rec.autos.simulators

GPL and OpenGL

Ed Whit

GPL and OpenGL

by Ed Whit » Sat, 21 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Hi folks, i have just installed GPL for the third time this week, since it
stopped working after loading OpenGL files to my GPL folder......after
loading OpenGL and adjusting the settings in core.ini, i played for awhile
and shut down.....after restart, I could not get game to run....illegal
operation.......invalid page fault....blah blah blah....but a r.a.s. post
advised me to change display setting from 256 to 16 bit...which I did, and
the game started, but all commands executed slooowwllyyy, and when I finally
saw the trainer sitting on pit road, i selected first gear and stabbed the
pedal..car sat in pits, while I heard the sound of a car squealing away and
crashing into the pit barriers....so, uninstall, reinstall,drive around
some,and wonder, what did I do wrong? I saved opengl before the uninstall,
so i can copy it in if I want....but does it really help? It didn't seem to
make a great deal of difference when I had it running...Any ideas?

Ed     Go #2 and #88  " Suckin' Gas and Haulin' Ass "

Rob Simmo

GPL and OpenGL

by Rob Simmo » Tue, 24 Nov 1998 04:00:00


> Hi folks, i have just installed GPL for the third time this week, since it
> stopped working after loading OpenGL files to my GPL folder......after
> loading OpenGL and adjusting the settings in core.ini, i played for awhile
> and shut down.....after restart, I could not get game to run....illegal
> operation.......invalid page fault....blah blah blah....but a r.a.s. post
> advised me to change display setting from 256 to 16 bit...which I did, and
> the game started, but all commands executed slooowwllyyy, and when I finally
> saw the trainer sitting on pit road, i selected first gear and stabbed the
> pedal..car sat in pits, while I heard the sound of a car squealing away and
> crashing into the pit barriers....so, uninstall, reinstall,drive around
> some,and wonder, what did I do wrong? I saved opengl before the uninstall,
> so i can copy it in if I want....but does it really help? It didn't seem to
> make a great deal of difference when I had it running...Any ideas?

hmm. that was my post. I have almost the exact same setup as you ('cept my
bother has 16 MB of my RAM) and could run GPL on Open GL, albeit S - L - O - W -
L - Y. It is better than software, however. You'll
notice the difference in graphics if you actually have it running. My first
suggestion is to buy a voodoo2 card - it makes the game playable. If, for
instance, that won't happen until Xmas, try making sure you have the correct
opengl.dll in windows/sys. set mipmap=1 in core.ini, make sure you set the
resolution to 640 x 480. Read posts in comp.sys.pc.video (something like that)
they go over over common problems, or search on dejanews. I didn't have much
trouble, but don't remember exactly how i set it up.

good luck!


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