Re: Zoo Tycoon does not detect dgvoodoo

Posted on 2022-09-20, 15:50

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by Narzoul

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I only checked the demo. It seems to be using DirectDraw via COM. You can try this reg file to make ddraw wrappers work: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/narzoul/DDr … Redirection.reg Save it as a .reg file and execute it.

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Re: How do you use Direct3D Reference device instead of the HAL device?

Posted on 2022-08-31, 18:54

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I experimented with something like this a couple years ago (https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=609397#p609397) It shouldn't be too difficult, from what I remember. Besides the obvious (replacing IID_IDirect3DHALDevice/IID_IDirect3DTnLHalDevice with IID_IDirect3DRefDevice), I think you need to …

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Re: Midtown Madness Doesn't Detect dgVoodoo's ddraw.dll

Posted on 2022-08-01, 07:08

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by Narzoul

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If you look at Compatibility Administrator under System Database/Applications/Midtown Madness, it applies a game-specific fix called MidTownMadness2 if your game executable is called either midtown.exe or midtown.icd, and you have the following additional files in the same directory: audio.ar, …

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Re: How to get old Windows XP games to run on Windows 11?

Posted on 2022-06-10, 19:21

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It worked for me on Windows 7 x64 with both Virtual PC 2007 x64 and DOSBox 32-Bit. Both were creating a DDraw Surface, if memory serves. Edit: All that's needed is a functioning DDraw, no Direct3D. Direct Draw never required hardware acceleration, it always worked with software rendering, too. That …

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Re: How to get old Windows XP games to run on Windows 11?

Posted on 2022-06-10, 17:35

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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 Hmm, it doesn't seem to get stuck on anything ddraw related... Based on the …

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Re: How to get old Windows XP games to run on Windows 11?

Posted on 2022-06-09, 22:21

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Thanks! It seems to be crashing due to a known incompatibility between G-Sync and DirectDraw exclusive fullscreen mode. Please try again without G-Sync. If it works, use the Release build for further testing (don't play with the debug build, it's gonna be slower and leave a huge log file). If it …

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Re: How to get old Windows XP games to run on Windows 11?

Posted on 2022-06-09, 21:09

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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 them from the dgVoodoo2.zip/MS/x86 folder, four more files were simply added to the …

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Re: Viper Racing vs modern graphics card!

Posted on 2022-05-17, 08:14

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Ok so i managed to make your fabulous ddraw.dll (white version) work with the latest version 1.2.5 2016 of Viper. I'm now able to play in 1600*900 (upper resolution crash) with somewhat nice graphics 8-) If i can ask, could i have some specials ddraw.dll to pick the least disturbing color for the …

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Re: Viper Racing vs modern graphics card!

Posted on 2022-05-16, 20:35

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Edit 2 : I just try the demo and it crash with DDrawCompat-v0.3.1 so somethign on my PC isn't as viper-compliant as yours :-( If you have G-Sync enabled, turn it off for the game. It's known to be incompatible with exclusive fullscreen mode in DirectDraw. Not much I can do about it, but the next …

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Re: Viper Racing vs modern graphics card!

Posted on 2022-05-16, 20:02

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Thanks for the input, I try the 3 and none is working, it seems viper racing just ignore the fil that i drop in it's folder (the main folder or the Data folder) I even try the name_of_game.exe.manifest (https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat/wiki/Installation-guide) but it did not work :-/ I've …

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Re: Enabling D3D9On12 for DirectX 1-9

Posted on 2022-03-20, 00:16

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Here we go: https://github.com/narzoul/ForceD3D9On12 Don't get your hopes up. Most games using ddraw.dll crash, at least the 3D ones. But a few work fine, Unreal for example. D3D8/9 seems to have better compatibility, but I didn't have much time to test a lot of titles.

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Enabling D3D9On12 for DirectX 1-9

Posted on 2022-03-15, 23:11

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by Narzoul

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I've recently upgraded to an Alder Lake CPU with an integrated GPU (UHD 770). While I was testing whether it works with DDrawCompat (it doesn't without changes, sadly), I noticed some interesting things. First, it's not loading the usual igdumdim32.dll user-mode display driver, instead it's loading …

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Re: [REQUEST] Force texture filtering only if not point sampled

Posted on 2021-08-10, 20:34

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by Narzoul

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It's a good idea. I was experimenting with something similar in DDrawCompat recently. When applied to both forced antialiasing and texture filtering, it also solves the horizontal/vertical lines (seams) that appear in Sacred (where most of the background art seems to be made up of point-filtered 2D …

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Re: Age of Wonders 1 - Game not loading DLL

Posted on 2021-06-29, 11:39

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by Narzoul

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You can use this reg file from DDrawCompat: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat/master/Tools/InstallDDrawCOMRedirection.reg It should have all the ddraw-related keys, both for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows versions. It installs them under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, so no TrustedInstaller hacks …

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Re: Dungeon Keeper 2 on WIndows 10, black screen, process not responding..

Posted on 2021-03-16, 15:30

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by Narzoul

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On my system, with -nosound there is still sound in the intro movies, but not in the main menu. Regardless, in the nosound crash dump, it's still stuck in a3dapi.dll. I don't now what it is, but check this thread, it could be related: A3d Alchemy Not Working in Windows 10

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Re: Dungeon Keeper 2 on WIndows 10, black screen, process not responding..

Posted on 2021-03-16, 14:02

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by Narzoul

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Here is process dump file (Created just by Task Manage - Create Dump file, after crash): // If someone know how to analyse it https://www.dropbox.com/s/hkh9m8yjlkgoz1y/DKII-DX.zip?dl=0 The main thread seems to be stuck in a3dapi.dll, so I'd start there. It seems to be some kind of sound driver. I …

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Re: dgVoodoo 2.7.x and related WIP versions

Posted on 2021-02-22, 12:43

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by Narzoul

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I'm asking about ALL possible versions of "Borderless Fullscreen Mode". Don't know if "Fake (exclusive) fullscreen" is part of them only 'cause there's no control of gamma and other monitor features. Take Unreal Engine 4: it has "fullscreen" and "bordeless fullscreen", so they translate into "fake …

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Re: MiG Alley

Posted on 2020-06-05, 08:36

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by Narzoul

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This ddraw log file? W10/GTX 1060/MIG v123 That's the correct file, but you need to use the ReleaseWithDebugLogs build of DDrawCompat instead. You can find it in ddraw-debug.zip under the experimental release on GitHub. Switch back to the original Release version after you're done. i checked mine …

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Re: MiG Alley

Posted on 2020-06-04, 23:13

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by Narzoul

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Could anyone who has the Nvidia cockpit transparency issue upload the debug logs for me? To keep the log size to a minimum, please keep the test as short as possible. Just enter a quick mission, have the cockpit show up, and immediately exit the mission and the game.

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Re: MiG Alley

Posted on 2020-06-04, 20:48

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by Narzoul

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Thanks for the feedback! At least now I know the performance fixes are ok on Nvidia also. Too bad about the cockpit issue. Since I can't reproduce it, I probably won't be able to fix it, but we'll see... G-Sync is Nvidia's variable refresh rate technology, which requires a compatible monitor also. …

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