Can someone from Papyrus please advise us why so many people are
experienceing freezes, if it's a GPL problem and is there a fix in the
works?
I suspect you're referring to the "I'm using a Voodoo2 card, and sometimes
my screen stops updating, but the game clearly continues to run in the
background because I can hear the world march on. I've tried every set of
3Dfx drivers I can get my hand on, I'm not overclocking either my system or
my Voodoo2 board, I've tried underclocking the Voodoo2 board, opening the
case, blowing fans at the machine, etc. Nothing seems to help." problem.
We do not yet know what is causing the problem, mostly because we cannot
get any machine we have in-house to exhibit it. We're in the process of
obtaining a machine that exhibits this behavior from a GPL customer. Once
we get that machine in our offices, we can try to figure out what's going
on.
Randy
Er, "me too", except my machine has a VoodooI Orchid Righteous, so please
don't restrict your testing to VoodooII-equipped machines!
thanks
James
>I suspect you're referring to the "I'm using a Voodoo2 card, and sometimes
>my screen stops updating, but the game clearly continues to run in the
>background because I can hear the world march on. I've tried every set of
>3Dfx drivers I can get my hand on, I'm not overclocking either my system or
>my Voodoo2 board, I've tried underclocking the Voodoo2 board, opening the
>case, blowing fans at the machine, etc. Nothing seems to help." problem.
>We do not yet know what is causing the problem, mostly because we cannot
>get any machine we have in-house to exhibit it. We're in the process of
>obtaining a machine that exhibits this behavior from a GPL customer. Once
>we get that machine in our offices, we can try to figure out what's going
>on.
>Randy
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James Bevan
NeXTMail & MIME welcome
: I suspect you're referring to the "I'm using a Voodoo2 card, and sometimes
: my screen stops updating, but the game clearly continues to run in the
: background because I can hear the world march on. I've tried every set of
: Randy
If it's any help, I removed the Diamond Video Control Panel from the
System Tray and it stopped doing it. In fact, I cleaned up my system tray,
so only the Monster Sound M80 mixer utility was present there. I don't use
Win95/98 DUN, so that's never resident.
My hunch is that it's a call to an area where some resident system tray
utility is doing something.
I have an idea about what is causing this. Are any of you
using an A3D sound card? Specifically I noticed this problem
with a DCS S805 A3D PCI sound card installed. I tried the
original drivers from DCS, updated drivers from DCS, and the
reference A3D drivers. Nothing helped the freezes. There
were numerous other problems as well besides GPL. Needless
to say, but this card is going back and I do not recommend
it. Went back to AWE64 and the problem disappeared. I have
also tried a Turtle Beach Montego, and while the freezes
didn't appear, and the sound quality is good, the controls
went to hell. On my system at least the AWE 64's game port
is much better than the Montego, DCS S805, or TM ACM card,
which by the way, was a great surprise to me.
Win98
GPL retail Rendition mode
Thriller 3D PCI 4mb
Celeron 450a
128mb T.I. PC-100 SDRAM
also has
Linksys LN 2 PCI Ethernet card
Monster 3D II 12mb, latest Diamond drivers
> Can someone from Papyrus please advise us why so many people are
> experienceing freezes, if it's a GPL problem and is there a fix in the
> works?
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Matt Howell
**to respond please use "mracer" at "mindspring dot com"
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> I suspect you're referring to the "I'm using a Voodoo2 card, and sometimes > my screen stops updating, but the game clearly continues to run in the > background because I can hear the world march on. I've tried every set of > 3Dfx drivers I can get my hand on, I'm not overclocking either my system or > my Voodoo2 board, I've tried underclocking the Voodoo2 board, opening the > case, blowing fans at the machine, etc. Nothing seems to help." problem. > We do not yet know what is causing the problem, mostly because we cannot > get any machine we have in-house to exhibit it. We're in the process of > obtaining a machine that exhibits this behavior from a GPL customer. Once > we get that machine in our offices, we can try to figure out what's going > on.Quoted text (12 lines)
>: I suspect you're referring to the "I'm using a Voodoo2 card, and sometimes >: my screen stops updating, but the game clearly continues to run in the >: background because I can hear the world march on. I've tried every set of >: Randy >If it's any help, I removed the Diamond Video Control Panel from the >System Tray and it stopped doing it. In fact, I cleaned up my system tray, >so only the Monster Sound M80 mixer utility was present there. I don't use >Win95/98 DUN, so that's never resident. >My hunch is that it's a call to an area where some resident system tray >utility is doing something.The only problem I had with the demo on mine was the video locking when
the screensaver kicked in.
Now, who really needs a screensaver ? No probs since.
Andy
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> > I suspect you're referring to the "I'm using a Voodoo2 card, and sometimes > > my screen stops updating, but the game clearly continues to run in the > > background because I can hear the world march on. I've tried every set of > > 3Dfx drivers I can get my hand on, I'm not overclocking either my system or > > my Voodoo2 board, I've tried underclocking the Voodoo2 board, opening the > > case, blowing fans at the machine, etc. Nothing seems to help." problem. > > We do not yet know what is causing the problem, mostly because we cannot > > get any machine we have in-house to exhibit it. We're in the process of > > obtaining a machine that exhibits this behavior from a GPL customer. Once > > we get that machine in our offices, we can try to figure out what's going > > on. > On my machine it's possibly a silly combination of V2 drivers and > Logitech > MouseWare 8.0x. I had the demo working with MouseWare, probably added > new > V2 drivers (don't have a log ;^), demo froze. Replaced MouseWare with > the > standard mouse driver, demo worked again... > l8er > ronny > -- > Toys'R'Us '99: "So, would you like a hand gun with that action figure, > kiddo?" > |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!I even disable my Task scheduler (in Win95 Plus or Win98).
It launches programs at a given time.
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Jason Monds
(Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)
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> <snip> > >If it's any help, I removed the Diamond Video Control Panel from the > >System Tray and it stopped doing it. In fact, I cleaned up my system tray, > >so only the Monster Sound M80 mixer utility was present there. I don't use > >Win95/98 DUN, so that's never resident. > >My hunch is that it's a call to an area where some resident system tray > >utility is doing something. > We do ALL close all not imperitive applications before starting a race > don't we? Or have I been getting just a little CPU resource neurotic > for my next upgrade?I have the same problem using a Canopus Total 3D (Rendition Verite' 1000 chip)
in a P200MMX machine. So, it's not just V2 cards.
The screen locks up after about 10 minutes of racing. Did the same thing with
the demo version. The game continues "behind the screen". I know from the
sounds of tires squeeling and crashing into the fence.
Glad to hear you guys are working on it. Keep us posted! I''d be glad to work
with you if it would help.
Thanks,
Tony Joy
joyaw at ibm dot net (you know what to do here)
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> I suspect you're referring to the "I'm using a Voodoo2 card, and sometimes > my screen stops updating, but the game clearly continues to run in the > background because I can hear the world march on. <snip> Once we get that > machine in our offices, we can try to figure out what's going on. > Randy > > Can someone from Papyrus please advise us why so many people are > > experienceing freezes, if it's a GPL problem and is there a fix in the > > works?I have experienced a similar freeze once with a thriller! figure that one
out...
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> I suspect you're referring to the "I'm using a Voodoo2 card, and sometimes > my screen stops updating, but the game clearly continues to run in the > background because I can hear the world march on. I've tried every set of > 3Dfx drivers I can get my hand on, I'm not overclocking either my system or > my Voodoo2 board, I've tried underclocking the Voodoo2 board, opening the > case, blowing fans at the machine, etc. Nothing seems to help." problem. > We do not yet know what is causing the problem, mostly because we cannot > get any machine we have in-house to exhibit it. We're in the process of > obtaining a machine that exhibits this behavior from a GPL customer. Once > we get that machine in our offices, we can try to figure out what's going > on. > Randy > > Can someone from Papyrus please advise us why so many people are > > experienceing freezes, if it's a GPL problem and is there a fix in the > > works?Quoted text (11 lines)
> I suspect you're referring to the "I'm using a Voodoo2 card, and sometimes > my screen stops updating, but the game clearly continues to run in the > background because I can hear the world march on. I've tried every set of > 3Dfx drivers I can get my hand on, I'm not overclocking either my system or > my Voodoo2 board, I've tried underclocking the Voodoo2 board, opening the > case, blowing fans at the machine, etc. Nothing seems to help." problem. > We do not yet know what is causing the problem, mostly because we cannot > get any machine we have in-house to exhibit it. We're in the process of > obtaining a machine that exhibits this behavior from a GPL customer. Once > we get that machine in our offices, we can try to figure out what's going > on.> I have the same problem using a Canopus Total 3D (Rendition Verite' 1000 chip)
> in a P200MMX machine. So, it's not just V2 cards.
> The screen locks up after about 10 minutes of racing. Did the same thing with
> the demo version. The game continues "behind the screen". I know from the
> sounds of tires squeeling and crashing into the fence.
is it 10 mins exactly, evrey single time? it could be your
screensaver kicking in. if so, try turning the screen saver off,
but if it's not that then don't mind me:)
Grant.
Is your screen saver set at a 10 minute interval?
>I have the same problem using a Canopus Total 3D (Rendition Verite' 1000 chip)
>in a P200MMX machine. So, it's not just V2 cards.
>The screen locks up after about 10 minutes of racing. Did the same thing with
>the demo version. The game continues "behind the screen". I know from the
>sounds of tires squeeling and crashing into the fence.
>Glad to hear you guys are working on it. Keep us posted! I''d be glad to work
sometimes
>> my screen stops updating, but the game clearly continues to run in the
>> background because I can hear the world march on. <snip> Once we get that
>> machine in our offices, we can try to figure out what's going on.
>> Randy
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>with you if it would help. >Thanks, >Tony Joy >joyaw at ibm dot net (you know what to do here) >> I suspect you're referring to the "I'm using a Voodoo2 card, andHi Randy,
I am using a V2100 rendition video card, Diamond Stealth S220, I have
experienced this freezing twice now ~<GG>, just to add a further
complication.
Cheers
Mark
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>I suspect you're referring to the "I'm using a Voodoo2 card, and sometimes >my screen stops updating, but the game clearly continues to run in the >background because I can hear the world march on. I've tried every set of >3Dfx drivers I can get my hand on, I'm not overclocking either my system or >my Voodoo2 board, I've tried underclocking the Voodoo2 board, opening the >case, blowing fans at the machine, etc. Nothing seems to help." problem. >We do not yet know what is causing the problem, mostly because we cannot >get any machine we have in-house to exhibit it. We're in the process of >obtaining a machine that exhibits this behavior from a GPL customer. Once >we get that machine in our offices, we can try to figure out what's going >on. >Randy >> Can someone from Papyrus please advise us why so many people are >> experienceing freezes, if it's a GPL problem and is there a fix in the >> works?I'd hate to be the one trying to sort THIS problem out! With me, it
started happening when I changed MB, CPU and VII card but there are so
many other people with all sorts of OTHER configurations exibiting the
same problems!
This is probably the best sim released this year (or any other) and I
was just statrting to get good lap times after 500 laps of Monza.
Now I'm having to practise in my own car on public roads.
PLEASE GET THIS SORTED BEFORE I KILL SOMEONE!
Simon Page.
Please remove the usual from my address to reply!
Simon Page
Dereham Computer Services
D2 Computer Services
[link lost in import]
Add Monster Truck Madness II and PowerBoat Racing to the list...
It seems the most reliable game I play on the Monster II is Viper
Racing!
November 22nd is just around the corner :)
-Larry
> I suspect you're referring to the "I'm using a Voodoo2 card, and sometimes
> my screen stops updating, but the game clearly continues to run in the
> background because I can hear the world march on. I've tried every set of
> 3Dfx drivers I can get my hand on, I'm not overclocking either my system or
> my Voodoo2 board, I've tried underclocking the Voodoo2 board, opening the
> case, blowing fans at the machine, etc. Nothing seems to help." problem.
