| dosbox June 03 2011 00:00. Posts 27 | Profile # |
looks like making a new thread might be a good idea...
following the discussions in here:
1) http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=93382
^ there is useful information in this thread that gives a general idea on the rather complicated win7/bw problem(s) at hand, but this information is essentially scattered.
2) http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=228994
^ this recent thread provides a "new" registry fix for the "color issue" coming from the blizzard website. this fix comes from other games and is almost 4 years old being unrelated to blizzard in regard of origin (well they may have found it on their own). the solution is partial as well.
if you want:
- broodwar not to crash vista/win7.
- to not have color issues under vista/win7.
- record / stream bw in fullscreen with software like vhscrcap and xsplit.
here is an attempt to fix these issues, based around cnc-ddraw, which is code written by mr. hifi (full credit goes to him). my modifications so far have been minor directdraw or winapi related and are mainly to adapt the library to starcraft (broodwar). for example adding full keyboard support, f10, ctrl+1...0, ctrl+s for sound etc, making a proper exit.
please note that this project has similarities to the "ddhack" project.
know problems:
- battle.net interface is not rendered correctly! (todo: find cause / provide fix)
- alt+tabing between bw and windows may increase cpu usage.
- may crash on exit (should be fixed).
- general performance drops due to the nature of the implementation, but should work ok on a dual core.
- there is "window mode" support, but the mouse is off unless window is placed top-left. (working on that).
- general mouse issues surrounding config parameters.
^ ignoring those you should be able to play / stream without problem.
how to install:
- get zip file from:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/28720954/ddraw.zip
- extract to starcraft dir (where stracraft.exe is)
- do not change ddraw.ini config at this point!
for reporting bugs, please post in this thread:
- name your cpu, video card, os (+service pack)
- steps to reproduce
hopefully this will work out well for you.
edit: currently untested with anti-hack services. might not be allowed.
cheers
dosbox
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| Jakalo Latvia. June 03 2011 00:10. Posts 2347 | Profile Blog # |
| Thanks! Minor clarification I just have to extract it in starcraft dir and thats all? |
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| dosbox June 03 2011 00:12. Posts 27 | Profile # |
On June 03 2011 00:10 Jakalo wrote:
Thanks! Minor clarification I just have to extract it in starcraft dir and thats all?
yes |
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 2Pacalypse- Croatia. June 03 2011 00:22. Posts 4136 | Profile # |
Yes, I saw your post in the other thread and was greatly intrigued. I'm still quite newbie at windows programming so I can't help with the code and since I don't have Windows 7, I can't help with testing either  .
But anyways, I'm still greatly interested in this subject and I hang around on IRC with squall_leonheart and mudlord (ddhack developers) to whom I forwarded your post. I hope with combined efforts and with testing from teamliquid community we will have a final fix soon that will make playing BW on Win7 as painless as it was on WinXP. |
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| XsebT Denmark. June 03 2011 00:53. Posts 2831 | Profile Blog # |
This looks like a really nice project, but I have some issues with it.
intel core2 quad 2.5ghz, asus gtx 260, win7 (newest sp I assume)
when I enter multiplayer servers the game briefly goes crazy (minimizing-maximizing a few times). After that I'm partially in windows at 640*480 res while the colors are badly messed up in the server interface (mainly black, though I'm able to see the text). |
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| [sc1f]eonzerg Spain. June 03 2011 01:15. Posts 1500 | Profile Blog # |
| i have the same problem,.i get angry and remove all this files .not want know more -___- gl |
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| dosbox June 03 2011 01:33. Posts 27 | Profile # |
@2pacalypse-, i'm glad there are people working on solving the issue already.
i'm mostly interested to the exact windows roots of the issue e.g. my post in the other thread.
@xsebt & eonzerg - confirmed on winxp. i will spend some time investigating tomorrow...
(at least i can test it locally)
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| Armathai Germany. June 03 2011 01:57. Posts 999 | Profile # |
| Interesting work dosbox! I'll test this out after the weekend, thanks for putting the effort into it and hopefully there will soon be a final cut solution to win7 |
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| XsebT Denmark. June 03 2011 02:28. Posts 2831 | Profile Blog # |
"- record / stream bw in fullscreen with software like vhscrcap and xsplit."
Xsplit is just showing a black screen when I try to record the top left 640*480 pixels. |
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| DNB Finland. June 03 2011 07:28. Posts 987 | Profile Blog # |
I have the files in my directory but when I launch starcraft, the colours are incredibly dark instead of extremely bright, and the cursor is not moving
Cpu: Athlon II x3 445,
GPU: HD 5850 sapphire xtreme
OS: windows 7 64bit |
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| Nuttyguy United Kingdom. June 03 2011 07:31. Posts 967 | Profile Blog # | |
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| GinDo June 03 2011 07:38. Posts 2927 | Profile Blog # |
| Did the blizz fix. The colors are so pretty T_T. Nerd tears of joy. |
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| djcube United States. June 03 2011 07:47. Posts 984 | Profile Blog # |
Well it fixes the colors, but does it fix the crashing problems? |
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| Nuttyguy United Kingdom. June 03 2011 07:57. Posts 967 | Profile Blog # |
On June 03 2011 07:47 djcube wrote:Well it fixes the colors, but does it fix the crashing problems?
never had it crash, cant say |
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| fabiano Brazil. June 03 2011 08:37. Posts 3832 | Profile Blog # |
| wow, sorry wrong thread, I thought this one was the previously locked thread about the "blizzard patch" Last edit: 2011-06-03 08:38:40 |
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| zappa372 Chile. June 03 2011 10:25. Posts 365 | Profile Blog # |
Sick solution. I'm recording/streaming like a boss now. My specs:
Intel Quad Core 1.8
ATI Radeon X1550
Nice! Thanks a lot |
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| BrTarolg United Kingdom. June 05 2011 09:55. Posts 2496 | Profile Blog # |
| Wow sick really looking forward to trying this out thanks |
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| Nazza Australia. June 05 2011 10:57. Posts 1520 | Profile Blog # |
| Battle.net seems to have some problems (black boxes, stuff not showing up) but the game itself runs smoothly. I'll test out using some streaming programs later. |
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| aupstar Australia. June 05 2011 11:44. Posts 899 | Profile # |
Thanks dosbox..
I've been hoping they patch up bw and fix it up for the new OS for a while now..:/ |
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