GP2 on a NT-machine

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> says... > >Hello ! > >Have anyone tried to play GP2 on a NT-machine ? > >Any comments would be great... > >Erik > GP2 runs fine on NT4.0. The only problem for me is the graphics card and the > soundcard. NT4.0 assigns my soundcard to IRQ 11 (due to the IRQ-system in > NT4.0 anyone knows more about this?) and GP2 wont detect any soundcard on an > IRQ that high. So I have no sound and no joystick. Then it seems like the > Matrox Millenium only works with GP2 in VGA-mode. Its a shame to have a > machine that would handle the game superbly in SVGA mode and not being able to > use SVGA. With alla details and textures on I get 26 FPS in VGA mode. > But no sound and no joystick makes it so unpleasant. > So my problem is not how to run GP2 with NT4.0 but how to run it with the > Millenium and the Aztech SoundGalaxy Waverider 32 3D Pro. The only thing I had > to do to make GP2 run with NT4.0 was adding the FILES=60 and BUFFERS=40 (not > necessarily that high values) to the config.nt file. > Ronny "the Runner"

Yeah, no sound and joystick control would really suck. I have GP2 on a pentium pro 200 w/NT 4.0, 32 mb RAM, Ensoniq Soundscape Card, S3 VIRGE graphics, and CH Pro Wheel and Pedals. After you have completed the following steps, GP2 runs great "under NT": a) make sure you have a FAT filesystem (not NTFS) on your hard drive. b) install GP2 onto the afore mentioned FAT filesystem. C) CREATE DOS BOOT DISK. d) REBOOT YOUR MACHINE (with disk inserted, of course) e) configure GP2 or your sound card. f) start GP2 and drive like Damon Hill!!!! (or Mansell) This sounds like a real pain in the butt, however, to the best of my knowledge, this is the only way to run GP2 "under NT". GP2 is a DOS application that requires direct access to certain hardware to optimize performance. -- Stephen Dawes

says... >Hello ! >Have anyone tried to play GP2 on a NT-machine ? >Any comments would be great... >Erik GP2 runs fine on NT4.0. The only problem for me is the graphics card and the soundcard. NT4.0 assigns my soundcard to IRQ 11 (due to the IRQ-system in NT4.0 anyone knows more about this?) and GP2 wont detect any soundcard on an IRQ that high. So I have no sound and no joystick. Then it seems like the Matrox Millenium only works with GP2 in VGA-mode. Its a shame to have a machine that would handle the game superbly in SVGA mode and not being able to use SVGA. With alla details and textures on I get 26 FPS in VGA mode. But no sound and no joystick makes it so unpleasant. So my problem is not how to run GP2 with NT4.0 but how to run it with the Millenium and the Aztech SoundGalaxy Waverider 32 3D Pro. The only thing I had to do to make GP2 run with NT4.0 was adding the FILES=60 and BUFFERS=40 (not necessarily that high values) to the config.nt file. Ronny "the Runner"

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> = > says... > >Hello ! > >Have anyone tried to play GP2 on a NT-machine ? > >Any comments would be great... > >Erik > = > GP2 runs fine on NT4.0. The only problem for me is the graphics card a=

nd the > soundcard. NT4.0 assigns my soundcard to IRQ 11 (due to the IRQ-system = in > NT4.0 anyone knows more about this?) and GP2 won=B4t detect any soundca= rd on an > IRQ that high. So I have no sound and no joystick. Then it seems like t= he > Matrox Millenium only works with GP2 in VGA-mode. It=B4s a shame to hav= e a > machine that would handle the game superbly in SVGA mode and not being = able to > use SVGA. With alla details and textures on I get 26 FPS in VGA mode. > But no sound and no joystick makes it so unpleasant. > = > So my problem is not how to run GP2 with NT4.0 but how to run it with t= he > Millenium and the Aztech SoundGalaxy Waverider 32 3D Pro. The only thin= g I had > to do to make GP2 run with NT4.0 was adding the FILES=3D60 and BUFFERS=3D= 40 (not > necessarily that high values) to the config.nt file. > = > Ronny "the Runner" I don't think you will ever succeed in configuring sound and your steering device because NT simply refuses any application (GP2 in casu) to directly access the hardware. It's simply the way NT is implemented! If anyone out here however succeeds in enabling GP2's sound underneath NT4.0 please let me know! Regards, Jan. -- = J.H. Hovius = MESA Research Institute University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands = http://www.ice.el.utwente.nl/~janh/ = Tel : X-31-53-4892641 Fax : X-31-53-4892799

Sorry, no need for boot disk ! The same result is, if you install DOS BEFORE NT and then you've got the menu, where you can boot from hard disk. Erik