Re: GPL with G400 ?

I have a G400 myself and with the 5.52.015 drivers and Matrox' OpenGL patch it works. But as I said it takes some tweaking to get the performance acceptable. In your core.ini you might need to set mirror refresh to something higher than 1 (MirrorsEvery), and the filtering only works at 1 or 2 for me. You do have the required lines in core.ini, I suppose? Read the read me for the OpenGL patch to get them. On a PII/350 64MB I manage 30-ish fps in training, but I haven't played enough to race much. It drops a lot at starts, but as the cars spread on the track it gets better. BTW, Asbj�rn Bj�rnstad sound awfully Norwegian to me. Could I be wrong? Peder

Download an OpenGL patch from Matrox' site. It's under 3D Gaming \ Game patches. The performance is a bit low, but it does work with some tweaks. Peder "nik" <[email hidden]> skrev i melding news:8ba2hi$1qr8$[email hidden]...

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> Hi everybody, > > how can I play GPL with a Matrox G400 ? > I've tried with a generic Glide wrapper but it seems not to work. > > Thanx in advance. > Nik > >

Hi everybody, how can I play GPL with a Matrox G400 ? I've tried with a generic Glide wrapper but it seems not to work. Thanx in advance. Nik

Peder - what tweaks, exactly? I've got a G400 with OpenGL patch, which I'd like to get GPL running on. So far, my only achievement has been to get the menu screens with black backgrounds with only the text visible. Once I got to the track, but only 2fps... Modem troubles seem to be related to PCI bus overloading, so can't use my Voodoo2 when online :-( The G400 might solve my problems, if only I could solve it's problems! Cheers, Phil Peder Skou wrote:

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> > Download an OpenGL patch from Matrox' site. It's under 3D Gaming \ Game > patches. > > The performance is a bit low, but it does work with some tweaks. > > Peder > > "nik" <[email hidden]> skrev i melding > news:8ba2hi$1qr8$[email hidden]... > > Hi everybody, > > > > how can I play GPL with a Matrox G400 ? > > I've tried with a generic Glide wrapper but it seems not to work. > > > > Thanx in advance. > > Nik > > > >

Phil Flack <[email hidden]> writes: > Peder - what tweaks, exactly? I've got a G400 with OpenGL patch, which > I'd like to get GPL running on. So far, my only achievement has been > to get the menu screens with black backgrounds with only the text > visible. Once I got to the track, but only 2fps... You need to install the newest G400 drivers too. -- [asbjxrn] [lLd25z*%ds1-100/sLlSdI%ds2-O/sSl1l2*PlL0<l]sl 21172310731916131628237117 3237142523312SSSLllxq

Thanks, but that was the first thing I tried :( Aaaaaaaaarggghhh!! Phil (anticipating a windoze reinstall...) "Asbj�rn Bj�rnstad" wrote:

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> > Phil Flack <[email hidden]> writes: > > > Peder - what tweaks, exactly? I've got a G400 with OpenGL patch, which > > I'd like to get GPL running on. So far, my only achievement has been > > to get the menu screens with black backgrounds with only the text > > visible. Once I got to the track, but only 2fps... > > You need to install the newest G400 drivers too. > -- > [asbjxrn] [lLd25z*%ds1-100/sLlSdI%ds2-O/sSl1l2*PlL0<l]sl > 21172310731916131628237117 3237142523312SSSLllxq

Phil Flack <[email hidden]> writes:

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> "Asbj�rn Bj�rnstad" wrote: > > > > Phil Flack <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > > Peder - what tweaks, exactly? I've got a G400 with OpenGL patch, which > > > I'd like to get GPL running on. So far, my only achievement has been > > > to get the menu screens with black backgrounds with only the text > > > visible. Once I got to the track, but only 2fps... > > > > You need to install the newest G400 drivers too. > > Thanks, but that was the first thing I tried :( Aaaaaaaaarggghhh!!

Strange. You are sure you chose the latest, not the latest WHQL or somesuch? The version I use is 5.52.015 (25.feb.2000) -- [asbjxrn] [lLd25z*%ds1-100/sLlSdI%ds2-O/sSl1l2*PlL0<l]sl 21172310731916131628237117 3237142523312SSSLllxq

Yup. I just tried again and GPL gets to the small view of the track, but dumps back to windows before I can start driving :-( Phil "Asbj�rn Bj�rnstad" wrote:

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> > Phil Flack <[email hidden]> writes: > > > "Asbj�rn Bj�rnstad" wrote: > > > > > > Phil Flack <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > > > > Peder - what tweaks, exactly? I've got a G400 with OpenGL patch, which > > > > I'd like to get GPL running on. So far, my only achievement has been > > > > to get the menu screens with black backgrounds with only the text > > > > visible. Once I got to the track, but only 2fps... > > > > > > You need to install the newest G400 drivers too. > > > > Thanks, but that was the first thing I tried :( Aaaaaaaaarggghhh!! > > Strange. You are sure you chose the latest, not the latest WHQL > or somesuch? The version I use is 5.52.015 (25.feb.2000) > -- > [asbjxrn] [lLd25z*%ds1-100/sLlSdI%ds2-O/sSl1l2*PlL0<l]sl > 21172310731916131628237117 3237142523312SSSLllxq

Finally I got it to work (reinstalled all associated drivers & files). Frame rate is okay for offline racing, but as soon as I try online (56k usb modem), the frame rate drops to 4fps :-( Man I'm getting annoyed with hardware 'issues' ! Cheers, Phil Peder Skou wrote:

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> > I have a G400 myself and with the 5.52.015 drivers and Matrox' OpenGL patch > it works. But as I said it takes some tweaking to get the performance > acceptable. In your core.ini you might need to set mirror refresh to > something higher than 1 (MirrorsEvery), and the filtering only works at 1 or > 2 for me. You do have the required lines in core.ini, I suppose? Read the > read me for the OpenGL patch to get them. On a PII/350 64MB I manage 30-ish > fps in training, but I haven't played enough to race much. It drops a lot at > starts, but as the cars spread on the track it gets better. > > BTW, Asbj�rn Bj�rnstad sound awfully Norwegian to me. Could I be wrong? > > Peder

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:29:36 +0000, Phil Flack <[email hidden]> wrote: >Finally I got it to work (reinstalled all associated drivers & files). >Frame rate is okay for offline racing, but as soon as I try online (56k >usb modem), the frame rate drops to 4fps :-( > >Man I'm getting annoyed with hardware 'issues' ! Man, tell me about it!!! Got the Voodoo2 because my on-board video adapter cannot be disabled. Got a Creative Labs USB Modem Blaster because the on-board WinModem was killing me on-line. Now I'm hitting the same FPS problem you mentioned due to PCI bus traffic loads. Guess I'm going to have to throw down for a new motherboard at least so I can get an AGP Voodoo3 and be able to tweak all the BIOS settings for max performance out of my Celeron 400e. Regards, Brett C. Cammack That's Racing! Motorsports Pompano Beach, FL

"Brett C. Cammack" wrote:

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> > On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 22:29:36 +0000, Phil Flack > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Finally I got it to work (reinstalled all associated drivers & files). > >Frame rate is okay for offline racing, but as soon as I try online (56k > >usb modem), the frame rate drops to 4fps :-( > > > >Man I'm getting annoyed with hardware 'issues' ! > > Man, tell me about it!!! Got the Voodoo2 because my on-board video > adapter cannot be disabled. Got a Creative Labs USB Modem Blaster > because the on-board WinModem was killing me on-line. Now I'm hitting > the same FPS problem you mentioned due to PCI bus traffic loads. > > Guess I'm going to have to throw down for a new motherboard at least > so I can get an AGP Voodoo3 and be able to tweak all the BIOS settings > for max performance out of my Celeron 400e. > > Regards, > Brett C. Cammack > That's Racing! Motorsports > Pompano Beach, FL

Don't get too excited - my G400 is AGP, and the same thing happens as does with the Creative V2 :-( Good thing I'm planning an upgrade to Athlon in the near future... Phil