GPL takes three minutes to load

I'm just wondering, why GPL takes as long as three minutes to load in my system. First I thought it wouldn't run at all but locks up on the opening screen, but then after some three min. wait the game pops up and runs fine thereafter. There's no apparent activity in my PC during that waiting period. Anyone sharing the same experience or is this just normal? My system: Pentium P II 400 MHz, Rhino II BX-SATX board, 128 MB RAM Diamond Viper V550 16 MB, Monster 3DII 12 MB (both with the latest drivers), Seagate Medalist 10 GB HD Win98, DirectX 6 (glide 2.53 in the GPL folder) Zepe

% I'm just wondering, why GPL takes as long as three minutes to load in % my system. First I thought it wouldn't run at all but locks up on the % opening screen, but then after some three min. wait the game pops up % and runs fine thereafter. There's no apparent activity in my PC during % that waiting period. Anyone sharing the same experience or is this % just normal? GPL is attempting to poll and setup any devices it can find to provide on-line connections (ISDN, IPX, modems, etc.). The more devices you have turned on in your system, the longer it takes before GPL will finish the process. As soon as it finds one, it will then attempt negotiations with that device. The following is a post made by GPL's game designer Randy Cassidy: Have him edit the file named app.ini in GPL's home directory (c:\sierra\gpl by default) with Notepad, and change the 0 to a 1 on the line that has "disableDirectConnect" on it. Maybe when GPL queries the system about serial ports, it's screwing up the internal modem. If that doesn't help, have him create a file named core.ini, using Notepad, in GPL's home directory, and put the following two lines in it. [Communications] disable_ipx=1 Maybe IPX is somehow only partially set up, and the system gets funky when we look for IPX addresses. The only other thing I can think of is that maybe when GPL looks for modems on the system, it takes a long time for the system to timeout the search because the modem is already connected. Have him wait a full two minutes at GPL's opening screen before trying to reboot. Randy % My system: % Pentium P II 400 MHz, Rhino II BX-SATX board, 128 MB RAM % Diamond Viper V550 16 MB, Monster 3DII 12 MB (both with the latest % drivers), Seagate Medalist 10 GB HD % Win98, DirectX 6 (glide 2.53 in the GPL folder) % Zepe -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

I don't know, but GPL used to take 15-20 seconds to load inbetween each screen until I turned off my Virus scanner when going into GPL (now it's instantaneous).

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> I'm just wondering, why GPL takes as long as three minutes to load in > my system. First I thought it wouldn't run at all but locks up on the > opening screen, but then after some three min. wait the game pops up > and runs fine thereafter. There's no apparent activity in my PC during > that waiting period. Anyone sharing the same experience or is this > just normal? > My system: > Pentium P II 400 MHz, Rhino II BX-SATX board, 128 MB RAM > Diamond Viper V550 16 MB, Monster 3DII 12 MB (both with the latest > drivers), Seagate Medalist 10 GB HD > Win98, DirectX 6 (glide 2.53 in the GPL folder) > Zepe

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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 16:57:34 GMT, "Michael E. Carver" >GPL is attempting to poll and setup any devices it can find to provide >on-line connections (ISDN, IPX, modems, etc.). The more devices you >have turned on in your system, the longer it takes before GPL will >finish the process. As soon as it finds one, it will then attempt >negotiations with that device. Now that you mention it, this really could be the cause. I have an external ISDN adapter, and the "Equipment Ready" LED flashes several times during the GPL opening process. Currently, there are six drivers in my system installed for the adapter (PPP, MultiLink, SoftFax etc); maybe I shoud uninstall some of them. Anyway, this is a minor inconvenience; after the launching delay GPL runs just faultlessly. Btw, modifying the .ini files had no effect. Thanks for the advice! Zepe

I had the same problem. I have an external modem and I have to switch it ON.

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> I'm just wondering, why GPL takes as long as three minutes to load in > my system. First I thought it wouldn't run at all but locks up on the > opening screen, but then after some three min. wait the game pops up > and runs fine thereafter. There's no apparent activity in my PC during > that waiting period. Anyone sharing the same experience or is this > just normal? > My system: > Pentium P II 400 MHz, Rhino II BX-SATX board, 128 MB RAM > Diamond Viper V550 16 MB, Monster 3DII 12 MB (both with the latest > drivers), Seagate Medalist 10 GB HD > Win98, DirectX 6 (glide 2.53 in the GPL folder) > Zepe

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