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Old 06-11-16, 06:01 PM   #31
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Old 06-11-16, 06:13 PM   #32
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Thank you everyone involved. I just installed the mod and the game starts!!

Now I just need to get better at the game.
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Old 09-03-16, 05:53 PM   #33
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Default Thanks for the thread and help!!!!

Thanks a lot to keep this information online for so long.

Now I can play again DW...thanks to you.

Status Update ...I can only run in 800x600. I tried to change the value un ini file ModeID from 1 to 3...4...5 and nothing changes.
I've tried inside DW ignoring the speech recognition configuration steps...and then the game crashes...And after some tries the d3d8.dll stop working. Windows says something about the file not being a proper dll file...and then antivirus tries to block it...I have to uncompress the file again and start over and over the procedure with same results...

64 bits Win 8.1 here. Any tips???

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Old 09-03-16, 06:35 PM   #34
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Sounds like a bad .dll file to me. Did you get it from the RA mod download or somewhere else?
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Old 09-08-16, 02:50 PM   #35
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Hi and thanks for the reply.

I'm using http://www.jiri-dvorak.cz/dangw/index.html, version 0.02....
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Old 09-08-16, 05:07 PM   #36
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Try this. Open the file (d3d8.dll) in notepad and copy the entire contents with ctrl+c. It won't be pretty but it works. Now go to this website http://www.miraclesalad.com/webtools/md5.php and paste in the data.

It should generate the following MD5 hash if the file is intact:

8ffb91e491e1af076ed455b3a62d35b2
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Old 09-08-16, 05:26 PM   #37
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Hi!

It does generate the proper hash. I can play DW, but only at 800x600.
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Old 09-08-16, 07:21 PM   #38
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Ok thank goodness! I would be furious if a malicious version of our precious fix were to be floating around. Start from the top, did you check that you are running the latest driver software for your graphics card?

This may be completely unrelated but are you using an additional computer monitor? Could be issues with that. I can run in windowed mode on one screen and not in the other for example. It is strange.

What resolution is your display set to normally? Not in game but on the desktop.
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Old 09-11-16, 10:49 AM   #39
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Hi rentacow.

- My desktop resolution is 1920x1080
- I'm playing full screen, not windowed
- My GC drivers are update, nvidia gtx970M
- And I have only 1 monitor....

Thanks for your help!
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Old 09-11-16, 05:00 PM   #40
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I just did some testing and the game won't run for me if I turn up my desktop resolution. It may not work at all at such a high resolution. Try a lower desktop resolution and maybe you will find a combination that works.

Remember, this is a very old game and the high desktop resolutions commonly used today didn't even exist back then! Easy to see how there could be some compatibility issues.

If I had to suggest anything else I would think there could be a way to "trick" your graphics card into emulating an older directX version? Quick and dirty method that would surely work would be to run DW on a virtual machine with windows XP installed. The virtual machine software should have built in support for the older tech.
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Old 09-13-16, 03:12 PM   #41
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Could be a possiblity. thanks for the advise.

Good seas!!
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Old 09-14-16, 11:34 PM   #42
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I had similar issues with DW RA 1.40 and Windows 10. I couldn't get mode ID 3 to run without crashing when I started the missions. I finally got to work by running it under compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3. I am using a GTX980m card which should be similar to your 970m.

I still get crashes when starting the mission but it's only maybe 5% of the time and when I restart and reload the mission starts without issue.

worth a try anyway.
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Old 09-17-16, 04:07 AM   #43
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Alright, i play DW on windows 8.1 64 bit, i got this .dll fix just when i got the game and it worked splendid. Now all of a sudden i get this problem where at start, the game tabs out. When i try to alt tab back again, the screen is black for 2-3 seconds, and then i get tabbed out again. Any idea what could be wrong?
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Old 11-08-16, 04:03 PM   #44
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Thank you. I can now revisit a old friend
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Old 11-22-16, 01:36 AM   #45
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Default Frustrating!!!!

Ive recently been able to start trying to play games from my steam library again using my girlfriends computer ever since my last one crashed,and i ran out of funds to continue building my dedicated gaming rig,only to find out that i can no longer play DW,even with the .DLL wrapper using windows 10,it just goes directly to windows cannot find the solution to the problem. does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? im using the version from the steam naval combat pack or whatever it was called,if that will help you guys figure it out,thanks a bunch for the help guys. Oh,another problm ive been having is,that Sub Command works just fine without the wrapper,but every now and then, it will cause a BSOD,and im fairly certain its the game,as this laptop is not even a year old,and has been used primarily for my girlfriends college papers,so if anyone has ideas on that as well,itd be mighty helpful.
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