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A possible AH-64D Longbow video fix

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First post, by BEEN_Nath_58

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I was pretty upset having to fire up Windows 98 anytime to launch AH-64D Longbow. However I recently discovered the Anthology version of the same game works fine.

Mixing the games, I noticed: replacing the lbwin.exe, wrapdll.dle files on the hard disk, and the MOVIES1.TRE file on the CD (I had to use a custom ISO for that) of standard Longbow with Anthology Longbow, the game would work fine.

I wonder if it is possible to look at the former two files, follow the execution and then patch, replace, NOP some things to make it bear the videos successfully?

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Reply 1 of 2, by myne

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Seems like more effort than zipping the files into a defacto patch.
My guess is that the anthology was simply compiled on a newer visual studio, so the files might be more different than a few nops could fix.

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Reply 2 of 2, by BEEN_Nath_58

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myne wrote on 2024-09-12, 00:51:

My guess is that the anthology was simply compiled on a newer visual studio, so the files might be more different than a few nops could fix.

I am not sure: only one .dle (.dll?) amd one executable changes and so does the video format of encoding. There can be many changes outside of what I tested, so its easier if someone tests the game.

Also there comes out an additional "low memory" error on exit

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