XLink Kai

what time are you guys playing? I'll have to see if I can join you all

I'm usualy playing somewhere between 22:00 and 01:00 GMT.

I'll be on intermittently between 2 and 6 GMT, if it gets going.

If I`m on its usually around the same time as El Habib, though sometimes earlier.

hrmm, with those times I'm only likely to bump into you lot in the weekends.. or maybe your friday (my saturday)
damn this isolation :P

Ok sorry for a newbie question...but how are you guys playing each other? I'm not exactly computer handy with some of this stuff so I have no idea what you guys are talking about in terms of Xlink this and Kai that...

I'd love to play you guys (whooping up on the computer gets old). Help me, please...:(

Just go over the entire topic, there are general instructions to follo wand some added troubleshooting responses that should get you going and racing. If you find that you can't get connected for some reason, just go over the suggested troubleshooting solutions that have already been posted. If none of those work, leave us a message and we can help you out.

Thank you, I will... :)

edit by Lance: please read the guidelines about quotation. and all the rest, too, of course. ;)

Lunar/eLhabib: What drivers are you running for the DWL (assuming you're using Windows)? This signal is still concerning me a little.

I'm running the DWL-122 with the original drivers that came with the disk. No matter what I do, my computer tells me after a few seconds of being connected that there's "no signal", but that hasn't yet stopped me from connecting to Kai and racing with eLhabib with no visible lag. Your only guideline to figure if you're connecting is being able to detect the games hosted by other players when you click "Join game"

Thanks... maybe I should stop worrying. :lol:

I use the DWL-122 firmware also. If you need help setting it up, I have made a screenshot showing what you need to config. You can find it here ->http://www.wipeoutzone.com/user_files.php?user_id=913

I have noticed on a few occasions now, that the multiplayer experience gets choppy and therefore BAD with too many people in a game. tonight we had races with as many as 6 pilots, and the PSP's framerate just couldn't keep up anymore.
So, for maximum enjoyment, I suggest to everyone to limit their race lobbies to a maximum of 4 pilots. The thrill of a 6 (or more) - pilot race is highly spoiled by the lack of smooth graphical bliss, which also affects handling in a bad way.

y'know, like the old saying 'four's a bunch'... or something like that :wink:

Hrrm, sorry for the stupid question and if I have simply missed the answer in the posts, sorry again.

After checking Xlink out, and some of the diagrams you guys have shown, I am slightly lost.. it seems this requires two computers to do?

I have a PC downstairs with my broadband modem, and then my PC upstairs (In my room) with a wireless router for connection.

I use this wireless router to go online with my PSP for downloads, so would that mean it's compatable and cabable of accessing Xlink?

It came with my modem, from SBC Yahoo DSL if you're wondering. Any help would be great guys, thanks in advance.

you need ONE computer which is connected to the web by whatever means, and some sort of wireless card (a list of supported devices should be somewhere in this thread) that connects to your PSP via AD-HOC (not infrastructure) connection.

Best to get would be a D-Link DWL-122 (NOT G122!) USB-adaptor. You should find all the necessary setup steps in the xlink kai setup guide (also linked in this thread).

Aah okay, thanks Elhabib,

Through all the technical stuff, the smallest, simplistic "duh, I should have known that" kinda stuff usualy goes unmentioned. I appreciate the info. ;D

So, it looks like Evo 8 (or whatever its new name is) will be out soon. Anyone read the message on the old frontpage? It seems that you're going to have to get 'invited' to join Xlink. Anyone here know a mod?

From our point of view this action is a shame, as the Wipeout arena is pretty cool. Any timewasters just get ignored and disapear, generally. I suppose other parts of Kai are less civilized, so I can understand why they are planning to do this - but it could get very messy, and the anti-abuse system itself could be abused. What if someone bans another user for an unjustifiable or petty cause, and then they have to appeal by email..... it could all get very tiresome and unfair.

I guess we`ll all get in ok - it will only need one decent wiper to join and then he can invite everyone else. But I don`t like the idea of people having what amount to moderator powers by virtue of having been members for longer. It could all get a bit elitist. As it is we can already create private arenas if there are dickheads or timewasters that stop us doing what we`re there for - racing. :D

A better system would be to stay as we are and for users to complain about racism or abusive members to official moderators, and have them do the banning. Its always possible to save chat pages as evidence. I think they only have 25 mods though for thousands of members, so that might not be practical.

well, if it doesn't work, they can change it again with evo 9. It'll be like F1 qualifying... :roll:

Its also possible to broadcast, receive and merge records data over Kai. Be careful though as you could overwrite all your own best records. It may be better to disable autosave before doing this - as it autosaves profile before u get to look at the times/records, if autosave is enabled.