The latest BuildGDX comes with a 64bit version of Java. You'll need to replace it with a 32bit version if you are using a 32bit OS and even if you were using XP 64bit (not on that hardware heh) the java it's using is likely too new anyway. Either use the latest Oracle JRE 8 that works on XP or an open source java that works on XP will work.
You can also try NotBlood https://github.com/clipmove/NotBlood/releases

Re: NBlood no go with WinXP
Re: VOGONS github

From my offlinegames repo
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vogonsorg/O … ts_03282023.txt

1L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX
2L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\Games.txt
3L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\If using expansion packs.txt.txt
4L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\Need to test newer java.txt
5L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\OLD
6L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\v1.16
7L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\OLD\BuildGDX_with_JREv1.08.zip
8L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\OLD\BuildGDX_with_JREv1.09.zip
9L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\OLD\v1.15
10L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\OLD\v1.15\BuildGDX.zip
11L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\OLD\v1.15\Unofficial
12L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\OLD\v1.15\Unofficial\BUILDGDX_JRE_MODIFIED.zip
13L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\v1.16\BuildGDX.zip
14L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\v1.16\BuildGDX_with_JRE.zip
15L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\v1.16\Unofficial
16L:\Blood\Port\2000 (BWC) - XP 32\BuildGDX\v1.16\Unofficial\BUILDGDX_JRE_MODIFIED.zip
17L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood
18L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\UNTESTED BWC
19L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\autobuild.txt
20L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\changelog.txt
21L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Games.txt
22L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Last Working Build.txt.txt
23L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\link.txt
24L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\nblood_win32_20211015-12587.zip
25L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\nblood_win32_debug_20211015-12587.zip
26L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\nblood_win64_20211015-12587.zip
27L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\nblood_win64_debug_20211015-12587.zip
28L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old
29L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win32_20201013-11957.zip
30L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win32_20210221-12159.zip
31L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win32_20210314-12176.zip
32L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win32_20210725-12391.zip
33L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win32_20211002-12584.zip
34L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win32_debug_20210221-12159.zip
35L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win32_debug_20210314-12176.zip
36L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win32_debug_20210725-12391.zip
37L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win64_20201013-11957.zip
38L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win64_20210221-12159.zip
39L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win64_20210314-12176.zip
40L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win64_20210725-12391.zip
41L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win64_20211002-12584.zip
42L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win64_debug_20210221-12159.zip
43L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win64_debug_20210314-12176.zip
44L:\Blood\Port\XP 32-64\nblood\Old\nblood_win64_debug_20210725-12391.zip
45L:\Blood\Port\XP32\NotBlood
46L:\Blood\Port\XP32\NotBlood\10-19-2022
47L:\Blood\Port\XP32\NotBlood\notblood-winxp.zip
48L:\Blood\Port\XP32\NotBlood\10-19-2022\NotBlood-latest.zip
49L:\Blood\Port\XP32\NotBlood\10-19-2022\notblood-winxp.zip

I don't believe gerwin has a Blood backport but just in case you have interest in other games (keep in mind some of these were tested on much newer hardware) : http://www.gb-homepage.nl/

As for DOSBox we all used it when we had our Athlon XP's or equivalent, worked well for real mode games and early protected mode games. We used NTVDM, VPC or dual-boot for anything heavier.

DosFreak wrote on 2023-11-02, 19:33:

I don't believe gerwin has a Blood backport but just in case you have interest in other games (keep in mind some of these were tested on much newer hardware) : http://www.gb-homepage.nl/

I have no attachment to that game, which limits the effort I want to put into it.
But I did look around today, and this NBlood from 2021-09 seems to work in Windows XP:
https://archive.org/details/nblood_win64_2021 … -12577_20210921

( Here is a 2022-04 package, but this version has NT6 calls, like the current 2023 one.
https://archive.org/details/nuke-ykt-game-por … collection-2022 )

thanks for the answer guys! By far, looks like installing Java (the exe with 515 thing) did almost the trick (i totally forgot to install it ^^")

Now i can run BloodGDX version 1.16, but sadly it only runs on Classic rendering mode, on an average of 42-35fps, but when i try to put on fullscreen the screen is completely white despite you can hear the game running in background 🙁 maybe the FX5500 is too old?

im gonna try now the NBlood that gerwin kindly linked!

on that note on DosBox, yeah absolute true despite this is a Sempron so is a bit weaker than the Athlons XP's (less cache, like Celerons) despite are basically on same cores. Fact is i never liked Blood on DOSBox.. sometimes it have stutters even on powerfull pc, it will NEVER ever be smooth as on real dos, even at 800x600! From my experience the best performance alternative from real dos are on BloodGDX and Fresh Supply, but of course are just my two cents ^^

Here is an archived package of NBlood version 12587 / 2021-10, thus one month newer. This works as-is on Windows XP, and is AFAIK the last version to do so, without resorting to kernel-ex tricks.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230604192925/ht … 11015-12587.zip

This version was also mentioned by DosFreak in the GitHub topic: VOGONS github

Of the time when eDuke32 did not really support texture filtering, for reasons. An "autoexec.cfg" with these three lines can enable it. But it seems to give some sprites pink/purple edges.

1r_useindexedcolortextures 0
2r_texfilter 5
3r_anisotropy 4

gerwin wrote on 2023-11-02, 23:27:

Here is an archived package of NBlood version 12587 / 2021-10, thus one month newer. This works as-is on Windows XP, and is AFAI […]
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Here is an archived package of NBlood version 12587 / 2021-10, thus one month newer. This works as-is on Windows XP, and is AFAIK the last version to do so, without resorting to kernel-ex tricks.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230604192925/ht … 11015-12587.zip

This version was also mentioned by DosFreak in the GitHub topic: VOGONS github

Of the time when eDuke32 did not really support texture filtering, for reasons. An "autoexec.cfg" with these three lines can enable it. But it seems to give some sprites pink/purple edges.

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1r_useindexedcolortextures 0
2r_texfilter 5
3r_anisotropy 4

Thanks for answer 😀

I've tried nblood_win32_20211015-12587.zip, it runs but sadly i have no image 🙁 on OpenGL mode the screen is white, if i try the software one is all black but sounds and game is apparentely running. Im afraid my GF FX5500 from 2004 is too old 🙁 will try other versions hoping it can work..

VenomSpark wrote on 2023-11-03, 03:20:

gerwin wrote on 2023-11-02, 23:27:

Here is an archived package of NBlood version 12587 / 2021-10, thus one month newer. This works as-is on Windows XP, and is AFAI […]
Show full quote

Here is an archived package of NBlood version 12587 / 2021-10, thus one month newer. This works as-is on Windows XP, and is AFAIK the last version to do so, without resorting to kernel-ex tricks.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230604192925/ht … 11015-12587.zip

This version was also mentioned by DosFreak in the GitHub topic: VOGONS github

Of the time when eDuke32 did not really support texture filtering, for reasons. An "autoexec.cfg" with these three lines can enable it. But it seems to give some sprites pink/purple edges.

Copy code to clipboard

1r_useindexedcolortextures 0
2r_texfilter 5
3r_anisotropy 4

Thanks for answer 😀

I've tried nblood_win32_20211015-12587.zip, it runs but sadly i have no image 🙁 on OpenGL mode the screen is white, if i try the software one is all black but sounds and game is apparentely running. Im afraid my GF FX5500 from 2004 is too old 🙁 will try other versions hoping it can work..

Early 2018 eDuke32 got a rewritten OpenGL rendering code. Before that time it was quite legacy friendly, after that time less so.
NBlood was first released in 2019.
In Software mode eDuke32 still uses OpenGL API to swap the framebuffers. That may be what is failing on your system.
This is the least capable system that I tested that NBLood on yesterday. It worked on that one but in Software rendering mode only:
Intel HD3000 on an Asus-P53E-Notebook, Sandy Bridge. [WGL] OpenGL version string: 3.0.0 - Build 6.14.10.5384 (Driver dated 10-9-2011) / OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30.
Newer graphics-driver versions can raise OpenGL capabilities, but a GF FX5500 may be to old in that regard...

gerwin wrote on 2023-11-03, 16:52:

Early 2018 eDuke32 got a rewritten OpenGL rendering code. Before that time it was quite legacy friendly, after that time less so […]
Show full quote

VenomSpark wrote on 2023-11-03, 03:20:

gerwin wrote on 2023-11-02, 23:27:

Here is an archived package of NBlood version 12587 / 2021-10, thus one month newer. This works as-is on Windows XP, and is AFAI […]
Show full quote

Here is an archived package of NBlood version 12587 / 2021-10, thus one month newer. This works as-is on Windows XP, and is AFAIK the last version to do so, without resorting to kernel-ex tricks.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230604192925/ht … 11015-12587.zip

This version was also mentioned by DosFreak in the GitHub topic: VOGONS github

Of the time when eDuke32 did not really support texture filtering, for reasons. An "autoexec.cfg" with these three lines can enable it. But it seems to give some sprites pink/purple edges.

Copy code to clipboard

1r_useindexedcolortextures 0
2r_texfilter 5
3r_anisotropy 4

Thanks for answer 😀

I've tried nblood_win32_20211015-12587.zip, it runs but sadly i have no image 🙁 on OpenGL mode the screen is white, if i try the software one is all black but sounds and game is apparentely running. Im afraid my GF FX5500 from 2004 is too old 🙁 will try other versions hoping it can work..

Early 2018 eDuke32 got a rewritten OpenGL rendering code. Before that time it was quite legacy friendly, after that time less so.
NBlood was first released in 2019.
In Software mode eDuke32 still uses OpenGL API to swap the framebuffers. That may be what is failing on your system.
This is the least capable system that I tested that NBLood on yesterday. It worked on that one but in Software rendering mode only:
Intel HD3000 on an Asus-P53E-Notebook, Sandy Bridge. [WGL] OpenGL version string: 3.0.0 - Build 6.14.10.5384 (Driver dated 10-9-2011) / OpenGL shading language version string: 1.30.
Newer graphics-driver versions can raise OpenGL capabilities, but a GF FX5500 may be to old in that regard...

quite fun how a 2004 card it's too old for a 1997 game, huh? 😜

By the way, i wish meanwhile to thank you guys for the help! Somehow after losing few minutes of try and test, the only way to play it for now under XP with my old configuration is with BloodGDX (thanks for the heads up on installing Java 32bit!) 1.16 with Polymost renderer: the trick is to put the resolution the most lower one (320x200) and magically i can see it in fullscreen. I don't really don't why if i go above even higher than 400x300 it just crashes to desktop. If i choose it from the launcher, depending on the rendering type selected the screen is all white or black, despite the game is running. I also noticed on the console while it's loading the game and initialize things, that there's something saying like "texture uninted!" (sort of) in red, right under the name of the graphic card chipset. May means something?

Other few NBlood builds i've tried gave me the KERNEL32.DLL error and won't just run while others give me the exactly white screen issue, sadly 🙁

So for now is ok even with BloodGDX at super lower resolution (just like good old days!) and almost playable, better than nothing 😀 Thanks again!