Voodoo Lights
Version 1.1
&
Cosmos-1
Version 1.0
Beta 8

For 
Windows 95/NT
(3DFX compatible cards)

Release Notes

Problems:

3DFX Voodoo 1 reference drivers use Glide in 3Dfx Display Properties Control Panel. This makes it impossible to preview Voodoo Lights from Display Properties or show VoodooLights/Cosmos-1 in the About tab. The same is probably true for vendor specific drivers.

 The current solution is to preview Voodoo Lights or run the control panel directly from Windows (after closing Display Properties).

In Windows NT, 3DFX reference Voodoo 2 drivers also fail in Display Properties.  Run the control panel or preview directly from Windows. 

To run the Voodoo Lights control panel directly from Windows do the following:

1.	Copy VoodooLights.scr to VoodooLights.exe
2.	Create a shortcut of VoodooLights.exe
3.	Edit the shortcut’s properties and add to the end of the Target line the following:  /c

More Troubleshooting.

If the configuration parameters stored in the Windows Registry get messed up somehow, you can revert to the defaults by running the program with  /d option:

	voodoolights.exe /d  

Another more radical way is to delete the Windows registry configuration directly. Use regedit and delete the following key:

\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Smd\VoodooLights\1.1

(If you are a registered user you will have to drag & drop your license email in the Registration Tab.  With beta 8 the Mail Decoder is no longer needed.)

Missing advapi32.dll.

People with older versions of Windows 95 will get an error message related to a missing advapi32.dll. This dll is the interface to the Microsoft Cryptography Service Provider (CSP) which VoodooLights requires to validate license key data. The solve this problem you have to install the CSP. The MCSP.ZIP archive contains the files you need to that. Follow the instruction in the Readme file. 

CryptAcquireContext failed[key_begin] (and other Crypt* errors)

This error is related to the above. It means that the CSP is either missing, corrupt or simply incompatible with VoodooLights. One solution is to reinstall the CSP contained in the MCSP.ZIP file. 

Be warned that the files in MCSP.ZIP are Window 95 OSR2 files. You may have newer files that are required by other programs. I strongly suggest that you backup your files and registry before you try the files in MCSP.ZIP.

Please report any problems you find by email to:
Sérgio Duarte, smd@di.fct.unl.pt

When emailing please add “VoodooLights” to the subject line.