The most common causes of this issue are:

Don't jump to conclusions and try to CTRL/ALT/DEL your way out if it looks like your computer is locked up at first.Your IP address has been temporarily blocked due to a large number of HTTP requests. It can be 5 seconds it can be 5 minutes (yes, seriously). Heads up - the 1 kink I don't have ironed out is that there is a delay before the game loads, and how long varies widely. With the patch installed, there's nothing else to do but try launching your madnd3d exe. You could also set the basic Windows 95/98 compatibility mode to achieve the same effect, but in my experience it really bogs the framerate down. Unzip the files to any folder and run PatchInstall.bat If you suffer from freezes/crashes, try downloading this small compatibility shim. You can technically run the game at this point, but it will likely be very unstable. If this file does not exist, try re-running the configurator as an administrator. You don't have to concern yourself with the other settings - the defaults work fine in this case.Ĭlick 'Apply' and 'OK' to complete the dgVoodoo setup. Check your Madden directory in File Explorer - you should notice that a new file, nf, has been added. You can do that quickly by clicking the backslash icon (it’s to the left of “add” in the top right corner).

Run dgVoodooSetup and add your Madden folder to its configuration list. You'll want to unzip the following files to your Madden NFL 2001 game directory.ĭgVoodooCpl.exe (dgVoodooSetup.exe in versions 2.53 and older)ĭ3DImm.dll (Located in the 'MS' directory in the zip)ĭDraw.dll (Located in the 'MS' directory in the zip) Head to Dege's place and download a copy of dgVoodoo if you haven't already (I used version 2.5 at the time of this writing) 'Out of the box,' this game has been broken graphically since the Windows XP days. Like 90% of everything on this site, you'll need to make use of the dgVoodoo DirectX wrapper in order to play.

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