Problem with RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (voodoo 4 4500

DeathReceiver · 08 February 2005, 00:00:59

Hi,

I've just installed RCT3, and when i was using Amigamerlin3.0 i got a problem like: Could not initialize Direct3D . Ok, so i uninstalled Amigamerlin and installed antoher Driver (One3dfx). It worked until when it finishes loading the scenarios. I get a blue screen saying that a .dll got a problem.

My PC:

MSI K7N2-Delta L
Athlon XP 2400+
256 DDR 400
Voodoo 4 4500 PCI
Windows XP

Thanks in Advance

Nightbird · 08 February 2005, 00:40:26

One3dfx is an "old" driver now
- What the game needs like system ? (mini, recommended)
- Perhpas you can try the AmigaMerlin V3.1-R1 or better the last SFFT driver ?
https://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/3dfx/voodoo5/winxp.htm
https://www.3dfxzone.it/news/reader.php?objid=632

DeathReceiver · 08 February 2005, 00:46:31

Game Requeriments (from official site):

Operating System: Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP (Windows® XP recommended)
Processor: Pentium® III 733 MHz or compatible (Pentium® 4 1.2 GHz or compatible recommended)
Memory: 128 MB RAM; 256 MB for XP (256 MB; 384 MB for XP recommended)
Hard Disk Space: 600 MB free
CD-ROM Drive: 4X CD-ROM or faster (8X or faster recommended)
Video:Any ATI Radeon™ or GeForce™ 2 with 32MB or higher; or other video card with 32MB and hardware T&L (ATI Radeon™ 64 MB SDR or GeForce™ 2 Pro or other video card with 64 MB or more memory and hardware T&L recommended)*
Sound: Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP-compatible 16-bit sound card*
DirectX®: DirectX® version 9 (included) or higher

I will try with 3.1 R1 Drivers and the sfft . Thanks, i will post a result later

Nightbird · 08 February 2005, 01:34:23

Perhaps you will need 3DAnalyzer if the game needs some T&L.

ps47 · 08 February 2005, 19:46:48

looks like a job for SSFT driver.here:
http://www.hwsetup.it/hwsfiles?action=download&file_id=645

DeathReceiver · 10 February 2005, 05:36:03

Ok, tried with AmigaMerlin 3.1 R1 and SSFT Driver, the game runned well but i got the same .DLL error. I went o game options and un-checked the 32-bit color mode. It worked, but when i tried to save game or another action it crashes. After the crash, if i try to run it again i get the dll error (blue windows screen)

The DLL is: 3dfxvs.dll

Thanks for the help

Nightbird · 10 February 2005, 07:49:28

Quotei get the dll error (blue windows screen)

Try to write the error message.

DeathReceiver · 10 February 2005, 19:25:13

It restarts after some seconds but i will try get all the text

SuperFurryFurryThing · 10 February 2005, 19:42:49

There is a aetting in the windows control panel somewhere that turns off the reboot after Blue Screen, so that you have to reboot manually. Switch off the auto-reboot and you should be able to get all of the information.

SFFT

DeathReceiver · 10 February 2005, 23:30:50

I changed some game options and its working well (window mode) . But my videos (all formats) aren't playing (only sound, the video doesnt work) .

DeathReceiver · 11 February 2005, 22:49:43

Dunno why, but now im getting the blue screen while de game loads and i can see my videos (weird). On the blue screen it metions about my video BIOS and if the problem keeps happening blah blah..

Whats the most recent BIOS for voodoo 4? My BIOS version is 1.5 . But the weird thing is that the game worked a few hours ago from now.

Nightbird · 12 February 2005, 12:40:58

SFFT would need to know the exact error message.

SuperFurryFurryThing · 13 February 2005, 01:41:26

The best thing would be to test it with the alpha 23 using the original game settings and post the details of the Blue screen.

SFFT

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Problem with RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (voodoo 4 4500