[d3d8to9] Clip Plane Fix without enabling d3d9wrapper

[DeathWrench]

Was wondering if this is possible.
EnableD3d9Wrapper = 1 causes DGVoodoo's d3d9 wrapper to not work, but it can run games in d3d12 and make them look nicer with 8x MSAA and Bilinear CPU operations. Problem is that clip plane fix only works if d3d9 wrapper = 1.

[DeathWrench]

d3d11 with dgvoodoo same settings:

d3d12:

with d3d9:

higher api fixes this:

[elishacloud]

You can use a similar method to get dgVoodoo2 working with dxwrapper as mentioned in #474. Just replace dxvk dlls with dgVoodoo2 dlls.

[DeathWrench]

For d3d8to9 you need only D3d8to9=1 and d3d8.dll stub. It's a bad idea to combine wrappers. The mythical improvements from using the DX12 are purely subjective, more like fashion trends. Even in dgvoodoo i use DX11 mode, because DX12 mode causes more problems (crashes, pc reboot etc.). And it certainly doesn't provide any benefits for older games.

In dgvoodoo.conf try setting this to
D3D12BoundsChecking = true
I still crashed but I switched to d3d8to9 with dgvoodoo's d3d9 wrapper (instead of d3d8) and then I found out about this so that's what spurred me to ask here about the plane clipping fix. dxwrapper does fix more stuff then just using the d3d8to9 wrapper like (EnvironmentCubeMapFix = 1)

[DeathWrench]

You can use a similar method to get dgVoodoo2 working with dxwrapper as mentioned in #474. Just replace dxvk dlls with dgVoodoo2 dlls.

In dxwrapper.ini I have this:
RealDllPath = d3d9.dll
using d3d8.dll for dxwrapper and d3d9.dll dgvoodoo but it doesn't work.

[elishacloud]

In dxwrapper.ini I have this:
RealDllPath = d3d9.dll
using d3d8.dll for dxwrapper and d3d9.dll dgvoodoo but it doesn't work.

That is not right. Changing the dxwrapper.ini file won't do it. You need to change this in the d3d9.ini stub config file.

Let me outline the steps:

1. Copy d3d9.dll stub from dxwrapper into the game folder.
2. Copy the dxwrapper.dll and dxwrapper.ini files into the game folder.
3. Enable EnableD3d9Wrapper in dxwrapper.ini.
4. Download the stub.ini file from here and copy it into the game folder.
5. Rename stub.ini to d3d9.ini.
6. In the stub d3d9.ini file set the RealDllPath to d3d9_dg.dll.
7. Rename the d3d9.dll file from dgVoodoo2 to d3d9_dg.dll. Make sure you are using the 32bit version, not the 64bit version.
8. Copy d3d9_dg.dll into the game folder.

[DeathWrench]

In dxwrapper.ini I have this:
RealDllPath = d3d9.dll
using d3d8.dll for dxwrapper and d3d9.dll dgvoodoo but it doesn't work.

That is not right. Changing the dxwrapper.ini file won't do it. You need to change this in the d3d9.ini stub config file.

Let me outline the steps:

1. Copy d3d9.dll stub from dxwrapper into the game folder.
2. Copy the dxwrapper.dll and dxwrapper.ini files into the game folder.
3. Enable EnableD3d9Wrapper in dxwrapper.ini.
4. Download the stub.ini file from here and copy it into the game folder.
5. Rename stub.ini to d3d9.ini.
6. In the stub d3d9.ini file set the RealDllPath to d3d9_dg.dll.
7. Rename the d3d9.dll file from dgVoodoo2 to d3d9_dg.dll. Make sure you are using the 32bit version, not the 64bit version.
8. Copy d3d9_dg.dll into the game folder.

I tried this too but same results

[DeathWrench]

What I ended up having to do is putting d3d9.dll in the folder as well:

[DeathWrench]

Hmm, seems that this might be different to far clip plane? Corner of the building off in the distance is getting cut off by something.

[elishacloud]

I am not sure what is being cut off or how it is supposed to look since I have never played this game and there is a lot going on in that picture. Does this issue happen only with dxwrapper or with both dxwrapper and dgVoodoo2 combined?

[DeathWrench]

specifically this building:

Here is a photo of me trying to invoke it on xemu but failing (pc port is based of xbox version)

It happens with or without dxwrapper. Just occured to me now that the building shadows are also broken on the PC version.