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by **Iain Mackenzi** » Wed, 06 May 1998 04:00:00

I tested the patch for Ubi for the 'black sky' problem, and it fixed it for
me. Under what circumstances do you get the problem?
Are you sure it is patched correctly? Type 'ver' in the game to check the
version number.

>Hi Chaps,

>I just patched my F1RS to 1.09, but it still hasn't fixed the black sky
>problem.

>What exactly did it fix?
>--
> Cheers,

> Richard.

> m m Richard Beckett, GSM Systems Engineer
> mmm mmm Motorola Ltd, Mobile: +44 468 305871
> mm mm mm mm 16 Euroway, Blagrove, Tel : +44 1793 565136
> mm m mm Swindon, Wiltshire, Fax : +44 1793 432745

>"He's watching us from hospital with his injured knee"

> MURRAY WALKER

by **Iain Mackenzi** » Thu, 07 May 1998 04:00:00

Richard,
Are you sure you are running ver 1.09? Type VER in the game.
If so, do a clean install, patch to 1.09 and see if the problem is still
there. 1.09 got rid of the problem for me.

>Hi Iain,

>I was running 1.08. I started a season, and went through the sessions to
>the race. The weather was variable for the race. I saved the race, then
>re-loaded. The sky was black.

>I rebooted the computer, started the game, and re-loaded the saved game.
>The sky was still black.

>I patched to 1.09, and re-loaded the saved game - the sky was still
>black.

>I then started from the beginning, only now running 1.09 and I still got
>a black sky when I re-loaded a saved race.

>I'm running a K6, 200 with 32Mb RAM, a diamond stealth 64 video vram,
>and a diamond monster.

>This black sky bug is the most annoying for me, as it stops the weather
>from changing. I hope they fix it soon.

by **Coco** » Thu, 07 May 1998 04:00:00

Hi, the game is save in path x:\Ubisoft\F1RS\Saved\games, if you want to keep
your
config and setup for the keep files in sub name Configs and settings. For
ghost laps,
there are in sub name Scope.

Bye Coco

> > Richard,
> > Are you sure you are running ver 1.09? Type VER in the game.

> Absolutely...I did.

> > If so, do a clean install, patch to 1.09 and see if the problem is still
> > there. 1.09 got rid of the problem for me.

> OK I'll give that a try. I'd like to keep my saved games, though. Which
> files do I need to backup?

> Thanx.
> --
> Cheers,

> Richard.

> m m Richard Beckett, GSM Systems Engineer
> mmm mmm Motorola Ltd, Mobile: +44 468 305871
> mm mm mm mm 16 Euroway, Blagrove, Tel : +44 1793 565136
> mm m mm Swindon, Wiltshire, Fax : +44 1793 432745

> "He's watching us from hospital with his injured knee"

> MURRAY WALKER

by **David G Fishe** » Thu, 07 May 1998 04:00:00

I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for Ubi Soft to fix the black sky. This
bug was in POD which came out a year ago. F1RS was created using the POD
engine.

Dave Fisher
(DmndDave)

by **Barton Spencer Brow** » Thu, 07 May 1998 04:00:00

> I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for Ubi Soft to fix the black sky....>>

You know it! Ubisoft isn't NEARLY as responsive as Microsoft, who fix
THEIR bugs right away! Yo, David -- when's the next CPR
patch/fix/version? Those guys back from vacation yet?

BB

by **Iain Mackenzi** » Thu, 07 May 1998 04:00:00

Do you have the 'black sky' problem with 1.09? Under what circumstances?
1.09 fixed it for me, and I have never had (nor heard of anyone else having)
the problem in POD.

by **Byron Forbe** » Fri, 08 May 1998 04:00:00

Something I noticed when patching F1RS is to make sure that the voodoo.exe is not
marked as "read only" in its properties.

> > Richard,
> > Are you sure you are running ver 1.09? Type VER in the game.

> Absolutely...I did.

> > If so, do a clean install, patch to 1.09 and see if the problem is still
> > there. 1.09 got rid of the problem for me.

> OK I'll give that a try. I'd like to keep my saved games, though. Which
> files do I need to backup?

> Thanx.
> --
> Cheers,

> Richard.

> m m Richard Beckett, GSM Systems Engineer
> mmm mmm Motorola Ltd, Mobile: +44 468 305871
> mm mm mm mm 16 Euroway, Blagrove, Tel : +44 1793 565136
> mm m mm Swindon, Wiltshire, Fax : +44 1793 432745

> "He's watching us from hospital with his injured knee"

> MURRAY WALKER

by **David G Fishe** » Fri, 08 May 1998 04:00:00

I never had the black sky problem in either titles. It was a bug which was
discussed quite a bit at the UbiSoft/POD message boards. Also at the POD
user web sites. I talked to a number of POD racers who had the problem. My
comment about not holding your breath waiting for a fix wasn't meant as a
dig against Ubi Soft. I've been a fan of thenm since I first loaded up POD.
It's just that the black sky bug was a bit of a mystery a year ago and it
seems to still be one now.

Dave
(DmndDave)

>Do you have the 'black sky' problem with 1.09? Under what circumstances?
>1.09 fixed it for me, and I have never had (nor heard of anyone else
having)
>the problem in POD.

>>I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for Ubi Soft to fix the black sky.
This
>>bug was in POD which came out a year ago. F1RS was created using the POD
>>engine.

>>Dave Fisher
>>(DmndDave)

by **Iain Mackenzi** » Sat, 09 May 1998 04:00:00

The black sky problem has been addressed in 1.09, and is now fixed.

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