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GPL freezes before i can play

ted

GPL freezes before i can play

by ted » Thu, 22 Oct 1998 04:00:00

when i load the game, it goes straight to the player info screen where it
freezes and will not let me go any further. I have to turn the computer off
at the wall to get out.

please help

system
p2 400
win 98 with dx6
128 meg ram
voodoo 2 8meg with dx6 voodoo2 drivers, glide 2.54 & 3.01
matrox g100 8 meg

Zonk

GPL freezes before i can play

by Zonk » Thu, 22 Oct 1998 04:00:00


>when i load the game, it goes straight to the player info screen where it
>freezes and will not let me go any further. I have to turn the computer off
>at the wall to get out.

>please help

>system
>p2 400
>win 98 with dx6
>128 meg ram
>voodoo 2 8meg with dx6 voodoo2 drivers, glide 2.54 & 3.01
>matrox g100 8 meg

ted,

some people have reported problems with new DX6 V2 drivers. I'd suggest giving
them a miss (for the moment)

Z>.

Bob Young Jr

GPL freezes before i can play

by Bob Young Jr » Thu, 22 Oct 1998 04:00:00

I had the same problem with it freezing with the new DX6 V2 Drivers with a
CL V2 12Mb.

I replaced the new drivers with an older version and now have no problems...

Bob Young Jr.

ta..

GPL freezes before i can play

by ta.. » Thu, 22 Oct 1998 04:00:00



The problem is the new Voodoo2 DX6 driver. Get older Voodoo2 drivers.
GPL works fine with them.

Btw, for me GPL works with the new DX6 drivers, if I delete the
glide3x.dll file from windows\system. Well, almost works: no freezes,
but mouse trails in the menus.

John

GPL freezes before i can play

by John » Thu, 22 Oct 1998 04:00:00

Interesting. The freezes seem to be in the player and team info screens but
you can get back to them without a problem once you've gone into the game.
Bizzarre! Nice tip about the Glide 3x.dll. I've found the drivers worth
around 10% so the mouse "trails" (I have them as well) are worth suffering.



>>when i load the game, it goes straight to the player info screen where it
>>freezes and will not let me go any further. I have to turn the computer
off
>>at the wall to get out.

>>please help

>>system
>>p2 400
>>win 98 with dx6
>>128 meg ram
>>voodoo 2 8meg with dx6 voodoo2 drivers, glide 2.54 & 3.01
>>matrox g100 8 meg

>The problem is the new Voodoo2 DX6 driver. Get older Voodoo2 drivers.
>GPL works fine with them.

>Btw, for me GPL works with the new DX6 drivers, if I delete the
>glide3x.dll file from windows\system. Well, almost works: no freezes,
>but mouse trails in the menus.

Bob Young Jr

GPL freezes before i can play

by Bob Young Jr » Thu, 22 Oct 1998 04:00:00

What is the file Glide3x.dll for anyway?  Is it safe to remove?

Bob Young Jr.

ta..

GPL freezes before i can play

by ta.. » Thu, 22 Oct 1998 04:00:00



It enables Glide 3 support. The DX6 driver includes Glide 3.01 and the
older driver (7/6/98) has Glide 3.0. Maybe we could try using the new
DX6 driver set, but replace glide3x.dll with the older version dated
7/6/98. Just a thought. Haven't tried it yet.

I don't understand, why this file affects GPL. AFAIK, GPL needs only
Glide 2.43 (glide2x.dll). Does GPL use Glide 3 features, if they are
available?


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