Perhaps the problem is my initial lack of a 'GPLSecrets' directory. I had that directory many moons ago but somehow, it went be the wayside. I've recreated it but am not sure of exactly where it should be placed. As well, I'm not sure beyond what we see here concerning the patch just what it should contain. Any suggestions, lads?
I think I understand what is wrong.
The "GPL Secrets" directory is the one where you have GEM+ installed. You must have called it something else when you installed GEM+. You have it somewhere or you wouldn't be able to run the other mods and set the 60fps patch etc. In fact you must know where it is because you have set the Pit Stop time to 10 seconds by overwriting the 77C Pit Stop v2.02.xml in the options folder:
C:\<the path you used when you installed GEM+>\GEM+\Options
The default install path is:
C:\GPLSecrets\GEM+\Options
So for "GPL Secrets" directory, read GEM+ installation directory.
To set the path to the "GPL Secrets" directory, delete the "Pitstop Handicap Settings.ini" file and then run the "Pitstop Handicap Manager.exe". Because you have deleted the .ini file, the first thing it will do is to popup a window that asks you to navigate to your "GPL Secrets" directory. Do that, then set a handicap (in this case I've set it for 15 seconds) and close the Pitstop Handicap Manager. You should find the "Pitstop Handicap Settings.ini" file has been recreated and if you open it with Notepad (assuming the default GEM+ install path C:\GPLSecrets) it should look like this:
585 ;window width in pixels
338 ;window height in pixels
C:\GPLSecrets ;GPLSecrets path
15 ;handicap time delay in seconds
If you've missed the windows popup and failed to enter a path to your "GPL Secrets" directory or cancelled the popup it will look like this:
585 ;window width in pixels
338 ;window height in pixels
;GPLSecrets path
15 ;handicap time delay in seconds
If this is the case you will get a warning "A 77C Pitstop Patch File v2.02 Was Not Found In Any Mod Physics Or GPL Secrets Directory" when you run the "Pitstop Handicap Manager.exe".
If you set the path to the wrong directory you will also get a warning "A 77C Pitstop Patch File v2.02 Was Not Found In Any Mod Physics Or GPL Secrets Directory" when you run the "Pitstop Handicap Manager.exe".
585 ;window width in pixels
338 ;window height in pixels
C:\ThisIsTheWrongDirectory ;GPLSecrets path
15 ;handicap time delay in seconds
I'll do some screenshots later and add them to the guide.