Carshape on windows 10

[phil225]

Hello guys.
First of all I would like to thank to everyone who keeps this game alive after so many years.

I'm having a problem with the Carshape Distance configuration:

The program Set Carshape Distance don't open on Windows 10, even with compatibility mode.
The gp2lap, I can't open the program with the DosBox X64.
The gp2lap win version opens normally, but any changes I make have effects.

Anyone have any tip about those configs? I'm trying to play with 50's cars.
For information only, GP2Edit and CarEditor works well on Win10.

Thanks in advance

[rremedio]

Hi and welcome!

Please explain your problems with GP2Lap. You should run it instead of GP2.exe with DosBox. It is not an editor or a patch, it is a launcher. Point DosBox to open it the same way you do for GP2.exe and it should work. And it must be in the same folder as GP2.exe.

[phil225]

Hi, when I try to start the gp2lap the following message appears:

[rremedio]

Hi, when I try to start the gp2lap the following message appears:

I've never seen that error before. Are you using DOS4G instead of DOS4GW?

[phil225]

I use Dos Box SVN-Daum x64
Updated Jan 25, 2015

[rremedio]

I use Dos Box SVN-Daum x64
Updated Jan 25, 2015

That's not what I'm talking about. Is there a file called DOS4GW.EXE or DOS4G.EXE in your GP2 folder?

Also, can you post the contents of your Gp2lap.cfg here?

[phil225]

I don't have those files on my GP2 folder.

The CFG:

Spoiler: BBCODE_SP_AN

[At The Line]
atlNoFastestLap = 1 ; don't show "Fastest Lap by...." if active
atlSplit1Color = 135 ; taken from gp2's color palette, default: 135 (lblue)
atlSplit2Color = 125 ; taken from gp2's color palette, default: 125 (blue)
atlLineColor = 151 ; taken from gp2's color palette, default: 151 (dblue)
atlAcrossTop = 1 ; show info across the top of the screen
atlMarkTopX = 6 ; how many cars to mark on the laptime board, range is 3..9


[Extended Data Logging]
logGLX = 0 ; save an additional .GLx log file upon saving a game
logCC = 0 ; log computer cars too; this is only saved in .GLx files!
logPerf = 0 ; log extra perf data and append to perf files


[Debug Logging]
logDebug = 1 ; log debug output to log file
logDebugName = "gp2lap.log" ; debug log file name
logDebugFlush = 0 ; direct flushing of debug log, use only when gp2lap crashes
logDebugScreenLines = 12 ; number of lines for the screen log (page '2'), range is 3..20


[Track Map]
mapZoom = 2 ; zoom level 0..5 (toggle with TAB in-game)
mapTrackColor = 1 ; which color for the track to start with (gp2 palette index)
mapHAlign = 1 ; 0 = left, 1 = center, 2 = right (toggle with '8' in-game)
mapVAlign = 0 ; 0 = top, 1 = center, 3 = bottom. Relative to mapMaxY.
mapRotate = 1 ; 0 = disable rotation of map (toggle with 'm' in-game)
mapMaxY = 194 ; y clipping (max. DrawLines, see below, 400 is practical).
; VGA will use half this value.
mapDotSize = 122358 ; Dot sizes of cars at each of 6 zoom levels. Default 122358, min. 111111, max. 999999.
mapDotSizeVGA = 111235 ; Same as mapDotSize, but for VGA. Default 111235.


[Track Files]
f1ct01 = "circuits\f1ct01.dat" ; Note: relative to your GP2 directory;
f1ct02 = "circuits\f1ct02.dat" ; currently not supporting long filenames
f1ct03 = "circuits\f1ct03.dat"
f1ct04 = "circuits\f1ct04.dat"
f1ct05 = "circuits\f1ct05.dat"
f1ct06 = "circuits\f1ct06.dat"
f1ct07 = "circuits\f1ct07.dat"
f1ct08 = "circuits\f1ct08.dat"
f1ct09 = "circuits\f1ct09.dat"
f1ct10 = "circuits\f1ct10.dat"
f1ct11 = "circuits\f1ct11.dat"
f1ct12 = "circuits\f1ct12.dat"
f1ct13 = "circuits\f1ct13.dat"
f1ct14 = "circuits\f1ct14.dat"
f1ct15 = "circuits\f1ct15.dat"
f1ct16 = "circuits\f1ct16.dat"
CatchTrackInfos = 1 ; try catching GP2INFO's from custom track files
CatchSplitSegs = 1 ; try catching new splits from custom track files
MenuTrackMap = 0 ; draw a simple track map layout in the track selection menu (replaces bitmap).


[Network]
UseIPXLink = 0
MyLinkName = "YourName Here"
UseOldNetworkCode = 0 ; switch on to use the old ipx routines


[Misc]
SplitsInRace = 1 ; show split times during race
CarRemoveTime = 20000 ; in msecs; default 20 seconds
UseLocalizedStrings = 1 ; set to 0 to make all GP2Lap message strings English
Spa98 = 0 ; simulate the start of the Belgium '98 GP; use with caution
;CockpitZoom = 256 ; zoom for cockpit view, default is 256, range is 64..7936
DrawLines = 194 ; how many lines to draw, default is 194, range is 0..479
; Note: The more lines you choose the more PO you'll get, depending on the speed of your PC.

[HOF2.5]
hof25Enable = 0 ; enable special HOF2.5 features


[Other]
ForcePMBanking = 0 ; switch on if you have VESA VBE 2.0 or higher


[Rcr]
VgaRcr1 = 20128 ; 0x0850 ; how far away an rcr-jam will be used if you're looking from within the cockpit.
SvgaRcr1 = 30200 ; 0x0C80
VgaRcr2 = 20128 ; 0x0850 ; how far away an rcr-jam will be used if you're looking through a onboard camera.
SvgaRcr2 = 30200 ; 0x0C80 ; (the one used within Paul's car editor)
VgaRcr3 = 20640 ; 0x0A50 ; how far away an rcr-jam will be used if you're looking through the on track camera's
SvgaRcr3 = 40096 ; 0x1000 ; or if you're looking in front or back of the car (delete and page down).


;--- Some color info:
; 0 transparent
; 1- 31 black -> white
; 32- 47 red
; 48- 63 yellow
;124-143 blue
;144-163 dark blue
;194-212 dark green
;214-233 green

[rremedio]

Your CFG seems fine.

For GP2Lap to work you need to have DOS4GW.EXE in your gp2 folder. You can get it in the gp2lap website -> https://rsdi.home.xs4all.nl/gp2lap.html

Just extract the file to your GP2 folder.

Anyway, I have to say that the error message you got is quite cryptic and I can't find cfg file for gp2lap or dosbox that has such line. Maybe it is finding a dos4g version somewhere else in your computer, then adding dos4gw to your gp2 folder should fix it, but who knows?

If everything fails, maybe you should try another dosbox version. The ECE version works greatly for me and many of us (that said, the version you are using worked fine for me too, iirc).

[phil225]

Worked!
It was the file missing.
Thanks for the help!