1.34 version, but still same problem.. He play lots of online games (COD series, PES, GTR2, etc.) so he don't understand what's the problem..
His comp is Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 3600+, 5 GB DDR2, Ati HD4680, Win 7 Pro 64 bit, BitDeffender AV&Firewall..
Any ideas..?

[Alfonso]

I dont have a clue in what could possibly be. We know that the game has some network problems. For example, Larsson and Chang cant enter at the same time when i host a game due to probably they are using the same IP, but the funny thing is that there is no problem in joining any other server.
Also with me hosting sometimes a player can enter with no problems but then for some unknown reason it cant anymore. Even restarting seems not to help. Next day probably is ok.
The game behaves strange sometimes but we cant seem to find the reason of it. It would have to be Simon having a look into it.
So im sorry Cyrex but i dont have a clue what can possibly be. Did he opened the ports right? Its not only one is 2! If no answer comes soon just write to SI or make him write to him and explain the problem.

[Michael Schumacher]

Whenever I try and create my own track, after about three minutes, the program freezes and crashes then I get a message saying "New Star GP quit unexpectedly " It happens every time I try. PLEASE FIX.