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Colin McRae Rally locks up on Oz stage 5

Scott Boha

Colin McRae Rally locks up on Oz stage 5

by Scott Boha » Sun, 14 May 2000 04:00:00

HELP!!!

I've been playing the intermediate mode on CMR, and every time I get to
stage 5 at Australia, it locks up when it's about 20% loaded just before the
start of the stage.

I uninstalled the game, reinstalled it again, even started the championship
for the beginning again, but it still locks up.

This is **really** annoying as I can't get any further with the game, and I
want to get to great britain.

Really hope someone can help.

Cheers

Scott Boham

3Dfx voodoo 2 with all latest drivers and DirectX 7
64mb RAM, P2 400MHz

Roquer

Colin McRae Rally locks up on Oz stage 5

by Roquer » Sun, 14 May 2000 04:00:00

Perhaps your installation CD is corrupt..

can you run other stages from other countries?

/roq

http://rally.figc.net - Nordic Rally Masters


Toni Lassi

Colin McRae Rally locks up on Oz stage 5

by Toni Lassi » Sun, 14 May 2000 04:00:00



It's a 3Dfx related problem. Try running the stage with software
accelereted graphics.

R A Wrigh

Colin McRae Rally locks up on Oz stage 5

by R A Wrigh » Sun, 14 May 2000 04:00:00

Scott have you got the Europe patch from the web site I had similar problems
when loading stages if you need the patch give us a shout.
Regards

Bob


Uli Winkelman

Colin McRae Rally locks up on Oz stage 5

by Uli Winkelman » Sun, 14 May 2000 04:00:00



It's a known bug: stage 5 in Oz don't run with Voodoo2. No patches
known to help. You onlay can save the game after stage 4, change
graficcard on your normal card, and go stage 5 and 6 with bad colors
and resolution. After this, change on voodoo2 again.

Good luck.
--
Uli Winkelmann
un sing www.koelsche-sick.de

Chri

Colin McRae Rally locks up on Oz stage 5

by Chri » Sun, 14 May 2000 04:00:00

Are you running full installation or compact.  I find compact hasn't crashed
yet, but full was a bit prone (probably CD spindown).

Chris

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http://www.the.saints.btinternet.co.uk

|Perhaps your installation CD is corrupt..
|
|can you run other stages from other countries?
|
|/roq
|
|http://rally.figc.net - Nordic Rally Masters
|

|> HELP!!!
|>
|> I've been playing the intermediate mode on CMR, and every time I get to
|> stage 5 at Australia, it locks up when it's about 20% loaded just before
|the
|> start of the stage.
|>
|> I uninstalled the game, reinstalled it again, even started the
|championship
|> for the beginning again, but it still locks up.
|>
|> This is **really** annoying as I can't get any further with the game, and
|I
|> want to get to great britain.
|>
|> Really hope someone can help.
|>
|> Cheers
|>
|> Scott Boham
|>
|> 3Dfx voodoo 2 with all latest drivers and DirectX 7
|> 64mb RAM, P2 400MHz
|>
|>
|>
|
|

Scott Boha

Colin McRae Rally locks up on Oz stage 5

by Scott Boha » Mon, 15 May 2000 04:00:00




> >HELP!!!

> >I've been playing the intermediate mode on CMR, and every time I get to
> >stage 5 at Australia, it locks up when it's about 20% loaded just before
the
> >start of the stage.

> It's a 3Dfx related problem. Try running the stage with software
> accelereted graphics.

Thank you very much, I would have never have thought that just one
particular stage would have crashed because of Voodoo 2.  I'm sure I ran it
ok before with my voodoo2 card, although that was with older drivers.

Again, thank you very much, you've solved the problem for me and I can carry
on racing!!

Scott

Scott Boha

Colin McRae Rally locks up on Oz stage 5

by Scott Boha » Mon, 15 May 2000 04:00:00




> >HELP!!!

> >I've been playing the intermediate mode on CMR, and every time I get to
> >stage 5 at Australia, it locks up when it's about 20% loaded just before
the
> >start of the stage.
> It's a known bug: stage 5 in Oz don't run with Voodoo2. No patches
> known to help. You onlay can save the game after stage 4, change
> graficcard on your normal card, and go stage 5 and 6 with bad colors
> and resolution. After this, change on voodoo2 again.

Thank you very much, although someone had suggested using my 2D card instead
already, your advice is sound.  Why do you think that stage 5 in oz is so
different from every other stage??

Also, I downloaded the latest 3dfx drivers, and now there is no transparency
in the game!!! All the smoke and water looks ridiculous because it is 100%
opaque.  I though that new drivers were meant to improve things!!

Thanks again

Scott

Uli Winkelman

Colin McRae Rally locks up on Oz stage 5

by Uli Winkelman » Mon, 15 May 2000 04:00:00



I don't think, it's so different - except of the problem with
voodoo2-cards. CMR-Australia stage5 does not work with V2. If you find
a solution (new drivers, cheat, patch), tell me please, but I never
heard of it.

--
Uli Winkelmann
un sing www.koelsche-sick.de

Scott Boha

Colin McRae Rally locks up on Oz stage 5

by Scott Boha » Mon, 15 May 2000 04:00:00




> >Thank you very much, although someone had suggested using my 2D card
instead
> >already, your advice is sound.  Why do you think that stage 5 in oz is so
> >different from every other stage??
> I don't think, it's so different - except of the problem with
> voodoo2-cards. CMR-Australia stage5 does not work with V2. If you find
> a solution (new drivers, cheat, patch), tell me please, but I never
> heard of it.

Try the original 3Dfx drivers that came with your card.  I'm sure CMR always
worked right through the championship with the old drivers, I certainly have
never had to switch to software mode before now.
Thomas Heinema

Colin McRae Rally locks up on Oz stage 5

by Thomas Heinema » Mon, 15 May 2000 04:00:00

I have had the same problem, and YES the answer is to install your original
voodoo2 drivers....

Thomas

Mark

Colin McRae Rally locks up on Oz stage 5

by Mark » Tue, 16 May 2000 04:00:00

Easy solution is to use the Voodoo2 drivers provided by Codemasters on the
CMR disk.






> > >Thank you very much, although someone had suggested using my 2D card
> instead
> > >already, your advice is sound.  Why do you think that stage 5 in oz is
so
> > >different from every other stage??
> > I don't think, it's so different - except of the problem with
> > voodoo2-cards. CMR-Australia stage5 does not work with V2. If you find
> > a solution (new drivers, cheat, patch), tell me please, but I never
> > heard of it.

> Try the original 3Dfx drivers that came with your card.  I'm sure CMR
always
> worked right through the championship with the old drivers, I certainly
have
> never had to switch to software mode before now.

> > --
> > Uli Winkelmann
> > un sing www.koelsche-sick.de


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