Greetings,

I not been able to get this working, so I am hoping that someone can give me a hint. I did find a patch that will allow NFS3 to run in Windows 2000 or XP, although it doesn't seem to perform very well compared to the other Glide wrapped games I'm running. Here's the location for that patch:

http://nfsgb.nd4spdworld.com/nfs3/files3.html

So I am hoping to get one of the Glide wrappers to work, since I'm getting good performance out of them even at 1600x1200 in other games. I have tried several, including all of the detailed instructions here:

http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/nfsfix/

The problem is that when I run NFS3, the screen goes blank then returns to the desktop. If I check the task manager, NFS3 is still running in the background and has to be killed manually.

I've tried running NFS3 in all of the compatibility modes (95,98,NT,2K) and also tried allocating a bunch of ram with a different program (needed for some games that don't like it if you have too much ram). That program came from:

http://www.codeproject.com/tools/alloc.asp

I suspect that I need some specific file (some version of voodoo2a.dll or similar) that may have been available when the update system for this game worked. Now, none of the updates are available from EA, and their "game updater" is no longer supported. I cannot find the 1.1 or 1.2 patches for NFS3.

I tried the Banshee and Voodoo3 patches from here:

http://dlh.net/cgi-bin/dp.cgi?lang=eng&ref=&sys=&cap=n

and also another voodoo2a.dll from here:

http://www.billsworkshop.com/banshee/banshee_game.html

Still, every time it is blank then desktop.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!