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
    2017-04-07T20:25:03+00:00

    Man.. I created an community account just to ask about this:

    I don't understand why it is so difficult to get DirectX 7- 11 working on window 10; clearly your software engineers designed this perfectly on Window 7. So why is it that on Window 10 it simply does not work? can't you guys just port it over? Because from what I'm looking on this forum it seems like you guys are starting over from scratch again!

    I understand that Window 10 is now a quote on quote "service platform", but right now you guys are offering pretty bad "service" due to the fact that there is quite literally just the bare minimum support for backward compatibility on games and (other) software.

    No wonder many people are still sticking with Window 7. Come on guys... is this going to be a repeat of Window 8 or Window 8.1???

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-03-13T22:28:56+00:00

    Come on Microsoft... Community dying here. All we need is Windows 7 direct draw emulation which was fine

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-02-14T13:36:11+00:00

    The OP is exactly right in what he is saying. I am just here to tell Microsoft that there's another community that would massively appreciate a fix for this. The Total Annihilation community. Many players are reverting back to Windows 7 just to play but ultimately it's going to kill the game and its community. We need a fix, considering it worked fine in Windows 7, it can't be too hard?

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  4. Anonymous
    2017-02-13T23:31:11+00:00

    No, this is a very old game, 1997. It worked fine in Windows 7, and in 8, 8.1 and 10 it does not. The original post is correct. Come on Microsoft... This should be a very easy fix for you

    if it's that old it may be DX7 or DX8, those games are hit and miss to work

    https://hardcoregames.azurewebsites.net/black-dahlia/ came out in 1998 and it does not work right either

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  5. Anonymous
    2017-02-13T23:06:44+00:00

    No, this is a very old game, 1997. It worked fine in Windows 7, and in 8, 8.1 and 10 it does not. The original post is correct. Come on Microsoft... This should be a very easy fix for you

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