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'workaround' for inability to save in N2002

Mike

'workaround' for inability to save in N2002

by Mike » Sun, 02 Jun 2002 02:05:02

Someone posted a way to 'save' your game by putting it in hibernation mode a
while back, but that only works if you don't plan on using your computer for
anything til you wanna play again...

I dunno too much about this, but from what I can tell the latest NVIDIA
drivers come with a little control panel applet called "NVIDIA nView Desktop
Manager", and in this program you can set up virtual desktops, as well as
hotkeys to switch between the desktops.. and i've found that I can pause the
game, hit ctrl+alt+n (my hotkey for switching desktops), and i'll be back at
a clean desktop, with N2002 still running in the other 'desktop'. I can then
switch back to N2002 whenever I want..and it works perfectly...though I
haven't tested this long term at all.

This seems to work alright.. i notice it uses about 10% of CPU resources,
and like 80M of RAM... but it would work alright if you just wanna do some
word processing, or do some light web surfing..  Plus I only have a pIII-500
with 256 RAM... a higher end machine may be able to pull this off without
any performance hit.

twenty-fou

'workaround' for inability to save in N2002

by twenty-fou » Sun, 02 Jun 2002 02:20:09

if you play in full screen, just hit ALT+TAB to switch
to another program or your desktop.  doing that will
minimize the full screen application/game and allow
you to do other things including hibernate.

On Fri, 31 May 2002 11:05:02 -0600, "Mike"


>Someone posted a way to 'save' your game by putting it in hibernation mode a
>while back, but that only works if you don't plan on using your computer for
>anything til you wanna play again...

>I dunno too much about this, but from what I can tell the latest NVIDIA
>drivers come with a little control panel applet called "NVIDIA nView Desktop
>Manager", and in this program you can set up virtual desktops, as well as
>hotkeys to switch between the desktops.. and i've found that I can pause the
>game, hit ctrl+alt+n (my hotkey for switching desktops), and i'll be back at
>a clean desktop, with N2002 still running in the other 'desktop'. I can then
>switch back to N2002 whenever I want..and it works perfectly...though I
>haven't tested this long term at all.

>This seems to work alright.. i notice it uses about 10% of CPU resources,
>and like 80M of RAM... but it would work alright if you just wanna do some
>word processing, or do some light web surfing..  Plus I only have a pIII-500
>with 256 RAM... a higher end machine may be able to pull this off without
>any performance hit.

Bob

'workaround' for inability to save in N2002

by Bob » Sun, 02 Jun 2002 02:24:45

Except if you're running N2K2 in OpenGL


> if you play in full screen, just hit ALT+TAB to switch
> to another program or your desktop.  doing that will
> minimize the full screen application/game and allow
> you to do other things including hibernate.

> On Fri, 31 May 2002 11:05:02 -0600, "Mike"

> >Someone posted a way to 'save' your game by putting it in hibernation
mode a
> >while back, but that only works if you don't plan on using your computer
for
> >anything til you wanna play again...

> >I dunno too much about this, but from what I can tell the latest NVIDIA
> >drivers come with a little control panel applet called "NVIDIA nView
Desktop
> >Manager", and in this program you can set up virtual desktops, as well as
> >hotkeys to switch between the desktops.. and i've found that I can pause
the
> >game, hit ctrl+alt+n (my hotkey for switching desktops), and i'll be back
at
> >a clean desktop, with N2002 still running in the other 'desktop'. I can
then
> >switch back to N2002 whenever I want..and it works perfectly...though I
> >haven't tested this long term at all.

> >This seems to work alright.. i notice it uses about 10% of CPU resources,
> >and like 80M of RAM... but it would work alright if you just wanna do
some
> >word processing, or do some light web surfing..  Plus I only have a
pIII-500
> >with 256 RAM... a higher end machine may be able to pull this off without
> >any performance hit.

twenty-fou

'workaround' for inability to save in N2002

by twenty-fou » Sun, 02 Jun 2002 03:16:19

i think youre right.  in that case, you would have to
run it windowed in OGL.  my puter is rather slow so
i'm running D3D.  with OGL you could run a windowed
1024x768 screen size to allow the alt+tab switch.

On Fri, 31 May 2002 10:24:45 -0700, "Bob G"


>Except if you're running N2K2 in OpenGL

Phillip Malphrus J

'workaround' for inability to save in N2002

by Phillip Malphrus J » Sun, 02 Jun 2002 03:59:57

OGL is quicker if you have a Geforce card on any  PC, if the card is tweaked
right that is ...

Phillip


> i think youre right.  in that case, you would have to
> run it windowed in OGL.  my puter is rather slow so
> i'm running D3D.  with OGL you could run a windowed
> 1024x768 screen size to allow the alt+tab switch.

> On Fri, 31 May 2002 10:24:45 -0700, "Bob G"

> >Except if you're running N2K2 in OpenGL

twenty-fou

'workaround' for inability to save in N2002

by twenty-fou » Sun, 02 Jun 2002 04:23:26

other than Doom II and Ms Fltsim, ive never done
much *** on the PC's i've owned.  my primary
use is internet and work.  i thought it was overkill
to buy a Nvidia TNT2 32meg card for this home
built machine a little while back but i didnt
anticipate being into NR2002 or its hardware
requirements.  my processor is also too slow for
this game and when i upgrade i'll go as high as
possible, which means a new mainboard.  i enjoy
the game but i dont relish the upgrade job ahead
of me. :\

On Fri, 31 May 2002 14:59:57 -0400, "Phillip Malphrus Jr"


>OGL is quicker if you have a Geforce card on any  PC, if the card is tweaked
>right that is ...

>Phillip

SimRace

'workaround' for inability to save in N2002

by SimRace » Sun, 02 Jun 2002 06:05:04

Sorry Alan, this only works if you use D3D. Most of us *** simmers use
the faster (to us) OpenGL API and the alt-tab functionality does not work
with it...


> if you play in full screen, just hit ALT+TAB to switch
> to another program or your desktop.  doing that will
> minimize the full screen application/game and allow
> you to do other things including hibernate.

> On Fri, 31 May 2002 11:05:02 -0600, "Mike"

> >Someone posted a way to 'save' your game by putting it in hibernation
mode a
> >while back, but that only works if you don't plan on using your computer
for
> >anything til you wanna play again...

> >I dunno too much about this, but from what I can tell the latest NVIDIA
> >drivers come with a little control panel applet called "NVIDIA nView
Desktop
> >Manager", and in this program you can set up virtual desktops, as well as
> >hotkeys to switch between the desktops.. and i've found that I can pause
the
> >game, hit ctrl+alt+n (my hotkey for switching desktops), and i'll be back
at
> >a clean desktop, with N2002 still running in the other 'desktop'. I can
then
> >switch back to N2002 whenever I want..and it works perfectly...though I
> >haven't tested this long term at all.

> >This seems to work alright.. i notice it uses about 10% of CPU resources,
> >and like 80M of RAM... but it would work alright if you just wanna do
some
> >word processing, or do some light web surfing..  Plus I only have a
pIII-500
> >with 256 RAM... a higher end machine may be able to pull this off without
> >any performance hit.

twenty-fou

'workaround' for inability to save in N2002

by twenty-fou » Sun, 02 Jun 2002 06:19:40

run OGL windowed to your screen resolution.

On Fri, 31 May 2002 21:05:04 GMT, "SimRacer"


>Sorry Alan, this only works if you use D3D. Most of us *** simmers use
>the faster (to us) OpenGL API and the alt-tab functionality does not work
>with it...


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