Posted August 27, 2015
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Hi everyone,
After hours of searching the internet I finally got hardware mode to work on my rig (using 2 radeon R9 270x). In theory the guide below should work with any setup. Disabling crossfire/sli on multi-GPU setups is recommended though. This guide should also fix any launching errors on newer systems. I am currently running Windows 10 x64.
STEP1: Install PTB or reinstall if you did any tampering with the .dll files OR used the widescreen patcher
STEP2: (optional) if you want to run the game in higher resolution, make a shortcut and add -alres to the target line. Be sure to adjust your resolution BEFORE starting or loading a game, the game seems to crash when you change the resolution ingame. I have not tried anything higher than 1280x720.
STEP3: Download dgvoodoo 2 (just google it, it's the first result, no installation required)
STEP4: Extract the downloaded rar file and copy the contents of its \MS folder to your PTB install dir, also copy the dgvoodoosetup.exe file to the aforementioned directory.
STEP5: run the dgvoodoosetup.exe file from your PTB directory, before changing any settings click the "\" icon in the top right to make sure the .config file gets created in your PTB installation directory.
STEP6: Adjust the following settings: on the tab "general" select your primary (physical) adapter. On the tab "DirectX" change videocard to "Gefore4 Ti 4800", hit the apply button. You can disable the dgvoodoo watermark on the tab "DirectX" as well, but I would recommend leaving it on the first run to check if the wrapper is working.
STEP7: Launch the game via D3DPopTB.exe or the shortcut created in step 2 if you like to play in a higher resolution.
STEP8: Rejoice and bask in the glow of glorious DX6!
(edit) fixed a few typos
(edit2) fixed cmd tagline, thx to ZellSF for pointing that out.
After hours of searching the internet I finally got hardware mode to work on my rig (using 2 radeon R9 270x). In theory the guide below should work with any setup. Disabling crossfire/sli on multi-GPU setups is recommended though. This guide should also fix any launching errors on newer systems. I am currently running Windows 10 x64.
STEP1: Install PTB or reinstall if you did any tampering with the .dll files OR used the widescreen patcher
STEP2: (optional) if you want to run the game in higher resolution, make a shortcut and add -alres to the target line. Be sure to adjust your resolution BEFORE starting or loading a game, the game seems to crash when you change the resolution ingame. I have not tried anything higher than 1280x720.
STEP3: Download dgvoodoo 2 (just google it, it's the first result, no installation required)
STEP4: Extract the downloaded rar file and copy the contents of its \MS folder to your PTB install dir, also copy the dgvoodoosetup.exe file to the aforementioned directory.
STEP5: run the dgvoodoosetup.exe file from your PTB directory, before changing any settings click the "\" icon in the top right to make sure the .config file gets created in your PTB installation directory.
STEP6: Adjust the following settings: on the tab "general" select your primary (physical) adapter. On the tab "DirectX" change videocard to "Gefore4 Ti 4800", hit the apply button. You can disable the dgvoodoo watermark on the tab "DirectX" as well, but I would recommend leaving it on the first run to check if the wrapper is working.
STEP7: Launch the game via D3DPopTB.exe or the shortcut created in step 2 if you like to play in a higher resolution.
STEP8: Rejoice and bask in the glow of glorious DX6!
(edit) fixed a few typos
(edit2) fixed cmd tagline, thx to ZellSF for pointing that out.
Post edited October 13, 2015 by kevroman