Only the one desktop, and I'm only using it because my Alienware broke last week.  I'll probably just plug in an even older Voodoo 3 PCI and see if that works.  It's not like Dungeon Keeper 2 has massive system requirements.

I'm running XP SP2 and a Voodoo 5 5500 AGP.

When I have the default Microsoft drivers installed, everything works fine.  But when I install Amigamerlin or SFFT, everything crashes.  During the intro I will get lines across the screen like this:

http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh228/XahXhaX/junk/0315080522.jpg

It will either freeze, very rarely XP will kick back in having disabled the video adapter so I can restart, or most often it will BSoD with a 3dfxsv error.

I can still run Windows fine no matter which drivers are installed, and run games like Final Fantasy 7 just fine if it's in software renderer.

I've tried everything I can think of.  I've manually cleared out all the drivers by uninstalling, rebooting into safemode and deleting every dll by hand until Windows could only detect the adapter.  Then I could install a clean set.  I've even tried reinstalling Windows from the ground up.  And every time, these same lines+crashing in all games.

I would just give up and use the Microsoft drivers, but nothing like 3dfx Tools or Vcontrol works with them.  So what's the deal?

Hey is there any way to get the 3dfx Tools that comes with Amigamerlin to work with SFFT?  Amigamerlin makes all my games crash like Dungeon Keeper 2, Final Fantasy 7.  But they have a console that lets you adjust screen brightness+contrast that I really need because with SFFT drivers my screen is too dark.  Or are there any other programs with SFFT drivers that let you adjust brightness and stuff?

Thank you, I appreciate it.  Sorry for the lateness of my response but I had cancelled my internet the very next day and just got the new service hooked up yesterday.

I have an older desktop with a Voodoo 5, I've been using the SFFT drivers.  What I'm wondering is whether there are any 3dfx drivers or software that will let me adjust things like the brightness and colors?  I would like to keep using SFFT if possible but I could switch if it was the only way.

When you enable Direct3D in Mame32 and run a game, it blue screens with the following error:
STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0xBF9F2DC4, 0xF4673B28, 0x00000000)
3dfxvs.dll - Address BF9F2DC4 base at BF9D3000, DateStamp 31e1944f

This is on Windows XP SP2, Voodoo 5 5500 using SFFT Alpha 25.

So where can I get to the SFFT download page through the site?  I've looked through the sections and haven't found anything, and so every time a new version is released I end up back here asking what the url is.  The only thing I ever see on the site homepage is a news item about the release, with a link saying "get drivers and make a report" yet it only links to this board.

Anyway, I'll try to get more info when I'm up to it, I just really hate crashing my system like that.  And the driver version was, as I said, SFFT Alpha 22.

I end up having to ask this every time a driver set is released, but where do I download the latest alpha drivers?  Maybe it's because the primary language and region aren't english-related, but this site has the single worst design and most ineffective search of any that I can think about at the moment.

Also, using SFFT Alpha 22, I just installed the latest MAME32 0.94 and realized that if I try to enable Direct3D, my computer crashes with the blue screen 3dfxvs.dll error (Windows XP SP2, Voodoo 5 5500)  I tested it a second time on a second game just to make certain and got the same results.  I won't test it a third time simply because I have to scandisk every time and I don't want my system getting screwed up over it.  Neverwinter Nights gives me plenty of that as it is.

QuoteOriginally posted by ggab

Final Fantasy VII Demo

when it's in D3D, it has bugs with the 2D windows and/or HUD... (i've tried it with both AM3.0 and alpha22)

PS: The same issue is with FF8 too...

Use the game settings to run it in software rendering mode.  I haven't tried FF7 yet, but my FF8 runs fine once that is done.

And thanks, Rolo01.  At least I can rule out the drivers now.  I don't think I'll be doing a reinstall of the OS since this is the only game with such problems.  I'm content to assume it's just some bug with the programming and I don't really care any more, I'll sell it on ebay or give it away or something.

I tried the mesafx but it still freezes.  It even froze twice now during gameplay, which hadn't ever happened before.. once when I equipped a light robe and another when I went to attack a prisoner.

I don't think mesafx necessarily made it any worse, but it certainly hasn't done anything for me.  Other problems like the prevalence of solid black were mostly resolved before that, though I'm not sure exactly what I did to fix it.

Still, if anybody has a voodoo 5 and can give NWN a try, I would appreciate it.  I'm hoping to find out if it is the graphics card/drivers causing the freezes or not.

Then why does the readme for NWN say it requires DX 8.1?

The latest Mesafx I downloaded on this site (6.2.0.2) doesn't include a glide3x.dll, only opengl32.dll.  I'm having trouble understanding how placing it in the directory without having to register it would affect anything, but I suppose I'll take your word on it.

I looked through 3dfx tools and can't find anything mentioning screen shot or even allowing my to input a key for anything.

Sorry, I should have been much more descriptive.  I'm using a Voodoo5 5500 with Windows XP SP2.  I was using SFFT 19 but now I've got 22 installed.  I haven't gotten the chance to play since installing the 22 version, so maybe it won't freeze anymore, but I'll post if it does.

My NWN settings are all minimal, with compatibility textures.  I only have a 700mhz machine, but it runs fine thanks to the SFFT drivers (praise SFFT!)  I have the entire platinum installation (NWN + two expansion packs).  I believe it was freezing even when I only had just the base game installed.  They are all fully updated using the online auto-updater.

For screenshots I was using alt+Print Screen.  It works on all the games I can remember trying, but evidently not NWN.  Is there a freeware screenshot program I can get that will work instead?

I don't know what Mesafx is or how to use it in conjunction with NWN.  I downloaded the current release just now and there's an opengl32.dll.  What do I do with this and how should my 3dfxtools be setup to use it?

I've been having a couple problems with Neverwinter Nights.

I don't suppose anybody here has this game and has played with the SFFT drivers?  I've been having freezing errors during loading screens and the like, while graphical data is being loaded probably, and somebody has suggested that it might be the video card/drivers.  Has anybody had similar experiences?

There's also so problems with excessive black areas (not related to gamma) and glitching.  I'd post screenshots but they come out garbled when pasted into photoshop.  Again if anybody has any suggestions or knows what I'm talking about, the help would be appreciated.

It appears I was wrong, so sorry for getting your hopes up.  I plugged in my old V3 and all I got from RoN was an error message that it would be incompatible, and it wouldn't even let me run the program anyway to test for myself.  I could have sworn that I used to play RoN with my V3, but evidently not until I got my current V5.

QuoteOriginally posted by Dautonico

You mean that the game really wont work on my V3? so sad.... well nedd porshe is better and  runs perfect ehhehe... With the new sfft 19 do you think its possible to play Rise of Nations?? i know the game has a lock against v3, but i broke that and the game started and all, but when you would star really playing, it would crash back to the desktop...any tips?
Thanks

I've been playing Rise of Nations since sometime around Sfft 11 or 12, and continued to play it up to this latest release.  You just have to set the mode to single chip in 3dfx tools, ignore the Microsoft warning about incompatibility, and you're set.