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GPL Slow-down

Phil Flac

GPL Slow-down

by Phil Flac » Fri, 26 May 2000 04:00:00

Anyone else experienced slow-downs with GPL ?  It was running fine, but
now everything seems to be going at about 20% slower than it should
do..  I'm still getting 36fps everywhere, and I can repeat it using both
joystick drivers, any resolution, car, track.  The joystick drivers have
been calibrating with weird values recently, so maybe that's the cause?

Trying to anticipate what the car is going to do is rather a black art-
although I expect with some practice I'll be going rather fast....

Anyone ?

Cheers,
Phil

TRUSRS

GPL Slow-down

by TRUSRS » Fri, 26 May 2000 04:00:00

Same here Phil
I think all these addons, cars, tracks, patches, etc..  have slowed the game
down
lol

Suppor

GPL Slow-down

by Suppor » Sat, 27 May 2000 04:00:00

I was thinking that the other day! It would be interesting to re-install to
another HD and check the difference.

J. P. Hovercraft


> >Anyone else experienced slow-downs with GPL ?  It was running fine, but
> >now everything seems to be going at about 20% slower than it should
> >do..  I'm still getting 36fps everywhere, and I can repeat it using both
> >joystick drivers, any resolution, car, track.  The joystick drivers have
> >been calibrating with weird values recently, so maybe that's the cause?

> >Trying to anticipate what the car is going to do is rather a black art-
> >although I expect with some practice I'll be going rather fast....

> >Anyone ?

> >Cheers,
> >Phil

> Same here Phil
> I think all these addons, cars, tracks, patches, etc..  have slowed the game
> down
> lol

Kevin Gavit

GPL Slow-down

by Kevin Gavit » Sat, 27 May 2000 04:00:00


> I was thinking that the other day! It would be interesting to re-install
to
> another HD and check the difference.

> J. P. Hovercraft


> > >Anyone else experienced slow-downs with GPL ?  It was running fine, but
> > >now everything seems to be going at about 20% slower than it should
> > >do..  I'm still getting 36fps everywhere, and I can repeat it using
both
> > >joystick drivers, any resolution, car, track.  The joystick drivers
have
> > >been calibrating with weird values recently, so maybe that's the cause?

> > >Trying to anticipate what the car is going to do is rather a black art-
> > >although I expect with some practice I'll be going rather fast....

> > >Anyone ?

> > >Cheers,
> > >Phil

> > Same here Phil
> > I think all these addons, cars, tracks, patches, etc..  have slowed the
game
> > down
> > lol

Hmmmmm, since addons, DX7, and updated video drivers I've noticed that the
game is far less stable. I NEVER used to get lockups, drop to Windows, or
drop to reboot. Now these phenomenon are fairly common.

I am ALSO getting odd frame rate hits. Not a slow down, sporadic, come to a
video halt, hits. For up to a second. It can be very disconcerting.

Now, the fact of the matter is that I *DO* have a seperate backup drive
sitting on the shelf with a box stock GPL install, DX 5, and original V2
drivers.

Guess I'll have to pull it out, do some drive swapping and comparison, and
get back to you.

Phil Flac

GPL Slow-down

by Phil Flac » Sat, 27 May 2000 04:00:00

Aaaaargghh  now time is running faster than normal !

Phil


> Anyone else experienced slow-downs with GPL ?  It was running fine, but
> now everything seems to be going at about 20% slower than it should
> do..  I'm still getting 36fps everywhere, and I can repeat it using both
> joystick drivers, any resolution, car, track.  The joystick drivers have
> been calibrating with weird values recently, so maybe that's the cause?

> Trying to anticipate what the car is going to do is rather a black art-
> although I expect with some practice I'll be going rather fast....

> Anyone ?

> Cheers,
> Phil

Dave Henri

GPL Slow-down

by Dave Henri » Sat, 27 May 2000 04:00:00

  Phil that sounds like a problem they had with the v1.1 patch.
Make sure you have gpl patched to v1.2
dave henrie

> Aaaaargghh  now time is running faster than normal !

> Phil


> > Anyone else experienced slow-downs with GPL ?  It was running fine, but
> > now everything seems to be going at about 20% slower than it should
> > do..  I'm still getting 36fps everywhere, and I can repeat it using both
> > joystick drivers, any resolution, car, track.  The joystick drivers have
> > been calibrating with weird values recently, so maybe that's the cause?

> > Trying to anticipate what the car is going to do is rather a black art-
> > although I expect with some practice I'll be going rather fast....

> > Anyone ?

> > Cheers,
> > Phil

Phil Flac

GPL Slow-down

by Phil Flac » Sun, 28 May 2000 04:00:00

Thanks, but I have v1.2.

Maybe it's because I keep editing bits of the game that I shouldn't be
editing :-D

Phil


>   Phil that sounds like a problem they had with the v1.1 patch.
> Make sure you have gpl patched to v1.2
> dave henrie


> > Aaaaargghh  now time is running faster than normal !

> > Phil


> > > Anyone else experienced slow-downs with GPL ?  It was running fine, but
> > > now everything seems to be going at about 20% slower than it should
> > > do..  I'm still getting 36fps everywhere, and I can repeat it using both
> > > joystick drivers, any resolution, car, track.  The joystick drivers have
> > > been calibrating with weird values recently, so maybe that's the cause?

> > > Trying to anticipate what the car is going to do is rather a black art-
> > > although I expect with some practice I'll be going rather fast....

> > > Anyone ?

> > > Cheers,
> > > Phil

J

GPL Slow-down

by J » Sat, 03 Jun 2000 04:00:00

Just rename the GPL-folder and reinstall a fresh GPL-version. To return you only
need to copy the renamed folder into the active one.

Jens


>I was thinking that the other day! It would be interesting to re-install to
>another HD and check the difference.

>J. P. Hovercraft

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