How can I run this? I tried Win 95 compatability mode, but it does
not work (nor in XP native mode). I have an ATI Radeon 9700 video
card on my P4 2.66MHz.
I have seen the patches for D3D and Open GL, but D3D is supposedly for
NVidia cards only, and there is no info about the Open GL.
What is recommended?
Thanks
[email hidden] (Stick Insect) wrote in
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the demo is pre-modern DirectX so I don't recall if it works at all with
the newer OSes. However the retail version is patchable to be fully D3d
compliant and runable.
dave henrie
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> How can I run this? I tried Win 95 compatability mode, but it does > not work (nor in XP native mode). I have an ATI Radeon 9700 video > card on my P4 2.66MHz. > > I have seen the patches for D3D and Open GL, but D3D is supposedly for > NVidia cards only, and there is no info about the Open GL. > > What is recommended? > > Thanks >"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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From what I've read Ati users seem to prefer the D3D patch to OpenGL, plus
the D3D patch came later, so tends to look prettier to most people's eyes.
I have no idea whether either patch will work with the demo, but give it a
go, it can't hurt ;-)
The full version is very cheap now anyway, and it's well worth getting.
Malc.
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> [email hidden] (Stick Insect) wrote in > news:[email hidden]: > > > How can I run this? I tried Win 95 compatability mode, but it does > > not work (nor in XP native mode). I have an ATI Radeon 9700 video > > card on my P4 2.66MHz. > > > > I have seen the patches for D3D and Open GL, but D3D is supposedly for > > NVidia cards only, and there is no info about the Open GL. > > > > What is recommended? > > > > Thanks > > > > the demo is pre-modern DirectX so I don't recall if it works at all with > the newer OSes. However the retail version is patchable to be fully D3d > compliant and runable. > dave henrieTry installing the CPU upgrade, rasterizer, patch 1.2, and the D3D
patches....I think that's how I got the demo to work with WinXP and my 9700
video card. Sorry, I don't remember the order I applied them in. Maybe
someone else here does.
Sean
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> How can I run this? I tried Win 95 compatability mode, but it does > not work (nor in XP native mode). I have an ATI Radeon 9700 video > card on my P4 2.66MHz. > > I have seen the patches for D3D and Open GL, but D3D is supposedly for > NVidia cards only, and there is no info about the Open GL. > > What is recommended? > > ThanksYup. I distinctly remember I had the demo running in D3D while I was looking
for a place to buy the game.
"Malc" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I have no idea whether either patch will work with the demo, but give it a
> go, it can't hurt ;-)
>
You will need the 'cpu patch' also on a fast machine.
rms
ok, any hints where to get these patches? I would like to try these older
games I keep reading about but they will not run on my xp machine, even with
an older duron 750 processor and an Nvidia g-force 2 card
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"Roger Squires" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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: You will need the 'cpu patch' also on a fast machine.
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: rms
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If you are using NTFS instead of Fat disk partitions, you will need to
enable ..er..fast writes.. I think it is.
See Alison Hine's web site for details.
http://eaglewoman.simracing.dk/gpl/index.htm
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> www.papy.com > http://gplea.racesimcentral.com > http://magnust.d2g.com/ > > rms > >
"Damian Doyle" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> If you are using NTFS instead of Fat disk partitions, you will need to
> enable ..er..fast writes.. I think it is.
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> See Alison Hine's web site for details.
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> http://eaglewoman.simracing.dk/gpl/index.htm
Just for the record..the setting you usually need to check for under XP when using NTFS is "allow
indexing on this drive/folder"
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