System crash, GPL gone :(

Had a system crash and had to reformat and reinstall everything. Worst of all i lost all my GPL setups, replays and links from 5 years :(( There is alot to be said for backing up i suppose. Anyway, reinstalling GPL and need to know which patches to put on from Papy. I know i need the 1.2 patch and the D3D patch, the OpenGL patch, there is better one of this i think at race sim central? Does the CPU patch include the Disco patch as well? Have also done a google for Vroc but all the links seem dead, anyone have a link for WinVroc? Anything i have missed ? Thanks for any help, Sid.

"Sid Chapple" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:405d786f$0$31903$[email hidden]... > Had a system crash and had to reformat and reinstall everything. Worstof > all i lost all my GPL setups, replays and links from 5 years :((There is > alot to be said for backing up i suppose. Anyway, reinstalling GPL andneed > to know which patches to put on from Papy. I know i need the 1.2 patchand > the D3D patch, the OpenGL patch, there is better one of this i thinkat race > sim central? Does the CPU patch include the Disco patch as well? Havealso > done a google for Vroc but all the links seem dead, anyone have a linkfor > WinVroc? > Anything i have missed ? > Thanks for any help, > Sid. There is an 'all in one' patch here: http://trackdb.d2g.com/ but if you prefer to do it manually, you need to apply the following (in order): Papy 1.2 patch CPU Patch (includes disco fix & noCD fix) Then the 'more sounds' hack and any other hacks that modify the exe. The OpenGL/D3D patches & graphics updates etc can be applied at any time before or after the above. Shame you lost your setups & graphics, but even with a fresh start you'll soon be back up to speed ;-) Malc.

Hi Sid... Sorry to hear of that. I literally wiped out out my own machines data due to my negligence about 3 weeks ago. Luckily however, I ran all my sim titles on a separate HD (D drive). So although the registry settings were gone, I managed to keep most of my point accumulations in tact. Its really amazing how many games would still run even without the registry settings! Most of the EA titles I had to reinstall, but all of Papy's worked well. Chalk up another point for them! "Sid Chapple" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:405d786f$0$31903$[email hidden]... > Had a system crash and had to reformat and reinstall everything. Worst of > all i lost all my GPL setups, replays and links from 5 years :(( There is > alot to be said for backing up i suppose. Anyway, reinstalling GPL andneed > to know which patches to put on from Papy. I know i need the 1.2 patch and > the D3D patch, the OpenGL patch, there is better one of this i think atrace

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> sim central? Does the CPU patch include the Disco patch as well? Have also > done a google for Vroc but all the links seem dead, anyone have a link for > WinVroc? > Anything i have missed ? > Thanks for any help, > Sid. > >

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http://www.vroc.net/ Cheers ==--== "Sid Chapple" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:405d786f$0$31903$[email hidden]... > Had a system crash and had to reformat and reinstall everything. Worst of > all i lost all my GPL setups, replays and links from 5 years :(( There is > alot to be said for backing up i suppose. Anyway, reinstalling GPL andneed > to know which patches to put on from Papy. I know i need the 1.2 patch and > the D3D patch, the OpenGL patch, there is better one of this i think atrace

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> sim central? Does the CPU patch include the Disco patch as well? Have also > done a google for Vroc but all the links seem dead, anyone have a link for > WinVroc? > Anything i have missed ? > Thanks for any help, > Sid. > >

In article <405d786f$0$31903$[email hidden]>, "Sid Chapple" <[email hidden]> writes: >Had a system crash and had to reformat and reinstall everything. Worst of >all i lost all my GPL setups, replays and links from 5 years :(( There is >alot to be said for backing up i suppose. Man...you must have missed my tale of woe from Labor Day last year. 120GB drive died - no backup. Same losses as you... :-( Eldred -- http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Screamers League IICC League GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 Hist. +82.34 MoH:na N2k3 rank:in progress Slayer Spektera lvl 72 assassin Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro US East

Thanks for your help guys, you must of been pissed Eldred, i know i was. Just another question or 2 :) I have reformatted C drive with NTFS, never used it before, always used Fat 32. Should i reinstall GPL onto the D drive which is Fat 32 and still run it ok or is it best to install it to the NTFS drive, C? Or should i just reformat D drive as a NTFS file system as well? Sid. "Sid Chapple" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:405d786f$0$31903$[email hidden]... > Had a system crash and had to reformat and reinstall everything. Worst of > all i lost all my GPL setups, replays and links from 5 years :(( There is > alot to be said for backing up i suppose. Anyway, reinstalling GPL andneed > to know which patches to put on from Papy. I know i need the 1.2 patch and > the D3D patch, the OpenGL patch, there is better one of this i think atrace

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> sim central? Does the CPU patch include the Disco patch as well? Have also > done a google for Vroc but all the links seem dead, anyone have a link for > WinVroc? > Anything i have missed ? > Thanks for any help, > Sid. > >

Yea saw that all in one patch Malc but it says it is for UK version. I'm in Australia and have the US version. I think i prefer do it manually anyway. Thanks. Sid.

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> There is an 'all in one' patch here: http://trackdb.d2g.com/ > > but if you prefer to do it manually, you need to apply the following (in > order): > > Papy 1.2 patch > CPU Patch (includes disco fix & noCD fix) > Then the 'more sounds' hack and any other hacks that modify the exe. > > The OpenGL/D3D patches & graphics updates etc can be applied at any time > before or after the above. > > Shame you lost your setups & graphics, but even with a fresh start > you'll soon be back up to speed ;-) > > Malc. > >

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> Thanks for your help guys, you must of been pissed Eldred, i know > i was. Just another question or 2 :) > I have reformatted C drive with NTFS, never used it before, always > used Fat 32. Should i reinstall GPL onto the D drive which is Fat > 32 and still run it ok or is it best to install it to the NTFS > drive, C? Or should i just reformat D drive as a NTFS file system > as well? Sid. > > > "Sid Chapple" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:405d786f$0$31903$[email hidden]... >> Had a system crash and had to reformat and reinstall everything. >> Worst of all i lost all my GPL setups, replays and links from 5 >> years :(( There is alot to be said for backing up i suppose. >> Anyway, reinstalling GPL and > need >> to know which patches to put on from Papy. I know i need the 1.2 >> patch and the D3D patch, the OpenGL patch, there is better one of >> this i think at > race >> sim central? Does the CPU patch include the Disco patch as well? >> Have also done a google for Vroc but all the links seem dead, >> anyone have a link for WinVroc? >> Anything i have missed ? >> Thanks for any help, >> Sid. >> >> > >

GPL works fine on an NTFS drive, but you have to set the option to "allow indexing" of the drive. You don't have to actually run indexing, you just have to allow it. I couldn't say whether or not there is any performance advantage one way or the other. HTH, -- Darryl

>GPL works fine on an NTFS drive, but you have to set the option to >"allow indexing" of the drive. You don't have to actually run >indexing, you just have to allow it. Not all the time. For some reason, some can run it without setting that option. There hasn't been any solid explanation for why some do, and others don't. Eldred -- http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Screamers League IICC League GPLRank -6.0 MoGPL rank +267.80 Ch.Rank +52.58 MoC +741.71 Hist. +82.34 MoH:na N2k3 rank:in progress Slayer Spektera lvl 72 assassin Slayer Spectral_K lvl 38 Necro US East

G'day Sid, Sorry to here about the system crash :( Tried to email but bounced, also tried to ring changed #? Police still after you mate ;) I've got the setups that you emailed me if you would like them. Regards Phil (your long lost friend XXXX) "Sid Chapple" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:405d786f$0$31903$[email hidden]... > Had a system crash and had to reformat and reinstall everything. Worst ofSnip > Thanks for any help, > Sid. > >