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Sonicxtacy02 · 10-09-2007, 01:53 PM

Problems and Solutions

The main problem i've seen with this feature would be the potential for rr to slow/freeze while acquiring your location. This problem has primarily been attributed to the optional zipslocator.dll file. Should you have freezing issues while automatically or manually acquiring location you should delete this file.

If the file doesnt exist or the problem persists, please change your capture interval in rr.ini. Obviously a slower system should not use 1 minute updates because of the strain this could cause on your cpu. A 5 minute or greater interval should be more than ok unless you're traveling thru cities that are so tiny you pass thru in less time!

If both the above solutions are attempted and fail to work i would suggest you try to locate the city you are in at the time of the freeze in the zips.dat file. Open the file within notepad and use the FIND (CTRL+F) feature to find your city. If the city is found. Compare the LAT and LON figures on the same line with the GPSLAT and GPSLON labels in RR. Are the numbers similar (not exact.. but similar)? If not then the problem lies with incorrect and potentially corrupt data within zips.dat. If the numbers are similar then the feature SHOULD work.

As more solutions become available i will keep updating this thread. But hopefully this FAQ will help eleviate duplicate posts with the same/similar problems.

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Related Skin Codes:

Commands:
LOCATE- Manually retreives your current GPS based location

Labels:
CURRENTCITY- Displays your current GPS based city
CURRENTSTATE- Displays your current state
CURRENTZIP- Displays your current zip
CURRENTCOUNTY- Displays your current county

10-09-2007, 01:53 PM	#2
Sonicxtacy02 MySQL Error Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woodbridge, VA Posts: 5,147	Problems and Solutions The main problem i've seen with this feature would be the potential for rr to slow/freeze while acquiring your location. This problem has primarily been attributed to the optional zipslocator.dll file. Should you have freezing issues while automatically or manually acquiring location you should delete this file. If the file doesnt exist or the problem persists, please change your capture interval in rr.ini. Obviously a slower system should not use 1 minute updates because of the strain this could cause on your cpu. A 5 minute or greater interval should be more than ok unless you're traveling thru cities that are so tiny you pass thru in less time! If both the above solutions are attempted and fail to work i would suggest you try to locate the city you are in at the time of the freeze in the zips.dat file. Open the file within notepad and use the FIND (CTRL+F) feature to find your city. If the city is found. Compare the LAT and LON figures on the same line with the GPSLAT and GPSLON labels in RR. Are the numbers similar (not exact.. but similar)? If not then the problem lies with incorrect and potentially corrupt data within zips.dat. If the numbers are similar then the feature SHOULD work. As more solutions become available i will keep updating this thread. But hopefully this FAQ will help eleviate duplicate posts with the same/similar problems. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Related Skin Codes: Commands: LOCATE- Manually retreives your current GPS based location Labels: CURRENTCITY- Displays your current GPS based city CURRENTSTATE- Displays your current state CURRENTZIP- Displays your current zip CURRENTCOUNTY- Displays your current county __________________ 03 Acura RSX Coupe a K.I.S.S Flash, VB, and Autoit Programmer Developer of: RRFusion, MovieTimes, (new)RRMail, & RR Plugin Manager Coming Soon:RRChrome, & CentraFusion Is Your RR Plugin Managed? Last edited by Sonicxtacy02; 10-09-2007 at 01:57 PM.