rec.autos.simulators

Hi,

My config is win98, Direct X 6.0, Diamond Voodoo2 (latest drivers),
SBLive (latest drivers), AGPi740 8megs, 64megsRAM, P-II-300, MS
Sidewinder Gamepad.

As for the game, I installed the largest 3dfx full install, updated with
the 1.09 official patch, and also updated the 3d sound.

When I play the game, it freezes in the middle of a race.

Help????

On Wed, 11 Nov 1998 23:46:51 +0800, Fuji Sartono

I have a very similar setup, except I use an OEM viper330agp with my
Voodoo2 and a CL PCI64 soundcard.  I experienced frequent lock-ups
with the patched version as well as with the demo of the newer
version.  When it froze, pressing the details button indicated an
error with one of the wav*.dll files.  Based on prior usenet
responses, I decided to edit snd_cpa.ini and change the line that
looks something like:

DEFAULT=WAVX2

to something like:

DEFAULT=WAVPW

(You only change x2 to pw in the existing line)

I found my sound was not nearly as good, but the game no longer
crashed.  

As a better sounding alternative, you can download the newer  demo and
copy WAVd3bvr.dll from the newer demo into the same directory as your
other snd_cpa.ini and

Change the line:

DEFAULT=WAVX2 -->WAVd3

That resulted in better sound, and also got rid of the lockups.

As always, there are NO guarantees.  But, it did work for me.

Brent