🚀 go-pugleaf

Ok, after much reading, I decided to "upgrade" my well working
Monster 3D card with 1.08 Diamond Drivers with Directx 3.0 to
the 3dfx 2.43 drivers and directx 5.0.   After MUCH reading on
how to do this I removed my M3D card from Device manager,
removed the inf file from windows/inf/other,  installed Dx5
(completely), reinstalled M3D 1.08 drivers, then installed, the
3dfx Direct Draw libs, THEN installed the 3dfx 2.43 libraries...

Didnt work.

What I now have is a machine that shows a 3dfx voodoo
under the multimedia section of device manager, AND loads
the Monster 3D control panel.  What I show installed looks
like this:

(from the Monster control panel)

glide.dll             version 2.1.1
glide2x.dll          version 2.43
glide2x.ovl         version 2.43
sst1init.dll           Initcode $Revision: 5$
dd3dfx.drv         version 4.10.01.0013
dd3dfx16.dll       version 4.10.01.0013
dd3dfx32.dll        version 4.10.01.0013
fxmemmap.vxd   version 4.10.01.0013

(From the Directx Control panel.)

Direct3D Version 4.05.00.0155
DirectDraw Version 4.05.00.0155
DirectInput Version 4.05.00.0155
DirectPlay Version 4.05.01.1583
DirectSound Version 4.05.00.155

The hell of it is, this "Looks" right as far as I can tell.

However, when I load Mechwarrior 2, the joystick
control is non existent, and when I load some other
3dfx games, now the trees and stuff look like triangles
or squares with 3d textures glued on.  Not sure if
this is as a result of the newer drivers not compatible
with other games, or some funny interaction between
the libs I have loaded.

The Joystick I recalibrated under the directx 5.0 joystick
control panel.  It still wants to pull to the left in Mechwarrior
and doesnt react to the throttle at all.   I reckon thats
some directx 5.0 shit.   However can somebody tell
me if the configuration I have above is correct?  Somehow
I dont think Im supposed to have glide.dll still, but
I do.  Also am not sure Im supposed to still have the
Monster panel.

Everything works, but Im not sure it works like its supposed
to.  Email response please!

Eric Joiner