SCGT Help?

I recently started playing Sports Car GT, it came bundled with my new Logitech wheel. Despite being a couple years old it's a pretty fun game, but I'm having some problems with it. Whenever I try to run a race in the rain, the game crashes with an error message about a missing bitmap file. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? Thanks, Hal

does it happen at the same track? or at all of them? Have you patched the game up to v1.551? and what video card / display options are you using? dave henrie "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:JhI%6.15122$[email hidden]...

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> I recently started playing Sports Car GT, it came bundled with my new > Logitech wheel. Despite being a couple years old it's a pretty fun > game, but I'm having some problems with it. Whenever I try to run a > race in the rain, the game crashes with an error message about a missing > bitmap file. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? > > Thanks, > Hal > >

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>I recently started playing Sports Car GT, it came bundled with my new >Logitech wheel. Despite being a couple years old it's a pretty fun >game, but I'm having some problems with it. Whenever I try to run a >race in the rain, the game crashes with an error message about a missing >bitmap file. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? > >Thanks, >Hal >

Try a reinstall. I have had some problems loading a track because of missing files. Reinstalling the game might help. If it doesn't you should try to manually copy the files from the cd to your scgt directory.

It happens at any track I try, but it only happens when I try to run a race in the rain. Dry races or night races work fine. It happened both before and after patching to 1.551, and even after trying the "fixed" 1.551 patch from The Pits. It is missing a bitmap file called "cloud000.bmp" or something like that, which I believe is part of the skybox used for racing in the rain. I am using a 32 meg Radeon, with all display options in SCGT set to max. I tried turning mipmaps and alt. blending method on and off, it had no effect. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:EtI%6.279105$[email hidden]...

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> does it happen at the same track? or at all of them? > Have you patched the game up to v1.551? > and what video card / display options are you using? > dave henrie > "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:JhI%6.15122$[email hidden]... > > I recently started playing Sports Car GT, it came bundled with my

new > > Logitech wheel. Despite being a couple years old it's a pretty fun > > game, but I'm having some problems with it. Whenever I try to run a > > race in the rain, the game crashes with an error message about amissing

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> > bitmap file. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? > > > > Thanks, > > Hal > > > > > >

"Sjoerd de Roest" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3b3f63f0$0$14029$[email hidden]... > Haqsau wrote in message ... > >I recently started playing Sports Car GT, it came bundled with my new > >Logitech wheel. Despite being a couple years old it's a pretty fun > >game, but I'm having some problems with it. Whenever I try to run a > >race in the rain, the game crashes with an error message about amissing

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> >bitmap file. Does anyone know how to fix this problem? > > > >Thanks, > >Hal > > > > Try a reinstall. I have had some problems loading a track because of

missing > files. Reinstalling the game might help. If it doesn't you should tryto > manually copy the files from the cd to your scgt directory. > > I already reinstalled a couple of times, it didn't help. I looked for the file on the CD, it's not there. I think it is probably a file that is supposed to be packed into one of the .mas files anyway. I checked the size of the .mas files against the CD and they looked fine. I'm kind of wondering if the build for the CD is bad, and because it was a bundled OEM CD nobody really caught it.

I seem to remember that there is a bug when your desktop resolution is different to the in game resolution. Have you tried setting these to the same settings? Also, have you added any third party add-on's (cars, tracks), there may be a problem with one of those. I have found when editing my own cars that if I make a mistake in the car the game crashes and complains about one of the track textures, not the wrong one in the car! Haqsau <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:TUL%6.16206$[email hidden]...

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> It happens at any track I try, but it only happens when I try to run a > race in the rain. Dry races or night races work fine. It happened both > before and after patching to 1.551, and even after trying the "fixed" > 1.551 patch from The Pits. It is missing a bitmap file called > "cloud000.bmp" or something like that, which I believe is part of the > skybox used for racing in the rain. > > I am using a 32 meg Radeon, with all display options in SCGT set to max. > I tried turning mipmaps and alt. blending method on and off, it had no > effect. >

I am running SCGT at 1024x768, same as my desktop. However I am running my desktop at 32 bit color depth, and I would suppose, based on its age, that SCGT probably can only run at 16 bit color depth. I will try changing my desktop color depth to see if that fixes the problem, but I doubt that's it, since the game runs just fine as long as I don't specify wet weather. I have not installed any third party add-ons. I am using the supposedly "fixed" patch from The Pits, but I was having the problem before that also. I really think that one of the .mas files is messed up. I guess I will have to download a .mas file editor and go poking around in there to see what is missing. Specifically it looks like a sky bitmap that is only used during rainy weather is what is missing. Perhaps if I can figure out exactly which one is missing I can just get somebody else to e-mail it to me and add it back in myself. Thanks for your help, Hal "Andrew Wright" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3b403c95$[email hidden]... > I seem to remember that there is a bug when your desktop resolution is > different to the in game resolution. Have you tried setting these tothe > same settings? > > Also, have you added any third party add-on's (cars, tracks), theremay be a > problem with one of those. I have found when editing my own cars thatif I > make a mistake in the car the game crashes and complains about one ofthe > track textures, not the wrong one in the car! > > Haqsau <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:TUL%6.16206$[email hidden]... > > It happens at any track I try, but it only happens when I try to runa > > race in the rain. Dry races or night races work fine. It happenedboth > > before and after patching to 1.551, and even after trying the"fixed" > > 1.551 patch from The Pits. It is missing a bitmap file called > > "cloud000.bmp" or something like that, which I believe is part ofthe > > skybox used for racing in the rain. > > > > I am using a 32 meg Radeon, with all display options in SCGT set tomax. > > I tried turning mipmaps and alt. blending method on and off, it hadno > > effect. > > > > >

Nope, the color depth was not the problem. This time I tried racing in career mode, and it crashed at Chatham with the message that it was missing c:\games\sports car gt\chta\maps\flga00.bmp. I also just noticed that the message box has the title "cube error", which I think someone else in this newsgroup was complaining about. "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:WQ107.353$[email hidden]... > I am running SCGT at 1024x768, same as my desktop. However I amrunning > my desktop at 32 bit color depth, and I would suppose, based on itsage, > that SCGT probably can only run at 16 bit color depth. I will try > changing my desktop color depth to see if that fixes the problem, butI > doubt that's it, since the game runs just fine as long as I don't > specify wet weather. > > I have not installed any third party add-ons. I am using thesupposedly > "fixed" patch from The Pits, but I was having the problem before that > also. > > I really think that one of the .mas files is messed up. I guess Iwill > have to download a .mas file editor and go poking around in there tosee > what is missing. Specifically it looks like a sky bitmap that is only > used during rainy weather is what is missing. Perhaps if I can figure > out exactly which one is missing I can just get somebody else toe-mail

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> it to me and add it back in myself. > > Thanks for your help, > Hal > > "Andrew Wright" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3b403c95$[email hidden]... > > I seem to remember that there is a bug when your desktop resolution

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> > different to the in game resolution. Have you tried setting these to > the > > same settings? > > > > Also, have you added any third party add-on's (cars, tracks), there > may be a > > problem with one of those. I have found when editing my own cars

that > if I > > make a mistake in the car the game crashes and complains about oneof > the > > track textures, not the wrong one in the car! > > > > Haqsau <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:TUL%6.16206$[email hidden]... > > > It happens at any track I try, but it only happens when I try torun > a > > > race in the rain. Dry races or night races work fine. Ithappened

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> both > > > before and after patching to 1.551, and even after trying the > "fixed" > > > 1.551 patch from The Pits. It is missing a bitmap file called > > > "cloud000.bmp" or something like that, which I believe is part of > the > > > skybox used for racing in the rain. > > > > > > I am using a 32 meg Radeon, with all display options in SCGT set

to > max. > > > I tried turning mipmaps and alt. blending method on and off, ithad

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> no > > > effect. > > > > > > > > > >

I've experienced this same problem and it's driving me crazy. There is no problem with the mas files and there is no missing file. This is purely a bug, possibly with nvidia cards. If you switch to 800x600 the game will play fine but it doesn't look nearly as good. That's why I'd like to find a fix for this. BD On Tue, 03 Jul 2001 21:39:54 GMT, "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Nope, the color depth was not the problem. This time I tried racing in >career mode, and it crashed at Chatham with the message that it was >missing c:\games\sports car gt\chta\maps\flga00.bmp. I also just >noticed that the message box has the title "cube error", which I think >someone else in this newsgroup was complaining about. > > >"Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:WQ107.353$[email hidden]... >> I am running SCGT at 1024x768, same as my desktop. However I am >running >> my desktop at 32 bit color depth, and I would suppose, based on its >age, >> that SCGT probably can only run at 16 bit color depth. I will try >> changing my desktop color depth to see if that fixes the problem, but >I >> doubt that's it, since the game runs just fine as long as I don't >> specify wet weather. >> >> I have not installed any third party add-ons. I am using the >supposedly >> "fixed" patch from The Pits, but I was having the problem before that >> also. >> >> I really think that one of the .mas files is messed up. I guess I >will >> have to download a .mas file editor and go poking around in there to >see >> what is missing. Specifically it looks like a sky bitmap that is only >> used during rainy weather is what is missing. Perhaps if I can figure >> out exactly which one is missing I can just get somebody else to >e-mail >> it to me and add it back in myself. >> >> Thanks for your help, >> Hal >> >> "Andrew Wright" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:3b403c95$[email hidden]... >> > I seem to remember that there is a bug when your desktop resolution >is >> > different to the in game resolution. Have you tried setting these to >> the >> > same settings? >> > >> > Also, have you added any third party add-on's (cars, tracks), there >> may be a >> > problem with one of those. I have found when editing my own cars >that >> if I >> > make a mistake in the car the game crashes and complains about one >of >> the >> > track textures, not the wrong one in the car! >> > >> > Haqsau <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> > news:TUL%6.16206$[email hidden]... >> > > It happens at any track I try, but it only happens when I try to >run >> a >> > > race in the rain. Dry races or night races work fine. It >happened >> both >> > > before and after patching to 1.551, and even after trying the >> "fixed" >> > > 1.551 patch from The Pits. It is missing a bitmap file called >> > > "cloud000.bmp" or something like that, which I believe is part of >> the >> > > skybox used for racing in the rain. >> > > >> > > I am using a 32 meg Radeon, with all display options in SCGT set >to >> max. >> > > I tried turning mipmaps and alt. blending method on and off, it >had >> no >> > > effect. >> > > >> > >> > >> > >>

I have an ATI Radeon, so it is definitely not an nvidia bug. "Bob Davidson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I've experienced this same problem and it's driving me crazy. There is > no problem with the mas files and there is no missing file. This is > purely a bug, possibly with nvidia cards. If you switch to 800x600 the > game will play fine but it doesn't look nearly as good. That's why I'd > like to find a fix for this. > > > BD > > > > > On Tue, 03 Jul 2001 21:39:54 GMT, "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Nope, the color depth was not the problem. This time I tried racing

in > >career mode, and it crashed at Chatham with the message that it was > >missing c:\games\sports car gt\chta\maps\flga00.bmp. I also just > >noticed that the message box has the title "cube error", which Ithink

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> >someone else in this newsgroup was complaining about. > > > > > >"Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:WQ107.353$[email hidden]... > >> I am running SCGT at 1024x768, same as my desktop. However I am > >running > >> my desktop at 32 bit color depth, and I would suppose, based on its > >age, > >> that SCGT probably can only run at 16 bit color depth. I will try > >> changing my desktop color depth to see if that fixes the problem,

but

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> >I > >> doubt that's it, since the game runs just fine as long as I don't > >> specify wet weather. > >> > >> I have not installed any third party add-ons. I am using the > >supposedly > >> "fixed" patch from The Pits, but I was having the problem before

that > >> also. > >> > >> I really think that one of the .mas files is messed up. I guess I > >will > >> have to download a .mas file editor and go poking around in thereto > >see > >> what is missing. Specifically it looks like a sky bitmap that isonly > >> used during rainy weather is what is missing. Perhaps if I canfigure

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> >> out exactly which one is missing I can just get somebody else to > >e-mail > >> it to me and add it back in myself. > >> > >> Thanks for your help, > >> Hal > >> > >> "Andrew Wright" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >> news:3b403c95$[email hidden]... > >> > I seem to remember that there is a bug when your desktop

resolution > >is > >> > different to the in game resolution. Have you tried setting theseto > >> the > >> > same settings? > >> > > >> > Also, have you added any third party add-on's (cars, tracks),there > >> may be a > >> > problem with one of those. I have found when editing my own cars > >that > >> if I > >> > make a mistake in the car the game crashes and complains aboutone

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> >of > >> the > >> > track textures, not the wrong one in the car! > >> > > >> > Haqsau <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >> > news:TUL%6.16206$[email hidden]... > >> > > It happens at any track I try, but it only happens when I try

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> >run > >> a > >> > > race in the rain. Dry races or night races work fine. It > >happened > >> both > >> > > before and after patching to 1.551, and even after trying the > >> "fixed" > >> > > 1.551 patch from The Pits. It is missing a bitmap file called > >> > > "cloud000.bmp" or something like that, which I believe is part

of > >> the > >> > > skybox used for racing in the rain. > >> > > > >> > > I am using a 32 meg Radeon, with all display options in SCGTset

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> >to > >> max. > >> > > I tried turning mipmaps and alt. blending method on and off, it > >had > >> no > >> > > effect. > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >

Thanks for the tip. 800x600 works fine on my PC also. It does kind of suck to have to play at that resolution, but I guess it'll have to do until WSC comes out. "Bob Davidson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I've experienced this same problem and it's driving me crazy. There is > no problem with the mas files and there is no missing file. This is > purely a bug, possibly with nvidia cards. If you switch to 800x600 the > game will play fine but it doesn't look nearly as good. That's why I'd > like to find a fix for this. > > > BD > > > > > On Tue, 03 Jul 2001 21:39:54 GMT, "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Nope, the color depth was not the problem. This time I tried racing

in > >career mode, and it crashed at Chatham with the message that it was > >missing c:\games\sports car gt\chta\maps\flga00.bmp. I also just > >noticed that the message box has the title "cube error", which Ithink

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> >someone else in this newsgroup was complaining about. > > > > > >"Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:WQ107.353$[email hidden]... > >> I am running SCGT at 1024x768, same as my desktop. However I am > >running > >> my desktop at 32 bit color depth, and I would suppose, based on its > >age, > >> that SCGT probably can only run at 16 bit color depth. I will try > >> changing my desktop color depth to see if that fixes the problem,

but

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> >I > >> doubt that's it, since the game runs just fine as long as I don't > >> specify wet weather. > >> > >> I have not installed any third party add-ons. I am using the > >supposedly > >> "fixed" patch from The Pits, but I was having the problem before

that > >> also. > >> > >> I really think that one of the .mas files is messed up. I guess I > >will > >> have to download a .mas file editor and go poking around in thereto > >see > >> what is missing. Specifically it looks like a sky bitmap that isonly > >> used during rainy weather is what is missing. Perhaps if I canfigure

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> >> out exactly which one is missing I can just get somebody else to > >e-mail > >> it to me and add it back in myself. > >> > >> Thanks for your help, > >> Hal > >> > >> "Andrew Wright" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >> news:3b403c95$[email hidden]... > >> > I seem to remember that there is a bug when your desktop

resolution > >is > >> > different to the in game resolution. Have you tried setting theseto > >> the > >> > same settings? > >> > > >> > Also, have you added any third party add-on's (cars, tracks),there > >> may be a > >> > problem with one of those. I have found when editing my own cars > >that > >> if I > >> > make a mistake in the car the game crashes and complains aboutone

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> >of > >> the > >> > track textures, not the wrong one in the car! > >> > > >> > Haqsau <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >> > news:TUL%6.16206$[email hidden]... > >> > > It happens at any track I try, but it only happens when I try

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> >run > >> a > >> > > race in the rain. Dry races or night races work fine. It > >happened > >> both > >> > > before and after patching to 1.551, and even after trying the > >> "fixed" > >> > > 1.551 patch from The Pits. It is missing a bitmap file called > >> > > "cloud000.bmp" or something like that, which I believe is part

of > >> the > >> > > skybox used for racing in the rain. > >> > > > >> > > I am using a 32 meg Radeon, with all display options in SCGTset

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> >to > >> max. > >> > > I tried turning mipmaps and alt. blending method on and off, it > >had > >> no > >> > > effect. > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >

"Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >career mode, and it crashed at Chatham with the message that it was >> >missing c:\games\sports car gt\chta\maps\flga00.bmp. >Thanks for the tip. 800x600 works fine on my PC also. It does kind of >suck to have to play at that resolution, but I guess it'll have to do >until WSC comes out. Yep, 800x600 is the safest, though least satisfying solution. I have an ATI All-in-Wonder RADEON, so RADEON is a common thread for you and I. This issue occurs on about 6 tracks only (I think they were all done by the same guy.) Chatham, Sebring, Road Atlanta... I can look up the others if you need. Alternate solution (works for all tracks except Sebring). Get Ban Scene and extract all the track files. In /dat go into the xxxx4.scn the file for the track -- make a copy -- then edit out the anim code referring to the file you just got the cube error with (flga, etc). This doesn't work at Sebring (but does work with the Sebring99 add-on). I haven't been able to find anyone with a fix for the original Sebring. --Morton Correct email: telson @ ameritech.net

Morton, Thanks for the reply. I had already downloaded Ban Scene, just hadn't quite gotten around to trying it. Now I have a good reason. It's too bad I can't get Sebring to work, but it really isn't one of my favorite tracks. Too flat. Anyway I will definitely give this a try. This is my favorite game right now, but the low res graphics are really annoying. Thanks, Hal "Morton Chalom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >> >career mode, and it crashed at Chatham with the message that itwas > >> >missing c:\games\sports car gt\chta\maps\flga00.bmp. > > >Thanks for the tip. 800x600 works fine on my PC also. It does kindof

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> >suck to have to play at that resolution, but I guess it'll have to do > >until WSC comes out. > > Yep, 800x600 is the safest, though least satisfying solution. > > I have an ATI All-in-Wonder RADEON, so RADEON is a common thread for > you and I. This issue occurs on about 6 tracks only (I think they > were all done by the same guy.) Chatham, Sebring, Road Atlanta... I > can look up the others if you need. > > Alternate solution (works for all tracks except Sebring). > > Get Ban Scene and extract all the track files. In /dat go into the > xxxx4.scn the file for the track -- make a copy -- then edit out the > anim code referring to the file you just got the cube error with > (flga, etc). > > This doesn't work at Sebring (but does work with the Sebring99 > add-on). I haven't been able to find anyone with a fix for the > original Sebring. > > --Morton > > > Correct email: telson @ ameritech.net