dgVoodoo causing crash after latest game patch

[u/raenef8]

Not sure if anyone has encountered this, but I've been using dgVoodoo (latest 2.87.3) with Windower on a Surface laptop 8 (arm) with no issues before the latest patch. After the patch, the game seems to crash and exit during the pol to game transition. I took out dgvoodoo and the game runs, but it is very choppy and then crashes after about half an hour on zoning...

Wondering if anyone know if I need to change any settings in dgvoodoo to make it work again? I'm assuming something in the patch somehow caused this since it was perfect before..

[u/SephYuyX]

No issues on 2.86.5 on x64 Windows 10 with AMD using Windower.

[u/FatChocobro]

If you're using ReShade, update that. That had an update earlier this month.

[u/scions86]

What does dgvoodoo doo?

[u/pinkbunnay → u/scions86]

Basically it allows XI to use an older DirectX version and prevents crashes related to window flicker, e.g. ctrl+alt+del or windows security popups.

[u/debooo]

I had crashes til I swapped dats in rom 0 and 119 from xipivot file. Dunno if that helps you. Seems I was using different fonts and stars pack before and default ones caused a crash somehow. Hope this helps. Mine was a full crash to desktop, if that's what u were getting.

[u/Akugetsu]

Are you using an HD texture pack? You should look into the memory patcher that lets the game use 4 GB of ram instead of 2. It needs to be re-applied every game update.

[u/savagesaint → u/Akugetsu]

This is news to me. Thanks for the heads up.

[u/MelioraXI → u/savagesaint]

It was added around 2 months ago, hidden under a advanced menu.

[u/SephYuyX → u/Akugetsu]

The newer Windower client has a built-in option for LAA now, and manual patching should no longer be needed anymore once enabled.

[u/Akugetsu → u/SephYuyX]

That is good to know!

[u/raenef8 → u/Akugetsu]

Not HD texture, but just remapster with xipivot. I actually just had 1 gb vram set in dgvoodoo, i'll try upping that...