M1 Tank Platoon II

Polak2 · 10-28-21, 11:29 AM

All looks as per the schematic.

The main card is Matrox. Do you have all the best drivers for all that?

RetroGamer · 10-28-21, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polak2

All looks as per the schematic.

The main card is Matrox. Do you have all the best drivers for all that?

Oh, those photos are images I pulled from the internet during my research.

My main card is an onboard 8MB ATI Rage 3D Pro (reported by Windows). The BIOS sees it as an ATI MACH 64. When I first refurbished this PC, I used the latest (wrong) drivers for the onboard video and it ran all 3DMark tests slow. I tracked down the drivers that an Aptiva E530 came with and those run all three 3DMark Win98 tests (99, 2000, & 2001) a lot faster even though those driver were older.

Short answer: Yes, I believe I have the best drivers available for onboard video.

As you can see, it’s a pretty basic, old PC (formerly in used by an accountant)

RetroGamer · 10-28-21, 12:26 PM

In case anybody is wondering….PCI slot #1 is completely useless! It is blocked by the big green capacitors and heat sinks!!

The only card that could go in there is one of those odd shaped ones - those are typically sound cards. Upon further inspection - no card can fit there.

I don’t think there are any more video upgrades physically possible. There’s just no room. I’m happy onboard video is passable. I’m also lucky that the onboard sound card has DOS drivers for MS-DOS mode. There’s just no more room for anything else in the case.

Polak2 · 10-31-21, 05:23 PM

Here is our 1st potential "homework" in trying to remove some bugs or odd behavior in M1TP2.

Problem:
Vehicles sometimes collide when spawned.

Video:
collision

no collision

Possible solution ...TBC and edited in this post.

RetroGamer · 11-06-21, 05:04 PM

I gave the 3dfx-enabled IBM Aptiva a break and took out a different Win98 PC to try M1TP2 on.

Absolute fail using a GeForce 3 Ti200 AGP card with 128MB video RAM. If I disable 3D acceleration, it plays in software mode but that stinks!

I even tried an older GeForce 2 AGP card, same result. Videos play but the game crashes or locks up at the 1st screen.

I updated M1TP2, disabled the 3D acceleration, setup D3D in the configuration, and tried again with 3D acceleration enabled. It did not work.

The PC I’m using is an old dell running Win98 at 1.8 GHz. I would’ve liked to see the performance with those specs but nope.

Does anybody know which direct 3D cards work with M1TP2? I’m not opposed to buying a card known to work with the game.

As far as correcting gameplay - you guys are way ahead of me. I’m still learning how to play it!!

Polak2 · 11-07-21, 02:52 AM

It is rather difficult to advise what to use with W98 as the only thing I know how to make it look and play good is to have a dgVoodoo wrapper combined with DXWind on win10. It took me a long time to adjust and tweak all the settings but finally, it worked and worked well.

Polak2 · 11-07-21, 03:23 AM

In regards to correcting gameplay or still (after all those years) discovering new things possibly hidden in M1TP2 how about this little picture discovered recently when all of the images were opened from the CAT files.

Does it look like a nice Mission Editor maybe hiding still there?

10-28-21, 12:26 PM	#3
RetroGamer Mate Join Date: Sep 2021 Posts: 54 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	In case anybody is wondering….PCI slot #1 is completely useless! It is blocked by the big green capacitors and heat sinks!! The only card that could go in there is one of those odd shaped ones - those are typically sound cards. Upon further inspection - no card can fit there. I don’t think there are any more video upgrades physically possible. There’s just no room. I’m happy onboard video is passable. I’m also lucky that the onboard sound card has DOS drivers for MS-DOS mode. There’s just no more room for anything else in the case. Last edited by RetroGamer; 10-28-21 at 09:41 PM.

11-06-21, 05:04 PM	#5
RetroGamer Mate Join Date: Sep 2021 Posts: 54 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	D3D and M1TP2 I gave the 3dfx-enabled IBM Aptiva a break and took out a different Win98 PC to try M1TP2 on. Absolute fail using a GeForce 3 Ti200 AGP card with 128MB video RAM. If I disable 3D acceleration, it plays in software mode but that stinks! I even tried an older GeForce 2 AGP card, same result. Videos play but the game crashes or locks up at the 1st screen. I updated M1TP2, disabled the 3D acceleration, setup D3D in the configuration, and tried again with 3D acceleration enabled. It did not work. The PC I’m using is an old dell running Win98 at 1.8 GHz. I would’ve liked to see the performance with those specs but nope. Does anybody know which direct 3D cards work with M1TP2? I’m not opposed to buying a card known to work with the game. As far as correcting gameplay - you guys are way ahead of me. I’m still learning how to play it!!

10-28-21, 11:29 AM	#1
Polak2 Weps Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 371 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	All looks as per the schematic. The main card is Matrox. Do you have all the best drivers for all that?

10-31-21, 05:23 PM	#4
Polak2 Weps Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 371 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Here is our 1st potential "homework" in trying to remove some bugs or odd behavior in M1TP2. Problem: Vehicles sometimes collide when spawned. Video: collision no collision Possible solution ...TBC and edited in this post.

11-07-21, 02:52 AM	#6
Polak2 Weps Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 371 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	It is rather difficult to advise what to use with W98 as the only thing I know how to make it look and play good is to have a dgVoodoo wrapper combined with DXWind on win10. It took me a long time to adjust and tweak all the settings but finally, it worked and worked well.

11-07-21, 03:23 AM	#7
Polak2 Weps Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 371 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	In regards to correcting gameplay or still (after all those years) discovering new things possibly hidden in M1TP2 how about this little picture discovered recently when all of the images were opened from the CAT files. Does it look like a nice Mission Editor maybe hiding still there?