Help! N2 hangs on Papyrus screen

I have done a full install on my system(cyrix p200 chip, rhino 12+ motherboard, 32 meg 10 ns sdram, s2 virge 4meg video card), have tried running from win95, dos window in win95, and from restarting the system in dos mode. I installed the software while in dos mode. In all three modes the intro video of the cars running around the track works and the music plays, but when the papyrus screen comes up nothing happens. I have to cntrl-alt-del to get out. I also have tried it using joystick plugged in and also tried it with CH racing system wheel and pedals plugged in. Anyone have any suggestions. thanks, Chris Marlow

Music? There's music in the intro? I just got this game tonight and so far I've managed to***things up. I guess I don't need UniVBE with DirectX on a PCI video card. I also need to figure out why it will not acknowledge my steering wheel, and "Control Panel" won't find it either. Ugh. Jp

% I have done a full install on my system(cyrix p200 chip, rhino 12+ motherboard, % 32 meg 10 ns sdram, s2 virge 4meg video card), have tried running from win95, % dos window in win95, and from restarting the system in dos mode. I installed % the software while in dos mode. % In all three modes the intro video of the cars running around the track works % and the music plays, but when the papyrus screen comes up nothing happens. I % have to cntrl-alt-del to get out. % I also have tried it using joystick plugged in and also tried it with CH racing % system wheel and pedals plugged in. % Anyone have any suggestions. Since you are having problems all the way around, it seems that you are either having trouble with your soundcard settings or even the possibility of some bad memory. N2 seems to be quite picky when it runs across some "flakey" memory. You might want to lower any agressive memory settings you have in your BIOS and see if this makes a difference. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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> Music? There's music in the intro? I just got this game tonight and >so far I've managed to***things up. I guess I don't need UniVBE with >DirectX on a PCI video card. I also need to figure out why it will not >acknowledge my steering wheel, and "Control Panel" won't find it either. >Ugh. > Jp

I had to delete the joystick in devices and let Windows 95 find it again. Have your Windows 95 CD handy. Burton kf4jrg

% Music? There's music in the intro? I just got this game tonight and % so far I've managed to***things up. I guess I don't need UniVBE with % DirectX on a PCI video card. I also need to figure out why it will not % acknowledge my steering wheel, and "Control Panel" won't find it either. There is music in the opening intro movie. To the best of my knowledge your soundcard must have Soundblaster emulation turned on for the sound to be played. The intro program does not use your standard card settings generated by the setup program, but defaults to pure SoundBlaster. The UniVBE driver has nothing to do with DirectX or PCI. It is there generally for older video cards which do not have the latest VESA drivers in their BIOS. Some cards can actually receive a better frame rate with the UniVBE vs. the VESA drivers in their BIOS. Is your steering wheel Device ID 1 in the Control Panel? Try removing all devices listed and then put your steering wheel as Device 1. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=