Updated list of the supported games will be published on the DirectDraw Compatibility Tool web-page.
In the latter case one redundant registry key will be created.
Manual application of the reg-file from the 32-bit Windows most probably will not give a positive result on the 64-bit OS but reg-file from the 64-bit Windows could be used on the 32-bit OS version seamlessly. In the case of the automatic rule creation ('Apply' button) DirectDraw Compatibility Tool detects Windows version itself. I need to admit that reg-files are different for 32- and 64-bit Windows (64-bit version has keys in the additional registry brunch).
This file could be imported into the registry manually or distributed along with the game. 'Create reg-file' button allows to export compatibility rule as a Windows registry file. If 'Pathname of the target exe-file' is empty, button 'Apply' will open the file selection dialog.
For example Worms Armageddon version 1.3 doesn't run under Windows 7 圆4, meanwhile version 3.6.29 processed with the Compatibility Tool runs smoothly under that OS.
But it's probable that there are some other problems which have to be solved with different tools or could not be solved at all. If problems where caused by incompatibility on DirectDraw level they should cease immediately after rule creation. When field 'Pathname of the target exe-file' contains desired game, on button-press it will be analyzed and corresponding rule will be formed. 'Apply' button allows to automatically create compatibility rule. save compatibility rules to the reg-file. create compatibility rules for a given game DirectDraw Compatibility Tool allows to completely automate process of compatibility rules creation.ĭirectDraw Compatibility Tool has two operation modes: But to invoke compatibility mode there should be information about specific exe-file in the corresponding part of the registry. Both Windows Vista and Windows 7 have built-in compatibility tools for such games. Deprecated.Original author: Galogen, English Localization by AlchemistĭirectDraw Compatibility Tool is designed to fix color palette corruption in the old games (Fallout, Age of Empires, Worms Armageddon, Theme Hospital and other from the second half of the 90th).Ĭorruption occurs because of incompatibility between graphical interface Windows Aero and games intended to work with DirectX 7 DirectDraw or an older DirectX version. Surface objects can take advantage of specialized processors on display cards, not only to perform certain tasks faster, but to perform some tasks in parallel with the system CPU. Unless specifically instructed otherwise during the creation of the Surface object, DirectDraw will put the Surface object wherever the best performance can be achieved given the requested capabilities. A surface usually resides in the display memory of the display card, although surfaces can exist in system memory. When modifying existing applications, you are strongly encouraged to remove any dependency on these components.Ī surface represents a linear area of display memory. When writing new applications, you should avoid using these deprecated components. While these components are still supported in this release of DirectX 9.0 for Managed Code, they may be removed in the future.
Deprecated components of DirectX 9.0 for Managed Code are considered obsolete.