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narzoul / DDrawCompat

DirectDraw and Direct3D 1-7 compatibility, performance and visual enhancements for Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10 and 11
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Beach Life game is flickering #110

Closed JoeIbr closed 3 years ago

JoeIbr commented 3 years ago

Hey Narzoul, thanks for the files and fixes!

I have downloaded the DDraw.dll for Beach Life (32 bit) by Eidos on Windows 10. The game stopped lagging, and I can tell it is running great after pasting the dll file - However, the game is flickering every time I run it, and the screen is always shaking and showing black lines.

Is there a fix for that? Or is there a step I missed?

Below are my computer's specs for reference: Device name DESKTOP-E765GR9 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz 2.81 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.9 GB usable) Device ID 104B9AD1-05C9-41F7-B138-BD7EAC8B3DF1 Product ID 00330-80000-00000-AA531 System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

narzoul commented 3 years ago

Why did you close the issue? Did you find a solution? I tested it briefly with v0.3.1 on both my dedicated Radeon RX 480 and integrated Intel HD 4600, and didn't notice any graphical issues with either. Do you have a dedicated GPU in your system?

narzoul commented 3 years ago

Ah ok, managed to reproduce it now. It only happens in multi-monitor setups with extended desktop mode. I guess it's the usual issue with the game not respecting surface pitch vs width differences.

I have a solution in the works already, but the next release is probably a few weeks/months away still. The only workaround is to use single monitor desktop mode in the meantime.

JoeIbr commented 2 years ago

Actually, it was a silly issue - The HDMI cable was connected to my laptop, and whenever I had a second display on my system it flickered. When the cable is unplugged, the game works fine