Then, I installed the new Voodoo2 DX6 release candidate -drivers and
began to have lock-ups all the time. Especially the Options screen
locked always. Only the power switch worked in those situations.
I figured that this had to do with the new Voodoo2 drivers. I removed
the glide3x.dll file from \windows\system and haven't had any lock-ups
since... Is this only a coincidence? We'll see.
Tom
Still running with the Diamond 2.03 drivers, though.
Dan
> When I installed GPL, I didn't have any Glide 3 drivers installed. GPL
> was running fine for hours, no lock-ups.
> Then, I installed the new Voodoo2 DX6 release candidate -drivers and
> began to have lock-ups all the time. Especially the Options screen
> locked always. Only the power switch worked in those situations.
> I figured that this had to do with the new Voodoo2 drivers. I removed
> the glide3x.dll file from \windows\system and haven't had any lock-ups
> since... Is this only a coincidence? We'll see.
> Tom
>Still running with the Diamond 2.03 drivers, though.
By the way, I noticed that there are two kinds of lock-ups:
A) Obviously the ***e, when only the power switch works.
B) The "soft-lock" happens, if another Windows task starts in the
background. The game loses focus and everything seems to hang.
Actually, focus has only "kinda" moved to the desktop and you can
alt-tab back to GPL and continue racing. I say "kinda" because the
screen at the desktop is not refreshed (black screen, but the mouse
cursor is visible and it moves). Here you can alt-tab and select the
GPL task.
I noticed this "soft lock" while experimenting. My monitor has both
BNC and d-sub connectors. The Voodoo2 is connected to the d-sub and my
Millenium II to the BNC. I can whenever switch manually between the
two display cards and see, which one is handling for example my mouse
inputs.
Tom
>B) The "soft-lock" happens, if another Windows task starts in the
>background. The game loses focus and everything seems to hang.
>Actually, focus has only "kinda" moved to the desktop and you can
>alt-tab back to GPL and continue racing. I say "kinda" because the
>screen at the desktop is not refreshed (black screen, but the mouse
>cursor is visible and it moves). Here you can alt-tab and select the
>GPL task.
Sorry about the confusion. It's 2 AM here in Finland and I can't stop
playing GPL. I'm getting constantly 1.33 laps in Monza now :)
Tom
