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Esoteria retail-3dfx patch?
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 Wink

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edit: voodoo1 works without locking up.not bad,but voodoo2 would be better..
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Reply #1 - 23.12.07 at 17:29:23
 
Although it's an excellent game, unfortunately, for Esoteria there are no patches and no support. Sad I also have the original boxed game home). This game works only on Rush/V. Graphics. Sad Without a V1/Rush you'll be stuck in 640 X 480 and 256 mode graphics for the entire game.  Cry Tried it last month with a couple of cards (V2 SLI, V3 3500TV. V5 PCI). Smiley
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Reply #2 - 23.12.07 at 17:53:34
 
please,upload (or mail me,my mail is in the profile) your 3dfx executable,thanks Smiley

did the game work on your voodoo2s? as I said,it runs on mine,but locks up,do you have something similar?
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Reply #3 - 23.12.07 at 18:31:56
 
Done. Mailed it. But it's from the US version of the game. I hope it fits. Grin

PS: Why do you think an alternative executable of the game will solve the V2 problem ?  Tongue The game didn't work for me on ANY Voodoo board, except a 4mb Voodoo Graphics and a 6mb Rush.  Cry
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Reply #4 - 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)..
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Reply #5 - 23.12.07 at 19:09:25
 
Ok, I uploaded it on Mediafire. Smiley

Here's the link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?4rlth4xhh2m
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Reply #6 - 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..
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Reply #7 - 23.12.07 at 21:57:22
 
Lol, I don't have a single thing like that in the directory nor the CD. Shocked That's the exe that i'm running. ???
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Reply #8 - 23.12.07 at 22:30:12
 
and it runs hw accelerated? wow,the version I have seems to be quite different..
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Reply #9 - 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 Cry . I don't know what to think. ???
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Reply #10 - 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:
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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
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Reply #11 - 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:

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Reply #12 - 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 Wink.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)

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Reply #13 - 24.12.07 at 00:23:16
 
Ok, tried it. The 3dfx executable doesn't work at all on Voodoo2's.  Sad Doesn't crashes. Worst! It totally locks-up the system and turns my screen into 16 colors. Roll Eyes Grin

So:

Here's the demo issue:

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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:

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Reply #14 - 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.
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