I did my first MP sessions yesterday and today and I am blown away. However, I have some questions:1) If I host a session, do I have any possibility of kicking someone out? There are so many rude and careless people who join. I know I can password a session, but I just want to be able to kick players who won't comply with ATC instructions.2) is there a trick to the volume? The volume is crackling and low at times. Also, when I ATC, people complain that my volume is low. This happens despite the fact that I have the volume jacked up to the point of feeding backthanks...

>2) is there a trick to the volume? The volume is crackling>and low at times. Also, when I ATC, people complain that my>volume is low. This happens despite the fact that I have the>volume jacked up to the point of feeding backWell there is one thing that I do... Go to your FS sound settings, turn up Voice all the way to 100 and turn everything else way down, now you've gotta experiment quite a little bit here but values between 10 and maybe 40 might be sufficient. Then turn up your speakers a bit.Also, if temporaraily voice is REALLY low, you might want to turn off your FS sound completely by pressing Q, this will however retain voice communication. :)Etienne

Thanks Etienne,I actually did each thing you suggested. I think there are bandwidth issues with using voice and hosting a session. I'll next try limiting a session to fewer participants. There is a tips and tricks entry on multi-player, but it seems to focus on lowering graphics settings to assist in voice quality. Since multi-player likely only sends position information for each player and other information to sync their environment to mine, I can't see how graphics settings matter. I know they graphics will bog the machine down, but I have a dual core Intel Core 2 E6800 - that' s a pretty hefty processor right now.Are there any others thoughts anyone might have on this matter?

okay, I'll reply to my own question number 1:There is what the Learning Center says about multiplayer sessions:

Removing Players from Multiplayer SessionsA multiplayer host can remove any player from the session.To remove a player from a multiplayer sessionIf you're in a session, exit to the Briefing Room. Click the X next to the player's name in the Players list. Click Fly Now to rejoin the session.

none of this seems to be available when hosting a multi-player session through gamespy.I can't "exit to the briefing room" I can only end flight. There is no "X" next to the players name in the Players list.I can't then hit "fly now."