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GPL with D3D on GeForce 2MX - had it, lost it

TCM

GPL with D3D on GeForce 2MX - had it, lost it

by TCM » Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:10:46

I used to have GPL running nicely on my system, but I can't get it going
properly anymore after replacing my hard disk.

I had 1.2 with the D3D patch and lots of other add-ons working on a GeForce
2MX 32 MB. Running out of hard disk space, I installed a new, bigger, faster
disk as my C: drive, set it up the same as the previous system (Win98SE,
same drivers, etc), and copied the entire Sierra folder to it. Ran GPL, but
it didn't want to change to D3D mode any more. If I select D3D and restart,
it comes back in Software mode again.

I swapped the 2 drives back and checked all settings, including IRQ, I/O and
memory settings of the graphics card: they're exactly the same as when
booting from the new drive. Resolution, color depth, even refresh rate are
the same.

Also tried a fresh install of GPL + 1.2 patch + D3D patch: no go. It doesn't
seem to recognise the graphics card properly, since the GPL startup screen
does not show 'Nvidia Geforce 2MX' in the top left corner as on the old
system.

After one full evening of experimenting, I'm at a loss. The best I got so
far was OpenGL mode, but not as well as it used to run in D3D. Does anyone
have an idea what I'm overlooking?

Regards,
    Theo

Bla Bl

GPL with D3D on GeForce 2MX - had it, lost it

by Bla Bl » Sat, 24 Nov 2001 06:19:18

I recently bought the same card and I have a similar problem, my game
recognises my card and actually starts up in d3d mode, but as soon as I get
in the***pit, everything freezes (keyboard, joystick etc) and I have to
reboot.

I have the game running in openGL, but as soon as I try to go back to the
stands, I only see half the screen. It doesn't get any better unless I
restart the game, but then I lose all my replays.

Does anyone have suggestions for either of the 2 problems?

TCM

GPL with D3D on GeForce 2MX - had it, lost it

by TCM » Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:58:00

Of course, 5 minutes after posting this it dawned on me: DirectX !
Win98SE comes with 6.0, and on the old system I upgraded to 7.0a a long time
ago. Did that again, and it's OK now. Ran a few laps in the Ferrari just to
celebrate.

Is it sensible to upgrade to 8.0a? I'm more of the "if it ain't broken,
don't fix it" type, so I never changed from 7 to 8...

(I had the same half-screen problem with OpenGL, by the way. Never had it
freezing in D3D mode. It's a PII-400, a Hercules Geforce 2MX, nVidia 6.50
reference drivers)

Theo


> I recently bought the same card and I have a similar problem, my game
> recognises my card and actually starts up in d3d mode, but as soon as I
get
> in the***pit, everything freezes (keyboard, joystick etc) and I have to
> reboot.

> I have the game running in openGL, but as soon as I try to go back to the
> stands, I only see half the screen. It doesn't get any better unless I
> restart the game, but then I lose all my replays.

> Does anyone have suggestions for either of the 2 problems?


> > I used to have GPL running nicely on my system, but I can't get it going
> > properly anymore after replacing my hard disk.

> > I had 1.2 with the D3D patch and lots of other add-ons working on a
> GeForce
> > 2MX 32 MB. Running out of hard disk space, I installed a new, bigger,
> faster
> > disk as my C: drive, set it up the same as the previous system (Win98SE,
> > same drivers, etc), and copied the entire Sierra folder to it. Ran GPL,
> but
> > it didn't want to change to D3D mode any more. If I select D3D and
> restart,
> > it comes back in Software mode again.

> > I swapped the 2 drives back and checked all settings, including IRQ, I/O
> and
> > memory settings of the graphics card: they're exactly the same as when
> > booting from the new drive. Resolution, color depth, even refresh rate
are
> > the same.

> > Also tried a fresh install of GPL + 1.2 patch + D3D patch: no go. It
> doesn't
> > seem to recognise the graphics card properly, since the GPL startup
screen
> > does not show 'Nvidia Geforce 2MX' in the top left corner as on the old
> > system.

> > After one full evening of experimenting, I'm at a loss. The best I got
so
> > far was OpenGL mode, but not as well as it used to run in D3D. Does
anyone
> > have an idea what I'm overlooking?

> > Regards,
> >     Theo

Henk

GPL with D3D on GeForce 2MX - had it, lost it

by Henk » Sat, 24 Nov 2001 09:13:42



it works fine for me with dx8.0 similar setup

Bob Thurma

GPL with D3D on GeForce 2MX - had it, lost it

by Bob Thurma » Sun, 25 Nov 2001 00:56:40

If you copied a saved version from a CD all the files
including the configure files are "read only" and are
locked. Go into your GPL directory "select all",
RIGHT click on the files, a menu will pop up.
Uncheck the Read Only box. That should fix it!

buzard


TCM

GPL with D3D on GeForce 2MX - had it, lost it

by TCM » Sun, 25 Nov 2001 04:19:40

Thanks. I had that the last time I reinstalled. This time it was a direct
copy from my previous hard drive, so no problem with read-only files.
Anyway, a DirectX upgrade did the trick.

Theo


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