If my memory servers right, I got corrupted text textures natively on win7 too, when I last time checked it out. I thought I had to have a broken version of the game or something.
So, I don't know, should this game work out of the box or CSFIX is needed in any case?
What about CSFIX + dgVoodoo together (if that's a viable way)?

I tried csfix and it always loads ddraw.dll from the system folder so it's not usable together with dgVoodoo.
But I patched it so now it is.

Also, I changed Use32BitColour to 0 to avoid corrupting intro screen/menu (dgvoodoo always renders at 32 bit anyway) and OverrideRes to 0 to upscale the resolution from dgVoodoo.
I set a little dithering through dgVoodoo and everything looked like it should have.

This works PERFECTLY! Thank you, Dege. And so quick. I should have asked a year ago.

Can we put this up somewhere that it can be found, other than on the Vogons boards?

The download site for CSFIX is here: http://timeslip.users.sourceforge.net/

You might want to tell him about the collaboration and offer a package with both dgVoodoo and CSFIX.

Or, we could just keep this our little secret on Vogons.

Thanks again!

Wow ! Thanks a lot Dege !

I had this problem too, as there was no way to fix both the game and the palette problem on the menu.

Now both were fixed in an instant ! 😁

I have a reocurring crash in Mission 8. I can't get past it. It's a little while after the start of the mission.

My dgVoodoo (v2..63.1) config :
(attached)
csfix config :

1[Main]
2
3;Set to 1 to use a 32 bit render target, to solve issues with broken dithering
4;Corrupts the intro screen, and causes a couple of artifacts on menus
5Use32BitColour=0
6
7;Set to 1 to force a specific screen resolution
8;Menu's don't look as good, but it removes screen transitions and lets you use non 4:3 resolutions
9;Causes flickering on some menus
10;If set to 1, but without a width/height specified, uses your native resolution
11OverrideRes=0
12ScreenWidth=0
13ScreenHeight=0
14
15;Disable usage of the high performance counter
16;Fixes the crash on startup on some newer cpu's, can also be fixed by running in win95 compatibility mode
17DisablePerfCounter=1
18
19;Force NONPOW2CONDITIONAL texture caps
20;Fixes blocky text on menus, and in game crashes when text is displayed
21ForceNP2=1
22
23;Set to 1 to enable the fix for black boxes when using ati cards with drivers >7.5
24;Shouldn't cause side effects if on when not required, beyond a small frame rate hit
25AtiFix=0
26
27;Set to 1 to avoid wrapping the ddraw object.
28;Turn this on if you want to use the software renderer
29;Disables 32bit mode and forcenp2, but not the other fixes
30DontWrap=0

I wonder if anyone else experiences it too ?

My config :
Windows 10 2004 (Insider Preview, Slow channel)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 765M
Intel core I7 4700HQ

Also happens on Windows 7.

Savegames :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18OuCMJ3Lptit … iew?usp=sharing

Use profile "Zachary".

Also attached is the report from the spec release of dgVoodoo2 v2.63.1

Thank you in advance for any insight on this ! 😀

No one ?

I'm using the french release of the game, if that can change something (maybe some bad localized resource IF it's specific to this release ?)

Dege, your patch fix is an absolute godsend. I'll be playing and see if things go well on that 8th mission.

I'll be very interested in your findings.

xcomcmdr wrote on 2020-07-11, 18:58:

I'll be very interested in your findings.

Just finished the 11th mission after 10+ tries on hardest. No crashes so far apart from one rare instance when I finished one of the missions.
I'm using the portable release by IGG-Games which is already patched. It's pretty good and you could probably try it all over or paste the savegame.

(1400x1050, 8xMSAA, 16xAF, Reshade, FPS limit 60 with MSI Afterburner)

Ah, very interesting !
I'll try to use the french localization on top of it if possible. That includes the UI, all the texts, voices, and cutscenes.

Maybe a bad resource or something. The executable was from an english version with the DRM removed, so it's not that.

Before you play, don't make the same mistake as me and download the Widescreen/FOV mod from PCGW first:
https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file … -skies-fov-fix/
(Download v2_Crimson_Skies_dgV.7z and replace the game exe with the one in the 1920x1080 folder -password is pcgw- then force 1080p through dgvodoo2)

I want to die, I almost completed the game in 4:3.