GPL and D3D

Having moved on from a Voodoo card, ( don't laugh), I have for the first time been running GPL in D3D mode on a GeForce 2 card on a much faster machine. ( My previous Celeron 300A now serves as a game computer for my 5 and 6 yo children - a far cry from it's start-of-the-art GPL over-clocked days when it was the latest thing. I wonder if it misses the roar of the F1 V8s and the thrill of the race. How sad ! ). Nether-the-less ... Progress happens. Even though my system is much faster, an Athlon 1600+, and the video card is a Geforce Pro 2 with 6m mb ram, and has an Audigty sound card, on Win 982nd, there occurs these frequent short pause within gameplay. Very off-putting. Just like a blink now and then for a fraction of a second. I though that maybe there are certain ways to set up GPL for D3D, things to switch on or off on the card, whatever ??? Any ideas anyone ? Cheers Phillip

lol. 64 mb of ram that is :-) Phillip > ... and the video card is a Geforce Pro 2 with 6m mb ram ...

You need to olok into getting the directx direct 3d rasterizer for GPL. At the moment not sure what site to get from. Maybe try bhmotorsports.com since RSC been down. If you can't locate reply here and a I can send you a copy (its a small file 288k). give me a email and can help u out. It works well for alot of us with ATI cards and such. "Phillip McNelley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:403ea0a7$0$18304$[email hidden]... > Having moved on from a Voodoo card, ( don't laugh), I have for the first > time been running GPL in D3D mode on a GeForce 2 card on a much faster > machine. ( My previous Celeron 300A now serves as a game computer for my 5 > and 6 yo children - a far cry from it's start-of-the-art GPL over-clocked > days when it was the latest thing. I wonder if it misses the roar of theF1 > V8s and the thrill of the race. How sad ! ). > > Nether-the-less ... Progress happens. > > Even though my system is much faster, an Athlon 1600+, and the video cardis > a Geforce Pro 2 with 6m mb ram, and has an Audigty sound card, on Win982nd, > there occurs these frequent short pause within gameplay. Very off-putting. > Just like a blink now and then for a fraction of a second. > > I though that maybe there are certain ways to set up GPL for D3D, thingsto

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> switch on or off on the card, whatever ??? > > Any ideas anyone ? > > Cheers > > Phillip > > >

The papy site would be a good place to get this too <g> Newsgroups <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:jWy%b.68664$4o.88518@attbi_s52... > You need to olok into getting the directx direct 3d rasterizer for GPL.At > the moment not sure what site to get from. Maybe try bhmotorsports.com > since RSC been down. If you can't locate reply here and a I can send youa > copy (its a small file 288k). give me a email and can help u out. Itworks > well for alot of us with ATI cards and such. > "Phillip McNelley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:403ea0a7$0$18304$[email hidden]... > > Having moved on from a Voodoo card, ( don't laugh), I have for the first > > time been running GPL in D3D mode on a GeForce 2 card on a much faster > > machine. ( My previous Celeron 300A now serves as a game computer for my5 > > and 6 yo children - a far cry from it's start-of-the-art GPLover-clocked

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> > days when it was the latest thing. I wonder if it misses the roar of the > F1 > > V8s and the thrill of the race. How sad ! ). > > > > Nether-the-less ... Progress happens. > > > > Even though my system is much faster, an Athlon 1600+, and the video

card > is > > a Geforce Pro 2 with 6m mb ram, and has an Audigty sound card, on Win > 982nd, > > there occurs these frequent short pause within gameplay. Veryoff-putting.

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> > Just like a blink now and then for a fraction of a second. > > > > I though that maybe there are certain ways to set up GPL for D3D, things > to > > switch on or off on the card, whatever ??? > > > > Any ideas anyone ? > > > > Cheers > > > > Phillip > > > > > > > >

Unless you have something against using it, I highly recommend using the OGL rasterizer since you have a GeForce card. Check the GPL forums at www.racesimcentral.com for the Modified OGL rasterizer by WiHerr. Much better fps, AND it fixes the few bugs like corrupted replay text most get when using the D3D rasterizer. "Phillip McNelley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:403ea259$0$28867$[email hidden]...

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> lol. 64 mb of ram that is :-) > > Phillip > > > > ... and the video card is a Geforce Pro 2 with 6m mb ram ... > >

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> > > Having moved on from a Voodoo card, ( don't laugh), I have for the first > > > time been running GPL in D3D mode on a GeForce 2 card on a much faster > > > machine. ( My previous Celeron 300A now serves as a game computer for my > 5 > > > and 6 yo children - a far cry from it's start-of-the-art GPL > over-clocked > > > days when it was the latest thing. I wonder if it misses the roar of the > F1 > > > V8s and the thrill of the race. How sad ! ). > > > > > > Nether-the-less ... Progress happens. > > > > > > Even though my system is much faster, an Athlon 1600+, and the video > card > is > > > a Geforce Pro 2 with 6m mb ram, and has an Audigty sound card, on Win > 982nd, > > > there occurs these frequent short pause within gameplay. Very

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> > > Just like a blink now and then for a fraction of a second. > > > I though that maybe there are certain ways to set up GPL for D3D, things to > > > switch on or off on the card, whatever ??? > > > > > > Any ideas anyone ? > > > Cheers > > > Phillip

I've put together an FAQ for troubles like this at http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=105748 There's also a thread for adjusting the core.ini graphics values at http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48326&highlight=core.ini+explained Stuttering can be caused by a lot of different things. Often it's another application running in the background. Certainly e-mail should be shut off. See the FAQ for other ideas. Sometimes you just have to live with it if it isn't too bad. Unfortunately that forum that those links are to is down now but should be back up in a few days at the most.

> Even though my system is much faster, an Athlon 1600+, and the video cardis > a Geforce Pro 2 with 6m mb ram, and has an Audigty sound card, on Win982nd, > there occurs these frequent short pause within gameplay. Very off-putting. > Just like a blink now and then for a fraction of a second. There is a known problem with Audigy2 cards and Win98SE. In case your Audigy is an Audigy2. Cheers Tony

Thanks for your suggestions and pointers chaps. I'll try these suggestions and see how it goes. Thanks & Cheers Phillip Having moved on from a Voodoo card, ( don't laugh), I have for the first time been running GPL in D3D mode on a GeForce 2 card on a much faster machine. ( My previous Celeron 300A now serves as a game computer for my 5 and 6 yo children - a far cry from it's start-of-the-art GPL over-clocked days when it was the latest thing. I wonder if it misses the roar of the F1 V8s and the thrill of the race. How sad ! ). Nether-the-less ... Progress happens. Even though my system is much faster, an Athlon 1600+, and the video card is a Geforce Pro 2 with 6m mb ram, and has an Audigty sound card, on Win 982nd, there occurs these frequent short pause within gameplay. Very off-putting. Just like a blink now and then for a fraction of a second. I though that maybe there are certain ways to set up GPL for D3D, things to switch on or off on the card, whatever ??? Any ideas anyone ? Cheers Phillip

"Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:e3N%b.3801$[email hidden]... > There is a known problem with Audigy2 cards and Win98SE. In case yourAudigy > is an Audigy2. > > Cheers > Tony > >If you use the WDM drivers. The Creative WDM drivers are crap on Win98SE and can cause stuttering. What you do is read the yellow info slip Creative shipped with the card that tells you how to remove the WDM drivers and install the VXD drivers. Really stupid method because you *must* install the WDM drivers then use a utility to uninstall them and then install the VXD drivers using the same utility. Another possible solution on Win98SE is to try out the KX drivers for the Audigy2.