3D-Analyze is a tool for transform and lightning hardware emulation. So it is very useful for running TnL games on video cards that have not on board dedicated circuits for TnL calculations (like all Voodoo, Kyro, some Radeon and older). It uses power of central processing unit to do emulation.
The 3D Analyzer Tool was created and refined to overcome limitations
posed by modern 3D Games and other Applications on several current
mainstream 3D Cards. Basic functionality will equip non-T&L cards with a software substitute.
It's a very simple and yet very powerful tool that everyone will know how to use. Yet, this is presently achieved not by Emulation but by NUL-Rendering. This means, advanced 3D Features the Card is not capable of, are reported as available in Hardware, but have their calls intercepted and the respective 3D Features will not be rendered.
These functions are based upon the premise and ideas, that :
- 3D Games can be launched, that otherwise would fail due to lack of
Hardware support.
- No 3D Game should solely rely on a few, isolated rendering features, and
therefor loss of image quality by NUL-Rendering 'should' be minimal and
acceptable in most cases.
Requirements:
OS: Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7
· Video: Direct3D capable VGA Card
· HDD: 1 GB of free space if ebug Logging is desired
List Of Games Working With 3d Analyze
This is the list of computer games that require DirectX 8.0 programmable Pixel Shader 1.1 support to run [which 3D Analyze is capable of emulating. If anyone finds a game which does not work even if its listed, or a game which works even though it's not listed, inform me. I'll subtract (or add) your game to the page. [Thanks Alok!!]
* Alexander (needs confirmation)
* Act of War: Direct Action
* Advent Rising
* Attack on Pearl Harbour
* Battlestations: Midway
* Black & White 2
* Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods
* BloodRayne 2
* Boiling Point: Road to Hell
* Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
* Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
* Caesar IV
* Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
* Chaotic
* The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
* The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
* Colin McRae Rally 2005
* Company of Heroes
* Darkstar One
* Deus Ex: Invisible War
* Devil May Cry 3 (Use skip pixel shaders options, force 100 Hz, check performance mode, force SwTnL; Tested on Intel 865 onboard graphics)
* Earth 2160
* Empire Earth 2
* Empire Earth 2: The Art of Supremacy
* Eragon
* Fable: The Lost Chapters
* F.E.A.R.
* Half-Life 2: Episode Two
* Heroes of Might and Magic V
* Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate
* Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East
* Just Cause
* Knight Of The Temple 2
* Lego Star Wars: The Video Game
* Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
* Lord of the Rings Online
* Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Required LOTR Texture Fix)
* Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure
* Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
* Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault
* Medieval II: Total War
* Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms
* Mega Man X8
* Men of Valor
* Need for Speed Carbon
* Paws & Claws Pet Vet 2 Healing Hands
* Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow
* Portal
* Project: Snowblind
* Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
* Psychonauts
* Richard Burns Rally
* Roboblitz
* Serious Sam 2
* Silent Hill 3
* Silent Hill 4 (Performance > force SW TnL, Hardware Limits(cap bits) > all, Vendor ID 0, Device ID 0, ANTI DETECT MODE > shaders and textures ).
* Silent Hunter III
* Sniper Elite
* Spellforce 2: Shadow Wars
* Star Wars: Republic Commando (works with some texture problems)
* Sudeki
* Team Fortress 2
* Test Drive Unlimited
* The Godfather: The Game
* The House of the Dead III
* The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II
* The Matrix: Path of Neo
* Thief: Deadly Shadows
* Titan Quest
* Titan Quest: Immortal Throne
* Toca Race Driver 3 (launches, but isn’t playable)
* Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Lockdown
* Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
* Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
* Tony Hawk’s American Wasteland
* Top Spin
* Total World Demo
* Wildlife Park 2
* Winning Eleven/ Pro Evolution Soccer series on PC (although playable frame rates are possible with a Geforce 4 MX if used with a fast enough CPU)
* Worms 4: Mayhem
* Virtua Tennis 3
* Crazy Taxi 3
* Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (requires hardware TnL, per EA.com Tech Support)
* F.E.A.R. Extraction Point (needs confirmation)
* F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate (needs confirmation)
* Genesis Rising: The Universal Crusade
* Loki: Heroes of Mythology (needs confirmation)
* The Settlers: Rise of an Empire
* X3: Reunion
* Battlefield 2
* Battlefield 2: Special Forces
* Battlefield 2142
* Battlefield 2142: Northern Strike
* Hitman: Blood Money
* Star Trek: Legacy
* Resident Evil 4
Enjoy.......
