Charles
Dont blame GP2, i have w95 with dx6 and just tried GP2 and it works fine
here.
It must be something else.
Mike.
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Try installing DX 5 and see if it helps. Being a Warbird player I imagine
you may have a MS Sidewinder (me too), that install disk has DX 5 on it..
Hope it helps.
>Charles
> Try installing DX 5 and see if it helps. Being a Warbird player I imagine
> you may have a MS Sidewinder (me too), that install disk has DX 5 on it..
> Hope it helps.
> >I installed DX6 and now I can't run GP2. The computer just halts on a
> blank
> >screen and I have to reboot. Since DX6 can't be uninstalled, I'll have
to
> >do something drastic like reformat the hard drive unless someone has a
> >brilliant idea for me. Every other game works with DX6. Well that's
not
> >quite true; my Warbirds flightsim did the same thing as GP2 did but I've
> >since downloaded new D3D drivers for that. I don't suppose there are
any
> >new drivers for GP2 are there? That would be asking too much from
> >Microprose.
> >Charles
Roberto
>Charles
Dave Zavelson
> Try installing DX 5 and see if it helps. Being a Warbird player I imagine
> you may have a MS Sidewinder (me too), that install disk has DX 5 on it..
> Hope it helps.
> >I installed DX6 and now I can't run GP2. The computer just halts on a
> blank
> >screen and I have to reboot. Since DX6 can't be uninstalled, I'll have to
> >do something drastic like reformat the hard drive unless someone has a
> >brilliant idea for me. Every other game works with DX6. Well that's not
> >quite true; my Warbirds flightsim did the same thing as GP2 did but I've
> >since downloaded new D3D drivers for that. I don't suppose there are any
> >new drivers for GP2 are there? That would be asking too much from
> >Microprose.
> >Charles
Charles
I can second the DX6 problem. GP2 worked fine in DX5, but doesn't run
anymore
with DX6. It just freezes at a blank screen. I'm gonna try going back to
DX5
and see what happens.
Dave Zavelson
> Try installing DX 5 and see if it helps. Being a Warbird player I imagine
> you may have a MS Sidewinder (me too), that install disk has DX 5 on it..
> Hope it helps.
> >I installed DX6 and now I can't run GP2. The computer just halts on a
> blank
> >screen and I have to reboot. Since DX6 can't be uninstalled, I'll have
to
> >do something drastic like reformat the hard drive unless someone has a
> >brilliant idea for me. Every other game works with DX6. Well that's
not
> >quite true; my Warbirds flightsim did the same thing as GP2 did but I've
> >since downloaded new D3D drivers for that. I don't suppose there are any
> >new drivers for GP2 are there? That would be asking too much from
> >Microprose.
> >Charles
Finally some sense. Grand Prix 2 is a DOS game for the days when we had DOS
and/or Windows not just Windows. Anyone who tries to run GP2 in Windows 95/98
needs shooting because they're slowing the game down and also risking crashes
on those occasions that Win95 decides it needs to do something in the
background.
M
>Roberto
>>I installed DX6 and now I can't run GP2. The computer just halts on a
>blank
>>screen and I have to reboot. Since DX6 can't be uninstalled, I'll have to
>>do something drastic like reformat the hard drive unless someone has a
>>brilliant idea for me. Every other game works with DX6. Well that's not
>>quite true; my Warbirds flightsim did the same thing as GP2 did but I've
>>since downloaded new D3D drivers for that. I don't suppose there are any
>>new drivers for GP2 are there? That would be asking too much from
>>Microprose.
>>Charles
Are you joking with this or do you just not understand this
stuff? DirectX has no impact whatsoever for DOS games.
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>> I installed DX6 and now I can't run GP2. The computer just halts on a
>blank
>> screen and I have to reboot. Since DX6 can't be uninstalled, I'll have
>to
>> do something drastic like reformat the hard drive unless someone has a
>> brilliant idea for me. Every other game works with DX6. Well that's
>not
>> quite true; my Warbirds flightsim did the same thing as GP2 did but I've
>> since downloaded new D3D drivers for that. I don't suppose there are any
>> new drivers for GP2 are there? That would be asking too much from
>> Microprose.
>> Charles
In addition, you can always un-install Direct X through the
install/uninstall Software tool in the Control Panel.
David Lawson (Grey Knight)
> >Did you try to run GP2's setup utility after installing DX6?
> Are you joking with this or do you just not understand this
> stuff? DirectX has no impact whatsoever for DOS games.
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> >> I installed DX6 and now I can't run GP2. The computer just halts on a
> >> blank screen and I have to reboot. Since DX6 can't be uninstalled, I'll
> >> have to do something drastic like reformat the hard drive unless someone
> >> has a brilliant idea for me. Every other game works with DX6. Well
> >> that's not quite true; my Warbirds flightsim did the same thing as GP2
> >> did but I've since downloaded new D3D drivers for that. I don't suppose
> >> there are any new drivers for GP2 are there? That would be asking too
> >> much from Microprose.
> >> Charles
> >I installed DX6 and now I can't run GP2. The computer just halts on a blank
> >screen and I have to reboot. Since DX6 can't be uninstalled, I'll have to
> >do something drastic like reformat the hard drive unless someone has a
> >brilliant idea for me. Every other game works with DX6. Well that's not
> >quite true; my Warbirds flightsim did the same thing as GP2 did but I've
> >since downloaded new D3D drivers for that. I don't suppose there are any
> >new drivers for GP2 are there? That would be asking too much from
> >Microprose.
> >Charles
> I have DX6 running on my Windows 95 installation and everything works
> fine, no problems at all - no real benefits either, but that's the
> issue with GP2!
> In addition, you can always un-install Direct X through the
> install/uninstall Software tool in the Control Panel.
> David Lawson (Grey Knight)
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Do you have any real proof of this?
Thank you.
Signed,
[unknown NT system administrator responsible for ~200 PC's]
[Who learned everything by DOS *** :-) ]
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