Gangsters: Organized Crime does not start in Windows 11

[Briggadoon]

Followed the instructions here: https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper/wiki/Gangsters-Organized-Crime

A process starts in the task manager and a log file is generated from dxwrapper but the game never starts.

[elishacloud]

Can you attache the log file to this ticket? There may be something in there that gives me a clue as to what is happening.

[Briggadoon]

Attached. Thank you! dxwrapper-gangsters.log

[elishacloud]

I see a bunch of compatibility settings for this:

24260 15:43:56.138 Environment variable __COMPAT_LAYER = "DWM8And16BitMitigation 8And16BitTimedPriSync 8And16BitAggregateBlts Layer_ForceDirectDrawEmulation DisableThemes Installer"

Try renaming gangsters.exe to something like gang.exe just to see if that helps. The compatibility options are specific to the process name so renaming it will temporarily remove the compatibility settings.

[Briggadoon]

Same issue. Updated log file. dxwrapper-gang.log

[elishacloud]

Try adding this line to the ini file:

DisableHighDPIScaling = 0

[Briggadoon]

No joy. dxwrapper-gang.log

[elishacloud]

Can you try disabling all of the options in the ini file that are related to DDrawCompat?

[Briggadoon]

Still nothing, I'm afraid.

[elishacloud]

Try using this ini file. This is just the default settings without anything special enabled. It should allow the game to play normal, as if dxwrapper was not there: dxwrapper.zip

[PonomarevAlexxander]

Can you try disabling all of the options in the ini file that are related to DDrawCompat?

Sorry to interrupt, this worked for me (game starts), but it hasnt solved the problem with main menu

[elishacloud]

Thanks @PonomarevAlexxander! The issue with the main menu is harder to fix.

[elishacloud]

Ok, try it with this update and see if it helps: dxwrapper.zip

[elishacloud]

This issue should be fixed with the latest release here: https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper/wiki/Gangsters-Organized-Crime