GPL, Nvidia 2.03... mirrors still flickering

That about sums it up... I don't know what settings to change, and there is no "bit block flip flop" switch or whatever it was that was previously recommended. Any thoughts? PIII 500, 128 ram, Diamond Viper 770 Ultra 32. Nvidia 2.03. Beige carpet, cup of Starbucks coffee. Secret Story by Pat Metheny. Thanks, Andrew

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>That about sums it up... I don't know what settings to change, and >there is no "bit block flip flop" switch or whatever it was that was >previously recommended. > >Any thoughts? > >PIII 500, 128 ram, Diamond Viper 770 Ultra 32. Nvidia 2.03. > >Beige carpet, cup of Starbucks coffee. >Secret Story by Pat Metheny. > >Thanks, >Andrew

You need to make a registry entry. here are a two old posts that explain what to do. read them CAREFULLY, then read them again, before getting into the registry. From: billy <[email hidden]> Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators Subject: How to fix GPL mirrors with any Nvidia driver I just got the GPL demo yesterday and after seeing how good it is, I plan on buying the game. There was a problem with the cars' mirrors though, which I've learned has been a long-time issue with the tnt/tnt2 cards. I searched the internet for a solution and came across a message here about using the 3.53 reference drivers with the "Use Block Transfer" setting to fix the problem, which works perfectly. The only problem is that those drivers suck hehe. I wanted to know how to enable that setting with the 2.08 drivers (the best ones imo), and discovered that this fix can be applied to any driver version by simply changing the value of the "FlippingControl" setting in the registry to "0". Depending on the driver version, this setting can be found in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\RIVA TNT\OpenGL], or [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Display\00 01\NVidia\OpenGL] When doing a fresh install, the settings won't appear in the registry until an opengl game is run once. From: "GTX_SlotCar" <[email hidden]> Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators Subject: Re: How to fix GPL mirrors with any Nvidia driver You'll probably use the second path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Display\000 1\NVid ia\OpenGL Keep in mind, that the 0001 could be 0000 or 0002 or whatever, depending on the number of cards you HAVE or the number of drivers you HAD installed. When you open the folder, look on the right side of the split screen for "FlippingControl". Double click it and a box will open. Type 0 in the box and close the registry (just hit the x to close the window). It automatically saves the changes. Generally you don't have to reboot, but you may have to. Slot -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. Come see how you rate, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.schuerkamp.de/

Thanks, I will do this.. Andrew Don Scurlock wrote:

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> [email hidden] (Andrew Turner) wrote in > <[email hidden]>: > > >That about sums it up... I don't know what settings to change, and > >there is no "bit block flip flop" switch or whatever it was that was > >previously recommended. > > > >Any thoughts? > > > >PIII 500, 128 ram, Diamond Viper 770 Ultra 32. Nvidia 2.03. > > > >Beige carpet, cup of Starbucks coffee. > >Secret Story by Pat Metheny. > > > >Thanks, > >Andrew > > You need to make a registry entry. here are a two old posts that > explain what to do. read them CAREFULLY, then read them again, before > getting into the registry. > > From: billy <[email hidden]> > Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators > Subject: How to fix GPL mirrors with any Nvidia driver > > I just got the GPL demo yesterday and after seeing how good it is, I > plan on buying the game. There was a problem with the cars' mirrors > though, which I've learned has been a long-time issue with the > tnt/tnt2 cards. I searched the internet for a solution and came > across a message here about using the 3.53 reference drivers with the > "Use Block Transfer" setting to fix the problem, which works > perfectly. The only problem is that those drivers suck hehe. I > wanted to know how to enable that setting with the 2.08 drivers (the > best ones imo), and discovered that this fix can be applied to any > driver version by simply changing the value of the "FlippingControl" > setting in the registry to "0". > > Depending on the driver version, this setting can be found in > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\RIVA TNT\OpenGL], or > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Display\00 > 01\NVidia\OpenGL] > > When doing a fresh install, the settings won't appear in the registry > until an opengl game is run once. > > From: "GTX_SlotCar" <[email hidden]> > Newsgroups: rec.autos.simulators > Subject: Re: How to fix GPL mirrors with any Nvidia driver > > You'll probably use the second path: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Class\Display\000 > 1\NVid ia\OpenGL > > Keep in mind, that the 0001 could be 0000 or 0002 or whatever, > depending on the number of cards you HAVE or the number of drivers > you HAD installed. When you open the folder, look on the right side > of the split screen for "FlippingControl". Double click it and a box > will open. Type 0 in the box and close the registry (just hit the x > to close the window). It automatically saves the changes. Generally > you don't have to reboot, but you may have to. > > Slot > > -- > Don Scurlock > Vancouver,B.C. > > Come see how you rate, at the GPLRank site > http://gplrank.schuerkamp.de/