rec.autos.simulators

HELP GP2 crashing

Marie Chartran

HELP GP2 crashing

by Marie Chartran » Tue, 19 Nov 1996 04:00:00

I'm running GP2 on a 133mHz Intel Pentium (Award bios) with an ATI

Michael Koppenhoef

HELP GP2 crashing

by Michael Koppenhoef » Fri, 22 Nov 1996 04:00:00

: > I'm running GP2 on a 133mHz Intel Pentium (Award bios) with an ATI
: > mach64 video card and a Sound Blaster 8 bit (mono)sound card. The game
: > is started from a boot disk with no memory manager,no smartdrive or
: > anti-virus. It is a fantastic simulation and it is running fine (for a
: > while) then the program crash and return me to the dos prompt (locked).
: > It is always the same error and I have tried
: > everything(HIMEM,EMM386,Hard disk swap file or not,loading a mach64 VESA
: > support, etc.). The game is installed on harddrive D (is there any
: > relation ?). Sometimes it is always at the same place on a circuit.
: > Please excuse my poor english I am french speaking.
: > Thank you in advance for your attention.
: > Gilles Benoit,Laval,Qubec,Canada

Here are some possible solutions (these are quite simple, so don't expect
them to work, really - but it's worth a try if you havn't tried them yet)

* if you are using Windows 95 try to start in DOS mode

* try to re-install the game - I had a similar problem with some corrupt
file at Brazil which caused my system to lock up - worked fine after
re-installing

* try to install the game on another system - if it doesn't work there
either it may be a problem with your CD, if it does work, it could be a
problem with your system. It could then either be a configuratin or
compatibility problem (anyone else having experience w/ the ATI mach64,
guys?), or it could be a damaged card (this is more difficult to resolve and
quite unlikely if GP2 is the only software that locks)

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| Michael Koppenhoefer at           |
| University of Karlsruhe, Germany  |

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Strayho

HELP GP2 crashing

by Strayho » Fri, 22 Nov 1996 04:00:00


>. It could then either be a configuratin or
>compatibility problem (anyone else having experience w/ the ATI mach64,
>guys?),

I'll say. Talk about sluggish performance with the ATI. I just
upgraded from the mach64 to the mystique and gained about six - eight
fps in svga. The ATI is not a good card for GP2
Cheers,
Andrew
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>| Michael Koppenhoefer at           |
>| University of Karlsruhe, Germany  |

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