Running Wipeout 2097/XL in Windows 8.1

[aybe]

For those that ended up here from their search engine, do not ask for where to download the game !!!

After many trial and error I finally understood the issues and got the thing to work flawlessly thanks to dgVoodoo For now, the 2 demos of 2097 and XL are working, retail versions are not behaving similarly but working hard on getting them up . The game still runs too fast, this issue will be looked at later. There are no tricks involved beside using a 32-bit installer and the dgVoodoo emulation layer, you install the game normally and play it through its icon from the start menu.

It's such a pity that thus far, no single source on the web did provide a definitive answer on this, here you have it, and from teh Wipeout forum on the web. Trust no one but us

I have prepared a package containing the demos taken from jeuxvideo.com and archive.org along instructions:

https://mega.nz/#!tsNEzJCY!TDJzemNLd...gC1tKWsLwVbDEw

PS: these are instructions for 64-bit Windows, for 32-bit, removing 'Wow6432Node' from the registry path will probably do.

Waiting for your feedback

EDIT for the DIYer

If you wish to do it all by yourself, here are the instructions from the README :

- unzip "Wipeout 2097 demo.zip" or "Wipeout XL demo.zip"
- from "Is3Engine.zip" copy "setup32.exe" next to "setup.exe" and run it
- install the game somewhere else than "Program Files" else you'll have to run
  dgVoodoo as admin for it to create the config. (below), no need to reboot
- set "Wipeout2.exe" compatibility to run as admin (and nothing else !)
- from "dgVoodoo2_43.zip" copy "dgVoodooSetup.exe", "MS\D3DImm.dll",
  "MS\DDraw.dll" next to "Wipeout2.exe"
- run "dgVoodooSetup.exe", press ".\" then "OK"
  (this creates a default config and makes the game go full screen as well)
- run "Wipeout2.exe", choose "Direct3D HAL" and "640x480"

Enjoy :D (it's a bit too fast, though !)

EDIT:
- note, AVs might ban the DLLs from dgVoodoo, make sure it doesn't happen.
- make sure in dgVoodoo the 'config folder' is right as pressing '.\' might not pick it after all

EDIT 2 : Running the retail versions of 2097 / XL

Here are the instructions

(make sure to read those above as well, the dgVoodoo setup is not explained here)

- copy all files from CD to a directory
- copy setup32.exe to this directory, set compatibility to Win95
- launch setup32.exe, install (Typical), skip DirectX
- update the registry to point to your CD drive:
  [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Psygnosis\Studios\Wipeout2097]
  "Source Directory"="E:\\"
- set Wipeout2.exe to run as admin
- run dgVoodooSetup.exe, press .\ (or make sure config folder is correct),
  then press OK -> builds the defaut dgVoodoo config for this game.
- run the game (only Direct3D HAL is available)
- enjoy !
- wait for the speed issue to be solved :D

(you can delete the copied CD files once finished)

Files used:
- IsEngine3.zip
- dgVoodoo2_43.zip

To find them either grab the previous demo package I've uploaded or typing
these names in your favourite search engine should bring some result.

Note that retail versions do not crash when Alt-Tabbing compared to demo, mouse is hidden though.

You can also make it windowed by tweaking dgVoodoo a bit:

Snap861.jpg

What's left:

• the speed issue
• networking, eventually

To be continued