rec.autos.simulators

by **Andy Lee** » Sat, 17 Feb 2001 02:20:19

I just treated myself to a new P III600 laptop (present to myself for giving
up smoking, now I'll have to stay "given up" to pay for the thing :-), and
was wondering if anyone plays any racing sims on their laptop?

I've loaded GP3, and it plays great in software mode, it will play in 3D as
the graphics chip in the laptop is an ATI Rage, but actually has a faster
framerate in software mode.

One disappointment is GPL, I can install it fine, but can find no way to
change key mappings to something easier on the fingers (A & Z for
accelerate/brake, cursor arrows for steering?) - it refuses to acknowledge
my "key presses" when I try to change controls and stayson "KP8" "KP4" etc

...any ideas??

cheers,

Andy.

by **Power Post 20** » Sat, 17 Feb 2001 02:57:19

Same thing with GPL and my Compaq. It installed fine, but I couldn't
control the car.

On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 17:20:19 -0000, "Andy Lees"

>I just treated myself to a new P III600 laptop (present to myself for giving
>up smoking, now I'll have to stay "given up" to pay for the thing :-), and
>was wondering if anyone plays any racing sims on their laptop?

>I've loaded GP3, and it plays great in software mode, it will play in 3D as
>the graphics chip in the laptop is an ATI Rage, but actually has a faster
>framerate in software mode.

>One disappointment is GPL, I can install it fine, but can find no way to
>change key mappings to something easier on the fingers (A & Z for
>accelerate/brake, cursor arrows for steering?) - it refuses to acknowledge
>my "key presses" when I try to change controls and stayson "KP8" "KP4" etc

>...any ideas??

>cheers,

>Andy.

by D » Sat, 17 Feb 2001 04:16:18

I bought a pcmcia joystick adapter from Newmedia a few years ago, works
great on my laptop. I have never tried it in GPL tho. Not enough horsepower,
works with GP2.

David

> Same thing with GPL and my Compaq. It installed fine, but I couldn't
> control the car.

> On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 17:20:19 -0000, "Andy Lees"

> >I just treated myself to a new P III600 laptop (present to myself for
giving
> >up smoking, now I'll have to stay "given up" to pay for the thing :-),
and
> >was wondering if anyone plays any racing sims on their laptop?

> >I've loaded GP3, and it plays great in software mode, it will play in 3D
as
> >the graphics chip in the laptop is an ATI Rage, but actually has a faster
> >framerate in software mode.

> >One disappointment is GPL, I can install it fine, but can find no way to
> >change key mappings to something easier on the fingers (A & Z for
> >accelerate/brake, cursor arrows for steering?) - it refuses to
acknowledge
> >my "key presses" when I try to change controls and stayson "KP8" "KP4"
etc

> >...any ideas??

> >cheers,

> >Andy.

by **Bria** » Sat, 17 Feb 2001 05:59:10

If you dont feel uncorfortable with some wiring and soldering iron, the best
solution is to create a parallel <-> console game pad adapter and use
DirectPad Pro. It is a free windows driver that will let you use any console
devices (snes, genesis, n64, playstation, ...) on you computer, with all
buttons working.

The one I profer the most is the Playstation adapter, it is easy to do, just
5 diodes, a parallel conector (both at Radio Shack) and a Playstation
conector (I got mine on a psx extension cable (any Toys"R" Us), and it even
supports force feedback.

You can get the driver and schemas at http://www.ziplabel.com/dpadpro/

Nice racing,

Brian

by **Dway** » Sat, 17 Feb 2001 07:22:08

Good for you on the smoking! I wish I could do the same thing. Hope it all
works out.
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by **Stephen Ferguso** » Sat, 17 Feb 2001 17:38:35

A brief answer to your questions:

The standard Rage chip doesn't have enough horespower for GPL in hardware
mode, or for GP3. The least you would need is a notebook with a Savage IX,
ATI Mobility 128 or GeForce2go. But as you've found, GP3 in software mode
can still be fun.

GPL won't allow you to define keys other than the keypad for controlling the
car.

Doesn't your notebook have a USB port?

Stephen
notebook simmer

by **Andrew Rembe** » Wed, 21 Feb 2001 10:48:46

Someone in a recent thread mentioned that they have the following key
assignments in GPL, which seem to be easier on the fingers:

Steering - keypad left and right arrow
Throttle - keypad up arrow
Brake - F6
Shift up - F7
Shift down - F5

> I just treated myself to a new P III600 laptop (present to myself for giving
> up smoking, now I'll have to stay "given up" to pay for the thing :-), and
> was wondering if anyone plays any racing sims on their laptop?
> I've loaded GP3, and it plays great in software mode, it will play in 3D as
> the graphics chip in the laptop is an ATI Rage, but actually has a faster
> framerate in software mode.
> One disappointment is GPL, I can install it fine, but can find no way to
> change key mappings to something easier on the fingers (A & Z for
> accelerate/brake, cursor arrows for steering?) - it refuses to acknowledge
> my "key presses" when I try to change controls and stayson "KP8" "KP4" etc
> ...any ideas??
> cheers,
> Andy.

rec.autos.simulators

Anyone play racing sims on their laptop?

Anyone play racing sims on their laptop?

Anyone play racing sims on their laptop?

Anyone play racing sims on their laptop?

Anyone play racing sims on their laptop?

Anyone play racing sims on their laptop?

Anyone play racing sims on their laptop?

Anyone play racing sims on their laptop?