Last Updated: May 26, 2019
I like to share an application with you I’ve been working on for a while. It’s called "3D Fix Manager" and the reason I developed it is that I wanted to have a more comfortable way for installing 3D Vision Fixes and a user-friendly approach for editing hotkeys in order to quickly change 3D related settings like 3D depth and convergence while gaming.
So which features does 3D Fix Manager provide?
- Clear GUI with multi-language support (Englisch, French, German, Portuguese)
- Detection of installed 3D Vision games (Steam, Uplay, Origin, GOG and many more supported)
- Download, install and uninstall 3D Vision fixes with only 1 click
- Installed 3D fixes are automatically kept up to date
- Simple configuration of 3D fixes. Adjust 3D hotkeys for changing 3D depth and convergence and much more. Configs are automatically backuped and restored when reinstalling 3D fixes.
- Launch games directly with 3D Fix Manager either in 2D or stereo 3D mode. For 2D mode 3D fixes are automatically disabled as not needed then.
- Graphics settings of games are automatically optimized for playing in stereo 3D
- Nvidia driver profiles are automatically installed and optimized for stereo 3D
- Options for individually editing the global Nvidia driver profile for both 2D and stereo 3D mode
- Up to 3 display profiles provided - optimize settings for your display devices and load them easily by selecting the respective profile
- No need to use Nvidia Control Panel any more - all stereo 3D related settings are directly integrated into 3D Fix Manager. Additionally all settings can be backuped and restored.
- Simple activation of Compatibility Mode (also known as fake / depth buffer 3D) for any DirectX 11 game
- Highly customizable - fine tune a lot of settings for each game profile. Easily create new profiles for games not supported by 3D Fix Manager yet.
- Performance for stereo 3D automatically improved by using RivaTuner Statistics Server
- Automatic updates for game profiles which include new 3D fixes
- Automatic updates for the application itself which add new features and bugfixes
Currently more than 700 3D fixes from helixmod.blogspot are supported by 3D Fix Manager. This includes fixes using Helix Mod (DirectX 9), 3dmigoto (DirectX 11) and OpenGL 3D Vision Wrapper.
Geforce Forum:
- The main thread about 3D Fix Manager can be found here
Donation:
- If you want to support this project you can donate to this PayPal account: duselpaul86@gmx.de
Download:
- Choose between installer or portable zip version:
- Download: Installer Version 1.7
- Download: Portable Zip Version 1.7
- Alternatively you can visit my Download Page
- Optional: Download RivaTuner Statistics Server for accessing all features of 3D Fix Manager. RTSS eliminates micro stuttering, reduces input lag and improves frametimes for stereo 3D mode.
Instructions:
- Installer version: Start the setup wizard and simply click on continue. Adjust install directory to your liking. A desktop shortcut and entry in start menu folder are created by the setup wizard.
- Portable zip version: Extract the downloaded file archive. Neither start menu entries nor a desktop shortcut are created by using the zip version.
- Start the application with "3DFixManager.exe" or use the desktop shortcut created by the installer.
Requirements:
- Windows 7 / 8 / 10
- .NET Framework 4.6 or higher
- Nvidia graphics card
- 3D display compatible to 3D Vision, 3DTV Play or Optimized for Geforce
- Note: If you have a Nvidia graphics card but not a 3D display device you can still fully use this application with anaglyph mode (3D Vision Discover). You need anaglyph red / blue glasses for this (e.g. available on Amazon for not more than 5$).
- If your card is AMD this application serves as a simple game launcher only (all Nvidia related settings locked then)
Known Issues:
- When double clicking on "3DFixManager.exe" and nothing happens it 's very likely that your AntiVirus software is blocking the application from being started. Easiest fix is to copy the application from protected places like C:\Program Files (x86) to other places like D:\3D Fix Manager. You can also try to add the folder of the application to the whitelist of your AntiVirus software but this does not always fix the issue.
- Detection of games might fail if no info about the game is available in Windows registry. When this happens 3D Fix Manager tries to find the game via search paths but this might fail as well when no according search paths have been added to the application. In this case please make sure that all paths to your game libraries are listed in the search paths option (you find this in "Settings" tab -> "Application Setting" tab -> "Detecting installed Games")
- If a game is still not listed you can force detection by setting up a custom install path for the individual fix profile (you do this by changing the search filter from "Installed Games" to "All Games" in the upper left corner. After that double click on the game in the list and navigate to "Custom Root / Game Path")
Manual:
- A detailed manual can be found here. Please have a look at the section "Problems and Solutions" if you experience any issues
GitHub:
- The application is not available in your language yet? Please feel free to translate this language file on GitHub and your language will be added to the application with the next update.
Notes:
- Please help me to improve this application by reporting bugs, wrong / outdated fix profiles or if you have any suggestions. Thank you.
- I tested the application a lot and I think it’s in a good state. However I take no responsibility if any damage should occur on your machine by using this application. Use at your own risk. :)
Change Notes Version 1.7 (May 26, 2019):
- New: Compatibility Mode Unleashed by Helifax can be simply enabled by ticking "Enable CMU" in "Play" tab. When clicking on "Play 3D" button CMU is automatically started
- New: Added Hoktey and config support for CMU. You find these in "3D Fix" tab (scroll down to the very bottom)
- New: Added Xbox Controller detection. Just press a button of your Xbox controller for setting up a hotkey for CMU
- New: Basic configuration for CMU is automatically done by 3D Fix Manager
- New: After closing a game CMU is automatically closed
- New: Added a spinner when clicking on Play 2D / Play 3D button
- Changed: Renamed "Installation" and "Hotkeys" tab to better match their purpose
- Changed: App isn't minimized any more when starting a game
- Changed: Updated Nvidia driver links to version 425.31
- Changed: Updated Nvidia Profile Inspector to v.2.3.0.2 which supports modifying the green overlay text in games now
- Changed: Updated 3dmigoto files to version 1.3.16
Change Notes Version 1.69 (March 14, 2019):
- New: VERY IMPORTANT!!! PLEASE READ!!! Added an info that Nvidia dropped 3D Vision support (future graphics drivers don't support stereo 3D any more). A dialog window informing users about this and what to do is automatically shown when starting 3D Fix Manager
- New: Added graphics driver version check for showing a warning dialog if trying to use 3D Vision with an unsupported driver version
- Changed: "0x10000102" is now the default value for unlocking CM via 3dmigoto. It seems to have a higher chance to work in current games than "0x10000002"
- Changed: When updating fix profiles via automatic update the setting "Install dir name" is overwritten at any case now
- Bugfix: When both 32 bit and 64 version of 3dmigoto where installed for a game updating the wrapper did not work properly (32 bit files were copied to the 64 bit directory of the game)
- Bugfix: Setting a custom game root path in fix profile did not work if several copies of a game were installed in different directories
- Bugfix: Disabling 3D overlay was broken for the installer version of 3DFM. The portable zip version was not affected by this
Change Notes Version 1.68 (February 12, 2019):
- New: Further translations for Portuguese version (thanks to jurandy007!)
- Changed: Improved mechanism for modifying game config files. Added a placeholder for file names if parts of the name vary for each user. Also added "_steamPath_" as a placeholder which is replaced with actual Steam installation path.
- Changed: If the wrapper dll was renamed as "visiond3d9.dll" or "visiond3d11.dll" the fix can still be detected now. This is useful if you're using SpecialK as a primary injector + a renamed dll of the 3D fix.
- Bugfix: Reset button in hotkeys tab was disabled for OpenGL Wrapper
- Bugfix: If switching between Castlevania: Lords of Shadow original fix and alternative fix the game wasn't detected any more
- Bugfix: Helixmod.dll couldn't be uninstalled if the 3D fix was disabled
Change Notes Version 1.67 (January 31, 2019):
- New: Added support for 3dmigoto's named variables
- Changed: Updated 3dmigoto files to version 1.3.14
- Changed: Improved search for games - for each game all potential install paths found via Registry search, search paths and custom install path are collected first and then searched for the game exe. The first path which contains the game exe is taken as the valid install path of the game. Custom install paths have the highest priorities in search, next is registry paths and the lowest priority is search paths.
- Changed: "Prioritize search paths over registry paths" option has been removed as it's no longer required
- Changed: Game search via Windows registry is faster now as some hard disk accesses have been removed
- Changed: From now on it's mandatory to set the game exe name in fix profiles - otherwise the game won't be found (stricter rule)
- Changed: When option "Cache detected games for faster app start" is enabled search via search paths isn't executed any more as this would take too much time if a lot of games are installed. This makes editing profiles a lot faster in this case.
- Bugfix: One version of the helixmod.dll couldn't be detected
Change Notes Version 1.66 (January 02, 2019):
- New: Further translations for French version (thanks to greatxerox!)
- Bugfix: Fixed a potential bug when updating fix profiles (some profiles could be doubled in a rare case). This could happen due to the stringcomparer using current culture setting.
- Bugfix: The additional exe in game directory wasn't detected directly after installing a 3D fix any more. This means that the e.g. HeliXmodLauncher.exe wasn't automatically started on game launch.
- Bugfix: Ini file for hotkey editing could not be created in the directory of the game if a backup of the file was already found in the 3D Fix Manager folder.
Change Notes Version 1.65 (December 17, 2018):
- New: Nvidia 3D driver overlay can be completely disabled in "Nvidia 3D Settings Tab"
- Changed: Improved startup speed of application when Registry search or search paths option is enabled
- Changed: Faster detection of 3D fixes. Additional info in fix profiles is provided to eliminate the need for doing a recursive search in game directories.
- Changed: Improved detection of 3D fixes. Foreign DLLs like those of Reshade aren't detected as 3D fixes any more.
- Changed: RTSS version can be still detected if Registry search is off. This wasn't possible formerly.
- Changed: When updating 3dmigoto wrapper to the latest version inline comments of hotkeys are automatically removed because 3dmigoto cannot parse them any more since branch 1.3
- Bugfix: "Enable / disable all fixes" option in "Application Settings" tab was broken
- Bugfix: Sometimes when changing both Game Exe and Additional Exe in fix profile the buttons for starting the game weren't available any more
- Bugfix: Minor bugfix for ini file parser
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