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GPL quirks questions and observations

7 posts by 6 people · 09 Nov 1998 - 16 Nov 1998

some d 09 Nov 1998#433536
downshift once past neutral and voila... cold tires and your original fuel load I think you will really enjoy the wheel. Gives a better feeling of driving but there are some fast people who just use a joystick for steering and the pedals for gas and brake. Jeff
It works on two levels. Firstly with the left and right arrows to select "sections", then with the "dog ear" in the bottom right corner of the program to turn the pages. For example to get to the grid you should use the bottom arrows to find the practice times, then use the "dog ear" to turn the page and see the grid. Yes - keep downshifting until it goes into neutral - one more downshift selects reverse. Yes, you get cold tyres and a full tank of fuel. Cheers! John
>I've been playing the game for a week and I love it. A few things... >1) Sometimes, not every time, GPL disables my screen saver and then doesn't >restore it. I can understand wanting to turn it off but please turn it back >on! Triple play '98 used to do this and it drove me nuts! I'll come back from >shopping or something and there's my computer sitting there, no screen saver. Just a thought: how about using Linux for productivity stuff and Windows for ***? Keeps your windows installation clean and gives you a stable environment to work with. best of both worlds. uwe -- Spam-proof e-mail: Uwe Schuerkamp <hoover at telemedia . de> http://www.telemedia.de/~hoover ////// Phone: +49-5241-80-10-66 Best of Scottish Folk: http://home.pages.de/~nsg >>> Blue Ribbon Campaign: Support Free Speech on the Internet <<<
> I've been playing the game for a week and I love it. A few things... > 1) Sometimes, not every time, GPL disables my screen saver and then doesn't > restore it. I can understand wanting to turn it off but please turn it back > on! Triple play '98 used to do this and it drove me nuts! I'll come back from > shopping or something and there's my computer sitting there, no screen saver. I don't have a screen saver installed, but I just let windows blank the screen. This keeps working fine and saves power too :-) You should look at it like this. The arrows select different "books" and the dog ears select different pages. So mostly you'll need a click or two at both of them. Yes there is. If you shift down once from gear one you get into neutral and if you shift down once more... hey! it's reverse! That's right. It's a whole new car cold tires and full fuel. This wheel is going to change your life! :-) Have fun racing. // Johan
% I don't have a screen saver installed, but I just let windows blank the % screen. This keeps working fine and saves power too :-) But, sorry to say, that is a screen saver and cause problems with GPL. Causing the screen to freeze while everything else still continues. At least on some people's systems. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> % I don't have a screen saver installed, but I just let windows blank the > % screen. This keeps working fine and saves power too :-) > But, sorry to say, that is a screen saver and cause problems with GPL. > Causing the screen to freeze while everything else still continues. At > least on some people's systems. Too bad that doesn't help then :-( Perhaps you could set this option in the BIOS? Although I don't know if the BIOS sees a wheel as input. You could get a blank screen while racing.
Quoted text (11 lines)>> % I don't have a screen saver installed, but I just let windows blank the >> % screen. This keeps working fine and saves power too :-) >> But, sorry to say, that is a screen saver and cause problems with GPL. >> Causing the screen to freeze while everything else still continues. At >> least on some people's systems. >Too bad that doesn't help then :-( >Perhaps you could set this option in the BIOS? Although I don't know if >the BIOS sees a wheel as input. You could get a blank screen while >racing.
Assuming your monitor and video card support power saving, set your Windows screen saver to "None" and set the "Low-power standby" and "Shut off monitor" options underneath to something reasonable. (I use 25 and 30 minutes.) Screen savers prevent screen burn-in, but they do not extend monitor life, which is measured in hours left on. Power saving extends monitor life and saves power, while not wasting CPU cycles displaying something that nobody is watching. (Just turning off your monitor does the same thing, of course.) GPL hasn't messed with my machine's power saving options. -- spamgard(tm): To email me, put "geek" in your Subject line.

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