Newbie here with a few problems
Newbie here with a few problems
Hey all,
I just (re)discovered POD about a week ago - found the OEM CD that came with my NEC Ready system back in 97. I only barely remembered playing some weird racing game a few times before forgetting about it - unbelievable! I can't believe there was a time that didn't like this game!
Just found this forum today. Doesn't seem very active, but I'll throw this out here. Hope I don't come off too needy or newbish.
So, anyway, I'm running the latest 3dfx version on WinXP, using dgVoodoo 1.31, with a AIW Radeon 8500. All things considered, it works very well, and I can't believe how good the graphics are for a game that's pushing 8 years old now.
A few minor annoyances, however:
I can't run the game full-screen. If I try, it immediately crashes with a "grSstWinOpen Error". In dgVoodoo setup I have to have Windowed mode selected (running it at 1024x768). It's not really a problem, since if it's windowed I can see the time on the taskbar, which is nice (lets me know how long I've been playing). But I think it relates to the next problem:
When POD starts, I can't move the mouse cursor across the whole screen. In fact it seems to be limited to an area of 640x480 pixels - leaving large areas on the left and bottom of the screen that the mouse can't reach. The solution is to Alt+Enter out of the game and bring it back. The game is then unresponsive for a few seconds (even the cursor won't move) then works normally.
The end result is that everytime I want to play POD I waste 10-15 seconds correcting the mouse problem.
Any ideas?
Oh, one more:
On several maps, Pompeii among others, large areas of the sky/background are black - when it seems that these areas should in fact be the brightest. Basically it makes the background very ugly so I end up turning it off, but then all I see is a black void all around - not exactly an improvement.
I just (re)discovered POD about a week ago - found the OEM CD that came with my NEC Ready system back in 97. I only barely remembered playing some weird racing game a few times before forgetting about it - unbelievable! I can't believe there was a time that didn't like this game!
Just found this forum today. Doesn't seem very active, but I'll throw this out here. Hope I don't come off too needy or newbish.
So, anyway, I'm running the latest 3dfx version on WinXP, using dgVoodoo 1.31, with a AIW Radeon 8500. All things considered, it works very well, and I can't believe how good the graphics are for a game that's pushing 8 years old now.
A few minor annoyances, however:
I can't run the game full-screen. If I try, it immediately crashes with a "grSstWinOpen Error". In dgVoodoo setup I have to have Windowed mode selected (running it at 1024x768). It's not really a problem, since if it's windowed I can see the time on the taskbar, which is nice (lets me know how long I've been playing). But I think it relates to the next problem:
When POD starts, I can't move the mouse cursor across the whole screen. In fact it seems to be limited to an area of 640x480 pixels - leaving large areas on the left and bottom of the screen that the mouse can't reach. The solution is to Alt+Enter out of the game and bring it back. The game is then unresponsive for a few seconds (even the cursor won't move) then works normally.
The end result is that everytime I want to play POD I waste 10-15 seconds correcting the mouse problem.
Any ideas?
Oh, one more:
On several maps, Pompeii among others, large areas of the sky/background are black - when it seems that these areas should in fact be the brightest. Basically it makes the background very ugly so I end up turning it off, but then all I see is a black void all around - not exactly an improvement.
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Dgvoodoo has an option to change fullscreen resolution, try playing around with that and see what works for you. You could also try changing some of the other settings.
Also, the black areas on the background are there since the background picture was not scaled up from a lower resolution track format (*.bl3), and the .bl4 format is higher resolution than .bl3, so a gap is left.
Also, the black areas on the background are there since the background picture was not scaled up from a lower resolution track format (*.bl3), and the .bl4 format is higher resolution than .bl3, so a gap is left.
Dege mentions in the readme of his dgVoodoo wrapper the possibility that some ATI cards don't support w-buffering. He suggests that you should use in this case the W-buffer emulation. You can change these settings with the help of dgVoodooSetup.exe.
If this does not work, change some settings in the menu of your graphics driver. Experiment a little and try all possibilities. Maybe your lucky.
Try also another graphics driver.
If this does not work, change some settings in the menu of your graphics driver. Experiment a little and try all possibilities. Maybe your lucky.
Try also another graphics driver.
That does work if I set the resolution to 640x480 or "Set by Application", but then it just looks awful.Amazo_Phanto a écrit :Dgvoodoo has an option to change fullscreen resolution, try playing around with that and see what works for you. You could also try changing some of the other settings.
I think I'll just keep using the windowed mode. I just figured out that if I do the Alt+Enter thing while it's still showing the UBI or Pentium logo, there's no delay.
That would certainly explain it, but does that mean there's no solution? Does everyone see large chunks of black in the background like me, or is it just me?Also, the black areas on the background are there since the background picture was not scaled up from a lower resolution track format (*.bl3), and the .bl4 format is higher resolution than .bl3, so a gap is left.
W-buffering seems to have no effect at all. I tried a few other settings, but no luck there.HolgerB a écrit :Dege mentions in the readme of his dgVoodoo wrapper the possibility that some ATI cards don't support w-buffering. He suggests that you should use in this case the W-buffer emulation. You can change these settings with the help of dgVoodooSetup.exe.
If this does not work, change some settings in the menu of your graphics driver. Experiment a little and try all possibilities. Maybe your lucky.
Try also another graphics driver.
Fullscreen mode I can live without, now that I can fix the mouse cursor quickly. It's just those black areas that are bothering me.
Thanks for the replies!
OK, a few more problems, map-specific:
Arcade: can't play, crashes with a "Memory Error" (I know there are three versions, I tried them all)
Forest: can't play, crashes with a "Car behavior Error"
Tron: can't play, crashes with a "Car behavior Error" (This is a Forest reskin, right?)
BTW, thanks for helping me out so far. Really appreciate it.
Arcade: can't play, crashes with a "Memory Error" (I know there are three versions, I tried them all)
Forest: can't play, crashes with a "Car behavior Error"
Tron: can't play, crashes with a "Car behavior Error" (This is a Forest reskin, right?)
BTW, thanks for helping me out so far. Really appreciate it.
this can happen
hi mercury,
1st: welcome to the POD pack, hehehe.
2nd: some of the latest tracks are crashing to the desktop on some systems. i cannot race some of these tracks either.
3rd: try bandies new forum as well. this can be found here:
http://bandie.ba.funpic.de/phpBB2/index.php?c=14
4th: please enter the PODcafe. this can be found here:
http://www.berlinrc.de/pod/
5th: hope to see you on IO next time we race online.
greetz BJ
1st: welcome to the POD pack, hehehe.
2nd: some of the latest tracks are crashing to the desktop on some systems. i cannot race some of these tracks either.
3rd: try bandies new forum as well. this can be found here:
http://bandie.ba.funpic.de/phpBB2/index.php?c=14
4th: please enter the PODcafe. this can be found here:
http://www.berlinrc.de/pod/
5th: hope to see you on IO next time we race online.
greetz BJ
Really? All 3 versions? That sucks. I got POD running in D3D but no textures there...Freddy a écrit :The reason for the error messsage is that Arcade does not work in glide mode, it only works in D3d mode
I tried them several times, no luck.Forest and Tron tend to crash the first time you run them, try them again and they should run ok
Suggestion
The other thing I can think of, so that you can run forest or Tron is to limit the amount of tracks.
I believe the limit of tracks that you can load is 47 or 48, before running into problems.
On the other hand I have more than 47 loaded and never had problems with running POD. Every now and then I experience a crash when trying to run certain tracks for the first time again.
I believe the limit of tracks that you can load is 47 or 48, before running into problems.
On the other hand I have more than 47 loaded and never had problems with running POD. Every now and then I experience a crash when trying to run certain tracks for the first time again.