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NFS3: No dashboard

Tim Wortm

NFS3: No dashboard

by Tim Wortm » Mon, 21 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Sorry if this has been covered already.......Pickup up NFS3 the other
day and noticed that using the 8mb Voodoo2 card I have no dashboard
from the in-car cam. My other machine has a 12mb card and does get a
dashboard. Is there anything in the settings that will allow this to
be corrected on the 8mb machine?

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Doug Schneide

NFS3: No dashboard

by Doug Schneide » Mon, 21 Dec 1998 04:00:00

From everything I've read so far, if you don't have a 12MB card, you
don't get a dashboard, and that's that.  Sorry.

            Zog


> Sorry if this has been covered already.......Pickup up NFS3 the other
> day and noticed that using the 8mb Voodoo2 card I have no dashboard
> from the in-car cam. My other machine has a 12mb card and does get a
> dashboard. Is there anything in the settings that will allow this to
> be corrected on the 8mb machine?

>          *** Tim Wortman ***
>        NASS '98 Series Director
>         *** Visit 4CDS.COM ***
>       Official Sponsor of NASS98

Keith Cals

NFS3: No dashboard

by Keith Cals » Mon, 21 Dec 1998 04:00:00

On Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:35:37 -0800, Doug Schneider


>From everything I've read so far, if you don't have a 12MB card, you
>don't get a dashboard, and that's that.  Sorry.

This is true straight out of the box, but there are ways around
needing a 12MB card if you are determined.  There is a way to use
Direct3D instead which gives you dashboards (I think) and there are
hacked video drivers also (which kind of scares me.)   I don't know
the details since I don't have NFSIII myself but you should be able to
find info in old news group posts and NFS web sites.

--Keith
"Coming in 2nd place just means that you are the first to lose!"

PhilippeSerge..

NFS3: No dashboard

by PhilippeSerge.. » Mon, 21 Dec 1998 04:00:00


> From everything I've read so far, if you don't have a 12MB card, you
> don't get a dashboard, and that's that.  Sorry.

>             Zog


> > Sorry if this has been covered already.......Pickup up NFS3 the other
> > day and noticed that using the 8mb Voodoo2 card I have no dashboard
> > from the in-car cam. My other machine has a 12mb card and does get a
> > dashboard. Is there anything in the settings that will allow this to
> > be corrected on the 8mb machine?

> >          *** Tim Wortman ***
> >        NASS '98 Series Director
> >         *** Visit 4CDS.COM ***
> >       Official Sponsor of NASS98

I have a 12 meg Diamond Monster II and I don't have the dashboard.
You're theory is wrong. Unless it's the fact that I'm running the game
in 3Dfx mode vs D3D. I use 800X600 resolution and wide screen option.

Philster

Richard J. Koche

NFS3: No dashboard

by Richard J. Koche » Mon, 21 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Philster,
I believe that if you turn off the wide screen mode that you will be amazed
and actually see the dashboards.

Ryan



> > From everything I've read so far, if you don't have a 12MB card, you
> > don't get a dashboard, and that's that.  Sorry.

> >             Zog


> > > Sorry if this has been covered already.......Pickup up NFS3 the other
> > > day and noticed that using the 8mb Voodoo2 card I have no dashboard
> > > from the in-car cam. My other machine has a 12mb card and does get a
> > > dashboard. Is there anything in the settings that will allow this to
> > > be corrected on the 8mb machine?

> > >          *** Tim Wortman ***
> > >        NASS '98 Series Director
> > >         *** Visit 4CDS.COM ***
> > >       Official Sponsor of NASS98

> I have a 12 meg Diamond Monster II and I don't have the dashboard.
> You're theory is wrong. Unless it's the fact that I'm running the game
> in 3Dfx mode vs D3D. I use 800X600 resolution and wide screen option.

> Philster


Richard J. Koche

NFS3: No dashboard

by Richard J. Koche » Mon, 21 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Tim,
Go to sim-racing.com and their NFS3 section.  In the downloads area,
there is a file that allows you to see the dashes on an 8 mb card.  It is
only 1kb in size, so it probably isn't a major change.

Ryan


> Sorry if this has been covered already.......Pickup up NFS3 the other
> day and noticed that using the 8mb Voodoo2 card I have no dashboard
> from the in-car cam. My other machine has a 12mb card and does get a
> dashboard. Is there anything in the settings that will allow this to
> be corrected on the 8mb machine?

>          *** Tim Wortman ***
>        NASS '98 Series Director
>         *** Visit 4CDS.COM ***
>       Official Sponsor of NASS98

Daxe Rexfor

NFS3: No dashboard

by Daxe Rexfor » Mon, 21 Dec 1998 04:00:00

I have the same card and run the same res in 3dfx mode.  I get the
dashboards.  In-car and front bumper are similar but different camera
angles, make sure you have enabled the switch to different angles.  AS I
recall, you can specify which angles you want to be able to switch between
and in-car sn't automatically one of them.

daxe

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Dhook4

NFS3: No dashboard

by Dhook4 » Tue, 22 Dec 1998 04:00:00

you must have wide screen turned off to see the dash
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CHIPZ

NFS3: No dashboard

by CHIPZ » Wed, 23 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Also, if you have Wide-Screen swirched off and still can't see the dash (it
happened to me), go to your V2 properties in Display Control Panel, Click
Advanced, and untick ' Limit Texture Memory to 2 mb'.
This fixed it for me.

HTH

Keith.

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Larr

NFS3: No dashboard

by Larr » Wed, 06 Jan 1999 04:00:00

Actually, his theory is dead-on, just like the readme for the game
states.

You have to have a 12MB Voodoo II go have the in-car view.

If you don't have it, then either you haven't selected the proper view
or something else is wrong.

I assure you it works with the 12MB board.  I see it every day.

-Larry


> I have a 12 meg Diamond Monster II and I don't have the dashboard.
> You're theory is wrong. Unless it's the fact that I'm running the game
> in 3Dfx mode vs D3D. I use 800X600 resolution and wide screen option.

Dean

NFS3: No dashboard

by Dean » Wed, 06 Jan 1999 04:00:00

I'm sure that the manual or a read me file states that the dashboard doesn't
work in widescreen mode. If you think about how could it? If you don't get
it in full screen you could have limit Glide apps to 2meg turned on (things
like European Air War need this and I always forget to change it back)

Dean


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