rec.autos.simulators

>> Here is the "official pressrelease" from 10Dogde and his SSM crew:
>> They can be found and held to justice at
>> http://forum.racesimcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=177  ;)

>   There are some problems with the mod so far.  Mainly the installer.  It
>is not copying the car sounds and, at least with my attempts, didn't update
>the driver file properly.  Also  the testing and grand prix racing work, but
>the Quick race will crash to desktop.
>  One the PLUS side, they have included with the mod both LeMans and LeMans
>Night and included an updated game.gdb file so you don't have to be manually
>editing to get the tracks to work.    Very nice work with some small
>hassles.  I beleive they will release a v1.1 in a week or two to try and
>address the installation bugs.
>dave henrie

> Error installing drivers: 453 Erl: 220. Descr: StartInstalling: Can't find
> DLL entry point CopyFileExA in kernel32. Src: F1ModInstaller

> What does the mod require, Win 98 w/DX8.1 or something like that?
> Can it be manually installed?

> >> Here is the "official pressrelease" from 10Dogde and his SSM crew:
> >> They can be found and held to justice at
> >> http://forum.racesimcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=177  ;)

> >   There are some problems with the mod so far.  Mainly the installer.
It
> >is not copying the car sounds and, at least with my attempts, didn't
update
> >the driver file properly.  Also  the testing and grand prix racing work,
but
> >the Quick race will crash to desktop.
> >  One the PLUS side, they have included with the mod both LeMans and
LeMans
> >Night and included an updated game.gdb file so you don't have to be
manually
> >editing to get the tracks to work.    Very nice work with some small
> >hassles.  I beleive they will release a v1.1 in a week or two to try and
> >address the installation bugs.
> >dave henrie

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>> Error installing drivers: 453 Erl: 220. Descr: StartInstalling: Can't find
>> DLL entry point CopyFileExA in kernel32. Src: F1ModInstaller

>> What does the mod require, Win 98 w/DX8.1 or something like that?
>> Can it be manually installed?

> >  I think they have tested it with Win 98 and XP so far.  They are having
> >several small problems.  You need visual basic 6.0 runtime files
installed
> >and, I beleive F1 2001 needs DX8.1 so yes you will need that, but not for
> >installing.
> >  dave henrie

> Actually, F1 2001, the ALMS mod, the FIA GT mod, and the JGTC mod run fine
> with Win95 and DirectX 8.0a... It's F1 2002 and Michael Schumacher's Kart
> which do require 8.1. However, I'll try the VB6.0 runtime, thanks.
> (Or maybe my computer is trying to tell me that it's already time to
upgrade?)

> >> OK, when I attempt to install it I get the following error message:

> >> Error installing drivers: 453 Erl: 220. Descr: StartInstalling: Can't
find
> >> DLL entry point CopyFileExA in kernel32. Src: F1ModInstaller

> >> What does the mod require, Win 98 w/DX8.1 or something like that?
> >> Can it be manually installed?

> --
> __________   ____---____       Marco Antonio  Checa  Funcke
> \_________D /-/---_----'      Santiago de Surco, Lima, Peru
>        _H__/_/                      http://machf.tripod.com
>       '-_____|(

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