GPL - 2 questions for Randy Cassidy ( not about the patch )

Would appreciate your input... >hi guys......delete your control.cfg file.....gpl somehow corrupts the >file after many hours of usage...why?....i dunno... Is this true? Also, do Desktop settings ( resolution & color depth ) affect GPL's performance? TIA -- " Why bother..." - R. Crumb -

I don't believe that GPL will corrupt the calibration. GPL will read the controls.cfg for a player when the game loads, and when you switch players. GPL will only update its calibration if you recalibrate the device by either switching joystick drivers or hitting the "Calibrate joysticks" button explicitly. GPL will write the controls.cfg back out if you hit the green button on the Options screen. If the device doesn't seem calibrated, it's because something else is wrong, not because GPL corrupted its calibration settings. You can confirm this for yourself by making a copy your controls.cfg, running the game as many times as you like, and then comparing the copy to the current controls.cfg. They should contain the same data. (Note that this file also contains your steering linearity setting, as well as your control assignments, so if you change any of those, the files will be different). I don't think there are any performance issues, though I could be wrong. Of course, there's always the usual 3Dfx bugaboo of trying to use the mouse when your in-game resolution is higher than your desktop resolution. I think it can also be a problem if your desktop resolution is 640x480 (though this may only be if your bit depth is also something other than 16-bit (or, maybe it's if the bit depth _is_ 16-bit, I don't recall)). Randy

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>>>hi guys......delete your control.cfg file.....gpl somehow corrupts >>>the file after many hours of usage...why?....i dunno... >> Is this true? >I don't believe that GPL will corrupt the calibration. GPL will read >the controls.cfg for a player when the game loads, and when you switch >players. GPL will only update its calibration if you recalibrate the >device by either switching joystick drivers or hitting the "Calibrate >joysticks" button explicitly. GPL will write the controls.cfg back out >if you hit the green button on the Options screen. If the device >doesn't seem calibrated, it's because something else is wrong, not >because GPL corrupted its calibration settings.

Understood. I have no calibration problems in GPL. However, since I use a Nascar Sprint, calibrated as a Nascar Pro, the Windows calibration scheme is a tad bizarre. I get no response from the left paddle ( used for brake ). Once in GPL, the left paddle works fine. Using a PDPI L4 & Direct Input in GPL, I'm left with Axis 2, un-assigned. I have no idea of the implications of this but bottom line, all controls work fine in GPL. If I try Generic Input, the menus & the sim itself, slow to a crawl. Have no idea why. [...] OK. I run my desktop at 1024 X 768, 32bit. I run GPL at 800 X 600. I assume GPL's color depth is 16bit. I only asked these questions in an effort to track down graphic glitches in GPL. No matter what I try, at all tracks, 1 lap in 10 or so, suffers a brief glitch when racing 19 AI. The corrupt calibration theory sounded plausible as it mentioned "after many hours of use". After installing Win95, the "hiccups" dissappeared for a couple of days. Then, they started to creep back in. I simply don't get it. Thanx very much for the reply. -- " Why bother..." - R. Crumb -

Well I used to get lots of calibration problems running vroc through netscape, but with spyboy, it's only happened a few times. It only happens when going into gpl, you go straight to the calibration screen. This may happen if you move a controller while the game is loading.

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>> >hi guys......delete your control.cfg file.....gpl somehow corrupts >the >> >file after many hours of usage...why?....i dunno... >> Is this true? >I don't believe that GPL will corrupt the calibration. GPL will read >the controls.cfg for a player when the game loads, and when you switch >players. GPL will only update its calibration if you recalibrate the >device by either switching joystick drivers or hitting the "Calibrate >.....................