All right, I tried that. Unfortunately it still doesn't work. But it seems as if the game no longer crashes directly, but starts in a black full screen and then freezes (according to the task manager). Here is the new log

Alright, I did it exactly as you described. Here is the log file as ZIP. Thank you for the effort!

Well Ive tried DirectDrawCompat as well - it wont help. Also DxWnd seems to contain maleware (https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/f35ab8c71 … 3fa59cfbcbe52ea) Im quite confused ... 😒

Thanks guys for the hints. So dgVoodoo2 unfortunately didn't bring any improvement. As far as I know it should also overwrite the corresponding DLL file from the game that I'm supposed to copy, right? However, there were none of the four .dll files in the game directory, which means that by copying …

No, but that sounds interesting! I'll try it today. My problem with virtualization software is that I don't know where to get a win xp iso from. Can someone help me?

Thank you for your answers. Unfortunately it doesn't work.! I don't know why, but when I start it, the monitor fades to black for a moment (like starting a full-screen application with a low resolution) and then nothing happens again. Sometimes the game doesn't seem to crash, but simply hangs (black …

Hello community, I have an old game that worked great on Windows XP. Unfortunately, I can no longer play it on Windows 11. I'm wondering what options I have to get it to work. You can download the game for free here: https://download.pcwelt.de/area_release/files/57/2F/ …