Sims under NT 4.0?

Just curious if anyone has managed to run following under NT 4.0: GPL GP3 SCGT NFS:PU Stephen

If it requires anything beyond DirectX 3, it won't run with NT -- which rules out GP3, SCGT, and NFSPU. NFS2 runs well, though. Never tried GPL. <G> -- JB (a frustrated and deprived NT administrator) In article <3a0950bc$[email hidden]>, "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> Just curious if anyone has managed to run following under NT 4.0: > > GPL > GP3 > SCGT > NFS:PU > > Stephen > >

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GPL runs well - but you must have the 1.1 patch (or later). "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3a0950bc$[email hidden]...

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> Just curious if anyone has managed to run following under NT 4.0: > > GPL > GP3 > SCGT > NFS:PU > > Stephen > > >

Never tried any sims under NT4, since there was no FF support (or any drivers, period, for my LWFF), but I have tried GPL and GP3 under Win2K, and while they SEEM to work, I could never get rid of massive "Spikes" from the LWFF, and getting my wheel and CH Pedals to play nice in GP3 was impossible (GP3 insisted on using the pedals as Controller A, which turns off FF). I finally broke down and installed Win98se just for those two games, and they both run pretty flawlessly. I even got GP3 to run with FF and split axis pedals (using JoyRegs). While I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with Win2K for these games, it did present irritating issues in the end. Rick "Neil Raine" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:o%uO5.9601$[email hidden]... > As I understand it the whole point of Windows 2000 is that they're aimingto > unify the NT and 95/98 platforms. Effectively Windows 2000 is the next > version of Windows NT, but with the consumer stuff (eg. games) put in as > well. > > In that respect it's a big advance, although pricing puts it out of reachof

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> most home users at the moment. > > "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3a0a4ff9$[email hidden]... > > Does Win2000 have a higher level of DirectX compatibility? I've heard > that > > many games run fine under Win2000. If so, too bad that never trickled > back > > down to the NT owners as a Service Pack. > > > >

Does Win2000 have a higher level of DirectX compatibility? I've heard that many games run fine under Win2000. If so, too bad that never trickled back down to the NT owners as a Service Pack. Stephen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8ucm7f$g3h$[email hidden]...

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> If it requires anything beyond DirectX 3, it won't run with NT -- which > rules out GP3, SCGT, and NFSPU. > > NFS2 runs well, though. Never tried GPL. > > <G> > > -- JB (a frustrated and deprived NT administrator) > > In article <3a0950bc$[email hidden]>, > "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > Just curious if anyone has managed to run following under NT 4.0: > > > > GPL > > GP3 > > SCGT > > NFS:PU > > > > Stephen > > > > > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.

Stephen Ferguson wrote: > > Does Win2000 have a higher level of DirectX compatibility? I've heard that > many games run fine under Win2000. If so, too bad that never trickled back > down to the NT owners as a Service Pack. Many games will run just fine under Win2k, although I doubt old DOS based games will, providing you have a fairly powerful PC with at least 128 MB of RAM, although there's no way of telling up front which games will run on your specific hardware, some Win2k drivers for certain vid cards are better than others We could never get Rainbow 6/ Rogue Spear to run properly on a couple of PC's here in the shop, nVIDIA based vid cards, and Panzer General III runs like a dog as well, but plenty of other games runs just fine..... Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

As I understand it the whole point of Windows 2000 is that they're aiming to unify the NT and 95/98 platforms. Effectively Windows 2000 is the next version of Windows NT, but with the consumer stuff (eg. games) put in as well. In that respect it's a big advance, although pricing puts it out of reach of most home users at the moment. "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3a0a4ff9$[email hidden]... > Does Win2000 have a higher level of DirectX compatibility? I've heardthat > many games run fine under Win2000. If so, too bad that never trickledback > down to the NT owners as a Service Pack.