> :If you haven't done it already, you need to copy the
> :provided FXMEMMAP.VXD and the GLIDE2X.DLL to your
> :C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.
> I did exactly the opposite: either copy the files FROM your system
> directory to your game directory, or simply delete or rename
> fxmemmap.vxd and glide2x.dll which are in the game directory, so
> that the game uses the files found in your system directory.
> Did your advice really work? I mean, as far as I know, when a game
> or application needs a .dll, .vxd or whatever, file, it looks for
> it in this order: 1) your current game directory
> 2) the system directory 3) your path.
> So, if it finds the needed files in your game directory, it won't
> even start looking for them in your system dir etc.
in the game dir, but it seems that in most cases with F1 racing they are
not. The game calls for a vxd of v1.2 and finds v1.1 in win/sys and wont
run. Why remove a later type file and replace it with an earlier
version? Seems backwards to me and to others by the sounds of it.
Mike.
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21:24 on 08/31/97
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