Colin McRae Demo and Voodoo 2: NO WAY!

#$*&#$#&*$#(*#$&#$)%_Y&!!!!!!!!!!! I never downloaded a demo as big as this one. Only to find out IT DOENS'T WORK!!! While all 3Dfx sites are posting it!!!! Don't they check it out? I see more people are having problems running this sucker with V2. And there even isn't a Readme file included. Im very annoyed, to say the least... Anyone has the solution yet? Jeroen

V1 is no go either - I thought something was up when there was no Readme at all...

On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 22:49:37 +0100, "Ian Powell" It doesnt seem to like my Voodoo Rush either, corrupts my screen and locks up the computer. Whats the go Codemasters???

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>V1 is no go either - I thought something was up when there was no Readme at >all... >>#$*&#$#&*$#(*#$&#$)%_Y&!!!!!!!!!!! >>I never downloaded a demo as big as this one. Only to find out IT DOENS'T >>WORK!!! While all 3Dfx sites are posting it!!!! Don't they check it out? I >>see more people are having problems running this sucker with V2. And there >>even isn't a Readme file included. Im very annoyed, to say the least... >>Anyone has the solution yet? >>Jeroen

-- Nathan Wong http://www.nectar.com.au/~alfacors - Super Touring - Alfa Romeo - - V8Supercars - CART -

What the hell is the colin McRae Demo?

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> On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 22:49:37 +0100, "Ian Powell" > It doesnt seem to like my Voodoo Rush either, corrupts my screen and > locks up the computer. Whats the go Codemasters??? > >V1 is no go either - I thought something was up when there was no Readme at > >all... > >>#$*&#$#&*$#(*#$&#$)%_Y&!!!!!!!!!!! > >>I never downloaded a demo as big as this one. Only to find out IT DOENS'T > >>WORK!!! While all 3Dfx sites are posting it!!!! Don't they check it out? I > >>see more people are having problems running this sucker with V2. And there > >>even isn't a Readme file included. Im very annoyed, to say the least... > >>Anyone has the solution yet? > >>Jeroen > -- > Nathan Wong http://www.nectar.com.au/~alfacors > - Super Touring - Alfa Romeo - > - V8Supercars - CART -

rick sweeney wrote Hmmmm ok... It's a Rally-racing half-simulator half-arcade game. It uses the TOCA-game engine. It's made by Codemaster. Probably the most realistic to-date Rally racing game. It's out on the PlayStation also. It's an overall "good" game, with no big flaws or no big excellent point. A typical good and classy racing game. Colin is actually a kick-ass driver that probably lost a couple of bulbs in is head. I mean... no way I would be _that_ crazy to be his co-pilot hehe ;-D - Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard! - Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s. - Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking) - Sponsored by http://www.awpss.com/ on the NROS - "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--

I got the Colin McRae rally demo to work on the first try ... Of course I'm still on DirectX 5.2 ... and Glide 2.x (although I think this is a D3D game). Go figure. It's an awesome. Fun as heck! Doug

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>V1 is no go either - I thought something was up when there was no Readme at >all... >>#$*&#$#&*$#(*#$&#$)%_Y&!!!!!!!!!!! >>I never downloaded a demo as big as this one. Only to find out IT DOENS'T >>WORK!!! While all 3Dfx sites are posting it!!!! Don't they check it out? I >>see more people are having problems running this sucker with V2. And there >>even isn't a Readme file included. Im very annoyed, to say the least... >>Anyone has the solution yet? >>Jeroen

I have Monster V2 8mb and the demo works just perfect!! kostis

> What the hell is the colin McRae Demo? It's a demo of a game called (suprirsingly enough) Colin McRae Rally, and it's available from http://www.hotgames.com right now, that's what! -- Cameron D. Editor, HOTGAMES.COM http://www.hotgames.com

I have the german version and it works fine. No probs afterall. I have a P200 with 64 Megs and V2 from Creative. So it seems that some demos work fine. I got it from a democd wich comes with german gamesmagazin" pcgames." Peter

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> #$*&#$#&*$#(*#$&#$)%_Y&!!!!!!!!!!! > I never downloaded a demo as big as this one. Only to find out IT DOENS'T > WORK!!! While all 3Dfx sites are posting it!!!! Don't they check it out? I > see more people are having problems running this sucker with V2. And there > even isn't a Readme file included. Im very annoyed, to say the least... > Anyone has the solution yet? > Jeroen

I have a 12mb STB BlackMagic 3D V2 (and it shits all over the 12mb Monster II) and i was also having problems with Colin McRae Rally. It would hang after showing the control keys. I just walked away from my pc and it eventually came up. It's a pain but at least you get to check out the game... which i am gonna buy!!! Regards, Andrew >I have the german version and it works fine. No probs afterall. >I have a P200 with 64 Megs and V2 from Creative. >So it seems that some demos work fine. I got it from a democd wich comes with

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>german gamesmagazin" pcgames." >Peter >> #$*&#$#&*$#(*#$&#$)%_Y&!!!!!!!!!!! >> I never downloaded a demo as big as this one. Only to find out IT DOENS'T >> WORK!!! While all 3Dfx sites are posting it!!!! Don't they check it out?

I >> see more people are having problems running this sucker with V2. And there >> even isn't a Readme file included. Im very annoyed, to say the least... >> Anyone has the solution yet? >> Jeroen

Works great on my 12mb monster voodoo2. Very fast and looks oh sooo nice. It must be problem with your setup somewhere else.

Works fine for me too. nice game. P2 266 128mb creative 8mb v2

I found that it would crash after it showed the key screen. I noticed it kept reading the empty CD drive, so I disabled it in the BIOS and used FAKECD to make the computer think the directory I unzipped CMRALLY.ZIP into was a CD-drive. It worked after that. It seems that the demo was designed to be run off a CD ROM.

> > > Anyone has the solution yet? > I found that it would crash after it showed the key screen. I noticed it kept > reading the empty CD drive, so I disabled it in the BIOS and used FAKECD to make > the computer think the directory I unzipped CMRALLY.ZIP into was a CD-drive. It > worked after that. It seems that the demo was designed to be run off a CD ROM. Actually, if you did the full install, you don't need FAKECD, you just need to disable your CD drive.

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> > > > Anyone has the solution yet? > > I found that it would crash after it showed the key screen. I noticed it kept > > reading the empty CD drive, so I disabled it in the BIOS and used FAKECD to make > > the computer think the directory I unzipped CMRALLY.ZIP into was a CD-drive. It > > worked after that. It seems that the demo was designed to be run off a CD ROM. > Actually, if you did the full install, you don't need FAKECD, you just need to > disable your CD drive.

He means the demo so surely level of install isn't applicable. On this subject though, is that the way to get Colin McRae full game to run without the CD in, or are there any cracks, etc, available yet ? Or could I do it with FakeCD ?

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> > > > > Anyone has the solution yet? > > > I found that it would crash after it showed the key screen. I noticed it kept > > > reading the empty CD drive, so I disabled it in the BIOS and used FAKECD to make > > > the computer think the directory I unzipped CMRALLY.ZIP into was a CD-drive. It > > > worked after that. It seems that the demo was designed to be run off a CD ROM. > > Actually, if you did the full install, you don't need FAKECD, you just need to > > disable your CD drive. > He means the demo so surely level of install isn't applicable.

The demo has both a small install (4MB) and a full install (60MB). I only have the demo, as the full game is not available in my country yet (as far as I know), in spite of being released last Friday. I don't know.

On one of my machines a P166 with CL V2 12Mb the demo absolutely refuses to run, however on my other machine P2 450 with CL V2 12MB it runs fine. Must be some systems it just doesn't like. Dominic Bishop

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>On one of my machines a P166 with CL V2 12Mb the demo absolutely refuses to >run, however on my other machine P2 450 with CL V2 12MB it runs fine. Must >be some systems it just doesn't like. >Dominic Bishop >>Works fine for me too. nice game. P2 266 128mb creative 8mb v2 >>> Works great on my 12mb monster voodoo2. >>> Very fast and looks oh sooo nice. >>> It must be problem with your setup somewhere else.

Cheers for info. Do you think the full program will run on my system and the demo might just be a little quirky? I really would like it.