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Old 09-15-2008   #4 (permalink)
Andy [YaYa]
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Re: Vista, Tomb Raider 1, DosBox, Glide

> "Andrew Rybenkov" <arybenkov@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> newsp.ug3w9fiyowpbh0@xxxxxx
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>> Is there anyone who was able to run original Tomb Raider in "Glide mode"
>> of DosBox?
"Xenomorph" <spam@xxxxxx> wrote in news:6A293881-C682-4D8D-B868-
81018017E8E2@xxxxxx:
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> Glide is the name of 3dfx's proprietary 3D API.
>
> If the game supports Glide, it will expect 3dfx hardware to be present.
>
> I doubt DOSbox emulates 3dfx/Glide.
>
> I'm pretty sure there are Glide wrappers for Windows-based games, but I
> don't know about anything DOS-based.
The Vogon's forum (http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=12346) talks
about Glide support in DOSBox, apparently it's pretty limited, but Tomb
Raider is supposed to work.

Flip through that page and see if anything catches your eye that could
help.

Good luck.

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