hey! thanx for the fast replies..

i have uploaded the screen saver here mcmago:
http://rapidshare.com/files/31643154/Matrix3D.scr.html

It is a ".scr" file, placed on the windows folder (c:\winnt\) so it had some version of glide3x inside (i suspect amigamerlin)... i replaced it with the glide3x that came with the latest sfft.. and now i get a general windows error box, instead of a black window...

I did the same wih the glide3x.dll and opengl.dll that came with mesafx 6.1.0.8, and also the opengl.dll from mesafx 6.2.0.2.. and the error box i got changed to "HWCEXT_GETLINEARADDR Failed" ...

Anyway, dont you worry about this, its just an oldish screen saver..
I was more concerned in what is forcing FF8 to run at higher resolution.. like forcing Direct3D to upsample the resolution or something.. is this possible? or is there a working D3D->opengl wrapper that let you do this?? (for directx9..)

Hello there

as the summer is comming over here, i decided to switch the radeon9800pro for a way much much colder (and silent) Voodoo4 3500 PCI 32mb..

I am currently playing FF8 (i know, a bit too late..) and with the Amigamerlin drivers I had (one year old, i used to use a V3 3000) I was getting those black textures issue... So I installed the latest sfft release, and it got solved.. thnx! you rule big time!

I have some questions tho..

Regarding FF8, is there a way to FORCE a more healthy 800x600 resolution? My screen is showing a ugly wireframe everywhere.. (it did also with the radeon..)

Another thing will be, on the 3dfx Tools menu seems like the Direct3D section has way less options to choose than the amigamerlin..




and only AA for D3D.. is this normal? would that mean that i have installed the drivers wrongly?

Also i have found a little bug.. it is with The Matrix 3D Screensaver v2.1.. This is how i currently configure it..

With the amigamerlin drivers it worked.. now with sfft it just shows a black box.. http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q267/ernzzz/matrixerror.jpg

No matter if i check or uncheck the 3dfx option.. the error is the same..

So thats it.. thanx for developing this drivers.. i will try to stay tuned

(AMD AthlonXP Barton 2800+, 256mb ddr ram, Gygabyte Ga-7N400L, Windows2k, maxtor hd, creative sb128pci & live5.1pci, realtek ethernet card, oldish hp-rewritter.. and of course the v4 3500 pci)

i am currently running a Celeron2 633-66mhz to 714~ with a 75mhz bus..

everything works perfectly.. its a very noticeable boost..

just keep the UltraDMA feature Disabled on the BIOS.. and there wont be more HD errors..

voodoo3 3k, win98se, P3-700, 512mb here.. (and amigamerlin and mesa and blah blah..)

GTA3 freezes, GTA-VC tells i need 32mb of memory.. i have tryed creating a bat file with that -opengl command, but nothing changes..

i'm a bit dissapointed of it.. i got a v3 3K recently, and parked my good old v2.. it seems a very powerful card, and stable.. but i cant play almost any newer game than with v2.. just warcaft3 and hitman2 with a mesa patch that crashes..

with voodoo2 i could play CastleWolfenstein, Max Payne, B&W and TDR2000 as lets say "top sheit" .. but i still havent watched anything better with v3..

GTA3, Vice City, SonicAdventure, Max Payne 2, NFSHP2, Sega Rally2, Populous 3, and some others i dont remember now, all they failed for some reason or another..

if i have a better card now (and it is twice as fast..), i should be able to play some games almost at the same level as MaxPayne or around, no? but i dont seem to find the right ones..

btw i'm runnin amigamerlin new drivers for win9x, direct8.1 and latest mesa.. i have also tryed the latest oficial drivers among others.. but those seem the more balanced ones.. i also have flashed the latest official bios and i think it looks sharper now..

hey there!
is there any way it could run with a P3-700, Voodoo3 3K, 512mb and win98se?

i have tryed lots of things.. but none worked.. when i try that -opengl thing it still shows the same message of not enough video memory..

i have tryed creating a bat like that
set MESA_FX_MAXLOD=9 (or 10)
gta-vc -opengl

imitating the hitman2 patch i found somewhere (and with the correct mesa files in the folder) ..but still no results..
how come a banshe or v2 can run it and not a voodoo3? will there ever be, or is there any driver like that Evolution or SFFT driver for win98/se?

thnx for advanced!

ps:any info about using mesa in bats or something is welcome!