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SyndromeDayna

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Registered: 2019-07-13

Posts: 33

Direct3D8 game does not work

I want to play a game that I liked when I was a kid. it is called "Magic & Mayhem 2: Art of Magic". But it is unplayable due to graphical glitch: textures are constantly floating somewhere - including GUI and text. So i can't even read subtitles.

Wine gives me the following console output:

0009:err:winediag:wined3d_dll_init The GLSL shader backend has been disabled. You get to keep all the pieces if it breaks.
0009:fixme:d3d:wined3d_swapchain_init The application requested more than one back buffer, this is not properly supported.
Please configure the application to use double buffering (1 back buffer) if possible.
0009:fixme:d3d:resource_check_usage Unhandled usage flags 0x10.   <<< This line repeats many times
0009:fixme:d3d:state_vertexblend_w Vertex blend flags 0x1 not supported.
0009:fixme:d3d:state_swvp Software vertex processing not implemented.
0009:fixme:dpnet:IDirectPlay8PeerImpl_GetCaps (0153A138)->(0032FA8C,0): stub
003a:fixme:winmm:MXD_GetControlDetails What should the sw-side mixer controls map to?   <<< This line repeats many times
0009:fixme:d3d:wined3d_buffer_load Too many declaration changes or converting dynamic buffer, stopping converting.
0009:fixme:d3d_perf:draw_primitive_immediate_mode Drawing using immediate mode.
0009:fixme:d3d:wined3d_buffer_load Too many full buffer conversions, stopping converting.

Does anyone have any ideas how could i play this game?

Last edited by SyndromeDayna (2019-10-10 08:57:40)

V1del

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Re: Direct3D8 game does not work

0009:fixme:d3d:wined3d_swapchain_init The application requested more than one back buffer, this is not properly supported.
Please configure the application to use double buffering (1 back buffer) if possible.

seems to be the important bit here. I'm not familiar with this game but look through it's settings on whether this is setable somewhere. (also use [ code ] not [ quote ] tags for output)

SyndromeDayna

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Registered: 2019-07-13

Posts: 33

Re: Direct3D8 game does not work

No, the game does not have such a setting. I guess I will temporary install a second OS to play it.

Last edited by SyndromeDayna (2019-10-10 08:54:26)