[Johnny]

I am trying to play NFS5 Networked and I keep getting an invalid shape error.
I am running:
PIII 450
ASUS P3V4X with latest VIA 4-in-1
256 Mb RAM
ASUS TNT2 Pro 32Mb (running latest 6.31 WHQL)
Creative PCI-128
NFS5 updated to ver 3.5
DirectX 8.0 Beta (it does the exactly the same error on my friends PC who has DX7.0)
Win2K with Oct Compat updates.

I try and play the game networked or even networked with just me in it, get the error message.
All single player games work perfect.

[bobbinbrisco]

what kind of protocols are u using to run that network?

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2 Computers (networked)both have :

Intel SE440BX2
Pentium III 700Mhz (100)
LS-120 120 Mb (100MHz)
Fujitsu 17.3 GB Ultra DMA 66/10.2 GB Ultra DMA 66
Mitsubihi 50X IDE
Creative Vibra PCI 128bit
Matrox Millenium G400 16Mb AGP/Diamond Speedstar 8Mb AGP
Bay Netgear 10/100PCI
Medium ATX Tower case
120W Multimedia
MS INternet KB (PS2)
MS Win2000 Pro

[Johnny]

Still got me bamboozled. I have tried both TCP/IP and IPX lan games. It goes into the game does the 3,2,1 and bang back to Windows invalid shape error.
I am running an RTL8029 on a 10baseT network (into 16 port hub, 192.168.0.1 internet sharing), with an RTL8139 10/100 crossover with the second house PC(192.168.1.1). I have tried running it over both segments.
There are head shaped dents all over my wall.

[X-AL]