F1 2001...I'm Going To Kill Somebody (It won't run!!!!)

I wait and wait for this damn game and now that I have it the f---ing thing won't run. When I launch the program I get the "Safe Disk" splash screen (BTW, WTF is that) and then a black screen with the hourglass. That's it. Thanks to another thread I have set the config.ini to open the game in a window rather than fullscreen so I don't have to reboot to get out of the freeze. I have tried the 1240, 1241 and 2483 video drivers with no change. None of the versions of these drivers I have found seem to be DirectX 8 certified. Is that the problem? I have also set my desktop to 16 bit color as per an earlier thread. Also, I clean out my system tray and kill all the programs I can. When I run the 3D config, I don't see anything other than text. Is this normal? With the 1240 and 1241 I got object detail full and texture detail low. With the 2483 the latter went to high Here is my system: Athalon 1Ghz on Asus A7V 256 MB RAM Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 MX SoundBlaster Live Value Can anybody help me solve this very frustrating problem? Retail software should not be this hard. Thanks- Tom remove .spam to reply directly --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.286 / Virus Database: 152 - Release Date: 10/9/01

"Tom Dugan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I wait and wait for this damn game and now that I have it the f---ingthing > won't run. > > When I launch the program I get the "Safe Disk" splash screen (BTW, WTF is > that) and then a black screen with the hourglass. That's it. Thanks to > another thread I have set the config.ini to open the game in a windowrather > than fullscreen so I don't have to reboot to get out of the freeze. > > I have tried the 1240, 1241 and 2483 video drivers with no change. Noneof > the versions of these drivers I have found seem to be DirectX 8 certified. > Is that the problem? I have also set my desktop to 16 bit color as per an > earlier thread. Also, I clean out my system tray and kill all theprograms > I can. > > When I run the 3D config, I don't see anything other than text. Is this > normal? With the 1240 and 1241 I got object detail full and texturedetail

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> low. With the 2483 the latter went to high > > Here is my system: > > Athalon 1Ghz on Asus A7V > 256 MB RAM > Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 MX > SoundBlaster Live Value > > Can anybody help me solve this very frustrating problem? Retail software > should not be this hard.

Same prob here, just text in the config , sometimes see the splash screen on launch, just goes back to the desktop. KT133, Duron 700, ATI 128 32 meg Fury, 256meg ram, Hercules Muse most distressing. -- aero

On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 03:46:12 -0400, "Tom Dugan" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I wait and wait for this damn game and now that I have it the f---ing thing >won't run. > >When I launch the program I get the "Safe Disk" splash screen (BTW, WTF is >that) and then a black screen with the hourglass. That's it. Thanks to >another thread I have set the config.ini to open the game in a window rather >than fullscreen so I don't have to reboot to get out of the freeze. > >I have tried the 1240, 1241 and 2483 video drivers with no change. None of >the versions of these drivers I have found seem to be DirectX 8 certified. >Is that the problem? I have also set my desktop to 16 bit color as per an >earlier thread. Also, I clean out my system tray and kill all the programs >I can. > >When I run the 3D config, I don't see anything other than text. Is this >normal? With the 1240 and 1241 I got object detail full and texture detail >low. With the 2483 the latter went to high > >Here is my system: > >Athalon 1Ghz on Asus A7V >256 MB RAM >Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 MX >SoundBlaster Live Value > >Can anybody help me solve this very frustrating problem? Retail software >should not be this hard. > >Thanks- > >Tom

Maybe it is the copy protection not being compatible with your cdrom drive (that's what Safedisk is). Get the no-cd patch here and try running it again. http://www.f12001.racesim.net/

Try turning off DMA for your CDROM. For whatever reason using DMA mode on your CDROMs seems to really piss safedisk off. Goto: Control Panel>System>Device Manager>[Double Click Your CDROM] Choose the "Settings" Tab. Uncheck "DMA" See if that works. Cheers, Schumi "Tom Dugan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I wait and wait for this damn game and now that I have it the f---ingthing > won't run. > > When I launch the program I get the "Safe Disk" splash screen (BTW, WTF is > that) and then a black screen with the hourglass. That's it. Thanks to > another thread I have set the config.ini to open the game in a windowrather > than fullscreen so I don't have to reboot to get out of the freeze. > > I have tried the 1240, 1241 and 2483 video drivers with no change. Noneof > the versions of these drivers I have found seem to be DirectX 8 certified. > Is that the problem? I have also set my desktop to 16 bit color as per an > earlier thread. Also, I clean out my system tray and kill all theprograms > I can. > > When I run the 3D config, I don't see anything other than text. Is this > normal? With the 1240 and 1241 I got object detail full and texturedetail

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> low. With the 2483 the latter went to high > > Here is my system: > > Athalon 1Ghz on Asus A7V > 256 MB RAM > Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 MX > SoundBlaster Live Value > > Can anybody help me solve this very frustrating problem? Retail software > should not be this hard. > > Thanks- > > Tom > > remove .spam to reply directly > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.286 / Virus Database: 152 - Release Date: 10/9/01 > >

SafeDisc is the Copy Protection that is used on the CD. I guess it's good to advertise you have taken away someone's rights as provided for under the Fair Use Doctrine these days, but I digress... -Larry "Tom Dugan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I wait and wait for this damn game and now that I have it the f---ingthing > won't run. > > When I launch the program I get the "Safe Disk" splash screen (BTW, WTF is > that) and then a black screen with the hourglass. That's it. Thanks to > another thread I have set the config.ini to open the game in a windowrather > than fullscreen so I don't have to reboot to get out of the freeze. > > I have tried the 1240, 1241 and 2483 video drivers with no change. Noneof > the versions of these drivers I have found seem to be DirectX 8 certified. > Is that the problem? I have also set my desktop to 16 bit color as per an > earlier thread. Also, I clean out my system tray and kill all theprograms > I can. > > When I run the 3D config, I don't see anything other than text. Is this > normal? With the 1240 and 1241 I got object detail full and texturedetail

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> low. With the 2483 the latter went to high > > Here is my system: > > Athalon 1Ghz on Asus A7V > 256 MB RAM > Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 MX > SoundBlaster Live Value > > Can anybody help me solve this very frustrating problem? Retail software > should not be this hard. > > Thanks- > > Tom > > remove .spam to reply directly > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.286 / Virus Database: 152 - Release Date: 10/9/01 > >

Actually, I meant to bring that up too :) There is another way. I know it works, because I just did it (as I do with ALL of my Game CD's). NOTE - THIS METHOD IS ONLY PROVIDED FOR USE BY THOSE WHO HAVE A PAID-FOR, LEGAL COPY OF THE GAME AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE IT FOR THEIR OWN USE. I DO NOT CONDONE PIRACY AND THIS PROCEDURE IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF PIRACY. 1. Buy Game. 2. Install DaemonTools (2.80 is the latest version I think). 3. On the DaemonTools web site, download the DDump Utility and Install. 4. Using the DDump Utility (default settings, don't change any options!), creat an ISO of the CD. It will take a while due to the phony defective sectors. Store the .ISO and .CUE file in a folder of your choosing. 5. Put your original CD away safely in it's box. You won't need it any more. Record the S/N from the back of the CD carrier so you have it for installation. 6. Enable the SafeDisk emulation option using the DaemonTools System-Tray Icon. 7. Using the DaemonTools System-Tray Icon, load up the .CUE file as a Local CD-ROM. 8. Install and enjoy F2001! DaemonTools is an absolutely fantastic Virtual CD-ROM Drive driver that creates a 'virtual' CD-ROM that you can load any ISO Image into, and it mounts in My Computer, drive letter and all, just like it was a real CD-ROM drive with a real CD in it. DaemonTools also emulates most of the known copy protection systems, allowing them to run as a Virtual CD. DDump is a free utility for creating ISO's of CD's. It can deal with the phony bad sectors, etc.. that most Copy Protection nonsense uses. I have a 60GB drive on my server that contains ISO images of every game I play regularly. When I want to play a game, I just click on the DaemonTools Icon in the System-Tray, and select the ISO. The ISO mounts as a real CD, and the autorun stuff (if applicable) takes place and away you go! Yes, DaemonTools actually works across Networks! It will not retain the ISO Selection after a restart, but it does retain the _name_ and _Location_ of the ISO of the last CD used, so it's easy to re-select it. Using this method, I have been able to safely store away all of my original master CD's, where no dog, kid or whatever can damage them :) -Larry "Dave Ryerson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 03:46:12 -0400, "Tom Dugan" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >I wait and wait for this damn game and now that I have it the f---ingthing > >won't run. > > > >When I launch the program I get the "Safe Disk" splash screen (BTW, WTFis > >that) and then a black screen with the hourglass. That's it. Thanks to > >another thread I have set the config.ini to open the game in a windowrather > >than fullscreen so I don't have to reboot to get out of the freeze. > > > >I have tried the 1240, 1241 and 2483 video drivers with no change. Noneof > >the versions of these drivers I have found seem to be DirectX 8certified. > >Is that the problem? I have also set my desktop to 16 bit color as peran > >earlier thread. Also, I clean out my system tray and kill all theprograms > >I can. > > > >When I run the 3D config, I don't see anything other than text. Is this > >normal? With the 1240 and 1241 I got object detail full and texturedetail

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> >low. With the 2483 the latter went to high > > > >Here is my system: > > > >Athalon 1Ghz on Asus A7V > >256 MB RAM > >Elsa Gladiac Geforce 2 MX > >SoundBlaster Live Value > > > >Can anybody help me solve this very frustrating problem? Retail software > >should not be this hard. > > > >Thanks- > > > >Tom > > Maybe it is the copy protection not being compatible with your cdrom > drive (that's what Safedisk is). Get the no-cd patch here and try > running it again. > > http://www.f12001.racesim.net/

Interesting Larry. Can you post a link to where I can read up on this and download. Thanks. Anthony "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:0fWx7.9834$[email hidden]... > Actually, I meant to bring that up too :) > > There is another way. I know it works, because I just did it (as I dowith

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> ALL of my Game CD's). > > NOTE - THIS METHOD IS ONLY PROVIDED FOR USE BY THOSE WHO HAVE A PAID-FOR, > LEGAL COPY OF THE GAME AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO USE IT FOR THEIR OWN USE. I > DO NOT CONDONE PIRACY AND THIS PROCEDURE IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF PIRACY. > > 1. Buy Game. > 2. Install DaemonTools (2.80 is the latest version I think). > 3. On the DaemonTools web site, download the DDump Utility and Install. > 4. Using the DDump Utility (default settings, don't change any options!), > creat an ISO of the CD. It will take a while > due to the phony defective sectors. Store the .ISO and .CUE file in

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> folder of your choosing. > 5. Put your original CD away safely in it's box. You won't need it any > more. Record the S/N from the back of > the CD carrier so you have it for installation. > 6. Enable the SafeDisk emulation option using the DaemonTools System-Tray > Icon. > 7. Using the DaemonTools System-Tray Icon, load up the .CUE file as a

Local > CD-ROM. > 8. Install and enjoy F2001! > > DaemonTools is an absolutely fantastic Virtual CD-ROM Drive driver that > creates a 'virtual' CD-ROM that you can load any ISO Image into, and it > mounts in My Computer, drive letter and all, just like it was a realCD-ROM

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> drive with a real CD in it. > > DaemonTools also emulates most of the known copy protection systems, > allowing them to run as a Virtual CD. > > DDump is a free utility for creating ISO's of CD's. It can deal with the > phony bad sectors, etc.. that most Copy Protection nonsense uses. > > I have a 60GB drive on my server that contains ISO images of every game I > play regularly. When I want to play a game, I just click on the

DaemonTools > Icon in the System-Tray, and select the ISO. The ISO mounts as a real CD, > and the autorun stuff (if applicable) takes place and away you go! > > Yes, DaemonTools actually works across Networks! It will not retain theISO > Selection after a restart, but it does retain the _name_ and _Location_ of > the ISO of the last CD used, so it's easy to re-select it. > > Using this method, I have been able to safely store away all of myoriginal > master CD's, where no dog, kid or whatever can damage them :) > > -Larry >