GTR 2002 help PLEASE!

I'm hoping someone can help me out because I need a GTR fix! First my system setup: P4 2.5 Ghz 512 meg RAM GeForce3 Ti 200 64 meg WinXP Pro DirectX 9 SB Live 5.1 OK, F1 2002 plays just fine -- no problems at all. I installed GTR2002 and when I try to run it, I immediately get a window that says "Unexpected error; quitting." That's it. I searched the forum and found that someone suggested searching for COMCTL32.OCX and COMDLG32.OCX and replacing them with the ones from the system folder. Well, neither of those files lives in my F1 2k2 directory anywhere. Somebody HELP please! I need to play GTR! On my old machine with DirectX 8.1 I had no problems. This is a new PC with DX 9 -- could that be the issue? Thanks in advance Todd

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> I'm hoping someone can help me out because I need a GTR fix! First my > system setup: > > P4 2.5 Ghz > 512 meg RAM > GeForce3 Ti 200 64 meg > WinXP Pro > DirectX 9 > SB Live 5.1 > > OK, F1 2002 plays just fine -- no problems at all. I installed GTR2002 > and when I try to run it, I immediately get a window that says > "Unexpected error; quitting." That's it. I searched the forum and found > that someone suggested searching for COMCTL32.OCX and COMDLG32.OCX and > replacing them with the ones from the system folder. Well, neither of > those files lives in my F1 2k2 directory anywhere. > > Somebody HELP please! I need to play GTR! On my old machine with DirectX > 8.1 I had no problems. This is a new PC with DX 9 -- could that be the > issue? > > Thanks in advance > Todd

My system is very similar to yours except that I only have a 1.8 Ghz CPU, a GF3 Ti 500 and an Audigy. GTR used to run just fine on it with no problems. Try turning off the sound and see if the game runs. Some games don't get along with the SB Live series of cards and if I remember correctly especially under Win XP. If the game runs then try that old standby - the latest drivers. Sorry I can't be of more help because that mod is worth the effort. Elrikk PS I just remembered that you have to make sure that the video part of the .ini file for the mod is the same as that in the config.ini for the main game. The block should have these parameters but not necessarily these values. __________________________________________ VIDEORAM=105 OBJDETAIL=2 TEXDETAIL=3 VIDEOGUID=D7B71E3E-4142-11CF-3B79-7B2001C2CB35 VIDEODRIVER=0 VIDEOMODE=104 VIDEOREFRESH=0 WINDOWEDMODE=0 RUNBENCHMARKS=1 FSAA=0 VSYNC=0 VBSTRATEGY=1 ____________________________________________________________ Good luck. E

I had the same problem. GT2002 was running ok, but one day when I wanted to play it, I got the "Unexpected Error" message. What I did was starting the game with the "GT2002lite.exe" file and everything's ok. Running this file will skip the intro video. Hope this helps. "Todd Walker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I'm hoping someone can help me out because I need a GTR fix! First my > system setup: > > P4 2.5 Ghz > 512 meg RAM > GeForce3 Ti 200 64 meg > WinXP Pro > DirectX 9 > SB Live 5.1 > > OK, F1 2002 plays just fine -- no problems at all. I installed GTR2002 > and when I try to run it, I immediately get a window that says > "Unexpected error; quitting." That's it. I searched the forum and found > that someone suggested searching for COMCTL32.OCX and COMDLG32.OCX and > replacing them with the ones from the system folder. Well, neither of > those files lives in my F1 2k2 directory anywhere. > > Somebody HELP please! I need to play GTR! On my old machine with DirectX > 8.1 I had no problems. This is a new PC with DX 9 -- could that be the > issue? > > Thanks in advance > Todd >

In article <bonses$fvp$[email hidden]>, azm@yahooanti- spam.com. says... > I had the same problem. GT2002 was running ok, but one day when I wanted to > play it, I got the "Unexpected Error" message. What I did was starting the > game with the "GT2002lite.exe" file and everything's ok. Running this file > will skip the intro video. > Hope this helps. > Should the lite executable be there as part of the standard install, cuz I don't have it. If not, where can I get it? Or are there switches that I can use with the regular executable to tell it not to run the intro? Thanks for the help! Todd

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> In article <bonses$fvp$[email hidden]>, azm@yahooanti- > spam.com. says... >> I had the same problem. GT2002 was running ok, but one day when I >> wanted to play it, I got the "Unexpected Error" message. What I did >> was starting the game with the "GT2002lite.exe" file and everything's >> ok. Running this file will skip the intro video. >> Hope this helps. >> > > Should the lite executable be there as part of the standard install, > cuz I don't have it. If not, where can I get it? Or are there switches > that I can use with the regular executable to tell it not to run the > intro? > > Thanks for the help! > Todd >

have you patched gtr to version 1.2? you should have gtrlite.exe and gtrrun.exe available.

I'm sorry. The filename is actually GTRACING2002lite.exe. It comes with the standard install. "Todd Walker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <bonses$fvp$[email hidden]>, azm@yahooanti- > spam.com. says... > > I had the same problem. GT2002 was running ok, but one day when I wantedto > > play it, I got the "Unexpected Error" message. What I did was startingthe > > game with the "GT2002lite.exe" file and everything's ok. Running thisfile

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> > will skip the intro video. > > Hope this helps. > > > > Should the lite executable be there as part of the standard install, cuz > I don't have it. If not, where can I get it? Or are there switches that > I can use with the regular executable to tell it not to run the intro? > > Thanks for the help! > Todd

Sorry! I may be wrong when I said that the file GTRACING2002.EXE came with the standard install. After I installed GT2002, I immediately installed the 1.2 patch, so I was not sure. Perhaps, you should install the "GT2002 patch12". "Happy" <[email hidden].> wrote in message news:boohs3$nac$[email hidden]... > I'm sorry. The filename is actually GTRACING2002lite.exe. It comes withthe

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> standard install. > > "Todd Walker" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > In article <bonses$fvp$[email hidden]>, azm@yahooanti- > > spam.com. says... > > > I had the same problem. GT2002 was running ok, but one day when I

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> to > > > play it, I got the "Unexpected Error" message. What I did was starting > the > > > game with the "GT2002lite.exe" file and everything's ok. Running this > file > > > will skip the intro video. > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > > Should the lite executable be there as part of the standard install, cuz > > I don't have it. If not, where can I get it? Or are there switches that > > I can use with the regular executable to tell it not to run the intro? > > > > Thanks for the help! > > Todd > >

In article <booiek$nbi$[email hidden]>, [email hidden]. says... > Sorry! I may be wrong when I said that the file GTRACING2002.EXE came with > the standard install. After I installed GT2002, I immediately installed the > 1.2 patch, so I was not sure. Perhaps, you should install the "GT2002 > patch12". > Well I don't know if I am making any progress but at least now I've got something different. After installing the 1.2 patch, I still get the same error trying to run the main executable. If I run the lite version though, it opens up a window (looks to be about 800x600,) that's black and the cursor changes to the "2002" cursor, then it just sits there... Todd

Todd Walker <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]: > Well I don't know if I am making any progress but at least now I've got > something different. After installing the 1.2 patch, I still get the > same error trying to run the main executable. If I run the lite version > though, it opens up a window (looks to be about 800x600,) that's black > and the cursor changes to the "2002" cursor, then it just sits there... What version of Windows Media player do you have? I believe they designed the opening video to work with the latest version of MP. So ifyou have an older non-updated Media Player that may be holding you up. I too gave you the wrong file name..there should be two additional exe files...gtr2002lite.exe and gtr2002run.exe. Try the latter as well. dh

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> What version of Windows Media player do you have? I believe they > designed the opening video to work with the latest version of MP. So ifyou > have an older non-updated Media Player that may be holding you up. > I too gave you the wrong file name..there should be two additional exe > files...gtr2002lite.exe and gtr2002run.exe. Try the latter as well. > dh >

Alright! Now we're getting somewhere. The gtrun.exe works great. I just have one problem left now. When I go to the "select car" screen, I see no car models -- just the "frame" around the screen if you will. I can click the invisible cars and select one because I am familiar with what the screen is supposed to look like, but why might I not be seeing the cars themselves? I don't see the vertical scroll slider either. Dave, thanks a MILLION for all your help. If I can get this last problem solved, I'll be back in GTR bliss! Thanks Todd

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> In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] says... >> What version of Windows Media player do you have? I believe they >> designed the opening video to work with the latest version of MP. So >> ifyou have an older non-updated Media Player that may be holding you >> up. >> I too gave you the wrong file name..there should be two additional >> exe >> files...gtr2002lite.exe and gtr2002run.exe. Try the latter as well. >> dh >> > > Alright! Now we're getting somewhere. The gtrun.exe works great. I > just have one problem left now. When I go to the "select car" screen, > I see no car models -- just the "frame" around the screen if you will. > I can click the invisible cars and select one because I am familiar > with what the screen is supposed to look like, but why might I not be > seeing the cars themselves? I don't see the vertical scroll slider > either. > > Dave, thanks a MILLION for all your help. If I can get this last > problem solved, I'll be back in GTR bliss! > > Thanks > Todd

if you are not seeing cars on the selection screen then you probably have a mislaid sound or car file. Verify that all the cars are properly in the GTR2002season\vehicles folder. You may want to try a carset manager to verify that all your cars are active. dh

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> if you are not seeing cars on the selection screen then you probably > have a mislaid sound or car file. > Verify that all the cars are properly in the GTR2002season\vehicles > folder. You may want to try a carset manager to verify that all your > cars are active. > dh >

Thanks Dave. I'll try that tomorrow. Gotta get some sleep now :-) Todd