NFS3: No dashboard

Sorry if this has been covered already.......Pickup up NFS3 the other day and noticed that using the 8mb Voodoo2 card I have no dashboard from the in-car cam. My other machine has a 12mb card and does get a dashboard. Is there anything in the settings that will allow this to be corrected on the 8mb machine? *** Tim Wortman *** NASS '98 Series Director *** Visit 4CDS.COM *** Official Sponsor of NASS98

From everything I've read so far, if you don't have a 12MB card, you don't get a dashboard, and that's that. Sorry. Zog

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> Sorry if this has been covered already.......Pickup up NFS3 the other > day and noticed that using the 8mb Voodoo2 card I have no dashboard > from the in-car cam. My other machine has a 12mb card and does get a > dashboard. Is there anything in the settings that will allow this to > be corrected on the 8mb machine? > *** Tim Wortman *** > NASS '98 Series Director > *** Visit 4CDS.COM *** > Official Sponsor of NASS98

On Sun, 20 Dec 1998 15:35:37 -0800, Doug Schneider >From everything I've read so far, if you don't have a 12MB card, you >don't get a dashboard, and that's that. Sorry. This is true straight out of the box, but there are ways around needing a 12MB card if you are determined. There is a way to use Direct3D instead which gives you dashboards (I think) and there are hacked video drivers also (which kind of scares me.) I don't know the details since I don't have NFSIII myself but you should be able to find info in old news group posts and NFS web sites. --Keith "Coming in 2nd place just means that you are the first to lose!"

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> From everything I've read so far, if you don't have a 12MB card, you > don't get a dashboard, and that's that. Sorry. > Zog > > Sorry if this has been covered already.......Pickup up NFS3 the other > > day and noticed that using the 8mb Voodoo2 card I have no dashboard > > from the in-car cam. My other machine has a 12mb card and does get a > > dashboard. Is there anything in the settings that will allow this to > > be corrected on the 8mb machine? > > *** Tim Wortman *** > > NASS '98 Series Director > > *** Visit 4CDS.COM *** > > Official Sponsor of NASS98

I have a 12 meg Diamond Monster II and I don't have the dashboard. You're theory is wrong. Unless it's the fact that I'm running the game in 3Dfx mode vs D3D. I use 800X600 resolution and wide screen option. Philster

Philster, I believe that if you turn off the wide screen mode that you will be amazed and actually see the dashboards. Ryan

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> > From everything I've read so far, if you don't have a 12MB card, you > > don't get a dashboard, and that's that. Sorry. > > Zog > > > Sorry if this has been covered already.......Pickup up NFS3 the other > > > day and noticed that using the 8mb Voodoo2 card I have no dashboard > > > from the in-car cam. My other machine has a 12mb card and does get a > > > dashboard. Is there anything in the settings that will allow this to > > > be corrected on the 8mb machine? > > > *** Tim Wortman *** > > > NASS '98 Series Director > > > *** Visit 4CDS.COM *** > > > Official Sponsor of NASS98 > I have a 12 meg Diamond Monster II and I don't have the dashboard. > You're theory is wrong. Unless it's the fact that I'm running the game > in 3Dfx mode vs D3D. I use 800X600 resolution and wide screen option. > Philster

Tim, Go to sim-racing.com and their NFS3 section. In the downloads area, there is a file that allows you to see the dashes on an 8 mb card. It is only 1kb in size, so it probably isn't a major change. Ryan

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> Sorry if this has been covered already.......Pickup up NFS3 the other > day and noticed that using the 8mb Voodoo2 card I have no dashboard > from the in-car cam. My other machine has a 12mb card and does get a > dashboard. Is there anything in the settings that will allow this to > be corrected on the 8mb machine? > *** Tim Wortman *** > NASS '98 Series Director > *** Visit 4CDS.COM *** > Official Sponsor of NASS98

I have the same card and run the same res in 3dfx mode. I get the dashboards. In-car and front bumper are similar but different camera angles, make sure you have enabled the switch to different angles. AS I recall, you can specify which angles you want to be able to switch between and in-car sn't automatically one of them. daxe ---== http://www.newsfeeds.com - Largest Usenet Server In The World! ==--- ---== http://www.newsfeeds.com - Largest Usenet Server In The World! ==---

you must have wide screen turned off to see the dash Doug.........Lifelong die hard Boston Bruins fan....Driving Sim racer....avid Sam Adams drinker....3 Stooges fan....Proud American !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, if you have Wide-Screen swirched off and still can't see the dash (it happened to me), go to your V2 properties in Display Control Panel, Click Advanced, and untick ' Limit Texture Memory to 2 mb'. This fixed it for me. HTH Keith. Keith Quinton. The Colin McRae Rally Players Zone http://over.to/cmrally *********************************** Web - http://over.to/cmrally ICQ# - 2896088 ***********************************

Actually, his theory is dead-on, just like the readme for the game states. You have to have a 12MB Voodoo II go have the in-car view. If you don't have it, then either you haven't selected the proper view or something else is wrong. I assure you it works with the 12MB board. I see it every day. -Larry > I have a 12 meg Diamond Monster II and I don't have the dashboard. > You're theory is wrong. Unless it's the fact that I'm running the game > in 3Dfx mode vs D3D. I use 800X600 resolution and wide screen option.

I'm sure that the manual or a read me file states that the dashboard doesn't work in widescreen mode. If you think about how could it? If you don't get it in full screen you could have limit Glide apps to 2meg turned on (things like European Air War need this and I always forget to change it back) Dean