Voodoo 3 and Planeshift

[Gwenelith Knight]

OS:  Windows XP

Which XP OpenGL drivers support Planeshift for the Voodoo3, because the standard ones do NOT.  I get a \"No hardware acceleration\" message.

I can run in software mode just fine, but it\'s like molassass(sp?) on a cold day.

Any help at all is appreciated.  Thanks.

[Gwenelith Knight]

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[Gwenelith Knight]

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[Ozmiroid]

Voodoo video cards are no longer supported by most game developers, since 3dfx was bought by nVidia and the Voodoo line dropped.

That said, there are still people using these cards and, more importantly, creating drivers for them, including OpenGL support. Check out these sites -

http://www.voodoofiles.com/

http://www.3dfxzone.it/

Best place to start is
http://www.3dfxzone.it/koolsmoky/3dfxvs.html

And bios updates can be had from
http://welcome.to/3dfxBios

Problem is, WinXP doesn\'t seem to play well with OpenGL in general and third-party drivers for Voodoo cards specifically. I\'m running with a Voodoo 5 5500, which is a 64 MB card, but I\'ve had no luck so far with 3dfxzone, 3HDQ, or x3dfx drivers - Windows won\'t even run right when I try those. Maybe I\'m just not doing it right - just recently went from Win98 to WinXP and haven\'t got everything figured out yet.

Right now I\'m using the video drivers Microsoft gives me when I run Windows Update - those are not bad for Direct3D, but they suck for OpenGL. \"Microsoft Display Driver Version 5.01.2001\" - lord I hope that\'s not the date MS last updated the drivers, but probably is.

I just downloaded this game and played for just a few minutes. No problems getting connected, logged in, etc, but the only way I can play is in Software mode, which is abysmally slow FPS. Planeshift does not even see my Voodoo when I try OpenGL - \"No hardware acceleration!\" in psclient.txt.

I\'ve seen similar problems with Neverwinter Nights and Morrowind, was able make them playable by tweaking things and using 3DHQ drivers while I was running Win98, but WinXP is being a snob.

I\'d love to upgrade my video card, but car and house upgrades are getting higher budget priority for a while

If anyone is successfully playing this game with WinXP and a Voodoo card, I\'d love to hear details!

- Ozmiroid
AMD Athlon 800 MHz
1 GB RAM on a 100 MHz bus
Voodoo 5 5500 64MB
CreativeLabs SoundBlaster Live!
WinXP always w/ current updates/patches
DirectX 9.0a

[paxx]

I?m responding just to say, that we notices and the devs really can?t help you on this. Currently we build towards openGL, your hardware manufacturer may make drivers so that their hardware works with software made on openGL. Or they may only make drivers for  direct 3D and in that case this game will only run in software mode on your machine.

One experiment I am planning to do is see what a really good processor and a very old and not so great video card can do with software mode.

But other then that, sorry not going to happen, would simply require too much of the time needed for other things?and to a degree this is more an engine thing then a game issue.

I am sorry, but in all honesty, my hardware will not run the final version of this game I am sure, and I am thinking the latest greatest hardware coming out today will be the basis of anything we do?in fact we are trying to focus on what will be out in a year from now (hardware wise) but not in everything.

[Ozmiroid]

Sounds like even if I do get OpenGL working on my system, I\'ll still be underpowered.  I ran into the same problem when beta-testing Rubies of Eventide.  Looks like I need an upgrade.