WIN95 boot disk for GP2

Hello again everyone. I don't want to sound stoopid or nuthin' BUT... Does WIN95 running in the background slow down the frame rate and processor occupancy in GP2? I bought a P2/266 w/64 meg just to run GP2. I still can't run full tilt with all graphics in SVGA. I would like to run at the full 25+ FPS. I don't care about sky though but don't want to get bogged down when I ride up a guys gearbox either. I can get it to about 19-21 FPS and still keep it under 100% occupancy. Fixing a boot disk with WIN3.x was a breeze but I can't seem to get it for WIN95 (I'm still fairly new at it). I don't know where the mouse driver is. Can someone tell me if it will make a difference in the frame rate? If it will, can someone give me the steps for making one, please? Do I need to setup the memory in the config.sys? GONZO- (a new big-mouth in R.A.S.)

I've found personally, that there is no difference in running GP2 under Win95. I have a P166MMX and am running with everything except sky and I get about 160% average occupancy. Running in DOS gives the same results. However, if you want to make a bootdisk then just type format a: /s at the DOS prompt like you did in previous DOS versions. Then you can make any changes to the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files. Make sure Config.sys has these lines in it : device=c:\windows\himem.sys device=c:\windows\emm386.exe devicehigh= (YOUR CD ROM DRIVER SHOULD GO HERE) and AUTOEXEC.BAT should have the MSCDEX.EXE line in it. Windows 95 doesn't have a DOS driver for the mouse. Luckily there is one on the GP2 CD. I think it's under :\UTIL\MOUSE or something, You could also do a search for it. Again, depending on how your system is set up, I don't think you will see that much improvement in DOS, but it's worth a try. Regards Andrew

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> Hello again everyone. > I don't want to sound stoopid or nuthin' BUT... > Does WIN95 running in the background slow down the frame rate and processor > occupancy in GP2? > I bought a P2/266 w/64 meg just to run GP2. I still can't run full tilt with all > graphics in SVGA. I would like to run at the full 25+ FPS. I don't care about > sky though but don't want to get bogged down when I ride up a guys gearbox > either. I can get it to about 19-21 FPS and still keep it under 100% occupancy. > Fixing a boot disk with WIN3.x was a breeze but I can't seem to get it for WIN95 > (I'm still fairly new at it). I don't know where the mouse driver is. Can > someone tell me if it will make a difference in the frame rate? If it will, can > someone give me the steps for making one, please? Do I need to setup the memory > in the config.sys? > GONZO- > (a new big-mouth in R.A.S.)

-- Andrew Carroll ______________________________ ______________________________

Personally, I always noticed a small difference equivalent to maybe 1-2 fps. Definately not just imagination (I play a lot and notice the difference between NO slowdown and a LITTLE slowdown). The bootdisk will make a small difference (maybe just enough) IMHO. JoH Please remove *anti-spam* from the email when replying. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= When everything else failed, we can still become im- mortal by making an enormous blunder.... John Kenneth Galbraith =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

I can play GP2 from Win95 dos session but I get an annoying clicking from the PC's internal speaker (apparently something to do with my graphics card I have been led to believe) but otherwise (on P166, 32mb) it runs within a whisker of being as fast as in full real mode DOS. So, I only play in real mode DOS just to avoid the annoying clicking rather than for any noticable speed gains. Cheers. > >I've found personally, that there is no difference in running GP2 under Win95. I > >have a P166MMX and am running with everything except sky and I get about 160% > >average occupancy. Running in DOS gives the same results. > Personally, I always noticed a small difference equivalent to maybe 1-2 fps. > Definately not just imagination (I play a lot and notice the difference between > NO slowdown and a LITTLE slowdown). The bootdisk will make a small difference

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> (maybe just enough) IMHO. > JoH > Please remove *anti-spam* from the email when replying. > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > When everything else failed, we can still become im- > mortal by making an enormous blunder.... > John Kenneth Galbraith > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

If you have a Matrox Mystique card you may find upgrading the bios to 1.5 or above fixes the clicking sound.

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>I can play GP2 from Win95 dos session but I get an annoying clicking from >the PC's internal speaker (apparently something to do with my graphics card >I have been led to believe) but otherwise (on P166, 32mb) it runs within a >whisker of being as fast as in full real mode DOS. >So, I only play in real mode DOS just to avoid the annoying clicking rather >than for any noticable speed gains. >Cheers. >> >I've found personally, that there is no difference in running GP2 under >Win95. I >> >have a P166MMX and am running with everything except sky and I get about >160% >> >average occupancy. Running in DOS gives the same results. >> Personally, I always noticed a small difference equivalent to maybe 1-2 >fps. >> Definately not just imagination (I play a lot and notice the difference >between >> NO slowdown and a LITTLE slowdown). The bootdisk will make a small >difference >> (maybe just enough) IMHO. >> JoH >> Please remove *anti-spam* from the email when replying. >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >> When everything else failed, we can still become im- >> mortal by making an enormous blunder.... >> John Kenneth Galbraith >> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=