Edit: Got 1 of 3 using 1.0.2.0 to start locally. No idea why it worked now after failing last 10 goes. Now 2 to go!
Edit2: Now got all 3 started with 1.0.2.0. All I did was follow the guide by BitcoinFX to upgrade. Then started via "start-alias" from controller wallet.
What do you mean by "start locally"?
I have tried many many many times and it can never start with 1.0.2.0 but starts with no issue for 1.0.1.0, using the same protocol to sync a chain and bring up the node.
I meant by running "masternode start" on each of the VPS.
But I did run "masternode start-alias " from my controller wallet before hand. Need to do this first AFAIK.
(I did both multiple times and kept getting the hot node error before. But trying again later on, it worked. Weird.)