Yeah, I *think* I narrowed it down to a potential glide2x.dll problem...
I tried loading several different glide2x.dll versions into the Glidos folder... I think this doesn't work because your software doesn't support that, but on the occasions that I actually was able to get Glidos to run with different glide2x.dll's, the display was dramatically changed, I think I just need one of those dlls that likes my video card or your software or both now. Most of the ones I tried led to the surfaces being mostly painted black (with the logo that makes the track almost impossible to see). I was hoping to luck into a copy where the surfaces were painted right. For the most part, the car I drive maintains its pristine look, but I don't know if that will help us narrow down the problem.
I'm using an NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64
I'm strongly considering just forking out the $100 or so for a voodoo card as well, but have no idea what that'll do when I already have a card in there. Pretty much all my older dos games annoy me like this, so I was hoping that might help, but it would seem that I need some kind of software driver *switcher* so the games don't get confused as to which driver to use. I haven't done this yet, just considering it.
Other OS notes (not Glidos related):
I used to get this game to run perfect, but only in win 2k, nothing else, and now I can't remember how to make it work in 2k.
XP: works in "software mode" (low res) fine.
In hires mode (and that can be selected without voodoo mode, allowing me to use it without Glidos), the game never even gets to the first cutscene movie, it stops after displaying some vertical lines.
98: runs software mode fine, runs hires only in "low mem" mode ~ I tried adjusting memory settings as many help files & sites suggested, there isn't any real way to give this game the memory it wants (and it wants a lot more than it claims to). I have 512 mb ram, and forced all the memory settings to the max value before beginning the game and still get that message.
98 in dos mode: the game doesn't run at all. I adjusted autoexec & config to include necessary drivers, but it won't run. I can't find any support for my video card in dos mode, but am assuming I need some kind of dos mode video driver loaded in config.sys to even get the game to start.
It is due to those problems that I gave Glidos a try, and it ALMOST works, except everything (except the car i drive) is painted wrong, making the game annoying to look at, and hard to play since you don't quite know where you are on the streets (sidewalk, whatever).
Any help is appreciated. -- not really worried about the 2 crashing tracks, I'd just prefer most of them worked.
