Newsgroup: it.comp.hardware.video-3d
Titolo: Banshee

Volevo chiede se qualcuno ha dei problemi con la monster fusion per quanto
riguarda Nfs3-Superbike e Unreal.
Io non riesco a farli partire(ho gia aggiornato i driver).Il computer va in
blocco e bisogna per forza resettarlo.
Qualcuno sa il perchč?
Grazie mille

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Spero che possano essere utili queste note tratte dal sito
http://www.billsworkshop.com
Need for Speed III - If you see something like this when you launch NFS III:
Abort Message:
    Exception caught!
    EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION:read attempted @0xFFFFFFFF
    CS=00000137 DS=00000013F ...............
You have several choices:
D3D mode:  Add -d3d0 at the end of the target line (outside the parentheses)
in the NFS III shortcut.  This is the fix from EA Sports.  This does work
and looks good; however, it is slower than Glide mode and may bog down if
you have all features on.  Also, you are limited to 800x600 maximum
resolution and weather effects, although present are not as pronounced.  The
dashboard does show in the inside car view.  This is probably the best of
the current solutions.
Glide mode:
3Dfx now has a patch that replaces two files in the NFSIII folder
(Voodooa.dll and Voodoo2a.dll). According to 3Dfx you should "Download the
patch and simply double click on the nfs3patch.exe and the patch will
install itself. Once the patch finishes installing, go to the Start Menu,
Electronic Arts, Need for Speed III, and select 3D Setup. Once inside 3D
setup, select Voodoo Banshee in the 3D Graphics renderer window, select OK
and go back to the Start Menu, Electronic Arts, Need for Speed III and
select Need for Speed III to launch the game."  I observed sound glitches
after applying this patch.  The dashboard does not appear in the inside the
car view.  It does run in Glide, although the spinning 3Dfx logo does not
appear.  It permits a 1024x768 maximum resolution.
There was another patch on the Net, but it has disappeared.  I have saved
the file and it is available here.  After you unzip it, use the Voodoo2a.dll
to replace the file of the same name in the Need for Speed III game folder
(default locations is C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Need for Speed III).
When I applied this patch the spinning logo appeared and the dashboard was
present in the inside the car view.  There are sound glitches, particularly
when inside the car.
There appears to be some sound glitches with either of the last two
solutions, but not with D3D.  The D3D mode looks just as good to me and runs
well, but slower.  These sound glitches appear to be resolved by new 3Dfx
reference drivers version 1.02.01.  Some people complain of no dashboard -
check the graphics options menu in NFSIII and make sure Windescreen is OFF.
Possible Glide Sound Glitch Fix for SB 16/32/64 owners:  Copy the SB16.vxd
file from the Banshee installation CD, located in the Directx\Drivers\Eng\
folder to the C:\Windows\System folder. This is the file from DirectX, so
you can find it many places. This worked perfectly for me.  This was
suggested by Glenn Thomas Guneriussen.  However, after the initial success,
I have received enough reports of it not working to conclude that it really
is not effective.
If you have other problems running NFSIII, use Notepad to look at a
3ddat.dat file in the C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Need for Speed
III\Setup\ folder.  Make sure the line CARD_3Dfx Banshee has no other text
at the beginning or end of the line. Save file and run 3dsetup.exe to select
the Banshee card.   Restart the game.
Also, if you get a lot of severely flickering white screens, make sure
"Force triple buffering" is not checked in the CL Blaster Control panel.
Unreal - Patch version 2.09 worked fine for me with no problems. I have read
complaints about other patch levels, although 2.17 seems to work for others.
I just installed 2.18 and it works too. 2.19 is reported compatible with
Banshee, as well.  3Dfx mentions one additional step in their Banshee FAQ:
"Start Unreal through the Start Menu>Programs>Unreal> Play Unreal.exe and
when it prompts you if you have a 3Dfx card installed, choose "Yes". When
Unreal then tells you that "Unreal is only compatible with Voodoo 1 and
Voodoo 2 cards" and asks if you still want to use your 3Dfx card, choose
"Yes". I had Unreal installed when my Voodoo2 was in the system, so this may
account for why I did not need this additional step.  This factor may
explain some problems others have with games when installed fresh as opposed
to a system that had another Voodoo card inside when the game was installed.
Giancarlo.

 Grazie mille
Nemmeno a me partiva Unreal, ma una volta "pezzato" alla 2.19BETA (era
l'ultima versione che avevo su CD al momento) mi è filato liscio senza
nessun prob: giocato e finito!!
I miei driver sono quelli ottimizzati 3dnow! della 3dfx.
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Basta,punto,finito.
BYE!
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per quanto riguarda nfs3 e unreal esistono delle patch per banshee al sito
http://www.europe.3dfx.com/view.asp?IOID=29
mentre per superbikes non ho idea