Posted December 27, 2012
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I was able to get Freespace 1 running at 1600x1200 (on a 1920x1200 monitor) by using a Glide wrapper:
- Get nGlide from the following link and install it: http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide
- In the Windows Start Menu, launch nGlide->Configurator.
- In the nGlide configurator, select the desired screen resolution. You should pick a 4:3 resolution, or choose "4 : 3" for "Aspect ratio", as the game will look stretched in a non-4:3 rendering mode. I've successfully run at 1600x1200, and also at 1920x1200 with 4:3 aspect ratio set.
- Click "Apply".
- Click "Exit".
- Browse to your Freespace 1 install folder and run FreeSpace.exe, which is the launcher.
- In the launcher, click Setup.
- In the Video tab of the Setup window, click "Detect Available Cards".
- In the "3D Video Card" dropdown, pick "3DFX Glide".
- Click "OK"
- In the Launcher, click "Quit".
Now start Freespace however you normally do, and you should see a 3dfx logo. Once you enter a mission, you should see that the game is running at your desired resolution.
- Get nGlide from the following link and install it: http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide
- In the Windows Start Menu, launch nGlide->Configurator.
- In the nGlide configurator, select the desired screen resolution. You should pick a 4:3 resolution, or choose "4 : 3" for "Aspect ratio", as the game will look stretched in a non-4:3 rendering mode. I've successfully run at 1600x1200, and also at 1920x1200 with 4:3 aspect ratio set.
- Click "Apply".
- Click "Exit".
- Browse to your Freespace 1 install folder and run FreeSpace.exe, which is the launcher.
- In the launcher, click Setup.
- In the Video tab of the Setup window, click "Detect Available Cards".
- In the "3D Video Card" dropdown, pick "3DFX Glide".
- Click "OK"
- In the Launcher, click "Quit".
Now start Freespace however you normally do, and you should see a 3dfx logo. Once you enter a mission, you should see that the game is running at your desired resolution.