Posted January 21, 2013
For various graphics issues, here's a resource I haven't seen mentioned yet in the forum:
http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide
It's a 3Dfx Voodoo Glide wrapper that translates all Glide calls to Direct3D. I've only tested it once, in an end-of-level glitch where after the cutscene I would get a black screen while the game continued the next level (doubly annoying since this was the start of a level where I'm more or less instantly attacked by lions). Although this particular bug is sporadic (I've been able to move through by going back to the save several times), I can report that the first time using this wrapper, I moved right through. (Actually, I'm not even sure if that's a graphics issue or just DOSBox).
Another caveat, my download was (grudgingly) done through Steam, only because I got nine Tomb Raider games in a $10 (or so) bundle.
Anyway, I've had a number of issues with this game, including having to reset my native resolution nearly every time I exit as well as my orientation -- I've wound up with portrait and (flipped) landscape (also known as upside-down). I'm hoping this helps, and I'll re-post with further results, and maybe others will do so as well. Cheers.
Edit: Upon further reading, it appears that, out of the box, this wrapper doesn't work on DOSBox games using Glide; however, instructions are given to make it work with a DOSBox patch.
Edit #2: Well, while doing a search for Zeus/nglide, I stumbled across this GOG general discussion thread:
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/gog_zeus_software_nglide_partnership_announced
So GOG and Zeus are partners. Anyway, TR is listed as a compatible game with this wrapper:
http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide/compatibility
You just have to do a little tweaking.
http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide
It's a 3Dfx Voodoo Glide wrapper that translates all Glide calls to Direct3D. I've only tested it once, in an end-of-level glitch where after the cutscene I would get a black screen while the game continued the next level (doubly annoying since this was the start of a level where I'm more or less instantly attacked by lions). Although this particular bug is sporadic (I've been able to move through by going back to the save several times), I can report that the first time using this wrapper, I moved right through. (Actually, I'm not even sure if that's a graphics issue or just DOSBox).
Another caveat, my download was (grudgingly) done through Steam, only because I got nine Tomb Raider games in a $10 (or so) bundle.
Anyway, I've had a number of issues with this game, including having to reset my native resolution nearly every time I exit as well as my orientation -- I've wound up with portrait and (flipped) landscape (also known as upside-down). I'm hoping this helps, and I'll re-post with further results, and maybe others will do so as well. Cheers.
Edit: Upon further reading, it appears that, out of the box, this wrapper doesn't work on DOSBox games using Glide; however, instructions are given to make it work with a DOSBox patch.
Edit #2: Well, while doing a search for Zeus/nglide, I stumbled across this GOG general discussion thread:
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/gog_zeus_software_nglide_partnership_announced
So GOG and Zeus are partners. Anyway, TR is listed as a compatible game with this wrapper:
http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide/compatibility
You just have to do a little tweaking.
Post edited January 22, 2013 by stevef