Butthead Wrote:
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> First is setting up Tweaker to alter 3-4 different
> versions of the game. After
> installing\patching\adding No-Cd & GPxpatch, I
> found that the game transfers (via memory stick)
> onto any PC and runs fine. As each copy of the
> game is only about 800mb, I figured rather than
> fart about changing wads or using managers to
> change things, I could set up as many copies of
> the game as I wanted, even one for each season.
> However, at some point Tweaker has to be used
> during the updates\modifications and thats the
> first problem. I've read the txt files on
> parameter switches and it's as clear as mud. It
> seems to say that just install Tweaker once and
> create shortcuts dropped into each copy of GP4,
> then add /p after tweaker.exe, but where? I've
> tried altering the 'Target' or 'Start In' line in
> the shortcut, but that doesn't work (in fact it
> won't allow it). Surely I don't try to interfere
> with or rename the original file? Obviously many
> of you will have achieved this, so could someone
> shed some light on exactly how to do it?
>
> The second problem relates to a question I posed
> on the forum over a week ago, to which I'm
> astonished to find hasn't had a single reply. The
> lack of shadows under cars in my mirrors. I can
> run the game with all bells & whistles activated
> (P4 3.2ghz, 2gb RAM, 256mb Ati Radeon), but no
> matter what level of detail I run, no shadows
> under the cars behind in mine or any mirrors. I've
> thoroughly checked the f1graphics.cfg (many
> times), testing everything I can think of, to no
> avail. Surely, this cannot be a problem unique to
> me. Yet I find it unusual that throughout the
> games existance of 11 years, (following a search
> on the forums and the internet in general) no-one
> else has noticed this before. So, I urge you
> please, if you have shadows, let me know. If you
> don't have shadows, let me know that, but put me
> out of my misery, someone say something.
Regarding the tweaker thing, I was confused too, but here is what you put...
Say you have installed tweaker in "C:\Users\Butthead\GP4 Tweaker\
And say your GP4 install is C:\Users\Butthead\GP4\
Then create a shortcut for tweaker and put it in the game directory if that is what you wish.
Then right click on the shortcut, select properties, and modify the
target to say this...
"C:\Users\Butthead\GP4 Tweaker\gp4tweak.exe" /P="C:\Users\Butthead\GP4\gp4.exe" Then hit apply.
Then if you have more than one GP4 install, such as a 1994 season one installed in C:\Users\Butthead\GP4 F1 1994\ for example, right click the tweaker.exe and create a new shortcut, or copy the one you made earlier, and put it in the 1994 game directory.
Then change the target to
"C:\Users\Butthead\GP4 Tweaker\gp4tweak.exe" /P="C:\Users\Butthead\GP4 F1 1994\gp4.exe"
Hope that helps!