Another Richard Burns Rally question

Hi folks, I received my copy of RBR from amazon today. Sadly I did not notice it's a DVD while my gaming PC only has a run of the mill CD-ROM drive (and Amazon's box cover shot clearly states PC CD-ROM). Before I rush out and buy a DVD drive just for RBR, I'd like to know if W2K / WinXP is actually required. The operating system is not listed in "minimal requirements", but "Recommended Requirements" on SCI's website clearly states "Win2000 / windows xp". Can someone please confirm that RBR runs under 98SE and friends? Thanks in advance, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Hi folks, someone over in the RSCnet forums confirmed that RBR works fine on 98SE. Good design decision by warthog if you ask me ;-> Too bad they don't list it on the box. Cheers, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:18:01 +0200, Uwe Schï¿œrkamp wrote: > Hi folks, > > someone over in the RSCnet forums confirmed that RBR works fine on > 98SE. Good design decision by warthog if you ask me ;-> Too bad they > don't list it on the box. > Hmm, looks like I have to rain on my own parade here (am I talking to myself, I wonder? ;-) Installation went fine, but RBR crashes upon startup using various gfx settings (both with the original and the no-cd version from gcw): RICHARDBURNSRALLY fï¿œhrte eine ungï¿œltige Anweisung in Modul RICHARDBURNSRALLY.EXE bei 0167:00463ff4 aus. Register: EAX=00706a40 CS=0167 EIP=00463ff4 EFLGS=00010246 EBX=00000000 SS=016f ESP=01abfd80 EBP=01abfe38 ECX=00872fb0 DS=016f ESI=00872f50 FS=11a7 EDX=0070647a ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000 Bytes bei CS:EIP: 0f 57 c0 8b 04 24 0f 11 00 8b c1 59 c3 cc cc cc Stapelwerte: 00872fb0 004a45b6 bff77716 007a004c 00706a4a 7c341cd6 81a4c460 006f0337 007a0000 007a0390 00000000 81a4c460 019b0000 00000000 01abffff 0173df23 I wonder if anybody has seen this one and knows how to fix it? Cheers, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Uwe =?iso-8859-15?Q?Sch=FCrkamp?= <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]: > On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:18:01 +0200, Uwe Sch�rkamp wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> someone over in the RSCnet forums confirmed that RBR works fine on >> 98SE. Good design decision by warthog if you ask me ;-> Too bad they >> don't list it on the box. >> > > Hmm, looks like I have to rain on my own parade here (am I talking to > myself, I wonder? ;-) Installation went fine, but RBR crashes upon > startup using various gfx settings (both with the original and the > no-cd version from gcw): > > Real shame there Uwe - only thing I can think of is what DirectX version you're running ? cheers jurjen

On 10 Sep 2004 19:52:30 GMT, JLe wrote: > > Real shame there Uwe - only thing I can think of is what DirectX > version you're running ? > Hi Jurjen, it's DX9.0b on a GF ti4 4800 which should support pixel shading. I did a test-install on my son's 98se ti 4200 machine, and it appears to work fine (at least it doesn't crash with an illegal instruction) I have no idea what might be causing this. I upgraded to the latest and greatest nv drivers, but the problem persists. Maybe SCi's tech support can help. cheers & thanks for your reply, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Probably need DX9e? that is what is out... www.microsoft.com/windows/directx/downloads/default.asp Uwe Sch�rkamp wrote:

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> On 10 Sep 2004 19:52:30 GMT, JLe wrote: >> >> Real shame there Uwe - only thing I can think of is what DirectX >> version you're running ? >> > > Hi Jurjen, > > it's DX9.0b on a GF ti4 4800 which should support pixel shading. I did > a test-install on my son's 98se ti 4200 machine, and it appears to > work fine (at least it doesn't crash with an illegal instruction) > > I have no idea what might be causing this. I upgraded to the latest > and greatest nv drivers, but the problem persists. Maybe SCi's tech > support can help. > > cheers & thanks for your reply, > > uwe

> > it's DX9.0b on a GF ti4 4800 which should support pixel shading. I did > a test-install on my son's 98se ti 4200 machine, and it appears to > work fine (at least it doesn't crash with an illegal instruction) > Hmm - bit weird - but I've seen such sort of exception notifications with Win98 before with all kind of progs. I'd say you're Win98 install is due .. maybe a fresh install of win98 will cure the problem (hate this kind of solution but hey - it's the most common advice with MS software :-) cheers jurjen PS: You will find - what ever it takes to run RBR it's gonna be worth it :D

"Uwe Sch�rkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> RICHARDBURNSRALLY f�hrte eine ung�ltige Anweisung in > Modul RICHARDBURNSRALLY.EXE bei 0167:00463ff4 aus. > Register: > EAX=00706a40 CS=0167 EIP=00463ff4 EFLGS=00010246 > EBX=00000000 SS=016f ESP=01abfd80 EBP=01abfe38 > ECX=00872fb0 DS=016f ESI=00872f50 FS=11a7 > EDX=0070647a ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000 > Bytes bei CS:EIP: > 0f 57 c0 8b 04 24 0f 11 00 8b c1 59 c3 cc cc cc > Stapelwerte: > 00872fb0 004a45b6 bff77716 007a004c 00706a4a 7c341cd6 81a4c460

006f0337 007a0000 007a0390 00000000 81a4c460 019b0000 00000000 01abffff 0173df23 What's your soundcard, and what soundcard has your son's PC got? Just a thought. Malc.

Hi guys, first of all thanks very much for all the suggestions to help me get RBR to run on my system. I'd hate to re-install or upgrade as this machine as been ticking along without so much as a hitch for nearly two years now. I'm not much of an installer / de-installer type, so it's a rather "clean" win98se system (or as clean as they tend to get ;-) which boots in seconds rather than minutes with only explorer and systray running. On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:13:23 +0100, Malc wrote:

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>> 0f 57 c0 8b 04 24 0f 11 00 8b c1 59 c3 cc cc cc >> Stapelwerte: >> 00872fb0 004a45b6 bff77716 007a004c 00706a4a 7c341cd6 81a4c460 > 006f0337 007a0000 007a0390 00000000 81a4c460 019b0000 00000000 01abffff > 0173df23 > > What's your soundcard, and what soundcard has your son's PC got? Just a > thought.

It's a Soundblaster Live! Value PCI which has worked ok in all other titles I run regularly (gpl, f1c/mods, n2003/mods, GTR demo, lfs, rt, even q3a ;-), my son's machine uses the onboard sound chip on a ASROCK k7a I believe. The TSW wheel is connected to the SB Live!'s game port if that matters. I wrote email to scitech support, maybe they can come up with something. It would be great to be able to at least give RBR a spin before I send it back or sell it. However what I've read in the RSC forums about TSW2 and split axis support I have a feeling that there's another obstacle to be overcome with my wheel / pedal setup before I'll be able to drive a modern rally car ;-) Cheers & thanks much again for your help, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61