rec.autos.simulators

>If anyone would care to share the SECRET I will keep GPL on my system
>for a few more weeks; meanwhile I will keep on racing SCGT and Viper.
>These games aren't voodoo-prejudice and look and run great on the
>GEFORCE256.

>And yes I've tried the 1.2 patch and the GLBETA2 patch and the game
>still locks up as soon as I enter the screen with the pit area in the
>corner disabling my entire system leaving me with no recourse but to
>turn off the power.

> Those 36 FPS, is that in car ??? ( not the nintendo view )

> That could be interesting

> Madhouse

> > Based on your post it sounds like a 3d rendering problem (menu's work
fine
> > crashes the minute 3d is rendered). This _could_ be caused either by
> > openGL.dll not being found OR the .ini file trying to load 3dfx.dll(?)
> > first. First thing, make sure openGL.dll is in sierra/gpl directory,
then
> > edit .ini file to make openGL.dll the last renderer used (also, delete
the
> > 3dfx.dll(?) renderer).  If this doesn't work: What exact system do you
> have
> > and what software are you running. My suggestion would be to disable
your
> > sound card (in control panels/system/...) and see if that is the
problem.
> If
> > the sound card is not the problem, try any nic cards you might have,
etc.
> > Then, try the video card: uninstall your video card, make sure there are
> no
> > old drivers (add/remove programs and look for old video software then
> check
> > registry for voodoo/tnt/ati etc. and remove them--be careful with
registry
> > changes if you don't know what you are doing find someone who does also
> back
> > up your registry before making any changes). Set computer on vga mode
> reboot
> > and reinstall the latest drivers from nvidia. Finally, uninstall GPL and
> > then reinstall full install, upgrade to patch 1.2 (make sure you get
patch
> > from reputable site) and then add openGL patch. Then check the openGL
> > settings in the device driver (settings/advanced/...) and make sure
block
> > transfer mode is selected and none of the other boxes are checked (you
> might
> > try experimenting here). Also, download a starup manager (like the one
for
> > ZDBench99) and disable all startup programs. If it is possible to get
GPL
> > running with a barebones setup you can then add programs until you find
> the
> > killer one. Again, the first time you run GPL edit the .ini file to tell
> GPL
> > that the last renderer used was openGL.dll and make sure that openGL.dll
> is
> > in the right directory(i think this is in the readme.) I don't know what
> > you've tried so my apologies if you've gone through this troubleshooting
> > already.

> > Best of luck.

> > I am running at 36 fps (except at race startup) at 1024x768 with a
geforce
> > and a p3-600 (450 oc), SBLive Platinum, Linksys PCI nic card, 196 megs
of
> > ram.

> > PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH DOING ANYTHING I SUGGEST. I AM
> NOT
> > AN ENGINEER OR TECH PERSON AND TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT YOU MIGHT
> DO
> > TO YOUR COMPUTER BY FOLLOWING MY ADVICE. AS IN ALL THINGS, IF YOU CANNOT
> > RISK THE FAILURE OF YOUR COMPUTER, CONSULT A PROFESSIONAL.

> > Chris

>If anyone would care to share the SECRET I will keep GPL on my system
>for a few more weeks; meanwhile I will keep on racing SCGT and Viper.
>These games aren't voodoo-prejudice and look and run great on the
>GEFORCE256.

>And yes I've tried the 1.2 patch and the GLBETA2 patch and the game
>still locks up as soon as I enter the screen with the pit area in the
>corner disabling my entire system leaving me with no recourse but to
>turn off the power.

> I've pretty much given up hope of ever running GPL on my new system.
> I keep reading from lots of people who SAY they are running GPL on
> their GEFORCE systems but when I ask HOW they don't respond.

> If anyone would care to share the SECRET I will keep GPL on my system
> for a few more weeks; meanwhile I will keep on racing SCGT and Viper.
> These games aren't voodoo-prejudice and look and run great on the
> GEFORCE256.

> And yes I've tried the 1.2 patch and the GLBETA2 patch and the game
> still locks up as soon as I enter the screen with the pit area in the
> corner disabling my entire system leaving me with no recourse but to
> turn off the power.

>I have a GeForce256 on nVidia's 3.62 ref drivers running GPL beautifully
>on my Intel PIII450.

>I had severe problems with locking up in D3D games on a mobo with the
>VIA133 chipset, and so I bought the MSI BXMaster mobo with the Intel BX
>chipset. Everything runs great now. My lesson learnt here is to get
>everything Intel if you want full compatibility.

>Do you have problems running D3D games?

>Hope this helps.

>Sunny

>> I've pretty much given up hope of ever running GPL on my new system.
>> I keep reading from lots of people who SAY they are running GPL on
>> their GEFORCE systems but when I ask HOW they don't respond.

>> If anyone would care to share the SECRET I will keep GPL on my system
>> for a few more weeks; meanwhile I will keep on racing SCGT and Viper.
>> These games aren't voodoo-prejudice and look and run great on the
>> GEFORCE256.

>> And yes I've tried the 1.2 patch and the GLBETA2 patch and the game
>> still locks up as soon as I enter the screen with the pit area in the
>> corner disabling my entire system leaving me with no recourse but to
>> turn off the power.

>--
>Regards

>Sunny Chow
>Airscapes Gallery
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> Thanks for the suggestions.  One post gave me the idea to try disabling my cards
> AGP support and the cars actually appeared in the pit and I heard all the
> engines idling but the hourglass just froze over the green light and I had to
> power off.

> This leads me to believe it could be an openGL setting.  I just setup GPL on a
> friends system and had SEVERE texture problems on his Voodoo3000 until I forced
> the driver to limit to 2mb textures.   Anyway - here is my OpenGL options for
> the card and their current settings - if anyone has any ideas - let me know.

> Enable Buffer Region Extension (unchecked)
> Use fast linear-mipmap-linear filtering (unchecked)
> Enable anisotropic filtering (unchecked)

> Default color depth for textures (use desktop color depth)
>                 I've tried forcing to 16 and 32 - no go
> Buffer flipping mode (Auto Select)
>                 Other options are: Block Transfer or Page Flip

> System Specs (if it matters)

> P3-700
> 384mb RAM
> 32gb hard drive
> SBLive X-Gamer running the new 11/99 drivers
> GPL 1.2 with OpenGLbeta2 Patch (from The Pits)

> All GPL ini files are totally unmodified.

> Help is appreciated!

> >I've pretty much given up hope of ever running GPL on my new system.
> >I keep reading from lots of people who SAY they are running GPL on
> >their GEFORCE systems but when I ask HOW they don't respond.

> >If anyone would care to share the SECRET I will keep GPL on my system
> >for a few more weeks; meanwhile I will keep on racing SCGT and Viper.
> >These games aren't voodoo-prejudice and look and run great on the
> >GEFORCE256.

> >And yes I've tried the 1.2 patch and the GLBETA2 patch and the game
> >still locks up as soon as I enter the screen with the pit area in the
> >corner disabling my entire system leaving me with no recourse but to
> >turn off the power.

>Have you tried agp 1x transfer mode (get agpwiz) or setting agp aperature to
>16?
>I have issues with my lx mb if my setting is not 1x.  I also needed a 'power
>wire' fix.

>Could just be this is the game that is activating an incompatibility.

>> I've pretty much given up hope of ever running GPL on my new system.
>> I keep reading from lots of people who SAY they are running GPL on
>> their GEFORCE systems but when I ask HOW they don't respond.

>> If anyone would care to share the SECRET I will keep GPL on my system
>> for a few more weeks; meanwhile I will keep on racing SCGT and Viper.
>> These games aren't voodoo-prejudice and look and run great on the
>> GEFORCE256.

>> And yes I've tried the 1.2 patch and the GLBETA2 patch and the game
>> still locks up as soon as I enter the screen with the pit area in the
>> corner disabling my entire system leaving me with no recourse but to
>> turn off the power.