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Message started by ps47 on 23.12.07 at 11:24:26

Title: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by ps47 on 23.12.07 at 11:24:26
guys,any chance someone has a working 3dfx exe for this old game around? the one that comes with the game is apparently a non-working stub (which makes it the first 3dfx patch that doesnt support 3dfx,and as nutty as it may sound,the readme confirms it).

I'm trying to get it running in hw glide mode (voodoo2) using the demo (prequel) 3dfx exe,but so far no luck (both the demo and the retail version lock up immediately after entering the game)..tried googling a bit but it looks like no patches were ever released for the full game,so I dont really know if there ever was a retail 3dfx exe in the first place..maybe someone will know ;)

thanx..


edit: voodoo1 works without locking up.not bad,but voodoo2 would be better..

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by Legion on 23.12.07 at 17:29:23
Although it's an excellent game, unfortunately, for Esoteria there are no patches and no support. :( I also have the original boxed game home). This game works only on Rush/V. Graphics. :( Without a V1/Rush you'll be stuck in 640 X 480 and 256 mode graphics for the entire game.  :'( Tried it last month with a couple of cards (V2 SLI, V3 3500TV. V5 PCI). :)

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by ps47 on 23.12.07 at 17:53:34
please,upload (or mail me,my mail is in the profile) your 3dfx executable,thanks :)

did the game work on your voodoo2s? as I said,it runs on mine,but locks up,do you have something similar?

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by Legion on 23.12.07 at 18:31:56
Done. Mailed it. But it's from the US version of the game. I hope it fits. ;D

PS: Why do you think an alternative executable of the game will solve the V2 problem ?  :P The game didn't work for me on ANY Voodoo board, except a 4mb Voodoo Graphics and a 6mb Rush.  :'(

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by ps47 on 23.12.07 at 19:02:18
tinkering around,as always.my retail 3dfx exe just bails me out with "3dfx not supported,run software yes/no" message (and in the readme,there is a note "this version doesnt support 3dfx" as well),so I have figured that there are probably more versions of the game out there..we'll see if your file helps (checked mailbox,still nothing,hmmm)..

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by Legion on 23.12.07 at 19:09:25
Ok, I uploaded it on Mediafire. :)

Here's the link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?4rlth4xhh2m

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by ps47 on 23.12.07 at 21:34:48
..thats the software version exe.the 3dfx hw exe should be named est3dfx.exe or something like that..

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by Legion on 23.12.07 at 21:57:22
Lol, I don't have a single thing like that in the directory nor the CD. :o That's the exe that i'm running. ???

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by ps47 on 23.12.07 at 22:30:12
and it runs hw accelerated? wow,the version I have seems to be quite different..

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by Legion on 23.12.07 at 22:55:30
Yeah, It's the boxed US version. Doesn't have any exe's except that one. If I run it with a Voodoo Rush in the system gives me a DLL request error and once it's there it runs. When I plug in my V2 SLI system gives a "3dfx not found" (sort of) error. So, I don't think it's a sowtware exe because I can't run it with other cards nor in software mode. It won't work at all with other cards ! (crashes) on my system :'( . I don't know what to think. ???

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by ps47 on 23.12.07 at 23:20:30
weird indeed-this version is originally from US as well.hmmm..can you post your esoteria readme? wonder if its different as well (as I mentioned earlier,mine says "3dfx not supported blahblah"),thats probably the easiest way how to confirm that there are actually more versions out there..

mine looks loke this:

Quote:
Esoteria Release version 1.0

Important : This version does not support
3Dfx hardware card.

Copy Right 1998, All right Reserved
Kirin Entertainment Inc. - Publisher
Mobeus Designs, Inc. - Developer

blahblahblah more uninterresting stuff

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by Legion on 23.12.07 at 23:45:42
Where can I find that ? On the cd are these files:

AUTORUN.INF
SETUP.EXE
AUTORUN.ARA
AUTORUN.WAV

And in the game directory:

AREAS.E3
BITMAPS.E3
CONTROLS.TXT
DEFAULT.CFG
ESOTERIA.EXE
EVENTS.E3
INTERFAC.PAL
ITEMS.E3
KEYSETUP.CFG
MAPS.E3
MSVCRT.DLL
NEWGAME.E3
OBJTEXTS.E3
PKDTEXTS.E3
SEGS.22K
SETTINGS.E3
SPRITES.E3
TEXTURES.E3
TREES.E3
YIAM.PAL
YIAMR.PAL


The cd came in the box with a green game manual and a robot toy model. And the box is this one:





Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by ps47 on 24.12.07 at 00:05:46
my readme is directly on cd (root).right now,it definitely looks like a different version (I have 34 files in the esoteria cd folder,for example).

in any case,I think I'm pretty screwed (one way or another),you retail exe doesnt work on voodoo2 and up,mine doesnt work at all,no way around this it would seem..

anyway,I'm droping a link to the 3dfx demo,in case you want to try out you game on a voodoo2,maybe you'll get lucky and it wont lock up on you ;).just drop the 3dfx exe from the demo to your esoteria retail folder,make sure you have the voodoo2 drivers with the latest glide2x installed (latest 3dfx driver for win9x/koolsmokys xp driver for 2000/xp should work),launch it using the demo exe,start a new game,and if it wont lock up after 2 seconds,you have a victory.

thanks for all your help 8)


Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by Legion on 24.12.07 at 00:23:16
Ok, tried it. The 3dfx executable doesn't work at all on Voodoo2's.  :( Doesn't crashes. Worst! It totally locks-up the system and turns my screen into 16 colors. ::) ;D

So:

Here's the demo issue:




And I noticed the demo has a different loading screen (on software mode..or whatever that other .exe is).

My original game has this loading screen:






Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by ps47 on 24.12.07 at 00:30:25
wow,that was fast.

that black/white stuff happened to me as well.make sure you dont have any glide files in your esoteria folder,and make sure you have glide2x version 2.56 or newer in your system folder..it should work.

loading screen is different ,btw.

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by Legion on 24.12.07 at 00:44:46
Nope... Same thing... It locks up. :(

I don't have any glide files in the game folder, and yes, I have the latest V2 driver from koolsmoky.

The Voodoo SLI machine is:

i845 Mobo + Celeron 2800 Mhz + 1 GB DDR 266 + V2 SLI + 80GB Western Digital HDD + Windows XP with Service Pack 3 Beta. ::)

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by ps47 on 24.12.07 at 00:54:58
well,I think we have just reached the peak of weirdness,or something like that.the game launched fine for me,using koolsmokys glides..you can try the latest original glide2x just to be sure,and if it still wont work,well,some nuts are just too hard to be cracked ::)

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by Legion on 24.12.07 at 01:16:32
What OS/machine are you using ? :)

Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by ps47 on 25.12.07 at 00:13:06
machine: athlonxp/ecs k7s5a/256mb ram/s3 virge/voodoo2 single,running koolsmokys driver (but using the official memory mapper,more stable if you dont need the extra compatibility boost for newer chipsets) under xp and the 3dfx dx7beta (k7 compatible) driver under win98se.

no problems with launching the game (using the prequel 3dfx exe),menu is perfect,after entering the game everything looks great..both two seconds 'till it locks up.basically any glide2x newer than 2.56 will allow me to do this (older ones crash to desktop)..

I'll try to fool around a bit more,but not sooner than tomorrow evening,me needs to go to work this morning.24/7 support is paaain..sometimes :-X


edit: retail game loading screen:



Title: Re: Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
Post by ps47 on 12.02.12 at 19:18:24

Legion wrote on 23.12.07 at 19:09:25:
Ok, I uploaded it on Mediafire. :)

Here's the link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?4rlth4xhh2m

guys, any chance someone grabbed the download? decided to take another shot at this, and the download is down..

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