Re: So Windows 11 22H2 is super cautious (or super buggy)?

Posted on 2022-12-10, 17:58

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So I had Windows 11 updated today with a cumulative update, and they probably fixed one problem. Now MechWarrior 2 Autorun runs with the emulate heap shim enabled. You still lose the sound, but its better than aimlessly enabling 16-bit color mode or 640x480 video mode to achieve the same.

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Re: Intel Ark drops native Direct3D 9 support.

Posted on 2022-12-08, 17:28

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Gmlb256 wrote on 2022-12-08, 15:04: BEEN_Nath_58 wrote on 2022-12-08, 06:16: Is old OpenGL 1.0 still working? and driver updates can affect it directly. So how is it now?

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Re: GTX 285 only works with generic drivers/safe mode

Posted on 2022-12-08, 10:11

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Dead GPU it seems. You might want to install Win10 on same machine and see if the MBDD can run some games.

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Re: Intel Ark drops native Direct3D 9 support.

Posted on 2022-12-08, 06:16

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When people say they dropped DX9 support,I don't see the information complete, what about the older DX? If it's DXVK they using, all older DX versions are included into DX9 wrapper. Probably very broken anyway and low priority. They fix it on per game basis, i.e. something that is popular and …

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Re: Intel Ark drops native Direct3D 9 support.

Posted on 2022-12-08, 04:30

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When people say they dropped DX9 support,I don't see the information complete, what about the older DX? Do you see DirectDraw acceleration Disabled when you open dxdiag.exe? What is there under DirectDraw devices in DxCapsViewer? Months have passed but these information haven't been filled in. …

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Re: dgVodooo 2.7.x and related WIP versions (2)

Posted on 2022-12-07, 19:06

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Things are moving slowly, but I publish a WIP containing a few fixes: ========================= WIP89: ========================= Changes compared to v2.79.3 - Minor shader code generator bugs fixed (Rhino Discharge) - A caching bug is fixed (Lego Island) - A D3D fog state bug is fixed (Shadow …

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On a multi video card computer, how do you detect what's the "Primary Display Driver"?

Posted on 2022-12-07, 15:46

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I have a laptop with a multi GPU solution, the integrated one and a discrete Nvidia card. However old applications only see it as "Primary Display Driver". Is there a way to determine which GPU is the Primary Display Driver?

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Re: So Windows 11 22H2 is super cautious (or super buggy)?

Posted on 2022-12-06, 08:56

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I think it is "preventing GOG games from working" in name of security (through whatever is called, some isolation mode that only allowed some signed apps to run?) The "memory integrity" / "core isolation" / HVCI thing? Breaks old drivers too like XFi cards and is part of why they want you on recent …

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Re: So Windows 11 22H2 is super cautious (or super buggy)?

Posted on 2022-12-04, 05:53

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So for GTA gamers, the old titles such as Vice City and San Andreas has issues on multi-core systems. To avoid modding, I enabled the Windows 98/ME compatibility mode because the game works correctly with that mode, and it also supported that OS. Now guess what, that method doesn't work anymore ( …

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Re: Old DirectX files, what do they mean?

Posted on 2022-12-04, 05:16

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Jo22 wrote on 2022-12-02, 21:19: d3drm.dll.. Direct3D Retained Mode (alternate D3D API with concept of a scene; deprecated) Yes I am aware of d3drm.dll, but what is that 8f meaning?

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Re: So Windows 11 22H2 is super cautious (or super buggy)?

Posted on 2022-12-04, 05:15

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These big feature updates have always been a step forward and a step backward. Though I'm not sure what the step forward is this time lol I think it is "preventing GOG games from working" in name of security (through whatever is called, some isolation mode that only allowed some signed apps to run …

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So Windows 11 22H2 is super cautious (or super buggy)?

Posted on 2022-12-02, 17:38

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I have had this problem for quite some time, games that had worked on previous Windows, viz Windows 10 1903 to Windows 11 21H2, are malfunctioning on Windows 11 22H2. I, initially blamed it on "something that changed my default command shell to PowerShell". I did one more thing today, installed …

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Re: Old DirectX files, what do they mean?

Posted on 2022-12-02, 15:57

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I found some, d3dxof.dll is supposedly some thing to handle .X files. d3dhalf.dll is needed to install a game named Rocket Journey, not sure what it does. The d3drampf and d3drgf/rgx/rgxf files probably correspond to the early Ramp and RGB dll files. Latest windows and directx probably put rgb and …

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Re: Need for Speed 1 SE compatibility with Voodoo 3?

Posted on 2022-12-01, 16:52

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I'm getting illegal operation errors when attempting to install or play Need for Speed 1 SE in PCem. The setup is a P mmx 200 with voodoo 3, running Windows 98 SE. Screenshot 2022-11-30 181900.png Screenshot 2022-11-30 181826.png I was using driver 1.07. I also tested 1.01 but no change. When I …

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Old DirectX files, what do they mean?

Posted on 2022-12-01, 11:23

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Going through the redist of old DirectX, there are many files which I can't recognize: DX5 d3dhalf.dll d3dpmesh.dll d3dxof.dll d3drampf.dll d3drg8f.dll and similar d3drg24x.dll and similar d3drgbf.dll d3drgbxf.dll d3drm8f.dll and similar DX6 d3dramp.dll dxapi.sys Can the community help fill in the …

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Re: Hardware overlay support

Posted on 2022-12-01, 02:41

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SilentPatch, which was made for the Godfather game, seems to be not supported (he uses an RTX 2070M so that should be okay with D3D9 otherwise, right?) for non-English versions of the game, so having dgVoodoo2 support HW overlay can be much helpful. Here's the case if you want to read it: https:// …

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Re: Hardware overlay support

Posted on 2022-11-28, 17:08

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...With Win8 the compositor cannot be shut down so it's obvious that hw DD overlays are no longer supported. Actually HW Directdraw overlays work on Win8 if the above mentioned registry key is set for the application. What is more HW overlays seemingly work better on Win8 than on Win7 since no Aero …

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Re: How to install/play Grand Theft Auto IV on Windows 10 or 11?

Posted on 2022-11-28, 14:26

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GTA IV won't let me install on Windows 10 or 11 even if I installed DirectPlay and Games for Windows - LIVE. Are there workarounds? Set the autorun file and the main InstallShield exe with Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode, and run the installation from the autorun file. If you have any virtual …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2022-11-28, 11:01

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Another game which probably uses Table fog is European Air War https://sourceforge.net/p/dxwnd/discussion/ge … f5/?page=3#fd20

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Re: Request for a Moderator

Posted on 2022-11-28, 10:59

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I had a crazy time figuring out what was wrong with this game and we find that the memory issues reside due to the exclusivity feature use of Win9X heap. Mok's patch and EmulateHeap made the game work exactly the same, if I hadn't left any table to test. Coming to the topic, I feel there can be some …

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