Re: GP2 questions

> I play on a laptop :-/ but it works apart from some small details, > first the picture does not fill up the whole XGA display, even if I > change Windows to 800x600, do I need to change the DOS window somehow > ? Sorry I am a UNIX user and use Windoze just for GP2 :-) Only in cockpitview you get full screen graphics, all the others are in a 'wide screen' look. > Finally in the manual (page 33) they talk of a demo mode, it says > "deselecting all drivers then entering any driving or race mode" what > does it mean deselecting all drivers ? or if someone can suggest step > by step how to do it I would be grateful. When you play this game you have selected a driver in the.... driver selection menu! When you deselect all drivers, you can still start a grandprix but you wont be in it, you can just watch. Selecting and deselcting a driver is done by clicking on the button below the drivers helmet in the drivers selection menu.

Hi, I am new to GP2 and would like to ask the community some questions. I play on a laptop :-/ but it works apart from some small details, first the picture does not fill up the whole XGA display, even if I change Windows to 800x600, do I need to change the DOS window somehow ? Sorry I am a UNIX user and use Windoze just for GP2 :-) secondly I use a IBM 570 which has a crystal sound fusion chip (I think) is there anyway I can get sound going ? thirdly, if I start GP2 from windows the f1 and f2 don't work but it's OK from DOS. Ideas ? Finally in the manual (page 33) they talk of a demo mode, it says "deselecting all drivers then entering any driving or race mode" what does it mean deselecting all drivers ? or if someone can suggest step by step how to do it I would be grateful. Thanks alot -- Ian

Ramon Verlinden <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > I play on a laptop :-/ but it works apart from some small details, > > first the picture does not fill up the whole XGA display, even if I > > change Windows to 800x600, do I need to change the DOS window somehow > > ? Sorry I am a UNIX user and use Windoze just for GP2 :-) > > Only in cockpitview you get full screen graphics, all the others are in a > 'wide screen' look. >

What he's referring to is the black borders around the image. GP2 runs in VGA resolution (gasp!) which is 640x480. As you said, your LCD screen is 1024x768. Those are 1024x768 actual physical pixels, unlike a CRT which can paint any resolution it wants up to its maximum. If you display a VGA program, is uses the middle 640x480 pixels. There are some options. On notebooks with the ATI chipset, "stretching" of the image is done by doubling up some pixels, then throwing in some anti-aliasing to smooth out the result. Unfortunately the TP uses a NeoMagic chip. Perhaps the NeoMagic chip has a possibility for screen stretching. If you post a message on comp.sys.laptops, specifically asking how to enable screen-stretching on a TP-570 under Windows 98, you will probably get a speedy answer. On my old Extensa notebook, I use a DOS utility to expand the screen, but this only works for the specific video chip that I have. Stephen

Well, I have finally got GP2 and switched over from my PlayStation Game. It looks great, but I am having a terrible time figuring out the game. I know my way around the menus. However, I cannot accelerate, or turn. I have set-up the keyboard properly and installed one keyboard driver, but it still doesn't work. The keyboard is working. I can hear the car accelerate, but it doesn't go. And yes, I tried gear changes, even put them on auto. You realize that if I don't fix this problem, I will be ranting and raving about the PSX game for a long time . . . dan

"Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> writes:

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> Ramon Verlinden <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > > I play on a laptop :-/ but it works apart from some small details, > > > first the picture does not fill up the whole XGA display, even if I > > > change Windows to 800x600, do I need to change the DOS window somehow > > > ? Sorry I am a UNIX user and use Windoze just for GP2 :-) > > > > Only in cockpitview you get full screen graphics, all the others are in a > > 'wide screen' look. > > > > What he's referring to is the black borders around the image. GP2 runs in > VGA resolution (gasp!) which is 640x480. As you said, your LCD screen is > 1024x768. Those are 1024x768 actual physical pixels, unlike a CRT which can > paint any resolution it wants up to its maximum. If you display a VGA > program, is uses the middle 640x480 pixels. There are some options. On > notebooks with the ATI chipset, "stretching" of the image is done by > doubling up some pixels, then throwing in some anti-aliasing to smooth out > the result. Unfortunately the TP uses a NeoMagic chip. Perhaps the > NeoMagic chip has a possibility for screen stretching. If you post a > message on comp.sys.laptops, specifically asking how to enable > screen-stretching on a TP-570 under Windows 98, you will probably get a > speedy answer. On my old Extensa notebook, I use a DOS utility to expand > the screen, but this only works for the specific video chip that I > have.

Right! Sorry I did not make myself clear, thanks stephen for the reply and clarification. I'll do a search first, should be somewhere and then try a post. It's a group I don't read (er, maybe I should :-/). Thanks again. > > Stephen > > > -- Ian

Keyboard driver??? Jut select "keyboard" as control method, and after this you can only use these keys to drive (not configurable) (assuming AZERTY keyboard here) 'Q' = accelerate 'W' = brake ':' = right ';' = left 'SPACEBAR' + 'Q' = gear up 'SPACEBAR' (+'W')= gear down Becomes like second nature after a while. JoH On Mon, 20 Mar 2000 01:43:29 GMT, "Cook & Vint" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Well, I have finally got GP2 and switched over from my PlayStation Game. It >looks great, but I am having a terrible time figuring out the game. I know >my way around the menus. However, I cannot accelerate, or turn. I have >set-up the keyboard properly and installed one keyboard driver, but it still >doesn't work. The keyboard is working. I can hear the car accelerate, but >it doesn't go. And yes, I tried gear changes, even put them on auto. You >realize that if I don't fix this problem, I will be ranting and raving about >the PSX game for a long time . . . > >dan > >