Try the Hammer of Thyrion port just to see if the same errors happen.

-bpp 32? And for the normal H2 exe.... -dibonly? Delete Opengl32.dll from Hexen2 folder (as it installs a 3dfx MiniGL by default)?

You could also try using the Scitech GLdirect DLL in Hxeen2 to get around legacy GL issues with early games.

Yes, GLHexen installs 3dfx minigl to the game folder, so you must delete it (opengl32.dll) to use system opengl.

filipetolhuizen wrote:

Try the Hammer of Thyrion port just to see if the same errors happen.

Hammer of Thyrion works a treat. No issues with gameplay or crashing etc.

Do you know if there's a way to get the intro movie to play without the disc being inserted? Hammer of Thyrion doesn't require the discs for Hexen II or the expansion pack to play which is great but the intro movie is the only thing missing as far as I can tell.

Edit: Thanks guys! Deleting the opengl32.dll file allowed GL Hexen to start. Didn't fix the black screen issue though but thanks to Hammer of Thyrion the black screens as I mentioned above are gone.

Hexen II software rendering is way too buggy. Hammer of Thyrion fixed most of it. But the best part is the new GL Hexen II, which allows more resolutions and they're changeable while in game.

leileilol wrote:

-bpp 32? And for the normal H2 exe.... -dibonly? Delete Opengl32.dll from Hexen2 folder (as it installs a 3dfx MiniGL by default)?

You could also try using the Scitech GLdirect DLL in Hxeen2 to get around legacy GL issues with early games.

What does the "-dibonly" switch do exactly?

Doesn't use DirectX and just Windows GDI functions to paint the window. In fullscreen this may be faster than DirectDraw on NT-based systems since it reads from system memory for the video buffer to process the lookup tables (and Hexen II uses a considerable amount of lookup tables)