rec.autos.simulators

> Thanks for the help

> Larry

>> Just downloaded 1.2 patch and it is like I am driving in another world.
>> Frame rate is down from 22-27 to 11-18; sound is awful with 5 or 6 cars
>> (they don't even sound like engines) and the screen jerks around and
>> makes the car almost undriveable. I can't figure out what has changed
>> and will load 1.0 back to see if that cures it. Has anyone else had a
>> similar problem? The weird thing is it ran great in 1.103 and fell apart
>> in 1.2. System:  PII 233; Voodoo 3 2000; Sound Blaster Live; 64 megs
>> ram.

>> Thanks for the help

>> Larry

> >I reloaded GPL 1.0 and it works fine again. Graphic detail bias high and all
> >objects, 10 soundds and 12 cars and no problem. Back to 22 - 25 fps. No one
> >else with this problem?

> >> Just downloaded 1.2 patch and it is like I am driving in another world.
> >> Frame rate is down from 22-27 to 11-18; sound is awful with 5 or 6 cars
> >> (they don't even sound like engines) and the screen jerks around and
> >> makes the car almost undriveable. I can't figure out what has changed
> >> and will load 1.0 back to see if that cures it. Has anyone else had a
> >> similar problem? The weird thing is it ran great in 1.103 and fell apart
> >> in 1.2. System:  PII 233; Voodoo 3 2000; Sound Blaster Live; 64 megs
> >> ram.

> >> Thanks for the help

> >> Larry

> To email me remove the "u"s

> Larry

> > I have no problem with sound but even though my frame rates show the
> > same as 1.1 the video is so jerky that GPL is unplayable.  If I go
> > back to 1.1 or 1.0 it works fine

> > >I reloaded GPL 1.0 and it works fine again. Graphic detail bias high and all
> > >objects, 10 soundds and 12 cars and no problem. Back to 22 - 25 fps. No one
> > >else with this problem?

> > >> Just downloaded 1.2 patch and it is like I am driving in another world.
> > >> Frame rate is down from 22-27 to 11-18; sound is awful with 5 or 6 cars
> > >> (they don't even sound like engines) and the screen jerks around and
> > >> makes the car almost undriveable. I can't figure out what has changed
> > >> and will load 1.0 back to see if that cures it. Has anyone else had a
> > >> similar problem? The weird thing is it ran great in 1.103 and fell apart
> > >> in 1.2. System:  PII 233; Voodoo 3 2000; Sound Blaster Live; 64 megs
> > >> ram.

> > >> Thanks for the help

> > >> Larry

> > To email me remove the "u"s

>I don't know whether you're into online racing with GPL but if you are I would
>advise to figure out what's wrong with your system because all races hosted from
>GSB will use v1.2!
>Since a lot of people don't have the slomo-effects you're describing it must be
>something in your system which could be caused by for example crappy information
>in your Windows Registry due to installation/de-installation of GPL add-ons.
>Especially when you've used beta-versions this might happen.
>I would suggest to do the following:
>    Backup your drivers (typically in c;\sierra\gpl\drivers directory)
>    Deinstall GPL completely (make sure the sierra-folder (typically c:\sierra\gpl
>is removed too)
>    Deinstall GSB too (make sure you remove the folder where it was installed too)

>    Search for GPL/GSB entries in the registry using regedit (be carefull
>here!!!!) and remove them
>    Re-install GPL v1.0
>    Apply the (proper) v1.2 patch.
>    Install the newest spyboy (beta) which supports GPL1.2 (can be found at
>vroc-site).
>    Test whether GPL still works correctly.
>    Eventually put back your drivers in the proper location
>    Test it again.

>Please let me know how it works.

>Jan.

>> Thanks for the confirmation Randy. Tried it again and the same thing. Don't see
>> much advantage to 1.2 so will probably stay with 1.0/1.1.

>> Larry

>> > I have no problem with sound but even though my frame rates show the
>> > same as 1.1 the video is so jerky that GPL is unplayable.  If I go
>> > back to 1.1 or 1.0 it works fine

>> > >I reloaded GPL 1.0 and it works fine again. Graphic detail bias high and all
>> > >objects, 10 soundds and 12 cars and no problem. Back to 22 - 25 fps. No one
>> > >else with this problem?

>> > >> Just downloaded 1.2 patch and it is like I am driving in another world.
>> > >> Frame rate is down from 22-27 to 11-18; sound is awful with 5 or 6 cars
>> > >> (they don't even sound like engines) and the screen jerks around and
>> > >> makes the car almost undriveable. I can't figure out what has changed
>> > >> and will load 1.0 back to see if that cures it. Has anyone else had a
>> > >> similar problem? The weird thing is it ran great in 1.103 and fell apart
>> > >> in 1.2. System:  PII 233; Voodoo 3 2000; Sound Blaster Live; 64 megs
>> > >> ram.

>> > >> Thanks for the help

>> > >> Larry

>> > To email me remove the "u"s

> I don't know whether you're into online racing with GPL but if you are I would
> advise to figure out what's wrong with your system because all races hosted from
> GSB will use v1.2!
> Since a lot of people don't have the slomo-effects you're describing it must be
> something in your system which could be caused by for example crappy information
> in your Windows Registry due to installation/de-installation of GPL add-ons.
> Especially when you've used beta-versions this might happen.
> I would suggest to do the following:
>     Backup your drivers (typically in c;\sierra\gpl\drivers directory)
>     Deinstall GPL completely (make sure the sierra-folder (typically c:\sierra\gpl
> is removed too)
>     Deinstall GSB too (make sure you remove the folder where it was installed too)

>     Search for GPL/GSB entries in the registry using regedit (be carefull
> here!!!!) and remove them
>     Re-install GPL v1.0
>     Apply the (proper) v1.2 patch.
>     Install the newest spyboy (beta) which supports GPL1.2 (can be found at
> vroc-site).
>     Test whether GPL still works correctly.
>     Eventually put back your drivers in the proper location
>     Test it again.

> Please let me know how it works.

> Jan.

> > Thanks for the confirmation Randy. Tried it again and the same thing. Don't see
> > much advantage to 1.2 so will probably stay with 1.0/1.1.

> > Larry

> > > I have no problem with sound but even though my frame rates show the
> > > same as 1.1 the video is so jerky that GPL is unplayable.  If I go
> > > back to 1.1 or 1.0 it works fine

> > > >I reloaded GPL 1.0 and it works fine again. Graphic detail bias high and all
> > > >objects, 10 soundds and 12 cars and no problem. Back to 22 - 25 fps. No one
> > > >else with this problem?

> > > >> Just downloaded 1.2 patch and it is like I am driving in another world.
> > > >> Frame rate is down from 22-27 to 11-18; sound is awful with 5 or 6 cars
> > > >> (they don't even sound like engines) and the screen jerks around and
> > > >> makes the car almost undriveable. I can't figure out what has changed
> > > >> and will load 1.0 back to see if that cures it. Has anyone else had a
> > > >> similar problem? The weird thing is it ran great in 1.103 and fell apart
> > > >> in 1.2. System:  PII 233; Voodoo 3 2000; Sound Blaster Live; 64 megs
> > > >> ram.

> > > >> Thanks for the help

> > > >> Larry

> > > To email me remove the "u"s

> Just had a thought. In order to activate the Force Feedback I load a core.ini. file. Is
> there another way to activate FF and/or could the problem be in the core.ini. The biggest
> baffler is the change in versions and not many reported problems other than with this
> system.

> Here's the core .ini file; hope it is not too unreadable.

> Thanks Larry

> [ CLIENT ]
> to_ip =                                  ; Connect to IP address
> via_ip =                                 ; Connect via IP address

> [ Communications ]
> alternate_ip_addr_lookup = 0             ; Find IP addresses another way
> bcast_augment_status = 0                 ; Prepend status with IP address?
> bcast_listserv =                          ; IP address of race list server
> bcast_listserv_req =                     ; Empty string, or start with '?'
> bcast_listserv_req_freq = 10.000000      ; Request race list frequency
> bcast_ping_disable = 0                   ; Disable response to pings
> bcast_ping_port = 0                      ; Ping port number (0=default)
> bcast_port = 0                           ; Broadcast port number (0=default)
> bcast_recv_disable = 0                   ; Disable broadcast reception
> bcast_send_disable = 0                   ; Disable sending broadcasts
> bcast_send_freq = 4.000000               ; Broadcast frequency (seconds)
> clock_adj_delay = 4                      ; How often may client adjust clock?
> disable_ipx = 0                          ; Disable IPX support
> disable_modem = 0                        ; Don't look for/use modems
> disable_network = 0                      ; Disable network support
> disable_tcp_ip = 0                       ; Disable TCP/IP support
> ignore_net_read_errors = 1               ; Don't disco if error reading pkt
> ignore_net_send_errors = 1               ; Don't disco if error sending pkt
> ip_addr_lookup_timeout = 2               ; Timeout to find own IP address
> log_server_comm_errors = 0               ; Log errors for client channels?
> log_server_connect_status = 0            ; Issue messages as clients connect
> mem_client_send_every = 1                ; Client packet freq via memory
> mem_client_send_size = 276               ; Client packet size via memory
> mem_server_send_every = 1                ; Server packet freq via memory
> mem_server_send_size = 516               ; Server packet size via memory
> net_lan_client_send_every = 2            ; Client packet freq on LAN
> net_lan_client_send_size = 132           ; Client packet size on LAN
> net_lan_server_send_every = 2            ; Server packet freq on LAN
> net_lan_server_send_size = 388           ; Server packet size on LAN
> net_mdm_client_send_every = 2            ; Client packet freq on dialup
> net_mdm_client_send_size = 84            ; Client packet size on dialup
> net_mdm_server_send_every = 2            ; Server packet freq on dialup
> net_mdm_server_send_size = 84            ; Server packet size on dialup
> net_server_port = 0                      ; Server port number (0 = default)
> net_use_mdm_bandwidth_for_tcp_ip = 1     ; Use modem bandwidthfor TCP/IP

> [ Hack ]
> steer_ratio = 0                             ; Enable low speed ratio override

> [ Joy ]
> allow_force_feedback = 1                 ; Use FF if device has it
> force_feedback_damping = 30.000000       ; force feedback damping coefficient
> force_feedback_latency = 0.085000        ; force feedback latency (secs)
> max_steering_torque = 450.000000         ; steering torque in N*in giving max device force

> [ Rasterizer ]
> fullScreen = 1                           ; run Full Screen?

> [ SERVER ]
> auto_export_standings = 0                   ; Auto export if launched?
> dedicated = 0                            ; Unattended - run server.ini races
> launch = 0                               ; Run GPL as a mp server
> max_latency = 0.0                           ; Seconds. Set to 0.0 to disable
> password =                               ; [access][/[boss]][=f.last]
> repeat = 0                                  ; If dedicated, repeat (0=forever)

> [ Task ]
> synch_method = 1                            ; Client synch method

>Just had a thought. In order to activate the Force Feedback I load a core.ini. file. Is
>there another way to activate FF and/or could the problem be in the core.ini. The biggest
>baffler is the change in versions and not many reported problems other than with this
>system.