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I received my copy of RBR from amazon today. Sadly I did not notice
it's a DVD while my *** PC only has a run of the mill CD-ROM drive
(and Amazon's box cover shot clearly states PC CD-ROM).

Before I rush out and buy a DVD drive just for RBR, I'd like to know
if W2K / WinXP is actually required. The operating system is not
listed in "minimal requirements", but "Recommended Requirements" on
SCI's website clearly states "Win2000 / windows xp".

Can someone please confirm that RBR runs under 98SE and friends?

Thanks in advance, uwe

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someone over in the RSCnet forums confirmed that RBR works fine on
98SE. Good design decision by warthog if you ask me ;-> Too bad they
don't list it on the box.

Cheers,

uwe

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RICHARDBURNSRALLY fhrte eine ungltige Anweisung in
Modul RICHARDBURNSRALLY.EXE bei 0167:00463ff4 aus.
Register:
EAX=00706a40 CS=0167 EIP=00463ff4 EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00000000 SS=016f ESP=01abfd80 EBP=01abfe38
ECX=00872fb0 DS=016f ESI=00872f50 FS=11a7
EDX=0070647a ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes bei CS:EIP:
0f 57 c0 8b 04 24 0f 11 00 8b c1 59 c3 cc cc cc
Stapelwerte:
00872fb0 004a45b6 bff77716 007a004c 00706a4a 7c341cd6 81a4c460 006f0337 007a0000 007a0390 00000000 81a4c460 019b0000 00000000 01abffff 0173df23

I wonder if anybody has seen this one and knows how to fix it?

Cheers,

uwe

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cheers jurjen

Hi Jurjen,

it's DX9.0b on a GF ti4 4800 which should support pixel shading. I did
a test-install on my son's 98se ti 4200 machine, and it appears to
work fine (at least it doesn't crash with an illegal instruction)

I have no idea what might be causing this. I upgraded to the latest
and greatest nv drivers, but the problem persists. Maybe SCi's tech
support can help.

cheers & thanks for your reply,

uwe

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I'd say you're Win98 install is due .. maybe a fresh install of win98
will cure the problem (hate this kind of solution but hey - it's the
most common advice with MS software :-)

cheers jurjen

PS: You will find - what ever it takes to run RBR it's gonna be worth
it :D

006f0337 007a0000 007a0390 00000000 81a4c460 019b0000 00000000 01abffff
0173df23

What's your soundcard, and what soundcard has your son's PC got? Just a
thought.

Malc.

first of all thanks very much for all the suggestions to help me get
RBR to run on my system. I'd hate to re-install or upgrade as this
machine as been ticking along without so much as a hitch for nearly
two years now. I'm not much of an installer / de-installer type, so
it's a rather "clean" win98se system (or as clean as they tend to get
;-) which boots in seconds rather than minutes with only explorer and
systray running.

The TSW wheel is connected to the SB Live!'s game port if that
matters.

I wrote email to scitech support, maybe they can come up with
something. It would be great to be able to at least give RBR a spin
before I send it back or sell it. However what I've read in the RSC
forums about TSW2 and split axis support I have a feeling that there's
another obstacle to be overcome with my wheel / pedal setup before
I'll be able to drive a modern rally car ;-)

Cheers & thanks much again for your help,

uwe

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