N2 under Win95 (again)

I know it's a tired subject, but I've been trying to get N2 to run under Win95 with no luck, and I'm hoping someone can give me some ideas. I'm running on a Micron P90 w/ 16 mb RAM and Intergraph Reactor (at least it was when I bought it). I've tried configuring using all the default (auto) memory settings and the closest that I've been able to get is the sim starts up but the mouse pointer moves R E A L L Y slow, if at all; and if I do manage to get on the track, everything locks up. If anyone has a similar setup and has got the thing to run I would certainly appreciate any help. Thanks. Chris Patrick

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> I know it's a tired subject, but I've been trying to get N2 to run under > Win95 with no luck, and I'm hoping someone can give me some ideas. I'm > running on a Micron P90 w/ 16 mb RAM and Intergraph Reactor (at least it > was when I bought it). I've tried configuring using all the default > (auto) memory settings and the closest that I've been able to get is the > sim starts up but the mouse pointer moves R E A L L Y > slow, if at all; and if I do manage to get on the track, everything locks > up. If anyone has a similar setup and has got the thing to run I would > certainly appreciate any help. Thanks. > Chris Patrick

Chris, I had a similar problem, and mine was due to memory. I had my bus speed overclocked and the EDO memory I had wasn't fast enough and it would hang the system after a minute or two. When I returned the bus to 66mhz it worked fine. Just needed better memory. You didn't mention if yours was overclocked or not so I'm not sure if this will help, but I thought I'd tell ya anyway Jay Taylor

: I know it's a tired subject, but I've been trying to get N2 to run under : Win95 with no luck, and I'm hoping someone can give me some ideas. I'm : running on a Micron P90 w/ 16 mb RAM and Intergraph Reactor (at least it : was when I bought it). I've tried configuring using all the default : (auto) memory settings and the closest that I've been able to get is the : sim starts up but the mouse pointer moves R E A L L Y : slow, if at all; and if I do manage to get on the track, everything locks : up. If anyone has a similar setup and has got the thing to run I would : certainly appreciate any help. Thanks. You are bordering on not enough memory. While 16meg is suffecient in DOS, I doubt that you have enough to keep it afloat in Win95. Are you running the latest patched version? If so you might want to make sure you are using the -4 switch when running nasrend.exe. Also I found that the only way I could run the dma version in Win95 was to set the MS-DOS protected mode memory (DPMI) to the maximum amount, 16384. This did the trick for me with the patched version of N2. Hope this helps. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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>: I know it's a tired subject, but I've been trying to get N2 to run under >: Win95 with no luck, and I'm hoping someone can give me some ideas. I'm >: running on a Micron P90 w/ 16 mb RAM and Intergraph Reactor (at least it >: was when I bought it). I've tried configuring using all the default >: (auto) memory settings and the closest that I've been able to get is the >: sim starts up but the mouse pointer moves R E A L L Y >: slow, if at all; and if I do manage to get on the track, everything locks >: up. If anyone has a similar setup and has got the thing to run I would >: certainly appreciate any help. Thanks. >You are bordering on not enough memory. While 16meg is suffecient in >DOS, I doubt that you have enough to keep it afloat in Win95. Are you >running the latest patched version? If so you might want to make sure >you are using the -4 switch when running nasrend.exe. >Also I found that the only way I could run the dma version in Win95 was >to set the MS-DOS protected mode memory (DPMI) to the maximum amount, >16384. This did the trick for me with the patched version of N2. >Hope this helps. >-- >**************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* > Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Just run it under DOS, it's not going to be smooth if u run under 95

Thanks for the info. Looks like I'll need to make a trip to da "hardware" store for some more memory. Appreciate the responses. Chris Patrick