Egah! Reinstalling GPL please help

After all those years, I've figured that it's about time I reinstall GPL. It's often crashing, mostly resulting in the software being overloaded with tons and tons of add-ons. It's like building an inversed pyramid, you keep putting stuff on top of it and sometime it collapses ;) So there, here's my plan. I just want to know if I'm forgetting something. - Install GPL (duh!) - Get the 1.2.0.1 Patch - Get the D3D Patch - Get the Disco Patch - Get the CPU Patch - Setting the FF and core.ini stuff for online racing Now this gives me a "basic" standard up-to-date GPL, no? All that is left, is the various add-ons. Sounds (the patch that enables all different sounds), the fix that puts the Honda and the Cooper, GPLEA cars, Graphical update to tracks, and new tracks. Oh yeah and VROC' of course. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://ymenard.cjb.net/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimago-Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

"ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ROJn9.4920$[email hidden]... > After all those years, I've figured that it's about time I reinstall GPL. > It's often crashing, mostly resulting in the software being overloadedwith > tons and tons of add-ons. It's like building an inversed pyramid, youkeep > putting stuff on top of it and sometime it collapses ;) > > > So there, here's my plan. I just want to know if I'm forgettingsomething.

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> > > - Install GPL (duh!) > - Get the 1.2.0.1 Patch > - Get the D3D Patch > - Get the Disco Patch > - Get the CPU Patch

iirc the disco patch is included in the cpu fix, so you don't need to do it separately. So's the no CD patch I think. > - Setting the FF and core.ini stuff for online racing Just save & restore your current core.ini and driver.ini. > Now this gives me a "basic" standard up-to-date GPL, no? > > All that is left, is the various add-ons. Sounds (the patch that enables > all different sounds), the fix that puts the Honda and the Cooper, GPLEA > cars, Graphical update to tracks, and new tracks. Oh yeah and VROC' of > course. That's a pretty big "all" ;-) but yup, that'd do it. Of course this all assumes your original CD will still work. Mine doesn't any more :-( Malc.

>"Malc" <[email hidden]> wrote in > iirc the disco patch is included in the cpu fix, so you don't need to doit > separately. So's the no CD patch I think. Sweet, I'll archive all those "basic" patches on my HD now. > Just save & restore your current core.ini and driver.ini. Indeed, I will "restore" the most stuff possible. > Of course this all assumes your original CD will still work. Mine doesn't > any more :-( ouch! Why is that? Somehow, my GPL CD only served 3 perhaps 4 time in all it's life. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://ymenard.cjb.net/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimago-Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

"ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:mpMn9.1129$[email hidden]...

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> >"Malc" <[email hidden]> wrote in > > iirc the disco patch is included in the cpu fix, so you don't need to do > it > > separately. So's the no CD patch I think. > > > Sweet, I'll archive all those "basic" patches on my HD now. > > > > Just save & restore your current core.ini and driver.ini. > > Indeed, I will "restore" the most stuff possible. > > > > > Of course this all assumes your original CD will still work. Mine

doesn't > > any more :-( > > ouch! Why is that? Somehow, my GPL CD only served 3 perhaps 4 time inall > it's life. Just a scratch on it I think, but it's four years old, so it's not that surprising I guess. Mine's not had much more use than yours. It reads okay, but comes up with a 'this is not a genuine CD' when you try to re-install. I burned a basic install to CDr & I use that when I need to. If you're feeling paranoid, it might be work making a huge zipfile of your gpl folder as a backup until you've re-installed successfully, but you'll probably be fine. Just delete the backup once you know you have it back & working. Paranoid Malc.

You get a new laptop Frank? :-) -- Edward Commissioner Middle-Aged Racers Association (MARA) http://members.rogers.com/ecrawford1/mara/maramain.htm

>"EdwardC" <[email hidden]> wrote > You get a new laptop Frank? :-) Nah :) I'm awaiting NR2003 until I get any new PC or hardware. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://ymenard.cjb.net/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimago-Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

> Just a scratch on it I think, but it's four years old, so it's not that > surprising I guess. Mine's not had much more use than yours. > It reads okay, but comes up with a 'this is not a genuine CD' when you try > to re-install. I burned a basic install to CDr & I use that when I needto. > If you're feeling paranoid, it might be work making a huge zipfile of your > gpl folder as a backup until you've re-installed successfully, but you'll > probably be fine. Just delete the backup once you know you have it back & > working. >Did the 'not a genuine CD' thing not happen on systems with 2 CD/DVD drives? I seem to recall that the problem went away when using the other drive to the one that gave that error. Just a thought. Iain -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----

"Iain Mackenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > Just a scratch on it I think, but it's four years old, so it's not that > > surprising I guess. Mine's not had much more use than yours. > > It reads okay, but comes up with a 'this is not a genuine CD' when youtry > > to re-install. I burned a basic install to CDr & I use that when I need > to. > > If you're feeling paranoid, it might be work making a huge zipfile ofyour > > gpl folder as a backup until you've re-installed successfully, butyou'll > > probably be fine. Just delete the backup once you know you have it back& > > working. > > > Did the 'not a genuine CD' thing not happen on systems with 2 CD/DVDdrives? > I seem to recall that the problem went away when using the other drive to > the one that gave that error. > Just a thought. > Iain iirc it wouldn't work in either (CD or CD-RW) last time I tried but I've since replaced the CD with a DVD & I haven't tried it in that. I haven't needed to use the CD in well over a year, but I'll bear that in mind next time I reinstall, thanks. Malc.

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> >Just a scratch on it I think, but it's four years old, so it's not that >surprising I guess. Mine's not had much more use than yours. >It reads okay, but comes up with a 'this is not a genuine CD' when you try >to re-install. I burned a basic install to CDr & I use that when I need to. >If you're feeling paranoid, it might be work making a huge zipfile of your >gpl folder as a backup until you've re-installed successfully, but you'll >probably be fine. Just delete the backup once you know you have it back & >working. > >Paranoid Malc. >

It's only paranoia when there's nothing real to fear. ;-) Jim >

"The Carvalho Family" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Malc wrote: > > > > >Just a scratch on it I think, but it's four years old, so it's not that > >surprising I guess. Mine's not had much more use than yours. > >It reads okay, but comes up with a 'this is not a genuine CD' when youtry > >to re-install. I burned a basic install to CDr & I use that when I needto. > >If you're feeling paranoid, it might be work making a huge zipfile ofyour

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> >gpl folder as a backup until you've re-installed successfully, but you'll > >probably be fine. Just delete the backup once you know you have it back & > >working. > > > >Paranoid Malc. > > > It's only paranoia when there's nothing real to fear. ;-)

lol I NEED my gpl! Malc.