I've not been running GPL for a few months....but will be installing it
again shortly.
Thanks in advance, for your information.
Tom
Hi Tom,
The patch is an unsupported beta patch which will update Grand Prix Legends
1.2 so that it will run properly on 1.7Ghz and higher machines. Download the
file from Papyrus' website at http://www.papy.com/html/new.htm.
--
Kenneth Verburg
Editor-in-chief High Gear
http://www.simracingnews.com
That'll be in the first message in the thread, from Eric Busch of Papyrus...
"An unsupported beta patch is now available that addresses the CPU speed
detection problems in Grand Prix Legends when run on 1.7+ GHz machines. The
patch comes in 6 flavors (one for each of the country specific versions of
GPL), so be sure to download the appropriate version.
* Note that you will need to have the 1.2 patch installed before applying
this patch.
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Enjoy.
Eric/Papyrus
www.papy.com"
--
Tony Whitley
GPLRank -0.54
"On some laps I'd get as many as fif*** corners really right, but Moss, he
gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand
Prix.
I would like to know the details of the reasons behind this patch....why its
needed and how it works.....and what caused the "problem" (yet to be
defined) in the first place.
I learned quite some time ago.....DO NOT INSTALL "patches" on your computer
because someone else thinks you need it.
Regards,
Tom
PS: And how many people could possibly be running systems with a 1.7 Ghz
CPU......it would have to be an Intel chip....and there aren't that many of
those around (or people stupid enough to buy them....since they are slower
than an AMD 1.2 Ghz...for $190 bucks!)? I am encouraged that Papyrus is
helping.....what, maybe 15 or 16 people on this planet! That's great news!
But, "Could you guys get back to work on N4......or the CART
sim.....please?"
I think it goes something like this.
When GPL was written, I think a P166 was the standard cpu.
Papy designed the timing system inside GPL based on cpu
speed. People started noticing that GPL was acting strangely,
running at twice the speed, or crashing when used on PCs
with cpus running at over 1400mhz. I think the actual figure
where GPL stopped working properly is around 1415mhz.
It is something to do with the 32 bit integers that GPL uses.
When involved in calculations using these fast processors,
they were "overflowing" and causing problems.
So this new patch fiddles with the gpl.exe in quite a few places,
to change the code. I think GPL will now work at speeds up to
around 2800mhz, at least thats what people were saying in
VROC last night.
Gary Hoorn has installed it successfully on his P4 1.7ghz, and
Dan Leach tested it on a P3 960 (!!), just to see if it worked,
and it did.
Lol SpeedFreek.
Take care,
Tom
Hope that helps
MadDAWG
> PS: And how many people could possibly be running systems with a 1.7 Ghz
> CPU......it would have to be an Intel chip....and there aren't that many of
> those around (or people stupid enough to buy them....since they are slower
> than an AMD 1.2 Ghz...for $190 bucks!)? I am encouraged that Papyrus is
> helping.....what, maybe 15 or 16 people on this planet!
Yes I agree.
I'm guessing here, but maybe this speed patch was made in someone's own
free time, just like the D3Dpatch was...anyone know? But whatever, I'm
grateful for it! And I'm sure all the folks at papy are still working
away at N4 and a new CART sim just for you :0/.
BTW, have you had a bad day?;)
Gerry
Everyone in 2 years time. Where did you get the impression people are going
to stop using GPL any time soon?
Jan.
=---
Tom,
This information which is as you say "exactly what I was looking for" is
repeated information in this newsgroup.
Next time be clear about what you do, and do not want repeated :)
> I would like to know the details of the reasons behind this patch....why its
> needed and how it works.....and what caused the "problem" (yet to be
> defined) in the first place.
> I learned quite some time ago.....DO NOT INSTALL "patches" on your computer
> because someone else thinks you need it.
> Regards,
> Tom
"Regards",
Ian
Regarding my "reply" to Ken Verburg......Ken is probably the best friend I
have within this sim community....he will probably vouch for that as well.
You guys are reading too much into my choice of words....maybe not the best,
I admit. But, I've just returned from a week in LA for E3...and have less
than 10-days before leaving for London for another week......and with the
Winston Cup guys coming in less than a month (and just days after I return
from London)....I'm a bit swamped right now....so my email and posts are
short (except for this one....lol...).
Besides all this, I'm very frustrated....not just for me, but for this
entire sim community....that the GF3 release has essentially been a
"non-event" for sim racing. That's disappointing....for many, many
reasons......not all of which are very public right at the moment.
"My apologies" to anyone offended by my remarks or posts........including
you, Mike.
Regards,
Tom
Why do you need to know everything about it? It's a patch, it fixes a bug.
It's all written in the post you replied to. End of story. It's none of
your business to know "why" this bug was in GPL.
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-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.racesimcentral.net/
-- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez
Corporation - helping America into the New World...
Why do you need to know everything about it? It's a patch, it fixes a bug.
It's all written in the post you replied to. End of story. It's none of
your business to know "why" this bug was in GPL.
--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.racesimcentral.net/
-- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez
Corporation - helping America into the New World...
