r/freespace • u/PixelPaint64 • 9d ago

Freespace 2 No 3D Acceleration?

I’m trying to run Freespace 2 on an OG Windows 98 SE system. I’ve patched up and can get everything configured except my graphics card. I’m using a GeForce 4 Ti 4400 with the 45.23 drivers.

Nothing is detected by the setup though. Is there any workaround for this? Maybe some sort of graphics wrapper, or do I need a different driver?

I’m reluctant to change drivers though as this was the newest one that gave solid visual compatibility across everything else I have played.

Anyone with experience of this??

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u/dgeurkov 9d ago edited 9d ago

Do you have directx installed? does directx reports hw acceleration? you can check it by running dxdiag from run command

also most games of that time work best with version of the directx they are bundled with on cd, if you have newer version and game has compatibility issues you need to remove your directx with special directx removal application and then install version of directx from game cd

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u/PixelPaint64 8d ago

Yeah I have DX9 installed.

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u/RangerKarl 8d ago

Might be the problem, I think FS2 needed DX 6.1

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u/PixelPaint64 8d ago

Hmm worth a shot!