GPL Banchee Fix

I have a GPL Banchee Fix at my page, The Fast Lane... It fixes the errors which occurs with the 3dFX Banchee cards, you even can change the framerate of the mirrors! So go to the Fast Lane: [link lost in import] Greetinx Micha?l 'NRG' Hompus Webmaster The Fast Lane http://www.grandprix2.com/gpl Everything you need for GPL !!!

I'm a big car racing fan and a fan of all sim racing game's. What I would like to see is a game where you drive a horse in a harness race or a game where you are a jockey riding a horse in a race. I have seen games for racing where you are *** and training the horses but you never ride them. I have seen a game in an arcade in Japan where you ride the horse but never in Canada. Why not make a game like that? I have raced go karts and it is fun I have also raced horses (Harness horses), and it is more exciting to drive a horse than a car! Not to knock driving a car it is very exciting! All I'm trying to say is I would love to see a game that let's you drive a horse in a race.

I think I saw the arcade game you were talking about at the new high tech arcade at Metrotown mall in Vancouver. You actually had to decide wether to come from off the pace or go to the front etc. as you rocked the horse back and forth. As an old horseracing fan Id love to see it on the pc, but I have my doubts that there would be enough interest in it.

On Mon, 1 Feb 1999 16:43:43 +0100, "Micha?l 'NRG' Hompus" >I have a GPL Banchee Fix at my page, The Fast Lane... >It fixes the errors which occurs with the 3dFX Banchee cards, you even can >change the framerate of the mirrors! And it works like a dream! A BIG thankyou :-)

> I think I saw the arcade game you were talking about at the new high > tech arcade at Metrotown mall in Vancouver. You actually had to decide > wether to come from off the pace or go to the front etc. as you rocked > the horse back and forth. > As an old horseracing fan Id love to see it on the pc, but I have my > doubts that there would be enough interest in it. It's difficult to imagine what the control would be for a horse on a pc ! Somehow I can't see a joystick really cutting it. Half the fun of the arcade machine is the action of "riding" the machine - "riding" a keyboard couldn't be as much fun, could it ??? John

I installed this fix yesterday to see if it did indeed eliminate the intermittent texture problems in GPL with my Blaster Banshee card. While I didn't see any texture problems, GPL locked solid, requiring a cold boot, halfway around my first lap at Silverstone. You know, the old "video stops, sound continues" problem. I've not seen this AT ALL since I replaced my old TNT card and OpenGL patch with the Banshee. Leads me to believe that there might be a problem with this patch. Has anybody else see this occur with the Banshee fix?

Works great for me .Ran it last night with no trouble a all. Thanks Michael.

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> I installed this fix yesterday to see if it did indeed eliminate the > intermittent texture problems in GPL with my Blaster Banshee card. While I > didn't see any texture problems, GPL locked solid, requiring a cold boot, > halfway around my first lap at Silverstone. You know, the old "video stops, > sound continues" problem. I've not seen this AT ALL since I replaced my old > TNT card and OpenGL patch with the Banshee. > Leads me to believe that there might be a problem with this patch. Has > anybody else see this occur with the Banshee fix?

Depends on your idea of fun, I guess...

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>> I think I saw the arcade game you were talking about at the new high >> tech arcade at Metrotown mall in Vancouver. You actually had to decide >> wether to come from off the pace or go to the front etc. as you rocked >> the horse back and forth. >> As an old horseracing fan Id love to see it on the pc, but I have my >> doubts that there would be enough interest in it. >It's difficult to imagine what the control would be for >a horse on a pc ! Somehow I can't see a joystick really >cutting it. Half the fun of the arcade machine is the >action of "riding" the machine - "riding" a keyboard couldn't >be as much fun, could it ??? >John

Just purchased a Banshee, haven't installed it yet, but was wondering where to get the patch.

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>Works great for me .Ran it last night with no trouble a all. >Thanks Michael. >> I installed this fix yesterday to see if it did indeed eliminate the >> intermittent texture problems in GPL with my Blaster Banshee card. While

I >> didn't see any texture problems, GPL locked solid, requiring a cold boot, >> halfway around my first lap at Silverstone. You know, the old "video stops, >> sound continues" problem. I've not seen this AT ALL since I replaced my old >> TNT card and OpenGL patch with the Banshee. >> Leads me to believe that there might be a problem with this patch. Has >> anybody else see this occur with the Banshee fix?

From earlier in this thread, Ben... http://www.grandprix2.com/gpl/ Let us know how it works for you.

Be sure to visit this site http://www.billsworkshop.com/ A must for Banshee owners. >Just purchased a Banshee, haven't installed it yet, but was wondering where >to get the patch.

: From earlier in this thread, Ben... : http://www.grandprix2.com/gpl/ : Let us know how it works for you. Patch was a no go for me - it worked OK for the game itself but all the option screens were screwed up - the option screens ran using only the upper left 3/4 of the screen no matter what I tweaked in the set-up file. (The game ran full screen) -- Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving Dept. of Mathematics (Network Control group) Uni. of York. www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

The readme file mentions that the menus will be messed up, the author felt it was worth the sacrifice to have the game work reliably. Jim

According to the author, some of the Banshee problems are a result of resolution changes when GPL switches from the menus to driving/replay views. He apparently chose to eliminate this by trapping calls to Glide that change screen resolution. So if you're running 1024 x 768 in driving view, your menus are displayed in that same resolution and hence occupy only a portion of the ULH corner of the screen. I'm still concerned about the locked screen I mentioned earlier in this thread. In addition, there's a performance hit associated with trapping calls to Glide. Perhaps, the author could address that here?

:> Patch was a no go for me - it worked OK for the game itself but all :>the option screens were screwed up : According to the author, some of the Banshee problems are a result of : resolution changes when GPL switches from the menus to driving/replay views. : He apparently chose to eliminate this by trapping calls to Glide that change : screen resolution. So if you're running 1024 x 768 in driving view, your : menus are displayed in that same resolution and hence occupy only a portion : of the ULH corner of the screen. Oopsie - well, I really should read the readme files more thoroughly in future. -- Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving Dept. of Mathematics (Network Control group) Uni. of York. www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html