Would anybody happen to know how to make this one run under WinXP? I keep getting a missing apilib.dll error and the demo won't even start. I also set the environment variable as mentioned in the readme just in case, but to no avail.
I know nGlide can handle it as I've seen it listed here at Zeus Software, screenshot and all. This website, however, states the following about the demo: "Voodoo5 Users must set Single Chip only Rendering"
http://www.falconfly.de/downloads/3dfxd ... eyofra.zip
Any hints?
Much appreciated.
Valley of Ra
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Re: Valley of Ra
You forgot to install Arcade Toolbox. All early 3dfx demos need it.
ASUS P4P800 SE, Pentium4 3.2E/2 GiB DDR400 (3-3-3-8), Sapphire Radeon HD3850 AGP, 2 Voodoo2 12 MB (SLI), Audigy 2 ZS.
Windows XP SP3 Pro Rus (w/o the POSReady hack), Catalyst 14.4, Voodoo2 W2k 1.02.00 drivers.
Windows XP SP3 Pro Rus (w/o the POSReady hack), Catalyst 14.4, Voodoo2 W2k 1.02.00 drivers.
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Re: Valley of Ra
Indeed I did! Thanks a lot for the hint, works perfectly now.
One more thing; is the wireframe mode supposed to be so horribly slow on this demo? I don't think I ever used it before, so I have no memories to compare it to. It probably was, though.
One more thing; is the wireframe mode supposed to be so horribly slow on this demo? I don't think I ever used it before, so I have no memories to compare it to. It probably was, though.
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Re: Valley of Ra
30 FPS on a real hardware (Voodoo2). Maybe the reason is V-Sync.
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Windows XP SP3 Pro Rus (w/o the POSReady hack), Catalyst 14.4, Voodoo2 W2k 1.02.00 drivers.
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Re: Valley of Ra
Sounds like I have a problem. I'm barely getting like 4 or 5 fps out of it in wireframe mode regardless of vsync settings, which I know are being enforced as it goes from 60 fps to something like 135 fps (normal, non-wireframe mode) when I turn it off from the display driver before running the demo.
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Re: Valley of Ra
With nGlide?
60 FPS in the normal mode, 15 FPS in the wireframe mode (default nGlide settings).
PC specs are below.
60 FPS in the normal mode, 15 FPS in the wireframe mode (default nGlide settings).
PC specs are below.
ASUS P4P800 SE, Pentium4 3.2E/2 GiB DDR400 (3-3-3-8), Sapphire Radeon HD3850 AGP, 2 Voodoo2 12 MB (SLI), Audigy 2 ZS.
Windows XP SP3 Pro Rus (w/o the POSReady hack), Catalyst 14.4, Voodoo2 W2k 1.02.00 drivers.
Windows XP SP3 Pro Rus (w/o the POSReady hack), Catalyst 14.4, Voodoo2 W2k 1.02.00 drivers.
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Re: Valley of Ra
Yep, nGlide, 3DFX logo loading on startup, no other wrapper ever touched this computer.
My specs: Intel G41 Express Chipset, Intel Dual-Core E5300 2.6ghz, 2048mb ram, 32bit WinXP Pro SP3, latest nGlide binaries.
This is a first for me using nGlide. I never really had it drop below the highest possible framerate allowed by the game/demo for a particular refresh rate, but since you too are getting a relatively low fps (at least below something real 3dfx hardware would be able to output, according to your own account), maybe it's just a very hardware intensive mode, maybe it's switching to software mode on the fly without telling you, I have no idea, but it's rather likely that this clunker just ain't cutting it anymore.
My specs: Intel G41 Express Chipset, Intel Dual-Core E5300 2.6ghz, 2048mb ram, 32bit WinXP Pro SP3, latest nGlide binaries.
This is a first for me using nGlide. I never really had it drop below the highest possible framerate allowed by the game/demo for a particular refresh rate, but since you too are getting a relatively low fps (at least below something real 3dfx hardware would be able to output, according to your own account), maybe it's just a very hardware intensive mode, maybe it's switching to software mode on the fly without telling you, I have no idea, but it's rather likely that this clunker just ain't cutting it anymore.