rec.autos.simulators

>>but GPL is still amazing without sound

>Errr...? Dunno what car you chose to drive, but I can't see myself beatin'
>da sh*& out of my Ferrari without actually hearing it yowl and suffer.
>Driving a sim that is so accurate without getting all possible (physical-)
>feedback (the way I crank up my speakers it I MEAN physical feedback) is a
>PITA. I think I'd rather stick with loosing 3 fps. Luckily, my system is
>strong enough to handle the whole thing with all maxed.

>I get rage inside me every time someone posts that their system can handle
>GPL maxed out.  My gills turn green.  I now have a small doll with the name
>tag Mea***er clearly attached to the front.  I also have a collection of
>needles.  On for each time my FPS drops below 36.

>Ben

> The funniest part is when people most that their P200 MMX + Voodoo1
> can run everything maxed at 36 fps.  Hah!  Give me a break....

> Clark A.

> On Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:23:52 +1000, "Ben Coleman"

> >I get rage inside me every time someone posts that their system can handle
> >GPL maxed out.  My gills turn green.  I now have a small doll with the name
> >tag Mea***er clearly attached to the front.  I also have a collection of
> >needles.  On for each time my FPS drops below 36.

> >Ben

>> >I get rage inside me every time someone posts that their system can

>As always, I'm sorry if this is old news, but today I was messing around
>with the app.ini file in the \sierra\gpl directory and I noticed that by
>setting the sound quality to 0 my framerate improved by around 3-4fps
>during a race. It now hardly ever drops below 30fps even with 10 AI and
>all textures on (this is on an MMX P200).
>And I didn't notice any difference in the sound quality during the game!
>(although you could attribute this to my lame sound card, I dunno)

>As ever, though, there's a downside........ The sound disappears
>completely as soon as I drive for the second time, either second race,
>second practice, or whatever. Hopefully I'll get a handle on it in time
>but GPL is still amazing without sound and those with lower end systems
>like mine might want to consider it. They might not even suffer from
>this problem - it could just be me!

>Cheers!

>>As ever, though, there's a downside........ The sound disappears
>>completely as soon as I drive for the second time, either second race,
>>second practice, or whatever. Hopefully I'll get a handle on it in time
>>but GPL is still amazing without sound and those with lower end systems
>>like mine might want to consider it. They might not even suffer from
>>this problem - it could just be me!

>>Cheers!