Dangerous Waters on Windows 8 / 10

Aktungbby · 10-11-23, 11:02 AM

MrOlsen!

Hinrich Schwab · 11-05-23, 03:51 PM

For those having trouble getting the game to work with the known DLL fix and the other workarounds, I have found that the D3d8.dll file in this utility works where the others do not. I tested this on the Steam release of Dangerous Waters. I have not yet tested it with the original Strategy First release or the GOG release. As with the other DLL fixes, just extract it from the archive and place it in the main game directory. This DLL did resolve the issue on the one computer I had problems with.

EDIT: Confirmed to work with the other installs of Dangerous Waters.

https://github.com/AlpyneDreams/d8vk.../tag/d8vk-v1.0

fitzcarraldo · 10-13-24, 09:29 AM

I tried all these patches anmd I can´t get to make work DW...

Windows 11, it seems the patches doesn´t work. Simply, CTD at the launch.

Some way to make work the game with W11?

Many thanks.

Fiztcarraldo

FPSchazly · 10-22-24, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzcarraldo

I tried all these patches anmd I can´t get to make work DW...

Windows 11, it seems the patches doesn´t work. Simply, CTD at the launch.

Some way to make work the game with W11?

Many thanks.

Fiztcarraldo

The latest version of the d3d8.dll patch (v0.04, I believe) works with Windows 11. Make sure you reset all of the game's video settings first (just to be safe) and DO NOT use any other helpers like dxwnd or dgvoodoo.

Jianaran · 02-08-25, 01:42 AM

Hi all,

I decided to take DW out for a run today for the first time in quite a while, and have been having a small but very annoying graphical issue on my Win11 laptop.
I've downloaded and added the latest d3d8.dll from Jiri Dvorak's website, and the game seems happy to launch and start missions. However, once I'm ingame I am unable to see any information in the contact info box (top left):

As I move the cursor around, the missing text will occasionally flash into view for a split second before vanishing. As far as I can tell this is the only graphical issue I'm having.

Has anyone encountered this before, and does anyone have a suggested solution?

Aktungbby · 02-08-25, 02:32 AM

Jianaran!

...a second post after a 15-year 'silent run'!

and both posts at 01:42 in the morning!??

10-11-23, 11:02 AM	#1
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11-05-23, 03:51 PM	#2
Hinrich Schwab Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 908 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	For those having trouble getting the game to work with the known DLL fix and the other workarounds, I have found that the D3d8.dll file in this utility works where the others do not. I tested this on the Steam release of Dangerous Waters. I have not yet tested it with the original Strategy First release or the GOG release. As with the other DLL fixes, just extract it from the archive and place it in the main game directory. This DLL did resolve the issue on the one computer I had problems with. EDIT: Confirmed to work with the other installs of Dangerous Waters. https://github.com/AlpyneDreams/d8vk.../tag/d8vk-v1.0 Last edited by Hinrich Schwab; 11-05-23 at 04:57 PM.

10-13-24, 09:29 AM	#3
fitzcarraldo Argentinian Skipper Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Somewhere between Buenos Aires and the Bungo Suido Posts: 5,318 Downloads: 3346 Uploads: 0	I tried all these patches anmd I can´t get to make work DW... Windows 11, it seems the patches doesn´t work. Simply, CTD at the launch. Some way to make work the game with W11? Many thanks. Fiztcarraldo __________________ *My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity - Wilfred Owen.*

02-08-25, 02:32 AM	#6
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,049 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Welcome back! Jianaran!...a second post after a 15-year 'silent run'! and both posts at 01:42 in the morning!?? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

02-08-25, 01:42 AM	#5
Jianaran Nub Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Hi all, I decided to take DW out for a run today for the first time in quite a while, and have been having a small but very annoying graphical issue on my Win11 laptop. I've downloaded and added the latest d3d8.dll from Jiri Dvorak's website, and the game seems happy to launch and start missions. However, once I'm ingame I am unable to see any information in the contact info box (top left): As I move the cursor around, the missing text will occasionally flash into view for a split second before vanishing. As far as I can tell this is the only graphical issue I'm having. Has anyone encountered this before, and does anyone have a suggested solution?