GPL Demo

What do I need to run GPL demo? I've got a Pentium 233MMX, Diamond Monster 1, 32Mb RAM and it's unplayable. The sound is all wrong, engine noise more like a diesel truck and the frame rate is 1fps or less! Steg

Got the most recent issue (November) in the mail yesterday. There is a "round-up" section about racing sims and arcade games, led off with a one-page write-up (not a review) on GPL. Check it out for a giggle. (Read it at the newstand, preferably -- it won't take you long.) Enthusiasts will cringe. And I think even Zonker would admit that the writer had no clue. Oh, and I have learned from CGW that GPL requires no 3D hardware! Sheesh. Just a couple of days ------ Kurt

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>Got the most recent issue (November) in the mail yesterday. There is a >"round-up" section about racing sims and arcade games, led off with a one-page >write-up (not a review) on GPL. >Check it out for a giggle. (Read it at the newstand, preferably -- it won't >take you long.) Enthusiasts will cringe. And I think even Zonker would admit >that the writer had no clue.

So there is a breakdown in communciations between Sierra's Marketing and Press Relations and the magazines. I'm crying tears here. Like i say, just because a review appears anywhere on anything, it's up to the reader to determine, not the Reviewer what to buy. Maybe we need a magazine that review's magazine reviews? The demo doesn't require 3D hardware, does it? :) Z.

Sounds like you're using Windows98. The demo was released before 98 came out. I don't remember all of the details of the workaround, but a quick fix that at least made the game playable for me was: Copy the file wininet.ini from the GPLDEMO folder to the GPLDEMO\PROGRAM folder. Edit wininet.ini, changing the line "lastRasterizerDLL=" to the appropriate video driver (rend.dll, rast3dfx.dll, or soft.dll). The main point though, is that these problems will not be present in the actual release. Ed Benson > What do I need to run GPL demo? I've got a Pentium 233MMX, Diamond Monster > 1, 32Mb RAM and it's unplayable. The sound is all wrong, engine noise more > like a diesel truck and the frame rate is 1fps or less! > Steg

> Oh, and I have learned from CGW that GPL requires no 3D hardware! It doesn't, but HIGHLY recommended! =P Cheers! Marc -- Marc J. Nelson The Sim Project - http://www.simproject.com/ Extinct Track Archive - http://www.simproject.com/eta/ * Switch confused.net with concentric.net to reply...Confused-yet? *

Weird...I've got a AMD K6, Monster I, 64 MB SDRAM and GPL really kicks ass !?