Posted June 05, 2019
ilhama
New User
Registered: Nov 2016
From Brazil
przelucki_andrew
New User
Registered: Jul 2017
From Poland
Posted November 11, 2019
Works properly on Fedora Linux under Wine. I'm using Fedora 31 KDE spin with all relevant Wine packages. I can use the troubleshooter as well to set max settings and get 1280x720 resolution.
The game is unplayable on Windows, horrific framerates and that flickering cursor. I tried to tweak the game on Windows a lot, but never worked, so this is the first time I'm able to finally play this wonderful game since I bought it over a year ago.
The game is unplayable on Windows, horrific framerates and that flickering cursor. I tried to tweak the game on Windows a lot, but never worked, so this is the first time I'm able to finally play this wonderful game since I bought it over a year ago.
Post edited November 11, 2019 by przelucki_andrew
victorchopin
Laika's man
Registered: May 2011
From Congo, Republic of
Posted March 03, 2021
The game is unplayable on Windows, horrific framerates and that flickering cursor. I tried to tweak the game on Windows a lot, but never worked, so this is the first time I'm able to finally play this wonderful game since I bought it over a year ago.
mpd12
New User
Registered: May 2020
From United Kingdom
Posted April 11, 2021
I think I got it working. These are the steps I used:
1) Right-click on the game shortcut and disable the compatibility mode (I think the GOG version is set to Windows 98 mode when first installed) . I still ran the program as an administrator
2) Goto 'tools.exe' located in '[installed directory]/tools', select 'Troubleshooting' and the last option on the pull-down menu ['Benutzerdefiniert' / User Defined]. I had the texture limit set to 4000 and fixed the resolution to my native display [1920 x 1080] and left AGP Texture Memory to 'On'.*
3) Download DDrawCompat from the Github page. I can't post links but just Google 'DDrawCompat' and you'll find it. I used v0.3.0.
4) Copy the 'ddraw.dll' file from the downloaded archive to '[installed directory]/bin' and launch the game.
The cursor still flickers a bit, however the black square problem has been solved and the overall experience feels much more playable.
* I don't think the AGP Textures option affects anything, however setting the texture limit to infinite created problems.
1) Right-click on the game shortcut and disable the compatibility mode (I think the GOG version is set to Windows 98 mode when first installed) . I still ran the program as an administrator
2) Goto 'tools.exe' located in '[installed directory]/tools', select 'Troubleshooting' and the last option on the pull-down menu ['Benutzerdefiniert' / User Defined]. I had the texture limit set to 4000 and fixed the resolution to my native display [1920 x 1080] and left AGP Texture Memory to 'On'.*
3) Download DDrawCompat from the Github page. I can't post links but just Google 'DDrawCompat' and you'll find it. I used v0.3.0.
4) Copy the 'ddraw.dll' file from the downloaded archive to '[installed directory]/bin' and launch the game.
The cursor still flickers a bit, however the black square problem has been solved and the overall experience feels much more playable.
* I don't think the AGP Textures option affects anything, however setting the texture limit to infinite created problems.
Post edited April 11, 2021 by mpd12
metalslayer1
New User
Registered: Jan 2013
From Brazil
Posted February 16, 2022
1) Right-click on the game shortcut and disable the compatibility mode (I think the GOG version is set to Windows 98 mode when first installed) . I still ran the program as an administrator
2) Goto 'tools.exe' located in '[installed directory]/tools', select 'Troubleshooting' and the last option on the pull-down menu ['Benutzerdefiniert' / User Defined]. I had the texture limit set to 4000 and fixed the resolution to my native display [1920 x 1080] and left AGP Texture Memory to 'On'.*
3) Download DDrawCompat from the Github page. I can't post links but just Google 'DDrawCompat' and you'll find it. I used v0.3.0.
4) Copy the 'ddraw.dll' file from the downloaded archive to '[installed directory]/bin' and launch the game.
The cursor still flickers a bit, however the black square problem has been solved and the overall experience feels much more playable.
* I don't think the AGP Textures option affects anything, however setting the texture limit to infinite created problems.
This solved the problem for me. The cursor still flickers, but it is barely noticeable. The best part is that it removed the glitch box around the cursor that lagged the game and visuals. Now I can play the game fine!
Thanks again!
narzoul
New User
Registered: Mar 2011
From Hungary
Posted February 16, 2022
Is the cursor still flickering with DDrawCompat v0.3.1? It was supposed to be fixed there. See the related issue here: https://github.com/narzoul/DDrawCompat/issues/91
Maybe it can still happen with a high polling rate mouse, but I don't have any gamer mouse for testing. And since I've upgraded my system to new hardware and Windows 11, I can't reproduce the flickering even with v0.3.0...
Maybe it can still happen with a high polling rate mouse, but I don't have any gamer mouse for testing. And since I've upgraded my system to new hardware and Windows 11, I can't reproduce the flickering even with v0.3.0...
Post edited February 16, 2022 by narzoul
Ballistic_Cross
New User
Registered: Jan 2019
From Austria
Posted March 19, 2023
Maybe it can still happen with a high polling rate mouse, but I don't have any gamer mouse for testing. And since I've upgraded my system to new hardware and Windows 11, I can't reproduce the flickering even with v0.3.0...
Thanks guys, I can finally play that great game again!