I've also seen problems with the Gravis Xterminator / GPL combination.
I play GPL on my computer with an Xterminator. I run Windows 98 and although
I have twitchy steering, the game loads ok.
My brother can NOT get GPL to work with his Xterminator. He runs Windows 95
(which is the main difference between our 2 comps) and it crashes out back
to Windows as soon as the opening menu screen pops up with the following
message :-
GPL caused an invalid page fault in
module GPL.EXE at 0157:004bb49f.
Registers:
EAX=00a9f494 CS=0157 EIP=004bb49f EFLGS=00010246
EBX=0000ffff SS=015f ESP=00a9f47c EBP=00000002
ECX=00000000 DS=015f ESI=007bce1c FS=1a17
EDX=007bce1c ES=015f EDI=000000c4 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 17 b8 01 00 00 00 d3 e0 85 c2 0f 95 c0 84 c0
Stack dump:
000000
If he disconnects the Xterminator then GPL will load ok. If he connects a
standard joystick then GPL loads ok. This puts the problem firmly in the
area of the Xterminator gamepad and he's tried all sorts of things.
Directx5, 6, 6.1 beta, new soundcard drivers, new Gravis drivers, blah di
blah but GPL won't load at all.
So Kelvin, yes, I have seen this problem, but I don't have an answer. I too
would be interested in any suggestions as I don't think my brother can take
much more of me telling him just how good GPL is !
Cheers and happy new year everyone,
Andy.