rec.autos.simulators

AMD 1.2
Abit KT7-R (no Raid)
256 mb
LeadTek GF2 Ultra - D3 7.58 driver
SB Live value
Win 2K

Installs fine but when starting the intro screen pops up for about a
1/2 second then back to the desktop. I know the secret to success is
in app.ini and/or core.ini file. A guy has the same issue a couple
posts back. Tried both full and partial install... Straight up and
patch 1.2 applied...Both the D3D and OGL (modifying the core.ini
and app.ini per the readme)...and nunthin'

One would think even choosing the software renderer during install
would at least load the game further then a 1/2 second of splash
screen!

There has to be something I'm overlooking...Any and all advice
appreciated.

GPLless in Baltimore

On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 23:02:45 GMT, "Simon Brown"

Check out the GeForce FAQ at http://www.geforcefaq.com/ and maybe you could
try the last official driver release from nVidia (6.50 for Win2K).  Also,
since the game won't work with the software renderer, that suggests it could
be something other than the GF2, like maybe the Live.  Creative's Win2K Live
drivers have a bad reputation.  Is it possible to disable the sound card and
try GPL without it?

On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 01:50:04 GMT, "Simon Brown"

Thanks for your insight. I'm going to keep pluggin' along till
something comes along. I'm convinced it can be done.

On Sat, 28 Apr 2001 03:37:58 GMT, "Doug Hook"

Are you using NTFS or FAT32 ? some people havereported problems getting GPL
to run with NTFS, though my celeron system is NTFS.

If all else fails, maybe you could use a dual boot system, 98 for games and
win2k for all the other stuff.

--
Ian P
<email invalid due to spam>

I assure you it can be done. I gather my ini files didn't help you.
What about reinstalling w2k? A desperate measure, to be sure, but one
that might work. NTFS isn't your problem, and neither is the video card.
I run 2k sp1 with nVidia GeForce2 GTS, dual 800 PIIIs, 768 MB rdram, and
ultra 160 scsi. Sound is Crystal SoundFusion. Don't even think of installing
Windows 98 on your box. I run Windows Me on a 1.4 P4, and it's slower than
the dual 800.

Have you tried removing the sound card?

--Jeff

How can you be so sure?  Straight after installing Win2K I try GPL in
software mode and it doesn't work.  Same thing exactly on my other machine.
NTFS and FAT32 both do the same, any number of drivers / patches / whatever
don't seem to make any difference whatsoever.

I am back running Win98 now, everything runs fine, especially GPL!!

I did get the same problem as you for a short while but it stopped of it's
own accord. Because I am constanly tweaking and fiddling about it could have
been any one of a number of things which fixed it.

However it only ever happened when the desktop was in 32bit, all I had to do
was swap to 16bit and run GPL again.

You could try switching off as many services as possible and end any
programs you have in the background which may help.

Here's my core.ini if that helps.

[ Int Profile Values ]
value0 = OpenGL:TossHighestMip:0         ; do not change
value1 = OpenGL:MipFiltering:0                ; do not change
value2 = OpenGL:MirrorsEvery:1              ; do not change
value3 = Direct3D7:D3DDevice:0
value4 = Direct3D7:TossHighestMip:0
value5 = Direct3D7:TrilinearFiltering:0
value6 = Direct3D7:DoubleMirrorResWidth:0
value7 = Direct3D7:DoubleMirrorResHeight:0
value8 = Direct3D7:DirectMirrorRendering:0
value9 = Direct3D7:DisableZBuffer:0

[ Direct3D7 ]
D3DDevice = 0
TossHighestMip = 0
TrilinearFiltering = 1
DoubleMirrorResWidth = 1
DoubleMirrorResHeight = 1
DirectMirrorRendering = 1
DisableZBuffer = 0

[ OpenGL ]
TossHighestMip = 0                       ;
MipFiltering = 4                        ;
MirrorsEvery = 1                        ;

[ Joy ]
allow_force_feedback = 1

force_feedback_latency = 0.0002  ; in seconds
force_feedback_damping = 150  ; magic number2
max_steering_torque = 230             ; in Newton-inches

[Rasterizer]
fullScreen = 1

Hopefully with some fiddling you should be up and running with some minor
fiddling around.

--
Some Call Me Tim

Yup... I have it running on P3-600, V3 3k PCI, Win2k... but having problems
with sound. I.e. sometimes GPL goes silent while driving and I have to
restart the game to get the sounds back. No probs under Win98.

I got GPL to run on Win2k after installing GPL first under Win98 on the same
machine, then applying the latest patches (1.2.0.1 + Glide2x patch). After
that I renamed the GPL directory (c:\sierra -> c:\sierra.bak) and installed
the game under Win2k to c:\sierra. Then I deleted the c:\sierra directory
and renamed c:\sierra.bak back to c:\sierra... a bit complicated, but now I
can run GPL from both systems using the same installation :)

- Igor -