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I originally got this game running in wine on my linux computer and it ran with a good frame rate, but all the body animations had the various body joints disconnected. It was like watching people's whose body parts were connected via slinkies having sex. I tried it on my win 11 computer and it also ran at a good frame rate, but the generated animations looked exactly as you described, "magic clipping penis"
and all. I'd be happy if someone else corrects me here, but I believe that's as good as we're going to get on this old game.This... kinda worked for me. I had to use the x64 folder because I couldn't find the x86 one and x32 didn't work. It looks great with the correct aspect ratio, but the 3d is slow as hell. The dgVoodoo dlls don't have this issue, with those it runs smooth but it stretches the image, looks a bit blurry and puts an ugly ass watermark on screen. Why is it so hard to find a single solution that works correctly
Edit: I managed to remove the watermark on dgVoodoo with a custom config file, which runs supper smoothly, but forcing the game to run in 4:3 makes a duplicate of the mouse cursor in the middle of the screen. I'll continue messing around with it tomorrow and see if I can fix that and upload it here.
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Did you use the dgVoodoo tool?This... kinda worked for me. I had to use the x64 folder because I couldn't find the x86 one and x32 didn't work. It looks great with the correct aspect ratio, but the 3d is slow as hell. The dgVoodoo dlls don't have this issue, with those it runs smooth but it stretches the image, looks a bit blurry and puts an ugly ass watermark on screen. Why is it so hard to find a single solution that works correctly
Edit: I managed to remove the watermark on dgVoodoo with a custom config file, which runs supper smoothly, but forcing the game to run in 4:3 makes a duplicate of the mouse cursor in the middle of the screen. I'll continue messing around with it tomorrow and see if I can fix that and upload it here.
It helps quite a bit with dialing things in. Just pick your settings, click apply, then copy the changed dll files from the 3Dfx/MS/whatever the game uses folder. Also has an option for removing the watermark, though I usually keep it on when testing to see if it's actually being applied.
EDIT: Since F95 has decided to flag my file, check their
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I don't quite have the same "magic clipping" problem as you do but for some reason none of the click and drag animation seem to work for me. It's funny to think that this game is so old that new OS struggle to run it. Makes me feel old.I originally got this game running in wine on my linux computer and it ran with a good frame rate, but all the body animations had the various body joints disconnected. It was like watching people's whose body parts were connected via slinkies having sex. I tried it on my win 11 computer and it also ran at a good frame rate, but the generated animations looked exactly as you described, "magic clipping penis"
Yeah, that's what I was doing. I tried messing around with the conf file directly too, but I could not solve the mouse issue with 4:3 resolutions. I was getting a double mouse cursor, which apparently is a common issue if you pick "Stretched but keep Aspect Ratio" or any similar option, so I don't think it can be fixed. The closest I got was picking the highest resolution available in the game's launcher, and using the "Centered" option in dgVoodoo. Thankfully the image is not too small in my monitor, so that's how I'm gonna play it.
I'll attach the dll and conf files, and a small readme for anyone else who for some reason doesn't want to download dgVoodoo and do it manually, for both full screen stretched and centered 4:3
Hey, is there a way to get access to the google drive? I can't get the game to work it just chrashes instantly on startup...
Google Drive must have updated at some point and defaulted to only letting people with the link view the file, sorry bout that. I've fixed the issue, and all access requests have been granted, so the file should now be public again. Give it a try and let me know if it works okay.
This has a very simple explanation: the original game is censored, no penetration is ever actually shown, just mosaics.
This version of the game comes with a fanmade uncensor patch and it's not perfect.
I suspect what we really need is for someone who is capable of editing the original post to include links to the posts explaining how to use dgVoodoo, RLHarem2 software, and the mod backups (since hongfire got nuked). It took me nearly three hours to install and get RL working on Win10 (god help Win11 users). Though, I will say the RLHarem2 backup was a godsend because I've never managed to get modding to work with RLHarem1.
TL;DR: It'd be nice if we had links to the posts necessary to get this old-but-gold game up and running in modern times, in the interest of making it easier for new-comers to experience this gem. I've experimented with other games like it (Loop Service, Train Capacity 300%, Round and Round Train), but I've still not found something that captures its quality. Play Home was interesting, but mostly soulless. Illusion has fallen far, I guess. Though several aspects of RL are dated these days- the 'click, wheel, drag' system in particular just feels clunky, though definitely not the worst I've seen.
TL;DR: It'd be nice if we had links to the posts necessary to get this old-but-gold game up and running in modern times, in the interest of making it easier for new-comers to experience this gem. I've experimented with other games like it (Loop Service, Train Capacity 300%, Round and Round Train), but I've still not found something that captures its quality. Play Home was interesting, but mostly soulless. Illusion has fallen far, I guess. Though several aspects of RL are dated these days- the 'click, wheel, drag' system in particular just feels clunky, though definitely not the worst I've seen.
Did you try this from my last post? Many .dlls I downloaded from random posts here worked, but all of them had a watermark that bothered me. I tried it on two computers running Windows 10 and it worked perfectly on both, no crashes or lag issues, no idea what your windows is though. All you need is the initial download for the game from the OP, and two files that I included here (there's an alt. file and an explanation in the readme, but if you just want to play don't worry about it):Hey, still crashes on startup after I did how you instructed..
I got it to run on wine without the characters transforming into biblically accurate angels by using a patched version of wine and setting it to windows ME. I can't post links but you can find it at sims2-wine-patches on githubI originally got this game running in wine on my linux computer and it ran with a good frame rate, but all the body animations had the various body joints disconnected. It was like watching people's whose body parts were connected via slinkies having sex. I tried it on my win 11 computer and it also ran at a good frame rate, but the generated animations looked exactly as you described, "magic clipping penis"
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So for me, no matter which fix I try, either the game will crash on startup, or be laggy on run. I've tried like 4 different D3D9.dlls including with the dgvoodoo, and as mentioned, either they cause the game to stop launching or dont fix the lag. Only one I haven't tried is the google drive one posted recently, but that is still requiring permission.
Fix that worked for me:
1. Use the fix files from the quoted reply
2.Use Win+P to disconnect any secondary monitors
3. Run the game in win 7 compatibility mode
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try newer version? also try both x64 and x86
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