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However, setting LimitResolution = on, while necessary for the fix, may seem counter-intuitive to people, e.g., posting NO in all bold caps. The resolution can be forced in dgVoodoo2, so the setting is just to make sure the game keeps it simple and lets dgVoodoo2 do the work.
The solution of CaptainKal works for me. The change in the config file allowed me to start the game and the download of the gdVoodoo fixed the purple shadows issue. I haven't enabled the resolution limiter but I figured since it is working OK I might not want to over do it,
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THx555: Yes you can play it on WIN 10

Go to:
K:\GOG Games\Conquest Frontier Wars

Open
conquest.cfg

and seach

IRenderPipeline

adn then change it in

IRenderPipeline = Rend0

Save the File and finish you can play the Game!
The is called conquest.INI, not conquest.cfg.
it does not work perfectly because it glitches when i enter the options menu.
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lordfenixnc: Any chance this will work in windows 10? saw people having issues with Windows 8
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pjpsyco: I got it by modifying the conquest.ini
In the [System] section(under USER do not modify), I changed:
IRenderPipeline = RendSft
to:
IRenderPipeline = Rend0

The movies played fine. I selected options, and the screen went wonky(it took up half of the screen and the colors were weird), but I could edit the graphics options. I enabled 3D hardware. It had my AMD r9 200 series listed. I then selected 1920x1080x16, and checked all the boxes.

When It reloaded the screen the graphics corrected. So long as I don't select options from the first screen nothing seems to go wrong graphically. I can even edit the options from in game and nothing goes wrong.

As far as I can tell, from what is in the file, I just told it to use my graphics card by force.
wow, many thanks, couldn't get it to run on my Windows 10 Laptop, man it is so much fun, going back in time when games where cooler, thanks so much

Edit: It works perfectly thanks to that little source of info
Post edited November 30, 2019 by Raider2Knight
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CaptainKal: The game will now start, but you will probably encounter graphical glitches, when you try to access the options screen. (Pink screens etc.)

Download dgVoodoo 2 ( version 2.54 from http://dege.freeweb.hu/ ) and unzip it to a folder of your choice. (dgVoodoo is an extremelly powerfull Direct/Glide wrapper. It will intercept the unsupported DirectX or Glide software calls from the game, and it will "translate" them, in DX11 calls that the current version of windows understands).

In the folder that you unzipped dgVoodoo, you will find another folder named MS. Copy the contents of this folder, (three files: D3D8.dll, D3DImm.dll, DDraw.dll), into the folder that you installed Conquest - Frontier Wars.

Remain in the dgVoodoo folder and double click dgVoodooCpl.exe . The dgVoodoo Control Panel will launch, and you 'll need to select the Direct X tab.

From the videocard drop down menu select "dgVoodoo Virtual 3D Accelerated Card".

From the VRAM drop down menu select "1024 MB".

That's it. You sould now be able to play the game, with no glitches, and with widescreen resolutions.
So...I get Malware warnings when trying to download from that site....and if I disable that in my router (did it from a "throwaway" pc), the AV on the computer blocks that file....is there a real file that isn't infected or is there another way?
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CaptainKal: I applied the following initial solution (since I 've only checked the first "Terran Campaign" mission start only), using the retail CD of the game, but it will probably also work with the GoG and Steam versions.

For the CD version only, since the GoG version is already updated, with the latest patch:

Download and apply the 1.07 Patch

(http://www.moddb.com/games/conquest-frontier-wars1/downloads/conquest-frontier-wars-patch-107)

For all versions:

Open conquest.ini (located in the folder that the game is installed, with your favorite text editor. My personal choice is Notepad++, since it is very powerfull, but easy to use at the same time. You will find it here: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.4.2.html . (Also make a back up copy of it, in case you make a mistake in editing it).

Find the following entry:

[Features]
LimitResolutions = off ; on = limit to 640x480 -> 1024x768

and change it to:

[Features]
LimitResolutions = on ; on = limit to 640x480 -> 1024x768,

so as to unlock all the available resolutions.

Do the same for the following entry:

[System]
.
.
.
IRenderPipeline = RendSft

and change it into:

[System]
.
.
.
IRenderPipeline = Rend0

This entry will force the game to use an DirectX renderer, instead of the unsupported software one.

Save your new version of conquest.ini, since we are done with file editing!!

The game will now start, but you will probably encounter graphical glitches, when you try to access the options screen. (Pink screens etc.)

Download dgVoodoo 2 ( version 2.54 from http://dege.freeweb.hu/ ) and unzip it to a folder of your choice. (dgVoodoo is an extremelly powerfull Direct/Glide wrapper. It will intercept the unsupported DirectX or Glide software calls from the game, and it will "translate" them, in DX11 calls that the current version of windows understands).

In the folder that you unzipped dgVoodoo, you will find another folder named MS. Copy the contents of this folder, (three files: D3D8.dll, D3DImm.dll, DDraw.dll), into the folder that you installed Conquest - Frontier Wars.

Remain in the dgVoodoo folder and double click dgVoodooCpl.exe . The dgVoodoo Control Panel will launch, and you 'll need to select the Direct X tab.

From the videocard drop down menu select "dgVoodoo Virtual 3D Accelerated Card".

From the VRAM drop down menu select "1024 MB".

That's it. You sould now be able to play the game, with no glitches, and with widescreen resolutions.
Thank you for that, it works fine now
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CaptainKal: I applied the following initial solution (since I 've only checked the first "Terran Campaign" mission start only), using the retail CD of the game, but it will probably also work with the GoG and Steam versions.

For the CD version only, since the GoG version is already updated, with the latest patch:

Download and apply the 1.07 Patch

(http://www.moddb.com/games/conquest-frontier-wars1/downloads/conquest-frontier-wars-patch-107)

For all versions:

Open conquest.ini (located in the folder that the game is installed, with your favorite text editor. My personal choice is Notepad++, since it is very powerfull, but easy to use at the same time. You will find it here: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.4.2.html . (Also make a back up copy of it, in case you make a mistake in editing it).

Find the following entry:

[Features]
LimitResolutions = off ; on = limit to 640x480 -> 1024x768

and change it to:

[Features]
LimitResolutions = on ; on = limit to 640x480 -> 1024x768,

so as to unlock all the available resolutions.

Do the same for the following entry:

[System]
.
.
.
IRenderPipeline = RendSft

and change it into:

[System]
.
.
.
IRenderPipeline = Rend0

This entry will force the game to use an DirectX renderer, instead of the unsupported software one.

Save your new version of conquest.ini, since we are done with file editing!!

The game will now start, but you will probably encounter graphical glitches, when you try to access the options screen. (Pink screens etc.)

Download dgVoodoo 2 ( version 2.54 from http://dege.freeweb.hu/ ) and unzip it to a folder of your choice. (dgVoodoo is an extremelly powerfull Direct/Glide wrapper. It will intercept the unsupported DirectX or Glide software calls from the game, and it will "translate" them, in DX11 calls that the current version of windows understands).

In the folder that you unzipped dgVoodoo, you will find another folder named MS. Copy the contents of this folder, (three files: D3D8.dll, D3DImm.dll, DDraw.dll), into the folder that you installed Conquest - Frontier Wars.

Remain in the dgVoodoo folder and double click dgVoodooCpl.exe . The dgVoodoo Control Panel will launch, and you 'll need to select the Direct X tab.

From the videocard drop down menu select "dgVoodoo Virtual 3D Accelerated Card".

From the VRAM drop down menu select "1024 MB".

That's it. You sould now be able to play the game, with no glitches, and with widescreen resolutions.
This was a huge help, thanks.

I've noticed that if I leave limitresolution = off, dgvoodoo seems to provide the game with all my available resolutions. I'm able to play the game flawlessly at 1920x1080 and it looks great for its age.

Btw, if anybody else has issues with the mouse input being ungodly slow, try disabling DirectInput in the game's settings.
Post edited October 19, 2021 by aequis
Just wanted to say THANKS!
I can now play the game by following the instructions, first to run the game using the Renderpipeline fix, and then to get the graphics working by changing the properties.
Looks great, sounds great, runs smooth :D
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CaptainKal: I applied the following initial solution (since I 've only checked the first "Terran Campaign" mission start only), using the retail CD of the game, but it will probably also work with the GoG and Steam versions.

For the CD version only, since the GoG version is already updated, with the latest patch:

Download and apply the 1.07 Patch

(http://www.moddb.com/games/conquest-frontier-wars1/downloads/conquest-frontier-wars-patch-107)

For all versions:

Open conquest.ini (located in the folder that the game is installed, with your favorite text editor. My personal choice is Notepad++, since it is very powerfull, but easy to use at the same time. You will find it here: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.4.2.html . (Also make a back up copy of it, in case you make a mistake in editing it).

Find the following entry:

[Features]
LimitResolutions = off ; on = limit to 640x480 -> 1024x768

and change it to:

[Features]
LimitResolutions = on ; on = limit to 640x480 -> 1024x768,

so as to unlock all the available resolutions.

Do the same for the following entry:

[System]
.
.
.
IRenderPipeline = RendSft

and change it into:

[System]
.
.
.
IRenderPipeline = Rend0

This entry will force the game to use an DirectX renderer, instead of the unsupported software one.

Save your new version of conquest.ini, since we are done with file editing!!

The game will now start, but you will probably encounter graphical glitches, when you try to access the options screen. (Pink screens etc.)

Download dgVoodoo 2 ( version 2.54 from http://dege.freeweb.hu/ ) and unzip it to a folder of your choice. (dgVoodoo is an extremelly powerfull Direct/Glide wrapper. It will intercept the unsupported DirectX or Glide software calls from the game, and it will "translate" them, in DX11 calls that the current version of windows understands).

In the folder that you unzipped dgVoodoo, you will find another folder named MS. Copy the contents of this folder, (three files: D3D8.dll, D3DImm.dll, DDraw.dll), into the folder that you installed Conquest - Frontier Wars.

Remain in the dgVoodoo folder and double click dgVoodooCpl.exe . The dgVoodoo Control Panel will launch, and you 'll need to select the Direct X tab.

From the videocard drop down menu select "dgVoodoo Virtual 3D Accelerated Card".

From the VRAM drop down menu select "1024 MB".

That's it. You sould now be able to play the game, with no glitches, and with widescreen resolutions.
sadly does it not work i have tried it with the steam and the gog version,

but the problem is not only the purple texture, but the picture is completely gone (sound is there i can also use the keys to close the game for example) but when i want to work with the mouse i still have to tap in and out permanently to guide the corsor


another point: dGVoodoo lets the game start but then nothing happens the game crashes completely on startup

what steps have I overlooked?
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Ven_Zhay: sadly does it not work i have tried it with the steam and the gog version,

but the problem is not only the purple texture, but the picture is completely gone (sound is there i can also use the keys to close the game for example) but when i want to work with the mouse i still have to tap in and out permanently to guide the corsor

another point: dGVoodoo lets the game start but then nothing happens the game crashes completely on startup

what steps have I overlooked?
Make sure you edited the conquest.ini according to the instructions given.
Open the dgVoodoo control panel and in the General tab try a different output API, usually DirectX12 works best for me or just try something that works for you.
Also download the latest version of dgvoodoo.

Another thing that can cause problems are the compatibility settings gog uses for conquest.exe, uncheck everything and also in DPI settings uncheck everything, only things you can have checked there is disable fullscreen optimazations and run as admin.
If they're greyed out you need to open regedit go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers

and delete all the entries of conquest frontier wars.
Post edited June 10, 2023 by Strijkbout