F1GP (1.05) Link play: help!

I was trying to play via modem with a friend of mine and we couldn't play. The modems connected fine with no error-correction and no data-compression at 4800 and 9600. But whenever we got on the starting grid (from a head to head quick race or a non-champ race) at the top of the screen was a red stripe with the message in white (link data mismatch, press escape to repair). I tried calling him, he tried calling me, we tried 10fps on both computers %occupency nerver got over 50% while in***pit... Is there something we can do about this (other than forget about link play)? Setup: Pentium 120, 75 Modems: 14.4k 28.8k -------------------------------------------------------------------- - _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/ | Montreal, Quebec, Canada - - _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/ | - - _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ | Jacques Villeneuve : F1 '96s Best - --------------------------------------------------------------------

: But whenever we got on the starting grid (from a head to head quick race : or a non-champ race) at the top of the screen was a red stripe with the : message in white (link data mismatch, press escape to repair). This is because there are differences in your GP.EXE file. This file must match exactly or you will get that error. That means if you are using an editor then both of you must have everything set EXACTLY the same. You may wish to try copying the GP.EXE file from one computer to the other.

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>somebody else wrote (attribution did not make it): >: But whenever we got on the starting grid (from a head to head quick race >: or a non-champ race) at the top of the screen was a red stripe with the >: message in white (link data mismatch, press escape to repair). >This is because there are differences in your GP.EXE file. This file >must match exactly or you will get that error. That means if you are >using an editor then both of you must have everything set EXACTLY the >same. >You may wish to try copying the GP.EXE file from one computer to the >other.

Not correct, according to my experience. I had "link data mismatches" with two copies of the same GP.exe as well as with an English and a German version on the two computers. My advice for null modem play: Make sure the cable does not run parallel to power wires, as this might result in induced electricity garbling the data. Don't use a cable that's too long. Try slower transfer rates. Try to connect the cable to a different com port. Hope this helps. -- "per aspera ad absurdum"