Fifa 98 RTWC on Windows 10

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WilboBaggins
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Fifa 98 RTWC on Windows 10

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Hello,

I was using Fifa 98 Road to World Cup with the patch and Nglide 2.00 on Windows 7 with default settings no problem. I have now upgraded to Windows 10 and I could not get the game to go fullscreen and tried all the different settings in Nglide (2.00 and 2.10), as well as compatibility settings. I went back and ran the Registry edit file, but now when I launch the game, it won't even load at non-full screen, it just goes to a black screen and I have to kill the process. I also wasn't sure where to stick VOODOOA.dll, since the file was not already installed, but I put it in the main FIFA98 folder. It doesn't seem to matter whether the file is there or not, the game will now not load.

How can I remove the Registry entry that the fifawrc98.reg file created? This seemed to have caused the issue of the game not loading at all. And do you have any advice for making the game full screen, assuming I can get it to load again?

I'm using an older machine, Toshiba Satellite L505-S6959 with Intel Integrated Graphics.

Thanks for your help and for all you do to support these classic games!

-Wilbo
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Re: Fifa 98 on Windows 10

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Err... FIFA 98: Road to the World Cup or World Cup 98?
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Re: Fifa 98 RTWC on Windows 10

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Sorry, Fifa 98 Road to the World Cup. I've edited my original post to reflect that.

I was also able to find the Registry additions that were made by the patch, and deleted them, but I still get the black screen after the 3D logo splash screen and the first welcome screen to the game (The red screen with all the copyright stuff, before it goes to the EA Sports logo page).
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Re: Fifa 98 RTWC on Windows 10

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WilboBaggins wrote: Sat May 30, 2020 4:12 pm Registry edit file
The trouble is: the patch for FIFA: RTWC 98 (attached to this site) has 1 *.sdb file (an ACT database) and 2 *.bat files. No *.reg files and no voodooa.dll.
Please attach or type the used *.reg.
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.
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Re: Fifa 98 RTWC on Windows 10

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Thanks for clarifying. I downloaded the wrong patch :oops:

I uninstalled and then installed the correct patch and was able to launch the game, but am still having the issue of it not being full screen. It's flush to the top and bottom but only about 2/3 horizontally.
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Re: Fifa 98 RTWC on Windows 10

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So I found if I change Screen Resolution I can force fullscreen, such as to my native resolution of 1366 x 768. The menu graphics are fuzzy, but the gameplay graphics are strangely improved. The interface is a bit laggy, but gameplay seems responsive enough.

I'm not sure if there's any way to get it to run fullscreen at the game's original resolution, which I believe is 640 x 480.
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Re: Fifa 98 RTWC on Windows 10

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OK, well I think I solved it. For anyone interested that is using older Intel integrated graphics, there's a setting in the Intel Graphics and Media Control Panel to change Scaling from "Maintain Aspect Ratio" to "Scale Full Screen." This didn't seem to effect anything on my actual display, but once I ran Fifa it went full screen in the default resolution!
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Re: Fifa 98 RTWC on Windows 10

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Be sure to install the voodoo2 patch if you have further problems.
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