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Transport Giant Grapics Flickering Fix
By Djakal Games YT
How I managed to fix the Problems i had with Transport Giant on Modern Computer
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Transport Giant Grapics Flickering Fix - WIN 10 DX 12
Hello. If you have problems in Transport Giant with Flickering Graphics and black textures as I had there is a fix. It's not a simple one like compatibility settings and admin rights, but not that hard either.

All you need is a program called DGWoodoo 2. Its a program that is used to allow older games to run on newer PC's with the more recent Windows OS. (Looking at you WIN 10.)

OK. The problem with Transport Giant is that it's a DX 8 Game and while some DX 8 games may work out of the box with DX 10,11 and 12 other don't, or they do some weird stuff like Tg does and that mainly because they make use of code that doesn't work or it partially works with the new DX 10 and above API's.

With that said you need to provide a way for the game to access original data from the old DX8 DLL and here is where DGWoodoo comes in. It can offer an environment for DX 8 or 9 Games to run on new Machines with newer DX Versions.

The steps are as follow:
1. Download DGWoodoo 2 (Google finds it quick)
2. Now install or extract it into a folder on to your Desktop
3. Copy the following Files in your Transport Giant Folder (There where your Game EXE is):
- dgWoodooCpl.exe
- DgWoodoo. Conf
and From the Folder MS\x86 copy also where your game exe is these files:
- D3D8.dll
- D3DImm.dll
- DDraw.dll

Next start dgWoodooCpl.exe and on general tab be sure to have these settings:
1. Rendering: in Output API use Direct3D 12 (Feauture Level 12.0)
2. Adapter to use: All of them
3. Full Screen Output: Default
4. Appearance: Full Screen
5. Scaling Mode: Unspecified
6.All else uncheked with the exception of:
- Keep window aspect ratio
- Capture Mouse

Here is a image of the settings:
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1771579772385495856/B91E21C898DDCCD451613DCF888F957525EE3233/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

Next in the DX Tab use these settings:
Have Cheked these settings:
1. Texturing
- Disable mipmapping
2. Behaviour
- Application controled fullscreen/windowed state
3. In Videocard: use dgVoodoo Virtual 3D Accelerated Card
4. VRAM 256 MB
5. Filteing: Force anistropic 16x
6. Resolution: use Max Available, mine is 1080p. Dont know if it works on higher.
7. Antialiasing: 8x

Here is another image of the settings:
https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1771579772385494920/02FDD771432EF0F6B87612E8A62F7286BF970518/?imw=256&&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox&imcolor=%23000000&letterbox=false

After that run the Game and Have fun.

This is my werry first guide. Leave a comment if it worked ou for you or not.
15 Comments
Djakal Games YT  [author] 4 Jun @ 12:35am 
The remaster is the developers responsability. Or maybe people from the comunity that can make a unofficial ptach maybe so it can run without problems.
Djakal Games YT  [author] 4 Jun @ 12:33am 
@Pomcroft. Steam is just a platform for distribution. The game itself is old and newer windows iterations use different updated sets of rules that you must abide to when programing a game or game engine. Even for graphics and other stuff. Hardware like CPU and GPU arhitecture also impacts these rules because of sets of commands. They could make a remaster of the game so it can run without problems on newer sistems and operating sistems.
Pomcroft 2 Jun @ 5:02am 
why do i need to do all this? shouldn't steam team work on this issue ?
Djakal Games YT  [author] 28 Feb @ 9:18am 
I am glad to see it helps people. :steamhappy:
luke913 6 Feb @ 2:52am 
Many many thanks to you!!! Your method worked great for me!
kaposvari.lt 17 Jan @ 2:20pm 
This solution worked for me, thank you. For those who are struggling with the "black screen" problem in the Industry Giant 2, I recommend trying this solution.
njaner 8 Dec, 2024 @ 5:33pm 
I send you the biggest present because you saved my life!!
I've been wanting to launch this game for 2 years before I read your guide
thks a lot, good work :D
bestelling 9 Nov, 2024 @ 11:11am 
thank you it work now
Pomcroft 4 Nov, 2024 @ 2:26pm 
it would be great if creators could optimize these features and not the players who paid for the game.
Syobon 27 Oct, 2024 @ 8:26pm 
Great guide, it also works well for the Industry Giant 2.