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System crash, GPL gone :(

Sid Chappl

System crash, GPL gone :(

by Sid Chappl » Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:11:38

Had a system crash and had to reformat and reinstall everything. Worst of
all i lost all my GPL setups, replays and links from 5 years :((  There is
alot to be said for backing up i suppose. Anyway, reinstalling GPL and need
to know which patches to put on from Papy. I know i need the 1.2 patch and
the D3D patch, the OpenGL patch, there is better one of this i think at race
sim central? Does the CPU patch include the Disco patch as well? Have also
done a google for Vroc but all the links seem dead, anyone have a link for
WinVroc?
Anything i have missed ?
Thanks for any help,
Sid.
Malc

System crash, GPL gone :(

by Malc » Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:33:42


There is an 'all in one' patch here: http://trackdb.d2g.com/

but if you prefer to do it manually, you need to apply the following (in
order):

Papy 1.2 patch
CPU Patch (includes disco fix & noCD fix)
Then the 'more sounds' hack and any other hacks that modify the exe.

The OpenGL/D3D patches & graphics updates etc can be applied at any time
before or after the above.

Shame you lost your setups & graphics, but even with a fresh start
you'll soon be back up to speed ;-)

Malc.

Rich

System crash, GPL gone :(

by Rich » Mon, 22 Mar 2004 23:08:03

Hi Sid...
Sorry to hear of that.
I literally wiped out out my own machines data due to my negligence about 3
weeks ago.
Luckily however, I ran all my sim titles on a separate HD (D drive).
So although the registry settings were gone, I managed to keep most of my
point accumulations in tact.
Its really amazing how many games would still run even without the registry
settings! Most of the EA titles I had to reinstall, but all of Papy's worked
well. Chalk up another point for them!


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<MM>

System crash, GPL gone :(

by <MM> » Tue, 23 Mar 2004 02:24:21

http://www.vroc.net/

Cheers
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Eldre

System crash, GPL gone :(

by Eldre » Tue, 23 Mar 2004 03:48:54



>Had a system crash and had to reformat and reinstall everything. Worst of
>all i lost all my GPL setups, replays and links from 5 years :((  There is
>alot to be said for backing up i suppose.

Man...you must have missed my tale of woe from Labor Day last year.  120GB
drive died - no backup.  Same losses as you... :-(

Eldred
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Sid Chappl

System crash, GPL gone :(

by Sid Chappl » Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:36:43

Thanks for your help guys, you must of been pissed Eldred, i know i was.
Just another question or 2 :)
I have reformatted C drive with NTFS, never used it before, always used Fat
32. Should i reinstall GPL onto the D drive which is Fat 32 and still run it
ok or is it best to install it to the NTFS drive, C? Or should i just
reformat D drive as a NTFS file system as well?
Sid.


Sid Chappl

System crash, GPL gone :(

by Sid Chappl » Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:39:54

Yea saw that all in one patch Malc but it says it is for UK version. I'm in
Australia and have the US version. I think i prefer do it manually anyway.
Thanks.
Sid.
Darryl Johnso

System crash, GPL gone :(

by Darryl Johnso » Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:05:41

Sid Chapple wrote in

> Thanks for your help guys, you must of been pissed Eldred, i know
> i was. Just another question or 2 :)
> I have reformatted C drive with NTFS, never used it before, always
> used Fat 32. Should i reinstall GPL onto the D drive which is Fat
> 32 and still run it ok or is it best to install it to the NTFS
> drive, C? Or should i just reformat D drive as a NTFS file system
> as well? Sid.



>> Had a system crash and had to reformat and reinstall everything.
>> Worst of all i lost all my GPL setups, replays and links from 5
>> years :((  There is alot to be said for backing up i suppose.
>> Anyway, reinstalling GPL and
> need
>> to know which patches to put on from Papy. I know i need the 1.2
>> patch and the D3D patch, the OpenGL patch, there is better one of
>> this i think at
> race
>> sim central? Does the CPU patch include the Disco patch as well?
>> Have also done a google for Vroc but all the links seem dead,
>> anyone have a link for WinVroc?
>> Anything i have missed ?
>> Thanks for any help,
>> Sid.

GPL works fine on an NTFS drive, but you have to set the option to
"allow indexing" of the drive. You don't have to actually run
indexing, you just have to allow it.

I couldn't say whether or not there is any performance advantage one
way or the other.

HTH,
--
  Darryl

Eldre

System crash, GPL gone :(

by Eldre » Wed, 24 Mar 2004 03:12:54

Not all the time.  For some reason, some can run it without setting that
option.  There hasn't been any solid explanation for why some do, and others
don't.

Eldred
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Philip For

System crash, GPL gone :(

by Philip For » Sat, 03 Apr 2004 17:26:02

G'day Sid,

Sorry to here about the system crash :(

Tried to email but bounced, also tried to ring changed #?
Police still after you mate ;)
I've got the setups that you emailed me if you would like them.

Regards Phil (your long lost friend XXXX)



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