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#4131458 - 06/09/15 07:07 PM D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd  
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As some will know natively Win7 64 bit will run EAW almost flawlesy, except for the shimmering and poor display of the menu screens.

So I DLed this some what old tool called D3DWindower and it seems to be allowing me to run EAW in a window with less terrain shimmering and the menu/main screens are all displayed correctly. All on Nvidia and Win7 64 bit.


It's not ideal for me, I would prefer the EAW game to be updated to run this good natively.

Anyhow wondering which settings at minimal everyone that's using this program is setting up on the program?



Also I tried first a newer program called DXWnd but I couldn't get the actual in flight screen to render. The game seemed to be playing correctly, all except a black screen when the cockpit screen came up.

Anyone have any luck with that DXWnd program?

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#4131504 - 06/09/15 08:27 PM Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd [Re: MarkEAW]  
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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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#4131586 - 06/09/15 11:46 PM Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd [Re: MarkEAW]  
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Okay I just tested things out and got the min settings figured out.

Options
Common -
Width and Height set to 0 like you said. This was the menu screens size in at 1024x768 and the flight of the game will go with the eaw.ini setting. (Trying to figure out what gives best FOV is time consuming, is there detail about the higher res settings?)

Use windows mode - Checked

Then over too Window mode options -
DirectX1-7 checked
DDraw Color Emulation checked
DDraw Color Convert checked (if you don't check this one you'll get the 7217 error)
Everything else is unchecked.

Then over to foreground control -
Nothing checked

Then over to Direct Input -
Nothing Checked.


Now if I could get DXWnd to work that be great, but I'm not sure it supports EAW's display fully.

#4131976 - 06/10/15 05:51 PM Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd [Re: MarkEAW]  
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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?

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#4132093 - 06/10/15 08:36 PM Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd [Re: MarkEAW]  
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You did get the cockpit/flight "3D" world to display? Hmm well thats weird.

Can you save the settings , I think there's an export settings for each game, it even comes with some pre-made.

I'd like to use your settings and see If I can get it to run on my system.


As far as what settings did I use in DXWnd, not sure. I turnned everything on after awhile and still had problems.
But I like that program cause I could put the DSP in there for a launcher and it will still use the emulation.

#4132108 - 06/10/15 09:19 PM Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd [Re: MarkEAW]  
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No the CTD happened when I hit "Fly"_ I did not get the map frown


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#4132613 - 06/11/15 06:27 PM Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd [Re: MarkEAW]  
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Oh alright.

I was using the default settings in DXWnd to just to get it to run eaw.

But no go on the cockpit view.

#4134290 - 06/15/15 09:56 AM Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd [Re: MarkEAW]  
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Using the new version of DXWnd I have 140 running in a window from a lobbied launch:



Currently I am having problems if the eaw.ini is not set to 1024x768 in d3d.
It runs in any resolution in Glide

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#4134345 - 06/15/15 01:08 PM Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd [Re: MarkEAW]  
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Another screenie of my desktop.
Here I have reduced the screen from 1920x1080 to 1440x900 and am running EAW in 1024x768



I will be happy with this for online play at GameRanger smile

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#4134379 - 06/15/15 02:15 PM Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd [Re: MarkEAW]  
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I seen you posted over on their forum when I went over there. Looks like they added European Air war to the export list(pre set settings). So you can load them then modify the game and launch paths.

I'm still having problems. I get a pic not found error. It loads EAW, but I goto instant action then it starts to load with the map then says pic not found. Not sure whats going on.

Have to get back at you.

#4134718 - 06/16/15 09:21 AM Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd [Re: MarkEAW]  
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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 [Re: MarkEAW]  
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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 [Re: MarkEAW]  
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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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#4135386 - 06/17/15 02:29 PM Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd [Re: MarkEAW]  
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Damn Tony sure love your screenshots.Your gauges are readable mine tend to be unusable .Are they D3d or glide?? Need to muck around on my settings...Using an AMD video card.


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#4135530 - 06/17/15 05:25 PM Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd [Re: MarkEAW]  
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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 [Re: MarkEAW]  
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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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I think that the native resolution is normally the maximum, and I doubt that setting the "eaw.ini" to a higher one would work frown

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 smile

He is trying to develop more understanding of the real source of the problem and find an even better solution.

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#4135858 - 06/18/15 07:46 AM Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd [Re: MarkEAW]  
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The setting he suggested is here:



Switching from "SVGA modes" to "Monitor native modes" made the difference.

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For me the best setting so far is with the "eaw.ini" set to 1440x900 on my 1920x1080 monitor.
I get excellent frame rates.
This is an online test at GameRanger:



Flying a Rata in SAW smile

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#4135881 - 06/18/15 09:03 AM Re: D3DWindower "Wrapper" English version & DXWnd [Re: MarkEAW]  
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I can confirm that using the DXwnd supplied settings for European Air War and changing the Video setting after that to Native Resolution seemed to the load the game, although it did stop responding while it was loading the quick start, but resumed to finish loading.

About the gauges; I too seem to have blurry Virtual Cockpit gauges. Do you have to be at a certain res to get clear ones?

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