DirectDraw Hack- DirectDraw to be played on Windows 7, which does not include DD support

Neil79 · 7 Sep 2010 at 16:46

A new DirectDraw Hack offers a homebrew DLL wrapper to allow older games that use DirectDraw to be played on Windows 7, which does not include DD support. The wrapper was created to get the Wing Commander series working, though it might work on other games as well, and the source code is included for those looking to expand further on this project

http://sol.gfxile.net/ddhack/

SkeeterUK · 7 Sep 2010 at 17:27

Doesnt work for worms 2 or armageddon.

thepeganator · 7 Sep 2010 at 17:32

SkeeterUK said:
Doesnt work for worms 2 or armageddon.

Worms Armageddon works fine on Windows 7 anyway :confused:

SkeeterUK · 7 Sep 2010 at 18:00

Yes i know but still nice to find other workarounds for the colour bug i would like to use somit else than wormkit and wkcolour.dll

Worms 2 i duno if wormkit works for it.

thepeganator · 7 Sep 2010 at 18:04

SkeeterUK said:
Yes i know but still nice to find other workarounds for the colour bug i would like to use somit else than wormkit and wkcolour.dll

Worms 2 i duno if wormkit works for it.

Umm just end explorer.exe? :confused:

Or use a launcher, I use this one (hosted on my own site as I can't remember where it came from).

SkeeterUK · 7 Sep 2010 at 18:10

Er wormkit with the wkcolorfix actually does the end explorer automatically for you. Might want to look into it mate if you didnt know bout it.

thepeganator · 7 Sep 2010 at 18:11

SkeeterUK said:
Er wormkit with the wkcolorfix actually does the end explorer automatically for you. Might want to look into it mate if you didnt know bout it.

Wasn't aware of that, just launch it by the launcher and don't worry about it.

Neil79 · 7 Sep 2010 at 19:04

SkeeterUK said:
Doesnt work for worms 2 or armageddon.

Early days