Re: Brands Hatch for GPL...

Vicconius writes:

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>I've installed all of David Noonan's tracks for GPL, except for Brands >Hatch. For some reason it crashes half way through the install. I >tried to get some help on a couple of web based forums, but no one >seems to be in the helping mood. Two people mentioned that there was >a fix or work around, but they don't remember what it was. Any help >would be appreciated, as this was the track I was most looking forward >too. TIA.

Sorry, no help to your problem! But another matter: The AI at BH is a little restricted: often (=always?) the AI cars cannot pass slower cars! Perhaps that is the reason BH is one of the few tracks, where I have won an AI-race ;-) (The few very banked non-AI ovals do not count here!) Has anybody even thought of remaking the AI of BH? (Dave, please, I guess at least you _can_ make it! :-) Arto

You might want to try emptying your 'Windows/temp' directory. Too much data in there can cause probs with Dave's installer as well. In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (Steve Garrotto) wrote:

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> Are you on a cable modem or something fast like one? I could setup a > place for you to download the directory, but you would have to do some > editing of the ini files. > > SLG > > Vicconius <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 15:27:08 GMT, [email hidden] (Don > >Scurlock) wrote: > > > > > >>Works great for me, and there's been plenty of online racing at

Brands. The > >>problem is at your end. I don't remember any fix for Brands. > >>From the read.me: > >> > >>Unzip the files wherever you wish and then simply run Brands.exe. > >> > >>Brands will prompt you for the GPL application directory. This issimply > >>the directory in which your GPL exe resides. The default isc:\sierra\gpl. > >>At most, you should only need to change the drive letter. > >> > >>If the creation fails it is most likely that you have not set theGPL > >>application directory correctly. The other cause would be low diskspace on > >>the Windows drive or on the drive containing GPL, because Brandsrequires > >>a large amount of disk space. > >> > >> > >>The installation process requires a lot of memory and drive space.How much > >>free space do you have? How much memory? Try freeing some space upand be sure

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> >>to have nothing running in the background when doing the install. > > > >I have 230meg free on my C drive, and GPL is on my F drive, with 330 > >free. On my C drive btw, I have a separate 200meg swapfile, so that > >isn't interfering with the free space. I have plenty of ram, and I > >even tried installing from safe mode, so there wouldn't be any system > >problems to deal with. And all of Noonan's other tracks installed > >beautifully. What happens is I start the install, and about 60% in, > >windows comes up with an error, saying the was a fault in brands.exe. > >Now I have downloaded it from different sources to make sure it

wasn't > >hooped from the beginning. And it was the first track I tried. AfterI

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> >installed Dubai, Imola, and some of GPLEA's tracks. I went back to it > >and still no go. > > > >Cheers! > > > >Vicconius > > > >[email hidden] > > (All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new > and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are > due to too many English classes/teachers) > >

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Vicconius <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> I've installed all of David Noonan's tracks for GPL, except for Brands > Hatch. For some reason it crashes half way through the install. I > tried to get some help on a couple of web based forums, but no one > seems to be in the helping mood. Two people mentioned that there was > a fix or work around, but they don't remember what it was. Any help > would be appreciated, as this was the track I was most looking forward > too. TIA.

Are you sure it _crashes_? When I was installing it, the install prog was just very very very slow, slow enough to make it look like the program had jammed entirely. But another matter is that I've never managed to complete a lap there - the game crashes just when I cross the finish line. :( +Cinquo

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>Vicconius <[email hidden]> wrote: >> I've installed all of David Noonan's tracks for GPL, except for Brands >> Hatch. For some reason it crashes half way through the install. I >> tried to get some help on a couple of web based forums, but no one >> seems to be in the helping mood. Two people mentioned that there was >> a fix or work around, but they don't remember what it was. Any help >> would be appreciated, as this was the track I was most looking forward >> too. TIA.

Works great for me, and there's been plenty of online racing at Brands. The problem is at your end. I don't remember any fix for Brands. From the read.me: Unzip the files wherever you wish and then simply run Brands.exe. Brands will prompt you for the GPL application directory. This is simply the directory in which your GPL exe resides. The default is c:\sierra\gpl. At most, you should only need to change the drive letter. If the creation fails it is most likely that you have not set the GPL application directory correctly. The other cause would be low disk space on the Windows drive or on the drive containing GPL, because Brands requires a large amount of disk space. The installation process requires a lot of memory and drive space. How much free space do you have? How much memory? Try freeing some space up and be sure to have nothing running in the background when doing the install. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. GPLRank -5.09 Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.schuerkamp.de/

Are you on a cable modem or something fast like one? I could setup a place for you to download the directory, but you would have to do some editing of the ini files. SLG Vicconius <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 15:27:08 GMT, [email hidden] (Don >Scurlock) wrote: > > >>Works great for me, and there's been plenty of online racing at Brands. The >>problem is at your end. I don't remember any fix for Brands. >>From the read.me: >> >>Unzip the files wherever you wish and then simply run Brands.exe. >> >>Brands will prompt you for the GPL application directory. This is simply >>the directory in which your GPL exe resides. The default is c:\sierra\gpl. >>At most, you should only need to change the drive letter. >> >>If the creation fails it is most likely that you have not set the GPL >>application directory correctly. The other cause would be low disk space on >>the Windows drive or on the drive containing GPL, because Brands requires >>a large amount of disk space. >> >> >>The installation process requires a lot of memory and drive space. How much >>free space do you have? How much memory? Try freeing some space up and be sure >>to have nothing running in the background when doing the install. > >I have 230meg free on my C drive, and GPL is on my F drive, with 330 >free. On my C drive btw, I have a separate 200meg swapfile, so that >isn't interfering with the free space. I have plenty of ram, and I >even tried installing from safe mode, so there wouldn't be any system >problems to deal with. And all of Noonan's other tracks installed >beautifully. What happens is I start the install, and about 60% in, >windows comes up with an error, saying the was a fault in brands.exe. >Now I have downloaded it from different sources to make sure it wasn't >hooped from the beginning. And it was the first track I tried. After I >installed Dubai, Imola, and some of GPLEA's tracks. I went back to it >and still no go. > >Cheers! > >Vicconius > >[email hidden]

(All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are due to too many English classes/teachers)

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> I've installed all of David Noonan's tracks for GPL, except for Brands > Hatch. For some reason it crashes half way through the install. I > tried to get some help on a couple of web based forums, but no one > seems to be in the helping mood. Two people mentioned that there was > a fix or work around, but they don't remember what it was. Any help > would be appreciated, as this was the track I was most looking forward > too. TIA. > > Cheers! > > Vicconius >

You can't install straight from the zip. First unzip (but not to TEMP), then install from there. Bart Westra