F1RS: 1st corner slowdown: bug caught!

If Richard has indeed identified the problem, then avoiding the use of random weather might be a workaround. Other people have reported that this option can cause a race to start in sunny conditions, and then clouds can arrive and eventually rain. Perhaps it also randomizes the speed of the wind, and therefore the speed of cloud movement. Alison On Tue, 20 Jan 1998 14:27:07 +0000, Richard Beckett

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>Hi folks, >I think I have caught the bug that causes the first corner slowdown. >I run a K6 200, with 32meg RAM and a diamond monster 3dfx. >Up until last night I have had no slowdown problems whatsoever. I have >been running full details, except for ideal line (which I don't like) >and replays (which cause disk accesses, and momentary pauses as a >result). >I started a championship season, and had no problems with Melbourne, and >none with Estoril (the 2nd circuit) until I came to start the race. >I had qualified 4th, and as the race started the 1st corner was like a >slideshow. I was mortified. >I reduced all details, but it made no difference. Eventually I tried a >race at Melbourne again, and it was a slideshow at the first corner too. >I gave up and went to bed. I thought maybe my bios had a glitch, and was >running my processor too slow, or something. >This morning I decided to find out what had happened, but to my >amazement the problem had gone. >I then realised what the problem was. At both circuits the sky was full >of little fluffy white clouds, but they must have been travelling at >about 200mph! >This morning, however, the clouds were stationary. >So...I think I have caught the bug!

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Richard Beckett heeft geschreven in bericht Hmmm. I don't think it is. I have a slightly less powerful system, Intel P-166 instead of K-6 200 Mhz, other specs identical, but since I turned of replay, the slide-show is gone. I've run races in the sun, cloudy, rainy and with the random weather, but I have not experienced any differences. What I DO experience are slowdowns during the race, whenever I forget to switch of Task Scheduler.

Use Ctrl+Alt+Del and terminate *ALL* tasks except Explorer and Systray. Go into the INI file in the F1RS directory and carry out the changes to the lines controlling the sound. (SATUR=; FADE=). Also change the [Sound] X2 to PW if you like. Turn off Replays, turn off Messages. Either allow Windows 95 to control your VR or set the VR to minimum 126, maximum 128. On a P166, 32Mb, 3Dfx, I rarely have a first corner problem that is not driveable and only now occassionally suffer from disk read/write flutter, whilst being able to run all graphics 'on' at the second-greatest depth of view. -- Bruce (at work) "Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." (Jules Renard)

Whoa easy there big boy;-) hehe just to be safe dont be hitting CTRL+ ALT+ DEL on all except Explorer and systray! Some folks out there may have things like MS wheel or Rnapp in there and might find it hard to play with no mouse. I know on alot of the newer PIIs you might be a bit surprised if all you had was explorer and systray. I may be wrong but check before you delete if you dont know what it does ;-) Aloha, Mike

On 21 Jan 1998 00:26:29 GMT, "Mikes Designs"

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>Whoa easy there big boy;-) >hehe just to be safe dont be hitting CTRL+ ALT+ DEL on all except Explorer >and systray! >Some folks out there may have things like MS wheel or Rnapp in there and >might find it hard to play with no mouse. >I know on alot of the newer PIIs you might be a bit surprised if all you >had was explorer and systray. >I may be wrong but check before you delete if you dont know what it does >;-) Aloha, Mike

Mike, Do you now what exactly "Rnapp" is? I've seen this before while doing a CTRL+ALT+DEL and have no idea what it is. Thanks for any info. Tony

Hi Tony, Hehe I was hoping you knew ;-) You know the funny thing is once I was on the phone with a Techy from Dell and he didn't know either! I have searched all my computer Via Find on the computer & searched all Help files and no mention of it odd eh? My only other guess would have to be it might have something to do with the date/time but like I said thats just a guess. Funny huh Puters go figure the way I learn is usually misconfiguring something then having to fix it ;-) Well Aloha Tony tell me if you ever find out what the heck Rnapp is. Mike

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> On 21 Jan 1998 00:26:29 GMT, "Mikes Designs" > Do you now what exactly "Rnapp" is? > I've seen this before while doing a CTRL+ALT+DEL and have no idea what > it is. > Thanks for any info. > Tony

Rnapp is a component of Dial up Networking...on the older versions of Dial Up it rarely unloads itself from the Win95 after a dial up session. The Dial Up networking Upgrade 1.2b does cure this....but causes other problems. As of now its perfectly safe to shut this down via ctrl alt delete....systray is usually the visible volume control for your soundcard in Win95 tray....its better to disable that thru your multimedia settings. There is a tick you check off that says "show volume control" Also this is just a guess but I would experiment with either not using or disabling the mouse wheel if I were trying to debug a slow system. Those mouse pointers and such can cause havoc.... Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand

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> Hi Tony, > Hehe I was hoping you knew ;-) >You know the funny thing is once I was on the phone with a Techy from Dell >and he didn't know either! > I have searched all my computer Via Find on the computer & searched all >Help files and no mention of it odd eh? > My only other guess would have to be it might have something to do with >the date/time but like I said thats just a guess. >Funny huh Puters go figure the way I learn is usually misconfiguring >something then having to fix it ;-) >Well Aloha Tony tell me if you ever find out what the heck Rnapp is. Mike >> On 21 Jan 1998 00:26:29 GMT, "Mikes Designs" >> Do you now what exactly "Rnapp" is? >> I've seen this before while doing a CTRL+ALT+DEL and have no idea what >> it is. >> Thanks for any info. >> Tony

Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand Infamous Pink Flamingo Pilot...

Hey how come you know so much? ;-) Thanks PPD ! Aloha, Mike

Not exactly, but it does have to do with Dialup Networking... Bill -------- "NASCAR is the Professional Wrestling of Motorsport." -Me-

On 21 Jan 1998 08:05:38 GMT, "Mikes Designs" >Hey how come you know so much? ;-) Some people just know too much :) Thanks for the tips Papa Doc. Tony