rec.autos.simulators

GPL with G400 ?

nik

GPL with G400 ?

by nik » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Hi everybody,

how can I play GPL with a Matrox G400 ?
I've tried with a generic Glide wrapper but it seems not to work.

Thanx in advance.
Nik

Peder Sko

GPL with G400 ?

by Peder Sko » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Download an OpenGL patch from Matrox' site. It's under 3D *** \ Game
patches.

The performance is a bit low, but it does work with some tweaks.

Peder



Phil Flac

GPL with G400 ?

by Phil Flac » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Peder - what tweaks, exactly?  I've got a G400 with OpenGL patch, which
I'd like to get GPL running on.   So far, my only achievement has been
to get the menu screens with black backgrounds with only the text
visible.  Once I got to the track, but only 2fps...

Modem troubles seem to be related to PCI bus overloading, so can't use
my Voodoo2 when online :-(  The G400 might solve my problems, if only I
could solve it's problems!

Cheers,
Phil


> Download an OpenGL patch from Matrox' site. It's under 3D *** \ Game
> patches.

> The performance is a bit low, but it does work with some tweaks.

> Peder



> > Hi everybody,

> > how can I play GPL with a Matrox G400 ?
> > I've tried with a generic Glide wrapper but it seems not to work.

> > Thanx in advance.
> > Nik

Asbj?rn Bj?rnst

GPL with G400 ?

by Asbj?rn Bj?rnst » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00


> Peder - what tweaks, exactly?  I've got a G400 with OpenGL patch, which
> I'd like to get GPL running on.   So far, my only achievement has been
> to get the menu screens with black backgrounds with only the text
> visible.  Once I got to the track, but only 2fps...

You need to install the newest G400 drivers too.
--
  [asbjxrn]            [lLd25z*%ds1-100/sLlSdI%ds2-O/sSl1l2*PlL0<l]sl
                       21172310731916131628237117 3237142523312SSSLllxq
Phil Flac

GPL with G400 ?

by Phil Flac » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Thanks, but that was the first thing I tried :(  Aaaaaaaaarggghhh!!

Phil (anticipating a windoze reinstall...)



> > Peder - what tweaks, exactly?  I've got a G400 with OpenGL patch, which
> > I'd like to get GPL running on.   So far, my only achievement has been
> > to get the menu screens with black backgrounds with only the text
> > visible.  Once I got to the track, but only 2fps...

> You need to install the newest G400 drivers too.
> --
>   [asbjxrn]            [lLd25z*%ds1-100/sLlSdI%ds2-O/sSl1l2*PlL0<l]sl
>                        21172310731916131628237117 3237142523312SSSLllxq

Asbj?rn Bj?rnst

GPL with G400 ?

by Asbj?rn Bj?rnst » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00




> > > Peder - what tweaks, exactly?  I've got a G400 with OpenGL patch, which
> > > I'd like to get GPL running on.   So far, my only achievement has been
> > > to get the menu screens with black backgrounds with only the text
> > > visible.  Once I got to the track, but only 2fps...

> > You need to install the newest G400 drivers too.

> Thanks, but that was the first thing I tried :(  Aaaaaaaaarggghhh!!

Strange. You are sure you chose the latest, not the latest WHQL
or somesuch? The version I use is 5.52.015 (25.feb.2000)
--
  [asbjxrn]            [lLd25z*%ds1-100/sLlSdI%ds2-O/sSl1l2*PlL0<l]sl
                       21172310731916131628237117 3237142523312SSSLllxq
Phil Flac

GPL with G400 ?

by Phil Flac » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Yup.  I just tried again and GPL gets to the small view of the track,
but dumps back to windows before I can start driving :-(

Phil





> > > > Peder - what tweaks, exactly?  I've got a G400 with OpenGL patch, which
> > > > I'd like to get GPL running on.   So far, my only achievement has been
> > > > to get the menu screens with black backgrounds with only the text
> > > > visible.  Once I got to the track, but only 2fps...

> > > You need to install the newest G400 drivers too.

> > Thanks, but that was the first thing I tried :(  Aaaaaaaaarggghhh!!

> Strange. You are sure you chose the latest, not the latest WHQL
> or somesuch? The version I use is 5.52.015 (25.feb.2000)
> --
>   [asbjxrn]            [lLd25z*%ds1-100/sLlSdI%ds2-O/sSl1l2*PlL0<l]sl
>                        21172310731916131628237117 3237142523312SSSLllxq

Peder Sko

GPL with G400 ?

by Peder Sko » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

I have a G400 myself and with the 5.52.015 drivers and Matrox' OpenGL patch
it works. But as I said it takes some tweaking to get the performance
acceptable. In your core.ini you might need to set mirror refresh to
something higher than 1 (MirrorsEvery), and the filtering only works at 1 or
2 for me. You do have the required lines in core.ini, I suppose? Read the
read me for the OpenGL patch to get them. On a PII/350 64MB I manage 30-ish
fps in training, but I haven't played enough to race much. It drops a lot at
starts, but as the cars spread on the track it gets better.

BTW, Asbj?rn Bj?rnstad sound awfully Norwegian to me. Could I be wrong?

Peder

Phil Flac

GPL with G400 ?

by Phil Flac » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

Finally I got it to work (reinstalled all associated drivers & files).
Frame rate is okay for offline racing, but as soon as I try online (56k
usb modem), the frame rate drops to 4fps :-(

Man I'm getting annoyed with hardware 'issues' !

Cheers,
Phil


> I have a G400 myself and with the 5.52.015 drivers and Matrox' OpenGL patch
> it works. But as I said it takes some tweaking to get the performance
> acceptable. In your core.ini you might need to set mirror refresh to
> something higher than 1 (MirrorsEvery), and the filtering only works at 1 or
> 2 for me. You do have the required lines in core.ini, I suppose? Read the
> read me for the OpenGL patch to get them. On a PII/350 64MB I manage 30-ish
> fps in training, but I haven't played enough to race much. It drops a lot at
> starts, but as the cars spread on the track it gets better.

> BTW, Asbj?rn Bj?rnstad sound awfully Norwegian to me. Could I be wrong?

> Peder

Brett C. Camma

GPL with G400 ?

by Brett C. Camma » Thu, 23 Mar 2000 04:00:00

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:29:36 +0000, Phil Flack


>Finally I got it to work (reinstalled all associated drivers & files).
>Frame rate is okay for offline racing, but as soon as I try online (56k
>usb modem), the frame rate drops to 4fps :-(

>Man I'm getting annoyed with hardware 'issues' !

Man, tell me about it!!!  Got the Voodoo2 because my on-board video
adapter cannot be disabled.  Got a Creative Labs USB Modem Blaster
because the on-board WinModem was killing me on-line.  Now I'm hitting
the same FPS problem you mentioned due to PCI bus traffic loads.

Guess I'm going to have to throw down for a new motherboard at least
so I can get an AGP Voodoo3 and be able to tweak all the BIOS settings
for max performance out of my Celeron 400e.

Regards,
Brett C. Cammack
That's Racing! Motorsports
Pompano Beach, FL

Phil Flac

GPL with G400 ?

by Phil Flac » Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:00:00


> On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:29:36 +0000, Phil Flack

> >Finally I got it to work (reinstalled all associated drivers & files).
> >Frame rate is okay for offline racing, but as soon as I try online (56k
> >usb modem), the frame rate drops to 4fps :-(

> >Man I'm getting annoyed with hardware 'issues' !

> Man, tell me about it!!!  Got the Voodoo2 because my on-board video
> adapter cannot be disabled.  Got a Creative Labs USB Modem Blaster
> because the on-board WinModem was killing me on-line.  Now I'm hitting
> the same FPS problem you mentioned due to PCI bus traffic loads.

> Guess I'm going to have to throw down for a new motherboard at least
> so I can get an AGP Voodoo3 and be able to tweak all the BIOS settings
> for max performance out of my Celeron 400e.

> Regards,
> Brett C. Cammack
> That's Racing! Motorsports
> Pompano Beach, FL

Don't get too e***d - my G400 is AGP, and the same thing happens as
does with the Creative V2 :-(   Good thing I'm planning an upgrade to
Athlon in the near future...

Phil


rec.autos.simulators is a usenet newsgroup formed in December, 1993. As this group was always unmoderated there may be some spam or off topic articles included. Some links do point back to racesimcentral.net as we could not validate the original address. Please report any pages that you believe warrant deletion from this archive (include the link in your email). RaceSimCentral.net is in no way responsible and does not endorse any of the content herein.