Well even though a 64Mb graphics card may not be very good for TODAY'S systems, remember that you are running a 13-year-old game, where as low as 4Mb is perfectly acceptable!

No, you don't need the CDs in your disc drive AT ALL when using a Daemon Tools install/mounting method - you need to mount the CD image(s) still - but no actual CDs. See my tutorial here:
http://digitality.comyr.com/flyboy/lb2/inst_lb2_image.html

There are many advantages in using the CD image mounting method, as you can see in the above guide. It should also totally eliminate any future CD read errors such as the one you describe - as there's no interaction between the game (software) and PC (hardware) - something that is a problem with today's systems and old games/old CD writing methods - it's all virtual! Much faster and more reliable.

Thanks for all the info. That is exactly what I need.

I played with the ini files and this is as good as it gets:




Took it for another test drive, and got ambushed.



No, seriously. I am referring to still having the tearing problem. Seems to occur when I first boot up and go into LB2 right away. After exiting & entering the game a few times it seems to stabilize. The tearing doesn't occur any more. It usually occurs within the first 15 to 30 seconds after takeoff.

The only thing new in the machine is the memory and even Memtest says it can't check all of the memory. All equipement in the machine is at least 7 yrs. old.

Will have to research this further.

Thanks again for all your assistance

Some people I believe have some luck with mending the cockpit tearing. As I stated before, the cockpit 'tearing' is due to forcing a higher screen res through dgVoodoo than the game's default of 640x480. Note that there is no in-game method of changing screen res like most games - it was stuck at 640x480 until glide wrappers came out with the override option.

Yeah, some people have been able to eliminate the cockpit tearing - or at least greatly reduce the affect - but using screen resolutions that are multiples of 640x480. So, 1280x960, 1920x1440, and 2560x1920 etc. This is because you are keeping the scale the same, and are not offsetting either vertical or horizontal resolution, or both.

I personally just stick to the default 640x480 and be done with it.

I see you found the secret INI settings for enabling visual cockpit canopy damage!

Yup. Right where you hid them. Under the pilots seat with the flask of ale

I am running LB2 at 1280x960, but I can live with the lines.

Still working on the tearing (knobs & buttons) problem. It is just time consuming going in & out of the game. The one plus is, it is easily reproduced, not random.

Have some more to do. Will start the ini thread tomorrow....

I don't really see why you're taking it upon yourself to try and rid the tear lines in the 2D cockpit. You are a n00b after all, don't you think this has been tried before? The best of the best here have tried to get rid of those lines. It can *sometimes* be done (mentioned above, the screen res thing) but not in your case it seems.

Forget it. Move on!

I'm not worried about the tear lines. I can live with that.

What I was referring to was the knobs & switches disappearing around the MFDs':



As I reread the post, I see I did't explain it correctly.

This graphics glitch happens almost all of the time. Usually within the first 15 to 30 seconds when the computer is first turned on.

It only seems to show up in the gunnery range. None of the other tutorial sections has this problem. I even tried the instant action & that played fine. Haven't tested single or campaign yet.

I'll experiment some more.

Moving on to the ini files...

Well if that above problem only happens at the gunnery range, so what? Get doing some real missions! If all else fails, revert to default game res of 640x480 - that will surely clear that up. Greed - you can't have everything with these old games you know - there has to be some sacrifices. You either have default res and usually no problems, or higher res and graphical glitches - it's your call.

You really are hard work, do you know that!?