• An official H3D-version of GL-Hexen2 is announced.
• There are several different Stereo-3D capable versions of Quake 1 right now. There are: DOS-Quake 1.07/1.08, WinQuake 1.00/1.09, H3D-DOS-Quake, H3D-GL-Quake, H3D-V-Quake and an inofficial H3D-WinQuake. Don't get confused!
• Official H3D stereo GL-, V-, DOS-Quake & GL-Quake II  PATCHES OUT !!!
• The official H3D-DOS-Quake use an upper/lower split-screen format. This version will not work without a hardware device (or software driver) which transforms the split-screen into page-flipping format. The H3D-GL patch shows normal page-flipping when used with Voodoo Rush. For Voodoo Graphics 1 & 2 the split screen format is used.
• Dec 22, 1997: Job Opportunity!!!  Atlantis Cyberspace , specialist in location based VR-entertainment, is looking for programmers for a 1/2 million $$$ Quake VR dream project. They're located in Hawaii. Read the original message here.

• New: Inofficial H3D-WinQuake patch available at Glassy Glasses.
• H3D-Quake II Font Patch.
• H3D GL-, V- and DOS-patches, which generate the one and only official H3D-Quake, for H3D eyewear and compatibles (compatibility depends on the VGA-board used)
• Nuvision NuvFrag for 3D-SPEX and compatibles [for DOS-Quake 1.08]
• Woobo BoyQuake for Cyberboy and compatibles (try MPM3DB also) [for DOS-Quake 1.08]
• MPM3DB by Marius Schilder for all LCD-BIOS compatible devices, except SimulEyes [for DOS-Quake 1.08]
• SE version of MPM3DB for SimulEyes by Stefan Schimanski  [for DOS-Quake 1.08]
• Simbios for Simuleyes by StereoGraphics
• 3D-Max, VRSurfer, VirtualEyes, VR97, SimulEyes, 3D-fanatix, Cyber3DVisor and compatibles  work for Winquake 1.00 and Hexen2 using an interlace windows driver/util
• Tetratel EyeFX and VRStandard VR-Joy work with WinQuake right away. No driver or patches required. The H3D-WinQuake patch works too, but is limited to in-a-window mode.

GENERAL INFO

 

And now, lets start with the hard work:
First you need Quake Shareware or Retail version 1.07, 1.08 or 1.09. The usual way is to take version 1.06 and update it with Winquake patch 1.00 resulting in Quake version 1.09. Confusing, I know! Until now DOS-QUAKE 1.07 and 1.08 were only available through the retail Mission Packs. Now there is a free PATCH from DOS-QUAKE 1.0x to 1.08.
 

Quake recognizes the SHELL (press ^) commands LCD_X and LCD_YAW. I recommend a LCD_X value of 1 or higher and to keep LCD_YAW at 0. LCD_YAW controls the angle between the two images. Any other value than zero hurts my eyes. At higher LCD_X values the weapon in the foreground becomes a problem. The parallax is too big then. The "natural" value seems to be around LCD_X 1. Negative values can be used also. This is a way to toggle left/right.
 
 

The DOS versions 1.07 and 1.08 know the stereo commands. Look for your glases on this page for details.
 

At first I had trouble with my VGA-card (S3 Trio 64+). Every full screen stereo mode was distorted.
I experimented a bit. WinQuake uses several types of screenmodes: Standard VGA, VBE/AF, VESA 2.0, DirectDraw and standard Windows desktop driver.

 

Now pick your device for detailed info:

 
 

	H3D (The official Quake 1&2 glasses, the only consumer goggles supporting Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo_2)
VRSurfer/ Cyber3DVisor/ APEC VR97/ i-Art VirtualEyes/ VGA-PT/ VR-Joy/ EyeFX (VGA-pass-through)	SimulEyes/ miro 3D-fanatix (VGA+WhiteLineCode)	i-glasses
3D-Max (VGA-PT+ISA-card)	Canopus Total3D	VFX-1
Cyberboy/ Virtual Visor (serial port)	3D-Spex/ 3DTV/ Cybershades (parallel port)	CyberMaxx

 

In Fact H3D is THE company behind Stereo-Quake.  The programming was done by Brightland on behalf of H3D and id.

The official H3D-Quake patches (GL, V, DOS) are released !!! Quake2 (GL only) released !

Kasan 3D-Max

Since Kasan 3D-Max is based on the interlace technique, it's no problem there.
 

• Get standard-WinQuake 1.00 (Q1.09)
• Execute 3DCFG and choose 3D method "Interlaced", not IRQ!
• Execute 3DBIOS (include it into your Win95 Autoexec.bat)
• Run Windows (reboot)
• Choose an 8 bit (256 color) video mode, so WinQuake can "see" the 8-bit modes. Otherwise it will use 16/24/32 bit mode which has no advantage, but slows Quake down.
• Choose a refresh rate (you'll have  to experiment with that, values between 60 and 90 Hz work for my S3 Trio 64V+ chipset, by choosing a 90 Hz desktop I get 148 Hz in 3D-mode, cool!)
• Run W3D (the old W3D, don't use version 2.0, it might not work)
• Run Winquake 1.00 with VESA and DirectDraw deactivated: (winquake -dibonly)
• Choose a full screen mode (!) or the windowed 320x240 mode (DIB-Modes)
• Call up the shell and type LCD_X 1 (or higher)
• Activate 3D-mode (CTRL+SHIFT+3)
• Adjust Left-Right (CTRL+SHIFT+L)

3D-Max doesn't work with any current version of the official H3D-Quake!
 
 

Stereographics SimulEyes/Miro 3D-Fanatix (white-line-code VGA-pass-through)

The SimulEyes are capable of working with page-flipping or interlace, but they need a white line-code at the bottom of the screen for synchronization.

SimulEyes and standard-DOS-Quake 1.07/1.08

Stefan Schimanski  took the M3D tweak by Marius Schilder and put White Line Code into it. Download his SE-DOS-QUAKE (QLCD) tweak here.(NEW VERSION Jan 98!
Thanks to Stefan and  Duncan for sending me the code.
The prog needs the code of the VESA modes used.
On my S3 card this syntax seems to work:

lcdbios /lcdrun: qlcd 101 101 quake

This works for different resolutions.
Choose a nice refresh rate using SDD before!

Since I don't have a SimulEyes controller I can't do a final test.

SimulEyes and standard-WinQuake 1.00 (aka Quake 1.09)

At the Stereographics Site you'll find utilities like SGTOGGLE to set Windows into interlace and to add a white line code. Unfortunately to make the white line visible only windowed modes are usable.
Don't forget to set the desktop to 8 bit (256 colors) or you're loosing performance.
By default only the 320x240 mode works correct. The 640 and 800 windowed modes are just "blow-ups" which destroy the 3D information by multiplying the lines. This can be changed using this commands:
 
 
 
 
 

I recommend to use SimulEyes with H3D-Winquake!

 

VRSurfer/VirtualEyes/Cyber3DVisor/APEC VR97/VR-Joy/EyeFX/homebrew VGA-PT (VGA-pass-through)

All of these devices should work with WinQuake and in some cases even with H3D-GL/V-Quake.
For WinQuake follow the instructions in the 3D-Max section. Just use VR-BIOS, SSDI, VRViewer, SGToggle or 3DWin instead of 3D-BIOS.
VR-Joy and EyeFX work right away without a driver.
For DOS-Quake follow the instructions in the 3D-SPEX or Cyberboy section.
 

It's a bit tricky to get WinQuake working in Full Screen using the VR97 windows driver. The control panel is accessible on the desktop only and there seems to be no hot-key. Here's how it works: Choose the exact screen mode you'd like to use in WinQuake, like 640x480, 256 colors, for your windows desktop. Start WinQuake (winquake -dibonly) and choose the matching full screen mode. Toggle back (ALT-TAB) to the win desktop, activate interlace mode, toggle back to WinQuake. If you choosed identical screen modes for both it'll stay in interlace.

  i-Art VirtualEyes, APEC VR97, Canopus Total3D, the homebrew VGA-PT and maybe the Cyber3DVisor will work with the official H3D-GL- and V-Quake patches, when used on a Voodoo Rush or  Rendition graphics board. Some other OpenGL accelerators might work too. (No Sir, Voodoo Graphics or Voodoo 2 won't work, because they don't support hardware page-flipping! You'll need some original H3D-glasses for this.)

 

Cyberboy /Virtual Visor (serial port)

There's a special patch for Cyberboy (serial port): BoyQUAKE (if you're not satisfied with this try MPM3D)
 

Glasses connected to the serial or parallel port and driven by LCD-BIOS work with page-flipping, even in 3D-BIOS emulation mode.
 

• WINDOWS

• "MPM3D"-DOS-QUAKE TWEAK (for LCD-BIOS)

    100 -  640 x  400  8 bits per pixel
    101 -  640 x  480  8 bits per pixel
    103 -  800 x  600  8 bits per pixel
    105 - 1024 x  768  8 bits per pixel
    107 - 1280 x 1024  8 bits per pixel
    120 - 1600 x 1200  8 bits per pixel
 

• 3D-BIOS Emulation NO GO

Cyberboy and other serial port devices doesn't work with any version of the official H3D-Quake!
 

 

3D-SPEX/Cybershades/3DTV (parallel port)

NUVFRAG (for 3DSPEX)
NEW: Nuvision released a special version of LCD-BIOS called NUVFRAG for (non-H3D)-Dos-Quake 1.08. It was inspired by the work of Marius and he is credited accordingly.
Nuvfrag seems to be fixed to /LPT and to /LCDCtl: FBFFFBFF. LCDCtl is set by an environment variable.
By default NuvFrag sets LCD_YAW to 1.8, I recommend to keep it at 0. At 1.8 the weapon looks great, but the environment isn't right, because YAW isn't implemented correctly. The YAW should adapt dynamically to the distance, but it doesn't seem to do this at the moment.
NUVFRAG can also be used to force other programs into 3D-mode, thus increasing the software library. (Syntax: nuvfrag lock run:whatever). NUFRAG adds Quake, HMD and hi-res 3D-Max support to 3D-SPEX/LCD-BIOS!!!
NuvFrag was designed for Nuvisions own 3D-SPEX glasses. Visit the Driver page to learn more.
NUVFRAG doesn't work for Total 3D!!!

SPEX and other parallel devices doesn't work with any version of the official H3D-Quake!

Canopus Total 3D

Cybermaxx

NEW:
The VFX-1 might also work with the official H3D-GL- and V-Quake patches, when used on a Voodoo Rush or  Rendition graphics board. Some other OpenGL accelerators might work too. (No Sir, Voodoo Graphics or Voodoo 2 won't work, because they don't support hardware page-flipping! You'll need some original H3D-glasses for this.) Set the VFX-1 to field-sequential stereo mode!

i-glasses is verified. Make shure the 3D-Switch is on. (Try 'winquake -dibonly' )
It seems the same rules apply for all consumer HMD's. Start winquake with option "-dibonly" and use 640x480 full-screen mode. Read Mickeys paper. Enjoy!
William Ferguson did a lot of experimenting with i-glasses, Space Orb 360 and Quake. I don't share his opinion on NuvFrag and LCD_YAW though, but read for yourself.

NEW:
The i-glasses also work with the official H3D-GL- and V-Quake patches, when used on a Voodoo Rush or  Rendition graphics board. Some other OpenGL accelerators might work too. (No Sir, Voodoo Graphics or Voodoo 2 won't work, because they don't support hardware page-flipping! You'll need some original H3D-glasses for this.) Set the i-glasses to field-sequential stereo mode!
 
 

3DFX Voodoo Graphics and Voodoo 2 users are required to buy some original H3D glasses. Currently there is no other consumer Stereo-3D-system which support these popular 3D-accelerators. Voodoo Rush and Rendition works for some other devices. (Voodoo2 support for H3D will be availble after Glide 3.0 is released, which is due this summer.)

 Brightland Corporation is the developer of the enhanced Stereo versions of OpenGL-, Rendition-, DOS- and Win-Quake.
You might never heard of Brightland, but they're a major player in the stereoscopic field. They worked on drivers, conversions and stuff for companies like: id, Victormaxx, H3D, Chinon, StereoGraphics, 3DTV and Virtual-IO.
They're also working on a game project called BUMPER TANKS, a hardware accelerated Stereo 3D title.

H3D-V-Quake was already presented on Quake Con in April 97(!!!) and later on E3. Now one year has passed and many people still couldn't get their hands on the glasses.
 
 

 

non-H3D Stereo Quake Benchmark

 
 

• Cyrix/IBM 6x86-P200+ (150 MHz), Via Apollo VP1, 32 MB EDO
• SPEA Video TV S3 Trio 64 V+, 2 MB
• 640x480, 8bit/256c, Fullscreen, Screensize 100%
• SDD 5.3a
• LCD_X 1
• LCD_YAW 0
• -nosound
• -nocdaudio

Different values of LCD_YAW seem to have no significant effect.

The calculation of two perspectives (stereo 3D) eats CPU time, that's reasonable. The LCD-BIOS/NuvFrag driver eats some additional CPU time when used with the LOCK option. This option is required however to get a stable image comparable to that of the 3D-MAX. The impact of the 3D-Max driver on the CPU is very low.
The 3D-SPEX/LCD-BIOS page-flipping image looks better than the 3D-MAX interlace image, because there are no black interlace lines. The effective resolution is the same in both cases: 640x240 per eye. Thanks to interlace the Max can do really high resolutions at high refresh without stretching the monitor to much.
Since the standard stereo versions of Quake can't rely on any 3D accelerator (Voodoo, etc.) the best processor is a Pentium Pro or 2. Unfortunately I've got the worst processor, a Cyrix, which is great for Stereo games like Hi-Octane or Nascar, but looses in Quake. Honestly I didn't count on a Stereo-Quake when I bought it.