Where is the gimme.dll file ? I can't find it in my PC !

Thanks a lot for the fix!
this really solves it!!

oh yeah, and i'm running the game with:

window$ xp
AMD Athlon xp 2500+
512 MB RAM
ATI Radeon 9600 pro

it really rocks now !

This is shit, I still can't managed to get it run properly. The good news is it's able to be loaded to the Main menu after creating profile. After that, the program shut down automatically after I try to start a race. Please help if anyone know how to fix this shit. Thanx in advance !

Has anybody any ideas how to be able to play multiplayer games? I remember it requires 3.5 version, but still it doesn't work. I tryed to play it with by friend (peer to peer ip) but it simply kept telling us connection lost...

Please help!
jjkobsson

Thank you Waccoon!! You really saved my day! I've been trying for a long time to play this wonderful game on win2k, and I had almost given up. Now everything works like a charm, I'm playing peer-to-peer and everything!

Thank you!!

(P4P800, P4 1.6@2.2, 2x256 pc2700, radeon 8500, win2k sp4)

I installed act26 then I setup a patch but it didn't work.
The startup screen stays the same.

Any ideas?

P.s
(what do you do in the last step of the patch setup wizard?)

Great job, Waccoon!
Many thanks! (hmm, my opinion doesn't seem to be unique, doh

Cheers,
s.

i can't set virtual memory to 12 mix and max , because , i am using a windows 2000 avanced server ....

what can i do ?

Hey i have a little problem after about 10-15 min in the game it freeze completely i cant do anything but its only on some tracks and never in the coose car screen only in the races. whats my problem?

Does anybody know how to get rid of low resolution textures inside the car???
Textures were normal when I used my old PC ( 300 MHz Celeron, 128 RAM, VOODOO 3 16 MB, WIN XP PRO )
But on the new one they aren't! (P IV 2667 MHz, 512 RAM, GeForce 4200 Ti, 128 MB, WIN XP PRO)
Any solutions? Please...

thx wacoon!
u made my life worth living again
The initial tip about Microsoft Application Compatibility Tool didnt work, but your patch did.

When i start PU with patch in windows XP Pro it works well, but when race starts car just turns to left and I can't do anything!!! Please help!

quote slk

Does anybody know how to get rid of low resolution textures inside the car???
Textures were normal when I used my old PC ( 300 MHz Celeron, 128 RAM, VOODOO 3 16 MB, WIN XP PRO )
But on the new one they aren't! (P IV 2667 MHz, 512 RAM, GeForce 4200 Ti, 128 MB, WIN XP PRO)
Any solutions? Please...

See http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/index.php?fn=view_thread&t=320475

Hi everyone.

I just got a "Logitech Momo Racing Force Feedback Wheel" for Christmas, an after some time testing it with Colin McRae Rally 2.0, I thought it would be nice to try it with NFS Porsche Unleashed.

I knew that there are problems with w2k, and I also knew that there was this "fix": deleting a specific file.
So I googled a bit, and found another thread:
http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/index.php?fn=view_thread&t=8506

OK, let me describe my problems, and what I have already tried to fix them:

1.) I launched NFS PU without doing anything special. Just hoped it would already run fine with W2K SP4.
-> game crashed to desktop without any error-message, last thing I saw was the loading screen

2.) renamed "gimme.dll"
-> nothing changed, same effect as described at 1.)

3.)Changed swapfile to 256-256 MB, tried with and without gimme.dll
-> still nothing did change at all (just found out later, that there is this problem with more than 512MB RAM)

4.)Tried the registry tweak for defaulting video card settings
-> nothing changed

5.) Successfully updated 3.0 to 3.5 using InvisiBill's batch-file method (strange thing, there is no more info about NFS PU available at EA sites, but they still have this update online )
-> sadly, my problems did NOT dissappear...

6.) Tried Hardfloor's step-by-step guide, to use compatibility mode under w2k
-> interesting thing, if I enable compatibility mode, then windows kills NFS PU with an excecution error right before the splash logo can even appear (no matter if I use w95 or w98 compatibility mode)

7.) Found this thread and tried Waccoon's Guide for using the Microsoft ACT. Maybe I got something wrong, but I couldn't fix my poblems.
-> same problem as Nr. 1.)

8.)Installed Waccoon's patch, finally something changed
-> game now crashes back to desktop after splashscreen dissappears, I don't even see the intro now.


Has anybody any idea what else I could try? I finally ran out of ideas

I will try to uninstall everything and try it again from start later this day, this time using manual update, hope it works, 'cause I don't know what else I could do.

Here is a detailed system spec of my main sys:

OS:
Windows 2000 Professional (German) with SP4 and all current security patches
Game:
Need For Speed: Porsche Unleashed (German) (Version on my CD is 3.0)

Hardware:
Athlon XP (T-bred) 2200+ @ 2400MHz (12x200)
Abit NF-7S rev 2.0 @ 200MHz FSB
1GB DDR400 RAM (low latency noname stuff)
MSI GF4 Ti4200 64MB (detonator 45.23 driver)
n-force2 soundstorm onboard-sound (audio driver 5.10.2920.0 I don't know, what exactly the version Nr. is)

nothing else special, using onboard LAN, no other extension cards...

Best regards from Austria, I hope I can get NFS PU running again