Hi,
Sorry, the title of this post doesn't really describe what I am going to
talk about here...
I lurk in this Newsgroup quite a bit, and thought I would offer something
back for all the good advice I gleaned while lurking.
This post might be of interest to you if the following apply:
1. You play GPL
2. You have a voodoo2/banshee
3. You use Glide 2.53 for GPL, because 2.54 doesn't work
4. You want to use George M. Smiley's excellent Glide2x.dll patch
5. You still want to use the latest Glide 2.54 for other games
A description of the problem:
GPL doesn't work very well with Glide 2.54 (well, pretty much it doesn't
work at all for me), and it works fine with with Glide 2.53. George
which solves problems for banshee users, but enables voodoo2 users to eek
out a little more performance (and stability) by reducing mirror refresh
rates (and preventing resoution changes).
George doesn't actually patch Glide 2.53, he has written a DLL which sits
inbetween GPL and the proper Glide2x.dll. The problem is that Georges DLL
sits in the GPL directory, and looks for the real Glide dll in the Windows
System directory. Basically, because you can only have one Glide2x.dll in
a directory at once, it means that the 2.53 version has to be in Windows
System, and thus prevents the use of the 2.54 version, which appears to
work better with other games.
The Solution:
I have renamed the 2.53 dll to Glide2z.dll, and have used a hex editor to
alter the filename that Georges patch looks for. This way I can have both
versions of glide on my machine at the same time, and everything seems to
work just fine.
Those who want to perhaps have a tidier solution could rename the
Glide2x.dll to something like GPL3DFX.dll (remember, it has to have the
same number of letters as the original dll, in order that you can alter
George's dll successfully).
For those who don't want to alter George's patch, then I could post mine
on my website, but I would have to check with George first that he is
happy for me to do this.
I hope this helps.
Steve.
Where i can find this "patch"??
MM
Steve Pritchard kirjoitti viestiss? ...
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>Hi, >Sorry, the title of this post doesn't really describe what I am going to >talk about here... >I lurk in this Newsgroup quite a bit, and thought I would offer something >back for all the good advice I gleaned while lurking. >This post might be of interest to you if the following apply: >1. You play GPL >2. You have a voodoo2/banshee >3. You use Glide 2.53 for GPL, because 2.54 doesn't work >4. You want to use George M. Smiley's excellent Glide2x.dll patch >5. You still want to use the latest Glide 2.54 for other games >A description of the problem: >GPL doesn't work very well with Glide 2.54 (well, pretty much it doesn't >work at all for me), and it works fine with with Glide 2.53. George >which solves problems for banshee users, but enables voodoo2 users to eek >out a little more performance (and stability) by reducing mirror refresh >rates (and preventing resoution changes). >George doesn't actually patch Glide 2.53, he has written a DLL which sits >inbetween GPL and the proper Glide2x.dll. The problem is that Georges DLL >sits in the GPL directory, and looks for the real Glide dll in the Windows >System directory. Basically, because you can only have one Glide2x.dll in >a directory at once, it means that the 2.53 version has to be in Windows >System, and thus prevents the use of the 2.54 version, which appears to >work better with other games. >The Solution: >I have renamed the 2.53 dll to Glide2z.dll, and have used a hex editor to >alter the filename that Georges patch looks for. This way I can have both >versions of glide on my machine at the same time, and everything seems to >work just fine. >Those who want to perhaps have a tidier solution could rename the >Glide2x.dll to something like GPL3DFX.dll (remember, it has to have the >same number of letters as the original dll, in order that you can alter >George's dll successfully). >For those who don't want to alter George's patch, then I could post mine >on my website, but I would have to check with George first that he is >happy for me to do this. >I hope this helps. >Steve.[...]
Actually the latest version allows for one to specify a directory
path for the 3Dfx Glide DLL in the Glide.ini file. I never got
around to uploading it to 'The Fast Lane' though because it seemed
to make the whole process a bit more confusing and the problem that
caused me to write the patch in the first place (texture corruption)
should soon be addressed by Papyrus. I also have read that the
Glide version 2.56 Voodoo2 drivers fix the Voodoo2 menu issues.
However, if there is enough demand for it I will send it off to
'The Fast Lane' for general consumption.
- George
% Actually the latest version allows for one to specify a directory
% path for the 3Dfx Glide DLL in the Glide.ini file. I never got
% around to uploading it to 'The Fast Lane' though because it seemed
% to make the whole process a bit more confusing and the problem that
% caused me to write the patch in the first place (texture corruption)
% should soon be addressed by Papyrus. I also have read that the
% Glide version 2.56 Voodoo2 drivers fix the Voodoo2 menu issues.
% However, if there is enough demand for it I will send it off to
% 'The Fast Lane' for general consumption.
It may have fixed the problems with the menus. But, I have experienced
unexplained random lockups with mouse movement with 2.56 (have since
gone back to 2.53 -- knock on wood -- and the problem has gone away).
The lockups were far in between, but a pain in the rear when hosting and
having to dump people in mid race.
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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
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George,
I for one would like to get a copy of that. I've been unable to find a
Glide v2.56 for Voodoo2 (there's one for Banshee, and one for Voodoo3, but
not for Voodoo2 so it seems - according to the 3DFX driver downloads).
I use your patch to reduce the mirror refresh - I like the detail in the
mirrors, but at full FPS the mirrors do seem to soak up an unwarranted
amount of FPS.
Cheers,
Steve.
