D3D8 games reported to work mega-"issue"

[WinterSnowfall]

Not a bug - but since you can't PR against Wikis on GitHub, and just so that I don't forget about anything, I'm opening this "issue" to keep track of games which are known to work but are not yet mentioned in the Wiki.

I'll scratch these off whenever they're added, but for now I've tested/played:

• Rise of Nations
• Delta Force - Black Hawk Down
• Enclave
• Mobile Forces
• Judge Dredd - Dredd vs Death
• Red Faction II
• Star Trek - Armada II
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

None of the above show any issues as of 0.10 at least.

[AlpyneDreams]

Added all of these to the wiki. Thank you for testing 'em!

[WinterSnowfall]

@AlpyneDreams I've gone through all the d3d8 games I currently own and can confirm a few more working titles:

• Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon
• Freedom Force
• Hidden And Dangerous 2
• KnightShift (aka Polanie 2)
• RC Cars
• Sam And Max - Beyond Time And Space
• Sherlock Holmes - Secret of the Silver Earring
• Still Life
• Star Wars: Starfighter
• The Guild (aka Europa 1400)
• Thief - Deadly Shadows (apparently an UE2 game)
• Uru - Complete Chronicles

There are also a bunch of new bugs I will raise once I collect all the traces and maybe figure some stuff out about what is causing them.

[AlpyneDreams]

If Sam & Max: Beyond Time And Space works, does that mean that Sam & Max Save the World works too?

[AlpyneDreams]

Thief Deadly Shadows uses the same everything as Deus Ex 2 so I'm not surprised.

[WinterSnowfall]

If Sam & Max: Beyond Time And Space works, does that mean that Sam & Max Save the World works too?

I believe the original version of it should, but at some point it got updated to d3d9, while Sam & Max: Beyond Time And Space remained on d3d8. At least on GOG. So couldn't really confirm it.

[AlpyneDreams]

I believe the original version of it should, but at some point it got updated to d3d9, while Sam & Max: Beyond Time And Space remained on d3d8. At least on GOG. So couldn't really confirm it.

Hmm interesting. They re-released them in d3d11 recently. I used to have the original version somewhere.

[AlpyneDreams]

I have added all these to the wiki. I'll leave this issue open so people can easily report working games :)

[WinterSnowfall]

@AlpyneDreams Due to @Blisto91's boundless generosity, I've tested a new batch of d3d8 titles I had yet to purchase, but now own and have added to my grand d3d8 games Wine prefix (it's sitting at ~85 d3d8 titles atm). Here are some more confirmed to work without any issues on Linux:

• 18 Wheels of Steel: Across America
• 18 Wheels of Steel: Hard Truck
• Another World (15th Anniversary Edition)
• Chaser
• Conflict: Desert Storm
• Freedom Fighters
• Guilty Gear Isuka
• Guilty Gear X2 Reload
• I.G.I. 2: Covert Strike
• Lords of the Realm III
• MegaRace 3
• Moto Racer 3
• No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (tested using the v1.2 demo)
• Rhiannon - Curse of the Four Branches
• Silent Hill 4: The Room
• Ys VI - The Ark of Napishtim

[Chiitoo]

Had a quick run with the d3d8 title:

• Final Fantasy XI Online

Things seem to work as far as I tested, though performance-wise things seemed similar to built-in (only issue I noticed, was the mouse cursor kind of glitching in and out of existence a bit, but not sure if the HUD could have caused that?).

Thank you for working on this interesting project!

[WinterSnowfall]

I'll mention this separately, because it's a special case.

• Curse: The Eye of Isis

Works fine on current master (f4988e7) - however crashes when starting a new game if reffing here, similarly to GTA Vice City:

        // FIXME: Doing this crashes a GTA Vice City trace
        // and possibly other things too. Investigate.
        //m_renderTarget = ref(surf);

Since there are other games that apparently depend on this being in place, the situation is rather problematic.

P.S.: Here's a trace of the game, should it ever prove useful: Curse.trace.tar.xz

[Michal-Szczepaniak]

So in Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, after compiling master d8vk, double jump doesn't work anymore.

EDIT: Solution is to limit fps, i used DXVK_FRAME_RATE=60

[WinterSnowfall]

EDIT: Solution is to limit fps, i used DXVK_FRAME_RATE=60

Just FYI, the game also has a builtin refresh rate limiter you can enable in its launcher, if you go to "Advanced".

Edit: Huh, that doesn't always limit the refresh rate properly... sigh. Well, whatever works :).

[Michal-Szczepaniak]

lol there's no advanced settings xd

[WinterSnowfall]

lol there's no advanced settings xd

... apparently the Steam version doesn't have the classic launcher. Nevermind then :).

[Michal-Szczepaniak]

ok i'm back after extensive testing and the issue is real. I've tried limiting fps in game and via the DXVK_FRAME_RATE while both help, they don't eliminate the issue. Sometimes key is not registered at all and i can hold it for like 3 seconds before it gets registered. Issue is not present on wined3d or opengl

[WinterSnowfall]

@Michal-Szczepaniak Please open a separate issue for it and let's discuss it there.

[Michal-Szczepaniak]

Oki on it

[AlpyneDreams]

Curse: The Eye of Isis

Reported to work now.

[AlpyneDreams]

Added all the new ones including Curse and Final Fantasy XI

[WinterSnowfall]

@AlpyneDreams The following titles can be added to the "Working on Linux, but with notable bugs" section, since they work fine except for the problems mentioned below:

• Cossacks II: Battle For Europe (hidden mouse on main menu and crash on resolution change)
• Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (crash on new game after changing graphics options)
• Incoming Forces (broken geometry during some cutscenes, but seems to be game-specific)
• Soldiers: Heroes of World War II (videos flickering on playback)
• Star Wars: Republic Commando (crashes with Squad Shadows enabled)

[WinterSnowfall]

I've also tested a couple of additional titles and confirmed they are working without issues:

• Desert Thunder
• Blitzkrieg Anthology

[jr1991-g]

I've tested the only game I'm interested and it works better than Windows, with kitserver mods enabled. No graphical glitches and no crashes so far. Tested on pure wine, 32 and 64 prefixes.

• Pro Evolution Soccer 6

[WinterSnowfall]

• Apache AH-64 Air Assault
• BloodRayne
• BloodRayne 2
• BlowOut
• Commandos 3
• FireStarter
• Haegemonia: Legions of Iron
• Haegemonia: The Solon Heritage
• Hitman: Contracts
• Inquisitor
• Iron Storm
• Nosferatu: The Wrath of Malachi
• Project Eden
• Pure Pinball 2.0 Redux
• Railroad Tycoon 3
• Rayman 3 (with Better Rayman 3)
• Restaurant Empire
• Smash Up Derby
• Supreme Ruler 2010
• Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold
• Warcraft III (+ Frozen Throne, up to patch 1.26a)
• Warrior Kings
• Warrior Kings: Battles

the above games that had open issues are now working. Here are also some new games that were tested and confirmed to work:

• Battlefield 1942 (& Addons), according to @Blisto91
• Command & Conquer: Generals (+ Zero Hour)
• Desert Law
• FATE
• Hover Ace
• Let's Ride: Silver Buckle Stables
• Metal Gear (MSX 2 emulated version)
• The Moment of Silence

[mrdeathjr28]

True Crime Streets of LA

True Crime New York

[mrdeathjr28]

The Hulk 2002

[mrdeathjr28]

Magadascar

[mrdeathjr28]

The Punisher

X-Men 2 Wolverine Revenge

[mrdeathjr28]

Pro Race Driver

[Blisto91]

@mrdeathjr28 Very cool you are testing all these games thx! 😁 In the future it might make an easier overview if you could put screenshots behind a collapsible section.

[mrdeathjr28]

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 + Level Mod Full (cinematics folder need be renamed because with them game crash)

Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4

[mrdeathjr28]

Kelly Slater Pro Surfer: game shows texture flickering but dont possible play because dont recognize keyboard

[mrdeathjr28]

Advent Rising

Shark Tale

The Hobbit

[mrdeathjr28]

Paris Dakar works but still selected more screen resolution stay on lower resolution and need dinput8 as native for input

In other titles case fellowship of lord of the rings can select settings but crash when try run game

[Blisto91]

@mrdeathjr28 Please see comment above #75 (comment)

[mrdeathjr28]

4x4 Evo and 4x4 Evo 2 only show configuration screen and freeze in my case

[Blisto91]

4x4 Evo and 4x4 Evo 2 only show configuration screen and freeze in my case

Make a new issue for any games you find that doesn't work. Be sure to check there isn't already a issue first.

[mrdeathjr28]

4x4 Evo and 4x4 Evo 2 only show configuration screen and freeze in my case

Make a new issue for any games you find that doesn't work. Be sure to check there isn't already a issue first.

I wait for fix bloodrayne issues maybe when this issue are fixed can affect 4x4 evo and 4x4 evo 2 because both games are from terminal reality

[mrdeathjr28]

Has anyone tested this method with ObsCure? ObsCure Steam version is based on Direct8 and does not launch for Linux/Steam deck ValveSoftware/Proton#2633

Yeah in upper part i upload image with obscure GOG and runs ok, this images are in game

And runs other titles like the thing normal and with mods

Nascar Thunder 2003

[WinterSnowfall]

Summarizing mrdeathjr's very graphic feedback above, here are the list of games reported confirmed as working (which WEREN'T already listed on the wiki):

• Alexander The Great
• Billy Hatcher
• Chicken Little
• Chrome
• Daemon Vector
• Evil Dead: Regeneration
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
• James Bond 007: Nightfire
• Jaws
• Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade
• Magadascar
• Meet the Robinsons
• Nascar Thunder 2003
• Obscure
• Outlaw Golf
• Pro Evolution Soccer 3, 4 & 5
• Pro Race Driver
• RalliSport Challenge
• Shark Tale
• Shrek SuperSlam
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
• Test Drive 7
• The Hobbit
• The Hulk (2002)
• The Punisher
• The Simpsons: Hit & Run
• The Thing
• True Crime: New York City
• True Crime: Streets of LA
• Virtua Tennis
• V-Rally 3
• World Racing
• X2: Wolverine's Revenge
• X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse

May need further testing, no in game confirmation yet:

• Batman: Vengeance
• Sonic Heroes
• Starsky & Hutch

Have d3d8 related issues/crashes and may need to be looked into:

• 4x4 Evo
• 4x4 Evo 2
• Chaos Legion
• Evil Dead: Hail to the King
• Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer
• Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
• Paris-Dakar Rally
• Shadow of Memories
• Singles: Flirt Up Your Life
• The House of the Dead III

We'd appreciate this kind of testing & feedback in the future. Screenshots don't help anyone unless you use them in issues to describe certain problems. Please refrain from clogging up this thread with images otherwise. Thank you!

[mrdeathjr28]

Thanks to WinterSnowfall for this #122 various games are fixed like:

Bloodrayne 1

Bloodrayne 2

Bloodrayne 1 Terminal Cut

4x4 Evolution 2

[RyuSeisuke1992]

Has anyone tested this method with ObsCure? ObsCure Steam version is based on Direct8 and does not launch for Linux/Steam deck ValveSoftware/Proton#2633

Yeah in upper part i upload image with obscure GOG and runs ok, this images are in game

And runs other titles like the thing normal and with mods

Thanks but unfortunately this is the GOG version. I would have been interested if the Steam version also works. :/

[AlpyneDreams]

Jaws working here too

tbrn

What Jaws game is this?

[AlpyneDreams]

Chaos Legion try run but crash with this error

chlg

Does this still happen?

[AlpyneDreams]

We are no longer accepting new games that work. After the next release, it will be assumed all games work unless an issue is opened for them. Thank you to everyone who was active in this thread.

[mrdeathjr28]

Jaws working here too
tbrn

What Jaws game is this?

Majesco title about jaws movie

[mrdeathjr28]

Chaos Legion try run but crash with this error
chlg

Does this still happen?

Now dont crash but stay in black screen

[AlpyneDreams]

Also, if you'd still like to report games that are broken without creating a new issue in the future you can go to #147.

[AlpyneDreams]

Majesco title about jaws movie

Now dont crash but stay in black screen

I see, thanks.