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GPL Newbie

3 posts by 3 people · 21 Jul 1999 - 22 Jul 1999

Bonz 21 Jul 1999#481799
Well i finally went out and got GPL.I am a Nascar2&Nascar1999 fan and want to see want all the talk was about with GPL. System= PenII 300mhz, 80mb ram,Creative Labs Graphics Blaster(pci),Creative Labs VooDoo2(pci),Windows 98,Sound Blaster PCI 128,Nascar Pro Wheel for Thrustmaster. So can someone hook me up with the GOOD stuff to get this SIM to run its best.I had 1 lock up while trying to get the setup done for wheel.Any and all help will be very helpful so i can ENJOY the game the way it was ment to be. Thanks, BoNz(MAYFIELD FAN)
don hodgdon 21 Jul 1999#481800
I would start out at Alison Hine's site and study the GPL FAQs. http://www.simracing.com/alison/gpl/index.htm don [|]-(_)-[|]
Quoted text (11 lines)>Well i finally went out and got GPL.I am a Nascar2&Nascar1999 fan and want >to see want all the talk was about with GPL. >System= PenII 300mhz, 80mb ram,Creative Labs Graphics Blaster(pci),Creative >Labs VooDoo2(pci),Windows 98,Sound Blaster PCI 128,Nascar Pro Wheel for >Thrustmaster. So can someone hook me up with the GOOD stuff to get this SIM >to run its best.I had 1 lock up while trying to get the setup done for >wheel.Any and all help will be very helpful so i can ENJOY the game the way >it was ment to be. > Thanks, > BoNz(MAYFIELD >FAN)
Jan Hovius 22 Jul 1999#482010
> Well i finally went out and got GPL.I am a Nascar2&Nascar1999 fan and want > to see want all the talk was about with GPL. > System= PenII 300mhz, 80mb ram,Creative Labs Graphics Blaster(pci),Creative > Labs VooDoo2(pci),Windows 98,Sound Blaster PCI 128,Nascar Pro Wheel for > Thrustmaster. So can someone hook me up with the GOOD stuff to get this SIM > to run its best.I had 1 lock up while trying to get the setup done for Looks like your having the "good-old-glide" problem: You probably have Glide v2.54 (shipped with your VooDoo card) installed. GPL has problems with this one. Two solutions: 1) Install the older Glide v2.53 (downloadable fromthe fast lane, http://www.the-fastlane.com/) and copy this dll into you GPL directory (typically c:/sierra/gpl). This way only GPL uses the "older glide driver, your other 3dfx based games keep using the newer 2.54 (which is installed in the system directory of windows). 2) Update your current 3dfx drivers with the newest (glide v2.56) obtainable from http://www.3dfx.com I myself chose option 2) this way all programs benefit from a newer version and in fact GPL looks a bit better using this one. (Be sure to remove the current driver first (using the Control Panel->System->Drivers) before installing this newer version) Good luck, Jan.

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