F1RC Mode Switching Problems?

I'm experiencing what I think are mode switching problems in F1RC. I've been booted to the desktop several times when at the track loading screen. Once this happens I've only been able to start the game again by deleting the "Save" folder that has the settings and config files in it or reinstalling the game. This has happened several times and I can't get a handle on what might be causing it, except like I've said, I suspect some sort of mode switching problem. I have an ME P3/800 system, GF 256, 256mb, loads of empty hd space. The sim has never crashed once a track loads. It always either freezes or dumps me back to the desktop at the track loading screen, or gives me an error message when I start the sim and won't load at all. Any ideas, or am I by myself on this one? Jerry Morelock

In article <wRLG6.37087$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > The sim has never crashed once a track loads. It always either freezes or > dumps me back to the desktop at the track loading screen, or gives me an > error message when I start the sim and won't load at all. Any ideas, or am > I by myself on this one? Search for a prog called killhelp, run it before starting the game. I have the same problem after running F1RC a 2nd time since a reboot. Running killhelp solves the problem. Cheers, Rod.

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> > Search for a prog called killhelp, run it before starting the game. > I have the same problem after running F1RC a 2nd time since a reboot. > Running killhelp solves the problem. > > Cheers, > Rod.

THX, I'll try it. Yep, the prob must be similar because I can't start close and restart F1RC without rebooting at all, even after going the CTL-ALT-DEL route to shut everything unnecessary down. Jerry Morelock

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> > Search for a prog called killhelp, run it before starting the game. > I have the same problem after running F1RC a 2nd time since a reboot. > Running killhelp solves the problem. > > Cheers, > Rod.

Well, I couldn't find killhelp, but it doesn't matter unless it does something that enditall or just killing unnecessary stuff the old-fashioned CTL-ALT-DEL way doesn't. Nothing I do or don't do lets me run F1RC twice in a session without rebooting. Not only that, but simply running F1RC at all creates a condition on my machine that causes problems unless I reboot immediately after leaving it--can't have that. I've uninstalled it and will leave it uninstalled pending a patch that solves the problem, or unless someone comes up with a solution. Can't return it since I'm in the US and ordered it. Oh, well. Thanks for the help, anyway. Jerry Morelock

In article <lC0H6.39704$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

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> Well, I couldn't find killhelp, but it doesn't matter unless it does > something that enditall or just killing unnecessary stuff the old-fashioned > CTL-ALT-DEL way doesn't. Nothing I do or don't do lets me run F1RC twice in > a session without rebooting. Not only that, but simply running F1RC at all > creates a condition on my machine that causes problems unless I reboot > immediately after leaving it--can't have that. > > I've uninstalled it and will leave it uninstalled pending a patch that > solves the problem, or unless someone comes up with a solution. Can't > return it since I'm in the US and ordered it. Oh, well.

If that's your real address above, I've sent you a copy. Killhelp I believe kills ddhelp.exe which seems to remain resident after exiting F1RC. It's completely different to endall or killing things in ctrl-alt-del. ddhelp.exe process won't be altered by either means. I don't think it's DirectX specific, but it works with DX8. I use it before I run any d3d game out of habit now, it's amazing seeing how often this process is still running after exiting a game cleanly. Solved my F1RC re-entering problem as well as excessive stuttering in other games after loading a few and exiting. Obviously doesn't beat a reboot but has saved me from making a few reboots. Cheers, Rod.

"Rod Prince" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:MPG.15565b578c53877d98986d@news-server... > In article <wRLG6.37087$[email hidden]>,THX for the file, Rod. Jerry Morelock

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> > If that's your real address above, I've sent you a copy. > > Killhelp I believe kills ddhelp.exe which seems to remain resident > after exiting F1RC. It's completely different to endall or killing > things in ctrl-alt-del. ddhelp.exe process won't be altered by > either means. I don't think it's DirectX specific, but it works > with DX8. > > I use it before I run any d3d game out of habit now, it's amazing > seeing how often this process is still running after exiting a game > cleanly. Solved my F1RC re-entering problem as well as excessive > stuttering in other games after loading a few and exiting. Obviously > doesn't beat a reboot but has saved me from making a few reboots. > > Cheers, > Rod.

Real address, and I've already tried the prog. Again THX. Using it eliminates the loading error I would sometimes get when starting F1RC a second time, and evidently stops the system freeze I would sometimes get at the track loading screen. Unfortunately, tracks still will not load if I'm rerunning F1RC. Oh, and after using killhelp I *can* restart F1RC again if I delete the Save folder--couldn't even always do that before. I've tried just eliminating the vid config but it seems that unless I wipe the entire folder, it's nogo. Very curious happenings going on that I don't think I've seen before, and I've seen a lot. Again, thanks for the help. Maybe I can use F1RC for hotlapping and individual races, but under the circumstances doing much else would be a real pain in the posterior and not worth the effort. Jerry Morelock

In article <S02H6.39742$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > the track loading screen. Unfortunately, tracks still will not load if I'm > rerunning F1RC. Oh, and after using killhelp I *can* restart F1RC again if > I delete the Save folder--couldn't even always do that before. I've tried > just eliminating the vid config but it seems that unless I wipe the entire > folder, it's nogo. Very curious happenings going on that I don't think I've > seen before, and I've seen a lot. I don't think you're the only one experiencing this. All we can hope for is that it's addressed in a patch and it is reproducable at Ubi. Killhelp solved exactly the problem you're experiencing for me when, on the odd occassion, I wouldn't be dumped back on the desktop from rerunning F1RC and attempting to load a track. Cheers, Rod.