Delta Force 2

[ghotik]

Hi. I got some problems with this game that seem related to ddraw (the game is using IDirectDraw7) and that I can't manage with DxWnd usual tricks, nor dropping DDrawCompat ddraw.dll in the game folder. Problems are discussed here https://sourceforge.net/p/dxwnd/discussion/general/thread/eea65dea17/#e704 and seem related to the computer configuration (I got different problems while other users have their own!). Anyway, this is a summary of what I see:

• the game window is forced to be borderless and doesn't release the mouse control.
• in HW mode (the default one) the scene has huge clipping problems that I couldn't get fixed using the usual tricks on the Z-buffer settings. The enemies structures are always visible, even if behind a hill. This doesn't seem to happen for the soldiers, so there must be some specific problem. The problem disappears in SW mode.
• when entering the 3D mission screen I only see a black window until I Alt-Tab out and in again.

The picture shows a rocket launch ramp that should be invisible since it is behind the snowy hill.

[ghotik]

Curiously, enabling the DxWnd wireframe option, it seems that the game scene is only partially handled with textures, with all the landscape and even the enemy targets managed differently!

[ghotik]

Sorry, It seems I pushed here a hopeless case. The game is fine in SW mode, but the HW mode uses a mixed approach, voxels plus 3D textures, and the mix simply doesn't work correctly. At least, this is what we read here: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=52136