Updates in this driver release
This page shows the changes in each driver release, up to
the driver release on the Apocalypse CD-ROM. The changes are cumulative, so that changes
in one driver release are carried through to the next.
Apocalypse 5D uses two sets of drivers: the Apocalypse 5D drivers
for the 3D acceleration; and the GrafixStar - Apocalypse drivers for the 2D acceleration.
Apocalypse 5D drivers
Version 4.1.2
- Fixed TOCA Touring Car split screen 2 player mode
Direct3D 24 bit modes now available
Fixed Tomb Raider II Triple Buffering support
Improved compatibility with Microsoft DirectX 6 running Direct3D
applications
Improved Translucency Blending
Version 4.1.1
- MS Baseball 3D flashing menus fix
- Improved performance in Cyber Gladiators, Die Hard Trilogy,
Forsaken, MS Flight Simulator 98, G-Police, Heavy Gear, Team 47 Goman, Terracide, Tomb
Raider II (makes patch 304 obsolete), Twisted Metal 2 and Wing Commander Prophecy.
Version 4.1.0
- Improved z implementation
- More translucency sorting options in the Apocalypse Display
Properties page
- Improved functionality in the Display Properties page, for example,
Use Last Application
Version 4.0.2
- Added control for Dithering to the Apocalypse Display
Properties page
Version 4.0.1
- New method of translucency sorting, so that it could be set
to High Quality Medium and Fast sorting on a
per-application basis
- Vertex Fog and Gouraud Specular Highlight controls added to
the Apocalypse Display Properties page
- The Apocalypse Display Properties page was redesigned to
give access to the new 3D controls and the translucency sorting. The PowerVR HAL and
bi-linear control was converted to be on a per-application basis.
- 430FX chipset problems with certain graphics cards fixed
GrafixStar - Apocalypse drivers
Version 4.3.4
The following problems were fixed in v4.3.4:
- General protection faults in Lotus 123 v5
- Horizontal black bar on desktop on certain USB motherboards
- 1280x1204, 24-bit is no longer selectable on a 2MB card to
avoid display problems
- AVI playback problems in 1152x864, 16-bit display modes
- Screen corruption with the Flying Windows screen saver on
Pentium MMX systems
- Black toolbars when running CorelDraw! in 24-bit mode
display modes
- Background color corruption when running Lotus WordPro in
1024x768, 16-bit display modes