Quake 2 doesn't use Glide, it uses OpenGL via the 3DFX MiniGL driver, as such as long as your desktop is in 32bit color mode Quake2 will use that, just make sure the MiniGL DLL file is in your quake2 directory.

Ok but what file?

haker120 wrote on 2023-05-10, 11:04:

Ok but what file?

http://falconfly.3dfx.pl/minigl.htm

Use the MiniGL 1.47 version from that site for the best all round compatibility and speed, unzip and copy the 3dfxgl.dll file from the Quake2 directory into your Quake2 directory, the ZIP also contains the DLL for other Quake based games.

Thanks a lot @TrashPanda, finally V5 on maximum usage. 😁 However, I saw Rayman 2 GOG version forces 32bit color and I cannot do this on real machine. Am I doing something wrong or it's possible only via emulation?

haker120 wrote on 2023-05-10, 11:15:

Thanks a lot @TrashPanda, finally V5 on maximum usage. 😁 However, I saw Rayman 2 GOG version forces 32bit color and I cannot do this on real machine. Am I doing something wrong or it's possible only via emulation?

Cant help you with the GOG version, its best to ask on the GOG forums as they likely tweaked stuff to get it working, its possible they can point you in the right direction for getting the OG version to do the same.

Well, I copied whole package from GoG (I bought that one), removed all glide emu files and welp, kicks back to 16bit color palette so I guess I'm out of luck for this one. 😁

Hi,
You should check pcgamingwiki, there is a section "issues fixed" in which they talk about the 32bits rendering issue on glide and what tweaks needs to be done. (I guess you can skip the nglide part, as you have a 3dfx card)

Unfortunately replacing that dll and changing from 16 to 32 kicks back to 640x480 in software rendering.

Use default OpenGL. 3dfx OpenGL there's for Glide 2x which doesn't know what 32-bit rendering is nor what high resolutions are, generally how 3dfx hardware rolled in Dec 1997.

But there is a patch that works with nglide, I asked at raymanpc.com and the person who made patch will hopefully help me. 😉

Also Rayman 2 supports only real glide or DirectX and choosing DX is really a poor choice. 😁

You can set 32bit rendering for glide applications in 3dfx control panel. Rendering depth or smthing like that is the property name.

I need to check that, thanks @Dolenc. 😀

Forcing 32bpp makes games to dectect smaller resolution, Rayman 2 in 800x600 max and honestly I'm not sure that works, I think will be better to stay at default 16bpp in 1024x768, this card is more like collectors item to use from time to time, not like daily use. GF4 or Radeon 9600 are more like for daily use. 😁