I got the freezeup blues

GPL has got this *** habit of freezing up on me. I just added a VooDoo2 1000 12MB card so I could run the 3dfx version and it's great. A good solid 36 FPS. But this freezeup is for the birds. At some point well into a race, the screen just freezes. The game is still going on and you can hear my car eventually crash. CNTL-ALT-DELETE is the only way out. Does this sound familiar to anyone. I've tried messing aound with lots of parameters with no obvious success. Doesn't happen all the time. It seems like it takes some time to load up with whatever is going bad in the code and then freezeup. Also a couple of times, weird things appear on parts of the screen but the race is OK. Like maybe something got written over that wasn't supposed to. Thanks, Gene

Are you overclocking your Voodoo2 card? I have a Creative Labs 12MB Voodoo2 card and no problems like this. I run it at the default speed which I believe is 60hz. Since it is fine at first then crashes I think it may be heat related. Also did you get the latest drivers from www.3dfx.com??? -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com >GPL has got this *** habit of freezing up on me. I just added a VooDoo2 >1000 12MB card so I could run the 3dfx version and it's great. A good solid >36 FPS. But this freezeup is for the birds. At some point well into a race, >the screen just freezes. The game is still going on and you can hear my car >eventually crash. CNTL-ALT-DELETE is the only way out. Does this sound >familiar to anyone. I've tried messing aound with lots of parameters with no >obvious success. Doesn't happen all the time. It seems like it takes some >time to load up with whatever is going bad in the code and then freezeup. >Also a couple of times, weird things appear on parts of the screen but the >race is OK. Like maybe something got written over that wasn't supposed to. >Thanks, >Gene

Hi, I had the exact same problem with the newer drivers for my Voodoo2 12 MB. In my case I have a Diamond Monster II and I switched from using the 2.07 drivers to using the older 2.03 drivers and GPL works fine. For me anyway, anything above Glide 2.53 seems to cause problems for GPL. Maybe try installing some slightly older drivers for your card and see if that fixes the problem (or place and older version of glide32.dll in your GPL main directory. Hope this helps, John

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> >GPL has got this *** habit of freezing up on me. I just added a VooDoo2 > >1000 12MB card so I could run the 3dfx version and it's great. A good solid > >36 FPS. But this freezeup is for the birds. At some point well into a race, > >the screen just freezes. The game is still going on and you can hear my car > >eventually crash. CNTL-ALT-DELETE is the only way out. Does this sound > >familiar to anyone. I've tried messing aound with lots of parameters with > no > >obvious success. Doesn't happen all the time. It seems like it takes some > >time to load up with whatever is going bad in the code and then freezeup. > >Also a couple of times, weird things appear on parts of the screen but the > >race is OK. Like maybe something got written over that wasn't supposed to. > >Thanks, > >Gene

Actually thats the glide2x.dll file in your GPL directory. > Hi, > or place and older version of glide32.dll in your GPL > main directory. > Hope this helps, > John -------- Jason Monds "My other car is a Ferrari" http://members.home.net/gpl.mondsj/gpl - For my combined gas/brake setups (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

Gene - I have had exactly the same problem with a cl 12mb voodoo2. I think the problem is heat related. Do you have your computer well ventilated and an extra fan on the card? I added a TennMax Stealth cooler and now I run the card overclocked with no problems at all. I use the glide2.56 drivers from the 3dfx site which let me eliminate the glide2.53 drivers fom the gpl file. Good Luck, Mike Taylor

Hi Mike, You may be right about it being a heat problem. I just coincindentally upped the ole air conditioning in the midst of our heat wave and no crashes! 3 blown engines in the Ferrari, but that's a different problem! Gene > Gene - > I have had exactly the same problem with a cl 12mb voodoo2. I think the > problem is heat related. Do you have your computer well ventilated and an > extra fan on the card? I added a TennMax Stealth cooler and now I run the > card overclocked with no problems at all. I use the glide2.56 drivers from > the 3dfx site which let me eliminate the glide2.53 drivers fom the gpl file. > Good Luck, > Mike Taylor > > GPL has got this *** habit of freezing up on me. I just added a VooDoo2

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> > 1000 12MB card so I could run the 3dfx version and it's great. A good > solid > > 36 FPS. But this freezeup is for the birds. At some point well into a > race, > > the screen just freezes. The game is still going on and you can hear my > car > > eventually crash. CNTL-ALT-DELETE is the only way out. Does this sound > > familiar to anyone. I've tried messing aound with lots of parameters

with > no > > obvious success. Doesn't happen all the time. It seems like it takes some > > time to load up with whatever is going bad in the code and then freezeup. > > Also a couple of times, weird things appear on parts of the screen but the > > race is OK. Like maybe something got written over that wasn't supposed to. > > Thanks, > > Gene