GPL and DirectX 6 ?????

I just upgraded my system to a PII450, 64mb 100mhz ram, 12mb Creative V2 video, and I am having lock-up problems with GPL. Seems there is a problem on my machine once I load the directX 6 drivers. Once they are loaded the game freezes and crashes constantly. With the directX 5 drivers, the game runs flawlessly. Am I the only one, or are others experiencing this? If this is a well known problem can anyone guide me to a solution? Anyone know if Papyrus is working on a patch? At least I can run this sim with a little configuring but it gets old changing video drivers every time you switch between programs. Thanks in advance, Chris

Put version 2.53 (DX5) of Glide2x.dll in your GPL directory and it will be used only for GPL, while the Glide2x.dll in C:\windows\system will be used for all other games. This works for me, Brian > I just upgraded my system to a PII450, 64mb 100mhz ram, 12mb Creative V2 >video, and I am having lock-up problems with GPL. Seems there is a problem >on my machine once I load the directX 6 drivers. Once they are loaded the >game freezes and crashes constantly. > With the directX 5 drivers, the game runs flawlessly. Am I the only one, >or are others experiencing this? If this is a well known problem can anyone

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>guide me to a solution? Anyone know if Papyrus is working on a patch? > At least I can run this sim with a little configuring but it gets old >changing video drivers every time you switch between programs. >Thanks in advance, > Chris

This may not be much help, but I haven't had the first problem with DX6 in GPL on my system. My system config is: Celeron 300A overclocked to 450Mhz Abit BH6 motherboard 64 megs PC100 RAM Creative Voodoo Banshee 16 meg video card I hope you get it working. I don't know what your system was before you upgraded it, but coming from a P166 to the 450Mhz Celeron made GPL a different game. Just wait til you see it at 36 fps with all graphics on. It is breathtaking. Todd On 27 Dec 1998 06:17:50 GMT, "Chris Rogers"

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> I just upgraded my system to a PII450, 64mb 100mhz ram, 12mb Creative V2 >video, and I am having lock-up problems with GPL. Seems there is a problem >on my machine once I load the directX 6 drivers. Once they are loaded the >game freezes and crashes constantly. > With the directX 5 drivers, the game runs flawlessly. Am I the only one, >or are others experiencing this? If this is a well known problem can anyone >guide me to a solution? Anyone know if Papyrus is working on a patch? > At least I can run this sim with a little configuring but it gets old >changing video drivers every time you switch between programs. >Thanks in advance, > Chris

> On 27 Dec 1998 06:17:50 GMT, "Chris Rogers" > Seems there is a problem on my machine once I load the directX 6 drivers. > Once they are loaded the game freezes and crashes constantly. As you've pointed out, the 3DFX DirectX6 video drivers do not work with GPL. This is not a problem with DirectX6, but rather a problem with that set of video drivers. Unless you NEED the newer 3DFX DirectX6 video drivers, simply back up a revision on the video drivers and you should be ok. If you do need the 3DFX DirectX6 drivers for another application, then your only choice is to do as you described and switch video drivers when you want to run GPL. ER

Thanks to all for the info! I will try putting the old Glide driver into my GPL directory. If that does not work I will continue switching drivers back and forth until a fix is made available because I am running programs that require Dx6. Coming from a P200 non mmx I am stunned at how different, beautiful, and TOTALLY playable this sim has become with the PII450!!!! I am driving better than ever at 36fps all details, all opponents! What an awesome sim...I can't wait for the next version of Nascar and Cart racing built on the GPL engine!! Chris

Chris, Please note the advice above. It is not DX6 that is the problem, the Microsoft core drivers are fine. It is the DX6 V2 drivers that are the problem. Use DX6 + the release DX5 V2 drivers. Iain >Thanks to all for the info! I will try putting the old Glide driver into my >GPL directory. If that does not work I will continue switching drivers back

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>and forth until a fix is made available because I am running programs that >require Dx6. > Coming from a P200 non mmx I am stunned at how different, beautiful, and >TOTALLY playable this sim has become with the PII450!!!! I am driving >better than ever at 36fps all details, all opponents! What an awesome >sim...I can't wait for the next version of Nascar and Cart racing built on >the GPL engine!! >Chris

Well again thanks to all. I put the three files into the GPL directory as was suggested to me and ALL my problems are solved! I am now running GPL flawlessly along with all my #DFX games in Dx6. Thanks again, Chris

Here's a weird one. I got the golf game Links LS 1999 for Christmas. It installed DirectX 6.0. GPL still works fine (I have a Diamond Monster 2 Voodoo II card with 2.53 glide/DX5 drivers). However, after playing the golf game, my menus in Windows get whacked out. A lot of the text is missing (although you can see the underline character for the accelerator key) until you put the mouse over that particular menu item. A reboot fixes it and Windows is fine until you play Links again. I'm guessing that it calls something in DirectX 6.0 that hoses the system slightly. Note: I have a Dell XPS 400 and the 2D graphics card is a Dell OEM version of the STB nVidia ZX 8 MB. Has anybody else seen this problem? Dave Ewing >Well again thanks to all. I put the three files into the GPL directory as >was suggested to me and ALL my problems are solved! I am now running GPL >flawlessly along with all my #DFX games in Dx6.