PCem

Hi,

i have the issue that Homeworld from Sierra Games always crashes PCEM v16 when i select OPENGL 3DFX Voodoo2 in Game Options Graphics.

When i play the Game "Singleplayer" in first Intro Scene it crashes the whole PCEM and PCEM quit completly

Can you please look at the log file?

Game seems broken. Can you post your configuration file, please?

Today i make a new install of Homeworld (Version 1.0) with GLSetup installed.

Always the same Problem when i select 3dfx Graphics Mode it crashes in first Intro Scene

In all other Graphic Modes it runs perfectly but to slow.

I have attached Pcem.log, Pcem.cfg, Win98.cfg and Homeworld.cfg

Win98.cfg is the Windows 98 SE Configuration where i running Homeworld.

PCEM.log says:

CMDFIFO packet 5 has byte disables set ba4a4345

If you really want to play it for now, you can use the MesaFX GL driver, though it'll flip some important 2D textures and be generally slower...

You could also try falling back to emulating Voodoo 1.

I tried Voodoo1, there is no selection to use 3dfx in Graphic Otions from Homeworld.

There i can only use Direct3d this works but very slow.

With Voodoo2 i can select 3dfx but with this PCEM crashes, if i choose Direct3d it works but very slow.

I think in Direct3d Mode Homeworld selects the S3 Virge not the Voodoo Card.

I´ve tried
- Voodoo2 3.02.02 Drivers
- Voodoo2 3.03.00 Beta Drivers
- 3dfxzone.it FastVoodoo2 4.6
- MesaFX 6.2.02 replace glide3x.dll and fxmemmap.vxd in Windows/System and opengl32.dll in Homeworld Directory

Nothing works.

With MesaFX installed Homeworld Crashes at Startup with PCEM.log:

triangle_setup wrong order 5 0 12800

Today i get it working.

It works only on Voodoo1 with Voodoo1 3.01.00 official drivers, no other works !

On Voodoo 2 i tested a lot of drivers and the only one i get Homeworld working to the 1st Intro Scene on Singleplayer is official Voodoo2 3.02.02.
All other Voodoo2 drivers i tried Homeworld crashes at startup.
And every Time it crashes the whole PCEM v15 or 16 doesn´t matter.

On Voodoo2 PCEM seems to have a bug with Glide commands from Homeworld, but i don´t know i´m not a programmer.