B-Spec Grinder 2.5.2: Automate Remote Races

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I seem to have a problem that isnt mentioned.

The widget seems to hang on Reserving Drivers and doesnt get past this point. I've tried USA and UK servers with no joy.

If I close the widget and reload it, it says that 2/3 drivers are in use when they're not.

Same issues on both OSX and Windows

Anyone got any ideas?
Online web version works fine
 
2/3 drivers means you have 3 drivers available for use by other hosts (friends running remote races of their own). Are any of the people on your friends list also hosting races and maybe using 2 of your drivers?

You could try the Singapore server which has been much more succesfull for a lot of people. UK and USA do seem to be both busy and temperamental.

Do you follow the progress of any (attempted) grinder-run races on your PS3/TV ? It could be that when you reload the grinder, the race has actually started, despite it seeming as though it had not.
 
How exciting!

Code: 
Friend|Number of drivers used by friend recently:
0003|Reaper7411
0008|nd4spd73
0022|soniae1974
 
soniae74
2/3 drivers means you have 3 drivers available for use by other hosts (friends running remote races of their own). Are any of the people on your friends list also hosting races and maybe using 2 of your drivers?

You could try the Singapore server which has been much more succesfull for a lot of people. UK and USA do seem to be both busy and temperamental.

Do you follow the progress of any (attempted) grinder-run races on your PS3/TV ? It could be that when you reload the grinder, the race has actually started, despite it seeming as though it had not.
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Yeah. Basically if I run the widget I get it telling me 1/3 drivers are reserved (its trying to reserve one but it doesn't - just sits there)

If I close the widget and reopen it, the reason it says 2/3 drivers are reserved is because when I had the widget open before, it thinks that one is reserved.

Looking on the PS3, nothing is happening. Will try the Singapore server in a second

EDIT: Same problem with Singapore. Just hangs on Reserving Drivers. Debug log shows nothing apart from the usual
 
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notbugsbunny
Yeah. Basically if I run the widget I get it telling me 1/3 drivers are reserved (its trying to reserve one but it doesn't - just sits there)

If I close the widget and reopen it, the reason it says 2/3 drivers are reserved is because when I had the widget open before, it thinks that one is reserved.

Looking on the PS3, nothing is happening. Will try the Singapore server in a second

EDIT: Same problem with Singapore. Just hangs on Reserving Drivers. Debug log shows nothing apart from the usual
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Just to check, are you using the latest version; v.1.1.3?

EDIT:
Also, have you tried starting the first race from the web site, then running the grinder once the race has started?

odyss3y
How exciting!

Code: 
Friend|Number of drivers used by friend recently:
0003|Reaper7411
0008|nd4spd73
0022|soniae1974
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👍 :D
 
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Can anyone tell me what the Blue and slightly darker blue bar is? (across the whole of the widget behind "x/x drivers in use")
I think it might be my experience and the dark bit is my experience with my bobs rewards added. Is this correct?
 
soniae74
Just to check, are you using the latest version; v.1.1.3?

EDIT:
Also, have you tried starting the first race from the web site, then running the grinder once the race has started?



👍 :D
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Running the latest version off the first page. Downloaded it last night.

Ive ran it off the web and then connected Grinder, its connected and shows the race as running. Whether or not it will start a new race after this one is over is a different matter
 
notbugsbunny
Running the latest version off the first page. Downloaded it last night.

Ive ran it off the web and then connected Grinder, its connected and shows the race as running. Whether or not it will start a new race after this one is over is a different matter
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How many friends do you have with Bspec drivers?
 
tomhart9
Can anyone tell me what the Blue and slightly darker blue bar is? (across the whole of the widget behind "x/x drivers in use")
I think it might be my experience and the dark bit is my experience with my bobs rewards added. Is this correct?
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As far as I'm aware, the glowing blue borders indicate the following:

The brighter bar (left hand side of the oval) is B-Spec level. When that bar is halfway across the width of the whole oval, ie: 50%, you are at level 40; 25% across, level 20, etc..

The dimmer bar (right hand side of the oval) is how much XP you have earned using the grinder (proportionate to your B-Spec level). (would like confirmation)

The dim blue colour behind the centre, 'x/x drivers in use' section is the progress of the entire race, ie: another progress meter.
 
odyss3y
How many friends do you have with Bspec drivers?
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Just the one. However he hasn't been online in over a week. And his driver is never in use as I can just go online and run the race from there fine.

Again, its got stuck on reserving drivers (this time after a race has finished)
Online I can run the race though :ouch:
 
Hmm, a problem all of a sudden. States that my login credentials are wrong although they aren't, why could this be happening? Latest version. Worked up until yesterday.
 
notbugsbunny
Just the one. However he hasn't been online in over a week. And his driver is never in use as I can just go online and run the race from there fine.

Again, its got stuck on reserving drivers (this time after a race has finished)
Online I can run the race though :ouch:
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Try adding me to see if it clears up. If it races just me and not your friend, that could help us figure out what is going on.
 
osen
Hmm, a problem all of a sudden. States that my login credentials are wrong although they aren't, why could this be happening? Latest version. Worked up until yesterday.
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Have you checked that you can log in to the Playstation and gran-turismo.com web sites OK?

Have you closed the grinder and the Yahoo widget and restarted them?
 
notbugsbunny
Reserving Drivers...

Hanging lol..
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May seem overkill but if you've not already tried it, you could uninstall both the grinder and the widget, redownload them and try again.

Also, check your firewall logs. When I first started using it, my firewall was blocking some comunication from Sony by misinterpreting it as port scans.
 
soniae74
May seem overkill but if you've not already tried it, you could uninstall both the grinder and the widget, redownload them and try again.

Also, check your firewall logs. When I first started using it, my firewall was blocking some comunication from Sony by misinterpreting it as port scans.
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Done, installed one 2 systems with no joy, OSX and Windows.

Turned off the firewalls lol\


Just added a load of friends who are all online with drivers free. Still hanging..
 
soniae74
As far as I'm aware, the glowing blue borders indicate the following:

The brighter bar (left hand side of the oval) is B-Spec level. When that bar is halfway across the width of the whole oval, ie: 50%, you are at level 40; 25% across, level 20, etc..

The dimmer bar (right hand side of the oval) is how much XP you have earned using the grinder (proportionate to your B-Spec level). (would like confirmation)

The dim blue colour behind the centre, 'x/x drivers in use' section is the progress of the entire race, ie: another progress meter.
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Ahh ok, thats pretty much what I thought, I wouldn't mind a conformation as well :P
 
notbugsbunny
Done, installed one 2 systems with no joy, OSX and Windows.

Turned off the firewalls lol\


Just added a load of friends who are all online with drivers free. Still hanging..
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You have to restart GT5 and the users who you added also need to start GT5 and go online since you added them before they will show up on the site. I just did that.
 
yonis
The Widget has entered testing phase, however. I've sent it out to everyone who supported development, either through donations or through hard work on the forums.

I anticipate a very quick beta phase and you will all have it in just a couple more days! :-)
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Awesome. I just installed v2.0b1 👍 I moved 10 friends into "NEVER USE", 7 into "ALWAYS USE", and left 13 in "RANDOMLY USE".

First race and only the "ALWAYS USE" friends got selected (they must've had enough drivers free). With v1.1.3 I was lucky to get one or two drivers from these friends in each race, so I'd have to host several manual races each day to make sure they got used.

The new version just fixed that. :) Excellent work Yonis.
 
soniae74
As far as I'm aware, the glowing blue borders indicate the following:

The brighter bar (left hand side of the oval) is B-Spec level. When that bar is halfway across the width of the whole oval, ie: 50%, you are at level 40; 25% across, level 20, etc..

The dimmer bar (right hand side of the oval) is how much XP you have earned using the grinder (proportionate to your B-Spec level). (would like confirmation)

The dim blue colour behind the centre, 'x/x drivers in use' section is the progress of the entire race, ie: another progress meter.
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Mostly correct... There is actually a display bug in 1.1.3 which is preventing it from showing what I intended it to show. 2.0 will fix that.

The ring is supposed to represent how far along you are to the next level. The more solid portion represents the amount of B-spec experience you've accumulated on your own, and the faded portion represents how much your drivers have accumulated in Remote Race mode. The idea is that when the faded portion hits the end, you know that when you cash in that experience, you will hit the next B-Spec level.

At level 40, the entire ring should be solidly bright blue. Right now it isn't, but again, 2.0 will fix that.

EDIT: Maybe I should make it just a continuum, so it just represents your total progress from level 0 to level 40 instead, and have notches drawn in it to represent each level. It'd take a lot longer for changes to show up in the bar though...
 
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wow, using the singapore server really does solve problems. i had not been able to get the widget to make a full 16-car race on the USA server. switched to singapore...first race, 16 cars. beautiful.
 
Watto
Awesome. I just installed v2.0b1 👍 I moved 10 friends into "NEVER USE", 7 into "ALWAYS USE", and left 13 in "RANDOMLY USE".

First race and only the "ALWAYS USE" friends got selected (they must've had enough drivers free). With v1.1.3 I was lucky to get one or two drivers from these friends in each race, so I'd have to host several manual races each day to make sure they got used.

The new version just fixed that. :) Excellent work Yonis.
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You are such a tease;)
 

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