GPL broken...

ensign14 · 12 Jan 2004, 15:56 (Ref:835518)

Trying to load GPL I get the title screen and then nothing, pooter freezes, nothing works.

Or sometimes the title screen goes off and everything stays black, frozen, zilch.

Anyone any idea what I'm doing wrong? I've uninstalled & reinstalled it, have an old enough machine, never had probs before & have no probs with other games. Or will I have to cough up the £5 to get a new one (if I can find one)?

ASCII Man · 12 Jan 2004, 16:12 (Ref:835549)

Tried rebooting?

pirenzo · 12 Jan 2004, 16:55 (Ref:835602)

Sounds like a layout file is missing

First browse the CD and copy the folder named "layout" and the file called "mainback.pbf and put them in your C:\Sierra\gpl\ (or equivalent) folder

ensign14 · 12 Jan 2004, 17:13 (Ref:835628)

That may be the problem, there is only 1 file in the layout folder and that is called 'layout'...

pirenzo · 12 Jan 2004, 18:22 (Ref:835723)

yep that's right. (it's actually layout.dat if you look in file properties)
mainback.pbf will appear in the main gpl folder, not in the layout folder. you'll see it as plain 'mainback' though

ensign14 · 12 Jan 2004, 18:46 (Ref:835764)

Can't find mainback anywhere, even using the search engine. Seems to have been removed somehow.

pirenzo · 12 Jan 2004, 18:55 (Ref:835772)

search for "mainback.pbf" just to be sure. If it's not found in either your CD drive or your hard drive, i'm sure one of us can email you it (i don't have the original backed up, but Ayse probably has)

pirenzo · 12 Jan 2004, 19:03 (Ref:835783)

wait, i do have it. PM me with your email address if you need it

pirenzo · 12 Jan 2004, 19:04 (Ref:835786)

And it's hcopy you need, not mainback

Search for that. Mainback is held within that layout file. Doh!

ensign14 · 12 Jan 2004, 21:38 (Ref:835913)

OK, they're both in the C drive thingy.

(I must warn you, I know nothing about how pooters work...)

**Aysedasi** · 12 Jan 2004, 22:24 (Ref:835971)

What version of GPL are you installing? Are you installng from one of the "Sold Out" final versions?

ensign14 · 13 Jan 2004, 06:18 (Ref:836236)

The Sierra one.

**Aysedasi** · 13 Jan 2004, 08:20 (Ref:836304)

The one thing I'm wondering about is whether any of your GPL files are (or have become) read only. Highlight and check properties and uncheck any read-onlys and see if that makes any difference. (I'm clutching at straws - its difficult enough sorting out your own GPL problems let alone trying to do it remotely for someone else when you can't actually see whats in the folders......

)

DavidStHubbins · 22 Jan 2004, 06:51 (Ref:846431)

I had the same problem and tried various things and ultimately had to admit defeat...

I had GPL a few years ago on another (vastly inferior)computer and now I cannot get it to work for the life of me on my sony laptop.

Buttocks.

**Aysedasi** · 22 Jan 2004, 08:32 (Ref:846488)

It can be a problematical sim, but you have to be absolutely methodical how you go about installing from scratch to make sure that you have all the essential files and patches in place - particularly before you start modifying tracks and files. One useful thing to do is when you have it working well (perhaps that should be "if"), take a full back-up copy of your gpl folder. Perhaps burn it to disk? Then if you have to do a fresh install (as I did a couple fo weeks ago after a Windows failure), you can then put back all of the things that you spent months (even years) collecting. Doesn't necessarily work with some ancillary programs which rely on register entries, but it has worked brilliantly for me.

For those struggling. Uninstall everything. Clear out any reference to GPL and start again. Once you have the basic game installed and you make sure it runs OK. Then start to apply the essential patches (perhaps using the all-in-one patch from the RSC forum).

pirenzo · 22 Jan 2004, 16:16 (Ref:847023)

All-In-One patch is actually available here rather than on RSC

http://trackdb.d2g.com

Try Hard · 22 Jan 2004, 18:21 (Ref:847242)

right considering this is a gpl problem thread, i have a few problems my self with gpl.
I don't have a core.ini, although i do have a core.ini.sample. i'm only asking this cause i noticed a AA fix on the RSC forums, and it requires a modification to the core.ini to get it working.
Also I'm having trouble with getting force feedback, I don't seem to be getting any when i turn my profiler settings down. I have the forcefeedback turned on in my core.sample.ini, (value is set at 1). Is this right? What settings are you guys using?
I have damping set at 40.0, latency set at 0.085, and torque at 225.0.
help

pirenzo · 22 Jan 2004, 18:28 (Ref:847248)

rename core.ini.sample to core.ini With the sample on the end it doesn't do anything

Try Hard · 22 Jan 2004, 18:43 (Ref:847263)

ok cheers, i take it that will help for the FF too...

ensign14 · 25 Jan 2004, 12:59 (Ref:849957)

OK, there seems to be a problem with ActiveMovie, it will not re-install the game because I have to 'uninstall my existing ActiveMovie and run setup again'.

I cannot find anything called ActiveMovie on my pooter. Does it disguise itself?

**Aysedasi** · 25 Jan 2004, 14:48 (Ref:850018)

No, I know nothing about active movie. Is that something to do with DirectX?

You can enable FF in your core.ini :-

[ Joy ]
allow_force_feedback = 1 ; Use FF if device has it

and these are my FF settings in the core.ini

force_feedback_damping = 15.0 ; force feedback damping coefficient
force_feedback_latency = 0.001600 ; force feedback latency (secs)
max_steering_torque = 225.0 ; steering torque in N*in giving max device force

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