rec.autos.simulators

I'm new here and I apologise if you have heard this question before:

Running GP2 on Win95, pentium 133, I am having trouble maintaining the
calibration of my Mad Catz wheel and pedals set. When starting up
by calling the program the standard way (CD is already in
drive at power-up), for a practice session, the choice on the
drivers console is always set to the bottom item in the
list.

The only workaround I can find is to start GP2 *without* the CD,
and when it complains, click *cancel*, insert the CD, and then
start the program from the Microprose window thatr appears.

Anybody else find this problem?

Regards,
Brendan.

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Get rid of the mad katz, its cheap plastic shit.

Seriously(!!!) Do not run gp2 from within win95, it can give you all
sorts of conflicts.

Run it directly from dos, you will not get any conflicts, and it will run
a tad quicker?

Does your mad katz run ok in other games?

Have you tried using the nocdrom.zip file,(available at many gp2 web
sites), so you don't need the cd in the drive to run the game?

d:~)

#:~>  **Peter**

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As I said, it CAN give conflicts, not it WILL give conflicts.
My statement is based on the numerous posts received both here, and at
many other gp2 related sites & conferences. Some people DO have problems
using gp2 and win95.

It may be because they do not have gp2 or win 95 set-up correctly, they
may be inexperienced users, they may have been given bad advice, there
are lots of reasons why they CAN have problems/conflicts.

Obviously you have a good set-up, and gp2 runs fine under win 95, I also
know of lots of people who run win95 and gp2 with no problems at all,
BUT, some people DO get problems.

Just because you do not perceive any difference, does not mean there is
no difference?

I certainly do not agree that win 95 makes better use of ram than dos?
The fact is, if you are running win 95, or any other platform, that will
be using some of your resources. If you run directly from dos, you have
more resources available to your programs, eg:- gp2.

There may not be a noticeable difference, but there WILL be a difference,
even if its a small one.

My assertion is a generalisation, and not meant to be true in all cases,
as I have said above, some people do use win95 and gp2, and other games,
etc, with no problems at all. My main point is this, if you run win 95
and get conflicts, try running from dos and you will not get conflicts.
How can you get conflicts with win 95, if you are not running win 95? see
what I'm getting at, you are removing a POTENTIAL problem.

Yes, it means editing autoexec.bat and config.sys files, and some people
may not be able to get to grips with this? It may mean having separate
start up files, fiddling around with drivers, making boot disks, etc.
But if it gives you what you want, eg:- games/programs running as they
should, without conflicts, sound problems, slow frame rates, etc, then it
is worth it, is it not?

d:~)

:~>  **Peter**

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If your running win 95 and gp2 at present without any problems then you
obviously have a good set-up, and you shouldn't encounter any problems,
unless you change hardware, or some software settings.

However, lots of people DO have problems running win 95 and GP2, and lots
of other dos based games also.

The problems can be caused by many things, hardware conflicts,
incompatible sound/game cards for instance.
You can also have trouble setting up win 95 to run dos based games, as it
sometimes means editing autoexec.bat and config.sys and start-up files,
which a lot of people do not know how to do, or would not be confident in
doing.

Basically if you run both programs ok, no worries, if you get problems,
you need to start tweaking!!!!

d:~)

 **Peter**