GPL and Win 98!!!????

Grand Prix Legends Demo and 2 formats of the drive (I care A LOT about this sim) it still doesn't get past the splash screen in Win 98! P225 Pure3D Total3D (Both Newsest drivers) 32M 4.3GB SoundBlaster16 (newsest drivers) DirectX 5.0 Once, I got to the screen just before the racing but then, when the sound kicked in, it was garbled and choppy (Baaaaaadddddd garbled) then the system locked up completely. No mouse movement either. A reboot is the only relief! Can I get this sim to work in 98? Or is THAT even the problem? Thanks for the help in advance!

On Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:35:48 -0500, "Parke Cochran" I have ythe exact same problem on win98 build 1650 (consumer preview release. Ive about had it with Win98 anyways, it cant seem to detect my tape drive about half the time it boots up. Going back to win95. I'll let you know if it solves the problem

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>Grand Prix Legends Demo and 2 formats of the drive (I care A LOT about this >sim) it still doesn't get past the splash screen in Win 98! > Once, I got to the screen just before the racing but then, when the >sound kicked in, it was garbled and choppy (Baaaaaadddddd garbled) then the >system locked up completely. No mouse movement either. A reboot is the >only relief!

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> Grand Prix Legends Demo and 2 formats of the drive (I care A LOT about this > sim) it still doesn't get past the splash screen in Win 98! > P225 > Pure3D > Total3D (Both Newsest drivers) > 32M > 4.3GB > SoundBlaster16 (newsest drivers) > DirectX 5.0 > Once, I got to the screen just before the racing but then, when the > sound kicked in, it was garbled and choppy (Baaaaaadddddd garbled) then the > system locked up completely. No mouse movement either. A reboot is the > only relief! > Can I get this sim to work in 98? Or is THAT even the problem? > Thanks for the help in advance!

Parke, Hey bud, if you're trying to race in Win98 beta than don't try and place blame on the Papy demo. I have fooled around with the Win 98 beta also, two and three, neither should be considered a working operating system. Of course, some in this group would argue that on that tact, Win95 doesn't qualify either <ggg.> Try running it in Win95, it runs great. All the best, Mike -- Michael S. Davis Creative Media-Works Computer/Audio/Video Convergence "from Creative minds spring Creative solutions." http://www.creativemedia-works.com

I posted this before but I didn't see it come through. You can edit the options.ini file to read soundquality=0 and soundstereo=0. Then you can play the game, except there will be no sound. For now though, this is the best you can do. -Chris

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>>Grand Prix Legends Demo and 2 formats of the drive (I care A LOT about this >>sim) it still doesn't get past the splash screen in Win 98! >> Once, I got to the screen just before the racing but then, when the >>sound kicked in, it was garbled and choppy (Baaaaaadddddd garbled) then the >>system locked up completely. No mouse movement either. A reboot is the >>only relief!

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> Grand Prix Legends Demo and 2 formats of the drive (I care A LOT about this > sim) it still doesn't get past the splash screen in Win 98! > P225 > Pure3D > Total3D (Both Newsest drivers) > 32M > 4.3GB > SoundBlaster16 (newsest drivers) > DirectX 5.0 > Once, I got to the screen just before the racing but then, when the > sound kicked in, it was garbled and choppy (Baaaaaadddddd garbled) then the > system locked up completely. No mouse movement either. A reboot is the > only relief! > Can I get this sim to work in 98? Or is THAT even the problem? > Thanks for the help in advance!

Hi Parke Had the same problem, deleted Win98 (was thinking about it anyway) and installed Win95, worked like a charm first time around, JUST DO IT :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy Unclegoy on TEN

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>On Tue, 7 Apr 1998 11:35:48 -0500, "Parke Cochran" >I have ythe exact same problem on win98 build 1650 (consumer preview >release. Ive about had it with Win98 anyways, it cant seem to detect >my tape drive about half the time it boots up. Going back to win95. >I'll let you know if it solves the problem

It did, by the way. Worked great the first time.....

Advice taken....ADIOS 98!!!!! Parke >> Grand Prix Legends Demo and 2 formats of the drive (I care A LOT about this

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>> sim) it still doesn't get past the splash screen in Win 98! >> P225 >> Pure3D >> Total3D (Both Newsest drivers) >> 32M >> 4.3GB >> SoundBlaster16 (newsest drivers) >> DirectX 5.0 >> Once, I got to the screen just before the racing but then, when the >> sound kicked in, it was garbled and choppy (Baaaaaadddddd garbled) then

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>> system locked up completely. No mouse movement either. A reboot is the >> only relief! >> Can I get this sim to work in 98? Or is THAT even the problem? >> Thanks for the help in advance! >Hi Parke >Had the same problem, deleted Win98 (was thinking about it anyway) and >installed Win95, worked like a charm first time around, JUST DO IT :-) >Beers and cheers >(uncle) Goy >Unclegoy on TEN

Sadly it won't run on a Silicon Graphics O^2 (UNIX) Back to the sad FAT32 :-(( Bart

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> Advice taken....ADIOS 98!!!!! > Parke > >> Grand Prix Legends Demo and 2 formats of the drive (I care A LOT about > this > >> sim) it still doesn't get past the splash screen in Win 98! > >> P225 > >> Pure3D > >> Total3D (Both Newsest drivers) > >> 32M > >> 4.3GB > >> SoundBlaster16 (newsest drivers) > >> DirectX 5.0 > >> Once, I got to the screen just before the racing but then, when the > >> sound kicked in, it was garbled and choppy (Baaaaaadddddd garbled) then > the > >> system locked up completely. No mouse movement either. A reboot is the > >> only relief! > >> Can I get this sim to work in 98? Or is THAT even the problem? > >> Thanks for the help in advance! > >Hi Parke > >Had the same problem, deleted Win98 (was thinking about it anyway) and > >installed Win95, worked like a charm first time around, JUST DO IT :-) > >Beers and cheers > >(uncle) Goy > >Unclegoy on TEN

No luck with win98 either, get to joystick setup screen and then the setup screen seeems transparent to the mouse, it picks up the stuff from my desktop through the setup screen, wierd huh. Dave

I posted my concerns about Win98 and GPL a while back. Do yourself a favor: Format C: an install Win95 (pref OSR2). With IE4.0 it's not THAT much different than 98. And you'll get to enjoy the greatest demo to come down the pike in years!! Summary, you ask??? GPL WILL NOT WORK IN 98. If you wanna play, you gotta install 95 again. (Spoken by a Simmer who worked for 16 STRAIGHT hours trying to get the thing to run in 98!!! I tried everything short of a hammer and nails) Good luck!!! Parke >No luck with win98 either, get to joystick setup screen and then the setup >screen seeems transparent to the mouse, it picks up the stuff from my >desktop through the setup screen, wierd huh. >Dave