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	Setting up [[LEGO Island]] is generally straightforward on PCs of its era, however some extra effort and considerations are sometimes required depending on how modern your system is. If you want to play on 32-Bit systems, it is basically the same as an old PC, but you have to put [[Direct3D Retained Mode\|D3DRM.DLL]] in your system32 folder and the game directory. For 64-Bit systems, follow the instructions [[64-Bit Installation\|here.]]		Setting up [[LEGO Island]] is generally straightforward on PCs of its era, however some extra effort and considerations are sometimes required depending on how modern your system is.

	== Installing ==		== Installing ==

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	Setting up [[LEGO Island]] is generally straightforward on PCs of its era, however some extra effort and considerations are sometimes required depending on how modern your system is.		Setting up [[LEGO Island]] is generally straightforward on PCs of its era, however some extra effort and considerations are sometimes required depending on how modern your system is. If you want to play on 32-Bit systems, it is basically the same as an old PC, but you have to put [[Direct3D Retained Mode\|D3DRM.DLL]] in your system32 folder and the game directory. For 64-Bit systems, follow the instructions [[64-Bit Installation\|here.]]

	== Installing ==		== Installing ==

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	{{Main article\|Compatibility Issues}}		{{Main article\|Compatibility Issues}}

	LEGO Island relies on various dated DirectX APIs that have seen numerous changes over the decades since its release. As such, using Direct3D HAL can result in various graphical glitches and crashes that impact the game's playability. To address this, it's recommended to either use a software mode instead ("Ramp Emulation", "RGB Emulation", or "MMX Emulation") as those are CPU-based and have therefore been largely unaffected by the changes to the Direct3D API, '''or''' to use [[dgVoodoo]] which translates LEGO Island's outdated DirectX 5 calls to modern DirectX 11 calls. This has the advantage of allowing other graphical tweaks too, such as increasing the resolution, adding anti-aliasing, overriding texture filtering, windowed mode,		LEGO Island relies on various dated DirectX APIs that have seen numerous changes over the decades since its release. As such, using Direct3D HAL can result in various graphical glitches and crashes that impact the game's playability. To address this, it's recommended to either use a software mode instead ("Ramp Emulation", "RGB Emulation", or "MMX Emulation") as those are CPU-based and have therefore been largely unaffected by the changes to the Direct3D API, '''or''' to use [[dgVoodoo]] which translates LEGO Island's outdated DirectX 5 calls to modern DirectX 11 calls. This has the advantage of allowing other graphical tweaks too, such as increasing the resolution, adding anti-aliasing, overriding texture filtering, windowed mode, and more.
	and more.

	=== High-definition Patch ===		=== High-definition Patch ===

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	{{Main article\|Compatibility Issues}}		{{Main article\|Compatibility Issues}}

	LEGO Island relies on various dated DirectX APIs that have seen numerous changes over the decades since its release. As such, using Direct3D HAL can result in various graphical glitches and crashes that impact the game's playability. To address this, it's recommended to either use a software mode instead ("Ramp Emulation", "RGB Emulation", or "MMX Emulation") as those are CPU-based and have therefore been largely unaffected by the changes to the Direct3D API, '''or''' to use [[dgVoodoo]] which translates LEGO Island's outdated DirectX 5 calls to modern DirectX 11 calls. This has the advantage of allowing other graphical tweaks too, such as increasing the resolution, adding anti-aliasing, overriding texture filtering, and more.		LEGO Island relies on various dated DirectX APIs that have seen numerous changes over the decades since its release. As such, using Direct3D HAL can result in various graphical glitches and crashes that impact the game's playability. To address this, it's recommended to either use a software mode instead ("Ramp Emulation", "RGB Emulation", or "MMX Emulation") as those are CPU-based and have therefore been largely unaffected by the changes to the Direct3D API, '''or''' to use [[dgVoodoo]] which translates LEGO Island's outdated DirectX 5 calls to modern DirectX 11 calls. This has the advantage of allowing other graphical tweaks too, such as increasing the resolution, adding anti-aliasing, overriding texture filtering, windowed mode,
			and more.

	=== High-definition Patch ===		=== High-definition Patch ===

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	=== Graphics Modes ===		=== Graphics Modes ===

	On vanilla Wine, different graphics modes will appear in [CONFIG.EXE]. Wine doesn't implement the Ramp/RGB/MMX software modes, instead only implementing one software mode called "Direct3D HEL" (hardware emulation layer).		On vanilla Wine, different graphics modes will appear in [[CONFIG.EXE]]. Wine doesn't implement the Ramp/RGB/MMX software modes, instead only implementing one software mode called "Direct3D HEL" (hardware emulation layer).

	Currently, unlike modern Windows, hardware mode - aka "Direct3D HAL" (hardware abstraction layer) - appears to work better in Wine than "Direct3D HEL". Currently "HEL" appears to render only a black screen.		Currently, unlike modern Windows, hardware mode - aka "Direct3D HAL" (hardware abstraction layer) - appears to work better in Wine than "Direct3D HEL". Currently "HEL" appears to render only a black screen.

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	LEGO Island was only ever designed to run at 640x480 which was relatively standard at the time. Given the much larger variety of resolution available today, it may be desirable to run the game at a higher resolution. Currently, the best way to do this is with [[dgVoodoo]], which allows users to override the resolution to one of their choosing. Note that this is unfortunately '''not''' a true widescreen patch, the game will still have a 4:3 aspect ratio that will get stretched to whatever resolution you choose. As such, it's recommended to use a 4:3 resolution to maintain LEGO Island's native aspect ratio (e.g. 1440x1080 instead of 1920x1080). Currently [[LEGO Island Rebuilder]] is working on a true widescreen patch to address this issue.		LEGO Island was only ever designed to run at 640x480 which was relatively standard at the time. Given the much larger variety of resolution available today, it may be desirable to run the game at a higher resolution. Currently, the best way to do this is with [[dgVoodoo]], which allows users to override the resolution to one of their choosing. Note that this is unfortunately '''not''' a true widescreen patch, the game will still have a 4:3 aspect ratio that will get stretched to whatever resolution you choose. As such, it's recommended to use a 4:3 resolution to maintain LEGO Island's native aspect ratio (e.g. 1440x1080 instead of 1920x1080). Currently [[LEGO Island Rebuilder]] is working on a true widescreen patch to address this issue.

			== Running on Linux/Mac through Wine ==

			''LEGO Island'' is nearly perfectly playable through [https://winehq.org/ Wine], however some extra steps are required to make it work correctly.

			=== Installation ===

			Installation should be more or less the same as above - the default installer should run fine, or you can use the "Alternative Installer".

			=== D3DRM.DLL ===

			Wine, unlike modern versions of Windows, does contain an implementation of D3DRM.DLL. However, it is largely incomplete and will cause the game to crash on startup. As such, you will need to manually replace it with a real copy. The easiest way to do this is to install [https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks Winetricks] and run the following command: <code>winetricks d3drm</code>

			Even though the alternative installer does install D3DRM.DLL, Wine will continue to use its "builtin" version unless told otherwise. The above Winetricks script will do this automatically, however if you'd prefer to do it manually, you can also add a manual override in <code>winecfg</code> after the DLL has been placed in a valid location.

			=== Graphics Modes ===

			On vanilla Wine, different graphics modes will appear in [CONFIG.EXE]. Wine doesn't implement the Ramp/RGB/MMX software modes, instead only implementing one software mode called "Direct3D HEL" (hardware emulation layer).

			Currently, unlike modern Windows, hardware mode - aka "Direct3D HAL" (hardware abstraction layer) - appears to work better in Wine than "Direct3D HEL". Currently "HEL" appears to render only a black screen.

			=== Windowed Mode ===

			{{Main article\|Windowed_Mode#Wine_.28Linux.2FMac.29}}

			Windowed mode in Wine has various challenges. These are detailed more in detail on the [[Windowed_Mode#Wine_.28Linux.2FMac.29\|windowed mode]] article. It's generally recommended to bypass the game's built-in windowed mode entirely and instead use [[dgVoodoo]] to force windowed mode.

			=== Clicking 3D objects doesn't work or crashes ===

			''LEGO Island'' makes use of an obscure old DirectDraw function called "Pick" which is not implemented in Wine. It is, however, implemented in [[dgVoodoo]], and it's recommended to use it for a complete experience.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

MattKC at 01:31, 3 October 2020

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	{{Main article\|Compatibility Issues}}		{{Main article\|Compatibility Issues}}

	LEGO Island relies on various dated DirectX APIs that have seen numerous changes over the decades since its release. As such, using Direct3D HAL can result in various graphical glitches and crashes that impact the game's playability. To address this, it's recommended to either use a software mode instead ("Ramp Emulation", "RGB Emulation", or "MMX Emulation") as those are CPU-based and have therefore been largely unaffected by the changes to the Direct3D API, '''or''' to use [[dgVoodoo]] which translates LEGO Island's outdated DirectX 5 calls to modern DirectX 11 calls. This has the advantage of		LEGO Island relies on various dated DirectX APIs that have seen numerous changes over the decades since its release. As such, using Direct3D HAL can result in various graphical glitches and crashes that impact the game's playability. To address this, it's recommended to either use a software mode instead ("Ramp Emulation", "RGB Emulation", or "MMX Emulation") as those are CPU-based and have therefore been largely unaffected by the changes to the Direct3D API, '''or''' to use [[dgVoodoo]] which translates LEGO Island's outdated DirectX 5 calls to modern DirectX 11 calls. This has the advantage of allowing other graphical tweaks too, such as increasing the resolution, adding anti-aliasing, overriding texture filtering, and more.

	=== High-definition Patch ===		=== High-definition Patch ===
	{{Main article\|dgVoodoo}}		{{Main article\|dgVoodoo}}

	LEGO Island was only ever designed to run at 640x480 which was relatively standard at the time. Given the much larger variety of resolution available today, it may be desirable to run the game at a higher resolution. Currently, the best way to do this is with [[dgVoodoo]], which allows users to override the resolution to one of their choosing. Note that this is unfortunately '''not''' a true widescreen patch, the game will still have a 4:3 aspect ratio that will get stretched to whatever resolution you choose. As such, it's recommended to use a 4:3 resolution to maintain LEGO Island's native aspect ratio (e.g. 1440x1080 instead of 1920x1080). Currently [[LEGO Island Rebuilder]] is working on a true widescreen patch to ~~addres~~ this issue.		LEGO Island was only ever designed to run at 640x480 which was relatively standard at the time. Given the much larger variety of resolution available today, it may be desirable to run the game at a higher resolution. Currently, the best way to do this is with [[dgVoodoo]], which allows users to override the resolution to one of their choosing. Note that this is unfortunately '''not''' a true widescreen patch, the game will still have a 4:3 aspect ratio that will get stretched to whatever resolution you choose. As such, it's recommended to use a 4:3 resolution to maintain LEGO Island's native aspect ratio (e.g. 1440x1080 instead of 1920x1080). Currently [[LEGO Island Rebuilder]] is working on a true widescreen patch to address this issue.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

MattKC at 15:18, 16 September 2020

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	If you want LEGO Island to run without a CD, it's as simple as copying the <code>\Lego</code> folder from the CD to LEGO Island's install folder (usually <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\LEGO Island</code>). You'll want to merge with the <code>LEGO</code> folder that already exists and don't worry about replacing the file <code>NOCD.SI</code> (it's the same file so skipping or replacing it makes no difference).		If you want LEGO Island to run without a CD, it's as simple as copying the <code>\Lego</code> folder from the CD to LEGO Island's install folder (usually <code>C:\Program Files (x86)\LEGO Island</code>). You'll want to merge with the <code>LEGO</code> folder that already exists and don't worry about replacing the file <code>NOCD.SI</code> (it's the same file so skipping or replacing it makes no difference).

			=== Japanese Version ===
			For unknown reasons, the Japanese LEGO Island installer features a version check that fails if the version of Windows you're using is not 4.x (e.g. 95, 98, or Me). This means the installer will fail on any Windows version newer (starting with Windows 2000). As such, for this version you should probably use the [[Getting_Started#Alternative_Installer\|LEGO Island Alternative Installer]].

	=== Alternative Installer ===		=== Alternative Installer ===