GPL: could not initialize the replay system

I'm getting this error message now on my system. I haven't had time to play GPL in a few months now, so I finally got some time and I decided to go for it again. It used to work flawlessly on this same system a couple of months ago. The only thing that has changed since then is that I added another 512MB of ram (it's upto 640MB now). Here's the configuration: Athlon/Tbird 1.0Ghz Asus A7V 640MB 40GB drive Geforce2 GTS Win98SE DirectX 8.0 GPL 1.2.0.1 w/DX drivers

"Yousuf Khan" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Naum7.128548$[email hidden]... Hi! > I'm getting this error message now on my system. I haven't had time toplay > GPL in a few months now, so I finally got some time and I decided to gofor > it again. It used to work flawlessly on this same system a couple ofmonths

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> ago. The only thing that has changed since then is that I added another > 512MB of ram (it's upto 640MB now). Here's the configuration: > Athlon/Tbird 1.0Ghz > Asus A7V > 640MB > 40GB drive > Geforce2 GTS > Win98SE > DirectX 8.0 > GPL 1.2.0.1 w/DX drivers

The amount of ram is the problem. First of all: Windows 98 itself has problems with ram amounts over 512 mb, so I suggest removing that extra 128 mb, because it's useless anyway. If you want to keep it, you have to adjust the vcache settings in the file "win.ini" as a workaround. See this article of MS's knowledge base for details: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q253/9/12.asp?LN=EN-US&SD=g n&FR=0&qry=ram%20&rnk=13&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=W98SE (maybe copy & paste of the url is necessary). You then also have to adjust the amount of ram that GPL uses for replays by adding the following line to the file "core.ini" which can be found in the main GPL folder: [ Replay ] ReplayMemoryOverride = 128000 HTH! Regards Crash

"Joachim Blum" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:9ne1p2$ooa$05$[email hidden]... > the vcache settings in the file "win.ini" as a workaround. I suck! It's the "system.ini", not the "win.ini". Sorry for the mistake. :( Regards Crash

You answered your own quesstion here: >ago. The only thing that has changed since then is that I added another >512MB of ram (it's upto 640MB now). Here's the configuration: GPL won't accept more than 512 MB RAM. Check several other related threads that are circulating this newsgroup for the moment. As far as i know there is only one solution, rip out some RAM. Lars G. On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 19:19:09 GMT, "Yousuf Khan" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I'm getting this error message now on my system. I haven't had time to play >GPL in a few months now, so I finally got some time and I decided to go for >it again. It used to work flawlessly on this same system a couple of months >ago. The only thing that has changed since then is that I added another >512MB of ram (it's upto 640MB now). Here's the configuration: > >Athlon/Tbird 1.0Ghz >Asus A7V >640MB >40GB drive >Geforce2 GTS >Win98SE >DirectX 8.0 >GPL 1.2.0.1 w/DX drivers > >

"Joachim Blum" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9ne1p2$ooa$05$[email hidden]... > The amount of ram is the problem. First of all: Windows 98 itself has > problems with ram amounts over 512 mb, so I suggest removing that extra128 > mb, because it's useless anyway. If you want to keep it, you have toadjust > the vcache settings in the file "win.ini" as a workaround. See thisarticle > of MS's knowledge base for details: >http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q253/9/12.asp?LN=EN-US&SD=g > n&FR=0&qry=ram%20&rnk=13&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=W98SE (maybe copy & > paste of the url is necessary). > You then also have to adjust the amount of ram that GPL uses for replaysby

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> adding the following line to the file "core.ini" which can be found in the > main GPL folder: > > [ Replay ] > ReplayMemoryOverride = 128000 > > HTH!

Thanks it did. I did already know about the Vcache thing, and I did adjust that accordingly in the system.ini as suggested by the MS support page, however that did not help. It was that last core.ini setting that did it. I wonder if I still need the vcache setting, because apart from GPL, I've not had any problems with any other applications complaining about too much memory. Yousuf Khan

"Yousuf Khan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:QDzm7.128805$[email hidden]... > > You then also have to adjust the amount of ram that GPL uses for replays > by > > adding the following line to the file "core.ini" which can be found inthe

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> > main GPL folder: > > > > [ Replay ] > > ReplayMemoryOverride = 128000 > > > > HTH! > > Thanks it did. I did already know about the Vcache thing, and I did adjust > that accordingly in the system.ini as suggested by the MS support page, > however that did not help. It was that last core.ini setting that did it.

I > wonder if I still need the vcache setting, because apart from GPL, I'venot > had any problems with any other applications complaining about too much > memory. As an addendum: I just removed the Vcache settings in the Windows' system.ini, and just left the ReplayMemoryOverride in the GPL core.ini, and it works fine. You don't need to use the Vcache settings if you don't need it. Yousuf Khan

Try putting this in your core.ini file. You may have to change the number for your system, but try this first. [ Replay ] replayMemoryOverride = 160000 Hope this helps. dr. On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 19:19:09 GMT, "Yousuf Khan" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I'm getting this error message now on my system. I haven't had time to play >GPL in a few months now, so I finally got some time and I decided to go for >it again. It used to work flawlessly on this same system a couple of months >ago. The only thing that has changed since then is that I added another >512MB of ram (it's upto 640MB now). Here's the configuration: > >Athlon/Tbird 1.0Ghz >Asus A7V >640MB >40GB drive >Geforce2 GTS >Win98SE >DirectX 8.0 >GPL 1.2.0.1 w/DX drivers > >