GpEdit

[Michael Gott]

Hi all,

I may of asked about this before?

But here goes. I play GP2 on my PC through dosbox ECE. But I also play the game on my Android phone and Tablet.

My issue is I've tried to activate Gpedit program but it won't work on Android as it a Windows programme. Do you think there's would be any way of running the Gpedit on Android?

If not could it be possible to make an Android Gpedit version and if so is there anybody that could do this?

I suppose the maker of the programme Ed Grabowski is the best person, but I'm not sure that he is still about and contactable?

Maybe a bridge too far for this idea but worth a try. 

Thank you peeps and your views and thoughts on thus.

Happy GP2 gaming g all.

[hatcher]

Hi! I don't know how many technical people are still around so I'm going to reply with a lot of questions and guesswork. :D

I assume GPEdit is not an open source program so it would have to be remade from scratch.

I assume the knowledege about what it changes and how, can be sourced from the community but the program itself would still have to be remade.

Now that's not a small task to begin with and add to that that you would want it on Android which is more specialised knowledge than progrmaming for Windows.
Have you tried a Windows emulator for Android? How strict is the securty on Android? Can programs reach each other's files?
Couldn't you just modify what you want on Windows then copy the files over to your Android DosBox version of Grand Prix?

[Michael Gott]

Hi Hatcher and thanks for your info and reply.

You are absolutely correct. It would be a massive job to convert Gpedit onto Android. Wish I was technically talented enough to do that.

I experimented on trying to run Gpedit on my magic dosbox (Android emulator) through the Windows 3.1 OS but I knew that I was onto a lower, due to 3.1 being too old a system. It was just worth a shot.
I've managed to run dosbox on the Windows emulator for Android which is a emulator called Winlator. Dosbox worked but no joy with trying to run Gpedit on the same emulator. So I ended up a dead end there. Winlator is still beta and only runs the odd windows games. I've managed though to get EA F1 Challenge 99-02 working okay. No joy with GP3 or GP4, so it's a hit and miss emulator in its bets form and early days.

Yes I could well copy my GP2 Windows files, like year mods, over to my Android version, but I just wanted something that would plug & play with Android. Maybe that's the way I will have to go.

I wanted Gpedit to work for the year mods but more for the changing of the performance files (Race, Qualy) plus reliability values. What I've done though for the latter (running through the Win 3.1) is to get the old Perman programme working for the performance values. Or so I think it will work. I just hope the default game values and my altered values will speak from Perfman to GP2 through Android. Until I run my GP2 original game season (94) and get to my idea of in season development periods (3 times a season) I will not know. So my idea is let's say Williams can be at the top of most performance categories but half way through the season they may drop to the middle of the pack, reflecting failure of the inseason updates. Vica versa for a poor team at the bottom rising to the top. Whether this will work I don't know? More experimenting required and hoping that Perfman speaks to GP2 and that it as presumably patched the GP3 exe?

As far as my experience ofvrumning the game on Android it is flawless and works brilliantly with no problem. I even cast the image of the game, from my Android phone, to a portable dvd player and it looks and runs sweet.

Thank you again Hatcher for your thoughts.

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[F1GP Archive]

Hello, are you talking about GP2edit made by Steven Young?

https://www.grandprix2.de/Util/gp2edit/gp2edit.html

If the program doesn't work on Windows 3.1 through DOSBox, you could try to install Windows 95 on your DOSBox. 

I'm not sure if the Android version of DOSBox that you're using supports it. But in general, it's possible to install Windows 95 on the Windows version of DOSBox.

Alternatively, depending on what you want to change, you could try using one of the older GP2 editors, that are made to run on DOS (e.g. PERFCHG), or at least Windows 3.1 (e.g. GP2 Editor v2.12b by Slobodan Blanusa).

https://www.grandprix2.de/Util/util_old.htm

https://www.grandprix2.de/Util/util.htm

https://www.grandprix2.de/Util/util_more.htm

I'm not familiar with the Perfman program you mentioned.


Cheers,
Hrvoje

[Michael Gott]

Thank you Hrvoje for your info. My mistake it was Gpedit by Steve Young that I meant.
Yes I'm using perfman which works on Win 3.1. You can change the race and qualy speed of the teams along with the reliability.
Thank you for the links. I've now downloaded Gpedit by Slobodan so I will give that a go, so thanks for that info.
I didn't know you could put Win95 on dosbox so I'll try that and look for a quick tutorial.
Thanks for your help and advice in this.

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