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Looooong load times in GPL

4 posts by 4 people · 23 Jul 1999 - 26 Jul 1999

jweh.. 23 Jul 1999#482344
Since I've only been running GPL for less than a week now, I might have missed this discussion, so my applologies if this is old data. When I start GPL, the first screen takes about 1 min (literally 55-60 seconds) before going to the next (Main?) screen (the one with options, player, etc). I have version 1.03. I'm wondering a) is this long? It sure seems way long to me, since there isn't any drive activity going on during that time. b) Could it be related to communication (ie modem) stuff? I have a DSL line, so there is always an open connection. Is there something to modify in the core.ini? Thanks as always for help. Regards, John Wehman Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
ymenard 23 Jul 1999#482345
I had several people who had this problem with a DSL line (I have one but don't have this problem). You will have to disable your normal modem, but it won't affect your online racing at all IIRC. You will need to add the following to the core.ini Im about sure. [ Task ] disable_modem = 1 ; -- -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard/Nas-Frank> -- NROS Nascar sanctioned Guide http://www.nros.com/ -- May the Downforce be with you... "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."
Neil Raine 23 Jul 1999#482346
Quoted text (12 lines)> Since I've only been running GPL for less than a week now, I might have > missed this discussion, so my applologies if this is old data. > When I start GPL, the first screen takes about 1 min (literally 55-60 > seconds) before going to the next (Main?) screen (the one with options, > player, etc). I have version 1.03. > I'm wondering a) is this long? It sure seems way long to me, since > there isn't any drive activity going on during that time. b) Could it > be related to communication (ie modem) stuff? I have a DSL line, so > there is always an open connection. Is there something to modify in > the core.ini?
I think it's looking for a serial port or direct modem connection or something. The fix is to put in a line saying disable_direct_connect or something in one of the ini files. Try looking in deja news, if you haven't already.
If you have a modem configured on your system, make sure it's powered on before you start the game. Or, if you're never going to use GPL's modem-to-modem multiplayer capability, create a plain text file named core.ini (using Notepad, for example) in GPL's home diretory (the same directory that has gpl.exe), and add the following two lines to that file. [ Communications ] disable_modem = 1 This will more than likely fix the problem. Randy

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