Quote from Scawen :

OK - good that it works now.

But... just possibly the Half Tex Res fixed it by saving card memory.

So... to try and get your frame rate up to what it should be, you should try this :
In the card_cfg.txt, turn on HVS and turn off simple track, like this :

Use HVS 1
Simple Track 0

Then run again, if it works now then that's not a bad setup.
You should then try exiting again and set Start Windowed to 0 in the cfg.txt.

Ok, did that...changing card cfg text seemed to get me about 10fps better on average, mostly hovers around 50.

But when i try the start window at 0, it`s back to square 1..monitor shuts down.

Cheers..

Quote from ORION :

nvidia sometimes displays the additional dots there, but dont ask me why...


btw.
You could also try to increase your AGP Aperture Size in the BIOS.
This is the amount of system memory, which the graphics card can use if it's vram isnt enough. Just an idea, even though you will likely not need this if you use Scawen's config

and try to disable fast writes, too.

But note: Changing stuff in the BIOS can destroy your hardware. So dont change anything if you are not bsolutely sure what you are doing.

Yeah if i stuffed around in BIOS i`d surely be doing some gardening or other jobs, because it would be a pretty safe bet PC would no longer function after my handiwork...hehe

Cheers..

Quote from Scawen :

I don't think deb.log is going to help in this case (but maybe worth a look anyway). It can sometimes help on rare occasions, if LFS doesn't seem to start to load at all (a lot of logging in the initial couple of seconds of startup). But Crash888 gets quite far before something goes wrong.

Crash888, can you try putting these cfg files in your LFS folder before starting LFS. I've just tried to make them save some card memory. The cfg.txt will use half the texture resolution. The card_cfg.txt turns off HVS and turns on simple track - and that's bad because it will slow down the frame rate, but it's just a test to see if you can get any further.

yay..some success! Game runs in window, after using your file edits. Ran a few laps, very nice.

But if i try to maximise window or change anything in graphics section of game, it turns off monitor as before. But hey, at least it`s loading now..lol
Thanks!

Cheers...

Still no luck..

I transferred LFS to my sons PC, works fine on there. So nothing wrong with the files.

Maybe i need a new monitor? Just seems odd to me, have no trouble running rFactor or any other game for that matter.

Also, i did have LFS demo running through this monitor long ago when it first came out, but through a different mainboard & HDD(inferior to current specs).

Very frustrating....heard so much about LFS alpha 2, and even joined in a league that`s starting soon.

Anyways, enough grumbling...lol Thanks for all your help guys.

Cheers...

Have now changed to 81.85 driver. Result is still the same though..

When i click on exe, screen goes black,diff words appear in left hand bottom corner of screen, generating high, loading textures etc. But when it gets to "preloading", just seems to freeze.

I`ve re-downloaded LFS twice now, in case somehow i got a dodgy file. But nothing seems to help.

I appreciate everyones effort to help me out..

But maybe it`s a lost cause?..lol

Cheers...

Quote from Tooby :

Hi! I don't know about your nividia driver, look at the site of nivida. I use a early version of "81.85_forceware_winxp2k_english_whql.exe" (78.xx something). Perhaps your card wont work with it... Run dxdiag from Start\run press save to save a text file with all data about your pc. Show the result in the thread and hopefully someone will come up with an idea. /Tooby

Here`s diagnostic thingy.

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Quote from huxorator :

TFT is a monitor type, also referred to as Flatpanel Displays or LCD.

ah, gotcha. Monitor is just a normal type 19#.

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Quote from tristancliffe :

Weird... Okay, we'll try Generic Computer Program Fix

Please ensure all anti-virus-software, download tools, and other non-important stuff is shut down - you may need to use Ctrl-Alt-Del to do this, but only close down stuff you are sure is safe to do so.

Then, just to be on the safe side, re-extract the LFS.zip. You can overright if you want, but a better test is to start a nice new folder for this version.

Are you using a TFT Screen? Either way, I'd suggest going into the display control panel, and select a resolution you know to be safe - say 1024x768x16 at 60Hz. Nearly everything will work like this.

Now try running LFS (the new installation). Does it work now?

Nope , still no joy. btw forgive my ignorance(old guy..lol), but what does TFT stand for?

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NVidia driver version is 7.7.7.7

Monitor colour setting is medium(16 bit)

Resolution 1024 x 768

Cheers..

Ok, changed start window value to 1 and refresh rate to 60. Now when i click on exe same thing happens , but in a window. Then screen freezes.

PC specs;

MSI mainboard
AMD Athlon 64
3400+ ~ 2.4GHz
1.00GB of Ram
NVidia GeForce FX 5200 ~ 128mb

Cheers..

Thanks for the quick response fella`s.

But the only thing inside cfg text document is this, "Start Windowed 0", perhaps this is the problem?

I take it from your posts that there should be a great deal more info in there.

I have`nt altered it in anyway, that`s all that was in there when i opened to have a look.



Cheers..

Hi guys

just trying to get running with LFS.

When i click on LFS exe it begins for about 10 seconds, then screen goes black and my monitor turns off. Can hear PC is still running, but only way to get monitor back is reboot.

I have no trouble with any other games, Viper Racing, Nascar Heat, RF etc.

Just can`t figure out what the drama is?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Cheers...