I've had POD for a while, but never installed it. I just tried using the stock install and the game wouldn't start at all. It just complained that it couldn't set the display mode. I then followed the instructions on this page;
http://home.arcor.de/hbredel/POD/POD-English/pod-english.html
I selected MMX with 3DFX large installation, skipped the DirectX and Indeo tests, copied over the dgvoodoo files, applied the 3DFX patch, applied Dege's P4 patch, switched my desktop to 16 bit and attempted to run the game. It switches resolution, I get the Ubisoft logo screen, then it quits back to the desktop.
Note that I'm trying to run it under 98SE, not XP.
Any ideas what else I can try?