GPL: stuttering problems (sound related?)

For over 3 years I'm driving GPL on my 233MMX (with a whopping 32 MB, and for the last year with a Voodoo2) without major problems; the biggest problem has always been my driving ability (lack of...). My other hobby (constructing aircraft/car scale models) has kept me busy for the past months, but last week I got tired of sniffing glue and filler and I thought it was time to connect my LWSF again. Unfortunately, I encountered a strange problem: 1. The sound 'cracks' from time to time. 2. Although I normally have a frame rate of more than 30fps (driving alone, that is...), the screen freezes for some tenths of seconds from time to time (just annoying enough to drive into a wall) 3. It doesn't happen at random, but at certain places at a track. For example: on the straight at Monza, or just after the second Lesmo accelerating towards the bridge. In the last case the following happens (every time): I change gear (2nd - 3rd; or 3rd - 4th; or 4th - 5th), after changing gear I hear a cracking sound, and then the screen freezes for -say- 0.15 seconds. On the straight it freezes longer, and without me changing gear. 4. When I crash really hard, GPL sometimes crashes with a 'Invalid page fault in DSOUND.DLL'. I've had crashes before, but never 2 or 3 in just a few laps. I suspected that the Glide patch (for decreasing the mirror updates) might cause the problem for some reason, because it was the last thing I changed in GPL. However, removing it makes no difference. I also tried my original Glide.dll; no difference. And before I forget it: I have nothing else running on my system (with a 233MMX you can't afford that). I'm not sure whether the sound is the cause problem (although I haven't changed the drivers) or just the result. The same goes for the freezing screen. I thought the problem might be in detail settings (difficulties in getting 'all that' scenery in memory, and therefore also with the sound), but even at the lowest settings the problem persists (maybe a bit less, but I'm not sure). So: I haven't got a clue, except that probably some change on my system (unrelated to GPL) in the past 3 months caused this problem. Can somebody help me out? Thanks in advance!!! Regards, Bert (GPLRank 'under construction')

hi Bert... I use to have a V2 when GPL� came out, definatly related to the V2 causing that crackling sound in GPL... time to upgrade perhaps ? Eric Bert Hilberink wrote:

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> For over 3 years I'm driving GPL on my 233MMX (with a whopping 32 MB, and > for the last year with a Voodoo2) without major problems; the biggest > problem has always been my driving ability (lack of...). My other hobby > (constructing aircraft/car scale models) has kept me busy for the past > months, but last week I got tired of sniffing glue and filler and I thought > it was time to connect my LWSF again. > > Unfortunately, I encountered a strange problem: > > 1.��� The sound 'cracks' from time to time. > 2.��� Although I normally have a frame rate of more than 30fps (driving > alone, that is...), the screen freezes for some tenths of seconds from time > to time (just annoying enough to drive into a wall) > 3.��� It doesn't happen at random, but at certain places at a track. For > example: on the straight at Monza, or just after the second Lesmo > accelerating towards the bridge. In the last case the following happens > (every time): I change gear (2nd - 3rd; or 3rd - 4th; or 4th - 5th), after > changing gear I hear a cracking sound, and then the screen freezes for -say- > 0.15 seconds. On the straight it freezes longer, and without me changing > gear. > 4.��� When I crash really hard, GPL sometimes crashes with a 'Invalid page > fault in DSOUND.DLL'. I've had crashes before, but never 2 or 3 in just a > few laps. > > I suspected that the Glide patch (for decreasing the mirror updates) might > cause the problem for some reason, because it was the last thing I changed > in GPL. However, removing it makes no difference. I also tried my original > Glide.dll; no difference. And before I forget it: I have nothing else > running on my system (with a 233MMX you can't afford that). > > I'm not sure whether the sound is the cause problem (although I haven't > changed the drivers) or just the result. The same goes for the freezing > screen. I thought the problem might be in detail settings (difficulties in > getting 'all that' scenery in memory, and therefore also with the sound), > but even at the lowest settings the problem persists (maybe a bit less, but > I'm not sure). > > So: I haven't got a clue, except that probably some change on my system > (unrelated to GPL) in the past 3 months caused this problem. Can somebody > help me out? > > Thanks in advance!!! > > Regards, > > Bert (GPLRank 'under construction')

Eric, The silly thing is that I never had this problem before, and I was quite happy with my Voodoo2. The problem also isn't related to the other 'stuttering' problems mentioned on R.A.S.: I tried all those tricks before (to good effect), simply because I need to with my 'dinosaur system'... Upgrading will take place in 2002 with a completely new system, so I still have some 7 months to go... Thanks for your reaction, regards, Bert "Eric Cote" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > hi Bert... I use to have a V2 when GPL came out, definatly related to theV2

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> causing that crackling sound in GPL... time to upgrade perhaps ? > > Eric > > Bert Hilberink wrote: > > > For over 3 years I'm driving GPL on my 233MMX (with a whopping 32 MB,

and > > for the last year with a Voodoo2) without major problems; the biggest > > problem has always been my driving ability (lack of...). My other hobby > > (constructing aircraft/car scale models) has kept me busy for the past > > months, but last week I got tired of sniffing glue and filler and Ithought

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> > it was time to connect my LWSF again. > > > > Unfortunately, I encountered a strange problem: > > > > 1. The sound 'cracks' from time to time. > > 2. Although I normally have a frame rate of more than 30fps (driving > > alone, that is...), the screen freezes for some tenths of seconds from

time > > to time (just annoying enough to drive into a wall) > > 3. It doesn't happen at random, but at certain places at a track. For > > example: on the straight at Monza, or just after the second Lesmo > > accelerating towards the bridge. In the last case the following happens > > (every time): I change gear (2nd - 3rd; or 3rd - 4th; or 4th - 5th),after > > changing gear I hear a cracking sound, and then the screen freezesfor -say- > > 0.15 seconds. On the straight it freezes longer, and without me changing > > gear. > > 4. When I crash really hard, GPL sometimes crashes with a 'Invalid page > > fault in DSOUND.DLL'. I've had crashes before, but never 2 or 3 in justa > > few laps. > > > > I suspected that the Glide patch (for decreasing the mirror updates)might > > cause the problem for some reason, because it was the last thing Ichanged > > in GPL. However, removing it makes no difference. I also tried myoriginal > > Glide.dll; no difference. And before I forget it: I have nothing else > > running on my system (with a 233MMX you can't afford that). > > > > I'm not sure whether the sound is the cause problem (although I haven't > > changed the drivers) or just the result. The same goes for the freezing > > screen. I thought the problem might be in detail settings (difficultiesin > > getting 'all that' scenery in memory, and therefore also with thesound), > > but even at the lowest settings the problem persists (maybe a bit less,but > > I'm not sure). > > > > So: I haven't got a clue, except that probably some change on my system > > (unrelated to GPL) in the past 3 months caused this problem. Cansomebody

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> > help me out? > > > > Thanks in advance!!! > > > > Regards, > > > > Bert (GPLRank 'under construction') >

Hi Bert, From time to time i discover the same strange freeze & speedup problem, on a system which is way faster than yours. Could you give more details of your hardware/OS to track it down? My relevant is: Asus A7v Athlon 1200 @ 1200 Voodoo 3 - 3500 (16 MB) AGP Soundblaster Live Logitech Wingman Formula Force USB Windows 2000 SP1 (ACPI-HAL) GPL 1.2 with Glide-Patch While running in D3D windowed mode i discovered a cpu occupancy of about 40-50 %. But still sometimes freeze & speedup. I have no solution yet, but am figuring out. It is somehow hardware related. Possible causes are from my point of view: - Texture swapping from RAM to V3-Ram (16mb not enough?). - Too slow Voodoo 3? - USB-instability with VIA chipset. - SBLive & Via problems - ACPI IRQ sharing Joachim "Bert Hilberink" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:9gg5h5$678vm$[email hidden]...

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> Eric, > > The silly thing is that I never had this problem before, and I was quite > happy with my Voodoo2. The problem also isn't related to the other > 'stuttering' problems mentioned on R.A.S.: I tried all those tricks before > (to good effect), simply because I need to with my 'dinosaur system'... > > Upgrading will take place in 2002 with a completely new system, so I still > have some 7 months to go... > > Thanks for your reaction, regards, > > Bert > "Eric Cote" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > hi Bert... I use to have a V2 when GPL came out, definatly related to

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> V2 > > causing that crackling sound in GPL... time to upgrade perhaps ? > > > > Eric > > > > Bert Hilberink wrote: > > > > > For over 3 years I'm driving GPL on my 233MMX (with a whopping 32 MB, > and > > > for the last year with a Voodoo2) without major problems; the biggest > > > problem has always been my driving ability (lack of...). My other

hobby

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> > > (constructing aircraft/car scale models) has kept me busy for the past > > > months, but last week I got tired of sniffing glue and filler and I > thought > > > it was time to connect my LWSF again. > > > > > > Unfortunately, I encountered a strange problem: > > > > > > 1. The sound 'cracks' from time to time. > > > 2. Although I normally have a frame rate of more than 30fps (driving > > > alone, that is...), the screen freezes for some tenths of seconds from > time > > > to time (just annoying enough to drive into a wall) > > > 3. It doesn't happen at random, but at certain places at a track. For > > > example: on the straight at Monza, or just after the second Lesmo > > > accelerating towards the bridge. In the last case the following

happens > > > (every time): I change gear (2nd - 3rd; or 3rd - 4th; or 4th - 5th), > after > > > changing gear I hear a cracking sound, and then the screen freezes > for -say- > > > 0.15 seconds. On the straight it freezes longer, and without mechanging > > > gear. > > > 4. When I crash really hard, GPL sometimes crashes with a 'Invalidpage > > > fault in DSOUND.DLL'. I've had crashes before, but never 2 or 3 injust

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> a > > > few laps. > > > > > > I suspected that the Glide patch (for decreasing the mirror updates) > might > > > cause the problem for some reason, because it was the last thing I > changed > > > in GPL. However, removing it makes no difference. I also tried my > original > > > Glide.dll; no difference. And before I forget it: I have nothing else > > > running on my system (with a 233MMX you can't afford that). > > > > > > I'm not sure whether the sound is the cause problem (although I

haven't > > > changed the drivers) or just the result. The same goes for thefreezing > > > screen. I thought the problem might be in detail settings(difficulties > in > > > getting 'all that' scenery in memory, and therefore also with the > sound), > > > but even at the lowest settings the problem persists (maybe a bitless, > but > > > I'm not sure). > > > > > > So: I haven't got a clue, except that probably some change on my system

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> > > (unrelated to GPL) in the past 3 months caused this problem. Can > somebody > > > help me out? > > > > > > Thanks in advance!!! > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Bert (GPLRank 'under construction') > > > >