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I am running an Nvidia GTX670 using the 340.52 drivers and Windows 8.1 Pro 圆4 fully updated (as of this post), along with a Core i7 - 3770k overclocked to 4GHz. Running at standard resolution is indistinguishable. It seems like it might be giving me the slightest performance drop when using this resolution (compared to without the ddwrapper), but it is not really noticeable (although I have yet to test during a fight with a lot of spell effects).
#DIRECTDRAW FOR WINDOWS 8 MOD#
I later installed the high resolution mod and a gui replacement without issues. The fog of war will now display correctly and game was playable for me, with no crashing or flashing. After uninstalling ddrawfix (run setup-ddrawfix.exe and type u and hit enter), extract the contents of "ddwrapper.zip" to your game's installation folder and open "aqrit.cfg". dgVoodoo2 is a wrapper that converts DirectX 18 code into DirectX 11 and enables all that eye candy modern graphics cards can.
#DIRECTDRAW FOR WINDOWS 8 INSTALL#
If you have a program that calls for a DirectX 9 file in Windows 10 or Windows 8, installing the downloadable version (the process above) is the way to solve that problemit will not downgrade your DirectX 101112 install This is also the latest version of DirectX thats compatible with Windows XP. Made by the same guy that made ddraw fix. Support for Windows Vista is available but only after a platform update. The only way the game was playable was uninstalling ddrawfix, but this introduced the classic error of having the edges of the fog of war being mirrored the wrong way. Extract and run 'directx.cpl' as administrator. Download directx 9.0c control panel from here 3. Disable Aero(Mostly not necessary but do it for now) Disable aero 2. This wasn't the case anymore on Windows 8.1.Īfter installing 8.1, I still had a crash on launch using WineD3D, but now using Direct Draw Emulation results in a flashing cursor and open windows on the desktop flashing on the screen while playing, as well slowing down the game, even in the menus. (Successfully tested on Windows 8 RTM) Steps: 1. My previous experience on Windows 7 was a crash on launch, but could be solved simply - running "setup-ddrawfix.exe" in the IWD2 folder and switching from WineD3D to Force Direct Draw Emulation worked great. It seems Win 8/8.1 has lost some Direct Draw support that Windows 7 still retained. This may not work for everyone, and it is also possible that you may never encounter the issues I have, but I hope I can help someone else out there. Alexw11: I recently installed Windows 8.1 and had some significant issues with IWD2 I managed to solve, and I thought I would share here.