First post, by breadbin
I installed this game from 2005 with the Heroic Games Launcher and I managed to get it running fairly well. It runs perfectly and I can play it no bother but there is a weird graphical glitch and that's the reason I tried dgVoodoo2. The main character is fine but the rest of the models on the screen look dithered or like half transparent but glitchy looking. Same with the building in the centre of the screen. All the other textures are fine, trees and backgrounds and what not. The menu looks perfect too. You wouldn't notice a thing wrong.
I followed the instructions on installing dgVoodoo2 and copied the D3D9.dll into the Dragonshard folder, I also copied the dgVoodoocpl.exe in there too. I then ran winecfg within HGL and added the d3d9.dll to native and also ran the dgVoodoocpl.exe within HGL where it says "run exe within prefix" and the dll is definitely being used because I can see the dgVoodoo logo in the bottom right. All I get now though is the music and a black screen except for the mouse. The cursor is visible and the menu is there, it's just I can't see it. I tried messing about with different settings in the dgVoodoocpl.exe but nothing makes it better, some make it worse, but nothing improves it at all. I attached a screenshot and you can see the main character on the right who looks perfect but the rest look a bit dodge, maybe someone can spot what it is straight away.
I didn't expect to get it working at all, I am using Linux Mint 20.3 and a GTX980Ti with a Sony Trinitron 420GS CRT but like I said I can play most games with a bit of tweaking. I just finished Pool of Radiance - Ruins of Myth Drannor! I have tried different versions of Wine/Proton with no improvements. Thanks in advance.