Hi. I have another little problem that I encounterd when playing Glide based games. 3dfx tools sees the card correctly in the info tab but the game software (Mig-29 Fulcrum) doesn't want to use the card in SLI mode. When I had XP loaded on the computer I changed some of the glide files in the system32 directory and the game would see SLI feature of the card. Any ideas?
Win98SE
Voodoo 5 5500
Driver: voodoo45-win9x-ME-1.04.99
Directx6.1a
what drivers you used on WinXP?
as I see you've used quite old drivers on Win98SE, maybe try using some newer ones like Amigamerlin 2.9.
Quotethe game software (Mig-29 Fulcrum) doesn't want to use the card in SLI mode
What's happened ?
Ok. I'll load Amigamerlin 2.9 and see if this corrects the issues. Thank you!
gamejunky
The new drivers didn't work. I tried enableing / disableing analog sli mode and no dice. What's emulate rush option? Hmm, I wonder if it could still be a driver issue?
Quotethe game software (Mig-29 Fulcrum) doesn't want to use the card in SLI mode
what's happened ? ;)
That didn't correct the problem ether. Any other ideas would be appreciated.
You write
Quotethe game software (Mig-29 Fulcrum) doesn't want to use the card in SLI mode
but if you're not more precise on the problem (card, game...) it will be not possible to help you. ;)
Game: Mig-29 Fulcrum, F-16 (Novalogic titles)
OS: Win 98SE
Video card: Voodoo 5 5500
Problem: The computer games listed above will not see sli mode on my Voodoo 5 5500 video card. In other words the software will not use sli mode to give higher resolutions or performance. I thought this video card has a sli mode to it. Right?
The max for this game (if i remember) is 1024*768 and this is totally independant with a Voodoo 5 from the sli.
Try the game with a Voodoo 2 and indeed you will need the sli in order to reach the 1024*768 but always you will be limited to the 1024*768.
If I recall, the only cards that will identify as offering SLI mode, are a pair of Voodoo2 cards, or a Quantum Obsidian 24x. With a Voodoo5, you can run in higher resolutions, though the software may not see that you have a two chip configuration.
To get Novalogic's F-16 running on my Voodoo5, I had to copy the appropriate Glide2x.dll or Glide3x.dll into the folder where the game was installed. After doing this and re-starting the game, suddenly the additional accelerated options were available.
As I recall, the MiG29 and F-16 games used the same engine.
See if you can find the correct Glide*.dlls on your system, and put a copy in the game folder.
Good luck!
FYI, almost all Novalogic games can still be played on-line for free on the Novalogic servers at Novaworld, ping permitting ;)