Re: dgVoodoo 2.6.x and related WIP versions

Posted on 2020-05-25, 11:46

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I wanted to report that no version of dgVoodoo runs a DX2 game, The Need for Speed Special Edition. The game just works with the default DDraw.dll. I PMed you but you didnt reply. Here is the log: Uhm, sorry. I'm not good at private messages, and I'm visiting the forum relatively rarely these days. …

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Re: List of Free Games

Posted on 2020-05-24, 12:14

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clueless1 wrote on 2020-05-24, 10:29: Discrete_BOB_058 wrote on 2020-05-24, 09:37: Steam- 10 Second Ninja X Intercosmos Intercosmos turns up zero search results on Steam. It is Interkosmos

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Re: List of Free Games

Posted on 2020-05-24, 09:37

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Steam- 10 Second Ninja X Interkosmos

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Re: [Updated on 20/05/20]List of pre-DX8 games running on Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 without game mods

Posted on 2020-05-24, 04:35

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New entry: Motocross Madness

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Re: List of Free Games

Posted on 2020-05-21, 10:59

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Epic - Civilization VI

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Re: [Updated on 20/05/20]List of pre-DX8 games running on Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 without game mods

Posted on 2020-05-20, 18:32

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leileilol wrote on 2020-05-20, 12:26: Giants: Citizen Kabuto (Initial unpatched 2000 release only has a DirectX7 renderer, works on 7 and supports hor+ widescreen as well as modern high resolutions. It's the prime example for a list like this (and this was a game considered unstable upon release)) …

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Re: [Updated on 16/05/20]List of pre-DX8 games running on Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 without game mods

Posted on 2020-05-20, 12:14

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New entries: GTA3 NFS Hot Pursuit 2 Half-Life 2

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Re: dgVoodoo 2.6.x and related WIP versions

Posted on 2020-05-20, 12:09

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I wanted to report that no version of dgVoodoo runs a DX2 game, The Need for Speed Special Edition. The game just works with the default DDraw.dll. I PMed you but you didnt reply. Here is the log: Uhm, sorry. I'm not good at private messages, and I'm visiting the forum relatively rarely these days. …

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Re: Problematic Windows games list

Posted on 2020-05-18, 19:32

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Games that use the first Unreal engine, such as Deus Ex , Unreal Tournament , and Unreal , have problems running on modern CPUs, due to those CPUs having features that the Unreal engine isn't prepared for, such as multiple cores, variable speeds on one CPU, a very high CPU speed, etc/ There's a …

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Re: Doom95 under Windows 10

Posted on 2020-05-18, 02:54

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Simple way: Use a different ddraw.dll in game directory. Besides that I found the mouse doesn't work

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Re: dgVoodoo 2.6.x and related WIP versions

Posted on 2020-05-17, 04:52

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An incremental WIP containing some bugfixes for 2.63.2: ========================= WIP72: ========================= Changes compared to v2.63.2: - Bug causing crash is fixed in D3D (Hot Wheel Micro Racers) - Fixing a bug in the DXBC generator (Psychonauts) - Fixing a bug in the DX11 backend causing …

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Re: Quake 1 no music?

Posted on 2020-05-17, 04:49

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Muz wrote on 2020-03-20, 14:18: I cannot get this game music to work in Windows 10. Any help? If you are using the CD version of the game, you need to have the game in that PARTICULAR CD drive. If you are not using CD version, and you use GOG version, then you need to demphasize your audio for …

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Re: [Updated on 16/05/20]List of pre-DX8 games running on Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 without game mods

Posted on 2020-05-17, 04:46

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This will end up a very big list ;) Airfix: Dogfighter Aliens vs Predator Bang! Gunship Elite Combat Flight Simulator 1 + 2 Descent 3 Freespace 1 + 2 Wheel of Time ps: i dont think Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a pre dx8 game (released 2001) OK I added them up in my list. If you/GOG have used any …

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Re: The Need for Speed Special Edition for Windows doesn't work

Posted on 2020-05-17, 04:39

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UCyborg wrote on 2020-05-16, 20:49: There are plenty of games out there with unofficial patches that were developed without access to the source code. I dont think anybody will do that. The game is buggy on Windows siie its released and people are already good with the DOS version.

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Re: The Need for Speed Special Edition for Windows doesn't work

Posted on 2020-05-17, 04:39

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My two cents. I bought years ago a boxed-copy, still-shrink-rapped copy of TNFS:SE, and I have found it to be one hell of a game to get to work, even on older systems. First of all, the Windows version is worse than the DOS version in terms of performance. On my Pentium MMX 233 machine with a 3dfx …

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Re: [Updated on 16/05/20]List of pre-DX8 games running on Windows Vista/7/8/8.1/10 without game mods

Posted on 2020-05-16, 17:51

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New entries : Zuma Deluxe The Need for Speed Special Edition

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Re: The Need for Speed Special Edition for Windows doesn't work

Posted on 2020-05-16, 12:49

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DirectPlay is not an issue. If on Windows 8 or later, install DirectPlay first from Control Panel->Programs and Features->Turn Windows features on and off. Duplicate dplayx.dll in Windows\SysWOW64 (or System32 if it's 32-bit OS) and name it dplay.dll, alternatively, you can make a hard link to the …

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Re: List of Free Games

Posted on 2020-05-16, 04:53

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To play the Epic store version ( https://www.epicgames.com/ an online store that provides games) of Grand Theft Auto Five (the game) without the Rockstar Launcher (the program required by Rockstar to launch the game) you need to use the Goldberg Social Club Emulator (a program that emulates Social …

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Re: The Need for Speed Special Edition for Windows doesn't work

Posted on 2020-05-16, 04:49

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Yeah, there's no guarantee that this procedure will work. The DSerial error can be ignored by clicking OK. However the game may not run for some GPU incompatibility, as the DxWnd log shows after initialising DDraw. However the same drivers worked for me. My secondary PC with any OS ran the game …

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Re: The Need for Speed Special Edition for Windows doesn't work

Posted on 2020-05-15, 10:35

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This game also worked on all of my VMs. However you dont get DSerial error on Win7

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