GPL & How to change cards

If you are having problems switching from Rendition to 3DFX this is how I had to do it. 1. Re-install GPL ( first remove everything) 2. During the install select 3DFX as your card 3. Once installed, Go to your GPL folder and create an appbck folder 4. Within your appbck folder create two sub folders and name them: 3DFX & Rendition 5. Copy your current app file into your 3DFX sub folder. The app file will have a line in it: Graphics ] lastRasterizerDLL = rast3dfx.dll ; Last rasterizer DLL selected 6. Get back in GPL and select options and select Rendition, click on ok, and then click on the green box, then exit back out of the sim. 7. Go to your GPL folder. Your app will now have a line in it: [ Graphics ] lastRasterizerDLL = renddll.dll ; Last rasterizer DLL selected 8. Copy this app file into your Rendition sub folder you created earlier. 9. Now if you want to change cards you will have to copy either your Rendition app file or your 3DFX app file into the GPL folder. This is the only way I could get the sim to recognize my Voodoo2 card after selecting the Rendition card in the sim. Once I selected the Rendition card in the sim, I could not get the sim to recognize the 3DFX card. Thanks for all of the suggestions in an earlier thread. GPL is Full Tilt Boogie Rick Sweeney

So you're saying while running in Rendition, if you go to the options screen and select 3Dfx the rast3dfx.dll line is not written to the app.ini after you exit GPL? - Eric

Yes that is correct, would not write to it.

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> So you're saying while running in Rendition, if you go to the options > screen and select 3Dfx the rast3dfx.dll line is not written to the > app.ini after you exit GPL? > - Eric > >This is the only way I could get the sim to recognize my Voodoo2 card > >after selecting the Rendition card in the sim. Once I selected the > >Rendition card in the sim, I could not get the sim to recognize the > 3DFX > >card.

On Sun, 04 Oct 1998 14:47:59 -0700, rick sweeney

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>Yes that is correct, would not write to it. >> So you're saying while running in Rendition, if you go to the options >> screen and select 3Dfx the rast3dfx.dll line is not written to the >> app.ini after you exit GPL? >> - Eric

This might be a dumb idea, but check app.ini and see if it has somehow been given a "read only" attribute. Chris "I died for you... Now why shouldn't you return the favor?" -Deathdream --Horrornews--Horrorchat--Reviews--General filth-- Mortado's Page of Filth http://www.nwlink.com/~mortado/

also, if you switch to rendition and your screen goes crazy when restarting, read the readme entry about win98 resolution switching not working with multiple users ;-(

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>On Sun, 04 Oct 1998 14:47:59 -0700, rick sweeney >>Yes that is correct, would not write to it. >>> So you're saying while running in Rendition, if you go to the options >>> screen and select 3Dfx the rast3dfx.dll line is not written to the >>> app.ini after you exit GPL? >>> - Eric >This might be a dumb idea, but check app.ini and see if it has somehow >been given a "read only" attribute. >Chris >"I died for you... Now why shouldn't you return the favor?" >-Deathdream >--Horrornews--Horrorchat--Reviews--General filth-- >Mortado's Page of Filth http://www.nwlink.com/~mortado/

I thought it was just me!! Here's my problem, and I guess it's other's too. In Windows98, I use my own "user profile". My brother sometimes uses my computer, and I don't want him to mess with my settings, so he uses the "default" profile (just clicks cancel at the password screen). I have a Diamond Stealth S220, and run it at 1024 x .. resolution. When I try to run a game (such as GPL), I can't. This is because the screen resolution will NOT change. I discovered that I can't even change it from the Diamond Display properties box. A pain in the ass, that's for sure. I contacted Diamond when I first noticed this many months back and they said they were aware of the problem.. What I did in the mean time was to "log off" my profile, and use the default profile every time I wanted to play a game. I just discovered the other day a WORK-AROUND. Go to Control Panel, Passwords. Find the box that says "all users of this computer use the same use the same preferences and desktop settings." Select it! It will then say that you need to restart the computer in order for the change to take effect. Click "NO". And then go off and play GPL or whatever you want to do. When you are done, go back to Control Panel, Passwords, and re-select "Users can customize their preferences..." You may have to re-click the two boxes below, if that's how you had it set up before. Once again, click "NO" when asked if you want to restart. It's still a bit of a pain in the ass, but is a hell of a lot better than having to log off. Now I can play on the internet without having to disconnect and log off! If anyone knows if it's possible to write a Windows macro that will do the above steps, that would be a godsend!! Better yet, if Diamond/Microsoft could fix the bug, that would be great. I don't know what's taking them so long to fix it... it seems like a fairly simple problem to fix. Oh.. one other thing: Can someone tell me why the MAXIMUM resolution available in GPL is ONLY 800 x 600 mode?? I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be able to run at 1024 x .. res. Thanks!! doktorB http://webhome.idirect.com/~drbryan/gpl For the GPL demo track files(Watkins Glen AND Monza), FAQs,demo help, release date updates, preview pics, GPL box covers and more! new ** GPL System Performace Test ** This weeks Poll-of-the-Week: "Where are you getting your copy of GPL from?" ----

I've had this problem with every video card/driver combination I've tested, so it looks to be a problem in Win98 itself. It's a major pain in the ass, so until Microsoft gets around to fixing it, I've turned off user profiles and in the readme suggested users to the same. As for the resolution, the 4MB cards will be limited to 800x600. - Eric

The user profiles thing is listed in the readme.txt file under Windows 98 issues. The S220 only has 4 megs of memory. This is not sufficient for resolutions above 800x600. Move up to an 8 meg Thriller if you need higher resolutions. Cheers, Chris "I died for you... Now why shouldn't you return the favor?" -Deathdream --Horrornews--Horrorchat--Reviews--General filth-- Mortado's Page of Filth http://www.nwlink.com/~mortado/