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nascar 2003 opponent mgr locks up

Davi

nascar 2003 opponent mgr locks up

by Davi » Mon, 04 Aug 2003 23:58:37

Hi,
Just purchased this sim and noticed that after 3 or 4 minutes in the
opponent manager screen, my pc locks up.  I've read posts that say to change
to OpenGL or change to 600x800, but this didn't help.  Anyone else have
ideas?

1GHz PIII
512MB Memory
Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB
DirectX 8.1

Dave Henri

nascar 2003 opponent mgr locks up

by Dave Henri » Tue, 05 Aug 2003 01:55:07



         I thought avoiding OpenGl was the solution.  Isn't nr2k3 a dx9
product?(can't remember)

dh

Davi

nascar 2003 opponent mgr locks up

by Davi » Tue, 05 Aug 2003 02:28:28

same problems with opengl or dx.  Also, updated to dx9.  same problem :(

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> > Hi,
> > Just purchased this sim and noticed that after 3 or 4 minutes in the
> > opponent manager screen, my pc locks up.  I've read posts that say to
> > change to OpenGL or change to 600x800, but this didn't help.  Anyone
> > else have ideas?

> > 1GHz PIII
> > 512MB Memory
> > Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB
> > DirectX 8.1

>   I thought avoiding OpenGl was the solution.  Isn't nr2k3 a dx9
> product?(can't remember)

> dh

Dave Henri

nascar 2003 opponent mgr locks up

by Dave Henri » Tue, 05 Aug 2003 02:53:22



  Well then HURRY!  :)  I guess you should look at drivers and/or turning
off fsaa or other graphic goo-gaws.

dave(mr. Technospeak)henrie

Davi

nascar 2003 opponent mgr locks up

by Davi » Tue, 05 Aug 2003 03:05:26

not sure what that means.. but I think I'll just not worry too much about
it.. I just wanted to give it a try.

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> > same problems with opengl or dx.  Also, updated to dx9.  same problem :(

>   Well then HURRY!  :)  I guess you should look at drivers and/or turning
> off fsaa or other graphic goo-gaws.

> dave(mr. Technospeak)henrie

Biz

nascar 2003 opponent mgr locks up

by Biz » Tue, 05 Aug 2003 03:14:23

I don't have any problems, but I dont use an ATI card, this is what I seem to remember reading.
Make sure you're running Catalyst v 3.5 or later, and try turning off the menu animations by
adding -freezanims to your desktop shortcut or menu choice.

Target path should look like this after the change provided you installed to the default
location.....
"C:\Papyrus\NASCAR Racing 2003 Season\NR2003.exe" -freezeanims


DB

nascar 2003 opponent mgr locks up

by DB » Tue, 05 Aug 2003 02:57:52

I have the same problems. I created a new driver called paintguy and select
him when I am using opponent manager. I don't have a clue as to why but this
does seem to work.


Davi

nascar 2003 opponent mgr locks up

by Davi » Tue, 05 Aug 2003 04:06:10

thanks, haven't tried the freezeanims thing yet!    I'll give it a go.

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to remember reading.

> Make sure you're running Catalyst v 3.5 or later, and try turning off the
menu animations by
> adding -freezanims to your desktop shortcut or menu choice.

> Target path should look like this after the change provided you installed
to the default
> location.....
> "C:\Papyrus\NASCAR Racing 2003 Season\NR2003.exe" -freezeanims



> > Hi,
> > Just purchased this sim and noticed that after 3 or 4 minutes in the
> > opponent manager screen, my pc locks up.  I've read posts that say to
change
> > to OpenGL or change to 600x800, but this didn't help.  Anyone else have
> > ideas?

> > 1GHz PIII
> > 512MB Memory
> > Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB
> > DirectX 8.1

Wil

nascar 2003 opponent mgr locks up

by Wil » Tue, 05 Aug 2003 04:51:37


> Hi,
> Just purchased this sim and noticed that after 3 or 4 minutes in the
> opponent manager screen, my pc locks up.  I've read posts that say to change
> to OpenGL or change to 600x800, but this didn't help.  Anyone else have
> ideas?

> 1GHz PIII
> 512MB Memory
> Radeon 9000 Pro 128MB
> DirectX 8.1

Might try the latest drivers, including DirectX.  I was under the
impression you needed DirectX9 for NR03.  If you have have a sound
card, you might try switching pci slots or even trying the game w/out
to see if the lockup persists.  Good luck.
Dave Henri

nascar 2003 opponent mgr locks up

by Dave Henri » Tue, 05 Aug 2003 07:12:22



   if it goes 3 or 4 minutes before lockup...get your business done fast
then exit the opponent manager!  :)  more of my feeble logic.  
  Since the opponent manager is used to generally setup a race field, once
you have that done, it can be ignored.  Hopefully the patch may/will
address this issue.

dave henrie  


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