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Fixes compatibility issues with older games running on Windows 10/11 by wrapping DirectX dlls. Also allows loading custom libraries with the file extension .asi into game processes.
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Metal Gear Solid 1 - Bugged FMV #22

Closed Tomasak closed 1 year ago

Tomasak commented 6 years ago

Not sure if this any related the DirectX or something, but the FMV doesnt show up correctly, only sound can be heard. Supposedly it only works on W98. metal gear solid mgsi exe screenshot 2018 05 18 - 11 23 13 65

maximilien-noal commented 6 years ago

It can work on Windows XP, but it seemingly depends on the hardware.

Desktop PC with Intel Pentium III @ 800 MHz + GeForce 4 Ti 4800 ? Yes. Laptop PC (IBM Thinkpad T43) with Intel Pentium M CPU @ 1.8 GHz + ATI Radeon Mobility X300 ? No.

If you have Windows Vista or later, it never works, whatever the hardware.

Tomasak commented 6 years ago

That's good to know. I know MGS2 has one problem with videos/texture in game too. One projector shows green and only worked on Windows XP SP2? and lower, because later they did some changes to DX8 or so.

Tomasak commented 5 years ago

I tried quartz.dll from MGS2 green screen issue thread and it doesnt help here sadly :/.

mirh commented 4 years ago

but it seemingly depends on the hardware

Could it be it requires some codec that only nvidia manages to revive?

maximilien-noal commented 4 years ago

It's not a matter of codec I don't think, as it doesn't use WinMM, VfW, DirectShow, or some such API.

elishacloud commented 4 years ago

I cannot properly test the game since it tells me that I need to "Insert DISC 1". However, I was able to get the intro videos to play with this update. Try this update and let me know the results.

Here is the update: dxwrapper.zip

Note: this sets the resolution to 640x480, which is the highest natively supported by the game. If you have a hi-res patch installed you will need to configure the included ini file for the new resolution.

Tomasak commented 4 years ago

Intro videos always appeared without problem. Issue is that real life footages does not appear. You can test em via Extra -> previous operations -> roll a and skipping until you get to cutscene with revolver ocelot. SavedGames.zip Also iirc if you play game in HW mode, game supports up to 800x600 or even 1024x768, but i cant get that to work with your wrapper or without any.

elishacloud commented 4 years ago

You can test em via Extra -> previous operations -> roll a and skipping until you get to cutscene with revolver ocelot.

Ok, let me take a look at that.

Also iirc if you play game in HW mode, game supports up to 800x600 or even 1024x768, but i cant get that to work with your wrapper or without any.

Yes, this is because I am using DirectDraw conversion to DirectX9. However, for hardware to work I need to convert Direct3D to DirectX9, which I have not created yet. I guess this is at least a year away. However, maybe I can get it working without converting the game to DirectX9.

elishacloud commented 3 years ago

@Tomasak, try with my latest release. This converts DirectDraw to DirectX9 and should fix the issues with this game. Just unzip this into the game's folder overwriting any files.

Here is the update: dxwrapper.zip

Tomasak commented 3 years ago

Sadly this only crashes for me, even software mode to which game should boot after first crash. Log here, if it's any helpful dxwrapper-mgsi.log edit: well i noticed in log that resolution 320xsomething was not found, so i used widescreen fix to force higher, however, the bug with fmv playback still persists

Tomasak commented 3 years ago

Metal Gear Solid(mgsi exe) Screenshot 2020 09 25 - 18 13 49 45 GOG version has it fixed :)

elishacloud commented 3 years ago

Ok, that's great! Thanks for sharing!

mirh commented 3 years ago

well i noticed in log that resolution 320xsomething was not found,

What if you add it (320x240?) with CRU?

elishacloud commented 3 years ago

What if you add it (320x240?) with CRU?

Yes, I recently added support for 320x240: here and here

elishacloud commented 3 years ago

You can test em via Extra -> previous operations -> roll a and skipping until you get to cutscene with revolver ocelot.

I don't have a "roll a" under Extra -> Previous Operations. It could be because I have the demo version. However, I did notice an issue. It appears that the FMVs are playing at 320x240, which is not supported on newer operating systems. I just added support for that resolution so you could try my latest update and see if that works.

Here is my latest build: dxwrapper.zip

Tomasak commented 3 years ago

Game now launches, but FMVs are still broken (and damn, playing in software, polygons wobble like on PS1 :D )

elishacloud commented 3 years ago

Thanks for testing. Yeah, this is going to play in software until I get the 3D (hardware) API conversion finished.

elishacloud commented 1 year ago

The FMV's should be fixed with the GOG version and the latest release of dxwrapper supports this game fully.

Closing this now. You can reopen it if there is still an issue.