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* OLD CMN News Patches & Ratings Info *
It’s Official
CMN Has Closed Down
Subject: Reply
from Codemasters ref:00270306 Date sent: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:07:30
+0100
The server has now closed down
permanently
CMN Down Again
since around 00.05 on the
morning of 11/07/2003 for how long nobody knows
Update 16:45 11/07/03 A message from
Codies
Due to server problems, the
server has been online for a while now. However, it will be shut down very
soon.
Once the server problems have
been recified, it will be down permanently
CMN IS BACK ONLINE
Yep for some strange reason its back up 15/05/2003 at
11.30am UK time GMT
so if you have un-installed CMN as I did then its time to dig out that disk
& Re-install
To re-install CMN
Make sure you un-install CMN then manually delete the CMN folder then
re-boot
Go to the CMN folder on your Insane CD then from there run the
setup.exe after re-booting install the CMN patches
If you still have problems completely un-install Insane & CMN then
re-boot & re-install Insane & CMN
(Don’t forget to reboot and install both the game and CMN Patches)
CMN Closed
It is with
much regret that Codemasters announce that the CMN service will cease to be
operational from 1st May 2003
Well the time finally
came on the 01/05/2003 at 11:45am UK time GMT.
Remember CMN
might have gone down the pan but Insane will go on Via Gamespy
Important: CMN Closure
It
is with much regret that Codemasters announce that the CMN service will cease
to be operational from 1st May 2003
The small number of players, particularly new ones, who use CMN, and
the attractiveness of other third party services, such as
Gamespy means that it is no longer operationally viable. We have
endeavoured to keep the service open, despite increasing costs,
for some time now without player numbers really supporting this position.
Unfortunately to continue to do so is no longer possible.
We do sincerely thank everyone for their support of Insane and hope
that the community remains as active as it currently is.
Our Insane forum here will remain open and available for anyone wishing
to organise an online game amongst themselves.
You can, of course, also play the game via Gamespy www.gamespy.com
If
you want to try and save CMN Post on Codies Forum Here
InaneHeat
have set up a poll to see how many people want to see cmn stay online for the
insane community VOTE HERE
You can also post your comments On The Insaneheat Forum Here
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Installing
CMN Patches
remember
to Install them you must be logged off of CMN
While you are on CMN you
can go to the top of the window and click on Help
then About CMN to see
what Version you have or
you can go to your
c:\codemasters\cmn right click on cmn.exe then properties then Version
( if you installed cmn
in a different location just change the path )
To
Install put the Patch / Patches into your CMN Folder {not the patches
folder}
Now
double click on the patch you need
If you have version 3.0.39.0 Install
the CMN Patch 1 then
Install CMN Patch 2
If you have version 3.0.49.0 Just install the CMN Patch 2 If you have version
3.0.51.0 you don’t need to update
CMN Patch 1 à 3.0.39.0
to 3.0.49.0 CMN Patch 2 à 3.0.49.0
to 3.0.51.0
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How CMN ratings work
The ratings are increased based on two factors, you're final race position
and a modifier based on your 'seeded or expected' finishing position when
compared to the other drivers.
Part 1 - Your position
Your 'position score' is calculated by looking at your finishing
position relative to the mid-position.
For every position above the middle 10 additional points are awarded.
For every position below the middle, 10 points are removed e.g.:
Finishing place 'position score' component (with 5 drivers)
1 +20
2 +10
3 0
4 –10
5 –20
Part 2 - Modifier (Expected finishing order)
This factor allows mismatched drivers to play fairly against each other,
better drivers (with higher ratings) are expected to finish higher than new
or inexperienced drivers.
The current rating of all drivers in the game is used to order the drivers
into their expected finishing positions, for example the highest rated
driver is expected to come 1st.
If a driver comes ABOVE
their expected position, they are awarded double their
positional score if positive, or half if negative (rewarding them for exceeding
expectations).
If a player
comes BELOW
their expected position,
they get half points or their negative score is doubled
( thus receiving a
penalty for not being 'on form' )
If a player
finished in their expected position, they keep their 'position score'
unmodified
The result is then added
to your overall rating on CMN.
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