GPL Lock-ups

try putting a fan on your card. it worked for me but my lock p were alwas in game play not the menus. >GPL used to run fine with my voodoo2 and Celeron 300A running at 450. >But after I briefly installed a nvidia riva zx card in my system, I had >problems. The game doesn't lock-up when driving, but as soon as I hit escape

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>to go back to the pits, I get a black screen and the hour-glass just stays >there. There are sounds so the game is still running - just no video. >I fdisked, and reinstalled GPL, and am using DirectX 6.0 and 3dfx directx 6 >voodoo2 reference drivers - and still have the same problem? >Previously, when I didnt have this problem, I think I was using DirectX 6 >and the voodoo2 drivers from Viewtop (the card maker). But now even this >combination gives me the same problem. >Do I need to revert to DirectX 5.0?

Yeah sounds like it. Both the DX 6.0 M3DII drivers have not worked for me (205 and 207). I had to go back to 203 which is DX 5.0. So try going back to DX 5.0 drivers for whatever V2 card u have and it should work. Those DX 6.0 drivers are nice for everything but GPL though, too bad GPL is my main/only concern.

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> GPL used to run fine with my voodoo2 and Celeron 300A running at 450. > But after I briefly installed a nvidia riva zx card in my system, I had > problems. The game doesn't lock-up when driving, but as soon as I hit escape > to go back to the pits, I get a black screen and the hour-glass just stays > there. There are sounds so the game is still running - just no video. > I fdisked, and reinstalled GPL, and am using DirectX 6.0 and 3dfx directx 6 > voodoo2 reference drivers - and still have the same problem? > Previously, when I didnt have this problem, I think I was using DirectX 6 > and the voodoo2 drivers from Viewtop (the card maker). But now even this > combination gives me the same problem. > Do I need to revert to DirectX 5.0?

-- Jon Van Ginneken "I wrestled with an alligator, tussled with a whale, handcuffed lightning, threw thunder in jail...I'm a bad dude." - Muhammad Ali

The problem is b/c of glide2x.dll version 2.54 that is included in the DX6 reference drivers. Download the non-DX6 reference drivers, extract the files, and copy the version 2.53 glide2x.dll into your GPL folder. - Eric

GPL used to run fine with my voodoo2 and Celeron 300A running at 450. But after I briefly installed a nvidia riva zx card in my system, I had problems. The game doesn't lock-up when driving, but as soon as I hit escape to go back to the pits, I get a black screen and the hour-glass just stays there. There are sounds so the game is still running - just no video. I fdisked, and reinstalled GPL, and am using DirectX 6.0 and 3dfx directx 6 voodoo2 reference drivers - and still have the same problem? Previously, when I didnt have this problem, I think I was using DirectX 6 and the voodoo2 drivers from Viewtop (the card maker). But now even this combination gives me the same problem. Do I need to revert to DirectX 5.0?

As has been said a million times now - use the latest V2 DX6 drivers, but put the older glide2x.dll (v2.53) file into your GPL folder. Everything should now work OK. Iain >Yeah sounds like it. Both the DX 6.0 M3DII drivers have not worked for me (205 >and 207). I had to go back to 203 which is DX 5.0. So try going back to DX 5.0 >drivers for whatever V2 card u have and it should work. >Those DX 6.0 drivers are nice for everything but GPL though, too bad GPL is my

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>main/only concern. >> GPL used to run fine with my voodoo2 and Celeron 300A running at 450. >> But after I briefly installed a nvidia riva zx card in my system, I had >> problems. The game doesn't lock-up when driving, but as soon as I hit

escape >> to go back to the pits, I get a black screen and the hour-glass just stays >> there. There are sounds so the game is still running - just no video. >> I fdisked, and reinstalled GPL, and am using DirectX 6.0 and 3dfx directx 6

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>> voodoo2 reference drivers - and still have the same problem? >> Previously, when I didnt have this problem, I think I was using DirectX 6 >> and the voodoo2 drivers from Viewtop (the card maker). But now even this >> combination gives me the same problem. >> Do I need to revert to DirectX 5.0? >-- >Jon Van Ginneken >"I wrestled with an alligator, tussled with a whale, >handcuffed lightning, threw thunder in jail...I'm a bad dude." > - Muhammad Ali