Comments on: Patching Touhou 6 (Embodiment of Scarlet Devil) to run on a 3dfx Voodoo 2

By: Chris M.

Chris M. — Sat, 07 Oct 2023 01:23:59 +0000

In reply to Geist.

IA got the bootnet copy: https://web.archive.org/web/19971210104327fw_/http://www.bootnet.com/youaskedforit/3x3d_accelerators.html

Looks like it was indeed 3D Control Center. A copy is on VOGONDrivers. Another VOGONS post says PowerStrip will switch Direct3D rendering devices too.

By: Geist

Geist — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:32:15 +0000

In reply to Chris M..

According to the article (page 65, step 11), it’s not on the cover disc (bootDisc), but on the bootNet.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/4rehwf/full_scan_boot_magazine_issue_012_pentium_killers/
Direct link: https://356a3b4a77f9336a2108-fbed3480e408b539efcc782c4cc046a2.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/Boot%20Magazine%20-%20Issue%20012%20-%20Pentium%20Killers%20-%20August%201997.pdf#page=67&zoom=auto,742,327

(This should go there, you can delete the other comment).

By: Geist

Geist — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:30:37 +0000

By: spaztron64

spaztron64 — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 08:00:57 +0000

In reply to Chris M.. 3D Control Center might be it. That was the first thing I tried, but it had no effect, since most games don't reference any registry keys when calling the CreateDevice function.

By: Chris M.

Chris M. — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 01:32:36 +0000

Way back in 1997, boot magazine issue 12 (before it became MaximumPC) had an article about adding an ATI All-in-Wonder, a Voodoo 1, and a PowerVR card to the same computer. PowerVR had written a tray utility to switch the primary Direct3D rendering device. If I recall, all it did was change a registry key. The utility is on the cover disc that came with the issue (its on the IA).

By: XYBeR

XYBeR — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 21:29:17 +0000

Next try a voodo3 or a banshee in a p2 system 🙂

(Yep, i know that a pc-98 is a strange beast)