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dgVoodoo2
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Nintendo Network shutdown – The beginning of the end
Parts of DX5 and previous, such as the "retained mode", are missing from current versions of Windows entirely. Much of the remaining implementation is buggy and introduces render artifacts.
Open source projects such as dgVoodoo offer a solution to run old games, by re-implementing old DirectX and Glide on top of current DirectX [1], similar to how Wine runs DX games on Linux on top of OpenGL or Vulkan.
[1]: https://github.com/dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2
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What is the best solution to play mid to late '90s games on modern hardware and Windows 11?
I have not tried this myself, but there are two compatibility wrappers that implement old graphic APIs for modern systems - nGlide and dgVoodoo2.
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Thanks for the help with the UI y'all, more questions for ya!
Voodoo2 for added stability in old games
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There needs to be a rewritten version
It's a wrapper for old DirectX 7/8/9 games that makes them use DirectX 11/12/Vulkan instead: https://github.com/dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2
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I crash most of the time when I zone. Windows 11.
This... here's a link to the github. Click on Releases to get the latest build (it'll be the first zip file without _dbg (debug) in the title).
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ffxi running slow on my pc.
Try using dgVoodoo2. https://github.com/dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2/releases
- Any chance of a good D3D9 Windows XP paravirtualized driver?
- Phantasy Star Universe Clementine!
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3dfx Voodoo 5 6000 recreated via reverse engineering (2021)
You can always use dgVooDoo [0] to translate Glide to DirectX. With great performance, too.
[0] https://github.com/dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2
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Final Fantasy XI (FFXI) and Windows 11 Home
How to install DGVoodoo2 for use with Windower: download the latest non-dbg, non-api, non-source-code: .zip https://github.com/dege-diosg/dgVoodoo2/releases Unzip it. Move dgvoodoocpl.exe and MS\(x86)\d3d8.dll (just the d3d8) into -- playonlineviewer folder for retail or the same folder that your loader exe is in for private server (you can overwrite any old one in there if you like). Right click on dgvoodoocpl.exe and run as administrator. At the top right press Add and select the same folder as you selected earlier (playonlineviewer folder for retail and/or the folder of the private server loader). On the General tab, set your Adapter(s) to use / enable to your graphics card (note that, if the game won't launch after these steps, then try going back, selecting the same folder again in the dropdown menu at the top, and change it back to All, but it should work most of the time with your graphics card selected and will make sure that graphics card gets used. -- known to be necessary with SurfaceBook laptops, and maybe with external graphics card enclosures as well (untested)) On the DirectX tab, set VRAM to 512 MB (higher if you're using HD textures) and unckeck dgVoodoo Watermark at the bottom.
dxwrapper
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SimCity Classic - Guide to Installation (Windows / DOSBox)
Then, download this and place the files inside the game directory (C:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity Classic).
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Ask HN: Best way to play old games that require Windows 98/XP?
There's also dxwrapper that implements old DirectDraw/3D interfaces with newer D3D9 api for better compatibility with newer Windows versions:
https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper
- Porting IV renderer from DX9 to DX11. Is it possible?
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DON'T buy "The Space Bar" (1997) re-release on Steam!
FYI: The Space Bar re-release features Elisha Riedlinger's DxWrapper (https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper), whose config file is otherwise stock with just FullScreen enabled. I strongly believe they didn't properly test it.
- Linux genuinely gives me less issues than Windows
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RTX Remix?
RTX Remix uses a custom d3d9.dll though so you additionally need another wrapper such as https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper to customize which dll should be loaded since by default d3d8to9 uses the default system file which will result in translated calls not being redirected to the path tracer used by Remix.
- RADV Lands Shader Caching For Graphics Pipeline Libraries
- playing Diablo 1 on windows 7. how do I fix the colors?
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I just got GTA IV: Complete Edition on Steam. Do I HAVE to downgrade or can I play as is?
If you have a GPU that supports DXVK (Basically it forces DXVK to run the game in Vulkan intsead of it's usual DirectX 9, which the DX9 version hates GTA IV and while GTA IV hates DX9 back) and has more than 2GB of VRAM (DirectX Vulkan), then I HIGHLY recommend it: https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases (Use this guide to install it: http://ant-sh.blogspot.com/2020/07/gta-4-stutter-choppiness-fix.html. If you want aliasing AND DXVK, use this guide: http://ant-sh.blogspot.com/2021/01/antialiasing-with-dxvk-and-gta-iv.html. If your GPU doesn't support Vulkan, use DxWrapper: https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper/releases).
- L.O.K. Blood Omen 2 RTX Remix
What are some alternatives?
reshade - A generic post-processing injector for games and video software.
d3d8to9 - A D3D8 pseudo-driver which converts API calls and bytecode shaders to equivalent D3D9 ones.
d8vk - Direct3D 8 to Vulkan translation for DXVK!
renderdoc - RenderDoc is a stand-alone graphics debugging tool.
Ultimate-ASI-Loader - ASI Loader is the tool that loads custom libraries with the file extension .asi into any game process.
LLGL - Low Level Graphics Library (LLGL) is a thin abstraction layer for the modern graphics APIs OpenGL, Direct3D, Vulkan, and Metal
Borderless-Gaming - Play your favorite games in a borderless window; no more time consuming alt-tabs.
d912pxy - DirectX9 to DirectX12 API proxy for Guild Wars 2
DDrawCompat - DirectDraw and Direct3D 1-7 compatibility, performance and visual enhancements for Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10 and 11
bgfx - Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.
TRLAU-menu-hook - Reverse engineering, menu and patches for Tomb Raider Anniversary, Legend and Underworld.