Re: GPL on German coverdisk

Pat <[email hidden]> wrote: >I snagged a copy of PC action here in Germany fully expecting to get >stuck into what GPL promises...it's the full version and also comes >along with the directx update and some bits and bobs...supposedly Aha. Cool. >OK it's all in German but I know my stuff well enough to know that this >is bad for the average joe. I can only run it in s/w mode and there are >no patches apart from an opengl effort. I think this has been fungled There is a D3D patch...If you've a nVidia card you should be ok. >Glad I didn't cancel my order with Amazon uk for the budget priced >original at 8.99. I fear you'll get even less then what you've got now. Well, at least it's the English version. Don't worry, you'll lose your social life... Remco

I snagged a copy of PC action here in Germany fully expecting to get stuck into what GPL promises...it's the full version and also comes along with the directx update and some bits and bobs...supposedly OK it's all in German but I know my stuff well enough to know that this is bad for the average joe. I can only run it in s/w mode and there are no patches apart from an opengl effort. I think this has been fungled. Glad I didn't cancel my order with Amazon uk for the budget priced original at 8.99. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/

P.S. The Nascar 4 demo is shite. In article <95c76n$17$[email hidden]>, Pat <[email hidden]> wrote: > I snagged a copy of PC action here in Germany fully expecting to get > stuck into what GPL promises...it's the full version and also comes > along with the directx update and some bits and bobs...supposedly > > OK it's all in German but I know my stuff well enough to know thatthis > is bad for the average joe. I can only run it in s/w mode and thereare

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> no patches apart from an opengl effort. I think this has been fungled. > > Glad I didn't cancel my order with Amazon uk for the budget priced > original at 8.99. > > Sent via Deja.com > http://www.deja.com/ >

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P.S. The Nascar 4 demo is shite. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/

I've finally got the thing working, had to download the d3d patch and fiddle about a bit, I'm sure it should look better than it does though... easy on the gas peddle, eugene, seems to be the way... In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Remco Moedt) wrote:

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> Pat <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I snagged a copy of PC action here in Germany fully expecting to get > >stuck into what GPL promises...it's the full version and also comes > >along with the directx update and some bits and bobs...supposedly > > Aha. Cool. > > >OK it's all in German but I know my stuff well enough to know that

this > >is bad for the average joe. I can only run it in s/w mode and thereare

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> >no patches apart from an opengl effort. I think this has been fungled > > There is a D3D patch...If you've a nVidia card you should be ok. > > >Glad I didn't cancel my order with Amazon uk for the budget priced > >original at 8.99. > > I fear you'll get even less then what you've got now. Well, at least > it's the English version. Don't worry, you'll lose your social life... > > Remco > >

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Sounds like the german mag version is the full version, the retail version doesn't have d3d support out of the box either. On the graphics, what video card have you got? "Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:95ccuc$5sf$[email hidden]... > I've finally got the thing working, had to download the d3d patch and > fiddle about a bit, I'm sure it should look better than it does > though... > > easy on the gas peddle, eugene, seems to be the way...

"Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:95c7u2$u6$[email hidden]... > P.S. The Nascar 4 demo is shite. I hope you've e-mailed Papy and told them about this, afterall they were going to release the game in a few weeks. They'll no doubt be extremely glad you've pointed out this flaw.

I got it working, but like the Nascar 4 demo it doesn't handle my sidewinder 2 ff joystick. Like I say, not for the average joe, shame on the mag for just chucking it out there without so much as a friggin readme. I've been havin a blast in the ferrari though! Ok the graphics are not state of the art and I get the odd sound stutter, who cares? Any novice racers fancy starting up a friendly? In article <ifke6.924$[email hidden]>, "Simon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Sounds like the german mag version is the full version, the retailversion

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> doesn't have d3d support out of the box either. > > On the graphics, what video card have you got? > > "Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:95ccuc$5sf$[email hidden]... > > I've finally got the thing working, had to download the d3d patch

and > > fiddle about a bit, I'm sure it should look better than it does > > though... > > > > easy on the gas peddle, eugene, seems to be the way... > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/

On Thu, 01 Feb 2001 21:57:13 GMT, Pat <[email hidden]> wrote: >Like I say, not for the average joe, shame on the mag for just chucking >it out there without so much as a friggin readme. Maybe your German is just not *that* good? There are additional patches on the second CD, including 1.2.01 and the D3D patch. Jan

> Maybe your German is just not *that* good? Directly proportional to the amount of alcohol I've consumed ;-) The game is looking peachy now but stutters every ten or so seconds, annoying, but playable. I was unfair to the mag, your right, everything is there. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/

Are you playing it with your MS FF2 joystick? The reason I ask is that MS FF controllers have a poor track record with GPL. Generating the FF effects with MS devices uses up a lot of CPU time, and the CPU is pretty taxed in GPL to start with. Try turning off FF and see if the stuttering disappears. I got a very similar stuttering when I had a usb MS FF wheel, which I consequently took back for a refund. I'd strongly advise you to get a wheel for GPL anyway (although for the above reasons, don't get a MS FF wheel), it makes controlling the cars a good bit easier. "Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:95e6kn$n08$[email hidden]...

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> > Directly proportional to the amount of alcohol I've consumed ;-) > > The game is looking peachy now but stutters every ten or so seconds, > annoying, but playable. > > I was unfair to the mag, your right, everything is there.

Sorry, that was impolite. "Simon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Nike6.930$[email hidden]...

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> "Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:95c7u2$u6$[email hidden]... > > P.S. The Nascar 4 demo is shite. > > I hope you've e-mailed Papy and told them about this, afterall they were > going to release the game in a few weeks. They'll no doubt be extremely > glad you've pointed out this flaw. > >

I upgraded to a GeForce2 from 3Dfx2 and it worked great in GPL except for occassional stutter - however stutter forced me to drop resolution by far too much. Took me months to find out the "video aperture" or something in the BIOS needs to be moved from default (16 to 64 Mb??). Now max resolution without stutters - problem's solved. Tony "Pat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:95e6kn$n08$[email hidden]...

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> > > > Maybe your German is just not *that* good? > > Directly proportional to the amount of alcohol I've consumed ;-) > > The game is looking peachy now but stutters every ten or so seconds, > annoying, but playable. > > I was unfair to the mag, your right, everything is there. > > > > > Sent via Deja.com > http://www.deja.com/

Simon Brown <[email hidden]> wrote on 02 Feb 2001: <snip> >I got a very similar stuttering when I had a usb MS FF wheel, which >I consequently took back for a refund. > >I'd strongly advise you to get a wheel for GPL anyway (although for >the above reasons, don't get a MS FF wheel)<snip> Time for me to nip in with my customary "I've got a MSFF wheel and I think it's great" comment. Mind you, it does sap the freamerate a bit, so you do need a fastish PC. -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) The GPL Scrapyard - http://scrapyard.netcabins.com Earn (not very much) cash with "Ciao!" reviews - http://uk.ciao.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

Well, how much is a bit? I found a >25% frame-rate drop in race starts in GPL on a P3-650. Same thing in Sports Car GT. "David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > Time for me to nip in with my customary "I've got a MSFF wheel and I > think it's great" comment. Mind you, it does sap the freamerate a bit, > so you do need a fastish PC. > > -- > David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92)

Pat, Is the strategy guide ("Four-Wheel Drift") in German or English? And... ...is it in the Feb. or March issue of PCA? --Steve Smith Pat <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:95c76n$17$[email hidden]...

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> I snagged a copy of PC action here in Germany fully expecting to get > stuck into what GPL promises...it's the full version and also comes > along with the directx update and some bits and bobs...supposedly > > > OK it's all in German but I know my stuff well enough to know that this > is bad for the average joe. I can only run it in s/w mode and there are > no patches apart from an opengl effort. I think this has been fungled. > > Glad I didn't cancel my order with Amazon uk for the budget priced > original at 8.99. > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com > http://www.deja.com/

In article <UODf6.59497$[email hidden]>, "Stephen Smith" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Pat, > >Is the strategy guide ("Four-Wheel Drift") in German or English? > >And... > >...is it in the Feb. or March issue of PCA? > >--Steve Smith

Hi .. are you 'the' Steve Smith who wrote it? It's in PC Action 02/2001, at least in the version 'mit 2 CDs + Vollversion', at DM 9.99 A german translation of "Four-Wheel Drift" is on the CD in pdf-format. (no english version, at least I didnt find one, and no other manual.) The translation is ok (not great, but better than average - compared to translations of similar manuals). Herbert