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Carmageddon Max Pack on Voodoo3/4/5

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First post, by swaaye

Posted on 2010-02-28, 22:07

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A little guide on how to get it Carmageddon to work with Voodoo 3/4/5.

Example system

Abit BF6 440BX
Pentium III 600
256MB
80GB HDD
Voodoo5 5500 AGP
SB16
CDROM
Win98SE "DOS 7"

config.sys (essentially as below)

1himem.sys  (or himemx)
2dos=high
3dos cdrom driver

autoexec.bat

1SET SSTH3_SLI_AA_CONFIGURATION=4   (4X FSAA on Voodoo5)
2mscdex.exe
3mouse driver

The Windows 98 video drivers appear to initialize the card. So you can boot into Windows and play the game, or boot into Windows and then reboot to pure DOS and play. It runs smoother in pure DOS.

I did a full install of the game. With the Max/Splat Pack, the 3dfx.exe that is included works with the Voodoo5 (add the option -vrush to stop HUD flicker). Another exe that works is the Voodoo2 patch from http://www.patches-scrolls.de/ (voodo2c.exe) and this runs without the CD if you did a maximum install.

Voodoo5 FSAA

1SSTH3_SLI_AA_CONFIGURATION
2OS: all
3HW: VSA100-based cards
4Desc: SLI/AA setup
5Note: (*) (!) works only at Glide-level?
6Value:
71, 2, 4 chip cards
8"0" - SLI & AA disable
9"1" - SLI disabled, 2 sample AA enabled
102, 4 chip cards
11"2" - 2-way SLI enabled, AA disabled
12"3" - 2-way SLI enabled, 2 sample AA enabled
13"4" - SLI disabled, 4 sample AA enabled
144 chip cards
15"5" - 4-way SLI enabled, AA disabled
16"6" - 4-way SLI enabled, 2 sample AA enabled
17"7" - 2-way SLI enabled, 4 sample AA enabled
18"8" - SLI disabled, 8 sample AA enabled

Reply 1 of 2, by possossod

Posted on 2016-08-10, 10:30

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Hello, I would like to thank you for the info you've posted above.
I've spent quite a few time trying to fix the flickering hud issue since I thought it was driver related, but it was simply a wrong identification path by the game fixed by a simple executable option.

Btw here's my Voodoo5 system:

Intel Pentium III 1.4GHz Tualatin
Abit ST6 with 815EP chipset
2*256MB Crucial 133MHz CAS2 SDRAM
3Dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP with upgraded copper cooling and VRAM heatsinks
64GB Zheino PATA SSD
Creative Audigy
Intel PRO/100 S NIC
Plextor Premium CD Burner
Lian-Li PC-61 case
Enermax EG365AX-VA 365W PSU
Windows 98SE with all available updates

The system is really fast and what was the week spot of the systems of that time was loading times it's gone with the usage of the ssd.

Reply 2 of 2, by genghiskhanpl

Posted on 2024-10-06, 18:40

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Hi, I was able to play carmageddon 1 on my voodoo3 but no luck. The voodoo2c patch runs the game without acceleration, and other exe files from the splat pack cd scream for the disc even though it is in the drive. Has anyone managed to run this game on v3?

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