DirectDraw emulation still broken in Windows 10

Anonymous
2015-08-17T12:32:58+00:00

Hello, Microsoft, please fix DirectDraw, considering Windows 10 is your last OS, and loads of people have complained about this in Windows 8, and it's STILL NOT FIXED IN 10. most games DX8 and below run horrible thanks to this, either screwed up colours and/or a very bad framerate to other problems such as sprites not loading. This is odd considering it was fine in Windows 7. 

An example is Red Alert 2, it's unplayable unless you use a 3rd party directdraw emulation such as WineD3D.

Another example is Commandos 3, the graphics are corrupted and it crashes on some missions making it unplayable.

And no compatibility settings don't fix any of this.

All we need is Windows 7's DirectDraw emulation back since that was fine.

Cmon microsoft fix this!

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-08-19T16:07:11+00:00

    Thanks! I'll take a look at the ones with frame rate issues.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-08-19T17:20:25+00:00

    It's the same with WOW and other games downloaded from the store, type ashpalt 8 and dungeon Hunter 5

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-20T17:14:03+00:00

    Robert,

    Panzer General 3d Assault -  Was getting 60fps for a bit then it dropped to 20fps. Is this about what you are seeing?

    Red Alert 2 - plays fine in 640x480. Crawls when I set it to 1024x768

    Commandos 3 - having other issues getting launched.

    Thanks for reporting the issue. I'll get these issues reported.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-09-19T04:02:58+00:00

    I am unable to start ANNO 1602 in Windows 10 from GOG.com. It reports that DirectDraw needs to be installed, and the .NET 3.5 installer starts. It goes thru an installation progress and then fails. Subsequently the game is unable to run afterward. If I tell the initial dialog box to skip the install, then the game also never starts.

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-09-24T01:51:07+00:00

    This is a huge issue that was also in windows 8. The same exact machine using windows 7 plays the games better in terms of framerate and working. Something changed around then and I hope you guys can fix it. Here is a link mentioning the issue which I believe you saw but just curious if it's still being looked into.

    https://windows.uservoice.com/forums/265757-windows-feature-suggestions/suggestions/6608422-fix-the-frame-rate-issue-that-has-been-in-since-wi

    Some other issues include games running a window and you cannot force full screen either. examples of this are **** II, Max Payne 1. Also the original Splinter Cell has flickering issues.

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