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Need for Speed III on Geforce 2 GTS

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First post, by derSammler

Posted on 2018-01-25, 10:03

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I know this should work using D3D, but on my Pentium 4 with Windows ME, it doesn't. When using 3D Setup to select the D3D Device, I can select the Geforce 2 GTS (just called Device 1). But when starting the game, almost no graphics is rendered. The menu just shows the stripes of the background, but no text, no mouse cursor, etc. Music plays and I can quit the game using ESC, so it doesn't crash at least.

It's a fresh install of Windows ME using DirectX 9c (last version for ME) and also the last driver package for the Geforce 2, 71.84.

Reply 1 of 6, by synrgy87

Posted on 2018-01-25, 13:23

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I've had issues with that driver version on windows 98SE i'd recommend trying and older driver version and making sure the game is fully patched.

Reply 2 of 6, by derSammler

Posted on 2018-01-25, 18:52

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synrgy87 wrote:
and making sure the game is fully patched.

Unfortunately, I can't find the patch for the German version of NFS3.

Reply 3 of 6, by Davros

Posted on 2018-01-26, 09:17

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was there seperate patches for different languages?

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https://www.fileplanet.com/123988/120000/file … r-Speed-3-Patch

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Reply 4 of 6, by derSammler

Posted on 2018-01-26, 10:16

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Yes, all patches I found so far are for the U.S. release. They don't recognize the German version.

ps: that patch you linked is for the Network Play System and does not update the game.

Reply 5 of 6, by derSammler

Posted on 2018-01-26, 12:31

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I've now tried the same with a fully patched NFS4 -> same result. 2D screens are not rendered correctly, only the background is visible.

So for testing, I swapped the GF2 GTS with a GF2 MX 400 and installed Forceware 81.98. Guess what, that's even worse. Both games crash back to Desktop in D3D mode. Seems like I have to install a Voodoo2...

Reply 6 of 6, by derSammler

Posted on 2018-01-27, 21:03

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Got it working now using the DX8 Trash driver from the NFS3 modern update.

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