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
    2016-02-20T03:06:39+00:00

    I'm trying to put together a list of games here that are thought to be ddraw performance issue that worked fine on WIndows 7 but not WIndows 8/10. I'm not looking for other issues, just this one. If you have a non-related issue to ddraw, start a new post to address.

    So far:

    Age of Empires I

    Age of Empires II -> I'm not seeing an issue on the AOE II HD version from steam, is this from disc version?

    Panzer General 3SE -> Where are you playing from? a disc. I see a gog version but it might not be the same, please confirm.

    Sims 4? -> This is a dx9c game I believe

    Commandos 3 -> I'll give the steam version a try.

    more? please add to my list with details to where you are playing from, steam, origin, disc, gog etc..

    Thanks.

    For Commandos 3 I've tried the cd version and gog version, both have the same issues, the sniper mission is the first level of the Stalingrad campaign, also the mission Get to the engine (which is the 4th mission of central Europe campaign), the graphics are completely screwed up which makes it unplayable, as you can see in this screenshot I uploaded here:

    https://i.gyazo.com/06d12c56339f3b8d69eb3ec7412ba06f.png

    And as for Panzer General 3SE that is a different game to PG3D on gog, I believe 3SE isn't available to buy digitally at the moment

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-19T01:15:28+00:00

    Can you describe your issues with SWAT 3? It seems to be fine for me. Launches, menu is smooth, game play seems at a decent frame rate.

    The software information is as follows:

    Operating System: Windows 10 Pro (Architecture: x64, Version: 1511, Build: 10586.71)

    Video Card Drivers: AMD Radeon 16.1.1 (Crimson Edition, Hotfix) *

    Game: S.W.A.T 3 (Version: 2.1)

    * The same issues were experienced with previous drivers as well.

    The hardware information is as follows:

    Memory: Kingston DDR3 1866MHz 16GB 2x8GB (HX318C10FK2/16)

    Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme4 (BIOS Version: 2.30)

    Processor: Intel Core I5 4670K (IGP Status: Disabled)

    Video Card: AMD HD 7970

    Everything is running at stock frequencies (i.e. non-overclocked).

    The issues experienced relate to poor performance (i.e. low FPS) as a result of the UI overlay being drawn/rendered. If the UI overlay isn't drawn/rendered (it tends to disable itself after using alt+tab), then the performance improves significantly. In addition to this, the UI overlay for the in-game equipment menu (default key: spacebar) doesn't display the icons.

    I hope the above helps, but if not, let me know and I can record my screen.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-02-19T00:59:17+00:00

    amd atholn x4 3.1 ghz

    2 gb ram

    500 gb samsung f3

    ati radeom hd 4250

    intel pentium g3258 4.5 ghz

    8 gb

    1 tb segate

    nvidia 460 gtx 768 mb 296.10 driver ver

    windows 7 starter sp1

    I tested in all combination (amd + ati, nvidia + amd/intel) i used win 8.x preview then win 10 rc bild, all ended with same result, windows 7 have it under control, but from win 8, it have lag, because it have been locked by something in OS. I really not wish to use glide emulator, cos i prefer dx mode, so please, if you can find reason why it is locked, then i could unlock and use full fps. To bad, it is indeed iritating problem for me, because i'm active player in T2 multiplayer, for 4 year now, and i can't move from win 7.  Good luck , Kevin!

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-02-18T17:34:08+00:00

    Jagged Alliance Gold Pack Issues I see

    1. Unfinished Business will not launch with code 85 from steam. I opened a bug on this. I read through steam forums and this has been around for a while. There is a user made patch (mod) that users claim fixes the issue. I didn't try it as I did not find a source that I trusted. Use at your own risk. Do a search for it.
    2. Gold Pack - launching to black screen on both Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Windows 7 is fine. I had a bug opened on this as well.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-02-18T17:03:10+00:00

    Can you describe your issues with SWAT 3? It seems to be fine for me. Launches, menu is smooth, game play seems at a decent frame rate. The only thing I ran into was when I was running FRAPS with the FPS overlay, the game was launching to a black screen. Once I shut down FRAPS it was running fine. Let me know your issue and what your graphics card and driver is.

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