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Get the Steam Version Running

By TehSpoopyKitteh

This guide is meant to help get the Steam version running in D3D mode in higher resolutions than 1024x768 and to bypass the broken launcher menu if it doesn’t cooperate.

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3D Acceleration...DO THIS FIRST

Choose Name Change OR Compatibility Mode:

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3D Acceleration...DO THIS FIRST

1. Download the latest version of dgVoodoo[github.com]. Extract it to any folder you like.

2. Open the dgVoodoo folder and navigate to "MS\x86" and copy and paste those DLL files into the Tachyon folder found in "steamapps\common\Tachyon The Fringe". Do the Same with the Glide DLL files in DgVooDoo's "3dfx" folder

3. Run dgVoodoo

4. When DGVooDoo is running Click on the Add button and select the "Tachyon The Fringe" Folder.

5. Making sure that the dgVoodoo profile for Tachyon The Fringe is selected, set the Full screen scaling mode to "Stretch, keep aspect ratio" and click "Apply"

6. Head over to the DirectX tab in dgVoodoo. Configure it however you want.

7. Right-Click on the dgVoodoo banner...Click on "Show all sections of the configuration."

8. Go to the "GeneralExt" tab and set the Display ROI to "16:9 Subrect, centered" (or your matching desired resolution's aspect ratio)

Choose Name Change OR Compatibility Mode:

OPTION 1

1. Go to the installation folder of the game.

2. Rename "Tachyon.exe" to "Tachyon.exe.old"

3. Rename "Space.exe" to "Tachyon.exe"

4. Run Tachyon: The Fringe from Steam and complete one job after creating your character.

Option 2 (Should work in Windows 11)

5. Exit the game.

6. Undo Steps 2 and 3.

7. Right-click on the old Tachyon.exe file, then click on Properites...Check the box next to ""Run this program as administrator" ...then set Compatibility mode to "WIndows 98 / Windows ME" Click "Apply" then "OK"

8. Run the Game using the Tachyon.exe Launcher (NOT STEAM) once, change some settings to make sure that the dgVoodoo D3d Wrapper is your video card...run the game and then exit.

9. Undo the compatibility setting leaving the administrator option checked and set the dpi settings to the following:

Click "Apply", then "OK"

You can now run Tachyon: The Fringe without any issues regarding the launcher not starting.

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fallingrocksahead1 22 Apr, 2023 @ 12:31pm

My steam version runs fine, just that I have the top bar you usually see in "Windowed mode" always visible in the screen. The top bar blocks part of the game at it's pretty annoying

VladSparr95 22 Apr, 2023 @ 11:46am

I got repeatedly stuck at the part where I have to change the names of the .exe files. When I tried to start the game from Steam after changing the file names my computer hard crashed every time. Thanks for the help anyway but I think this is a dead end for me.

Sir Taquitos 23 Mar, 2023 @ 12:50pm

Thanks a lot! You helped me so much!

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