Falcon 4.0 doesn't offer Glide

[Chips]

Hi Everyone,

I used to play Falcon 4.0 years ago under Win98 with Voodoo2 SLI no problems until my CD got scratched and that was it until I noticed it was abandonware recently, so I D/L it[:p]  

Now I installed it on 2 of my machines running Windows XP, one with 2 x Voodoo2's in SLI, and the other with a Voodoo5 5500 SLI

But when I run the standalone tool "mprtest" it shows 3 drivers (software, Direct3D, and Glide), but in game it only offers Software and Direct3D.  

BTW I have tried placing the glide2x.dll files in the c:\windows\system, c:\windows, and the F4 folder (because some older software doesn't see them in c:\windows\system32) but it still doesn't offer glide in game.

Help!

[Nightbird]

What "glide2x.dll " are you using ?

[ps47]

you may need to run in win9x compatibility mode as well.and make sure you are not using the glide2x to glide3x wrapper.

[Chips]

Thanks for the speedy responses.

OK, lets stick with the simple case - the Voodoo2's in SLI.

I'm using glide2x.dll version 2.56.0.3496 (the one bundled with Fastvoodoo XP 4.0 Gold).

Extract from readme.doc says:

The following video cards require at least these driver versions:

3dfx Voodoo 2   glide2x.dll 2.53 or higher
3dfx Banshee   glide2x.dll 2.53 or higher
3dfx Voodoo   glide2x.dll 2.46 or higher

Do you have any suggestions of a better glide2x.dll to try?  I've tried the Nvidia glide2x.dll files from http://www.shifter.sk/helppage/default_fix.htm but when I run "mprtest" the voodoo modes shown above are no even there!

[ps47]

try the radeon one.

[Chips]

Yeah, tried that too.  It works in mprtest but still only software or D3D in game.

Might just be a WinXP thing because I remember glide works in Win98.