GPL Problem

GPL keeps locking up on me. Hard lock most times I run it. I don't even have to do anything. My system is as follows. ABIT BH6 V550 Dual V2's 8 meg SBLive It did this with 1.0 but not as bad. I did a clean install after a defrag and scan. Then I installed the patch. It has run 1 of 4 times. When it did run, it performed an illegal op after 3 short races. Is anyone else having this problem?? I am using the 3dfx version. I don't have problems running anything else. I have all the latest drivers. Kevin Kyle

I get an illegal operation if i try to run a short race after completing one at another track AND my res is higher than 640x480. Otherwise 1.1 is great, just disable your modem before playing offline :-) Jason [snip] [snip]

On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 02:30:09 -0500,

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>GPL keeps locking up on me. Hard lock most times I run it. I don't even have >to do anything. My system is as follows. >ABIT BH6 >V550 >Dual V2's 8 meg >SBLive >It did this with 1.0 but not as bad. I did a clean install after a defrag >and scan. Then I installed the patch. It has run 1 of 4 times. When it did >run, it performed an illegal op after 3 short races. Is anyone else having >this problem?? I am using the 3dfx version. I don't have problems running >anything else. I have all the latest drivers. >Kevin Kyle

Which drivers (sound, video, specifically) are you using? 'Latest' doesn't help. What happens when you stop overclocking your CPU? What happens when you stop overclocking your video cards? What happens when you remove the cover from your overclocked system? Do you have any network cards? What is running in the background? Do you do ctl-alt-del and cancel all tasks except explorer prior to running GPL? How much swapfile space do you have? What version of DX is installed? etc. etc. There is a bit more that needs to be known before someone can help. -- * rrevved at mindspring dot com * unit.26 - s.p.u.t.u.m. * http://www.cabal.net * http://www.sputum.com

I had similar probs when running on a PII300 o/c'd to 350. Games like GPL will stress an overclocked CPU to the max and will lock at the first opportunity. Try running the CPU at it's normal speed. Andy. > GPL keeps locking up on me. Hard lock most times I run it. I don't even have

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> to do anything. My system is as follows. > ABIT BH6 > V550 > Dual V2's 8 meg > SBLive > It did this with 1.0 but not as bad. I did a clean install after a defrag > and scan. Then I installed the patch. It has run 1 of 4 times. When it did > run, it performed an illegal op after 3 short races. Is anyone else having > this problem?? I am using the 3dfx version. I don't have problems running > anything else. I have all the latest drivers. > Kevin Kyle

M3D2 v2.07 DX 6.1 TNT 2.52 SBLIVE 2.1 Don't know but i will find out Riva TNT im not using M3D2 is at 95 I will try turnong that down The cover is removed. BTW this system is solid No Nothing Systray and Explorer is all that is running Not sure will find out 6.1 Does that help any? Any other needed info? -- Kevin Kyle

Otherwise 1.1 is great, just disable your Is there some reason I have to disable my modem before playing this off-line? And what do you mean by Disable exactly? Kevin Kyle

Try running the CPU at it's normal speed. I will give that a try. Thanks Kevin Kyle

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>>Which drivers (sound, video, specifically) are you using? >>'Latest' doesn't help. >M3D2 v2.07 >DX 6.1 >TNT 2.52 >SBLIVE 2.1 >>What happens when you stop overclocking your CPU? >Don't know but i will find out >>What happens when you stop overclocking your video cards? >Riva TNT im not using >M3D2 is at 95 I will try turnong that down

OK i turned down the video cards back to the default 92 and i am not overclocking my machine Where do i go to find the swap file size ?? I am still crashing like crazy. Finally got thru the joystick config. It crashed right after tho. The next time I tried it it worked. But, it crashed like 7 or 8 times before it ran. What's a good lap at Monza? My best was 1:33:08. Kevin Kyle

Right! Of course! OK, since installing 1.1, I'm still getting the odd "clock smash" in single race mode, using: 64 Meg EDO RAM Win98 450 Meg free on the D drive where gpl is installed, 200 meg free on C, Windows controls swap file Voodoo 1 w/ latest 3dfx reference drivers downloaded from 3dfx since the recent release ATI Graphics Pro Turbo PCI; built-in Win 98 drivers, the latest according to ATI D-Link 21041 PCI Ethernet adapter Yamaha OPL-SAx sound card Microsoft Sidewinder 3D pro controller DX 6.1 - latest release from Microsoft site nothing overclocked J. P. Hovercraft ------------

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> I get an illegal operation if i try to run a short race after > completing one at another track AND my res is higher > than 640x480. Otherwise 1.1 is great, just disable your > modem before playing offline :-) > Jason > [snip] > >and scan. Then I installed the patch. It has run 1 of 4 times. When it did > >run, it performed an illegal op after 3 short races. Is anyone else having > >this problem?? > [snip]