TIA!
sz
1st, From what I've been told you'll first need to run install from the
original disk otherwise the controller systems won't be set up in the
registry and GPL won't see your controller.
2nd, If you copy all your files from a CD to your HD, they will have the
attributes set to read only so you will not be able to alter your setups,
your player.ini won't record your best lap times etc. I would add the GPL
folder to a self extracting zip before burning to a CD, then you can unzip
from the CD to your HD and that will keep the attributes as they were.
In fact, that's such a good idea, I'm going to do it now ! :)
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Everybody who is serious about GPL should do something like this. I zip my
entire GPL folder and save that Zip file on a separate partition. I then FTP
that Zip file to my work PC so if my hard drive dies I can recover GPL
easily.
(Almost nothing else on my PC is backed up...)
SLG
>Everybody who is serious about GPL should do something like this. I zip my
>entire GPL folder and save that Zip file on a separate partition. I then FTP
>that Zip file to my work PC so if my hard drive dies I can recover GPL
>easily.
>(Almost nothing else on my PC is backed up...)
> SLG
> >> 2nd, If you copy all your files from a CD to your HD, they will have
the
> >> attributes set to read only so you will not be able to alter your
setups,
> >> your player.ini won't record your best lap times etc. I would add the
GPL
> >> folder to a self extracting zip before burning to a CD, then you can
unzip
> >> from the CD to your HD and that will keep the attributes as they were.
> >> In fact, that's such a good idea, I'm going to do it now ! :)
> >Everybody who is serious about GPL should do something like this. I zip
my
> >entire GPL folder and save that Zip file on a separate partition. I then
FTP
> >that Zip file to my work PC so if my hard drive dies I can recover GPL
> >easily.
> >(Almost nothing else on my PC is backed up...)
> (All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new
> and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are
> due to too many English classes/teachers)
So I still need the 2 disks...no problem, I can't patch gpl.exe with the
nocdpatch anyway because the gpl.exe isn't original anymore. Obviously I've
done something that changed the gpl.exe, dunno what though.
So if I zip my entire gpl folder to a cdr, what should I do next to make gpl
work exactly the same? Install gpl from the original disk and replace
everything in the gpl folder by the zip on the cdr, right??
Even easier, you don't need to bother installing from the original. Just
unzip the CDR to a folder on your hard drive and create a shortcut to
GPL.EXE. GPL doesn't really need anything from the Registry.
GPL-related tools like ReplayAnalyzer may not be able to find GPL without
you telling them where it is, but that's no big deal.
I'm not sure if the add-in track installer will work, but it should as long
as you tell it where GPL lives.
I've done this with my work PC and it works fine. I don't run GPL here, I
just use it as a backup and sometimes to watch replays - my boss doesn't
think a wheel at work enhances productivity...
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Ian P
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> Even easier, you don't need to bother installing from the original. Just
> unzip the CDR to a folder on your hard drive and create a shortcut to
> GPL.EXE. GPL doesn't really need anything from the Registry.
> GPL-related tools like ReplayAnalyzer may not be able to find GPL without
> you telling them where it is, but that's no big deal.
> I'm not sure if the add-in track installer will work, but it should as
long
> as you tell it where GPL lives.
> I've done this with my work PC and it works fine. I don't run GPL here, I
> just use it as a backup and sometimes to watch replays - my boss doesn't
> think a wheel at work enhances productivity...
When you come to reinstall, install GPL from the original disk, then unzip
your CDR to the GPL folder, it will overwrite all the files in there.
You may want to try just unzipping the CDR to your HD and see if it works,
as I said, I've been told you need something in the registry to make the
steering work but I can't guarantee that.
If it doesn't work just move that folder to a temporary foler eg
C:/Temp/Sierra/GPL , install GPL normally then move C:/Temp/Sierra/GPL back
to C:/Sierra/GPL and let it replace the files already there.
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I've introduced my boss and a couple of co-workers to GPL, so I hope soon to
have a GPL LAN day here, and I can try my wheel here. GPL on my work PIII
733/GeForce should be nice compared to my home PII 333/Voodoo3!
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> Ian P
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> > > So if I zip my entire gpl folder to a cdr, what should I do next to
make
> > gpl
> > > work exactly the same? Install gpl from the original disk and replace
> > > everything in the gpl folder by the zip on the cdr, right??
> > Even easier, you don't need to bother installing from the original. Just
> > unzip the CDR to a folder on your hard drive and create a shortcut to
> > GPL.EXE. GPL doesn't really need anything from the Registry.
> > GPL-related tools like ReplayAnalyzer may not be able to find GPL
without
> > you telling them where it is, but that's no big deal.
> > I'm not sure if the add-in track installer will work, but it should as
> long
> > as you tell it where GPL lives.
> > I've done this with my work PC and it works fine. I don't run GPL here,
I
> > just use it as a backup and sometimes to watch replays - my boss doesn't
> > think a wheel at work enhances productivity...
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