Links Corner Forum

gre81 wrote: ↑March 25th, 2026, 11:29 am The wrapper is in the same folder as the files. In the Any Hope instructions he says: 4. Launch Links 2003 and verify that it says "dgVoodoo Direct X Wrapper" on the bottom of the screen as Links starts up. This ensures that Links is utilising dgVoodoo2. It does not say that when I launch the game.

dko wrote: ↑March 26th, 2026, 12:55 am gre81, I think you need to go back to andy hope and re-read the wrapper installation instructions.

1. Did you download andyhope.com/direct3dfix.zip and extract the zip file?
2. Did you open the MS folder?
3. There are two subfolders in the MS folder: x64 and x86. Open the x86 folder.
4. There are four (not three) .dll files in this folder. Copy or drag and drop these files directly into your Links 2003 folder.

Only after doing all that can you run dgvoodoocpl.exe, which is also in the direct3dfix folder, and then open Links to see if it will run.

dwg wrote: ↑March 26th, 2026, 1:32 am The dgVooodoo DLLs must be in the same folder as LinksLauncher.exe and LinksMMIII.exe.

Do not select Disable and pass through to DirectX, that will disable dgVoodoo.

While the dgvoodoo configuration file does not necessarily have to be in the program folder, although it must be in one of a specific list of folders, it is recommended to keep the dgVoodoo.conf file in the Links program folder, in other words keep it with the program it relates to. The dgVoodooCPL.exe configuration utility can be anywhere.

If when starting Links the program is not showing a video "hba" that relates to what is set in the dgVoodoo configuration then dgvoodoo is not being loaded. I cannot think of anything other than an invalid set up that would stop it loading.