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Need for Speed 3 Vista Edition

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

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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 :smile:

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 P: But hey... :smile:
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.

Anonymous 31. January 2009, 00:47

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 :smile:

Anonymous 11. June 2009, 18:42

Anonymous writes:

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Anonymous 11. June 2009, 18:42

Anonymous writes:

hi

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Anonymous 8. July 2009, 09:16

Anonymous writes:

Thanks a lot! It worked for me!

Anonymous 10. July 2009, 20:30

Anonymous writes:

Hey, my CD won't verify. It looks original but it has the patch on it too. Is there anything I can do?

Anonymous 11. July 2009, 16:28

Anonymous writes:

this does not work, I have for sure the original cd and it won't verify it

rejzor 11. July 2009, 19:55

It has to be english retail version from 1998. Sold out versions and later releases probably wouldn't work with the patch anyway. Thats why the CD check is there.
I'll have to look into it but then i cannot guarantee that patch willw ork as intended and tested.

Anonymous 16. July 2009, 22:17

Anonymous writes:

Game crashes when loading the track, Vista X64 SP2 machine with C2Duo and a gtx 285. Oddly enough It worked fine for the first track, but now not even reinstalling works.

The little I could play was minblowing though, it looks better than High Stakes for some reason.

Anonymous 17. July 2009, 16:47

Anonymous writes:

i installed the patch it verified and installed but and runs .. when i select a race it hangs on the load screen at the end ... what did i do wrong ... everyone here got it to work

Anonymous 19. July 2009, 19:39

Anonymous writes:

it works! great job! super graphics! but i dont have any race and no menu music! voices work properly... could you tell me why?

rejzor 20. July 2009, 15:52

I suggest you check your soundcard, speakers and drivers for soundcard.

Anonymous 23. July 2009, 21:53

Asif writes:

hi
i instal need for speed but when i open game same message will b come (please insert correct CD-ROM, select OK and restart application)and instal game same cd-rom
desk also ok and cd-rom also work
i have win vista 32 bit

rejzor 24. July 2009, 06:11

Uh? I don't understand what you're trying to say.
You have to install the game by running my patch with NFS3 CD inserted into the drive. Patch will copy the files from the CD.

Anonymous 26. July 2009, 17:47

Anonymous writes:

http://rapidshare.com/files/233213502/Need.for.Speed.3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/233244255/Need.for.Speed.3.part2.rar

this iso image might work

Anonymous 28. July 2009, 05:13

Anonymous writes:

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Anonymous 29. July 2009, 17:41

Chris writes:

Hi Rejzor,

first of all: GREAT WORK!
I thought i had to give up on trying to get this game working in an x64 environment, but this installation routine works like a charm on windows 7 rc 64bit for me.

however, the 3dsetup-workaroung you proposed may 20th does not work for me. I can open the dialog, but no graphic cards at all are shown (just a blank selection box and this triple buffer checkbox). upon closing the window by clicking "ok" something gets seriously overwritten in a wrong way and the game tells me that "need for speed 3 files are corrupted; please re-install". after reinstallation everything works again of course, but i would really appreciate a fully working 3d-hardware-mode. so if you can think of any other solution, do not hesitate to tell it!

Best wishes and double thumbs up from Germany,
Chris

Anonymous 29. July 2009, 23:10

Anonymous writes:

Hello,

I have just downloaded your program, and installed it. I am running an AMD Athlon processor on XP, 512 MB of RAM, and it wont start the program. Im confused. I would like some help. Thanks.

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