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First post, by Gambit37

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Is it possible to get the no-cd 3DFX exe to work with Glidos?

I have an exe that supposedly includes the no-cd hack. It's TOMB3DFX.EXE and is 1,140,735bytes. I tried renaming it and using it with Glidos but it won't have it.

The reason I want to use it is to play a custom level that doesn't work with the UB engine and the renaming EGYPT.TUB trick.

Is it possible?

Reply 1 of 3, by Gambit37

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A found a version of the normal voodoo rush .exe that was patched but it wasn't done completely right and is messy as you have to copy the FMV and DAT folders to the root of C:\. But it works....

After that, I found another way of using the UB engine and a different conversion process for making TUB files from PHD files.

Whichever method I use however, the graphics get messed up once you go in to the Passport menu in game. Would this be a Glidos problem or a more general engine problem? The level has a custom Lara mesh and a complete new Lara skin.

Reply 2 of 3, by Glidos

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That problem with the first exe may be because it is a version statically linked with the glide library. The size of it suggests so. No one has yet found a way to deal with those versions.

Messed up graphics with second version is not likely to be Glidos, but you never know. Got any screen shots?

Reply 3 of 3, by Gambit37

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Not a great screen shot, but you can see some of Lara's textures have become messed up. This happens to other movables too, wolves, weapons, etc.). Reloading a saved game fixes the problem.