Problem with GP2...

Hi there all, Just got a new set of wheels :-), a P233MMX 32Mb SDRam 128 bit Neomagic graphic card, laptop. GP2 loaded properly enough, and the menu screens are all fine. But when I got to race, the fun and games begin. It seems like it takes ages to register any keyboard input. Infact it seems like the whole game stalls for a minute or two. Say I press the 'a' and the space bar, to build the revs up before the green light. Notthing happens (i.e. gear doesn't 'engage', and the engine doesn't rev audibly), then after a minute it seems to kick in, and rev up but doesn't let off. During the pauses it doesn't recognize any keyboard input immediately, only so after an exaggerated delay. Any ideas? Btw a stack of other games, include CART by Papy work fine. I am running it out of Win95, at least until I figure out how to configure the CD Rom to be read from dos. Tia. Rick

I would try to "restart the computer in MS-DOS". That might help.

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> Hi there all, > Just got a new set of wheels :-), a P233MMX 32Mb SDRam 128 bit > Neomagic > graphic card, laptop. > GP2 loaded properly enough, and the menu screens are all fine. But > when > I got to race, the fun and games begin. > It seems like it takes ages to register any keyboard input. Infact it > seems like the whole game stalls for a minute or two. Say I press the > 'a' and the space bar, to build the revs up before the green light. > Notthing happens (i.e. gear doesn't 'engage', and the engine doesn't > rev > audibly), then after a minute it seems to kick in, and rev up but > doesn't let off. During the pauses it doesn't recognize any keyboard > input immediately, only so after an exaggerated delay. > Any ideas? > Btw a stack of other games, include CART by Papy work fine. I am > running > it out of Win95, at least until I figure out how to configure the CD > Rom > to be read from dos. > Tia. > Rick

-- Thank you Marc Johnson

> Any ideas? Could be a directx problem (direct input?) do you have the latest version (directx 5) Put the cd rom *dos* driver in the autoexec.bat and config.sys files (and/or dossart.bat) * Peter * 8-) Please remove asterix from address to email.