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GP2tifoso28
I have reinstalled the 1.13 patch and no cd exe and the game now runs nicely in software mode, as before. Hardware mode runs but causes the game to crash. Whats the difference between these 2 modes?
It's graphic card related : software mode uses internal GC (motherboard's one), hardware mode uses a plugged GC, if any.
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GP2tifoso28
I think turkey_machine might have been on to something when he said "The generally accepted way is to install GP3 1.13, because it fixes loads of bugs, and the No-CD is needed for several utils, plus after you install the patch, you can't actually run the game without it.
There is a common misconception of it. The 1.13 patch is an official patch made by the editor of the game (Microprose) to fix some bugs. As Turkey said once you've patched the game with it, you run the game with it. The no-cd is a non official patch who does what it says it is : you can run the game without the CD. Same here, when you've patched the game with it you run the game with it.
As for GPxPatch it enhances the functionality of the game and is the best add-on for GP3. What you said about it is bit of strange, but maybe you didn't check the boxes on first tab (left part) to activate the functions, and also be sure the game is using one core (up-right part). It seems you also have an issue with your graphic card, hence the problems you have with some colours and the game crashing in HW mode.