Requires setting DdrawLimitDisplayModeCount to 145 Part of the background is cut off on some of the menus when starting a new game Requires "DirectX 3D" option disabled and EnableVSync enabled to slow down menu animation
Swat 4 windowed mode software#
Requires software rendering, need to click through a black screen when starting a race Requires windowed mode to be disabled in the MajXPrefs under %userprofile%\Documents\My Games\MajestyHD\ Knights and Merchants: The Peasants Rebellion Requires running in DirectDraw (Software) mode, can be configured by modifying Options.cs and setting this line assignGModeName Software Hangs using GetSurfaceFromDC could not lock surface because it is in device context Requires fullscreen mode in game settings Requires enabling DdrawWriteToGDI and setting DdrawOverrideBitMode to 16 Requires enabling FullscreenWindowMode and DdrawOverrideBitMode to 16 Recommended to use DdrawWriteToGDI to fix some performance issues Requires using software renderer (If there are issues select "S3 Virge" video card under Advanced settings)
Swat 4 windowed mode windows#
Requires running as admin and running with Windows 98 compatibility mode Recommended to use DdrawEmulateSurface to fix issues when switching resolutions Requires FullscreenWindowMode for videos and may require using dsound.dll as the stub Requires "Hardware Accelerator" option to be disabled Requires DdrawEmulateSurface to allow alt+tab Note: Below are the status of games and whether they work with the Dd7to9 DirectDraw to Direct3D9 conversion feature. The game is either not functional at all or unplayable. The game is functional but has some issues. Some games only support 3D rendering and won't work with this feature. Currently this only works with the 2D APIs. making sure you are using the software rendering and not 3D rendering, if the game supports it.Some older games require admin rights to function properly. running the game with administrator rights.This option tries to fix several common exceptions, such as the divide by zero exception in old games that were trying to calculate the CPU speed. Some older games cannot handle a large number of display mode options. setting DdrawLimitDisplayModeCount to a value between 32 and 145.Some games are not properly synchronized to run on multiple CPU cores, or simply don't properly handle powerful CPUs. This preserves the surface memory to fix bugs in some older games. If the game crashes after alt+tab, try:.With Direct3D 9 a surface can only be shared with GDI when using windowed mode. Some older games use a mixture of GDI and ddraw. If the movies/videos are not showing up or just displaying as black, try:.Some older games may not have a fullscreen option, using this option may override the game and set it to fullscreen. Dd7to9 does not fully support in-game windowed mode for many games. disable in-game windowed mode and use fullscreen.If the game is running in a window and graphics look messed up, try:.If you run into issues try the following things: Disable all application compatibility setting in the application.Open the dxwrapper.ini file and enable the Dd7to9 feature.Extract ddraw.dll, dxwrapper.dll and dxwrapper.ini files from the release and copy it to the game folder.To use this feature you can do the following: Note: To view the status of the DirectDraw to Direct3D9 Conversion check out the Status Page. So far most of the DirectDraw APIs have been implemented, while only a handfull of the Direct3D APIs have been implemented. The feature is built in dxwrapper and is called Dd7to9. The goal of this project is to fix compatibility issues with older games that use ddraw, as well allowing these games to use newer tools that require Direct3D 9 or higher. NOTE: Name this/these folder’s whatever you want.Over the past couple of years I have been working on creating a feature to be able to convert ddraw's DirectDraw/Direct3D to Direct3D 9 (d3d9). When opened you will see 2 window panes, go to the “Tables” one on the left and scroll down to “Media”Ĭlick on “Media” this will show you the entries in the Right pane.Ĭhange all the entries in the “VolumeLabel” column to: SWAT4_1ĥ) Create another folder’s for any Updates, Serial, Patches and or Cracks etc. (You may have to edit the properties of this file and untick the “read only” attribute, but as it is copied to the harddrive it is probably already edited automatically) Once Orca is installed, Right Click the file “SWAT 4.msi” and from near the top of the menu choose “Edit with Orca”. This will be the Name (Label) of our DVD.Ģ) Copy all the contents from CD1 to the Temp folder.ģ) Copy all the contents from CD2 to the Temp folder. 1) Create a Temp folder on your harddrive.