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Some games may require additional steps before they can be used with cnc-ddraw, on this page you'll find everything you need to know to set up problematic games.

Important

• The game must be set to fullscreen. To enable windowed mode, use cnc-ddraw config.exe instead
• If the game is not listed below, check Compatibility settings in cnc-ddraw config.exe
• cnc-ddraw does not support Direct3D games, the game must have a DirectDraw (Software) renderer
• If the game doesn't start at all or it's crashing, then please generate a debug log file and upload it.

 

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Title	Notes
Atrox	Download proxy-dlls.zip and follow instructions
Balls of Steel v1.2	Download proxy-dlls.zip and follow instructions - Note: Not supported with v6.9, you must use the experimental release
Baldur's Gate 2	'Use 3D Acceleration' must be -disabled- and 'Full Screen' must be -enabled- in BGConfig.exe
Blade and Sword (Chinese: 刀剑封魔录)	Must set '3dFunc=0' in 'DisplayCapability.INI'
Corsairs Gold	Steam/GOG: You must rename ddraw.dll to adraw.dll
Cossacks / American Conquest	Download proxy-dlls.zip and follow instructions - To fix multiplayer gamespeed, download cnc-ddraw_cossacks.zip and extract it into your game folder:
Constructor	Download proxy-dlls.zip and follow instructions
Chaos Gate	Download proxy-dlls.zip and follow instructions
Diablo and Hellfire	GOG "Please insert CD.." bug: Please follow the instructions here: https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw/issues/214
Diablo II	Read instructions below
Divine Divinity	Must set 'New rendering system' to 'Software' in the configuration program
Dungeon Keeper 2	Must run the game via 'DKII.exe' and enable Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode
Hooligans: Storm over Europe	Download proxy-dlls.zip and follow instructions
Icewind Dale 2	'Full Screen' must be -enabled- in Config.exe. To be able to use custom resolutions in the widescreen patch you may need to modify ddraw.ini, search for "Icewind Dale 2" and set your chosen res (e.g. "custom_width=1070" and "custom_height=602")
Jagged Alliance 2 1.13	There are many custom builds with custom named executables around, make sure your game executable is named "ja2.exe" or otherwise cnc-ddraw doesn't apply the ja2 preset
Outlive	You must rename ddraw.dll to dinput.dll
Robin Hood - The Legend of Sherwood	Download proxy-dlls.zip and follow instructions
Real War	'3D Acceleration' must be -disabled-
Settlers 3	You must rename ddraw.dll to dinput.dll
Sudden Strike 2	To fix Alt+Tab, download proxy-dlls.zip and follow instructions
Tzar: The Burden of the Crown	Must set 'DIRECTXDEVICE=0' in 'Tzar.ini'
Total Annihilation	To make cnc-ddraw working with the Unofficial Beta Patch v3.9.02 (and mods) you must rename ddraw.dll to pdraw.dll

 

How to use cnc-ddraw with Diablo II 1.14b

Download and install the game (Do NOT upgrade to 1.14d, do NOT connect to battle.net)

Diablo II Classic: https://www.blizzard.com/en-us/download?platform=windows

 

Download cnc-ddraw.zip and extract it into your game folder

cnc-ddraw: https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw/releases/latest/download/cnc-ddraw.zip

 

Download the proxy-dlls.zip and extract the winmm.dll from the .zip into your game folder

proxy-dlls: https://github.com/FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw/releases/latest/download/proxy-dlls.zip