Do you have kernel ex installed and have it active for NFS3?

notsofossil wrote:

Do you have kernel ex installed and have it active for NFS3?

I don't see any connection between this and the error he has with the game. NFS3 is a 1998 game, so kernelEx is completely pointless.

Anyway, on such powerful hardware, I'd recommend to just use the NFS3 modern patch. It will most likely fix your issue.

Hello.

.legaCy wrote:

512GB DDR400

I hope you mean megabytes? Right? 😀

Besides that, as derSammler said, try the modern patch version of NFS3 (found here: http://veg.by/en/projects/nfs3/). When I found out about it, I installed it on my Pentium 3 system and was able to transfer my game data from my CD installation of the game to the modern patch, and actually, from what my eyes could tell, I could see a small performance increase, not to mention all of the little improvements that the developer made in-game.

However, if you wish to continue to play the vanilla version of the game, maybe you'll find a useful patch/file or two here on EA's own servers for the game (ftp://ftp.ea.com/pub/ea/patches/nfs3/).

Here's my question, though: What API are you trying to use in hardware mode? DirectX or Glide through something like nglide or dgvoodoo?

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Hello.

.legaCy wrote:

512GB DDR400

I hope you mean megabytes? Right? 😀

Besides that, as derSammler said, try the modern patch version of NFS3 (found here: http://veg.by/en/projects/nfs3/). When I found out about it, I installed it on my Pentium 3 system and was able to transfer my game data from my CD installation of the game to the modern patch, and actually, from what my eyes could tell, I could see a small performance increase, not to mention all of the little improvements that the developer made in-game.

However, if you wish to continue to play the vanilla version of the game, maybe you'll find a useful patch/file or two here on EA's own servers for the game (ftp://ftp.ea.com/pub/ea/patches/nfs3/).

Here's my question, though: What API are you trying to use in hardware mode? DirectX or Glide through something like nglide or dgvoodoo?

my bad, it is MB, i will try this patch
I'm trying to run on DirectX.

Hmmm.... Another question: what version of DirectX are you using?

the_ultra_code wrote:

Hmmm.... Another question: what version of DirectX are you using?

Well i need to check that, but others Direct3D games works fine.

Just open "Run" and type "dxdiag.exe". That'll bring up a window that will tell you what version of DirectX you are running. You can even do it in Windows 10. It's really easy, I promise. 😀

So, .legacy, any updates? Have you gotten around to checking the DirectX version you are using under Win98?