#4131504 - 06/09/15 08:27 PM
Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd
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I use the "d3dwindower" on several of my HDDs. In all cases I use what seem to be its default settings, but with width and height set to zero. As a result the selection screens run in their natural 1024x768 resolution and the game in whatever resolution is set in the "eaw.ini" file. On my 1920x1080 monitor I set the resolution to 1680x1050 and the game plays in a window that almost fills the screen, and allows for the border. This program circumvents the 7217 error and I can run EAW 1.2 with it. The only downside is that with operating systems after Vista one key feature does not work. If I select eaw140 and click on the green arrow at the top left then eaw140 is the activated emulation and the green colour disappears. The icon next to it becomes red. Now if I leave the windower running, but launch eaw independently (such as a lobbied launch at GameRanger) then it will still run in the window. With Windows7 and later versions the independently launched EAW no longer runs in a window. It runs in full screen mode. If I launch by double clicking eaw140 it does run in a window (as it should), so the problem only affects people who fly online using a lobby such as GameRanger.
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#4131976 - 06/10/15 05:51 PM
Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd
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I tried DXWnd and by fiddling with the settings I got it to run EAW140 as far as single mission selection goes, but to CTD when I hit "Fly". What settings were you using? Maybe it is worth contacting them to see if they can get EAW running? Jel
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#4134718 - 06/16/15 09:21 AM
Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd
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It is very strange because the exe runs fullscreen and with the d3d windower. It runs in 1024x768 with the DXwnd hooked. I have been making test versions from the code and have narrowed it down to a problem where it is trying to load my big 8000x4000 "TargMap.pic" for the inflight map in the background when the current window is not 8000x4000. Why this happens only with DXWnd I do not know. It happens with the oldmap version too if I try to run at more than 1024x768.
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#4134800 - 06/16/15 01:00 PM
Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd
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One difference I noticed between the d3dwindower and DXwnd is that the latter runs in a fixed window. With the d3dwindower if I set the height and width to zero then the selection screens are in their natural size of 1024x768. Then, when you hit "Fly", the loading screen switches to the resolution set in the "eaw.ini", and if it is not 1024x768 the map "background" sits on top of the game screen until everything is loaded. So the window is re-sized, but this is not happening in DXwnd, and I suspect that this may be related to the problem. I have just reported this to the DXwnd developers.
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#4135228 - 06/17/15 10:03 AM
Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd
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Curiouser and curiouser! As with the d3dwindower setting the height and width to zero runs the game in the natural resolutions. However, this did not fix the problem. Testing a version of 1.28e I got a CTD number 8000. Checking the source code it was an error trap that I had added that was not in other versions. It was in a routine to check that the card supports Alpha4444. So I added it to the 140 code, and as expected I got the same CTD just after hitting "Fly". To further check, I added a new 8001 trap which caused a CTD if the card did support Alpha4444. So the exe was bound to crash either way. When I ran the new exe I got the new 8001 CTD at 800x600 and 1024x768 showing that Alpha4444 is supported at these resolutions. At 1280x960 and higher resolutions it gave the 8000 CTD showing that Alpha4444 is not supported. This must be a problem with the DXwnd program, and I have reported these findings.
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#4135530 - 06/17/15 05:25 PM
Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd
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Russ I am using a Radeon HD 6540 card which came installed on this Acer desktop PC box, with a HP monitor running at 1920x1080. Most of the screenies are taken in Windows 7. The ones of my entire desktop in this thread are done by hitting "print screen", exiting the programs, opening "Paint" and pasting into a new picture. Then I save the picture as a "jpg" file.
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#4135569 - 06/17/15 05:52 PM
Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd
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My native resolution is 1280 x 1024 never tried pushing it above that but reading this thread I tin k d3d windower is worth another go.thanks.My card is a Radeon HD 4200.Heck if the gauges aren't crystal clear I got the flight info in the bottom corners Can I increase the resolution above the native resolution?
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#4135710 - 06/17/15 10:51 PM
Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd
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I think that the native resolution is normally the maximum, and I doubt that setting the "eaw.ini" to a higher one would work With the feedback I have been giving him the author of the DXwnd program seems to have found a possible problem area and suggested a setting that might work as a temporary solution. So I tried it and it did. I was able to launch a game at GameRanger and fly in a 1680x1050 window He is trying to develop more understanding of the real source of the problem and find an even better solution. Jel
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CD WOFF
by Britisheh. 03/28/24 08:05 PM
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