Bill's Workshop -- Banshee General Troubleshooting Guide

3Dfx Banshee Game Guide - Recent Additions Only

X-Wing Alliance Demo (04/13/99)
Ultima Online (04/12/99) Update
Star Wars Rogue Squadron (04/12/99) Update
Shadows of the Empire (03/15/99 revised)

Full Game Guide - go here.

Shadows of the Empire - Open the game folder (C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Shadow) then the subfolder Sdata and run the game from the Shadows.exe file. This will open a different launch menu. Look at the 3D Device window. It may show Microsoft 3D rasterizer. Change that to Microsoft Direct3D Hardware acceleration.. and make sure Fog is checked and uncheck DirectMovie Blt. The game will run fine and can be run from the main menu from then on.

Star Wars Rogue Squadron - 04/12/99 Update: FULL GAME ONLY The recent 3dfx Release 1.02.XX drivers and vendor drivers based on them have a bug that causes menu corruption and graphic defects during the game. This is brought out when DirectX6.1 is installed. One proposed workaround is to disable Direct3D when running the game, forcing Glide mode (which should be default anyway). You can disable D3D by going to the Start Menu, Run window and enterinf Dxdiag.exe, then going to the Display tab in this program and clicking on the Disable D3D button. When you finish RS, repeat the above to re-enable D3D.

Ultima Online - 04/12/99 Update: An apparently reliable workaround, which does not require any of the above is to start the game, alt-Tab out of the game and then alt-Tab back to the game.

X-Wing Alliance (demo) - The first time you launch, the game may not run in 3D hardware acceleration mode, and if you try to select 3D hardware acceleration during the game, it will not be available. There are two ways to solve this. There is no video driver selection in the Launcher menu, unlike some other Luca Arts games. However, if you launch the game and hit the escape key when you get to the menu after the intro Lucas Arts and Total Game logos, this will bring up the Main Menu. Select the Video Options, then Single Player. You should be able to set the 3D hardware to "Yes" and adjust resolution and other settings. If you cannot select "Yes" here, then exit the game and go into the c:\Program Files\Lucas Arts\X-Wing Alliance Demo folder and use Notepad to open config.cfg. Look for the line: "use_3d_hardware1 0" and change the last zero to a one. Go back into the Main menu in the game and see if the video options can be changed now.