What Graphics Engine Was This Game Built On?

[Ajdino]

I'm curious to see if it'll work with my Windows 98 Pentium 3 build that's paired with a Voodoo2 in SLI (Not a GPU, but a Video Accelerator).

[krazypickle]

Jesus couldnt help that PC

[H3llBaron]

Essentially is a rendering software, the Voxel engine, very famous to be used in almost all war games by Novalogic (Comanche, Delta Force, F22, F16, Armored Fist, Black Hawk Down, Joint Operation etc.). It should works

[Plex]

This game won't use the voodoo2 at all, as its all software rendering.
The original release ran on Windows 98 on a Pentium 3.
but you'd need at least 800mhz to get playable results at the highest settings.
I highly doubt Outcast 1.1 would run on Windows 98 as its a refreshed build meant to run on recent systems with Windows 7 and up.
It also got multicore support to run decently at higher resolutions

[Ajdino]

Hey Plex, thank you for responding. You as well, Drudkh. I have actually run Outcast on a Tualatin 1.4 ghz Windows 98 build and can confirm that it runs in software mode. The launcher doesn't have any rendering options, meaning it's only one and guarenteed to work. I can also confirm a constant 60 fps on such a rig, but the game runs at an abysmal 512x384 resolution, which on a 1280x1024 monitor, makes the game look like it was made for PlayStation 1. These poor results have made me lose interest in the original version and I'll be migrating that focus over to a Windows XP/Windows 7 dual boot. The game doesn't get that constant 60 fps on 1.1, but at the thought of playing at 512x384, I suppose that something is certainly better than nothing.

[Plex]

There is no need to still play the original 1999 release.
OC 1.1 has most bugs fixed that the OG release still had, supports widescreen, can upscale up to 4k and adds bilinear texture filtering for objects
And then there is the remake, Second Contact.

[Ajdino]

For once, I completely agree with you. The original doesn't add any particular value, but the remasters and remakes offer that in abundance.