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by **Stick Inse** » Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:47:03

How can I run this? I tried Win 95 compatability mode, but it does
not work (nor in XP native mode). I have an ATI Radeon 9700 video
card on my P4 2.66MHz.

I have seen the patches for D3D and Open GL, but D3D is supposedly for
NVidia cards only, and there is no info about the Open GL.

What is recommended?

Thanks

by **Dave Henri** » Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:52:59

the demo is pre-modern DirectX so I don't recall if it works at all with
the newer OSes. However the retail version is patchable to be fully D3d
compliant and runable.
dave henrie
.

by **Malc** » Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:04:26

> > How can I run this? I tried Win 95 compatability mode, but it does
> > not work (nor in XP native mode). I have an ATI Radeon 9700 video
> > card on my P4 2.66MHz.

> > I have seen the patches for D3D and Open GL, but D3D is supposedly for
> > NVidia cards only, and there is no info about the Open GL.

> > What is recommended?

> > Thanks

> the demo is pre-modern DirectX so I don't recall if it works at all with
> the newer OSes. However the retail version is patchable to be fully D3d
> compliant and runable.
> dave henrie

From what I've read Ati users seem to prefer the D3D patch to OpenGL, plus
the D3D patch came later, so tends to look prettier to most people's eyes.

I have no idea whether either patch will work with the demo, but give it a
go, it can't hurt ;-)

The full version is very cheap now anyway, and it's well worth getting.

Malc.

by **Four furry fiend** » Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:24:30

Try installing the CPU upgrade, rasterizer, patch 1.2, and the D3D
patches....I think that's how I got the demo to work with WinXP and my 9700
video card. Sorry, I don't remember the order I applied them in. Maybe
someone else here does.

Sean

by **Haqsa** » Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:55:54

Yup. I distinctly remember I had the demo running in D3D while I was looking
for a place to buy the game.

by **Roger Squire** » Thu, 12 Jun 2003 10:56:22

You will need the 'cpu patch' also on a fast machine.

rms

by **mcwho** » Fri, 13 Jun 2003 07:35:46

ok, any hints where to get these patches? I would like to try these older
games I keep reading about but they will not run on my xp machine, even with
an older duron 750 processor and an Nvidia g-force 2 card
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: You will need the 'cpu patch' also on a fast machine.
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by **Roger Squire** » Fri, 13 Jun 2003 07:37:37

www.papy.com
http://gplea.racesimcentral.com
http://magnust.d2g.com/

rms

by **Damian Doyl** » Sun, 15 Jun 2003 03:12:09

If you are using NTFS instead of Fat disk partitions, you will need to
enable ..er..fast writes.. I think it is.

See Alison Hine's web site for details.

http://eaglewoman.simracing.dk/gpl/index.htm

by **Biz** » Sun, 15 Jun 2003 04:33:39

Just for the record..the setting you usually need to check for under XP when using NTFS is "allow
indexing on this drive/folder"
--
Biz

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