Hi, thank you for the welcome and the reply.
I have now tried with the compatibility mode set to Win XP SP2 in both the lithtech and NOLF2 exes and with the version of dgvoodoo you linked to but I still get the same error about d3d8.
I have found I can get the game to run, in menu correct widescreen using the modernizer but limiting the resolution to 1920x1080. This allows me to relaunch the game without any problems. Pushing the resolution up to 4K prevents it from launching on the subsequent attempts without first setting a different resolution in the launcher.
I can live with this setup but I do find it intriguing I have had so much trouble and others haven't with both the native widescreen support and now with dgvoodoo.
It made me think of another question, what is the difference between the revival version on the tk website, 1.3 version on this website and the modernizer? Will I be losing anything running the modernizer instead of the plus version (from this site)?
And I have wondered why the revive web page (http://nolfrevival.tk/) and this website seem disconnected. One doesn't seem to reference the other, no link to this forum on revival and no link to that website on the downloads section here. And pcgamingwiki doesn't even mention the tk website.
Thanks again for the reply.