25/07/97 -
If you are using the Italian Carmageddon and are having problems GOOD NEWS... here's what Jon Vincent of www.carmageddon has to say:
"Some people running the Italy version of Carmageddon were having problems with the Blood Patchs. So, once again, Carmageddon.com brings you a "newer" version of the blood patch, just for the Italian version!
Note: This patch is only tested for the Italian version is not suggested to be used with other version of Carmageddon."
Jon Vincent Carmageddon.com Staff
25/07/97 -
Thanks to Dave (Alchy) for sending me this snippets regarding 3DFX's 3DFXGL driver (see 3DFX's site developers section for more info):
GL Quake/World Flies
Jack 'Morbid' Mathews has done something I think all GL Quakers will appreciate. He's figured out a way to half the texture size, thus decreasing memory thrashing, therefore making for MUCH less lag in net play, especially in heavy combat. The GL console is also somewhat transparent now. It's all Jack's fault that my Quakecon review isn't up. He made me verify this, yeah, that's it. ;) Mysterious forces made me go to the grocery store too so I wouldn't go broke eating out, like I have been doing for almost 2 weeks.
Glide 2.4 Released
Glide v2.4 for 3dfx Voodoo Graphics cards (Rush versions will be here shortly) has been realeased. Download g24rtvg.exe (1543k) from Stomped. You'll definitely want to get it from here because it took me 50 minutes to get it over ISDN and others are having the same slowness. This works in Windows NT and 95. The good news is that the GL Quake Alt-Tab problem has been fixed. Also, there is a FULL OpenGL driver ALPHA (means way early development without features and has bugs). Download 3dfxgl.exe (367k - Glide 2.3 or higher required). You can also get it from the Glide Download Page if you dare. Other cool news is they say there will be a Linux glide available 'shortly!'
24/07/97 -
Just in case you had problems with the original FLYING CORPS Direct3D patch you can now download a UK version from Rowan's UK site.
24/07/97 -
Info about this game at www.pcme.com. Hmm more nice looking Cockpits on a Voodoo eh?
20/07/97 -
Er... this is of no interest to anyone at all I know, but apparently Lara's breasts in Tomb Raider II have had a slight digital cosmetic surgery operation and are now more rounded ;). Apparently her brain has been removed too but that's just a rumour.
20/07/97 -
If you have vised your GLQUAKEWORLD Levels using VISPATCH (see below 08/07/97)
You can now play on these servers:
Fighting Okra CTF 4.1 205.158.36.153:27500 6pm - 6am
DocACE QuakeWorld See PQ Master 6pm - 6am
DiscoverNET CTF 4.1+ games.discover.net:27500
Smashed's QuakeWorld 128.243.228.227:27500
20/07/97 -
ZOID has added a HUD for GLQUAKEWORLD.
You can see some screen shots of the HUD here http://www.quakeworld.net/
Seems like a great idea to me. No more status bar just full screen glory :)
20/07/97 -
Here's a few PC games I have for sale for UK users:
Either I have completed the game or I am bored with it:
All are complete boxed originals with manuals etc:
Xwing V Tie Fighter 19 UK Pounds inc P&P UK.
MDK 19 UK Pounds inc P&P UK.
Darklight Conflict 19 UK Pounds inc P&P UK.
Dungeon Keeper 22 UK Pounds inc P&P UK.
email me if interested.
20/07/97 -
Go look on http://www.cybernations.com/signup.html if you would like the chance to join in the beta testing of this new 3D game.
19/07/97 -
Oh-oh my bandwidth on Demon is rising :( have to think of a way to move some pages. If you see a decrease in speed it's because they dumped me on another server for highbandwith users :(. I may just move some pages elsewhere.
Anyone out there want to give me a location to run from or how about some advertising?
Nooo must resist... the advertising..
Noo.... I will be assimilated.
15/07/97 -
Shelley of 3DFX mentioned that soon they will have a new T1 installed to help with the slow downloading of 3DFX's web site pages. That should help things for us European countries trying to get those pesky large image maps downloaded from http://www.3dfx.com
15/07/97 -
Download the new POD track called MEGAPOL from the french Ubisoft website. This is said to a great new track so download now ;). At the moment file size is unknown.
15/07/97 -
Here is an interesting snippet regarding iF22 and iA10 posted by Ekiz:
There is some info in an article at PCME about these goodies. Well, they talk about the terrain, and in the upcoming iA-10 they have a new
engine that they say will give you the same detail at 500ft as iF22 does at 30k feet.
-=Ekiz=-
13/07/97 -
Makull posted this regarding the Mercs 3DFX patch and how to get it working. "YES! It's true!! You have to have the d3d upgrade, the 1.05 patch and this file :
http://www.best.com/~asaddi/105prjpat.zip 16/07/97 UPDATE: LINK BROKEN! ACTIVISION HAVE RELEASED MORE NEW VERSIONS OF THE PATCH TRY THOSE FIRST. (thanks to David Thomspson for reporting the link error)
"Instructions on how to install it are in the zip file.. Basically what it does is patching the project file to the CD version 1.05 file... WORKS FANTASTIC!!! The file is made by Allan T. Saddi, THANKS!!!!"
"I also noticed that if you change the res. to 640x480 (standard is 512 x something) I get an 10fps increase... weird... but mercs is smooth as hell now.... (P200)"
"Oh yeah, the file is 1.7MB..."
"Have fun,"
Makull.
13/07/97 -
New info regarding this upcoming RPG can be seen at Next-generation's site
12/07/97 -
Oldish news but I missed it.. check out new preview screenshots of this car racing game
09/07/97 -
This game will apparently make "HEAVY use of 3D accelerator cards such as 3DFX and Rendition." Check out the official Max Payne site (still under construction).
09/07/97 -
Visit 3D CONCEPT at http://www.bboxbbs.ch/home/radm/3D/
My site focuses on 3D Hardware and Programming.
May you mention the new service in your News or put a link on your site? Tnx for support.
Greetings and happy Voodooing!"
Rafael Auf der Maur - Webmaster 3D CONCEPT
09/07/97 -
08/07/97 -
"We have patches for: All the registered Quake levels, Mission Pack #1, CTF 3&4, Shrak, Cenotaph of the Magi, Dimensionality, DeathMatch eXtreme, and various other popular DM maps."Go get it from http://razor.stomped.com/water/
07/07/97 -
PCZone: So what do you think about 3D accelerator cards ?
Jack: X-wing Vs Tie and jedi will support the majors. The 3DFX version of X vs Tie is awesome, It almost looks like the movie. The 3DFX is as good as the Nintendo 64, but there are too many horrible 3D cards out there which are getting bundled with new machines.
07/07/97 -
Check out this new GLQuake FAQ
05/07/97 -
Taken from Voodoo Extreme this is a quote from SciTech regarding forthcoming FULL OpenGL drivers for all 3D cards. Voodoo will have the first native driver:
Welcome to the SciTech Software MGL Public Beta Directory! In here you will find the public beta release of our new MGL 3.1 graphics library. The MGL 3.1 provides support for fullscreen OpenGL rendering using Microsoft OpenGL, SGI Cosmo OpenGL and Mesa (a freeware OpenGL implementation). The MGL 3.1 can also utilize hardware acceleration via regular Microsoft OpenGL ICD/MCD drivers for Windows 95 and Windows NT in both windowed modes and fullscreen modes.
** COMING SOON! **
The first native hardware OpenGL driver will be available soon for the 3Dfx Voodoo cards. This native driver provides full hardware OpenGL acceleration for Voodoo based boards in fullscreen modes. Watch this space for more information on 3Dfx hardware support and hardware support from other vendors.
02/07/97 -
If you have any 3DFX games crash to a black screen when the game is started and you have a Stealth 3D 2000 try turning off acceleration:
Right click on My Computer, go to Properties, select Performance tab, select Graphics option, move the slider to the left to no hardware acceleration, select OK and restart the computer.
Now you will no longer get the black screen. Your 2D will run a little slower and if you have a Stealth 3D then you will lose the left and right mouse desktop options, but it's easy enough to set it back after playing D3D version of i76.
01/07/97 -
The flagship game for PowerVR is running on the 3DFX. Now is there is any reason to get a PowerVR?
"I'll confirm it :) I've seen Ultim@te Race running on Voodoo Graphics and it's pretty awesome.
Kalisto has been supporting us for quite some time but were obligated to Videologic not to mention it."
Brian P. Bruning
3Dfx Interactive Developer Relations Manager
On another note Brian also dropped a few hints about forthcoming RPGs such as Elder Scrolls, Ultima 9 (not on-line), Wizardry 8, Kings Quest 8. (Plus there's EverQuest and Lands of Lore 2 :) with 3DFX).
30/06/97 -
This message was posted on the 3DFX newsserver. I thought it might be of interest to you Cyrix/3DFX users out there:
Fixing pandemonium for cyrix I have been receiving many mails asking me How to run Pandemonium in Cyrix but no one replied me whether they success or not. Just want to know am i the only lucky guy to have the patch (attached again!) works!
My system: Cyrix Pr166+ , Flash 3D, 64M , Win95osr2 My successful installation procedure:
1. install FULL VERSION Pandemonium
2. unzip the patch into Pandemonium's directory
3. copy "pandy3.exe" from the original CD into Pandemonium's directory
4. run "pan3fix.exe" (don't run panfix.exe, it FAILs in my case)
5. play the game buy running "pandy3.exe"
Atsaevoli
Download it from the files section.
30/06/97 -
This looks good. Nice use of filtering and transparency - go have a look at the pictures at ZoneX
30/06/97 -
This Transparent Water Utility for GLQUAKE speeds up frame rates considerably when using Transperent Water in GLQUAKE. Here's a new version of QBSP v1.60. It can be downloaded from again from BluesNews
