I have exactly the same problem with patching. I'm running under Windows
ME, and it was the Sierra Originals budget package.
Import and export works fine for me. Note that the game doesn't indicate
what is going on, or throws up a file selection box or anything like that -
- only reads from and writes to the paint.tga file in the Config\Paint
subdirectory.
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Per Thulin
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I don't know how Sierra repackaged the game for the budget version, but it's
quite likely they shipped a "pre-patched" version. If that was the case,
then obviously the patch program is not giving a very informative error
message (blame Sierra for this one--they wrote the patch installer ;)!
There also was a bug (ours, of course, and one that may not have been fixed
in the patch) where if you never actually "saved" a paint job in the
paintkit, you couldn't export (because saving would create a subdirectory in
the Config folder for custom paint jobs, and export would try to save there
even if it didn't exist).
Also, of course, our import/export was as you say relatively cryptic in its
operation.
Life goes on.
-Dave Pollatsek
MGI
> > I've bought Viper Racing (again,lost my old one). This time it was part
> > of a 4 CD ValueSoft bundle for 9.99.
> > It installs and plays ok, but it won't let me install the viper11.exe
> > update. It gets to 44% and stops with an error message relating to the
> > race.bin file. Any idea's ?
> > Also, it won't let me import or export files from the paint shop.
> I have exactly the same problem with patching. I'm running under Windows
> ME, and it was the Sierra Originals budget package.
> Import and export works fine for me. Note that the game doesn't indicate
> what is going on, or throws up a file selection box or anything like
that -
> - only reads from and writes to the paint.tga file in the Config\Paint
> subdirectory.
> --
> "Hamsters - more fun for less money"
> Per Thulin
> Spamblock in operation - remove the obvious to reply by mail.
> Life goes on.
> -Dave Pollatsek
> MGI
P.S. I rented Heat 2002 for the PS2 and thought it was pretty damned
good, and this is coming from someone who hates NASCAR!
--
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software for BeOS and PalmOS
http://www.stuffyougottahave.com/
Thanks for the info. Just FYI the version number does say 1.0 in game. I
think this IS the patched version though because of the race.bin error
message. That would be the only reason why the installer doesn't run to it's
completion.
The paint export problem is related to my Photoshop 6, I believe. I'll sort
that out later.
I also echo the thoughts of Galley_SimRacer when he asked about a Viper2
game. It would be very nice.
Cheers.
A popular topic at work is what type of vehicle-based game to choose if we
were to do another non-NASCAR title... a reworked sports car racing game
would definitely be pretty fun to work on, especially now that we have more
than just one track artist on our team! Especially if they gave us more
than just one car license this time (Historical note: we switched from
"Rivals Racing", a Need-for-Speed "killer" to "Viper Racing" at the last
minute when all the licensing was falling through, poor Troy had to throw
out all the other car models he made. Luckily we had zero advance press or
hype, so nobody had to know we didn't plan to do it that way. I'd give my
left <insert body part here> for access to the Sony/Polyphony licensing
team...)
Of course, I'm not sure if Sierra would want us to work for them again while
we're competing with their NASCAR franchise for the "other French-owned mega
corporation"... ;)
> > There also was a bug (ours, of course, and one that may not have been
> > fixed
> > in the patch) where if you never actually "saved" a paint job in the
> > paintkit, you couldn't export (because saving would create a
> > subdirectory in
> > the Config folder for custom paint jobs, and export would try to save
> > there
> > even if it didn't exist).
> > Also, of course, our import/export was as you say relatively cryptic
> > in its
> > operation.
> > Life goes on.
> > -Dave Pollatsek
> > MGI
> Nice to here from someone from MGI again. So when are we gonna see
> Viper 2 for the PS2? :-)
> P.S. I rented Heat 2002 for the PS2 and thought it was pretty damned
> good, and this is coming from someone who hates NASCAR!
> --
> Stuff You Gotta Have
> software for BeOS and PalmOS
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Yeah, mine says 1.0 also. I haven't really experienced any serious
problems, but the rear view mirror does look VERY small in 1024x768, which
is one of the probs supposedly fixed by 1.1 ...
--
"Hamsters - more fun for less money"
Per Thulin
Spamblock in operation - remove the obvious to reply by mail.
Bob
As Win2K is obviously a lot more stable these days, I keep intending to
recompile the launcher with that check disabled (I've still got the
source-code on my work machine, luckily). Probably we'd have to sneak it
out as a "beta" patch or something so we don't step on Sierra's toes--I
don't think anyone who was involved with Viper at Sierra is still working
there... if I get the time to do that, I'll post here.
(Oh, and for you guys having problems getting the patch program to work, all
you need to do is get the "race.bin" file from someone with the patch
installed and copy it over yourself.)
> > I don't know how Sierra repackaged the game for the budget version, but
it's
> > quite likely they shipped a "pre-patched" version. If that was the
case,
> > then obviously the patch program is not giving a very informative error
> > message (blame Sierra for this one--they wrote the patch installer ;)!
> > There also was a bug (ours, of course, and one that may not have been
fixed
> > in the patch) where if you never actually "saved" a paint job in the
> > paintkit, you couldn't export (because saving would create a
subdirectory in
> > the Config folder for custom paint jobs, and export would try to save
there
> > even if it didn't exist).
> > Also, of course, our import/export was as you say relatively cryptic in
its
> > operation.
> > Life goes on.
> > -Dave Pollatsek
> > MGI
> Hey Dave, do you suppose you could tell us a way to get Viper Racing to
> run under Win 2K? Or is it just not possible?
> Bob
Thanks for the reply Dave, any chance the launcher can be hacked to get
around this? Viper is still one of my favorites and I hate to lose it.
It's the only game I had on my machine when I switched from 98 to 2K
that wouldn't run (figures eh?)
Thanks again,
Bob
I had the same problem patching. Found a file called viperracing111.zip
at http://www.3stoutsracing.com/viperutil.htm
Listed as a MGI patch stating version 1.11 and it contained the race.bin
file.
Changed it and now at least the software says version 1.1
It was listed as a patch for Voodo cards and 1024 x 768 resolution.
ivar
> > > I don't know how Sierra repackaged the game for the budget version,
but
> it's
> > > quite likely they shipped a "pre-patched" version. If that was the
> case,
> > > then obviously the patch program is not giving a very informative
error
> > > message (blame Sierra for this one--they wrote the patch installer ;)!
> > > There also was a bug (ours, of course, and one that may not have been
> fixed
> > > in the patch) where if you never actually "saved" a paint job in the
> > > paintkit, you couldn't export (because saving would create a
> subdirectory in
> > > the Config folder for custom paint jobs, and export would try to save
> there
> > > even if it didn't exist).
> > > Also, of course, our import/export was as you say relatively cryptic
in
> its
> > > operation.
> > > Life goes on.
> > > -Dave Pollatsek
> > > MGI
> > Hey Dave, do you suppose you could tell us a way to get Viper Racing to
> > run under Win 2K? Or is it just not possible?
> > Bob
