3Dfx Mode

[DoktorTrask]

How can i start the game in 3dfx mode, the game always start only in software mode.

[Tsume]

There should be a menu for this at gamestart but I think they removed it because there are issues in 3dfx mode. You can force it if you go to the game files of Screamer 2 and open the file "Launch Screamer 2" with a right click, go to settings -> path and change the part "dosbox_screamer2_single.conf" to "dosbox_screamer2_3dfx.conf". This will force the game to run in 3dfx mode. I have tested this with Windows 10 and it runs fine but sadly no sound is working. :(

[DoktorTrask]

O cool, thanks fpr the answer. Very nice of you.

[Zaphod]

Oh nice, thank you!

[SkyKing]

In "dosbox_screamer2_single.conf" file, change glide=false to true. Than in "S2.bat" file change line START65H.EXE to S2_3DFX.EXE.

[Montanha]

Originally posted by Tsume:

There should be a menu for this at gamestart but I think they removed it because there are issues in 3dfx mode. You can force it if you go to the game files of Screamer 2 and open the file "Launch Screamer 2" with a right click, go to settings -> path and change the part "dosbox_screamer2_single.conf" to "dosbox_screamer2_3dfx.conf". This will force the game to run in 3dfx mode. I have tested this with Windows 10 and it runs fine but sadly no sound is working. :(

Worked fine here, with sound!

Inside: Launch Screamer 2.bat

#Add option 6
choice /C:123456 /N /M "Which game do you want to run? [1-5]:"

#Add if 6 to 3dfx
if errorlevel 6 goto 3dfx

Start the game and selects 6 option

Also you can set your screen resolution in nglide_config.exe

[SBan83]

Originally posted by gokhanalakus:

In "dosbox_screamer2_single.conf" file, change glide=false to true. Than in "S2.bat" file change line START65H.EXE to S2_3DFX.EXE.

Unfortunately, I can't open the S2.bat file. It brings up an error message of not working with x64 machines or something, and there's no compatibility setting option to try for the file either.

[SkyKing]

Don't have to open the file. Just right click the file then press edit in the menu.

[SBan83]

Originally posted by gokhanalakus:

Don't have to open the file. Just right click the file then press edit in the menu.

Thanks!

[nafcom]

None of the suggestions here would work under Windows 11. It would just end in the option window closed when I selected option 6 as added and suggested above.

Instead what I did is:

1) Run nglide_config.exe, then selecting my native screen resolution and pick aspect ratio as 4:3.

2) Run the Game normally.
3) Select option 2 - Client
3) Want to change IP address? - No
4) Select option 1 - 3DFX

And voilla, you are in 3DFX mode without modifying any files of the game! :)

[thisisbigboss]

nafcom: Thanks a lot. Working without problems in 3DFX mode.

[nafcom]

Originally posted by thisisbigboss:

nafcom: Thanks a lot. Working without problems in 3DFX mode.

You are welcome! Glad to hear I could help somebody! :)

[Shark-3dfx]

TY nafcom works perfectly.

[SGAN]

Originally posted by nafcom:

None of the suggestions here would work under Windows 11. It would just end in the option window closed when I selected option 6 as added and suggested above.

Instead what I did is:

1) Run nglide_config.exe, then selecting my native screen resolution and pick aspect ratio as 4:3.

2) Run the Game normally.
3) Select option 2 - Client
3) Want to change IP address? - No
4) Select option 1 - 3DFX

And voilla, you are in 3DFX mode without modifying any files of the game! :)

And were you able to play with the correct aspect ratio? (4:3)... because i tried with my GOG copy, using nglide, using dgVoodoo, and it works, but in stretched (exclusive) full screen mode... I can't even put the game in windows mode if I use Glide/3DFX.

Anyway, I deleted al the Glide dll's from the game directory and/or dosbox directory... uninstalled nGlide from the system, and looked for Glide dll's and files in the Windows\SysWow64 folder, nothing seem to remain there...

But after all of that, the game still works in Glide mode fine... I don't know where is it reading the dll files (any wrapper) from...

It is like... if it were getting access to one glide dll from somewhere, so it is ignoring the Glide2x.dll i put into the Windows\sysWow64 directory, the game directory of the DosBox Directory... so, if I change some configuration there, the game/dosbox ignores it.


EDIT: "Solved"

I had to uninstall Steam and GOG copies from the PC (other way they save something somewhere which don't let me change things)... previously I copied all the content of the GOG version to another directory... I deleted all previous Glide dll files from the Windows\SysWow64, the game and the dosbox directories.

I configured dgVoodoo but I can't get it to launch the game directly to full screen... it works in "borderless window / false fullscreen mode" if I press Alt+Enter after launching the game... So I guess I could "auto-fullscreen" using a script in Autohotkey (and calling that script from a .bat file when launching the game)

I tried with nGlide, I installed it, went to the Windows\SysWOW64 directory, copied the Glide2x.dll file into the DosBox directory (which is inside the game diretory, example C:\Games\Screamer2\DOSBOX... optionally you can copy the 3DfxSpl2.dll if you want the 3dfx splash screen when launching the game). And copied nglide_config.exe to the DOBOX directory too.

After that I uninstalled the nGlide for the system.

If you change some configurations before uninstalling the nGlide software from the system, the configuration is gonna be lost... and you will have to launch the nglide_config.exe (from the game/dosbox directory) and config it again... so... the config is not stored "in nowhere / on the air", no "inside the dll file" either (that's impossible), and not "integrated with the program nglide_config.exe itself" either. in fact.. so nGlide is storing the configuration in another file or in the Windows Registry, but I didn't find where yet.

dgVoodoo works "better", the config file is stores where dgVoodooCpl.exe (or another directory, you can choose where)... but it is not perfect either, it stores a "registry" of the "directories used", and I don't know where yet.

There is another problem with dgVoodoo, I'm unable to start a game directly in fullscreen mode (it always start as a window and I have to use Alt+Enter to go to "fullscreen")... but as said before, I think I can solve that with Autohotkey.

Futhermore, dgVoodoo only supports DirectX, while nGlide supports Vulkan... and, at least, with Screamer 2, works fine.

[SGAN]

I didn't find where nglide_config.exe stores the config... but it doesn't matter anymore...

Zeus explained the solution, and it is setting up nGlide WHILE launching the game/software.

https://www.zeus-software.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=796

Following the explanation, i created a simple .bat script inside the game directory to launch the game, and it works perfectly:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

@echo off

cd DOSBOX
set NGLIDE_BACKEND=2
set NGLIDE_RESOLUTION=1
set NGLIDE_ASPECT=1
set NGLIDE_REFRESH=1
set NGLIDE_VSYNC=1
set NGLIDE_GAMMA=5
set NGLIDE_SPLASH=0
start .\DOSBox.exe -conf "..\dosbox_screamer2.conf" -conf "..\dosbox_screamer2_3dfx.conf" -noconsole -c "exit"

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

It launch the game using Vulkan (for DirectX use NGLIDE_BACKEND=1), resolution set by the Desktop (if you let the APP/Game to set it up, the Aspect Ratio correction option doesn't work), Aspect Ratio Correction (4:3), Refresh Rate set by desktop, Vsync enabled, no Gamma Correction, and no 3dfx splashscreen)

The last option don't work well, if you don't want the splasn screen delete the "3DfxSpl2.dll" from the DOSBOX directory (wich is inside the Game Directory).

FINALLY... Now, I can add JoyToKey to use a controller for remapping a keyboard or add anything I could need to the batch (.bat) file, and it's ready to play as I want :)

[kalirion]

I prefer using dgVoodoo2. Lets me set it to run in 1440x1080 and disable bilinear filtering for that crisp look: https://i.imgur.com/QMyPNMK.jpeg

I have the GOG version though.