Vista/Windows 7 RC 64 and GTP 1.1 NOCD Options

[BrunoB]

I have managed quite easy to install NR2003 + GTP1.1 on a Windows 7 RC 64 system.
I only installed the NR2003 to get the fantastic GTP mod to work.
Everything seems OK but now comes my only problem.
I can´t get the GTP NOCD to work. Grrrr

I can only start GTP if the orig NR2003 CD is in the drawer.
I have tried everything. Even setting the Data Execution Prevention (DEP) Off doesnt help.
Error message:
Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: TMP.exe
Application Version: 1.2.0.1
Fault Module Name: TMP.exe
Exception Offset: 00aafbef
Exception Code: c0000005

I know that this TMP.exe is a kind of hidden file which actually is running the GTP mod "underneath" the GTP_Launcher.
And therefore I catched this file while GTP was halted and told Windows that the file was allowed to run without any enterfeering from DEP.
Didnt help.
I even tried to run the GTP directly from TMP.exe but every time I reach the DRIVE meny (where you get into the cockpit, and want some action), then bang. Back to desktop.

Any ideas guys?

By the way. Until now it seems that GTP runs pretty good on this 64 bit Windows:-)

[fortine_oo]

It's been a while since I had a fresh install, but I think you have to (re-)run <config.exe> after you install any new <NR2003.exe>. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shrug.gif)

fortine_oo

[BrunoB]

Thank you for answering.
Yes you are right. 1st things done after the the reinstall.
But I think too that you will NOT get this kind of error if that was the reason.
To the best of my knowledge the only thing config.exe does is to coordinate the graphical settings in GTP to the used graphical card.

But after I posted the above prayer for help I just checked another NOCD thread where Arturo Pereira adviced somebody to UPD NR2003 to 1.2.0.1. BEFORE using a NOCD.
And then I thought that eventhough Im only using GTP and not NR2003 could it make any difference if my reinstalled NR2003 isnt patched to 1.2.0.1?
Probably not. Its a far shot. But Im running out of ideas:-(

[fortine_oo]

...after I posted the above prayer for help I just checked another NOCD thread where Arturo Pereira adviced somebody to UPD NR2003 to 1.2.0.1. BEFORE using a NOCD.
And then I thought that eventhough Im only using GTP and not NR2003 could it make any difference if my reinstalled NR2003 isnt patched to 1.2.0.1?

It is my understanding you need a patched ( 1.2.0.1 ) version of NR2003 as a base. As long as the NR2003.exe is the patched version, it doesn't matter if it is a CD-needed or NOCD exe.
Then install the gtp mod, and after that you can install the gtp NOCD.exe.


fortine_oo

[BrunoB]

It just dosnt work without CD:-(
I patched the NR2003 and this game is happily running with a NR2003 NOCD.
But its impossible to get GTP to accept a GTP NoCd that was working OK on my old W98 system.

I have tried everything.
I can start GTP and get into all the menus. Go to Trial or Race. Watch all the other drivers.
But as soon as I press the Drive button the game freezes. And the error message says that its the damned TMP.exe that Windows dont like.

I have given up and am now aiming at a virtual drive solution. Pretty irritating because the NOCD solution is much easier:-(:-(

But the good thing is that with the CD the GTP is running pretty good on my Windows 7 64 bit system.
Everything maxed and 100-160fps on a i7/HD4870 system.