GPL demo freezes

Guess I better get this question in before the wave hits for the full version. GPL demo runs fine but will freeze ever few laps or so. That's annoying enough but I discovered the demo is still running! I hit Escape to see what would happen, and sure enough, it exits out (properly) and of course shows my last several amusing moments of life. That is, it shows me going full speed toward the curve and never stop, instead going full throttle into the trees. Even though the screen freezes, the program apparently continues running even with the screen frozen. You can't see it, but you are still driving the car! It's as though the driver has a seizure or something. Ideas? -- Thanks, Kurt, who's sick of spam. Change "server" to "servr."

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>Guess I better get this question in before the wave hits for the full >version. >GPL demo runs fine but will freeze ever few laps or so. That's annoying >enough but I discovered the demo is still running! I hit Escape to see >what would happen, and sure enough, it exits out (properly) and of course >shows my last several amusing moments of life. That is, it shows me going >full speed toward the curve and never stop, instead going full throttle >into the trees. Even though the screen freezes, the program apparently >continues running even with the screen frozen. You can't see it, but you >are still driving the car! It's as though the driver has a seizure or >something.

I don't encounter these problems with the GPL demo, but I had the same experience with ICR2 (aka CART). The picture froze, but the sim kept running. Someone on this group advised that it could be a memory problem. At first I didn't want to believe it, since the computer showed this peculiar behavior at all bus speeds (even vanilla 66MHz), but I later found out that one of my SIMMs was slightly faulty. The prob never occurred in other programs, but ICR2 would freeze. Setting the board clock to 66MHz and all memory timing settings in the BIOS to "slow" did help. In the meantime, I replaced the memory. -- Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.

Kurt, I have the same problem. My problem is, I think, attributed to overclocking my Pure 3D graphics adapter. It was either getting too hot or overworked, I guess. Anyway, I reset everything on the card back to the defaults and I get a few more laps in before it freezes. I had hoped it was the sim and not my hardware, but setting the defaults seemed to help a little bit, at least. I don't know if that will help you, but if you have a 3D card and you're overclocking, give it a try. Kyle

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>Guess I better get this question in before the wave hits for the full >version. >GPL demo runs fine but will freeze ever few laps or so. That's annoying >enough but I discovered the demo is still running! I hit Escape to see >what would happen, and sure enough, it exits out (properly) and of course >shows my last several amusing moments of life. That is, it shows me going >full speed toward the curve and never stop, instead going full throttle >into the trees. Even though the screen freezes, the program apparently >continues running even with the screen frozen. You can't see it, but you >are still driving the car! It's as though the driver has a seizure or >something. >Ideas? >-- >Thanks, >Kurt, who's sick of spam. Change "server" to "servr."

I had the same problem and eventually discovered that it was my screensaver trying to kick in! I don't know if it is your problem but it's worth a try. Took me ages to find and it always happened on a really hot lap!

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> >Guess I better get this question in before the wave hits for the full > >version. > >GPL demo runs fine but will freeze ever few laps or so. > I had the same problem and eventually discovered that it was my > screensaver trying to kick in! I don't know if it is your problem but > it's worth a try. Took me ages to find and it always happened on a > really hot lap!

Exactly! Thanks for the comments guys (and girls) Kurt

Turn windows screensaver off! Kari

You guys are right! Kurt