better compatibility and performance

[cangrejin]

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hello, me again:

I must first thank you for the enormous effort of all modders, patches, updates, mods, fixes, and an innumerable amount of improvements so that GTR2 is still alive ... eventually it will die, I hope never, even so I will continue with it.

I have several questions related to compatibility and performance (improve it):

1-gtr233, in the description of your mod "10th Anniversary" says: "-MS Dx9 / dll from 2010 packages to improve GTR2 compatibility with modern OS."
as everything is "integrated" / "packed" could you tell me what are the files mentioned?
I must say that some features of "10th" are too "heavy" in fps for my potato pc. That's why I don't use it, I prefer the "hq mods collection" and install what I need separately.

2- Question: if the menu says "1.1.0.0", I do not need any "US Patch" or "European Patch" ... or does it contain any unique features?

3- "4gb patch" .... just do that? .. or increase the performance ... I explain badly, sorry. Do you gain fps, or fluency or whatever? (I use w10 X64, but even on my potato pc, I have not seen ram memory problems.)

4- there are no 4

5- "prossess lassosss" or similar ... approximately how much do I earn in fps? (Potato pc intel hd) the temperature is another "big" problem here in my town ... to those who use it, do they have temperature rises when using all the cores? or is distributed.

I thank you in advance for help
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[GTR233]

The microsoft updates are the dll in GTR2 folder : d3d9+dsetup, in "theory" they are installed when you manually install DirectX9c june 2010 but I noticed that some plugins need them in the root of GTR2, that is why I have duplicated them here.

If you install all HQ MODS one by one then you will get a kind of 10th Ann. Patch except :
- nocd 4gb patched + simbin european patch 1.1 dlls (unlock grey cars for steam version)
- microsoft dlls
- 2010 SIMBIN BIK intro
- new legal.bmp start screen
- HQ Cars mod
- [MOTEC] folder with all related stuff
- [OPTIONS] folder with exclusive content : by example languages files include pit chief voice translations too

If you are already in v1.1 and you see porsch/ferr then you don't need simbin european patch 1.1

4gb patch is mandatory with heavy high poly mods : huge tracks like targa florio and conversions from AC/rf2/F1 201x otherwise you will get CTD because memory will saturate.

Enabling at least 2 cores will boost your fps : depends on processor but around twice as much and no more stuttering. Honestly I can't say about CPU temperatures, the best answer I can give you for any of your questions is Try By Yourself to make your own opinion

 

[cangrejin]

Thank you very much for your answer

The good thing about "hq mods" is the "choice" when installing mods. in "10th" you are conditioned. I do not install all of the "hq mods", because of my potato pc. That's why it's more comfortable to choose which mod I install or not.

D3DX9_40.dll, D3DX9_41.dll, D3DX9_42.dll, D3DX9_43.dll, and dsetup.dll. In my case they are not. (There is a directx folder in my game directory, but it does not create THESE files)
How do I generate them "naturally"? (besides downloading "10TH" and getting them out of there)

-I see the ferraris and porsches with their skins. so I don't need 1.1 patch. thanks.

-4gb patch: I have 10 GB of RAM, I don't have a graphic card, only intel hd onboard (w10 x64). I used "nordschleife" but I had no problems. and mods like GRID GT (GT-LM use models of asseto corsa in cockpits) aun asi, ¿me puede servir 4gb ptch?

-I will follow your advice. I'll prove it ... I guess the "stuttering" you mention is fps and fluidity .... sometimes, from time to time, the audio "freezes" "stutters" "micro freezes" moments of a second, but continuous and random in the menu, the session and the race. the audio of the engine and also the music ... sometimes happens when the mod is "big" or "detailed". I close and restart gtr2 and the problem doesn't appear anymore. It usually happens when I install a new mod ("for the first time"), then it doesn't bother anymore ... I guess enabling another core fixes it (intel i5 3570 4 cores. 3.4ghz turbo boost 3.8ghz, it doesn't have hypertreading)

thanks

 

[Jempy]

Just for your info about the 4gb patch .... here's the author's ( Daniel Pistelli ) explanation:

I originally wrote this tool for a friend of mine who needed it. This very little tool patches x86 executables in order to let them have 4GB (instead of only 2) of virtual memory on x64 platforms. This tool comes very handy for applications which need a great amount of virtual memory like games, 3D renderization, multimedia etc. To gain these 2GB, you just have to use this tool to patch the executable (*.exe file) of the software you want to have these additional GBs of virtual memory. It can be used by clicking on it and choosing the file or through command line (e.g.: “4gb_patch file.exe”). It automatically creates a backup copy of the original executable.

Why things are this way on x64 is easy to explain. On x86 applications have 2GB of virtual memory out of 4GB (the other 2GB are reserved for the system). On x64 these two other GB can now be accessed by 32bit applications. In order to achieve this, a flag has to be set in the file’s internal format. This is, of course, very easy for insiders who do it every day with the CFF Explorer. This tool was written because not everybody is an insider, and most probably a lot of people don’t even know that this can be achieved. Even I wouldn’t have written this tool if someone didn’t explicitly ask me to.

 

[Bjarne Hansen]

D3DX9_40.dll, D3DX9_41.dll, D3DX9_42.dll, D3DX9_43.dll, and dsetup.dll. In my case they are not. (There is a directx folder in my game directory, but it does not create THESE files)
How do I generate them "naturally"? (besides downloading "10TH" and getting them out of there)

They are part of Windows you will find them in Windows/system32\ For 32bit and Windows\sysWOW for 64 bit versions.
Race 07 and some other Simbin games like the Volvo game do use some specialized versions of those dll's
I also do not see any reason to use older ones the gtr2

2- Question: if the menu says "1.1.0.0", I do not need any "US Patch" or "European Patch" ... or does it contain any unique features?

It depend on which Gtr2 distro you use?
If is was based on Steam Gtr2 the patch was done but if is the disc version you should apply one of the patches. There are also a digital distribution patch but I do not think it matters which patch you use.
The version 1.1.0.0 is just the Gtr2.exe version not the small fixes to cars, tracks and championship files.
You can unpack a patch to an empty folder and see what the patch contain.
Reuse your gtr2.exe file.

With 64bit Win you should use 4gb patch.
With a 4 core cpu I use Process Lasso with 2 cores on high priority for the GTR2.exe.
You do get a few fps higher with 4 cores enabled but the minimum will also be lower as Windows also need cores for other programs and services.
I use core 2 and 3 for gtr2.exe and let windows have core 0 and 1.

Turning off Windows defender will give you a boost in Fps.

I know it is all about priorities, but even a old fairly weak Gpu will double your fps and enable max graphics do make gtr2 look much better
I use Dgvoodoo and Reshade in dx11 (fake HDR) and it looks like a modern sim game

 

[cangrejin]

thank you very much for your help.

I have made a folder with these files, just for the doubts, maybe later I have problems and maybe I need them. thanks

-my game says 1.1.0.0 and has the normal ferrari and porsche, nothing weird. I guess the installer already contains the entire patch.

I will follow the recommendations of 4gb and prosses lassos. Thanks a lot.
(The limit of my pc is the temperature, although it is clean, the tropical-hell climate in my ranch is not healthy and the cpu - I have no gpu - does all the work)

Dgvoodoo: does fps-fluency increase - something ... maybe? Or is it for better compatibility?

Thanks a lot

 

[Bjarne Hansen]

I will follow the recommendations of 4gb and prosses lassos. Thanks a lot.
(The limit of my pc is the temperature, although it is clean, the tropical-hell climate in my ranch is not healthy and the cpu - I have no gpu - does all the work)

Dgvoodoo: does fps-fluency increase - something ... maybe? Or is it for better compatibility?

Living is South of Brazil we do have the height of the summer right now and the temperatures are brutal without running aircondition.
Had to take the OC of my GPU as dx9 games was CTD.

Dgvoodoo!
Is a wrapper that does directX 9 to directx 11. But cost about 40% of the fps! But makes the old dx9 games lighting look more dynamic.
But it will not work well for you without a Gpu.
I got a RTX 2070 and a I7 7700 @ 4.9 ghz so Fps in gtr2 is not an issue.
With degvodoo with 4 X MSAA and reshade with fake HDR and SMAA I still got +250 fps and very steady display with great looking tracks and cars.

An option for more fps are this one

Projects · Philip Rebohle / dxvk

:frog:

git.froggi.es

Download in upper right corner! Use the zip download.

Only copy the d3d9.dll from the 32 bit folder to the root folder of gtr2.exe
This is a dx9 to Vulcan wrapper gives about 20% boost on my system but have no idea if it works on Intel igpu

 

[cangrejin]

I do not live in Brazil, I live more to the "south", but even so the heat is brutal ... and in my ranch the electricity-power cuts are also very frequent, forget about aircond, I only have a fan. I don't have gpu, just intel hd onboard .... I guess degvodoo is not an option for me.

the link you put is for dx9 to linux - amd? In that case I don't need it.
gracias por tu ayuda.




Thank you very much for everyone's help ... I think this thread is complete. goodbye

 

[Bjarne Hansen]

he link you put is for dx9 to linux - amd? In that case I don't need it.

Works for win too. It is for Wine and proton which makes windows programs work on Linux.
Guess you are from Argentina, my favorite country to visit. Great golf wine and Italian food!

 

[Durge Driven]

I am still trying to work out how you have 10GB memory with or without the variance in Intel HD usage
are you running dual channel and same memory sticks or mixed sizes