Falcon 4.0 doesn't offer Glide

Started by Chips, 05 September 2005, 10:22:49

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Chips

Hi Everyone,

I used to play Falcon 4.0 years ago under Win98 with Voodoo2 SLI no problems until my CD got scratched and that was it until I noticed it was abandonware recently, so I D/L it[:p]  

Now I installed it on 2 of my machines running Windows XP, one with 2 x Voodoo2's in SLI, and the other with a Voodoo5 5500 SLI

But when I run the standalone tool "mprtest" it shows 3 drivers (software, Direct3D, and Glide), but in game it only offers Software and Direct3D.  

BTW I have tried placing the glide2x.dll files in the c:\windows\system, c:\windows, and the F4 folder (because some older software doesn't see them in c:\windows\system32) but it still doesn't offer glide in game.

Help!




My XP home Collection...

Voodoo2 8Mb + Nvidia FX5200, Intel PIII-1.13Ghz, MS-6315
Voodoo5 5500 MAC PCI SLI, Intel PII 400, Intel P6LX-A+
Voodoo2 12Mb (SLI) + Geforce2 MX400, AMD K6-III+ 600Mhz, Jetway ALI 542C
Radeon 9250, Intel PIII 1Ghz, ABIT BE6
Radeon 9200SE, AMD K6-III+ 550Mhz, PC PARTNER VIA MVP3
Geforce 7800 GO, Centrino Duo 2.16Ghz, Dell Inspiron 9400

Nightbird

What "glide2x.dll " are you using ?
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ps47

you may need to run in win9x compatibility mode as well.and make sure you are not using the glide2x to glide3x wrapper.

Chips

#3
Thanks for the speedy responses.

OK, lets stick with the simple case - the Voodoo2's in SLI.

I'm using glide2x.dll version 2.56.0.3496 (the one bundled with Fastvoodoo XP 4.0 Gold).

Extract from readme.doc says:

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The following video cards require at least these driver versions:

3dfx Voodoo 2   glide2x.dll 2.53 or higher
3dfx Banshee   glide2x.dll 2.53 or higher
3dfx Voodoo   glide2x.dll 2.46 or higher

Do you have any suggestions of a better glide2x.dll to try?  I've tried the Nvidia glide2x.dll files from http://www.shifter.sk/helppage/default_fix.htm but when I run "mprtest" the voodoo modes shown above are no even there!
My XP home Collection...

Voodoo2 8Mb + Nvidia FX5200, Intel PIII-1.13Ghz, MS-6315
Voodoo5 5500 MAC PCI SLI, Intel PII 400, Intel P6LX-A+
Voodoo2 12Mb (SLI) + Geforce2 MX400, AMD K6-III+ 600Mhz, Jetway ALI 542C
Radeon 9250, Intel PIII 1Ghz, ABIT BE6
Radeon 9200SE, AMD K6-III+ 550Mhz, PC PARTNER VIA MVP3
Geforce 7800 GO, Centrino Duo 2.16Ghz, Dell Inspiron 9400


Chips

Yeah, tried that too.  It works in mprtest but still only software or D3D in game.[:(]

Might just be a WinXP thing because I remember glide works in Win98.
My XP home Collection...

Voodoo2 8Mb + Nvidia FX5200, Intel PIII-1.13Ghz, MS-6315
Voodoo5 5500 MAC PCI SLI, Intel PII 400, Intel P6LX-A+
Voodoo2 12Mb (SLI) + Geforce2 MX400, AMD K6-III+ 600Mhz, Jetway ALI 542C
Radeon 9250, Intel PIII 1Ghz, ABIT BE6
Radeon 9200SE, AMD K6-III+ 550Mhz, PC PARTNER VIA MVP3
Geforce 7800 GO, Centrino Duo 2.16Ghz, Dell Inspiron 9400