You could try to copy various glide2x.dll from older (v1,v2,v3 or banshee) 3dfx drivers into your POD directory.

There is no guarantee that this will help, but it might be worth it. Helped me once to run some other game, which I don't remember right now, running on my Voodoo 5.

There is no glide2x.dll on the folder of the game, nor any other dll that could be a glide version, so I doubt that'll work in this case 🙁

That is perfectly normal. The glide2x.dll is part of your 3dfx driver and normally stored in your your windows system directory. POD, as any other Glide 2 game, normally uses this DLL.

But if you copy another glide2x.dll to your games directory, that one is used instead of the one that was installed by your driver.

Alright I'm going to give it a try! Thanks 😀

Unfortunately it didn't work...
Voodoo 1 glide2x.dll produced an error message saying that it expected the Voodoo Graphics but detected None.
Voodoo 2 glide2x.dll produced an error message as well, at first it need fxmemmap.vxd present in the folder (Voodoo 5 does not install this at all) and then it basically produced the same error message as the Voodoo 1.
Voodoo 3 glide2x.dll seemed identical to the Voodoo4/5 one and worked exactly like the Voodoo 5 one.

🙁

Try to limit texture memory to 2 MB.

Limiting the texture memory didn't any good, but it gave me another idea. Single Chip rendering. That did get the graphics working properly but after only a few seconds of gameplay the sounds cuts (except for CD Audio) completely and I can't use any buttons other than the arrow keys and perhaps some other gameplay buttons. Interface buttons don't work at all, ALT F4 does nothing and nor does CTRL+ALT+DEL.

I should not that I've got a Vortex 2 sound card installed with Direct Sound Acceleration disabled. It still may be the problem though. But wouldn't it happen in DirectX too?

F2bnp wrote:

Limiting the texture memory didn't any good, but it gave me another idea. Single Chip rendering. That did get the graphics working properly but after only a few seconds of gameplay the sounds cuts (except for CD Audio) completely and I can't use any buttons other than the arrow keys and perhaps some other gameplay buttons. Interface buttons don't work at all, ALT F4 does nothing and nor does CTRL+ALT+DEL.

I should not that I've got a Vortex 2 sound card installed with Direct Sound Acceleration disabled. It still may be the problem though. But wouldn't it happen in DirectX too?

One idea is just get POD Gold
Have try install GS2-POD-Patch?.
I don't recall off hand what take get work with Voodoo 5 and gilde

POD GOLD is what I have. I think it's basically Pod 2.0 Tried GS2-POD patch but it didn't work apparently. Sound seems to cutoff after a certain checkpoint in the game...

I found some older French sites that suggested installing the Force Feedback patch would help. Although this site is geared towards playing it with dgVoodoo, it may be worth your while following the directions in terms of making sure it's up to date (i.e. v. 2.2.9.0), since you've likely got a better chance of compatibility then.

From what I recall, though, POD was just generally problematic on later voodoos.

Targaff wrote:

From what I recall, though, POD was just generally problematic on later voodoos.

That what I was thinking to that Voodoo 3, 4 and 5 and POD only work best under DirectX where Voodoo 1 and 2 it was Glide or DirectX
The POD Gold is base on ver 2.0 CD with lot more stuff should have EXE with Version 2.2.8.0 or 1 and date September 29th, 1997 in readme.txt the other POD is also ver 2.0 but it 1996 ver CD

Yeah, I'm probably going to uninstall it from this PC and give it a try on my Pentium MMX 233 with a Voodoo 1 and see how that works out. Thanks for the tips guys!

F2bnp wrote:

Yeah, I'm probably going to uninstall it from this PC and give it a try on my Pentium MMX 233 with a Voodoo 1 and see how that works out. Thanks for the tips guys!

Let us know if it worked, ok? 😉

Worked like a charm, maybe a bit on the slow side at times. Using Win98SE and 128mb RAM as well as a MSI MS-5169. ALi AGP drivers 1.72.
I want to try a few more games on that system to really know whether or not it's behaving as it should.
Quake II seems to run at 20+ fps at 640x480 and full texture quality which sounds normal.

F2bnp, I have exactly the same specs as you, the MSI 5169, Voodoo 1, Pentium 233mmx. For the 2D card, I'm using an ATI Rage Pro. I wish I had the games which you mentioned, POD and Quake II, so I could compare with your results, but alas, I do not.

I have to say that this system has been great for me, playing later DOS and early Windows games. I've had it for about 5 years now, and no complaints so far.

Yeah, my Voodoo 1 seems to be defective or just not working properly on this machine. Put a Voodoo 3 in it's place and it is very impressive. POD runs fine and very very fast but the most impressive is Quake II and 1. 1024x768 and almost 60fps at all times!
Once you get to use games that really demanded a better CPU though like Unreal and Half-Life the system starts to slow down incredibly.

Sure, I only play games up to 1998 on that computer, very few titles from that year even, and only if they specifically specify 3dfx voodoo 1 support.

What Voodoo 1 card do you use? the Orchid 3d or Monster 3d?
I have both, but use the Orchid 3d, because of better software drivers and features, and I love the "clicky" mechanical sound which is initialized when starting glide mode.

I'm not sure which one I use. Noname company by the looks of it. It does have a couple of heatsinks on the chips though.
Hah, never heard the orchid 3d sound in action, but I've heard a recording of it. It's kinda like a feature, you know which card is working 😜

Exactly, that's why it's awesome!