rec.autos.simulators

by **Damian Magui** » Mon, 22 Dec 1997 04:00:00

I have just purchased F1 Racing Simulation and am unable to get it
working.

I have a Gateway 2000 Pentium 133 with 32MB RAM and an integrated 2MB
ATI Mach 3d graphics card.

Initially the game would go through the initial options screens i.e.
selecting drivers,tracks etc. and would begin to load the track
selected and then the screen would go blank and the cursor would be at
the hourglass shape and it just hangs then. I have tried the drivers
for ATI Mach, ATI RAge/Rage II and ATI Expression as suggested at the
Microsoft DirectX pages.

Using some of the above drivers I have got to a similar stage with the
exception that when the screen goes blank I get the following error
message:

D3D ERROR REPORT

DirectDraw does not have enough memory to perform the operation

In :DirectDraw->CreateSurface[&ddsd, &[_this->DeviceSurface],NULL]

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might get the game
working ?

Do I need to get a new graphics controller such as a 3dFX card ?

by **Barry Le** » Mon, 22 Dec 1997 04:00:00

>I have just purchased F1 Racing Simulation and am unable to get it
>working.
>I have a Gateway 2000 Pentium 133 with 32MB RAM and an integrated 2MB
>ATI Mach 3d graphics card.
>Initially the game would go through the initial options screens i.e.
>selecting drivers,tracks etc. and would begin to load the track
>selected and then the screen would go blank and the cursor would be at
>the hourglass shape and it just hangs then. I have tried the drivers
>for ATI Mach, ATI RAge/Rage II and ATI Expression as suggested at the
>Microsoft DirectX pages.
>Using some of the above drivers I have got to a similar stage with the
>exception that when the screen goes blank I get the following error
>message:
>D3D ERROR REPORT
>DirectDraw does not have enough memory to perform the operation
>In :DirectDraw->CreateSurface[&ddsd, &[_this->DeviceSurface],NULL]
>Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might get the game
>working ?
>Do I need to get a new graphics controller such as a 3dFX card ?

According to FAQ on Unofficial F1 Sim site, you need at least 4mb card
for use of D3D. I use a 3dfx.

Check out http://www.f1racingsim.com/faq.htm

Bazza

by **Brian Heilan** » Mon, 22 Dec 1997 04:00:00

>I have just purchased F1 Racing Simulation and am unable to get it
>working.

>I have a Gateway 2000 Pentium 133 with 32MB RAM and an integrated 2MB
>ATI Mach 3d graphics card.

>Initially the game would go through the initial options screens i.e.
>selecting drivers,tracks etc. and would begin to load the track
>selected and then the screen would go blank and the cursor would be at
>the hourglass shape and it just hangs then. I have tried the drivers
>for ATI Mach, ATI RAge/Rage II and ATI Expression as suggested at the
>Microsoft DirectX pages.

>Using some of the above drivers I have got to a similar stage with the
>exception that when the screen goes blank I get the following error
>message:

>D3D ERROR REPORT

>DirectDraw does not have enough memory to perform the operation

>In :DirectDraw->CreateSurface[&ddsd, &[_this->DeviceSurface],NULL]

>Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might get the game
>working ?

>Do I need to get a new graphics controller such as a 3dFX card ?

I tried the Demo on my 133, 64 meg ram, Intergraph intense 3d Rendition
Verite Card, and had the same message.
At the time I had my screen Resolution at 1024 x768, so I tried to conserve
memory by reducing my standard windows size to 640x 480 and I retried the
Demo. Under those settings, I was able to run the demo on a 2 meg video
card and d3d. I won't have the full version until Monday, so I can't say if
it will work on the full version.

by **Nathan Wo** » Mon, 22 Dec 1997 04:00:00

Try buying a 3dfx card or one with at least 4mb onboard. I'm sure I
read somewhere that it needs a 4mb card capable of D3D.

by **hmm** » Mon, 22 Dec 1997 04:00:00

They conveniently forgot to tell you on the box that you need 4 megs
on the graphics card. :(

Roy

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by **Coco** » Mon, 22 Dec 1997 04:00:00

It's mentioned you need 4 Meg video card and capable of displaying 640x480
65000 colors, in the
requirement for the game outside the box.

> >I have just purchased F1 Racing Simulation and am unable to get it
> >working.

> >I have a Gateway 2000 Pentium 133 with 32MB RAM and an integrated 2MB
> >ATI Mach 3d graphics card.

> They conveniently forgot to tell you on the box that you need 4 megs
> on the graphics card. :(

> Roy

> http://www.iol.ie/~roym <-- Formula 1 Links Heaven! :)
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/1333/
> PGP key - webpage & keyserver 0x16779F99
> ---------------------------------------------------------

by **hmm** » Wed, 24 Dec 1997 04:00:00

>It's mentioned you need 4 Meg video card and capable of displaying 640x480
>65000 colors, in the
>requirement for the game outside the box.

Per the box:

Minimum:
Pentium 120, Direct 3D compatible card - 16 MB RAM, SVGA (640x480
Pixel, 65000 Colours)

No mention of 4 megs. I'm unimpressed with Ubisofts attitude.

Roy

http://www.iol.ie/~roym <-- Formula 1 Links Heaven! :)
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/1333/
PGP key - webpage & keyserver 0x16779F99
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by **Coco** » Wed, 24 Dec 1997 04:00:00

On the french box, it is mentioned, maybe they forgot on the english box!!!

> >It's mentioned you need 4 Meg video card and capable of displaying 640x480
> >65000 colors, in the
> >requirement for the game outside the box.

> Per the box:

> Minimum:
> Pentium 120, Direct 3D compatible card - 16 MB RAM, SVGA (640x480
> Pixel, 65000 Colours)

> No mention of 4 megs. I'm unimpressed with Ubisofts attitude.