[Carmageddon TDR 2000] - Direct3D mode fails to start

[LoStraniero91]

VMware Workstation 17 Pro (17.6.1 build-24319023)
SoftGPU v0.6.2024.40-alpha3

Carmageddon TDR 2000 fails to run in Direct3D mode.
When you first boot the game, it will perform a graphic/audio card check. After several flickering black screens, the test will be over without telling if it passed or failed.
Attempting to run the game, it will crash with this error:

By going into settings and then Display, you will see that you can choose the API, but no video cards are detected:

By comparison, here's how it should look like:
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Carmageddon_TDR_2000#/media/File:Carmageddon_TDR_2000_-_Display.png

Trying to start the game will bring up this error:

The game can be still played in Software, but the quality is abysmal:

[AITUS95]

Which ddraw mode are you using?

[LoStraniero91]

I'm not sure. How do I check this? From Windows or from the game? Because the game does not let me set anything up when selecting Direct3D Renderer.

Edit: if you mean Software renderer, it's DirectDraw HAL Mode

[AITUS95]

So, I don't have a PC to check, you should navigate to 'regedit' and find a key related to ddraw and change from 'system' to 'wine' or vice versa

[LoStraniero91]

Okay, I got my head around and changed modes both on global and by manually adding a string with the exe. Unfortunately, no dice: if I set global to "system", I cannot use any HW renderer and the setup only let me choose SW. If global is on "wine", it doesn't matter if I set TDR2000.exe either "system" or "wine", I still get that issue.

[AITUS95]

Could you try sofgpu v0.4.2023.19?

[LoStraniero91]

I've found the solution here: https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6946

Basically, I just edited TDR2000.gfx and changed the 4th line to "0". This fixed the issue:

And the game now works properly in D3D mode. I don't know if this tweak can be manually added in SoftGPU for the next update: