Framerate drop from 36 to 3,6 with open gl??????

I reinstalled GPL and everything was ok until I installed OpenGL patch and marked it as a 3d accelerator. Suddenly GPL freezed. It took almost a minute to get to the track and frametrate was 2-3 fps. Before the re install I had constant 36 fps with Pentium III, 128 RAM, Guillemots Maxi Gamer TNT 2 Ultra 32, SBLive value, MS FFW. and Nvidias detonator. I had detonators 3.72 . When freezin' started I installed detonator 3.53 and re installed gpl over and over again. And everytime everything works fine in software mode but as soon as I install openGL patch , game freezes. Seems that there's something wrong with OPenGL but what?. Ihave installed detonators many times, I know the prodecure ( first VGA mode, then uninstall and then new drivers) and GPL has worked wekk with 3.53 detonators before in my computer. Has anybody met this kind of thing before or at least similar kind o`??? Help!!!! Asko kallonen

I suggest that you try the 2.08 reference drivers and see if the problem goes away. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.

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> I reinstalled GPL and everything was ok until I installed OpenGL patch > and marked it as a 3d accelerator. Suddenly GPL freezed. It took almost > a minute to get to the track and frametrate was 2-3 fps. Before the re > install I had constant 36 fps with Pentium III, 128 RAM, Guillemots Maxi > Gamer TNT 2 Ultra 32, SBLive value, MS FFW. and Nvidias detonator. > > as soon as I install openGL patch , game freezes. Seems that there's > something wrong with OPenGL but what?

I've got a problem like this, but with the latest GPL *demo*. If I select OpenGL (CL TNT2 Ultra, NV 3.76 ref. driver) and run GPL, my mouse pointer freezes on the main menu screen. If I press CTRL-ALT-DEL *once*, the Win95 'Close Task' dialogue pops up. If I then click 'Cancel' it goes away, and my mouse works OK, as does GPL. Any ideas, anyone? I'd like to buy GPL, but not if it's going to do that every time it starts! Is it just that the demo doesn't work properly with the OpenGL patch? In addition, the in-car view is broken. From the exterior view, I get 30-35 fps, which is nice. If I go to the in-car view, it falls to 10-15 fps, and the mirrors flicker *very* badly. I've tried changing the 'MirrorsEvery' variable in app.ini, but it doesn't make any difference. Again, is this just an issue with the demo? I *really* want to hear that everything will be OK if I just buy the game! (and install the OpenGL patch, and the 1.2 patch) -- Richard. "Well, shake it up, baby, now (shake it up, baby)."

Hello, I have an Asus V3800 TNTUltra Deluxe. Has anyone had any experience with this card and drivers? Which ones work best. I am just installing this card this weekend. Raymond www.act-labs.com On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 09:13:31 -0600, Charlie

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>Hello, > I noticed a drop with the newer drivers myself and from what I read on >the Creative newsgroups I found out that the TNT/TNT2 cards do not work as >well with the 3.xx drivers. People seem to recommend the 2.08's or 2.40 >drivers for the TNT/TNT2 cards. I did notice a performance loss with my >machine as well with the 3.xx drivers so I use the 2.08's and it runs much >better for me. I also had the mouse lockup on the main screen so I found a >fix that may help. >The solution I found was to: >Disable serial port polling. >If the mouse cursor stops responding in the menu screens and there is NOT a >Voodoo 2 card with Glide 2.54 drivers on the system, check to see if there is >a serial mouse/trackball or any other serial port devices. >If a serial device exists: >1. Click on Start, Find, Files or Folders. >2. In the Named: field, type APP.INI. Make sure the Look In: field says the >drive letter of the drive where the game is installed (for example, C:). >Check the box > that says "Include Subfolders." >3. When the file is found, open the APP.INI (in the GPL directory) and look >for the following line- > [ Communications ] > disableDirectConnect = 0 >4. Change the 0 to a 1 and save the changes. If this section is not present, >add it. >Note that it must be added EXACTLY as above as it is case sensitive and there >must be a space between the brackets in the heading. The only effect that >this will have on the game (other than potentially fixing the problem) will be >to disable the ability to race multiplayer via Null Modem direct connect mode. >Perhaps someone else could add to this, hope this helps. >Good luck.

Raymond ACT LABS

You'll find people that have had success with all the drivers, but the general consensus is that the 2.08 Nvidia reference drivers are the most trouble free and the fastest. (Raymond, ACT LABS) (Raymond, ACT LABS) wrote in

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>Hello, >I have an Asus V3800 TNTUltra Deluxe. Has anyone had any experience >with this card and drivers? Which ones work best. >I am just installing this card this weekend. >Raymond >www.act-labs.com >On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 09:13:31 -0600, Charlie >>Hello, >> I noticed a drop with the newer drivers myself and from >> what I read on >>the Creative newsgroups I found out that the TNT/TNT2 cards do not >>work as well with the 3.xx drivers. People seem to recommend the >>2.08's or 2.40 drivers for the TNT/TNT2 cards. I did notice a >>performance loss with my machine as well with the 3.xx drivers so I >>use the 2.08's and it runs much better for me. I also had the >>mouse lockup on the main screen so I found a fix that may help. >>The solution I found was to: >>Disable serial port polling. >>If the mouse cursor stops responding in the menu screens and there >>is NOT a Voodoo 2 card with Glide 2.54 drivers on the system, check >>to see if there is a serial mouse/trackball or any other serial >>port devices. >>If a serial device exists: >>1. Click on Start, Find, Files or Folders. >>2. In the Named: field, type APP.INI. Make sure the Look In: >>field says the drive letter of the drive where the game is >>installed (for example, C:). Check the box >> that says "Include Subfolders." >>3. When the file is found, open the APP.INI (in the GPL directory) >>and look for the following line- >> [ Communications ] >> disableDirectConnect >> = 0 >>4. Change the 0 to a 1 and save the changes. If this section is >>not present, add it. >>Note that it must be added EXACTLY as above as it is case sensitive >>and there must be a space between the brackets in the heading. The >>only effect that this will have on the game (other than potentially >>fixing the problem) will be to disable the ability to race >>multiplayer via Null Modem direct connect mode. >>Perhaps someone else could add to this, hope this helps. >>Good luck. >Raymond >ACT LABS

-- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.