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Ahhhhh! GTR2002 does not load anymore. Help please.

Melandr

Ahhhhh! GTR2002 does not load anymore. Help please.

by Melandr » Thu, 19 Jun 2003 15:00:46

The game seems to start properly at first:  the intro video plays and
then I get the screen saying GTR 2002 is now loading.  After 3 or 4
seconds, i'm back on the desktop.  Strange...

Can the game be uninstalled and reinstalled?  If so,  do I need to
reinstall F1 2002 as well?

TIA.  Andre

saul

Ahhhhh! GTR2002 does not load anymore. Help please.

by saul » Thu, 19 Jun 2003 15:03:10

yeah i need help with thsi same issue myself. anybody?
saul


Dave Henri

Ahhhhh! GTR2002 does not load anymore. Help please.

by Dave Henri » Thu, 19 Jun 2003 15:45:31



> yeah i need help with thsi same issue myself. anybody?
> saul



>> The game seems to start properly at first:  the intro video plays and
>> then I get the screen saying GTR 2002 is now loading.  After 3 or 4
>> seconds, i'm back on the desktop.  Strange...

>> Can the game be uninstalled and reinstalled?  If so,  do I need to
>> reinstall F1 2002 as well?

>> TIA.  Andre

  first try the other two loaders...gtrun.exe or gtlite.exe.  Have either
of you added new cars lately?  The GTR frontend can only handle a certain #
of cars.  Yes GTR can be re-installed, you can even delete the f1 2002
subfolders and re-install that and not affect(effect?) the other mods.  Use
a car manager to reduce the number of active cars.
 and go to SIMBIN and read the pinned forums.
dave henrie
Race15

Ahhhhh! GTR2002 does not load anymore. Help please.

by Race15 » Fri, 20 Jun 2003 04:51:04

I bought a new computer so that I could run Nascar 2003 and the GTR mod.
Nascar ran fine but the same thing happened to me with the GTR mod.  Took the
computer back and they installed the updated Nvidia drivers (the card I use is
a year old...so were the drives).  Since then all has been fine.

Hope this helps...

Mike

Andre G

Ahhhhh! GTR2002 does not load anymore. Help please.

by Andre G » Sat, 21 Jun 2003 01:36:47

No, I haven`t started installing new cars yet.  Just the new "Dry Lagoon"
track.  I tried re-installing on top of what was already there (hoping it
will fix a corrupted or missing file) but it did not fix the problem.  I
also tried to use the other loaders but no go...

Will try to uninstall-reinstall tonight.  Will let the group know if it
works or not.

Andre





> > yeah i need help with thsi same issue myself. anybody?
> > saul



> >> The game seems to start properly at first:  the intro video plays and
> >> then I get the screen saying GTR 2002 is now loading.  After 3 or 4
> >> seconds, i'm back on the desktop.  Strange...

> >> Can the game be uninstalled and reinstalled?  If so,  do I need to
> >> reinstall F1 2002 as well?

> >> TIA.  Andre

>   first try the other two loaders...gtrun.exe or gtlite.exe.  Have either
> of you added new cars lately?  The GTR frontend can only handle a certain
#
> of cars.  Yes GTR can be re-installed, you can even delete the f1 2002
> subfolders and re-install that and not affect(effect?) the other mods.
Use
> a car manager to reduce the number of active cars.
>  and go to SIMBIN and read the pinned forums.
> dave henrie

kero..

Ahhhhh! GTR2002 does not load anymore. Help please.

by kero.. » Sat, 21 Jun 2003 06:55:20

On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:36:47 GMT, "Andre G."


>No, I haven`t started installing new cars yet.  Just the new "Dry Lagoon"
>track.  I tried re-installing on top of what was already there (hoping it
>will fix a corrupted or missing file) but it did not fix the problem.  I
>also tried to use the other loaders but no go...

>Will try to uninstall-reinstall tonight.  Will let the group know if it
>works or not.

>Andre





>> > yeah i need help with thsi same issue myself. anybody?
>> > saul



>> >> The game seems to start properly at first:  the intro video plays and
>> >> then I get the screen saying GTR 2002 is now loading.  After 3 or 4
>> >> seconds, i'm back on the desktop.  Strange...

>> >> Can the game be uninstalled and reinstalled?  If so,  do I need to
>> >> reinstall F1 2002 as well?

>> >> TIA.  Andre
>>   first try the other two loaders...gtrun.exe or gtlite.exe.  Have either
>> of you added new cars lately?  The GTR frontend can only handle a certain
>#
>> of cars.  Yes GTR can be re-installed, you can even delete the f1 2002
>> subfolders and re-install that and not affect(effect?) the other mods.
>Use
>> a car manager to reduce the number of active cars.
>>  and go to SIMBIN and read the pinned forums.
>> dave henrie

Some sound advice by Dave there. I am actually spending more time
installing and re-installing items in my games than I am driving.
(what'd you want, theres a mod coming out every week and there are
tracks in GPL on a dialy basis) So I usually end up with screwed up
installs. The last one that pulled that trick (same thing that you
describe) on me was the Porsche Challenge in GTR2002 and it had indeed
to do with the number of cars. As soon as I set it to 22 cars, there
was no problem anymore.

But there were also Extreme Open wheel Racing mod and the CART mod
that did the same thing. I solved it by backing up the 2002 ini-file
(rename it to config.bak) and then renaming the MODs ini-file to
config.ini. All mods worked well afterwards. One major disadvantage,
If you have your mods installed in the same folder, you have to rename
the mods-ini file everytime you want to run  a certain mod. But as I
have shitloads of free disk space I always make different installs for
different mods, and then rename the inis and I am set.

So indeed :
- try setting the resolution lower (800x600 e.g.)
- try setting the number of cars to 22
- check if all paths in your mods config ini are correct
- most of the mods require that you set pit crew animation to "low" !!

If none of these help you probably are stuck with an add-on  car/track
that causes the system to crash, My guess would be that the Blue
Lagoon add-on track is the guilty one.

Best of luck!

Dave Henri

Ahhhhh! GTR2002 does not load anymore. Help please.

by Dave Henri » Sat, 21 Jun 2003 12:10:53



>>No, I haven`t started installing new cars yet.  Just the new "Dry
>>Lagoon" track.  I tried re-installing on top of what was already there
>>(hoping it will fix a corrupted or missing file) but it did not fix
>>the problem.  I also tried to use the other loaders but no go...

>>Will try to uninstall-reinstall tonight.  Will let the group know if
>>it works or not.

>>Andre

(snips)

   I will keep emphasising this point...there is a pinned thread at Simbin
that covers in minute detail the proper steps for installing f1 2k2 and a
mod like gtr.   Follow that procedure precisely.

(more snip)
I am actually spending more time

  Yup...more work=less play...  :)

   I have at least a half dozen mods all sharing the same install of F1
2k2, all have their own config file and none need any file renaming or
swapping.  You just have a separate properly named and edited config file
for whatever mod you are using and a good shortcut to launch it.  I have
all my shortcuts in a folder on the desktop.  three clicks and whatever mod
I choose is loading.

(snip)
  It could be..heck I have never even heard of the blue lagoon track.  
Guess I'd better check out the track sites again... :)
dave henrie

Melandr

Ahhhhh! GTR2002 does not load anymore. Help please.

by Melandr » Sun, 22 Jun 2003 09:32:50

hey hey hey... I referred to Laguna Seca as Dry Lagoon earlier in the
post.  I guess the most recent poster misread the name and  is calling
it Blue Lagoon!  Hope this saves you a trip to the track emporium!

Andre





>>>No, I haven`t started installing new cars yet.  Just the new "Dry
>>>Lagoon" track.  I tried re-installing on top of what was already there
>>>(hoping it will fix a corrupted or missing file) but it did not fix
>>>the problem.  I also tried to use the other loaders but no go...

>>>Will try to uninstall-reinstall tonight.  Will let the group know if
>>>it works or not.

>>>Andre
>(snips)

>   I will keep emphasising this point...there is a pinned thread at Simbin
>that covers in minute detail the proper steps for installing f1 2k2 and a
>mod like gtr.   Follow that procedure precisely.

>(more snip)
>I am actually spending more time
>> installing and re-installing items in my games than I am driving.

>  Yup...more work=less play...  :)

>> But there were also Extreme Open wheel Racing mod and the CART mod
>> that did the same thing. I solved it by backing up the 2002 ini-file
>> (rename it to config.bak) and then renaming the MODs ini-file to
>> config.ini. All mods worked well afterwards. One major disadvantage,
>> If you have your mods installed in the same folder, you have to rename
>> the mods-ini file everytime you want to run  a certain mod. But as I
>> have shitloads of free disk space I always make different installs for
>> different mods, and then rename the inis and I am set.

>   I have at least a half dozen mods all sharing the same install of F1
>2k2, all have their own config file and none need any file renaming or
>swapping.  You just have a separate properly named and edited config file
>for whatever mod you are using and a good shortcut to launch it.  I have
>all my shortcuts in a folder on the desktop.  three clicks and whatever mod
>I choose is loading.

>(snip)

>> If none of these help you probably are stuck with an add-on  car/track
>> that causes the system to crash, My guess would be that the Blue
>> Lagoon add-on track is the guilty one.

>> Best of luck!

>  It could be..heck I have never even heard of the blue lagoon track.  
>Guess I'd better check out the track sites again... :)
>dave henrie


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