GPL : Dies at splash screen - HELP!

Just did a fresh install of GPL, rebooted, updated to 1.2x, added the D3D and CPU patches, and tried to run it (set to software initially). The splash screen comes up, the monitor clicks like its changing resolution, flashes black for a second, then back to the desktop I go. I tried addin the D3D lines to core.ini (renamed from core.ini.sample) per the readme and changed the rasterizer line in app.ini to the d3d.dll and still same results. Reset video to disable FSAA and Anistropic and still same results. Am I missing something? I swear it ran on this machine before... Even tried putting a. Open-Glide DLL in and pointing it to that, same results.. PIV 3gz (800mz) 1 gig PC 3500 2x120GB in RAID 0 (240GB) ATI 9800 Pro 128 - Omega 4.7 drivers SoundMax on-board sound All drivers up to date. Thanks for ANY help. G Patricks

Sheesh.... what a bozo I am... Turned Indexing On in services and set it to enabled for \GPL and its subfolders. Works perfectly. Gary P.

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>On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:13:12 -0400, Icer <[email hidden]> wrote: >Just did a fresh install of GPL, rebooted, updated to 1.2x, added the >D3D and CPU patches, and tried to run it (set to software initially). >The splash screen comes up, the monitor clicks like its changing >resolution, flashes black for a second, then back to the desktop I go. >I tried addin the D3D lines to core.ini (renamed from core.ini.sample) >per the readme and changed the rasterizer line in app.ini to the >d3d.dll and still same results. Reset video to disable FSAA and >Anistropic and still same results. Am I missing something? I swear it >ran on this machine before... Even tried putting a. Open-Glide DLL in >and pointing it to that, same results.. > >PIV 3gz (800mz) >1 gig PC 3500 >2x120GB in RAID 0 (240GB) >ATI 9800 Pro 128 - Omega 4.7 drivers >SoundMax on-board sound > >All drivers up to date. > >Thanks for ANY help. >G Patricks

Glad you got it working, but for future reference, you don't actually need to enable the SERVICE. Simply enabling indexing on the relevant directory tree is sufficient. - Doug "Icer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Sheesh.... what a bozo I am... > > Turned Indexing On in services and set it to enabled for \GPL and its > subfolders. Works perfectly. > > Gary P. > > > >On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:13:12 -0400, Icer

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> >Just did a fresh install of GPL, rebooted, updated to 1.2x, added the > >D3D and CPU patches, and tried to run it (set to software initially). > >The splash screen comes up, the monitor clicks like its changing > >resolution, flashes black for a second, then back to the desktop I go. > >I tried addin the D3D lines to core.ini (renamed from core.ini.sample) > >per the readme and changed the rasterizer line in app.ini to the > >d3d.dll and still same results. Reset video to disable FSAA and > >Anistropic and still same results. Am I missing something? I swear it > >ran on this machine before... Even tried putting a. Open-Glide DLL in > >and pointing it to that, same results.. > > > >PIV 3gz (800mz) > >1 gig PC 3500 > >2x120GB in RAID 0 (240GB) > >ATI 9800 Pro 128 - Omega 4.7 drivers > >SoundMax on-board sound > > > >All drivers up to date. > > > >Thanks for ANY help. > >G Patricks >