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elishacloud / dxwrapper

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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The Guild 1 Steamversion #26

Closed LPDaVinci closed 1 year ago

LPDaVinci commented 5 years ago

Hey idk if you know the guild 1 its a old game from thq nordic. The gog version which uses the gildegold.exe works flawless with the ddraw.dll

but the steam version does not.

it uses the Europa1400Gold.exe or 1400Gold_TL.exe It crops some textures.

elishacloud commented 5 years ago

Hello @LPDaVinci, I am working on a tool to convert ddraw into d3d9. Attached is an early version of this tool. I tested it with the GOG version of Europa1400Gold_TL.exe and it seemed to work for me. It does not yet work with Europa1400Gold.exe. I am not sure what the difference is between the two.

You can give it a try and let me know if it works for you when using the "TL" version of Steam. Just unzip these 3 files into "The Guild 1" install folder: ddraw.zip

This will convert the game into Direct3D9.

LPDaVinci commented 5 years ago

If i use the attached one it cuts the edges, too.. i guess it has something to do with steam cuz it hooks for steam. It starts the wrapper and than in the log it does this:

4876 19:33:02.005 Starting DxWrapper v1.0.5871.21 4876 19:33:02.005 To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M. (Desktop) 4876 19:33:02.005 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. 970 PRO GAMING/AURA Rev 1.xx (Desktop) 4876 19:33:02.006 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4876 19:33:02.007 Windows 8.1 64-bit (6.3.9600) 4876 19:33:02.007 Europa1400Gold_TL.exe (PID:3548) 4876 19:33:02.008 Reading config file: dxwrapper.ini 4876 19:33:02.009 Enabling ddraw wrapper 4876 19:33:02.009 Disabling High DPI Scaling... 4876 19:33:02.010 Loaded library: Shcore.dll 4876 19:33:02.010 Set exception handler 4876 19:33:02.010 Loaded library: kernel32.dll 4876 19:33:02.010 Finished setting exception handler 4876 19:33:02.010 Hooking ddraw.dll APIs... 4876 19:33:02.012 Loaded library: d3d9.dll 4876 19:33:02.267 Quiting DxWrapper 4876 19:33:02.267 Unhooking APIs... 4876 19:33:02.267 Unloading libraries... 4876 19:33:02.267 Unloading exception handlers 4876 19:33:02.267 Reseting screen resolution... 4876 19:33:02.273 DxWrapper terminated!

LPDaVinci commented 5 years ago

I guess it must be something to do with the manipulated core files . cuz the steam overlay hooks into the original exe file. with the gog version it works i tested it at a friend of mine. Maybe steam is just breaks it.

elishacloud commented 5 years ago

Yes, it could be just an issue with what Steam does to the game. I have a number of projects ahead of this one so I won't be able to look at it right away. But I will put it on my list.

LPDaVinci commented 5 years ago

thank you, dankeschön.

elishacloud commented 5 years ago

I just realized, based on narzoul's comments, that the TL version is using d3d8. Try this new update. I am not sure if it will help, but this will convert d3d8 to d3d9.

ddraw.zip

elishacloud commented 1 year ago

Closing issue.