Hello
Installed it, everything OK
When I launch it it switches to 640*480 and tells me in a D3D popup "invalid
video mode" twice and crashes to the desktop.
I have a geforce2mx, GPL runs fine, desktop is in 1024*768 and I don't know
what could cause this problem, anybody has a clue ?
Thx
The system util from EA finds no joystick (I have 2), no video board, Dx7 (I
have8.1), windows 98 (I have XP) and so on.....
another great programming from EA after the controller in F1 2001 ?
Since it was made approximentaly 18 months before XP was released I'm not
sure blaming EA is on target. It works fine for the boxes they designed it
for...the win9x family. I know of a title or two from other companies that
deliberately crippled them so they wouldn't work with Win 2000. I believe
the reasoning was to save support costs.
Your operating system has outgrown your software. One more reason to
start up the thread again about how XP is NOT an upgrade.
dave henrie
"Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> The system util from EA finds no joystick (I have 2), no video board, Dx7(I
> have8.1), windows 98 (I have XP) and so on.....
>
> another great programming from EA after the controller in F1 2001 ?
>
>
well GPL was done EVEN before that and still works flawlessly under XP, so
if the programmers from PAPYRUS did it then why couldn't the guys from EA do
it also ?
On top of this detecting DX8.1 as DX 7 has not much to do with XP or 98....
But apparently the trick is to have it run under 98/me compatibility mode
Will try tonight and tell you guys about it
"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message de news:
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> Since it was made approximentaly 18 months before XP was released I'mnot
> sure blaming EA is on target. It works fine for the boxes they designedit
> for...the win9x family. I know of a title or two from other companiesthat
> deliberately crippled them so they wouldn't work with Win 2000. Ibelieve
Dx7
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> the reasoning was to save support costs. > Your operating system has outgrown your software. One more reason to > start up the thread again about how XP is NOT an upgrade. > dave henrie > "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3c21cd0f$0$198$[email hidden]... > > The system util from EA finds no joystick (I have 2), no video board,Quoted text (8 lines)
> (I > > have8.1), windows 98 (I have XP) and so on..... > > > > another great programming from EA after the controller in F1 2001 ? > > > > > >In article <OAmU7.13356$NM4.3195398@rwcrnsc53>, "Dave Henrie"
<[email hidden]> writes:
> Since it was made approximentaly 18 months before XP was released I'm not
>sure blaming EA is on target. It works fine for the boxes they designed it
>for...the win9x family. I know of a title or two from other companies that
>deliberately crippled them so they wouldn't work with Win 2000. I believe
>the reasoning was to save support costs.
I think RollerCoaster Tycoon was one of those. They came out and emphatically
said there is NO support for win2k...
Didn't matter much to me - I'm still on 98se...<g>
Eldred
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GPLRank - under construction...
Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
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It's perfect except for the freeze-frames that happen. Drives me nuts.
Never had this problem before XP.
-Larry
"Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> well GPL was done EVEN before that and still works flawlessly under XP, so
> if the programmers from PAPYRUS did it then why couldn't the guys from EAdo
> it also ?
>
> On top of this detecting DX8.1 as DX 7 has not much to do with XP or98....
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> > But apparently the trick is to have it run under 98/me compatibility mode > > Will try tonight and tell you guys about it > > > > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message de news: > OAmU7.13356$NM4.3195398@rwcrnsc53... > > Since it was made approximentaly 18 months before XP was released I'm > not > > sure blaming EA is on target. It works fine for the boxes they designed > it > > for...the win9x family. I know of a title or two from other companies > that > > deliberately crippled them so they wouldn't work with Win 2000. I > believe > > the reasoning was to save support costs. > > Your operating system has outgrown your software. One more reason to > > start up the thread again about how XP is NOT an upgrade. > > dave henrie > > "Txl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:3c21cd0f$0$198$[email hidden]... > > > The system util from EA finds no joystick (I have 2), no video board, > Dx7 > > (I > > > have8.1), windows 98 (I have XP) and so on..... > > > > > > another great programming from EA after the controller in F1 2001 ? > > > > > > > > > > > >
"Larry (The Other Larry)" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> It's perfect except for the freeze-frames that happen. Drives me nuts.
>
> Never had this problem before XP.
>I can't get past the EA logo :-(
ok, more news...
read on the forums you have tyo set it to W98/me compatibility mode...
read on the forum you have to set your desktop at 16 bits
got 2 no-cd patches from astalavista
doing both stuff from the forum and running the ASM no-cd patch makes the
game run the game won't even run with original file and the CD !!!
This being say i still have the freeze frames and the sound is clicking as
in GPL....
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