I can't play Need for speed underground

[Sun Yatsen]

well, I hava P4 2.4 GHZ, 512 MB-ram. and voodoo3, and I can't play the game.
I just want to know if it is possible to play the game with voodoo 3...

answer please:D

[amp_man]

What drivers and OS are you using?

[InSomNiaN]

answer please

It will NOT work with a 16mb video card....

[Sun Yatsen]

ok.. i am using windows XP and the drivers are the ones provided by the system...

I have played other games which require more than 32MB of video card.

[InSomNiaN]

ok.. i am using windows XP and the drivers are the ones provided by the system...

I have played other games which require more than 32MB of video card.

That may be all fine and dandy, however, it will NOT work with a 16mb video card, nor will it work in Windows XP, even with a voodoo5, let alone a v3.....

[ArchAngelCD]

Everyone's right, that game won't play on your 16Mb Voodoo3... The Voodoo5 has trouble too because games read it as a 32Mb since the Voodoo5 assigns 32Mb for each GPU.

Sorry

[amp_man]

I think there might also be issues with 32 bit color, sorry.

[Sun Yatsen]

ok...I give up with it..into a few hours I'll get a G-force ti-4600..
but I'm keeping my voodoo 3 for a P3 800Mhz that I have downstairs

thanks anyway

[ArchAngelCD]

Sun Yatsen,
That's a great idea. You will have a fast system for the new games that are out and a fast Gilde system for all the Glide games we still love. My sig below shows my main system but I have a Glide system too.

This is my Glide System:
Asus P3B-F Intel 440BX chipset
Intel PIII 650
128 Mb PC100 Corsair SDRAM
15 Gb Western Digital 7200 RPM HD
15 Gb Maxtor DiamondMax 7200 RPM HD
Mitsumi 48X CD-ROM
Windows 98se
Diamond Viper 770 Ultra 32Mb AGP
Diamond Monster 3D II 24Mb SLI
SB AWE 64 Gold
US Robotics 56K V.90 Fax/Modem w/voice
KTI KF-230TX 10/100 NIC

(I might switch out the 3 current video cards for a Voodoo3 3000 soon)

[--Doctor666--]

Originally posted by InSomNiaN

ok.. i am using windows XP and the drivers are the ones provided by the system...

I have played other games which require more than 32MB of video card.

That may be all fine and dandy, however, it will NOT work with a 16mb video card, nor will it work in Windows XP, even with a voodoo5, let alone a v3.....

n so why in the readme.txt there is a solution for a problem using a V2?

[InSomNiaN]

Why would there be a solution for using a v2 when it won't even work on a v3, let alone have support for any 3dfx cards[?]
Are you sure your reading the correct readme.txt??

[Sun Yatsen]

well, I've seen my voodoo 3 running games that other video cars can't.
a friend of mine has Sis 64Mb video card and it does not run some games I do with just 16Mb. I'm certanly sure that there should be a way to run need for speed underground with a voodoo 3. I'll try to find a way to make it work.
as I said before, now I have Gforce Ti-4200 in my P4. and the voodoo 3 is in the P3 800 Mhz, 256 Ram, SATA HDD Seagate. however, I would apreciate any help about the topic.

[InSomNiaN]

On my v5 agp, I run the game @ 640x480, if I turn it up to 800x600 it crashes to desktop.  If I turn the textures up too high it'll crash to desktop.  The voodoo5 is a 3yr+ old vid card, the voodoo3 5yrs+.

I wish you luck and hope u can prove me wrong as it'll make a lot of users happy on this forum, but I stand by my words: it will not work on a 16mb vid card.  

[amp_man]

On my v5 agp, I run the game @ 640x480, if I turn it up to 800x600 it crashes to desktop. If I turn the textures up too high it'll crash to desktop. The voodoo5 is a 3yr+ old vid card, the voodoo3 5yrs+.

I think this is due to a config file, check out what I found while rummaging around:

3dsetup.ini
Product=Need For Speed Underground
RegistryKey=EA Games\Need For Speed Underground

TB_Button=0
Hide_Resolutions=1
CARD_S3 Virge
CARD_S3 Virge VX
CARD_S3 Virge DX/GX
CARD_Software
CARD_3Dfx Banshee
CARD_3Dfx Voodoo
CARD_3Dfx Voodoo Rush
CARD_3Dfx Voodoo2
CARD_3Dfx Voodoo3
CARD_3Dfx Voodoo5
CARD_Matrox G200
CARD_Matrox G400
CARD_Matrox Millenium
CARD_Intel i740
CARD_Intel 810e

So, it's trying to lock the resolution on these cards...this is very odd, considering half these cards aren't even supported.

[Sun Yatsen]

eh, I'm not saying that you're wrong, is just that I've seen voodoo cards doing what other stroger video cards can not. I haven't had too much time to work it out. but I saw the game and in my opinion, voodoo 3 can handle that kind of game.

as soon as I achive it, all let everyone to know....
if any one finds a way to run the game, please let me know. I'll try to run it