RejZoR - Need for Speed 3 Vista Edition

Need for Speed 3 Vista Edition

Tuesday, 4. November 2008, 09:38:37

racing, game, need for speed, hot pursuit, nfs3

Hello everyone! Today i present you my new contribution to all true Need for Speed fans.
The Need for Speed 3 Hot Pursuit Vista Edition patch and 32-bit installer in one package.
This patch will allow you to play this legendary racing game on Windows XP and Windows Vista.
And thats not all.
64-bit Windows is also supported, where original installer simply fails to run (because it's just 16-bit).
I have also included optional package of all traffic vehicles and traffic pursuit cars.
Thats right, you can now race with delivery trucks, taxi cars, school buses, SUV's and so on.
They are slow and steer like a whale, but racing with them is hilarious. Especially in Hot Pursuit mode on split screen. Pure fun!

Oh and don't forget to crank up all game graphic settings and enable Anti-Aliasing and Anisotropic filtering in your graphic card control panel. The game will look much better with it

Patch includes CD verification! Only users of original NFS3 game can install it.
Patch will also copy game files from original disc during patch installation.

PATCH REQUIREMENTS
- original NFS3 disc (english retail)
- ~460MB of free disk space
- Direct3D capable graphic card (all graphic cards we use today)
- Creative ALchemy or similar tool for EAX support under Vista

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Changelog:
1.02 - fixed bug where NFS3 crashed when saving replay or game progress
1.01 - fixed bug in Extra content extraction process
1.0 - initial release

Watch higher quality Youtube videosNeed for Speed 4 Vista Edition

Comments

Anonymous # 26. November 2008, 13:49

Anonymous writes:

Thanks you!

Anonymous # 28. November 2008, 23:32

Anonymous writes:

I downloaded your patch, but it won't verify my disk which is an original.

Any ideas?

rejzor # 29. November 2008, 06:05

Is it a regular retail version (english) or a special re-release edition (like Sold-Out versions)?

Anonymous # 29. November 2008, 11:46

AXP writes:

Thank you from Russia!
That's very cool news!
THANK YOU!

Anonymous # 30. November 2008, 09:06

TiberiusJonez writes:

It worked fine with mine - great job by the way - and mine is not original retail disc. Just mounted the iso in daemon tools, and the patcher recognized it as original disc.

Just played and it works flawlessly.
My only question ism is 800x600 the highest res available in the game?

Again, great job. This is one of my all time favorite racing titles. And gameplay wise, it still holds up today.

rejzor # 30. November 2008, 12:12

Well you had 1:1 CD image. You can't really do anythig if the image is identical to original

But hey...

Unfortunately 800x600 is the highest res you can use.
I just used 8xFSAA with Edge Detect filter and 16xAF filter on my Radeon HD4850 and game looked very nice. No jagged edges, no blurry textures in the distance. Just crank everything up, the game is old and will fly like rocket on any graphic card released in the past few years.

Anonymous # 2. December 2008, 07:04

TiberiusJonez writes:

Update - the NFS4 Vista works great too - just got it running. Did have to do a little more for this one - following directions found online about replacing some audio and movie files in the game.

After that - it's been smooooth sailing.

Nice!

Anonymous # 13. December 2008, 06:44

Malik writes:

Works Great

Thanks
:cool:

Anonymous # 3. January 2009, 05:03

Anonymous writes:

I tried it, but there's no force feedback for my MOMO wheel. Any ideas?

Anonymous # 4. January 2009, 11:16

Anonymous writes:

"Could not copy file(s). (#5, Line 3)"

:( verified the disc as legit tho...

Anonymous # 5. January 2009, 06:59

PK writes:

Thanks a LOT man! Works like a charm... if only higher res with 32 bit graphics would be enabled :(... but still you have greatly improved it! Thanks again... this classic game deserved something like this!

Anonymous # 8. January 2009, 18:03

AJ writes:

Anyone know how to activate the male police voices in NFS 3 while in hot pursuit mode? I can only hear the female operator repeat herself over and over!?

Also - is tghere a way of activating the targeting rectagle when playing as the cops with the car in third person mode? Seems to appear fine in first person, in car mode, but nowhere else apart from that!?!?

Oh and a MASSIVE thanks and well done for this patch - its AWESOME!

AJ

gijimbo # 14. January 2009, 07:10

Thanks a ton! I've always loved this game.

Anonymous # 16. January 2009, 09:13

Anonymous writes:

How do you activate AA & AF?

And thanks very much!!!

rejzor # 16. January 2009, 15:19

Just enable them in settings of your graphic card (be it NVIDIA Control Panel or ATI Catalyst Control Panel).

Anonymous # 22. January 2009, 04:39

Anonymous writes:

I'm with #28. I have a re-release disk from around 2000. This patch won't verify.

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Anonymous writes:

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Anonymous # 31. January 2009, 20:53

Zbikey writes:

I've been looking for something like this for a looooong time, it sucks that I couldn't find your version earlier. Your Vista Edition is simply perfection and a way to relive childhood memories. Thank you!

Anonymous # 26. February 2009, 02:43

Anonymous writes:

Ok, I installed this and it works great, but I decided I don't want it... I don't see an option to uninstall. Am I just not seeing it, or what?

rejzor # 26. February 2009, 13:21

Just delete the game folder and you're done.

Anonymous # 27. February 2009, 19:31

Taqer writes:

Thanks for the patch but I can't start the game :(.
Guys any ideas? Abort massage: Exception caught! Please help me.

Anonymous # 3. March 2009, 23:56

Anonymous writes:

It won't verify my disk which is an original.
It has the option of installing in english or in spanish so I guess it does'nt recognise the path? Again, the disk is an original. Do you have any suggestion?

gijimbo # 5. March 2009, 18:15

It only works if it's an ORIGINAL original lol. Meaning it works for the original release version, but not the later 5 game box set version. I have both and ran into the problem with the first disk i tried (box set) but had no trouble with the other. After the game was installed it let me use either disk to play though so if you could just find someone who has the original to let you install with it, then you could give it back and play with the one you have. I know it's a long shot with such an old game though.

rejzor # 6. March 2009, 06:01

The thing is, i only have original retail version for which i made this compatibility patch which was tested and verified quite thoroughly.
Same reason why companies allow patches to be apllied only to specific versions. So you can ensure quality. Downside is that it only works with that version. I can make a version without verification but in that case i cannot ensure the quality. Game may just crash misserably or lock up for no reason.But you can try, yes...

Anonymous # 25. March 2009, 21:35

Anonymous writes:

Is there any similar patch for NFS2 SE?:)

rejzor # 26. March 2009, 05:17

Not that i'm aware of. Considering i can't run NFS2 on XP or Vista, i might try to make a patch for it.

Anonymous # 13. April 2009, 19:39

Bdub writes:

I have the original and it won't verify it off of disc or mounted with daemon tools as an iso, any ideas, i really hope to figure this out, i love this game....vista 64 bit btw. Thanks for any help!

Anonymous # 14. April 2009, 03:05

Anonymous writes:

Works great with original AND mounted image *ghasp*
BIG thanks for this!

Anonymous # 7. May 2009, 10:55

Anonymous writes:

thanks

Anonymous # 19. May 2009, 06:05

N/A writes:

You sir, are a god! =) Keep up the great work.

PS: I can only get software rendering running in Vista 64. Any ideas?

rejzor # 19. May 2009, 08:03

Run 3DSetup program (Start menu) and see if there is anything else other than Software available for selection. There should be a name of your graphic card listed there and selecting it means you'll be using Direct3D mode. Update graphic drivers if needed.

Anonymous # 20. May 2009, 05:47

N/A writes:

Hmm... 3DSetup isn't even listed. Interesting.

rejzor # 20. May 2009, 08:11

Eh, nevermind. I forgot that NFS3 is installed through my own installer which in fact really doesn't install 3DSetup at all.

Try this:
http://cid-94a12102e5094675.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/3DSETUP.exe

Run this EXE, point it to your NFS3 Vista Edition folder and extract it.
Then go there and run 3dsetup.exe. I hope that will work.
Let me know how it went

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