rec.autos.simulators

> Try disabling all the 'features' in your D3D display settings then adding
> them back one at a time. GPL is a fairly old game in 3d graphics terms &
may
> correctly not support something you've set. Have you tried software mode?
If
> this works it would suggest the problem is with your display settings.
> Remember some add-ons don't work in software mode, though.

> IIRC trilinear filtering on my old V3 3k caused a similar problem,
although
> that would have been in 3dfx.

> hth, Malc.

>I have installed the 1.2 patch, the D3D patch and the fast-CPU patch, and
>updated the .ini files accordingly.

>Any ideas? I can't understand why GPL worked for so long, and now won't
>(since the last time, I've installed and run F1-2001 and the various mods
>for that sim.

>setup:
>P3 - 1ghz
>GeForce 2 with latest drivers from nVidia (but get the same result with
>older drivers)
>384 mb RAM
>Win2K
>MS Forcefeed back wheel (gameport)

>>I recently fired up GPL for the first time in a while and bumped into some
>>problems. The first was solved (thanks, Eldred), but now, whenever I get to
>>any screen, parts of the screen flicker on and off (text, mostly) and when I
>>get to a track, the graphics are a total mess. Also, clicking on Options
>>puts me right back to the desktop.

>>I have installed the 1.2 patch, the D3D patch and the fast-CPU patch, and
>>updated the .ini files accordingly.

>>Any ideas? I can't understand why GPL worked for so long, and now won't
>>(since the last time, I've installed and run F1-2001 and the various mods
>>for that sim.

>>setup:
>>P3 - 1ghz
>>GeForce 2 with latest drivers from nVidia (but get the same result with
>>older drivers)
>>384 mb RAM
>>Win2K
>>MS Forcefeed back wheel (gameport)

>Hmmm... Maybe you *don't* need the fast-CPU patch? I'm not sure, but I think
>it was for speeds from 1.2MHz and higher...

> >>I recently fired up GPL for the first time in a while and bumped into
some
> >>problems. The first was solved (thanks, Eldred), but now, whenever I get
to
> >>any screen, parts of the screen flicker on and off (text, mostly) and
when I
> >>get to a track, the graphics are a total mess. Also, clicking on Options
> >>puts me right back to the desktop.

> >>I have installed the 1.2 patch, the D3D patch and the fast-CPU patch,
and
> >>updated the .ini files accordingly.

> >>Any ideas? I can't understand why GPL worked for so long, and now won't
> >>(since the last time, I've installed and run F1-2001 and the various
mods
> >>for that sim.

> >>setup:
> >>P3 - 1ghz
> >>GeForce 2 with latest drivers from nVidia (but get the same result with
> >>older drivers)
> >>384 mb RAM
> >>Win2K
> >>MS Forcefeed back wheel (gameport)

> >Hmmm... Maybe you *don't* need the fast-CPU patch? I'm not sure, but I
think
> >it was for speeds from 1.2MHz and higher...

> oops... of course I meant "GHz" not "MHz" (even my Atari 800XL runs at
more than
> 1.2MHz!) I checked, and the patch is for CPUs running at speeds hisgher
than
> 1.4GHz, actually.

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