I just got this game and was going to play it on my Win98 + Voodoo5 box. I've found that it won't run in 32-bit color mode. It crashes as it's loading a level. So I have to use software rendering or 16-bit color hardware mode.
I can't believe it doesn't work on a Voodoo5! 😁 I tried using the Razael drivers too but same thing. Has anyone here used a Voodoo5 with this game?
Glide or d3d ?
ps: patch
http://dlh.net/cgi-bin/dlp.cgi?lang=eng&sys=p … pat2.zip&ref=ps
Guardian of the Sacred Five Terabyte's of Gaming Goodness
It only allows me to choose Direct3D 6. I have DirectX 8.1 installed and even the official 3dfx drivers support DirectX 7. I don't know if the game uses T&L but I strongly doubt it because of the cards it targets (TNT2 / G400).
Yeah I installed that patch. It fixes Voodoo3 support and some other things. I can run the Voodoo5 in 16-bit color depth but it looks terrible. I think this is why Voodoo3 wasn't initially supported. The 16-bit color depth is completely inadequate for this game.
If I choose 32-bit color the game crashes when it's loading a level.
could be if it finds a 3dfx card it only offers 16bit as thats all they could do until the v3(in d3d)
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Did some googling:
http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/showth … ead.php?t=27945
Hmmm nice find. I just have to figure out what "edit a line" means. It sounds like he edited the DLL.
Eh this game is probably not worth the effort.
I decided to just go simple and try dropping in the Blair Witch tridx7.dll and renaming it to tridx6.dll. Since the game only wants to let me see DirectX 6 mode I thought I'd try outsmarting it.
And now the Voodoo5 works with 32-bit color. 😁
tridx7.dll from here (also attached to post)
http://www.fileplanet.com/51226/50000/fileinf … me-2-Demo-patch
nice tip swaaye, gonna test with my v5/98se machine too 😊
You can run 2X FSAA too but 4X gives some Z-buffer error. I think it runs out of video memory for some reason, even at only 800x600.
The game looks pretty good. I wish my old CRT had more contrast capabilities. It's getting to be a little dim even in a dark room for games like this.
