David Klaus wrote: >> >>Hi list. >> >>>>My brother brought over Red Faction to play on my 9600/g4/450 with >>>>Voodoo5 5500 installed, running OS 8.6. Anyway, when he runs the game >>>>the fonts are all messed up and during gameplay everything is tinted >>>>yellow. The intro movie runs smooth and looks nice, however. I looked on >>>>the Mac game site but couldn't find any helpful info. >>>> >>>>I know the Voodoo cards are a dead line, but we don't have trouble with >>>>other newer games like Quake III, including OpenGL-only games (I have >>>>OpenGL 1.2.1 extensions installed). Anyone have any suggestions or is >>>>this a case of card/system too old? >>> >>> >>> The obvious question is are you running the last version of Descent >>> (1.4.1) and last versions of the 3dfx drivers? Also, are you >>> running the Glide or Open GL version? I played it using my SLI >>> linked Voodoo 2 cards, and it was great so it should work fine with >>> your V5. >> >> >>Are we discussing the same game or am I just confused? ;) Red Faction is >>the one I'm having trouble with. The latest 3dfx drivers (1.3?) gave me >>trouble with 2D acceleration, so I have 1.1.2 installed. OpenGL 1.2.1 is >>also installed. > > > Apologies, I see Red Faction, I think Descent 4 and I was operating > on too little sleep when I answered you. Obviously Red Faction is > Open GL only. I ended up playing it using my ATI Radeon, and can't > offer specific Voodoo help. The general suggestions are the same, > make sure you are using the latest version of Red Faction (1.2) and > try the latest drivers. The one site I know of with Macintosh 3dfx > info still up is <http://www.mac3dfx.com/> which might have other > suggestions.
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